Patents by Inventor Bret St. Clair

Bret St. Clair 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: 12293452
    Abstract: Generating image data for a room image, including: generating at least one planar layer in depth for a first room image; generating at least one wall layer for a wall in the first room image; creating a second room image by duplicating one or more of the at least one planar layer for the first room image and duplicating one of more of the at least one wall layer for the first room image, and modifying the at least one duplicate planar layer and the at least one duplicate wall layer; and applying the first room image and the second room image as patterns to a surface of a building image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Bret St. Clair, Ole Gulbrandsen
  • Patent number: 11270474
    Abstract: Generating a screen-tone look image for a video, including: receiving a smooth gradation rendered image and position information of pixels in the rendered image; generating a pattern for each pixel of the pixels in the rendered image using the position information; dividing the rendered image into a fixed number of sections defined by luminance to produce a luminance gradient image; and applying the patterns to the fixed number of sections of the luminance gradient image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Bret St. Clair, Marco Recuay
  • Patent number: 11195308
    Abstract: Generating a look of characters using visible brush strokes, including: receiving an input image and a pattern image; replacing each patch in the pattern image with an average color of pixels in the input image corresponding to pixels of each patch to produce a color-averaged output; and applying distortion to the color-averaged output using a distortion image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Bret St. Clair, Marc-Andre Davignon
  • Publication number: 20200184688
    Abstract: Generating a look of characters using visible brush strokes, including: receiving an input image and a pattern image; replacing each patch in the pattern image with an average color of pixels in the input image corresponding to pixels of each patch to produce a color-averaged output; and applying distortion to the color-averaged output using a distortion image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Bret St. Clair, Marc-Andre Davignon
  • Publication number: 20200184689
    Abstract: Generating a screen-tone look image for a video, including: receiving a smooth gradation rendered image and position information of pixels in the rendered image; generating a pattern for each pixel of the pixels in the rendered image using the position information; dividing the rendered image into a fixed number of sections defined by luminance to produce a luminance gradient image; and applying the patterns to the fixed number of sections of the luminance gradient image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Bret St. Clair, Marco Recuay
  • Publication number: 20200184716
    Abstract: Generating image data for a room image, including: generating at least one planar layer in depth for a first room image; generating at least one wall layer for a wall in the first room image; creating a second room image by duplicating one or more of the at least one planar layer for the first room image and duplicating one of more of the at least one wall layer for the first room image, and modifying the at least one duplicate planar layer and the at least one duplicate wall layer; and applying the first room image and the second room image as patterns to a surface of a building image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Bret St. Clair, Ole Gulbrandsen