Patents by Inventor Ahmed T. Kamal

Ahmed T. Kamal 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: 12177567
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are disclosed herein to repair or mitigate the appearance of unwanted reflection artifacts in captured video image streams. These unwanted reflection artifacts often present themselves as brightly-colored spots, circles, rings, or halos that reflect the shape of a bright light source in the captured image. These artifacts, also referred to herein as “ghosts” or “green ghosts” (due to often having a greenish tint), are typically located in regions of the captured images where there is not actually a bright light source located in the image. In fact, such unwanted reflection artifacts often present themselves on the image sensor across the principal point of the lens from where the actual bright light source in the captured image is located. Such devices, methods and computer readable media may be configured to detect, track, and repair such unwanted reflection artifacts in an intelligent and efficient fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed T. Kamal, Feng Li, Florian Ciurea, Jianping Zhou, Saeed Izadi, Sebastien X. Beysserie, Stephane S. Ben Soussan
  • Publication number: 20230396883
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are disclosed herein to repair or mitigate the appearance of unwanted reflection artifacts in captured video image streams. These unwanted reflection artifacts often present themselves as brightly-colored spots, circles, rings, or halos that reflect the shape of a bright light source in the captured image. These artifacts, also referred to herein as “ghosts” or “green ghosts” (due to often having a greenish tint), are typically located in regions of the captured images where there is not actually a bright light source located in the image. In fact, such unwanted reflection artifacts often present themselves on the image sensor across the principal point of the lens from where the actual bright light source in the captured image is located. Such devices, methods and computer readable media may be configured to detect, track, and repair such unwanted reflection artifacts in an intelligent and efficient fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ahmed T. Kamal, Feng Li, Florian Ciurea, Jianping Zhou, Saeed Izadi, Sebastien X. Beysserie, Stephane S. Ben Soussan