Patents by Inventor Bianca Cheng Costanzo

Bianca Cheng Costanzo 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).

  • Metadata-assisted image filters
    Patent number: 8854491
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to devices, methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating and/or interpreting image metadata to determine input parameters for various image processing routines, e.g., filters that distort or enhance an image, in a way that provides an intuitive experience for both the user and the software developer. Such techniques may attach the metadata to image frames and then send the image frames down an image processing pipeline to one or more image processing routines. Image metadata may include face location information, and the image processing routine may include an image filter that processes the image metadata in order to keep the central focus (or foci) of the image filter substantially coincident with one or more of the faces represented in the face location information. The generated and/or interpreted metadata may also be saved to a metadata track for later application to unfiltered image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley D. Ford, Garrett M. Johnson, Cédric Bray, Avi Cieplinski, May-Li Khoe, B. Michael Victor, Bianca Cheng Costanzo, Jeffrey Trær Bernstein
  • Metadata-Assisted Image Filters
    Publication number: 20120307096
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to devices, methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating and/or interpreting image metadata to determine input parameters for various image processing routines, e.g., filters that distort or enhance an image, in a way that provides an intuitive experience for both the user and the software developer. Such techniques may attach the metadata to image frames and then send the image frames down an image processing pipeline to one or more image processing routines. Image metadata may include face location information, and the image processing routine may include an image filter that processes the image metadata in order to keep the central focus (or foci) of the image filter substantially coincident with one or more of the faces represented in the face location information. The generated and/or interpreted metadata may also be saved to a metadata track for later application to unfiltered image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley D. Ford, Garrett M. Johnson, Cedric Bray, Avi Cieplinski, May-Li Khoe, B. Michael Victor, Bianca Cheng Costanzo, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein