Patents by Inventor Nicholas DEAKIN

Nicholas DEAKIN 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: 20260051035
    Abstract: Implementations relate to providing HDR video formats with low dynamic range compatibility. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining a first video including first frames having a first dynamic range and a second video including corresponding second frames having a second dynamic range that is different than the first dynamic range. A recovery map track is generated, including a recovery map frame for each first frame and corresponding second frame, the recovery map frame encoding differences in luminances between portions of the first frame and corresponding second frame. The first video and recovery map track are provided in a video container that is readable to display the first video or to display a derived video based on applying the recovery map track to the first video. The derived video includes derived frames that have a dynamic range different than the first dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas DEAKIN, Fares ALHASSEN, Abraham J. STEPHENS, Ryan GEISS, Kiran Kumar MURTHY, Emilian PEEV, Patrick SHEHANE, Christopher CAMERON, Andrew LEWIS
  • Publication number: 20250285248
    Abstract: Implementations relate to providing an HDR image format with low dynamic range compatibility. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining a first image depicting a scene and having a first dynamic range, obtaining a second image depicting the scene and having a second dynamic range that is different than the first dynamic range, and generating a recovery map based on the first and second images. The recovery map encodes differences in luminances between corresponding portions of the first and second images, the differences scaled by a range scaling factor including a ratio of maximum luminances of the second image and the first image. The first image and recovery map are provided in an image container that is readable to display a derived image that is based on applying the recovery map to the first image and has a dynamic range that is different than the first dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas DEAKIN, Fares ALHASSEN, Abraham J. STEPHENS, Ryan GEISS, Kiran Kumar MURTHY, Emilian PEEV
  • Patent number: 12182902
    Abstract: A graphics pipeline cache reconstruction operation is implemented to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches for a current client gaming session based on one or more pipeline structures. The pipeline structures each represent a graphical object rendered during a respective previous client gaming session and are used to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches that include graphics pipeline cache objects related to the graphical objects of the pipeline structures. These graphics pipeline cache objects are used to initialize one or more graphics pipelines used to render the graphical objects in a gaming application for a current client gaming session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Robert Fraser, Chetan Kakkar, Derek Bulner, Jean-François Roy, Kevin Moule, Nicholas Deakin
  • Publication number: 20230325966
    Abstract: A graphics pipeline cache reconstruction operation is implemented to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches for a current client gaming session based on one or more pipeline structures. The pipeline structures each represent a graphical object rendered during a respective previous client gaming session and are used to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches that include graphics pipeline cache objects related to the graphical objects of the pipeline structures. These graphics pipeline cache objects are used to initialize one or more graphics pipelines used to render the graphical objects in a gaming application for a current client gaming session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Fraser, Chetan Kakkar, Derek Bulner, Jean-François Roy, Kevin Moule, Nicholas Deakin
  • Patent number: 11727531
    Abstract: A graphics pipeline cache reconstruction operation is implemented to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches for a current client gaming session based on one or more pipeline structures. The pipeline structures each represent a graphical object rendered during a respective previous client gaming session and are used to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches that include graphics pipeline cache objects related to the graphical objects of the pipeline structures. These graphics pipeline cache objects are used to initialize one or more graphics pipelines used to render the graphical objects in a gaming application for a current client gaming session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Robert Fraser, Chetan Kakkar, Derek Bulner, Jean-François Roy, Kevin Moule, Nicholas Deakin
  • Publication number: 20230087910
    Abstract: A graphics pipeline cache reconstruction operation is implemented to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches for a current client gaming session based on one or more pipeline structures. The pipeline structures each represent a graphical object rendered during a respective previous client gaming session and are used to reconstruct one or more graphics pipeline caches that include graphics pipeline cache objects related to the graphical objects of the pipeline structures. These graphics pipeline cache objects are used to initialize one or more graphics pipelines used to render the graphical objects in a gaming application for a current client gaming session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Fraser, Chetan Kakkar, Derek Bulner, Jean-François Roy, Kevin Moule, Nicholas Deakin
  • Publication number: 20200262536
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle (1) in which forward motion is developed by changing the position of the buoyancy centre and the position of the centre of gravity of the aerial vehicle (1). The aerial vehicle (1) has an envelope (12) which is a body of revolution about a central axis (X-X). The envelope (12) comprises a film and contains a lighter than air gas and wings (13, 14) one each extending laterally either side of the envelope (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Nicholas DEAKIN