Patents by Inventor Bob Van Manen

Bob Van Manen 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: 11914681
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for accurately, efficiently, and flexibly establishing compatibility connections between successive digital content editing operations in digital content operation pipelines or sequences. In particular, the disclosed systems can determine operation-specific features for executing digital content editing operations within a sequence. For example, the disclosed systems can determine digital image file types (or other digital content operation features) supported by particular digital content editing operations. Additionally, the disclosed systems can select a supported digital content operation feature for performing a particular operation to pass digital content from the operation to the next operation in a supported format, while also preserving quality and information richness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: Bob van Manen
  • Publication number: 20220207115
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for accurately, efficiently, and flexibly establishing compatibility connections between successive digital content editing operations in digital content operation pipelines or sequences. In particular, the disclosed systems can determine operation-specific features for executing digital content editing operations within a sequence. For example, the disclosed systems can determine digital image file types (or other digital content operation features) supported by particular digital content editing operations. Additionally, the disclosed systems can select a supported digital content operation feature for performing a particular operation to pass digital content from the operation to the next operation in a supported format, while also preserving quality and information richness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Bob van Manen
  • Patent number: 9245365
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for dynamic digital image compositing using a digital image template. A request is received to generate a composite digital image at a user-specified resolution based on a master digital image. Each of a plurality of digital image templates includes image data representing a different, particular resolution of the master digital image. The digital image templates can be stored in a common file with the master digital image. One of the digital image templates associated with a resolution that is at least as high as and closest to the user-specified resolution is selected for compositing. Composite image data is then generated based on the selected digital image template. Next, the composite image is rendered based on the composite image data and scaled to the user-specified resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Bob van Manen, Daniel J. Clark, Brian McPheeters
  • Publication number: 20150131923
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for dynamic digital image compositing using a digital image template. A request is received to generate a composite digital image at a user-specified resolution based on a master digital image. Each of a plurality of digital image templates includes image data representing a different, particular resolution of the master digital image. The digital image templates can be stored in a common file with the master digital image. One of the digital image templates associated with a resolution that is at least as high as and closest to the user-specified resolution is selected for compositing. Composite image data is then generated based on the selected digital image template. Next, the composite image is rendered based on the composite image data and scaled to the user-specified resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Bob van Manen, Daniel J. Clark, Brian McPheeters
  • Patent number: 8019182
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and methods relating to digital image modification using pyramid vignettes. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a method that includes receiving a request associated with rendering a photorealistic variation of a master digital image at an original resolution, selecting a digital image template from a number of digital image templates comprising image data associated with the master digital image at various resolutions, the selected image data at a different resolution from the original resolution, and rendering the photorealistic variation of the master digital image using the selected template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Herbert Wolfram, Bob Van Manen