Patents by Inventor Nicolas BOEHRER

Nicolas BOEHRER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11330208
    Abstract: Flare compensation includes obtaining a first input frame, which includes lens flare, and a second input frame; obtaining a stitch line between the first input frame and the second input frame; obtaining, for the first input frame, a first intensity profile; obtaining, for the second input frame, a second intensity profile; obtaining an intensity differences profile; obtaining a first dark corner profile based on a first illumination of a first area outside a first image circle of the first input frame; obtaining a second dark corner profile based on a second illumination of a second area outside a second image circle of the second input frame; obtaining a dark corner difference profile; calculating a flare model; obtaining a flare mask; and correcting the first input frame by subtracting the flare mask from the first input frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruno César Douady-Pleven, Nicolas Boehrer, Thomas Nicolas Emmanuel Veit
  • Publication number: 20200244901
    Abstract: Flare compensation includes obtaining a first input frame, which includes lens flare, and a second input frame; obtaining a stitch line between the first input frame and the second input frame; obtaining, for the first input frame, a first intensity profile; obtaining, for the second input frame, a second intensity profile; obtaining an intensity differences profile; obtaining a first dark corner profile based on a first illumination of a first area outside a first image circle of the first input frame; obtaining a second dark corner profile based on a second illumination of a second area outside a second image circle of the second input frame; obtaining a dark corner difference profile; calculating a flare model; obtaining a flare mask; and correcting the first input frame by subtracting the flare mask from the first input frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Bruno César Douady-Pleven, Nicolas Boehrer, Thomas Nicolas Emmanuel Veit
  • Patent number: 10630921
    Abstract: Image signal processing may include flare reduction, which may include obtaining a first input frame captured by a first image capture device of an image capture apparatus, the first image capture device having a first field-of-view, and the first input frame including lens flare corresponding to a primary light source; obtaining a second input frame captured by a second image capture device of the image capture apparatus, the second image capture device having a second field-of-view partially overlapping the first field-of-view; obtaining primary light source information corresponding to the primary light source based on the first input frame and the second input frame; obtaining a processed frame by modifying the first input frame based on the primary light source information to minimize the lens flare; and outputting the processed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruno César Douady-Pleven, Nicolas Boehrer, Thomas Nicolas Emmanuel Veit
  • Publication number: 20190356873
    Abstract: Image signal processing may include flare reduction, which may include obtaining a first input frame captured by a first image capture device of an image capture apparatus, the first image capture device having a first field-of-view, and the first input frame including lens flare corresponding to a primary light source; obtaining a second input frame captured by a second image capture device of the image capture apparatus, the second image capture device having a second field-of-view partially overlapping the first field-of-view; obtaining primary light source information corresponding to the primary light source based on the first input frame and the second input frame; obtaining a processed frame by modifying the first input frame based on the primary light source information to minimize the lens flare; and outputting the processed frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Bruno César Douady-Pleven, Nicolas Boehrer, Thomas Nicolas Emmanuel Veit
  • Patent number: 10140756
    Abstract: Method for creating a spatial model of a target object with a hand-held distance measuring device, the device comprising a laser distance meter, a camera, a computing unit and a data storage device, the method comprising measuring with the laser distance meter one or more distances to the target object from different positions, storing the measured distances in the data storage device, capturing with the camera a plurality of images of the target object, wherein each of the measured distances is associated with one of the captured images, determining with the computing unit relative camera poses for the plurality of images, and calculating with the computing unit based on the plurality of images and on the determined relative camera poses a three-dimensional geometry of the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Elmar Vincent Van Der Zwan, Bernhard Metzler, Thomas Ammer, Nicolas Boehrer, Michael Helmberger
  • Publication number: 20170169604
    Abstract: Method for creating a spatial model of a target object with a hand-held distance measuring device, the device comprising a laser distance meter, a camera, a computing unit and a data storage device, the method comprising measuring with the laser distance meter one or more distances to the target object from different positions, storing the measured distances in the data storage device, capturing with the camera a plurality of images of the target object, wherein each of the measured distances is associated with one of the captured images, determining with the computing unit relative camera poses for the plurality of images, and calculating with the computing unit based on the plurality of images and on the determined relative camera poses a three-dimensional geometry of the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Elmar Vincent VAN DER ZWAN, Bernhard METZLER, Thomas AMMER, Nicolas BOEHRER, Michael HELMBERGER