Patents by Inventor Peter Vajda

Peter Vajda 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: 11748615
    Abstract: Computer implemented systems are described that implement a differentiable neural architecture search (DNAS) engine executing on one or more processors. The DNAS engine is configured with a stochastic super net defining a layer-wise search space having a plurality of candidate layers, each of the candidate layers specifying one or more operators for a neural network architecture. Further, the DNAS engine is configured to process training data to train weights for the operators in the stochastic super net based on a loss function representing a latency of the respective operator on a target platform, and to select a set of candidate neural network architectures from the trained stochastic super net. The DNAS engine may, for example, be configured to train the stochastic super net by traversing the layer-wise search space using gradient-based optimization of network architecture distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Bichen Wu, Peizhao Zhang, Peter Vajda, Xiaoliang Dai, Yanghan Wang, Yuandong Tian
  • Patent number: 11210854
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media can determine a placement in a camera view for displaying an augmented reality (AR) advertisement, where the camera view is associated with a computing device. An AR advertisement for a user associated with the computing device can be determined based on attributes associated with the user. Display of the AR advertisement can be caused at the determined placement in the camera view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: John Samuel Barnett, Dantley Davis, Congxi Lu, Jonathan Morton, Peter Vajda, Joshua Charles Harris
  • Patent number: 11170470
    Abstract: Techniques are described for content-adaptive downsampling of digital images and videos for computer vision operations, such as semantic segmentation. A computer vision system comprises a memory, one or more processors operably coupled to the memory and a downsampling module configured for execution by the one or more processors to perform, based on a non-uniform sampling model trained to predict content-aware sampling parameters, downsampling input image data to generate downsampled image data. A segmentation module is configured for execution by the one or more processors to perform segmentation on the downsampled image to produce a segmentation result, such as a feature map that assigns pixels of the downsampled image data to object classes. An upsampling module is configured for execution by the one or more processors to perform upsampling according to the segmentation result to produce upsampled image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Zijian He, Peter Vajda, Priyam Chatterjee, Shanghsuan Tsai, Dmitrii Marin
  • Patent number: 11030440
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify a first user depicted in image content captured by a second user. It is determined that the first user should be obscured in the image content based on privacy settings. The image content is modified to obscure the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: John Samuel Barnett, Dantley Davis, Congxi Lu, Jonathan Morton, Peter Vajda, Joshua Charles Harris
  • Patent number: 10796452
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system accesses a probability model associated with an image depicting a body. The probability model includes probability values associated with regions of the image and each probability value represents a probability of the associated region of the image containing a particular body part. The system selects a subset (e.g., 3) of the probability values based on a comparison of the probability values. For each selected probability value, the system identifies surrounding probability values surrounding the selected probability value and computes a probabilistic maximum based on the selected probability value and the surrounding probability values. Each probabilistic maximum is associated with a location within the regions associated with the selected probability value and the surrounding probability values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Vajda, Peizhao Zhang, Matthieu Tony Uyttendaele, Yanghan Wang
  • Patent number: 10733431
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system may access first, second, and third probability models that are respectively associated with predetermined first and second body parts and a predetermined segment connecting the first and second body parts. Each model includes probability values associated with regions in an image, with each value representing the probability of the associated region containing the associated body part or segment. The system may select a first and second region based on the first probability model and a third region based on the second probability model. Based on the third probability model, the system may compute a first probability score for regions connecting the first and third regions and a second probability score for regions connecting the second and third regions. Based on the first and second probability scores, the system may select the first region to indicate where the predetermined first body part appears in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Peizhao Zhang, Peter Vajda, Kevin Matzen, Ross Girshick
  • Patent number: 10692243
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system may access an image and generate a feature map for the image using a neural network. The system may identify regions of interest in the feature map. Regional feature maps may be generated for the regions of interest, respectively. Each of the regional feature maps has a first, a second, and a third dimension. The system may generate a first combined regional feature map by combining the regional feature maps. The combined regional feature map has a first, a second, and a third dimension. The system may generate a second combined regional feature map by processing the first combined regional feature map using one or more convolutional layers. The system may generate, for each of the regions of interest, information associated with an object instance based on a portion of the second combined regional feature map associated with that region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Vajda, Peizhao Zhang, Fei Yang, Yanghan Wang
  • Patent number: 10650072
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a method, including: capturing an image of an object having a multi-part identifier displayed thereon, the multi-part identifier including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including graphical content and the second portion including human-recognizable textual content. The method also includes based on the captured image, identifying a domain associated with the graphical content. The method also includes based on the captured image, identifying a sub-part of the domain associated with the textual content. The method also includes identifying a digital destination based on the identified domain and the identified sub-part. The method also includes performing an action based on the digital destination. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform the actions of the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Maria Loveva, Matthew William Canton, Peizhao Zhang, Shihang Wei, Shen Wang, Peter Vajda, Han Wang
  • Patent number: 10586350
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system accesses pose probability models for predetermined parts of a body depicted in an image. Each of the pose probability models is configured for determining a probability of the associated predetermined body part being at a location in the image. The system determines a candidate pose that is defined by a set of coordinates representing candidate locations of the predetermined body parts. The system further determines a first probability score for the candidate pose based on the pose probability models and the set of coordinates of the candidate pose. A pose representation is generated for the candidate pose using a transformation model and the candidate pose. The system determines a second probability score for the pose representation based on a pose-representation probability model. The system selects the candidate pose to represent a pose of the body based on at least the first and second probability scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Vajda, Peizhao Zhang, Fei Yang, Yanghan Wang
  • Patent number: 10565729
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes a system accessing an image and generating a feature map using a first neural network. The system identifies a plurality of regions of interest in the feature map. A plurality of regional feature maps may be generated for the plurality of regions of interest, respectively. Using a second neural network, the system may detect at least one regional feature map in the plurality of regional feature maps that corresponds to a person depicted in the image, and generate a target region definition associated with a location of the person using the regional feature map. Based on the target region definition associated with the location of the person, a target regional feature map may be generated by sampling the feature map for the image. The system may process the target regional feature map to generate a keypoint mask and an instance segmentation mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Vajda, Peizhao Zhang, Fei Yang, Yanghan Wang
  • Patent number: 10452898
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify one or more objects depicted in a camera view of a camera application displayed on a display of a user device. An augmented reality overlay is determined based on the one or more objects identified in the camera view. The camera view is modified based on the augmented reality overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: John Samuel Barnett, Dantley Davis, Congxi Lu, Jonathan Morton, Peter Vajda, Joshua Charles Harris
  • Publication number: 20190171867
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify one or more objects depicted in a camera view of a camera application displayed on a display of a user device. An augmented reality overlay is determined based on the one or more objects identified in the camera view. The camera view is modified based on the augmented reality overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: John Samuel Barnett, Dantley Davis, Congxi Lu, Jonathan Morton, Peter Vajda, Joshua Charles Harris
  • Publication number: 20190171903
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system may access an image and generate a feature map for the image using a neural network. The system may identify regions of interest in the feature map. Regional feature maps may be generated for the regions of interest, respectively. Each of the regional feature maps has a first, a second, and a third dimension. The system may generate a first combined regional feature map by combining the regional feature maps. The combined regional feature map has a first, a second, and a third dimension. The system may generate a second combined regional feature map by processing the first combined regional feature map using one or more convolutional layers. The system may generate, for each of the regions of interest, information associated with an object instance based on a portion of the second combined regional feature map associated with that region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Vajda, Peizhao Zhang, Fei Yang, Yanghan Wang
  • Publication number: 20190172224
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system accesses a probability model associated with an image depicting a body. The probability model includes probability values associated with regions of the image and each probability value represents a probability of the associated region of the image containing a particular body part. The system selects a subset (e.g., 3) of the probability values based on a comparison of the probability values. For each selected probability value, the system identifies surrounding probability values surrounding the selected probability value and computes a probabilistic maximum based on the selected probability value and the surrounding probability values. Each probabilistic maximum is associated with a location within the regions associated with the selected probability value and the surrounding probability values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Vajda, Peizhao Zhang, Matthieu Tony Uyttendaele, Yanghan Wang
  • Publication number: 20190171870
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes a system accessing an image and generating a feature map using a first neural network. The system identifies a plurality of regions of interest in the feature map. A plurality of regional feature maps may be generated for the plurality of regions of interest, respectively. Using a second neural network, the system may detect at least one regional feature map in the plurality of regional feature maps that corresponds to a person depicted in the image, and generate a target region definition associated with a location of the person using the regional feature map. Based on the target region definition associated with the location of the person, a target regional feature map may be generated by sampling the feature map for the image. The system may process the target regional feature map to generate a keypoint mask and an instance segmentation mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Vajda, Peizhao Zhang, Fei Yang, Yanghan Wang
  • Publication number: 20190171871
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system may access first, second, and third probability models that are respectively associated with predetermined first and second body parts and a predetermined segment connecting the first and second body parts. Each model includes probability values associated with regions in an image, with each value representing the probability of the associated region containing the associated body part or segment. The system may select a first and second region based on the first probability model and a third region based on the second probability model. Based on the third probability model, the system may compute a first probability score for regions connecting the first and third regions and a second probability score for regions connecting the second and third regions. Based on the first and second probability scores, the system may select the first region to indicate where the predetermined first body part appears in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Peizhao Zhang, Peter Vajda, Kevin Matzen, Ross Girshick
  • Publication number: 20190172223
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system accesses pose probability models for predetermined parts of a body depicted in an image. Each of the pose probability models is configured for determining a probability of the associated predetermined body part being at a location in the image. The system determines a candidate pose that is defined by a set of coordinates representing candidate locations of the predetermined body parts. The system further determines a first probability score for the candidate pose based on the pose probability models and the set of coordinates of the candidate pose. A pose representation is generated for the candidate pose using a transformation model and the candidate pose. The system determines a second probability score for the pose representation based on a pose-representation probability model. The system selects the candidate pose to represent a pose of the body based on at least the first and second probability scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Vajda, Peizhao Zhang, Fei Yang, Yanghan Wang
  • Publication number: 20190130043
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a method, including: capturing an image of an object having a multi-part identifier displayed thereon, the multi-part identifier including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including graphical content and the second portion including human-recognizable textual content. The method also includes based on the captured image, identifying a domain associated with the graphical content. The method also includes based on the captured image, identifying a sub-part of the domain associated with the textual content. The method also includes identifying a digital destination based on the identified domain and the identified sub-part. The method also includes performing an action based on the digital destination. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform the actions of the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Maria Ioveva, Matthew William Canton, Peizhao Zhang, Shihang Wei, Shen Wang, Peter Vajda, Han Wang
  • Patent number: 10257501
    Abstract: A canvas generation system generates a canvas view of a scene based on a set of original camera views depicting the scene, for example to recreate a scene in virtual reality. Canvas views can be generated based on a set of synthetic views generated from a set of original camera views. Synthetic views can be generated, for example, by shifting and blending relevant original camera views based on an optical flow across multiple original camera views. An optical flow can be generated using an iterative method which individually optimizes the optical flow vector for each pixel of a camera view and propagates changes in the optical flow to neighboring optical flow vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Keith Cabral, Forrest Samuel Briggs, Albert Parra Pozo, Peter Vajda
  • Patent number: 10228832
    Abstract: A method is provided to edit a display screen of a zooming user interface system; the method includes receiving a user request to transform a set of display elements that are displayed on a display screen encompassed by a frame; in response to the user request an information structured is produced in a non-transitory storage device that indicates each display element of the set of display elements that is displayed on the display screen encompassed by the frame; each display element indicated by the information structure is transformed according to the user request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Prezi, Inc.
    Inventors: Péter Németh, Bálint Bulcsú Gábor, Ádám Somlai-Fisher, David Udvardy, David Gauquelin, László Laufer, Ákos Tóth-Máté, Lior Paz, Zsuzsa Weiner, Péter Vajda, Peter Halacsy