Patents by Inventor Cen Rao

Cen Rao 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: 10080066
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for rendering a virtual mark on a video frame, including: receiving the video frame, captured by a camera, comprising a scene; obtaining a three-dimensional model of a mark in the scene; obtaining a foreground mask of the video frame; denoting a predetermined region corresponding to a mark mask, wherein the mark mask is an image projection of the mark on the video frame; updating the mark mask to exclude foreground regions, wherein the updating comprises: partitioning the predetermined region into a plurality of segments; and filtering out, from the mark mask, foreground pixels based on the plurality of segments and the foreground mask; and rendering, on the video frame, the virtual mark using the updated mark mask. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Cen Rao, Ximin Gong, Nikhil Deshpande, Ilke Akin
  • Publication number: 20170223431
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for rendering a virtual mark on a video frame, including: receiving the video frame, captured by a camera, comprising a scene; obtaining a three-dimensional model of a mark in the scene; obtaining a foreground mask of the video frame; denoting a predetermined region corresponding to a mark mask, wherein the mark mask is an image projection of the mark on the video frame; updating the mark mask to exclude foreground regions, wherein the updating comprises: partitioning the predetermined region into a plurality of segments; and filtering out, from the mark mask, foreground pixels based on the plurality of segments and the foreground mask; and rendering, on the video frame, the virtual mark using the updated mark mask. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Cen Rao, Ximin Gong, Nikhil Deshpande, Ilke Akin
  • Patent number: 8922718
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described that utilizes spatial modeling to represent foreground objects of an event to allow virtual graphics to be integrated into a background of the event in the presence of dynamic objects. The present invention detects a presence of dynamic objects within a region of interest from a video depicting the event. The present invention produces a suppression key corresponding to the dynamic object when present in the video or a suppression key with a default value when and where no dynamic object is present in the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory House, Ximin Gong, Cen Rao, Yuecheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110102678
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described that utilizes spatial modeling to represent foreground objects of an event to allow virtual graphics to be integrated into a background of the event in the presence of dynamic objects. The present invention detects a presence of dynamic objects within a region of interest from a video depicting the event. The present invention produces a suppression key corresponding to the dynamic object when present in the video or a suppression key with a default value when and where no dynamic object is present in the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: PVI Virtual Media Services, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory House, Ximin Gong, Cen Rao, Yuecheng Zhang