Patents by Inventor Michael Krainin

Michael Krainin 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: 11483463
    Abstract: Some implementations relate to determining whether glare is present in captured image(s) of an object (e.g., a photo) and/or to determining one or more attributes of any present glare. Some of those implementations further relate to adapting one or more parameters for a glare removal process based on whether the glare is determined to be present and/or based on one or more of the determined attributes of any glare determined to be present. Some additional and/or alternative implementations disclosed herein relate to correcting color of a flash image of an object (e.g., a photo). The flash image is based on one or more images captured by a camera of a client device with a flash component of the client device activated. In various implementations, correcting the color of the flash image is based on a determined color space of an ambient image of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Julia Winn, Abraham Stephens, Daniel Pettigrew, Aaron Maschinot, Ce Liu, Michael Krainin, Michael Rubinstein, Jingyu Cui
  • Publication number: 20200282811
    Abstract: Some implementations relate to determining whether glare is present in captured image(s) of an object (e.g., a photo) and/or to determining one or more attributes of any present glare. Some of those implementations further relate to adapting one or more parameters for a glare removal process based on whether the glare is determined to be present and/or based on one or more of the determined attributes of any glare determined to be present. Some additional and/or alternative implementations disclosed herein relate to correcting color of a flash image of an object (e.g., a photo). The flash image is based on one or more images captured by a camera of a client device with a flash component of the client device activated. In various implementations, correcting the color of the flash image is based on a determined color space of an ambient image of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Julia WINN, Abraham STEPHENS, Daniel PETTIGREW, Aaron MASCHINOT, Ce LIU, Michael KRAININ, Michael RUBINSTEIN, Jingyu CUI
  • Patent number: 10675955
    Abstract: Some implementations relate to determining whether glare is present in captured image(s) of an object (e.g., a photo) and/or to determining one or more attributes of any present glare. Some of those implementations further relate to adapting one or more parameters for a glare removal process based on whether the glare is determined to be present and/or based on one or more of the determined attributes of any glare determined to be present. Some additional and/or alternative implementations disclosed herein relate to correcting color of a flash image of an object (e.g., a photo). The flash image is based on one or more images captured by a camera of a client device with a flash component of the client device activated. In various implementations, correcting the color of the flash image is based on a determined color space of an ambient image of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Julia Winn, Abraham Stephens, Daniel Pettigrew, Aaron Maschinot, Ce Liu, Michael Krainin, Michael Rubinstein, Jingyu Cui
  • Patent number: 10375381
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described include defining, at a computing device, a set of images based on captured images, projecting, at the computing device, a portion of the set of images from a planar perspective image plane onto a spherical image plane by recasting a plurality of viewing rays associated with the portion of the set of images from a plurality of viewpoints arranged around a curved path to a viewpoint, determining, at the computing device, a periphery boundary corresponding to the viewpoint and generating updated images by removing pixels that are outside of the periphery boundary, and providing, for display, the updated images within the bounds of the periphery boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Robert Anderson, Changchang Wu, Michael Krainin
  • Patent number: 10244226
    Abstract: Systems and methods are related to a camera rig and generating stereoscopic panoramas from captured images for display in a virtual reality (VR) environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Weaver, Robert Anderson, Changchang Wu, Michael Krainin, David Gallup, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Matthew Thomas Valente, Christopher Edward Hoover, Erik Hubert Dolly Goossens
  • Publication number: 20180160106
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described include defining, at a computing device, a set of images based on captured images, projecting, at the computing device, a portion of the set of images from a planar perspective image plane onto a spherical image plane by recasting a plurality of viewing rays associated with the portion of the set of images from a plurality of viewpoints arranged around a curved path to a viewpoint, determining, at the computing device, a periphery boundary corresponding to the viewpoint and generating updated images by removing pixels that are outside of the periphery boundary, and providing, for display, the updated images within the bounds of the periphery boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Robert Anderson, Changchang Wu, Michael Krainin
  • Patent number: 9877016
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described include defining, at a computing device, a set of images based on captured images, projecting, at the computing device, a portion of the set of images from a planar perspective image plane onto a spherical image plane by recasting a plurality of viewing rays associated with the portion of the set of images from a plurality of viewpoints arranged around a curved path to a viewpoint, determining, at the computing device, a periphery boundary corresponding to the viewpoint and generating updated images by removing pixels that are outside of the periphery boundary, and providing, for display, the updated images within the bounds of the periphery boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Robert Anderson, Changchang Wu, Michael Krainin
  • Publication number: 20160352982
    Abstract: Systems and methods are related to a camera rig and generating stereoscopic panoramas from captured images for display in a virtual reality (VR) environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Joshua Weaver, Robert Anderson, Changchang Wu, Michael Krainin, David Gallup, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Matthew Thomas Valente, Christopher Edward Hoover, Erik Hubert Dolly Goossens
  • Publication number: 20160353090
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described include defining, at a computing device, a set of images based on captured images, projecting, at the computing device, a portion of the set of images from a planar perspective image plane onto a spherical image plane by recasting a plurality of viewing rays associated with the portion of the set of images from a plurality of viewpoints arranged around a curved path to a viewpoint, determining, at the computing device, a periphery boundary corresponding to the viewpoint and generating updated images by removing pixels that are outside of the periphery boundary, and providing, for display, the updated images within the bounds of the periphery boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Robert Anderson, Changchang Wu, Michael Krainin