Patents by Inventor Kirk Olynyk
Kirk Olynyk 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: 7956870Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for variable source rate sampling in connection with image rendering, which accumulate and resolve over all samples forward mapped to each pixel bin. In accordance with the invention, the textured surface to be rendered is sampled, or oversampled, at a variable rate that reflects variations in frequency among different regions, taking into account any transformation that will be applied to the surface prior to rendering and the view parameters of the display device, thus ensuring that each bin of the rendering process receives at least a predetermined minimum number of samples. A variety of image processing applications are contemplated wherein variable rate source sampling, and accumulation and resolution of forward mapped point samples can be applied, ranging from 3-D graphics applications to applications wherein images recorded in a recording/storage environment are mapped to the arbitrary requirements of a display environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2004Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: John Michael Snyder, John Turner Whitted, William Thomas Blank, Kirk Olynyk
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Patent number: 7768524Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for variable source rate sampling in connection with image rendering, which accumulate and resolve over all samples forward mapped to each pixel bin. In accordance with the invention, the textured surface to be rendered is sampled, or oversampled, at a variable rate that reflects variations in frequency among different regions, taking into account any transformation that will be applied to the surface prior to rendering and the view parameters of the display device, thus ensuring that each bin of the rendering process receives at least a predetermined minimum number of samples. In one embodiment, the sampling rate is variably set such that each bin is assured to have at least one sample point. In another embodiment, a tiling approach to division of the surface is utilized.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2004Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: John Michael Snyder, John Turner Whitted, William Thomas Blank, Kirk Olynyk
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Patent number: 7492927Abstract: In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with illumination that is sufficient to enable the simultaneous capture of both structure data, e.g. a range or depth map, and reflectance properties, e.g. the diffuse reflectance of a subject's face. This captured information can then be used for various facial animation operations, among which are included expression recognition and expression transformation.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian K. Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Bing Kang
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Patent number: 7450126Abstract: The illustrated and described embodiments describe techniques for capturing data that describes 3-dimensional (3-D) aspects of a face, transforming facial motion from one individual to another in a realistic manner, and modeling skin reflectance.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2006Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian K. Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Bing Kang
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Patent number: 7433807Abstract: In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with illumination that is sufficient to enable the simultaneous capture of both structure data, e.g. a range or depth map, and reflectance properties, e.g. the diffuse reflectance of a subject's face. This captured information can then be used for various facial animation operations, among which are included expression recognition and expression transformation.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian K. Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Bing Kang
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Patent number: 7363201Abstract: In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with illumination that is sufficient to enable the simultaneous capture of both structure data, e.g. a range or depth map, and reflectance properties, e.g. the diffuse reflectance of a subject's face. This captured information can then be used for various facial animation operations, among which are included expression recognition and expression transformation.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2004Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian K. Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Bing Kang
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Patent number: 7356447Abstract: In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with illumination that is sufficient to enable the simultaneous capture of both structure data, e.g. a range or depth map, and reflectance properties, e.g. the diffuse reflectance of a subject's face. This captured information can then be used for various facial animation operations, among which are included expression recognition and expression transformation.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2004Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian K. Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Bing Kang
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Patent number: 7152024Abstract: In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with illumination that is sufficient to enable the simultaneous capture of both structure data, e.g. a range or depth map, and reflectance properties, e.g. the diffuse reflectance of a subject's face. This captured information can then be used for various facial animation operations, among which are included expression recognition and expression transformation.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian K. Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Bing Kang
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Patent number: 7129949Abstract: The illustrated and described embodiments describe techniques for capturing data that describes 3-dimensional (3-D) aspects of a face, transforming facial motion from one individual to another in a realistic manner, and modeling skin reflectance.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2004Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian K. Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Bing Kang
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Patent number: 7124066Abstract: In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with illumination that is sufficient to enable the simultaneous capture of both structure data, e.g. a range or depth map, and reflectance properties, e.g. the diffuse reflectance of a subject's face. This captured information can then be used for various facial animation operations, among which are included expression recognition and expression transformation.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian K. Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Bing Kang
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Publication number: 20060192785Abstract: The illustrated and described embodiments describe techniques for capturing data that describes 3-dimensional (3-D) aspects of a face, transforming facial motion from one individual to another in a realistic manner, and modeling skin reflectance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Kang
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Patent number: 7098920Abstract: The illustrated and described embodiments describe techniques for capturing data that describes 3-dimensional (3-D) aspects of a face, transforming facial motion from one individual to another in a realistic manner, and modeling skin reflectance.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2004Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian K. Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Bing Kang
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Publication number: 20060013449Abstract: In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with illumination that is sufficient to enable the simultaneous capture of both structure data, e.g. a range or depth map, and reflectance properties, e.g. the diffuse reflectance of a subject's face. This captured information can then be used for various facial animation operations, among which are included expression recognition and expression transformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2005Publication date: January 19, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Kang
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Publication number: 20060015308Abstract: In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with illumination that is sufficient to enable the simultaneous capture of both structure data, e.g. a range or depth map, and reflectance properties, e.g. the diffuse reflectance of a subject's face. This captured information can then be used for various facial animation operations, among which are included expression recognition and expression transformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2005Publication date: January 19, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Kang
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Publication number: 20050254662Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for automatic calibration of an acoustic system. The acoustic system may include a source A/V device, calibration computing device, and multiple rendering devices. The calibration system may include a calibration component attached to each rendering device and a source calibration module. The calibration component on each rendering device includes a microphone. The source calibration module includes distance and optional angle calculation tools for automatically determining a distance between the rendering device and a specified reference point upon return of the test signal from the calibration component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2004Publication date: November 17, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: William Blank, Kevin Schofield, Kirk Olynyk, Robert Atkinson, James Johnston, Michael Van Flandern
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Patent number: 6950104Abstract: Methods and systems for animating facial features and transforming facial expressions are described. In one embodiment, a code book contains data that defines a set of facial expressions of a first person. A training set of facial expressions from a second person and corresponding expressions from the code book are used to derive a transformation function that is then applied to all of the expressions of the code book. In this manner, expressions from the first person can be realistically transformed into expressions of a second person and vice versa. Particularly advantageous aspects of the described embodiments provide a single common generic face model that is used as the basis for a fitting operation for many different faces. Use of the single common generic face model and certain user-defined constraints provide a mechanism by which correspondences between the different faces can be established.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2000Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian K. Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Bing Kang
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Patent number: 6943805Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for variable source rate sampling in connection with image rendering, which accumulate and resolve over all samples forward mapped to each pixel bin. In accordance with the invention, the textured surface to be rendered is sampled, or oversampled, at a variable rate that reflects variations in frequency among different regions, taking into account any transformation that will be applied to the surface prior to rendering and the view parameters of the display device, thus ensuring that each bin of the rendering process receives at least a predetermined minimum number of samples. A variety of image processing applications are contemplated wherein variable rate source sampling, and accumulation and resolution of forward mapped point samples can be applied, ranging from 3-D graphics applications to applications wherein images recorded in a recording/storage environment are mapped to the arbitrary requirements of a display environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: John Michael Snyder, John Turner Whitted, William Thomas Blank, Kirk Olynyk
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Publication number: 20050093876Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for variable source rate sampling in connection with image rendering, which accumulate and resolve over all samples forward mapped to each pixel bin. In accordance with the invention, the textured surface to be rendered is sampled, or oversampled, at a variable rate that reflects variations in frequency among different regions, taking into account any transformation that will be applied to the surface prior to rendering and the view parameters of the display device, thus ensuring that each bin of the rendering process receives at least a predetermined minimum number of samples. A variety of image processing applications are contemplated wherein variable rate source sampling, and accumulation and resolution of forward mapped point samples can be applied, ranging from 3-D graphics applications to applications wherein images recorded in a recording/storage environment are mapped to the arbitrary requirements of a display environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2004Publication date: May 5, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: John Snyder, John Whitted, William Blank, Kirk Olynyk
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Publication number: 20050089199Abstract: In the described embodiment, methods and systems for processing facial image data for use in animation are described. In one embodiment, a system is provided that illuminates a face with illumination that is sufficient to enable the simultaneous capture of both structure data, e.g. a range or depth map, and reflectance properties, e.g. the diffuse reflectance of a subject's face. This captured information can then be used for various facial animation operations, among which are included expression recognition and expression transformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2004Publication date: April 28, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Kang
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Publication number: 20050062743Abstract: The illustrated and described embodiments describe techniques for capturing data that describes 3-dimensional (3-D) aspects of a face, transforming facial motion from one individual to another in a realistic manner, and modeling skin reflectance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stephen Marschner, Brian Guenter, Sashi Raghupathy, Kirk Olynyk, Sing Kang