Patents by Inventor Leonhard Markus Helminger

Leonhard Markus Helminger 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: 20230274138
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code and a neural network (NN) having multiple layers including a last activation layer and a loss layer. The hardware processor executes the software code to identify different combinations of layers for testing the NN, each combination including candidate function(s) for the last activation layer and candidate function(s) for the loss layer. For each different combination, the software code configures the NN based on the combination, inputs, into the configured NN, a training dataset including multiple data objects, receives, from the configured NN, a classification of the data objects, and generates a performance assessment for the combination based on the classification. The software code determines a preferred combination of layers for the NN including selected candidate functions for the last activation layer and the loss layer, based on a comparison of the performance assessments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hayko Jochen Wilhelm Riemenschneider, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Christopher Richard Schroers, Abdelaziz Djelouah
  • Patent number: 11669723
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code and a neural network (NN) having multiple layers including a last activation layer and a loss layer. The hardware processor executes the software code to identify different combinations of layers for testing the NN, each combination including candidate function(s) for the last activation layer and candidate function(s) for the loss layer. For each different combination, the software code configures the NN based on the combination, inputs, into the configured NN, a training dataset including multiple data objects, receives, from the configured NN, a classification of the data objects, and generates a performance assessment for the combination based on the classification. The software code determines a preferred combination of layers for the NN including selected candidate functions for the last activation layer and the loss layer, based on a comparison of the performance assessments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zürich (EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH)
    Inventors: Hayko Jochen Wilhelm Riemenschneider, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Christopher Richard Schroers, Abdelaziz Djelouah
  • Patent number: 11599804
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor, and a system memory storing a software code and a content labeling predictive model. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to scan a database to identify content assets stored in the database, parse metadata stored in the database to identify labels associated with the content assets, and generate a graph by creating multiple first links linking each of the content assets to its corresponding label or labels. The hardware processor is configured to further execute the software code to train, using the graph, the content labeling predictive model, to identify, using the trained content labeling predictive model, multiple second links among the content assets and the labels, and to annotate the content assets based on the second links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Hayko Jochen Wilhelm Riemenschneider, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Abdelaziz Djelouah, Christopher Richard Schroers
  • Publication number: 20230009121
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code and a neural network (NN) having multiple layers including a last activation layer and a loss layer. The hardware processor executes the software code to identify different combinations of layers for testing the NN, each combination including candidate function(s) for the last activation layer and candidate function(s) for the loss layer. For each different combination, the software code configures the NN based on the combination, inputs, into the configured NN, a training dataset including multiple data objects, receives, from the configured NN, a classification of the data objects, and generates a performance assessment for the combination based on the classification. The software code determines a preferred combination of layers for the NN including selected candidate functions for the last activation layer and the loss layer, based on a comparison of the performance assessments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hayko Jochen Wilhelm Riemenschneider, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Christopher Richard Schroers, Abdelaziz Djelouah
  • Publication number: 20220374649
    Abstract: Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for changing a face within an image. The techniques include receiving a first image including a face associated with a first facial identity; generating, via a machine learning model, at least a first texture map and a first position map based on the first image; rendering a second image including a face associated with a second facial identity based on the first texture map and the first position map, wherein the second facial identity is different from the first facial identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jacek Krzysztof NARUNIEC, Derek Edward BRADLEY, Paulo Fabiano Urnau GOTARDO, Leonhard Markus HELMINGER, Christopher Andreas OTTO, Christopher Richard SCHROERS, Romann Matthew WEBER
  • Publication number: 20220337852
    Abstract: A system includes a machine learning (ML) model-based video encoder configured to receive an uncompressed video sequence including multiple video frames, determine, from among the multiple video frames, a first video frame subset and a second video frame subset, encode the first video frame subset to produce a first compressed video frame subset, and identify a first decompression data for the first compressed video frame subset. The ML model-based video encoder is further configured to encode the second video frame subset to produce a second compressed video frame subset, and identify a second decompression data for the second compressed video frame subset. The first decompression data is specific to decoding the first compressed video frame subset but not the second compressed video frame subset, and the second decompression data is specific to decoding the second compressed video frame subset but not the first compressed video frame subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Abdelaziz Djelouah, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Roberto Gerson de Albuquerque Azevedo, Christopher Richard Schroers, Scott Labrozzi, Yuanyi Xue
  • Patent number: 11475280
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code and a neural network (NN) having multiple layers including a last activation layer and a loss layer. The hardware processor executes the software code to identify different combinations of layers for testing the NN, each combination including candidate function(s) for the last activation layer and candidate function(s) for the loss layer. For each different combination, the software code configures the NN based on the combination, inputs, into the configured NN, a training dataset including multiple data objects, receives, from the configured NN, a classification of the data objects, and generates a performance assessment for the combination based on the classification. The software code determines a preferred combination of layers for the NN including selected candidate functions for the last activation layer and the loss layer, based on a comparison of the performance assessments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Hayko Jochen Wilhelm Riemenschneider, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Christopher Richard Schroers, Abdelaziz Djelouah
  • Patent number: 11475543
    Abstract: According to one implementation, an image enhancement system includes a computing platform including a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code configured to provide a normalizing flow based generative model trained using an objective function. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive an input image, transform the input image to a latent space representation of the input image using the normalizing flow based generative model, and perform an optimization of the latent space representation of the input image to identify an enhanced latent space representation of the input image. The software code then uses the normalizing flow based generative model to reverse transform the enhanced latent space representation of the input image to an enhanced image corresponding to the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Abdelaziz Djelouah, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Michael Bernasconi, Christopher Richard Schroers
  • Publication number: 20220329876
    Abstract: A system processing hard e executes a machine learning (ML) model-based video compression encoder to receive uncompressed video content and corresponding motion compensated video content, compare the uncompressed and motion compensated video content to identify an image space residual, transform the image space residual to a latent space representation of the uncompressed video content, and transform, using a trained image compression ML model, the motion compensated video content to a latent space representation of the motion compensated video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Abdelaziz Djelouah, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Roberto Gerson de Albuquerque Azevedo, Scott Labrozzi, Christopher Richard Schroers, Yuanyi Xue
  • Patent number: 11222466
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for changing the identities of faces in video frames and images. In embodiments, three-dimensional (3D) geometry of a face is used to inform the facial identity change produced by an image-to-image translation model, such as a comb network model. In some embodiments, the model can take a two-dimensional (2D) texture map and/or a 3D displacement map associated with one facial identity as inputs and output another 2D texture map and/or 3D displacement map associated with a different facial identity. The other 2D texture map and/or 3D displacement map can then be used to render an image that includes the different facial identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)
    Inventors: Jacek Krzysztof Naruniec, Derek Edward Bradley, Thomas Etterlin, Paulo Fabiano Urnau Gotardo, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Christopher Richard Schroers, Romann Matthew Weber
  • Publication number: 20220005161
    Abstract: According to one implementation, an image enhancement system includes a computing platform including a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code configured to provide a normalizing flow based generative model trained using an objective function. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive an input image, transform the input image to a latent space representation of the input image using the normalizing flow based generative model, and perform an optimization of the latent space representation of the input image to identify an enhanced latent space representation of the input image. The software code then uses the normalizing flow based generative model to reverse transform the enhanced latent space representation of the input image to an enhanced image corresponding to the input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Abdelaziz Djelouah, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Michael Bernasconi, Christopher Richard Schroers
  • Publication number: 20210326720
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor, and a system memory storing a software code and a content labeling predictive model. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to scan a database to identify content assets stored in the database, parse metadata stored in the database to identify labels associated with the content assets, and generate a graph by creating multiple first links linking each of the content assets to its corresponding label or labels. The hardware processor is configured to further execute the software code to train, using the graph, the content labeling predictive model, to identify, using the trained content labeling predictive model, multiple second links among the content assets and the labels, and to annotate the content assets based on the second links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hayko Jochen Wilhelm Riemenschneider, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Abdelaziz Djelouah, Christopher Richard Schroers
  • Publication number: 20210150316
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code and a neural network (NN) having multiple layers including a last activation layer and a loss layer. The hardware processor executes the software code to identify different combinations of layers for testing the NN, each combination including candidate function(s) for the last activation layer and candidate function(s) for the loss layer. For each different combination, the software code configures the NN based on the combination, inputs, into the configured NN, a training dataset including multiple data objects, receives, from the configured NN, a classification of the data objects, and generates a performance assessment for the combination based on the classification. The software code determines a preferred combination of layers for the NN including selected candidate functions for the last activation layer and the loss layer, based on a comparison of the performance assessments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Hayko Jochen Wilhelm Riemenschneider, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Christopher Richard Schroers, Abdelaziz Djelouah
  • Publication number: 20210142524
    Abstract: According to one implementation, an image compression system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive an input image, transform the input image to a latent space representation of the input image, and quantize the latent space representation of the input image to produce multiple quantized latents. The hardware processor further executes the software code to encode the quantized latents using a probability density function of the latent space representation of the input image, to generate a bitstream, and convert the bitstream into an output image corresponding to the input image. The probability density function of the latent space representation of the input image is obtained based on a normalizing flow mapping of one of the input image or the latent space representation of the input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Abdelaziz Djelouah, Leonhard Markus Helminger, Scott Labrozzi, Yuanyi Xue, Erika Varis Doggett, Jared McPhillen, Christopher Richard Schroers