Patents by Inventor Keith Noah Snavely

Keith Noah Snavely 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: 9531952
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to generating a composite image of an image of and another image that has a wider field of view. After an image is selected, the visual features in the image may be identified. Several images, such as panoramas, which have wider fields of view than an image captured by a camera, may be selected according to a comparison of the visual features in the image and the visual features of the larger images. The image may be aligned with each of the larger images, and at least one of these smaller-larger image pairs may be generated as a composite image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Noah Snavely, Pierre Georgel, Steven Maxwell Seitz
  • Publication number: 20160286122
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to generating a composite image of an image of and another image that has a wider field of view. After an image is selected, the visual features in the image may be identified. Several images, such as panoramas, which have wider fields of view than an image captured by a camera, may be selected according to a comparison of the visual features in the image and the visual features of the larger images. The image may be aligned with each of the larger images, and at least one of these smaller-larger image pairs may be generated as a composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Keith Noah Snavely, Pierre Georgel, Steven Maxwell Seitz
  • Patent number: 9418482
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to identifying visited travel destinations from a set of digital images associated with users of a social networking system. For example, one or more computing devices provide access to an individual user's account, including the individual user and other users affiliated with the individual user via the social networking system. One or more digital images are received from a computing device associated with the individual user and from one or more second computing devices associated with the other users of the social networking system. From each digital image, a geo-location is determined for each digital image. The one or more computing devices display each geo-located image on a map at a position corresponding to the determined geo-location for the geo-located image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Tsung-Lin Yang, Bryce Evans, Keith Noah Snavely, Yihui Xie, Andrew C. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 8744214
    Abstract: Over the past few years there has been a dramatic proliferation of digital cameras, and it has become increasingly easy to share large numbers of photographs with many other people. These trends have contributed to the availability of large databases of photographs. Effectively organizing, browsing, and visualizing such .seas. of images, as well as finding a particular image, can be difficult tasks. In this paper, we demonstrate that knowledge of where images were taken and where they were pointed makes it possible to visualize large sets of photographs in powerful, intuitive new ways. We present and evaluate a set of novel tools that use location and orientation information, derived semi-automatically using structure from motion, to enhance the experience of exploring such large collections of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, University of Washington
    Inventors: Keith Noah Snavely, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Richard Szeliski
  • Publication number: 20130254666
    Abstract: Over the past few years there has been a dramatic proliferation of digital cameras, and it has become increasingly easy to share large numbers of photographs with many other people. These trends have contributed to the availability of large databases of photographs. Effectively organizing, browsing, and visualizing such .scas. of images, as well as finding a particular image, can be difficult tasks. In this paper, we demonstrate that knowledge of where images were taken and where they were pointed makes it possible to visualize large sets of photographs in powerful, intuitive new ways. We present and evaluate a set of novel tools that use location and orientation information, derived semi-automatically using structure from motion, to enhance the experience of exploring such large collections of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicants: University of Washington, Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Noah Snavely, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Richard Szeliski
  • Patent number: 8515159
    Abstract: Over the past few years there has been a dramatic proliferation of digital cameras, and it has become increasingly easy to share large numbers of photographs with many other people. These trends have contributed to the availability of large databases of photographs. Effectively organizing, browsing, and visualizing such .seas. of images, as well as finding a particular image, can be difficult tasks. In this paper, we demonstrate that knowledge of where images were taken and where they were pointed makes it possible to visualize large sets of photographs in powerful, intuitive new ways. We present and evaluate a set of novel tools that use location and orientation information, derived semi-automatically using structure from motion, to enhance the experience of exploring such large collections of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, University of Washington
    Inventors: Keith Noah Snavely, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Richard Szeliski
  • Patent number: 8463071
    Abstract: Over the past few years there has been a dramatic proliferation of digital cameras, and it has become increasingly easy to share large numbers of photographs with many other people. These trends have contributed to the availability of large databases of photographs. Effectively organizing, browsing, and visualizing such .seas. of images, as well as finding a particular image, can be difficult tasks. In this paper, we demonstrate that knowledge of where images were taken and where they were pointed makes it possible to visualize large sets of photographs in powerful, intuitive new ways. We present and evaluate a set of novel tools that use location and orientation information, derived semi-automatically using structure from motion, to enhance the experience of exploring such large collections of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, University of Washington
    Inventors: Keith Noah Snavely, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Richard Szeliski
  • Publication number: 20120169734
    Abstract: Over the past few years there has been a dramatic proliferation of digital cameras, and it has become increasingly easy to share large numbers of photographs with many other people. These trends have contributed to the availability of large databases of photographs. Effectively organizing, browsing, and visualizing such .seas. of images, as well as finding a particular image, can be difficult tasks. In this paper, we demonstrate that knowledge of where images were taken and where they were pointed makes it possible to visualize large sets of photographs in powerful, intuitive new ways. We present and evaluate a set of novel tools that use location and orientation information, derived semi-automatically using structure from motion, to enhance the experience of exploring such large collections of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicants: University of Washington, Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Noah Snavely, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Richard Szeliski
  • Publication number: 20120169770
    Abstract: Over the past few years there has been a dramatic proliferation of digital cameras, and it has become increasingly easy to share large numbers of photographs with many other people. These trends have contributed to the availability of large databases of photographs. Effectively organizing, browsing, and visualizing such .seas. of images, as well as finding a particular image, can be difficult tasks. In this paper, we demonstrate that knowledge of where images were taken and where they were pointed makes it possible to visualize large sets of photographs in powerful, intuitive new ways. We present and evaluate a set of novel tools that use location and orientation information, derived semi-automatically using structure from motion, to enhance the experience of exploring such large collections of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicants: University of Washington, Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Noah Snavely, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Richard Szeliski
  • Patent number: 8160400
    Abstract: Over the past few years there has been a dramatic proliferation of digital cameras, and it has become increasingly easy to share large numbers of photographs with many other people. These trends have contributed to the availability of large databases of photographs. Effectively organizing, browsing, and visualizing such .seas. of images, as well as finding a particular image, can be difficult tasks. In this paper, we demonstrate that knowledge of where images were taken and where they were pointed makes it possible to visualize large sets of photographs in powerful, intuitive new ways. We present and evaluate a set of novel tools that use location and orientation information, derived semi-automatically using structure from motion, to enhance the experience of exploring such large collections of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Noah Snavely, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Richard Szeliski