Patents by Inventor Brian CURLESS

Brian CURLESS 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).

  • Publication number: 20260320868
    Abstract: A media application receives an input panning video that includes image frames captured with a camera that pans at least once from a first side to a second side. The media application includes reprojecting the input panning video onto a panoramic canvas, wherein the panoramic canvas includes the image frames and missing regions. The media application further includes outputting, with a generative machine-learning model, a panoramic video that includes synthesized pixels for the missing regions of the panoramic canvas by: generating a base video at a coarse temporal scale that includes the synthesized pixels for the missing regions and refining the base video by performing temporal upsampling, merging the temporally upsampled base video with the panoramic canvas, and resynthesizing the synthesized pixels for the missing regions in the base video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Erika LU, Jingwei MA, Brian CURLESS, Tali DEKEL, Shiran ZADA, Aleksander HOLYNSKI, Michael RUBINSTEIN, Forrester COLE
  • Patent number: 12265574
    Abstract: A media application selects, from a collection of images associated with a user account, candidate pairs of images, where each pair includes a first static image and a second static image from the user account. The media application applies a filter to select a particular pair of images from the candidate pairs of images. The media application generates, using an image interpolator, one or more intermediate images based on the particular pair of images. The media application generates a video that includes three or more frames arranged in a sequence, where a first frame of the sequence is the first static image, a last frame of the sequence is the second static image, and each of the one or more intermediate images is a corresponding intermediate frame of the sequence between the first frame and the last frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Janne Kontkanen, Jamie Aspinall, Dominik Kaeser, Navin Sarma, Brian Curless, David Salesin
  • Publication number: 20240126810
    Abstract: A media application selects, from a collection of images associated with a user account, candidate pairs of images, where each pair includes a first static image and a second static image from the user account. The media application applies a filter to select a particular pair of images from the candidate pairs of images. The media application generates, using an image interpolator, one or more intermediate images based on the particular pair of images. The media application generates a video that includes three or more frames arranged in a sequence, where a first frame of the sequence is the first static image, a last frame of the sequence is the second static image, and each of the one or more intermediate images is a corresponding intermediate frame of the sequence between the first frame and the last frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Gppgle LLC
    Inventors: Janne KONTKANEN, Jamie Aspinall, Dominik Kaeser, Navin Sarma, Brian Curless, David Salesin
  • Patent number: 11893056
    Abstract: A media application selects, from a collection of images associated with a user account, candidate pairs of images, where each pair includes a first static image and a second static image from the user account. The media application applies a filter to select a particular pair of images from the candidate pairs of images. The media application generates, using an image interpolator, one or more intermediate images based on the particular pair of images. The media application generates a video that includes three or more frames arranged in a sequence, where a first frame of the sequence is the first static image, a last frame of the sequence is the second static image, and each of the one or more intermediate images is a corresponding intermediate frame of the sequence between the first frame and the last frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Janne Kontkanen, Jamie Aspinall, Dominik Kaeser, Navin Sarma, Brian Curless, David Salesin
  • Publication number: 20220374470
    Abstract: A media application selects, from a collection of images associated with a user account, candidate pairs of images, where each pair includes a first static image and a second static image from the user account. The media application applies a filter to select a particular pair of images from the candidate pairs of images. The media application generates, using an image interpolator, one or more intermediate images based on the particular pair of images. The media application generates a video that includes three or more frames arranged in a sequence, where a first frame of the sequence is the first static image, a last frame of the sequence is the second static image, and each of the one or more intermediate images is a corresponding intermediate frame of the sequence between the first frame and the last frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Janne KONTKANEN, Jamie ASPINALL, Dominik KAESER, Navin SARMA, Brian CURLESS, David SALESIN