Patents by Inventor Simon John Baker

Simon John Baker 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: 11544588
    Abstract: A method described herein includes receiving a digital image, wherein the digital image includes a first element that corresponds to a first domain and a second element that corresponds to a second domain. The method also includes automatically assigning a label to the first element in the digital image based at least in part upon a computed probability that the label corresponds to the first element, wherein the probability is computed through utilization of a first model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the first domain and a second model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the second domain. The first model receives data that identifies learned relationships between elements in the first domain and elements in the second domain, and the probability is computed by the first model based at least in part upon the learned relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Simon John Baker, Ashish Kapoor, Gang Hua, Dahua Lin
  • Publication number: 20220138404
    Abstract: Images stored in an information repository are prepared for browsing. For each image in the repository, text in the repository is mined to extract snippets of text about the image which are semantically relevant to the image, and for each of these snippets of text, keyterms are detected in the snippet of text which represent either concepts that are related to the image or entities that are related to the image, and the snippet of text and keyterms are associated with the image. Each keyterm that is associated with each image in the repository is hyperlinked to each other image in the repository that has this keyterm associated therewith. A graphical user interface allows a user to browse the images in the repository by using their associated snippets of text and hyperlinked keyterms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Simon John BAKER, Anitha KANNAN, Krishnan RAMNATH
  • Patent number: 11250203
    Abstract: Images stored in an information repository are prepared for browsing. For each image in the repository, text in the repository is mined to extract snippets of text about the image which are semantically relevant to the image, and for each of these snippets of text, keyterms are detected in the snippet of text which represent either concepts that are related to the image or entities that are related to the image, and the snippet of text and keyterms are associated with the image. Each keyterm that is associated with each image in the repository is hyperlinked to each other image in the repository that has this keyterm associated therewith. A graphical user interface allows a user to browse the images in the repository by using their associated snippets of text and hyperlinked keyterms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Simon John Baker, Anitha Kannan, Krishnan Ramnath
  • Publication number: 20210229601
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a self-adjusting vehicle mirror. The mirror automatically locates the face of the driver or another passenger, and orients the mirror to provide the driver/passenger face with a desired view from the mirror. The mirror may continue to reorient itself as the driver or passenger shifts position, to continuously provide a desired field of view even as he or she changes position over time. In certain embodiments, the mirror system of the disclosure can be a self-contained system, with the mirror, mirror actuator, camera, and computing device all contained within the mirror housing as a single integrated unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Feng Hu, Niranjan Avadhanam, Ratin Kumar, Simon John Baker
  • Publication number: 20190362247
    Abstract: A method described herein includes receiving a digital image, wherein the digital image includes a first element that corresponds to a first domain and a second element that corresponds to a second domain. The method also includes automatically assigning a label to the first element in the digital image based at least in part upon a computed probability that the label corresponds to the first element, wherein the probability is computed through utilization of a first model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the first domain and a second model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the second domain. The first model receives data that identifies learned relationships between elements in the first domain and elements in the second domain, and the probability is computed by the first model based at least in part upon the learned relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Simon John Baker, Ashish Kapoor, Gang Hua, Dahua Lin
  • Patent number: 10275714
    Abstract: A method described herein includes receiving a digital image, wherein the digital image includes a first element that corresponds to a first domain and a second element that corresponds to a second domain. The method also includes automatically assigning a label to the first element in the digital image based at least in part upon a computed probability that the label corresponds to the first element, wherein the probability is computed through utilization of a first model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the first domain and a second model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the second domain. The first model receives data that identifies learned relationships between elements in the first domain and elements in the second domain, and the probability is computed by the first model based at least in part upon the learned relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Simon John Baker, Ashish Kapoor, Gang Hua, Dahua Lin
  • Patent number: 10248865
    Abstract: The presentation style of a video is identified. A set of features that represents the video is computed. A pre-learned video presentation style classifier is then used to weight each of the features in the set of features and determine a presentation style that is predominately employed in the video based on the weighting of the features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Anitha Kannan, Simon John Baker
  • Publication number: 20170220867
    Abstract: The presentation style of a video is identified. A set of features that represents the video is computed. A pre-learned video presentation style classifier is then used to weight each of the features in the set of features and determine a presentation style that is predominately employed in the video based on the weighting of the features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Anitha Kannan, Simon John Baker
  • Patent number: 9652675
    Abstract: The presentation style of a video is identified. A set of features that represents the video is computed. A pre-learned video presentation style classifier is then used to weight each of the features in the set of features and determine a presentation style that is predominately employed in the video based on the weighting of the features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Anitha Kannan, Simon John Baker
  • Publication number: 20160026872
    Abstract: The presentation style of a video is identified. A set of features that represents the video is computed. A pre-learned video presentation style classifier is then used to weight each of the features in the set of features and determine a presentation style that is predominately employed in the video based on the weighting of the features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Anitha Kannan, Simon John Baker
  • Patent number: 9111349
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides for systems and/or methods for identification of instances of an object of interest in 2D images by creating a database of 3D curve models of each desired instance and comparing an image of an object of interest against such 3D curve models of instances. The present application describes identifying and verifying the make and model of a car from a possibly single image—after the models have been populated with training data of test images of many makes and models of cars. In one embodiment, an identification system may be constructed by generating a 3D curve model by back-projecting edge points onto a visual hull reconstruction from silhouettes of an instance. The system and methods employ chamfer distance and orientation distance provides reasonable verification performance, as well as an appearance model for the taillights of the car to increase the robustness of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Stephan Szeliski, Edward Hsiao, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Krishnan Ramnath, Charles Lawrence Zitnick, III, Simon John Baker
  • Publication number: 20150046781
    Abstract: Images stored in an information repository are prepared for browsing. For each image in the repository, text in the repository is mined to extract snippets of text about the image which are semantically relevant to the image, and for each of these snippets of text, keyterms are detected in the snippet of text which represent either concepts that are related to the image or entities that are related to the image, and the snippet of text and keyterms are associated with the image. Each keyterm that is associated with each image in the repository is hyperlinked to each other image in the repository that has this keyterm associated therewith. A graphical user interface allows a user to browse the images in the repository by using their associated snippets of text and hyperlinked keyterms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon John Baker, Anitha Kannan, Krishnan Ramnath
  • Patent number: 8838432
    Abstract: An image in a web page may be annotated after deriving information about an image when the image may be displayed on multiple web pages. The web pages that show the image may be analyzed in light of each other to determine metadata about the image, then various additional content may be added to the image. The additional content may be hyperlinks to other webpages. The additional content may be displayed as annotations on top of the images and in other manners. Many embodiments may perform searching, analysis, and classification of images prior to the web page being served.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon John Baker, Juliet Anne Bernstein, Krishnan Ramnath, Anitha Kannan, Dahua Lin, Qifa Ke, Matthew Uyttendaele
  • Publication number: 20140129489
    Abstract: A method described herein includes receiving a digital image, wherein the digital image includes a first element that corresponds to a first domain and a second element that corresponds to a second domain. The method also includes automatically assigning a label to the first element in the digital image based at least in part upon a computed probability that the label corresponds to the first element, wherein the probability is computed through utilization of a first model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the first domain and a second model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the second domain. The first model receives data that identifies learned relationships between elements in the first domain and elements in the second domain, and the probability is computed by the first model based at least in part upon the learned relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Simon John Baker, Ashish Kapoor, Gang Hua, Dahua Lin
  • Patent number: 8645287
    Abstract: A method described herein includes receiving a digital image, wherein the digital image includes a first element that corresponds to a first domain and a second element that corresponds to a second domain. The method also includes automatically assigning a label to the first element in the digital image based at least in part upon a computed probability that the label corresponds to the first element, wherein the probability is computed through utilization of a first model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the first domain and a second model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the second domain. The first model receives data that identifies learned relationships between elements in the first domain and elements in the second domain, and the probability is computed by the first model based at least in part upon the learned relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon John Baker, Ashish Kapoor, Gang Hua, Dahua Lin
  • Publication number: 20130204608
    Abstract: An image in a web page may be annotated after deriving information about an image when the image may be displayed on multiple web pages. The web pages that show the image may be analyzed in light of each other to determine metadata about the image, then various additional content may be added to the image. The additional content may be hyperlinks to other webpages. The additional content may be displayed as annotations on top of the images and in other manners. Many embodiments may perform searching, analysis, and classification of images prior to the web page being served.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon John BAKER, Juliet Anne BERNSTEIN, Krishnan RAMNATH, Anitha KANNAN, Dahua LIN, Qifa KE, Matthew UYTTENDAELE
  • Publication number: 20130156329
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides for systems and/or methods for identification of instances of an object of interest in 2D images by creating a database of 3D curve models of each desired instance and comparing an image of an object of interest against such 3D curve models of instances. The present application describes identifying and verifying the make and model of a car from a possibly single image—after the models have been populated with training data of test images of many makes and models of cars. In one embodiment, an identification system may be constructed by generating a 3D curve model by back-projecting edge points onto a visual hull reconstruction from silhouettes of an instance. The system and methods employ chamfer distance and orientation distance provides reasonable verification performance, as well as an appearance model for the taillights of the car to increase the robustness of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Stephan Szeliski, Edward Hsiao, Sudipta Narayan Sinha, Krishnan Ramnath, Charles Lawrence Zitnick, III, Simon John Baker
  • Patent number: 8274603
    Abstract: Deinterlacing of video involves converting interlaced video to progressive video by interpolating a missing pixel in the interlaced video from other pixels in the video. A plurality of interpolants are provided, each of which interpolates a pixel value from other pixels that are nearby in space and/or time. The data costs of using the various interpolants is calculated. A particular one of the interpolants is chosen based on the data costs associated with the various interpolants. The chosen interpolant is used to interpolate the value of the missing pixel. The interpolated pixel value may be refined based on exemplars. The exemplars may be taken from the video that is being deinterlaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shengyang Dai, Simon John Baker, Sing Bing Kang
  • Publication number: 20110191271
    Abstract: A method described herein includes receiving a digital image, wherein the digital image includes a first element that corresponds to a first domain and a second element that corresponds to a second domain. The method also includes automatically assigning a label to the first element in the digital image based at least in part upon a computed probability that the label corresponds to the first element, wherein the probability is computed through utilization of a first model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the first domain and a second model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the second domain. The first model receives data that identifies learned relationships between elements in the first domain and elements in the second domain, and the probability is computed by the first model based at least in part upon the learned relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon John Baker, Ashish Kapoor, Gang Hua, Dahua Lin
  • Publication number: 20090244367
    Abstract: Deinterlacing of video involves converting interlaced video to progressive video by interpolating a missing pixel in the interlaced video from other pixels in the video. A plurality of interpolants are provided, each of which interpolates a pixel value from other pixels that are nearby in space and/or time. The data costs of using the various interpolants is calculated. A particular one of the interpolants is chosen based on the data costs associated with the various interpolants. The chosen interpolant is used to interpolate the value of the missing pixel. The interpolated pixel value may be refined based on exemplars. The exemplars may be taken from the video that is being deinterlaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shengyang Dai, Simon John Baker, Sing Bing Kang