Patents by Inventor James Edmund Orr, IV
James Edmund Orr, IV 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).
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Patent number: 10341574Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of operating a device to capture an image of a high dynamic range (HDR) scene. Upon the device entering an HDR mode, the method captures and stores multiple images at a first image exposure level. Upon receiving a command to capture the HDR scene, the method captures a first image at a second image exposure level. The method selects a second image from the captured plurality of images. The method composites the first and second images to produce a composite image that captures the HDR scene. In some embodiments, the method captures multiple images at multiple different exposure levels.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guy Cote, Garrett M. Johnson, James Edmund Orr, IV
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Publication number: 20180338078Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of operating a device to capture an image of a high dynamic range (HDR) scene. Upon the device entering an HDR mode, the method captures and stores multiple images at a first image exposure level. Upon receiving a command to capture the HDR scene, the method captures a first image at a second image exposure level. The method selects a second image from the captured plurality of images. The method composites the first and second images to produce a composite image that captures the HDR scene. In some embodiments, the method captures multiple images at multiple different exposure levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guy Cote, Garrett M. Johnson, James Edmund Orr, IV
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Patent number: 10038855Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of operating a device to capture an image of a high dynamic range (HDR) scene. Upon the device entering an HDR mode, the method captures and stores multiple images at a first image exposure level. Upon receiving a command to capture the HDR scene, the method captures a first image at a second image exposure level. The method selects a second image from the captured plurality of images. The method composites the first and second images to produce a composite image that captures the HDR scene. In some embodiments, the method captures multiple images at multiple different exposure levels.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guy Cote, Garrett M. Johnson, James Edmund Orr, IV
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Publication number: 20170048442Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of operating a device to capture an image of a high dynamic range (HDR) scene. Upon the device entering an HDR mode, the method captures and stores multiple images at a first image exposure level. Upon receiving a command to capture the HDR scene, the method captures a first image at a second image exposure level. The method selects a second image from the captured plurality of images. The method composites the first and second images to produce a composite image that captures the HDR scene. In some embodiments, the method captures multiple images at multiple different exposure levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guy Cote, Garrett M. Johnson, James Edmund Orr, IV
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Patent number: 9420198Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of operating a device to capture an image of a high dynamic range (HDR) scene. Upon the device entering an HDR mode, the method captures and stores multiple images at a first image exposure level. Upon receiving a command to capture the HDR scene, the method captures a first image at a second image exposure level. The method selects a second image from the captured plurality of images. The method composites the first and second images to produce a composite image that captures the HDR scene. In some embodiments, the method captures multiple images at multiple different exposure levels.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guy Cote, Garrett M. Johnson, James Edmund Orr, IV
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Publication number: 20150062382Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of operating a device to capture an image of a high dynamic range (HDR) scene. Upon the device entering an HDR mode, the method captures and stores multiple images at a first image exposure level. Upon receiving a command to capture the HDR scene, the method captures a first image at a second image exposure level. The method selects a second image from the captured plurality of images. The method composites the first and second images to produce a composite image that captures the HDR scene. In some embodiments, the method captures multiple images at multiple different exposure levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guy Cote, Garrett M. Johnson, James Edmund Orr, IV
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Patent number: 8885978Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of operating a device to capture an image of a high dynamic range (HDR) scene. Upon the device entering an HDR mode, the method captures and stores multiple images at a first image exposure level. Upon receiving a command to capture the HDR scene, the method captures a first image at a second image exposure level. The method selects a second image from the captured plurality of images. The method composites the first and second images to produce a composite image that captures the HDR scene. In some embodiments, the method captures multiple images at multiple different exposure levels.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guy Cote, Garrett M. Johnson, James Edmund Orr, IV
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Patent number: 8760537Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a mobile device that captures and produces images with high dynamic ranges. To capture and produce a high dynamic range image, the mobile device of some embodiments includes novel image capture and processing modules. In some embodiments, the mobile device produces a high dynamic range (HDR) image by (1) having its image capture module rapidly capture a succession of images at different image exposure durations, and (2) having its image processing module composite these images to produce the HDR image.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Garrett M. Johnson, Guy Cote, James Edmund Orr, IV
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Patent number: 8699821Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of aligning a pair of images. The method defines multiple different pairs of images at multiple different resolutions. The method hierarchically aligns the original pair of images by first aligning the pair of images at the lowest resolution and then aligning each pair of images at each higher resolution based on the alignments of the pair of images at the lower resolutions. For some of the resolutions, to perform the hierarchically alignment, the method identifies, for at least one image at each resolution, portions that are suitable for performing the alignment and portions that are not suitable for performing the alignment. The method compares each pair of images at a particular resolution by using the suitable portions while excluding the unsuitable portions from the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James Edmund Orr, IV, Garrett M. Johnson, Guy Cote
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Publication number: 20120002899Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of aligning a pair of images. The method defines multiple different pairs of images at multiple different resolutions. The method hierarchically aligns the original pair of images by first aligning the pair of images at the lowest resolution and then aligning each pair of images at each higher resolution based on the alignments of the pair of images at the lower resolutions. For some of the resolutions, to perform the hierarchically alignment, the method identifies, for at least one image at each resolution, portions that are suitable for performing the alignment and portions that are not suitable for performing the alignment. The method compares each pair of images at a particular resolution by using the suitable portions while excluding the unsuitable portions from the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: James Edmund Orr, IV, Garrett M. Johnson, Guy Cote
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Publication number: 20120002898Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of operating a device to capture an image of a high dynamic range (HDR) scene. Upon the device entering an HDR mode, the method captures and stores multiple images at a first image exposure level. Upon receiving a command to capture the HDR scene, the method captures a first image at a second image exposure level. The method selects a second image from the captured plurality of images. The method composites the first and second images to produce a composite image that captures the HDR scene. In some embodiments, the method captures multiple images at multiple different exposure levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Guy Cote, Garrett M. Johnson, James Edmund Orr, IV
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Publication number: 20120002082Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a mobile device that captures and produces images with high dynamic ranges. To capture and produce a high dynamic range image, the mobile device of some embodiments includes novel image capture and processing modules. In some embodiments, the mobile device produces a high dynamic range (HDR) image by (1) having its image capture module rapidly capture a succession of images at different image exposure durations, and (2) having its image processing module composite these images to produce the HDR image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Garrett M. Johnson, Guy Cote, James Edmund Orr, IV
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Patent number: 7932897Abstract: Disclosed herein is a capacitive touch sensitive device. One aspect of the touch sensitive device described herein is a reduction in the number of sensor circuits needed for circular or linear capacitive touch sensitive devices while maintaining the same resolution and absolute position determination for a single object. A related aspect of the touch sensitive device described herein a coding pattern that allows each sensor circuit of a capacitive touch sensitive device to share multiple electrodes at specially chosen locations in a sensor array such that the ability to determine the absolute position of a single object over the array is not compromised.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2005Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: John Greer Elias, Wayne Carl Westerman, James Edmund Orr, IV