Patents by Inventor Alexander GATTO

Alexander GATTO 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: 11756282
    Abstract: A system including circuitry configured to process image data of a meal to obtain information on the contents of the meal; generate, based on the obtained information, a query with guidance to change image capture settings: and guide a user to pick up at least a part of the meal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Gatto, Piergiorgio Sartor, Ralf Müller, Mori Hironori, Oliver Erdler
  • Patent number: 11740125
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to an imaging apparatus for computed tomography imaging spectroscopy, which has circuitry configured to: obtain object image data being representative of light stemming from an object and being subject to an optical path and to a multiplexing process caused by a diffraction grating; and perform a spectral density reconstruction from an image of the object by inputting the obtained object image data into an spectral density reconstruction algorithm being configured to numerically solve a first equation describing the transformation of the light stemming from the object caused by the optical path into the object image based on a reduction of a dimensionality of a first function indicative of the optical path based on a symmetry of the first function, thereby reconstructing the spectral density of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Gatto, Günter Troll
  • Publication number: 20230034139
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to a polarization imaging system having: an imaging portion having a color channel element of a first color type and a color channel element of a second color type; and a light polarization portion configured to: provide a first light polarization of a first polarization type for the first color type and a second light polarization of the first polarization type for the second color type; and convert a second polarization type into the first polarization type, whereby the second polarization type is detectable in the imaging portion
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Piergiorgio SARTOR, Alexander GATTO, Zoltan FACIUS, Matthias SCHINZEL, Markus KAMM
  • Publication number: 20230026636
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to a polarization imaging portion having a plurality of imaging elements, wherein each imaging element is configured to convert light into an electric signal, the polarization imaging portion further including: a set of event sensors configured to detect an event being indicative of an intensity change of the light; a set of polarization filters; and a set of tunable polarizers configured to adjust a polarization of the light in response to an electric signal, wherein each polarization filter of the set of polarization filters is associated with a respective tunable polarizer of the set of tunable polarizers, thereby configuring a set of tunable polarization filters, such that the set of tunable polarization filters is associated with the set of event sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yalcin INCESU, Alexander GATTO
  • Publication number: 20220405972
    Abstract: An image processing device has circuitry, which is configured to obtain global image data including image data and spectral data, the global image data representing a global image area and to input the global image data to machine learning model for generating output spectral data, wherein the neural network is configured to transform the obtained image data into the output spectral data based on the obtained spectral data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Piergiorgio SARTOR, Alexander GATTO, Vincent PARRET, Adriano SIMONETTO
  • Publication number: 20220229213
    Abstract: An imaging region of an image sensor is used more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: TUO ZHUANG, GUENTER TROLL, ALEXANDER GATTO
  • Patent number: 11335078
    Abstract: A system including circuitry configured to determine a reflectance feature of a liquid based on reflectance image data generated based on multispectral image data of the liquid; determine a structural feature of the liquid based on image data of the liquid; and to provide quality information of the liquid based on the reflectance feature and the structural feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Gatto, Piergiorgio Sartor, Ralf Müller, Mori Hironori, Oliver Erdler
  • Publication number: 20220130036
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having circuitry which performs object recognition on image data in order to recognize individual fruits and determines a harvest point of time for each recognized individual fruit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander GATTO, Ralf MUELLER, Hironori MORI, Piergiorgio SARTOR
  • Publication number: 20220012515
    Abstract: A system including circuitry configured to process multispectral image data of a meal to obtain information on the contents of the meal; and generate, based on the obtained information, a query with guidance to change image capture settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander GATTO, Piergiorgio SARTOR, Ralf MÜLLER, Mori HIRONORI, Oliver ERDLER
  • Patent number: 11204279
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a spectral filter (26) with a variable spectral filter transmission (FT(?)); an event-based imaging sensor (27) configured to produce measurement events (y1, y2, . . . , yn) which correspond to a change in a filter response (Y(t)) that is generated by an observed spectrum (X(?)), and a processor (28) configured to control the filter transmission (FT(?)) of the spectral filter (26) so that it sweeps over wavelength (?) with time (t), and to generate an estimation (X*(?)) of the observed spectrum (X(?)) based on the measurement events (y1, y2, . . . , yn) that correspond to the filter response (Y(t)) and based on the filter transmission (FT(?)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yalcin Incesu, Alexander Gatto
  • Patent number: 11132571
    Abstract: A system including circuitry configured to process multispectral image data of a meal to obtain information on the contents of the meal; and generate, based on the obtained information, a query with guidance to change image capture settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Gatto, Piergiorgio Sartor, Ralf Müller, Mori Hironori, Oliver Erdler
  • Patent number: 10900836
    Abstract: A reflectometer has a depth sensor which obtains distance information between the depth sensor and an object, a light source which emits light having a calibrated light spectrum, a spectral sensor which collects spectral information from light reflected from the object, and a circuitry. The circuitry calculates a reflectance spectrum for the object based on the distance information and the spectral information collected from light being reflected from the object, wherein the light originates from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Gatto, Piergiorgio Sartor, Ralf Müller
  • Patent number: 10853624
    Abstract: An apparatus has a circuitry which detects a first biometric feature of a user; detects a second biometric feature of the user, wherein the second biometric feature is detected based on image data representing the second biometric feature, and wherein the second biometric feature differs from the first biometric feature; and estimates an illumination indication for the second biometric feature, based on the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Piergiorgio Sartor, Mori Hironori, Alexander Gatto, Ralf Müller
  • Publication number: 20200348177
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to an imaging apparatus for computed tomography imaging spectroscopy, which has circuitry configured to: obtain object image data being representative of light stemming from an object and being subject to an optical path and to a multiplexing process caused by a diffraction grating; and perform a spectral density reconstruction from an image of the object by inputting the obtained object image data into an spectral density reconstruction algorithm being configured to numerically solve a first equation describing the transformation of the light stemming from the object caused by the optical path into the object image based on a reduction of a dimensionality of a first function indicative of the optical path based on a symmetry of the first function, thereby reconstructing the spectral density of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander GATTO, Günter TROLL
  • Publication number: 20200333186
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a spectral filter (26) with a variable spectral filter transmission (FT(?)); an event-based imaging sensor (27) configured to produce measurement events (y1, y2, . . . , yn) which correspond to a change in a filter response (Y(t)) that is generated by an observed spectrum (X(?)), and a processor (28) configured to control the filter transmission (FT(?)) of the spectral filter (26) so that it sweeps over wavelength (?) with time (t), and to generate an estimation (X*(?)) of the observed spectrum (X(?)) based on the measurement events (y1, y2, . . . , yn) that correspond to the filter response (Y(t)) and based on the filter transmission (FT(?)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yalcin INCESU, Alexander GATTO
  • Patent number: 10795136
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a wafer level lens stack, which has a substrate, a first, a second lens and an actuator. The substrate has a first side and a second side. The second side is opposite to the first side. The first lens is on the first side of the substrate. The second lens is on the second side of the substrate and the second lens can change its refraction characteristic. The actuator can change the refraction characteristic of the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Klaus Zimmermann, Alexander Gatto
  • Publication number: 20200042817
    Abstract: A system including circuitry configured to determine a reflectance feature of a liquid based on reflectance image data generated based on multispectral image data of the liquid; determine a structural feature of the liquid based on image data of the liquid; and to provide quality information of the liquid based on the reflectance feature and the structural feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander GATTO, Piergiorgio SARTOR, Ralf MÜLLER, Mori HIRONORI, Oliver ERDLER
  • Publication number: 20200042816
    Abstract: A system including circuitry configured to process multispectral image data of a meal to obtain information on the contents of the meal; and generate, based on the obtained information, a query with guidance to change image capture settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander GATTO, Piergiorgio SARTOR, Ralf MÜLLER, Mori HIRONORI, Oliver ERDLER
  • Patent number: 10504228
    Abstract: In an image processing system a processor is configured to perform an image processing method. The method performs receiving a spectral image of a person's skin and identifying the person based on the received spectral image of the person's skin and skin reflectance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Gatto, Piergiorgio Sartor, Matthias Wilde, Ralf Mueller
  • Publication number: 20190114469
    Abstract: An apparatus has a circuitry which detects a first biometric feature of a user; detects a second biometric feature of the user, wherein the second biometric feature is detected based on image data representing the second biometric feature, and wherein the second biometric feature differs from the first biometric feature; and estimates an illumination indication for the second biometric feature, based on the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Piergiorgio Sartor, Mori Hironori, Alexander Gatto, Ralf Müller