Patents by Inventor Marco Zuliani
Marco Zuliani 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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Publication number: 20250131286Abstract: The subject technology provides receiving a neural network (NN) model to be executed on a target platform, the NN model including multiple layers that include operations and some of the operations being executable on multiple processors of the target platform. The subject technology further sorts the operations from the multiple layers in a particular order based at least in part on grouping the operations that are executable by a particular processor of the multiple processors. The subject technology determines, based at least in part on a cost of transferring the operations between the multiple processors, an assignment of one of the multiple processors for each of the sorted operations of each of the layers in a manner that minimizes a total cost of executing the operations. Further, for each layer of the NN model, the subject technology includes an annotation to indicate the processor assigned for each of the operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Gaurav KAPOOR, Cecile M. FORET, Francesco ROSSI, Kit-Man WAN, Umesh S. VAISHAMPAYAN, Etienne BELANGER, Albert ANTONY, Alexey MARINICHEV, Marco ZULIANI, Xiaojin SHI
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Patent number: 12189599Abstract: The subject technology provides a framework for evaluating activation functions of a neural network using lookup tables. In order to provide lookup table based activation functions with a desired precision within hardware constraints for the lookup tables, multiple lookup tables for each activation function can be provided. Each of the multiple lookup tables may correspond to a respective subrange of input values, within a full range of input values for the activation function.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Albert Antony, Francesco Rossi, Guillaume Tartavel, Xiaojin Shi, Marco Zuliani
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Patent number: 12175375Abstract: The subject technology provides receiving a neural network (NN) model to be executed on a target platform, the NN model including multiple layers that include operations and some of the operations being executable on multiple processors of the target platform. The subject technology further sorts the operations from the multiple layers in a particular order based at least in part on grouping the operations that are executable by a particular processor of the multiple processors. The subject technology determines, based at least in part on a cost of transferring the operations between the multiple processors, an assignment of one of the multiple processors for each of the sorted operations of each of the layers in a manner that minimizes a total cost of executing the operations. Further, for each layer of the NN model, the subject technology includes an annotation to indicate the processor assigned for each of the operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gaurav Kapoor, Cecile M. Foret, Francesco Rossi, Kit-Man Wan, Umesh S. Vaishampayan, Etienne Belanger, Albert Antony, Alexey Marinichev, Marco Zuliani, Xiaojin Shi
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Publication number: 20240403119Abstract: A method may include accessing a data processing architecture associated with a neural network to determine dependencies between intermediate data layers of the neural network; obtaining dimensions of the intermediate data layers in the neural network; calculating a minimum number of data storage portions for executing the neural network based on the dependencies; determining a memory allocation size for each respective data storage portion of the data storage portions based on the dimensions and dependencies; allocating memory on a storage device for each data storage portion in accordance with its respective determined memory allocation size.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Francesco Rossi, Marco Zuliani
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Publication number: 20240283632Abstract: A computing device sends a request for location-based information (LBI) to a server, where the request includes first address information indicative of a geographic area (e.g., where the computing device is located), and an encrypted version of second address information that specifies a sub-region of the geographic area. The second address information is encrypted by a first key not accessible to the server. The first address information is used to select a subset of the LBI stored on the server. The server then performs a privacy protocol such as Private Information Retrieval on the selected subset using the encrypted second address information. This produces an encrypted version of the requested LBI without the server having access to information indicating which item of LBI was requested. The encrypted version of the particular item of LBI is returned to the computing device, where it can be decrypted using a second key.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Inventors: Rehan Rishi, Fabian K. Boemer, Karl Tarbe, Brandon J. Van Ryswyk, Marco Zuliani, Abhishek (APS) Bhowmick, Tancrède Lepoint
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Patent number: 12051006Abstract: The subject technology provides receiving a neural network (NN) model to be executed on a target platform, the NN model including multiple layers that include operations and some of the operations being executable on multiple processors of the target platform. The subject technology further sorts the operations from the multiple layers in a particular order based at least in part on grouping the operations that are executable by a particular processor of the multiple processors. The subject technology determines, based at least in part on a cost of transferring the operations between the multiple processors, an assignment of one of the multiple processors for each of the sorted operations of each of the layers in a manner that minimizes a total cost of executing the operations. Further, for each layer of the NN model, the subject technology includes an annotation to indicate the processor assigned for each of the operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gaurav Kapoor, Cecile M. Foret, Francesco Rossi, Kit-Man Wan, Umesh S. Vaishampayan, Etienne Belanger, Albert Antony, Alexey Marinichev, Marco Zuliani, Xiaojin Shi
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Patent number: 11907760Abstract: A method may include accessing a data processing architecture associated with a neural network to determine dependencies between intermediate data layers of the neural network; obtaining dimensions of the intermediate data layers in the neural network; calculating a minimum number of data storage portions for executing the neural network based on the dependencies; determining a memory allocation size for each respective data storage portion of the data storage portions based on the dimensions and dependencies; allocating memory on a storage device for each data storage portion in accordance with its respective determined memory allocation size.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Francesco Rossi, Marco Zuliani
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Patent number: 11699097Abstract: A method includes receiving input data at a trained machine learning model that includes a common part and task-specific parts, receiving an execution instruction that identifies one or more processing tasks to be performed, processing the input data using the common part of the trained machine learning model to generate intermediate data, and processing the intermediate data using one or more of the task-specific parts of the trained machine learning model based on the execution instruction to generate one or more outputs.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Francesco Rossi, Vignesh Jagadeesh, Vinay Sharma, Marco Zuliani, Xiaojin Shi, Benjamin Poulain
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Publication number: 20230177350Abstract: The subject technology provides receiving a neural network (NN) model to be executed on a target platform, the NN model including multiple layers that include operations and some of the operations being executable on multiple processors of the target platform. The subject technology further sorts the operations from the multiple layers in a particular order based at least in part on grouping the operations that are executable by a particular processor of the multiple processors. The subject technology determines, based at least in part on a cost of transferring the operations between the multiple processors, an assignment of one of the multiple processors for each of the sorted operations of each of the layers in a manner that minimizes a total cost of executing the operations. Further, for each layer of the NN model, the subject technology includes an annotation to indicate the processor assigned for each of the operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Gaurav KAPOOR, Cecile M. FORET, Francesco ROSSI, Kit-Man WAN, Umesh S. VAISHAMPAYAN, Etienne BELANGER, Albert ANTONY, Alexey MARINICHEV, Marco ZULIANI, Xiaojin SHI
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Patent number: 11671696Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for managing visual content at a computer system. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing visual indicators for visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for inserting visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for identifying visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for translating visual content in media are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Grant Paul, Francisco Alvaro Munoz, Jeffrey A. Brasket, Brandon J. Corey, Thomas Deselaers, Nathan De Vries, Ryan S. Dixon, Craig M. Federighi, Vignesh Jagadeesh, James N. Jones, Nicholas Lupinetti, Behkish J. Manzari, Vinay Sharma, Xin Wang, Marco Zuliani
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Patent number: 11468338Abstract: The subject technology provides receiving a neural network (NN) model to be executed on a target platform, the NN model including multiple layers that include operations and some of the operations being executable on multiple processors of the target platform. The subject technology further sorts the operations from the multiple layers in a particular order based at least in part on grouping the operations that are executable by a particular processor of the multiple processors. The subject technology determines, based at least in part on a cost of transferring the operations between the multiple processors, an assignment of one of the multiple processors for each of the sorted operations of each of the layers in a manner that minimizes a total cost of executing the operations. Further, for each layer of the NN model, the subject technology includes an annotation to indicate the processor assigned for each of the operations.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Francesco Rossi, Cecile M. Foret, Gaurav Kapoor, Kit-Man Wan, Umesh S. Vaishampayan, Etienne Belanger, Albert Antony, Alexey Marinichev, Marco Zuliani, Xiaojin Shi
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Patent number: 11392799Abstract: Training a network for image processing with temporal consistency includes obtaining un-annotated frames from a video feed. A pretrained network is applied to the first frame of first frame set comprising a plurality of frames to obtain a first prediction, wherein the pretrained network is pretrained for a first image processing task. A current version of the pretrained network is applied to each frame of the first frame set to obtain a first prediction. A content loss term is determined, based on the first prediction and a current prediction for the frame, based on the current network. A temporal consistency loss term is also determined based on a determined consistency of pixels within each frame of the first frame set. The pretrained network may be refined based on the content loss term and the temporal term to obtain a refined network.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Atila Orhon, Marco Zuliani, Vignesh Jagadeesh
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Patent number: 11367163Abstract: Artistic styles extracted from source images may be applied to target images to generate stylized images and/or video sequences. The extracted artistic styles may be stored as a plurality of layers in one or more neural networks, which neural networks may be further optimized, e.g., via the fusion of various elements of the networks' architectures. The artistic style may be applied to the target images and/or video sequences using various optimization methods, such as the use of a first version of the neural network by a first processing device at a first resolution to generate one or more sets of parameters (e.g., scaling and/or biasing parameters), which parameters may then be mapped for use by a second version of the neural network by a second processing device at a second resolution. Analogous multi-processing device and/or multi-network solutions may also be applied to other complex image processing tasks for increased efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Francesco Rossi, Marco Zuliani, Bartlomiej W. Rymkowski, Albert Antony, Brian P. Keene, Xiaojin Shi
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Publication number: 20210397596Abstract: The subject technology provides a framework for evaluating activation functions of a neural network using lookup tables. In order to provide lookup table based activation functions with a desired precision within hardware constraints for the lookup tables, multiple lookup tables for each activation function can be provided. Each of the multiple lookup tables may correspond to a respective subrange of input values, within a full range of input values for the activation function.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Albert ANTONY, Francesco ROSSI, Guillaume TARTAVEL, Xiaojin SHI, Marco ZULIANI
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Publication number: 20210073589Abstract: Training a network for image processing with temporal consistency includes obtaining un-annotated frames from a video feed. A pretrained network is applied to the first frame of first frame set comprising a plurality of frames to obtain a first prediction, wherein the pretrained network is pretrained for a first image processing task. A current version of the pretrained network is applied to each frame of the first frame set to obtain a first prediction. A content loss term is determined, based on the first prediction and a current prediction for the frame, based on the current network. A temporal consistency loss term is also determined based on a determined consistency of pixels within each frame of the first frame set. The pretrained network may be refined based on the content loss term and the temporal term to obtain a refined network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Atila Orhon, Marco Zuliani, Vignesh Jagadeesh
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Patent number: 10909657Abstract: Artistic styles extracted from one or more source images may be applied to one or more target images, e.g., in the form of stylized images and/or stylized video sequences. The extracted artistic style may be stored as a plurality of layers in a neural network, which neural network may be further optimized, e.g., via the fusion of various elements of the network's architectures. An optimized network architecture may be determined for each processing environment in which the network will be applied. The artistic style may be applied to the obtained images and/or video sequence of images using various optimization methods, such as the use of scalars to control the resolution of the unstylized and stylized images, temporal consistency constraints, as well as the use of dynamically adjustable or selectable versions of Deep Neural Networks (DNN) that are responsive to system performance parameters, such as available processing resources and thermal capacity.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Francesco Rossi, Xiaohuan C. Wang, Brian E. Walsh, Bartlomiej W. Rymkowski, Xiaojin Shi, Marco Zuliani, Alexey Marinichev, Benjamin Poulain, Omid Khalili
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Publication number: 20200380639Abstract: Artistic styles extracted from source images may be applied to target images to generate stylized images and/or video sequences. The extracted artistic styles may be stored as a plurality of layers in one or more neural networks, which neural networks may be further optimized, e.g., via the fusion of various elements of the networks' architectures. The artistic style may be applied to the target images and/or video sequences using various optimization methods, such as the use of a first version of the neural network by a first processing device at a first resolution to generate one or more sets of parameters (e.g., scaling and/or biasing parameters), which parameters may then be mapped for use by a second version of the neural network by a second processing device at a second resolution. Analogous multi-processing device and/or multi-network solutions may also be applied to other complex image processing tasks for increased efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Francesco Rossi, Marco Zuliani, Bartlomiej W. Rymkowski, Albert Antony, Brian P. Keene, Xiaojin Shi
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Publication number: 20200372408Abstract: A method includes receiving input data at a trained machine learning model that includes a common part and task-specific parts, receiving an execution instruction that identifies one or more processing tasks to be performed, processing the input data using the common part of the trained machine learning model to generate intermediate data, and processing the intermediate data using one or more of the task-specific parts of the trained machine learning model based on the execution instruction to generate one or more outputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Francesco Rossi, Vignesh Jagadeesh, Vinay Sharma, Marco Zuliani, Xiaojin Shi, Benjamin Poulain
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Method and apparatus for finding and using video portions that are relevant to adjacent still images
Patent number: 10706892Abstract: The invention relates to systems, methods, and computer readable media for responding to a user snapshot request by capturing anticipatory pre-snapshot image data as well as post-snapshot image data. The captured information may be used, depending upon the embodiment, to create archival image information and image presentation information that is both useful and pleasing to a user. The captured information may automatically be trimmed or edited to facilitate creating an enhanced image, such as a moving still image. Varying embodiments of the invention offer techniques for trimming and editing based upon the following: exposure, brightness, focus, white balance, detected motion of the camera, substantive image analysis, detected sound, image metadata, and/or any combination of the foregoing.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Claus Molgaard, Brett M. Keating, George E. Williams, Marco Zuliani, Vincent Y. Wong, Frank Doepke, Ethan J. Tira-Thompson -
Patent number: 10664963Abstract: Artistic styles extracted from one or more source images may be applied to one or more target images, e.g., in the form of stylized images and/or stylized video sequences. The extracted artistic style may be stored as a plurality of layers in a neural network, which neural network may be further optimized, e.g., via the fusion of various elements of the network's architectures. An optimized network architecture may be determined for each processing environment in which the network will be applied. The artistic style may be applied to the obtained images and/or video sequence of images using various optimization methods, such as the use of scalars to control the resolution of the unstylized and stylized images, temporal consistency constraints, as well as the use of dynamically adjustable or selectable versions of Deep Neural Networks (DNN) that are responsive to system performance parameters, such as available processing resources and thermal capacity.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Francesco Rossi, Xiaohuan C. Wang, Bartlomiej W. Rymkowski, Xiaojin Shi, Marco Zuliani, Alexey Marinichev