Patents by Inventor Elya Shechtman

Elya Shechtman 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: 20230079886
    Abstract: A panoptic labeling system includes a modified panoptic labeling neural network (“modified PLNN”) that is trained to generate labels for pixels in an input image. The panoptic labeling system generates modified training images by combining training images with mask instances from annotated images. The modified PLNN determines a set of labels representing categories of objects depicted in the modified training images. The modified PLNN also determines a subset of the labels representing categories of objects depicted in the input image. For each mask pixel in a modified training image, the modified PLNN calculates a probability indicating whether the mask pixel has the same label as an object pixel. The modified PLNN generates a mask label for each mask pixel, based on the probability. The panoptic labeling system provides the mask label to, for example, a digital graphics editing system that uses the labels to complete an infill operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sohrab AMIRGHODSI, Zhe LIN, Yilin WANG, Tianshu YU, Connelly BARNES, Elya SHECHTMAN
  • Patent number: 11605156
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for accurately filling holes, regions, and/or portions of images using iterative image inpainting. In particular, iterative inpainting utilize a confidence analysis of predicted pixels determined during the iterations of inpainting. For instance, a confidence analysis can provide information that can be used as feedback to progressively fill undefined pixels that comprise the holes, regions, and/or portions of an image where information for those respective pixels is not known. To allow for accurate image inpainting, one or more neural networks can be used. For instance, a coarse result neural network (e.g., a GAN comprised of a generator and a discriminator) and a fine result neural network (e.g., a GAN comprised of a generator and two discriminators).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Zhe Lin, Yu Zeng, Jimei Yang, Jianming Zhang, Elya Shechtman
  • Publication number: 20230070666
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for translating an image from a source visual domain to a target visual domain. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods comprise a training process that includes receiving a training input including a pair of keyframes and an unpaired image. The pair of keyframes represent a visual translation from a first version of an image in a source visual domain to a second version of the image in a target visual domain. The one or more embodiments further include sending the pair of keyframes and the unpaired image to an image translation network to generate a first training image and a second training image. The one or more embodiments further include training the image translation network to translate images from the source visual domain to the target visual domain based on a calculated loss using the first and second training images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michal LUKÁC, Daniel SÝKORA, David FUTSCHIK, Zhaowen WANG, Elya SHECHTMAN
  • Publication number: 20230053588
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, non-transitory computer readable storage media, and systems that generate synthetized digital images via multi-resolution generator neural networks. The disclosed system extracts multi-resolution features from a scene representation to condition a spatial feature tensor and a latent code to modulate an output of a generator neural network. For example, the disclosed systems utilizes a base encoder of the generator neural network to generate a feature set from a semantic label map of a scene. The disclosed system then utilizes a bottom-up encoder to extract multi-resolution features and generate a latent code from the feature set. Furthermore, the disclosed system determines a spatial feature tensor by utilizing a top-down encoder to up-sample and aggregate the multi-resolution features. The disclosed system then utilizes a decoder to generate a synthesized digital image based on the spatial feature tensor and the latent code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yuheng Li, Yijun Li, Jingwan Lu, Elya Shechtman, Krishna Kumar Singh
  • Publication number: 20230051749
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, non-transitory computer readable storage media, and systems that generate synthetized digital images using class-specific generators for objects of different classes. The disclosed system modifies a synthesized digital image by utilizing a plurality of class-specific generator neural networks to generate a plurality of synthesized objects according to object classes identified in the synthesized digital image. The disclosed system determines object classes in the synthesized digital image such as via a semantic label map corresponding to the synthesized digital image. The disclosed system selects class-specific generator neural networks corresponding to the classes of objects in the synthesized digital image. The disclosed system also generates a plurality of synthesized objects utilizing the class-specific generator neural networks based on contextual data associated with the identified objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yuheng Li, Yijun Li, Jingwan Lu, Elya Shechtman, Krishna Kumar Singh
  • Patent number: 11551388
    Abstract: Image modification using detected symmetry is described. In example implementations, an image modification module detects multiple local symmetries in an original image by discovering repeated correspondences that are each related by a transformation. The transformation can include a translation, a rotation, a reflection, a scaling, or a combination thereof. Each repeated correspondence includes three patches that are similar to one another and are respectively defined by three pixels of the original image. The image modification module generates a global symmetry of the original image by analyzing an applicability to the multiple local symmetries of multiple candidate homographies contributed by the multiple local symmetries. The image modification module associates individual pixels of the original image with a global symmetry indicator to produce a global symmetry association map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Kalyan Krishna Sunkavalli, Nathan Aaron Carr, Michal Lukác, Elya Shechtman
  • Patent number: 11544880
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating a modified digital image from extracted spatial and global codes. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a global and spatial autoencoder to extract spatial codes and global codes from digital images. The disclosed systems can further utilize the global and spatial autoencoder to generate a modified digital image by combining extracted spatial and global codes in various ways for various applications such as style swapping, style blending, and attribute editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Taesung Park, Richard Zhang, Oliver Wang, Junyan Zhu, Jingwan Lu, Elya Shechtman, Alexei A Efros
  • Patent number: 11538140
    Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments are directed to inpainting one or more portions of a target image based on merging (or selecting) one or more portions of a warped image with (or from) one or more portions of an inpainting candidate (e.g., via a learning model). This, among other functionality described herein, resolves the inaccuracies of existing image inpainting technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Yuqian Zhou, Elya Shechtman, Connelly Stuart Barnes, Sohrab Amirghodsi
  • Publication number: 20220398712
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating modified digital images by utilizing a patch match algorithm to generate nearest neighbor fields for a second digital image based on a nearest neighbor field associated with a first digital image. For example, the disclosed systems can identify a nearest neighbor field associated with a first digital image of a first resolution. Based on the nearest neighbor field of the first digital image, the disclosed systems can utilize a patch match algorithm to generate a nearest neighbor field for a second digital image of a second resolution larger than the first resolution. The disclosed systems can further generate a modified digital image by filling a target region of the second digital image utilizing the generated nearest neighbor field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sohrab Amirghodsi, Aliakbar Darabi, Elya Shechtman
  • Publication number: 20220392131
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for generating an animation of a talking head from an input audio signal of speech and a representation (such as a static image) of a head to animate. Generally, a neural network can learn to predict a set of 3D facial landmarks that can be used to drive the animation. In some embodiments, the neural network can learn to detect different speaking styles in the input speech and account for the different speaking styles when predicting the 3D facial landmarks. Generally, template 3D facial landmarks can be identified or extracted from the input image or other representation of the head, and the template 3D facial landmarks can be used with successive windows of audio from the input speech to predict 3D facial landmarks and generate a corresponding animation with plausible 3D effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Dingzeyu Li, Yang Zhou, Jose Ignacio Echevarria Vallespi, Elya Shechtman
  • Patent number: 11507777
    Abstract: A panoptic labeling system includes a modified panoptic labeling neural network (“modified PLNN”) that is trained to generate labels for pixels in an input image. The panoptic labeling system generates modified training images by combining training images with mask instances from annotated images. The modified PLNN determines a set of labels representing categories of objects depicted in the modified training images. The modified PLNN also determines a subset of the labels representing categories of objects depicted in the input image. For each mask pixel in a modified training image, the modified PLNN calculates a probability indicating whether the mask pixel has the same label as an object pixel. The modified PLNN generates a mask label for each mask pixel, based on the probability. The panoptic labeling system provides the mask label to, for example, a digital graphics editing system that uses the labels to complete an infill operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Sohrab Amirghodsi, Zhe Lin, Yilin Wang, Tianshu Yu, Connelly Barnes, Elya Shechtman
  • Publication number: 20220366546
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for accurately filling holes, regions, and/or portions of images using iterative image inpainting. In particular, iterative inpainting utilize a confidence analysis of predicted pixels determined during the iterations of inpainting. For instance, a confidence analysis can provide information that can be used as feedback to progressively fill undefined pixels that comprise the holes, regions, and/or portions of an image where information for those respective pixels is not known. To allow for accurate image inpainting, one or more neural networks can be used. For instance, a coarse result neural network (e.g., a GAN comprised of a generator and a discriminator) and a fine result neural network (e.g., a GAN comprised of a generator and two discriminators).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Zhe LIN, Yu ZENG, Jimei YANG, Jianming ZHANG, Elya SHECHTMAN
  • Patent number: 11481619
    Abstract: Techniques for incorporating a black-box function into a neural network are described. For example, an image editing function may be the black-box function and may be wrapped into a layer of the neural network. A set of parameters and a source image are provided to the black-box function, and the output image that represents the source image with the set of parameters applied to the source image is output from the black-box function. To address the issue that the black-box function may not be differentiable, a loss optimization may calculate the gradients of the function using, for example, a finite differences calculation, and the gradients are used to train the neural network to ensure the output image is representative of an expected ground truth image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Oliver Wang, Kevin Wampler, Kalyan Krishna Sunkavalli, Elya Shechtman, Siddhant Jain
  • Patent number: 11449974
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating modified digital images by utilizing a patch match algorithm to generate nearest neighbor fields for a second digital image based on a nearest neighbor field associated with a first digital image. For example, the disclosed systems can identify a nearest neighbor field associated with a first digital image of a first resolution. Based on the nearest neighbor field of the first digital image, the disclosed systems can utilize a patch match algorithm to generate a nearest neighbor field for a second digital image of a second resolution larger than the first resolution. The disclosed systems can further generate a modified digital image by filling a target region of the second digital image utilizing the generated nearest neighbor field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Sohrab Amirghodsi, Aliakbar Darabi, Elya Shechtman
  • Publication number: 20220292650
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for accurately, efficiently, and flexibly generating modified digital images utilizing a guided inpainting approach that implements a patch match model informed by a deep visual guide. In particular, the disclosed systems can utilize a visual guide algorithm to automatically generate guidance maps to help identify replacement pixels for inpainting regions of digital images utilizing a patch match model. For example, the disclosed systems can generate guidance maps in the form of structure maps, depth maps, or segmentation maps that respectively indicate the structure, depth, or segmentation of different portions of digital images. Additionally, the disclosed systems can implement a patch match model to identify replacement pixels for filling regions of digital images according to the structure, depth, and/or segmentation of the digital images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sohrab Amirghodsi, Lingzhi Zhang, Zhe Lin, Connelly Barnes, Elya Shechtman
  • Publication number: 20220292649
    Abstract: Certain aspects involve video inpainting in which content is propagated from a user-provided reference video frame to other video frames depicting a scene. One example method includes one or more processing devices that performs operations that include accessing a scene depicting a reference object that includes an annotation identifying a target region to be modified in one or more video frames. The operations also includes computing a target motion of a target pixel that is subject to a motion constraint. The motion constraint is based on a three-dimensional model of the reference object. Further, operations include determining color data of the target pixel to correspond to the target motion. The color data includes a color value and a gradient. Operations also include determining gradient constraints using gradient values of neighbor pixels. Additionally, the processing devices updates the color data of the target pixel subject to the gradient constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Oliver Wang, John Nelson, Geoffrey Oxholm, Elya Shechtman
  • Publication number: 20220292341
    Abstract: Systems and methods for signal processing are described. Embodiments receive a digital signal comprising original signal values corresponding to a discrete set of original sample locations, generate modulation parameters based on the digital signal using a modulator network, wherein each of a plurality of modulator layers of the modulator network outputs a set of the modulation parameters, and generate a predicted signal value of the digital signal at an additional location using a synthesizer network, wherein each of a plurality of synthesizer layers of the synthesizer network operates based on the set of the modulation parameters from a corresponding modulator layer of the modulator network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: lshit bhadresh Mehta, Michaël Gharbi, Connelly Barnes, Elya Shechtman
  • Patent number: 11417041
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for generating an animation of a talking head from an input audio signal of speech and a representation (such as a static image) of a head to animate. Generally, a neural network can learn to predict a set of 3D facial landmarks that can be used to drive the animation. In some embodiments, the neural network can learn to detect different speaking styles in the input speech and account for the different speaking styles when predicting the 3D facial landmarks. Generally, template 3D facial landmarks can be identified or extracted from the input image or other representation of the head, and the template 3D facial landmarks can be used with successive windows of audio from the input speech to predict 3D facial landmarks and generate a corresponding animation with plausible 3D effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Dingzeyu Li, Yang Zhou, Jose Ignacio Echevarria Vallespi, Elya Shechtman
  • Publication number: 20220254071
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for accurately and efficiently modifying a generative adversarial neural network using few-shot adaptation to generate digital images corresponding to a target domain while maintaining diversity of a source domain and realism of the target domain. In particular, the disclosed systems utilize a generative adversarial neural network with parameters learned from a large source domain. The disclosed systems preserve relative similarities and differences between digital images in the source domain using a cross-domain distance consistency loss. In addition, the disclosed systems utilize an anchor-based strategy to encourage different levels or measures of realism over digital images generated from latent vectors in different regions of a latent space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Utkarsh Ojha, Yijun Li, Richard Zhang, Jingwan Lu, Elya Shechtman, Alexei A. Efros
  • Patent number: 11398015
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for accurately filling holes, regions, and/or portions of images using iterative image inpainting. In particular, iterative inpainting utilize a confidence analysis of predicted pixels determined during the iterations of inpainting. For instance, a confidence analysis can provide information that can be used as feedback to progressively fill undefined pixels that comprise the holes, regions, and/or portions of an image where information for those respective pixels is not known. To allow for accurate image inpainting, one or more neural networks can be used. For instance, a coarse result neural network (e.g., a GAN comprised of a generator and a discriminator) and a fine result neural network (e.g., a GAN comprised of a generator and two discriminators).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Zhe Lin, Yu Zeng, Jimei Yang, Jianming Zhang, Elya Shechtman