Patents by Inventor Dan C Lelescu

Dan C Lelescu 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: 20240397025
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing an expanded field of view (FoV) using multiple cameras of a device. A device may include front-facing cameras that capture views of an environment, as well as side cameras that capture wider-angle views. Images from the front and side cameras may be processed to provide a stereo view of the environment with an expanded FoV. Images from the front cameras are processed to provide stereo images, and depth information is generated from the stereo images. The depth information is expanded into a second layer, and a median depth is set for a third layer. The side camera images are undistorted, pixel information from the side camera images is then reprojected into the second and third layers, and the second and third layers are blurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Berger, Dan C Lelescu, Tobias Rick
  • Patent number: 12039632
    Abstract: Novel viewpoints may be rendered using arrays of camera images with synthesized viewpoints. Different viewpoints of a scene may be captured via image sensors. Depth information may be determined for the captured viewpoints. An array of images may be generated that includes synthetic viewpoints generated from the captured viewpoints and depth information. A request to render a novel viewpoint may be received. Then novel viewpoint may be rendered using the array of images with synthetic viewpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Dan C. Lelescu, Sebastien Eric Gilles Leprince, Gary L Vondran, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12015758
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide images for displaying a 3D appearance of a tracked object on a view dependent device. In some implementations, a set of multiple images of the object from different capture positions is provided and then adjusted such as to render the object in focus when using the adjusted images for display on the view dependent device. In some implementations, the set of multiple images is provided that includes virtual images generated using virtual image sensors that may improve the appearance of out of focus regions (e.g., outside the 3D object appearance) on the view dependent device. In some implementations, the set of multiple images of a person provides a hologram of the person (e.g., left and right eye views provide the appearance of a 3D person) where the images are adjusted to improve gaze direction of eyes of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Vondran, Jr., Dan C. Lelescu, Robert K. Molholm, Nicolas V. Scapel, Kathrin Berkner-Cieslicki, Seung Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20240107162
    Abstract: A method for image enhancement includes capturing multiple input images of a scene, including at least a first input image having a first field of view (FOV) captured with a first focal depth and a second input image having a second FOV captured with a second focal depth. The input images in the sequence are preprocessed so as to align the images. The aligned images are processed in a neural network, which generates an output image having an extended depth of field encompassing at least the first and second focal depths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Dan C. Lelescu, Rohit Rajiv Ranade, Noah Bedard, Brian McCall, Kathrin Berkner Cieslicki, Michael W. Tao, Robert K. Molholm, Toke Jansen, Vladimir Krneta
  • Publication number: 20230368432
    Abstract: Novel viewpoints may be rendered using arrays of camera images with synthesized viewpoints. Different viewpoints of a scene may be captured via image sensors. Depth information may be determined for the captured viewpoints. An array of images may be generated that includes synthetic viewpoints generated from the captured viewpoints and depth information. A request to render a novel viewpoint may be received. Then novel viewpoint may be rendered using the array of images with synthetic viewpoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Dan C. Lelescu, Sebastien Eric Gilles Leprince, Gary L Vondran, JR.
  • Patent number: 11748918
    Abstract: Novel viewpoints may be rendered using arrays of camera images with synthesized viewpoints. Different viewpoints of a scene may be captured via image sensors. Depth information may be determined for the captured viewpoints. An array of images may be generated that includes synthetic viewpoints generated from the captured viewpoints and depth information. A request to render a novel viewpoint may be received. Then novel viewpoint may be rendered using the array of images with synthetic viewpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Dan C Lelescu, Sebastien Eric Gilles Leprince, Gary L Vondran, Jr.