Patents by Inventor Stefan Petrescu
Stefan Petrescu 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).
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Patent number: 8155397Abstract: A method operable in a digital image acquisition system having no photographic film is provided. The method comprises receiving a relatively low resolution image of a scene from an image stream, wherein the scene potentially includes one or more faces. At least one high quality face classifier is applied to the image to identify relatively large and medium sized face regions and at least one relaxed face classifier is applied to the image to identify relatively small sized face regions. A relatively high resolution image of nominally the same scene is received and at least one high quality face classifier is applied to the identified small sized face regions in the higher resolution version of said image.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: DigitalOptics Corporation Europe LimitedInventors: Petronel Bigioi, Alexei Pososin, Mihnea Gangea, Stefan Petrescu, Peter Corcoran
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Publication number: 20120070087Abstract: An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives an acquired image from the image stream including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then calculated for a least a portion of the sub-sampled image. Fixed size face detection is applied to at least a portion of the integral image to provide a set of candidate face regions. Responsive to the set of candidate face regions produced and any previously detected candidate face regions, the resolution is adjusted for sub-sampling a subsequent acquired image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Stefan Petrescu, Peter Corcoran, Eran Steinberg, Petronel Bigioi, Alexandru Drimbarean
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Publication number: 20120062761Abstract: A database includes an identifier and associated parameters for each of a number of faces to be recognized. A new acquired image from an image stream is received potentially including one or more face regions. Face detection is applied to at least a portion of the acquired image to provide a set of candidate face regions each having a given size and a respective location. Using the database, face recognition is selectively applied to at least one of the candidate face regions to provide an identifier for a face recognized in a candidate face region. A portion of the image is stored including the recognized face in association with at least one image of the image stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Mihai Ianculescu, Petronel Bigioi, Mihnea Gangea, Stefan Petrescu, Peter Corcoran, Eran Steinberg
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Publication number: 20120038787Abstract: A method of skin segmentation of a digital image is operable in an acquisition device. An image is acquired. A value indicative of a redness of a pixel of said image is compared with a face skin pixel redness criterion. The pixel is identified as a face skin pixel if said criteron is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: DigitalOptics Corporations Europe LimitedInventors: Stefan Petrescu, Mihnea Gangea, Petronel Bigioi, Alexei Pososin, Alex Drimbarean
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Publication number: 20120014600Abstract: A method for red-eye detection in an acquired digital image includes acquiring a first image, and analyzing one or more partial face regions within the first image. One or more characteristics of the first image are determined. One or more corrective processes are identified including red eye correction that can be beneficially applied to the first image according to the one or more characteristics. The one or more corrective processes are applied to the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Florin Nanu, Eran Steinberg, Peter Corcoran, Alexei Pososin, Petronel Bigioi, Alexandru Drimbarean, Stefan Petrescu, Mihnea Gangea, Adrian Capata, Mihai Ciuc, Adrian Zamfir
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Patent number: 8055067Abstract: A method of skin segmentation of a digital image is operable in an acquisition device. An image is acquired. A value indicative of a redness of a pixel of said image is compared with a face skin pixel redness criterion. The pixel is identified as a face skin pixel if said criterion is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: DigitalOptics Corporation Europe LimitedInventors: Stefan Petrescu, Mihnea Gangea, Petronel Bigioi, Alexei Pososin, Alex Drimbarean
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Patent number: 8055029Abstract: An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives an acquired image from the image stream including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then calculated for a least a portion of the sub-sampled image. Fixed size face detection is applied to at least a portion of the integral image to provide a set of candidate face regions. Responsive to the set of candidate face regions produced and any previously detected candidate face regions, the resolution is adjusted for sub-sampling a subsequent acquired image.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: DigitalOptics Corporation Europe LimitedInventors: Stefan Petrescu, Peter Corcoran, Eran Steinberg, Petronel Bigioi, Alexandru Drimbarean
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Patent number: 8050465Abstract: A database includes an identifier and associated parameters for each of a number of faces to be recognized. A new acquired image from an image stream is received potentially including one or more face regions. Face detection is applied to at least a portion of the acquired image to provide a set of candidate face regions each having a given size and a respective location. Using the database, face recognition is selectively applied to at least one of the candidate face regions to provide an identifier for a face recognized in a candidate face region. A portion of the image is stored including the recognized face in association with at least one image of the image stream.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: DigitalOptics Corporation Europe LimitedInventors: Mihai Ianculescu, Eran Steinberg, Petronel Bigioi, Peter Corcoran, Mihnea Gangea, Stefan Petrescu
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Patent number: 8036460Abstract: A method for red-eye detection in an acquired digital image includes acquiring a first image, and analyzing one or more partial face regions within the first image. One or more characteristics of the first image are determined. One or more corrective processes are identified including red eye correction that can be beneficially applied to the first image according to the one or more characteristics. The one or more corrective processes are applied to the first image.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: DigitalOptics Corporation Europe LimitedInventors: Florin Nanu, Eran Steinberg, Peter Corcoran, Alexei Pososin, Petronel Bigioi, Alexandru Drimbarean, Stefan Petrescu, Mihnea Gangea, Adrian Capata, Mihai Ciuc, Adrian Zamfir
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Publication number: 20110158547Abstract: Classifier chains are used to determine quickly and accurately if a window or sub-window of an image contains a right face, a left face, a full face, or does not contain a face. After acquiring a digital image, an integral image is calculated based on the acquired digital image. Left-face classifiers are applied to the integral image to determine the probability that the window contains a left face. Right-face classifiers are applied to the integral image to determine the probability that the window contains a right face. If the probability of the window containing a right face and a left face are both greater than threshold values, then it is determined that the window contains a full face. Alternatively, if only one of the probabilities exceeds a threshold value, then it may be determined that the window contains only a left face or a right face.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Stefan Petrescu, Mihnea Gangea
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Publication number: 20110129121Abstract: An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives an acquired image from the image stream potentially including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then calculated for a least a portion of the sub-sampled image. Fixed size face detection is applied to at least a portion of the integral image to provide a set of candidate face regions. Responsive to the set of candidate face regions produced and any previously detected candidate face regions, the resolution is adjusted for sub-sampling a subsequent acquired image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2011Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITEDInventors: Peter Corcoran, Alexandru Drimbarean, Alexei Pososin, Petronel Bigioi, Eran Steinberg, Stefan Petrescu, Florin Nanu
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Publication number: 20110102638Abstract: A color filter enhancement method for a portable digital image acquisition device includes digitally exposing color pixels of a color sensor array for a first digital exposure duration and digitally exposing white pixels of a color sensor array for a second digital exposure time shorter than the first digital exposure duration. A color filter enhanced digital image is generated using data from both the color pixels exposed for the first digital exposure duration and the white pixels exposed for the second digital exposure duration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITEDInventors: George Susanu, Stefan Petrescu, Florin Nanu, Adrian Capata, Peter Corcoran
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Publication number: 20110102643Abstract: A digital camera has an integral flash and stores and displays a digital image. Under certain conditions, a flash photograph taken with the camera may result in a red-eye phenomenon due to a reflection within an eye of a subject of the photograph. A digital apparatus has a red-eye filter which analyzes at least one partial face region identified within the digital image for the red-eye phenomenon and modifies the image to eliminate the red-eye phenomenon by changing the red area to black. The modification of the image is enabled when a photograph is taken under conditions indicative of the red-eye phenomenon. The modification is subject to anti-falsing analysis which further examines the area around the red-eye area for indicia of the eye of the subject. The detection and correction can be optimized for performance and quality by operating on subsample versions of the image when appropriate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITEDInventors: Florin Nanu, Eran Steinberg, Peter Corcoran, Alexei Pososin, Petronel Bigioi, Alexandru Drimbarean, Stefan Petrescu, Mihnea Gangea, Adrian Capata, Mihai Ciuc, Adrian Zamfir
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Publication number: 20110063465Abstract: A method for red-eye detection in an acquired digital image includes acquiring a first image, and analyzing one or more partial face regions within the first image. One or more characteristics of the first image are determined. One or more corrective processes are identified including red eye correction that can be beneficially applied to the first image according to the one or more characteristics. The one or more corrective processes are applied to the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: FOTONATION IRELAND LIMITEDInventors: Florin Nanu, Eran Steinberg, Peter Corcoran, Alexei Pososin, Petronel Bigioi, Alexandru Drimbarean, Stefan Petrescu, Mihnea Gangea, Adrian Capata, Mihai Ciuc, Adrian Zamfir
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Publication number: 20110053654Abstract: A method of making an image in a digital camera comprises capturing a digital image of a scene into which the camera user is to be inserted, and superimposing a symbol (subject locator) onto the scene image representing at least a part of a human subject. The subject locator is scaled to a desired size and moved to a desired position relative to the scene image. Next a digital image of the user is captured, and at least the part of the user image represented by the subject locator is extracted. The part of the user image represented by the subject locator is scaled (before or after extraction) to substantially the same size as the subject locator and inserted into the first image at the position of the subject locator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITEDInventors: Stefan Petrescu, Peter Corcoran, Alexandru Drimbarean
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Patent number: 7864990Abstract: An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives a new acquired image from the image stream, the image potentially including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled (112) at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then calculated for a least a portion of the sub-sampled image. Fixed size face detection (20) is applied to at least a portion of the integral image to provide a set of candidate face regions. Responsive to the set of candidate face regions produced and any previously detected candidate face regions, the resolution at which a next acquired image is sub-sampled is adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Tessera Technologies Ireland LimitedInventors: Peter Corcoran, Alexandru Drimbarean, Alexei Pososin, Petronel Bigioi, Eran Steinberg, Stefan Petrescu, Florin Nanu
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Patent number: 7855737Abstract: A method of making an image in a digital camera comprises capturing a digital image of a scene into which the camera user is to be inserted, and superimposing a symbol (subject locator) onto the scene image representing at least a part of a human subject. The subject locator is scaled to a desired size and moved to a desired position relative to the scene image. Next a digital image of the user is captured, and at least the part of the user image represented by the subject locator is extracted. The part of the user image represented by the subject locator is scaled (before or after extraction) to substantially the same size as the subject locator and inserted into the first image at the position of the subject locator.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: FotoNation Ireland LimitedInventors: Stefan Petrescu, Peter Corcoran, Alexandru Drimbarean
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Publication number: 20100194895Abstract: A digital image acquisition device has an image acquisition sensor, a shutter, an aperture and optical elements for focusing an image on the sensor. The device includes a light source located in the body of the device. The light source is periodically activated with one of the aperture or shutter closed, and the device derives a map of defects on the surface of the sensor from a calibration image acquired by the sensor when illuminated by the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: FOTONATION VISION LIMITEDInventors: Eran Steinberg, Adrian Zamfir, Stefan Petrescu
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Patent number: 7702236Abstract: A digital image acquisition device has an image acquisition sensor, a shutter, an aperture and optical elements for focusing an image on the sensor. The device includes a light source located in the body of the device. The light source is periodically activated with one of the aperture or shutter closed, and the device derives a map of defects on the surface of the sensor from a calibration image acquired by the sensor when illuminated by the light source.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: FotoNation Vision LimitedInventors: Eran Steinberg, Adrian Zamfir, Stefan Petrescu
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Publication number: 20100060727Abstract: A method of tracking a face in a reference image stream using a digital image acquisition device includes acquiring a full resolution main image and an image stream of relatively low resolution reference images each including one or more face regions. One or more face regions are identified within two or more of the reference images. A relative movement is determined between the two or more reference images. A size and location are determined of the one or more face regions within each of the two or more reference images. Concentrated face detection is applied to at least a portion of the full resolution main image in a predicted location for candidate face regions having a predicted size as a function of the determined relative movement and the size and location of the one or more face regions within the reference images, to provide a set of candidate face regions for the main image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Eran Steinberg, Petronel Bigioi, ir Corcoran, Alexei Pososin, Alexandru Drimbarean, Florin Nanu, Stefan Petrescu