Patents by Inventor Afshin Dehghan

Afshin Dehghan 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: 11922580
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Afshin Dehghan, Kai Kang, Yang Yang, Yikang Liao, Guangyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230410540
    Abstract: Systems and processes for locating objects and environmental mapping are provided. For example, a device may receive an input including a reference to a first object, wherein the input includes a request for a location of the first object, and the first object is located in a physical environment. The device may determine a location of the first object, and in response to receiving the input, if first criteria are met, provide a description of the location, wherein a criterion of the one or more first criteria is met when the location is available, and the description includes a relationship between the first object and a reference within the physical environment. If second criteria are met, the device may forgo providing the description of the location, wherein a criterion of the one or more second criteria is met when the location is not available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Afshin DEHGHAN, Angela BLECHSCHMIDT, Yuanzheng GONG, Feng TANG, Yang YANG, Zhihao ZHU, Monica Laura ZUENDORF
  • Publication number: 20230394765
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide a 3D room plan that combines 2D shapes representing elements of a room that are approximately planar (e.g., walls, wall openings, windows, doors, etc.) with 3D primitives representing non-planar elements (e.g., tables, chairs, appliances, etc.). A 3D room plan is a 3D representation of a room or other physical environment that generally identifies or otherwise represents 3D positions of one or more walls, floors, ceilings, other boundaries, other regions, windows, doors, openings, and 3D objects (e.g., objects having significant height, width, and depth in 3 dimensions) within the environment. For example, a 3D floor plan using 2D shapes to represent walls, windows, doors, etc. may be combined with 3D primitives such as 3D bounding boxes representing 3D objects to form a 3D room plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Kai Kang, Yikang Liao, Joerg A. Liebelt, Afshin Dehghan, Yang Yang, Fengfu Li, Hongyu Xu
  • Patent number: 11763478
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Boyuan Sun, Afshin Dehghan, Feng Tang, Bin Liu, Fengfu Li
  • Patent number: 11715265
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Afshin Dehghan, Kai Kang, Yang Yang, Yikang Liao, Guangyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230075601
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Afshin Dehghan, Kal Kang, Yang Yang, Yikang Liao, Guangyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 11551422
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Afshin Dehghan, Kai Kang, Yang Yang, Yikang Liao, Guangyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 11196943
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for editing captured media to overcome operational difficulties that may arise during capture operations. According to these techniques, content may be captured with a pair of cameras, a first camera having a wider field of view than a second camera. Object(s) may be detected from captured content from the wider field of view camera. The captured content may be processed from the wider field of view camera in a location of at least one detected object. Typically, operators may attempt to frame content using content from the narrower field of view camera. As a result, operators may be unaware that desired content is captured using a second, wider field of view camera. Results from the processed wider field of view data may be proposed to operators for review and, if desired, retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shuang Gao, Vasilios E. Anton, Robert A. Bailey, Emilie Kim, Vignesh Jagadeesh, Paul Schneider, Piotr Stanczyk, Arwen Bradley, Jason Klivington, Jacques Gasselin De Richebourg, Joe Triscari, Sébastien Beysserie, Yang Yang, Afshin Dehghan, Rudolph van der Merwe
  • Publication number: 20210225043
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Afshin Dehghan, Kai Kang, Yang Yang, Yikang Liao, Guangyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210225081
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Afshin Dehghan, Kai Kang, Yang Yang, Yikang Liao, Guangyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210225090
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Afshin Dehghan, Kai Kang, Yang Yang, Yikang Liao, Guangyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 11010905
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide efficient object detection and tracking in video images, such as may be used for real-time camera control in power-limited mobile image capture devices. The techniques include performing object detection on a first subset of frames of an input video, detecting an object and object location in a first detection frame of the first subset of frames, and tracking the detected object on a second subset of frames of the input video after the first detection frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Afshin Dehghan, Yang Yang, Feng Tang, Kelsey Y. Ho
  • Publication number: 20200382725
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for editing captured media to overcome operational difficulties that may arise during capture operations. According to these techniques, content may be captured with a pair of cameras, a first camera having a wider field of view than a second camera. Object(s) may be detected from captured content from the wider field of view camera. The captured content may be processed from the wider field of view camera in a location of at least one detected object. Typically, operators may attempt to frame content using content from the narrower field of view camera. As a result, operators may be unaware that desired content is captured using a second, wider field of view camera. Results from the processed wider field of view data may be proposed to operators for review and, if desired, retention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Shuang GAO, Vasilios E. ANTON, Robert A. BAILEY, Emilie KIM, Vignesh JAGADEESH, Paul SCHNEIDER, Piotr STANCZYK, Arwen BRADLEY, Jason KLIVINGTON, Jacques GASSELIN DE RICHEBOURG, Joe TRISCARI, Sébastien BEYSSERIE, Yang YANG, Afshin DEHGHAN, Rudolph VAN DER MERWE
  • Patent number: 10846515
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide efficient object detection and tracking in video images, such as may be used for real-time camera control in power-limited mobile image capture devices. The techniques include performing object detection on a first subset of frames of an input video, detecting an object and object location in a first detection frame of the first subset of frames, and tracking the detected object on a second subset of frames of the input video after the first detection frame, wherein the second subset does not include frames of the first subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Afshin Dehghan, Yang Yang, Feng Tang, Kelsey Y. Ho
  • Publication number: 20200082549
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide efficient object detection and tracking in video images, such as may be used for real-time camera control in power-limited mobile image capture devices. The techniques include performing object detection on a first subset of frames of an input video, detecting an object and object location in a first detection frame of the first subset of frames, and tracking the detected object on a second subset of frames of the input video after the first detection frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Afshin Dehghan, Yang Yang, Feng Tang, Kelsey Y. Ho
  • Publication number: 20200082156
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide efficient object detection and tracking in video images, such as may be used for real-time camera control in power-limited mobile image capture devices. The techniques include performing object detection on a first subset of frames of an input video, detecting an object and object location in a first detection frame of the first subset of frames, and tracking the detected object on a second subset of frames of the input video after the first detection frame, wherein the second subset does not include frames of the first subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Afshin Dehghan, Yang Yang, Feng Tang, Kelsey Y. Ho