Patents by Inventor Michael Scott Brown

Michael Scott Brown 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: 12633145
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided to identify fake pixels from an image that is processed via an image processor that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology and/or an AI camera module to perform image authentication. The electronic device may be configured to: obtain an input image; obtain a processed image of the input image via AI-based model; generate authentication metadata that indicates fake pixels that have been generated by the AI-based model; store the authentication metadata in association with the processed image in the at least one memory; and output the processed image with an indication of the fake pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Brown, Abhijith Punnappurath, Abdelrahman Abdelhamed, Luxi Zhao
  • Patent number: 12488504
    Abstract: A method for processing image data may include: obtaining a raw input image that is captured under an input illumination; obtaining a target illumination from a user input; obtaining an intermediate image having colors captured under a reference illumination, from the raw input image, based on a first color transform that maps the input illumination to the reference illumination in an illumination dataset of raw sensor images that are captured under a plurality of different illuminations; and obtaining an output image having colors captured under the target illumination, from the intermediate image, based on a second color transform that maps the reference illumination in the illumination dataset to the target illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Abdelrahman Abdelhamed, Michael Scott Brown, Abhijith Punnappurath, Luxi Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250272782
    Abstract: An apparatus for white balance editing, includes a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain an input image having an original white balance that is corrected by image signal processing, and obtain, using a first neural network, an intermediate representation of the obtained input image, the intermediate representation having the original white balance that is not corrected by the image signal processing. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to obtain, using a second neural network, a first output image having a first white balance different than the original white balance, based on the obtained intermediate representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Nasser Mohammed AFIFI, Michael Scott BROWN
  • Patent number: 12394024
    Abstract: A noise model is iteratively trained to simulate introduction of noise by a capture device, by use of a denoiser and a training data set of pairs of noisy signals. First and second noisy signals of each pair are independently sampled by the capture device from source information corresponding to the pair. Each iteration of training obtains first and second denoised signals from respective noisy signals, then optimizes at least one loss function which sums first and second terms to train both the noise model and the denoiser, where the first term is based on the first denoised signal and the second noisy signal, and the second term is based on the second denoised signal and the first noisy signal. By using noisy samples, the complexities of obtaining “clean” signals are avoided. By using “cross-sample” loss functions, convergence on undesired training results is avoided without complex regularization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ali Maleky, Marcus Anthony Brubaker, Michael Scott Brown
  • Patent number: 12335667
    Abstract: An apparatus for white balance editing, includes a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain an input image having an original white balance that is corrected by image signal processing, and obtain, using a first neural network, an intermediate representation of the obtained input image, the intermediate representation having the original white balance that is not corrected by the image signal processing. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to obtain, using a second neural network, a first output image having a first white balance different than the original white balance, based on the obtained intermediate representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Nasser Mohammed Afifi, Michael Scott Brown
  • Publication number: 20250168291
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable mediums for encoding color lookup tables (LUTs) by an apparatus. A method includes determining a first identifier corresponding to a first LUT of a plurality of LUTs, providing, to a trained machine learning model, the first identifier and an input lattice, obtaining, from the trained machine learning model, an output lattice corresponding to the first LUT, and performing color manipulation on at least one input image using the output lattice. Each LUT of the plurality of LUTs includes mappings from input color values to output color values. The trained machine learning model has been jointly trained on the plurality of LUTs and identification information corresponding to each LUT in the plurality of LUTs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vahid ZEHTAB, Marcus Anthony BRUBAKER, Michael Scott brown, David Brian LINDELL
  • Publication number: 20250166359
    Abstract: A method includes collecting a first set of images of a scene with a sensor in accordance with a first condition; collecting a second set of images of the scene with the sensor in accordance with a second condition; collecting one or more noise sample sets based on the first set of images and the second set of images; generating a calibrated noise model based on the one or more noise sample sets; and generating a noisy image by applying the calibrated noise model to a noise free image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ali MOSLEH, Atin Vikram SINGH, Jaeduk HAN, Abhijith PUNNAPPURATH, Luxi ZHAO, Jihwan CHOE, Marcus Anthony BRUBAKER, Michael Scott BROWN
  • Publication number: 20250166123
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable mediums for demosaicing images by an apparatus. A method includes obtaining, from a plurality of sensors of the apparatus, a plurality of mosaic images, concatenating each image of the plurality of mosaic images with encoded embeddings of the corresponding mosaic pattern of the sensor of the plurality of sensors that captured that image of the plurality of mosaic images, providing the concatenated plurality of mosaic images to a machine learning model, and acquiring, from the machine learning model, a plurality of demosaiced images corresponding to the plurality of mosaic images. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors has a corresponding mosaic pattern from among a plurality of mosaic patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SaiKiran Kumar TEDLA, Abhijith PUNNAPPURATH, Luxi ZHAO, Michael Scott BROWN
  • Patent number: 12293497
    Abstract: A method for processing image data may include: obtaining a first image and a second image that capture a same scene in different views, from a first camera and a second camera, respectively; spatially aligning the first image with the second image; obtaining a color transformation matrix that maps the first image to the second image based on color values of the first image and the second image; obtaining an estimated illuminant color from an output of a neural network by inputting the color transformation matrix to the neural network, wherein the neural network is trained based on a pair of reference images of a same reference scene with a color rendition chart that are captured by different cameras having different spectral sensitivities; and performing a white balance correction on the first image based on the estimated illuminant color to output a corrected first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Abdelrahman Abdelhamed, Abhijith Punnappurath, Michael Scott Brown
  • Patent number: 12148186
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes receiving an input image, extracting at least one feature from the input image, determining at least one local tone curve for a portion of the input image based on the extracted at least one feature, the portion of the input image being less than an overall area of the input image, and generating a toned image based on the at least one local tone curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Abdelrahman Abdelhamed, Luxi Zhao, Michael Scott Brown
  • Patent number: 12106524
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes receiving an input image, extracting at least one feature from the input image, determining at least one local tone curve for a portion of the input image based on the extracted at least one feature, the portion of the input image being less than an overall area of the input image, and generating a toned image based on the at least one local tone curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Abdelrahman Abdelhamed, Luxi Zhao, Michael Scott Brown
  • Patent number: 12015855
    Abstract: A method of generating a low-light image is provided. The method includes receiving a raw image, removing an amount of first illumination from the raw image, applying a low exposure condition to the raw image having the amount of first illumination removed, and applying an amount of low-light illumination to the raw image having the applied low exposure condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Abdullah Abuolaim, Abhijith Punnappurath, Abdelrahman Abdelhamed, Michael Scott Brown, Aleksai Levinshtein
  • Publication number: 20240029460
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided to identify fake pixels from an image that is processed via an image processor that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology and/or an AI camera module to perform image authentication. The electronic device may be configured to: obtain an input image; obtain a processed image of the input image via AI-based model; generate authentication metadata that indicates fake pixels that have been generated by the AI-based model; store the authentication metadata in association with the processed image in the at least one memory; and output the processed image with an indication of the fake pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Brown, Abhijith Punnappurath, Abdelrahman Abdelhamed, Luxi Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240029308
    Abstract: A method for processing image data may include: obtaining a raw input image that is captured under an input illumination; obtaining a target illumination from a user input; obtaining an intermediate image having colors captured under a reference illumination, from the raw input image, based on a first color transform that maps the input illumination to the reference illumination in an illumination dataset of raw sensor images that are captured under a plurality of different illuminations; and obtaining an output image having colors captured under the target illumination, from the intermediate image, based on a second color transform that maps the reference illumination in the illumination dataset to the target illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Abdelrahman ABDELHAMED, Michael Scott BROWN, Abhijith PUNNAPPURATH, Luxi ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11849264
    Abstract: An apparatus for white balance editing, includes a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain an input image having an original white balance that is corrected by image signal processing, and obtain, using a first neural network, an intermediate representation of the obtained input image, the intermediate representation having the original white balance that is not corrected by the image signal processing. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to obtain, using a second neural network, a first output image having a first white balance different than the original white balance, based on the obtained intermediate representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Nasser Mohammed Afifi, Michael Scott Brown
  • Patent number: 11838641
    Abstract: A method for generating an output image may include obtaining an input image having a first exposure value, generating a plurality of levels that are each respectively associated with a respective representation of the input image, based on the input image, generating the output image having a second exposure value, based on a deep neural network (DNN) including a set of sub-networks and the plurality of levels, and providing the output image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Nasser Mohammed Afifi, Michael Scott Brown, Konstantinos Derpanis, Björn Ommer
  • Patent number: 11729362
    Abstract: An apparatus for white balance editing, includes a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain an input image having an original white balance that is corrected by image signal processing, and obtain, using a first neural network, an intermediate representation of the obtained input image, the intermediate representation having the original white balance that is not corrected by the image signal processing. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to obtain, using a second neural network, a first output image having a first white balance different than the original white balance, based on the obtained intermediate representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Nasser Mohammed Afifi, Michael Scott Brown
  • Publication number: 20230209029
    Abstract: An apparatus for white balance editing, includes a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain an input image having an original white balance that is corrected by image signal processing, and obtain, using a first neural network, an intermediate representation of the obtained input image, the intermediate representation having the original white balance that is not corrected by the image signal processing. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to obtain, using a second neural network, a first output image having a first white balance different than the original white balance, based on the obtained intermediate representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Nasser Mohammed AFIFI, Michael Scott BROWN
  • Publication number: 20230188690
    Abstract: A method for processing image data may include: obtaining a first image and a second image that capture a same scene in different views, from a first camera and a second camera, respectively; spatially aligning the first image with the second image; obtaining a color transformation matrix that maps the first image to the second image based on color values of the first image and the second image; obtaining an estimated illuminant color from an output of a neural network by inputting the color transformation matrix to the neural network, wherein the neural network is trained based on a pair of reference images of a same reference scene with a color rendition chart that are captured by different cameras having different spectral sensitivities; and performing a white balance correction on the first image based on the estimated illuminant color to output a corrected first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Abdelrahman ABDELHAMED, Abhijith Punnappurath, Michael Scott Brown
  • Publication number: 20230153957
    Abstract: A noise model is iteratively trained to simulate introduction of noise by a capture device, by use of a denoiser and a training data set of pairs of noisy signals. First and second noisy signals of each pair are independently sampled by the capture device from source information corresponding to the pair. Each iteration of training obtains first and second denoised signals from respective noisy signals, then optimizes at least one loss function which sums first and second terms to train both the noise model and the denoiser, where the first term is based on the first denoised signal and the second noisy signal, and the second term is based on the second denoised signal and the first noisy signal. By using noisy samples, the complexities of obtaining “clean” signals are avoided. By using “cross-sample” loss functions, convergence on undesired training results is avoided without complex regularization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ali MALEKY, Marcus Anthony BRUBAKER, Michael Scott BROWN