Patents by Inventor Robert Alex COLBURN

Robert Alex COLBURN 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: 11967015
    Abstract: The subject technology provides a framework for learning neural scene representations directly from images, without three-dimensional (3D) supervision, by a machine-learning model. In the disclosed systems and methods, 3D structure can be imposed by ensuring that the learned representation transforms like a real 3D scene. For example, a loss function can be provided which enforces equivariance of the scene representation with respect to 3D rotations. Because naive tensor rotations may not be used to define models that are equivariant with respect to 3D rotations, a new operation called an invertible shear rotation is disclosed, which has the desired equivariance property. In some implementations, the model can be used to generate a 3D representation, such as mesh, of an object from an image of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qi Shan, Joshua Susskind, Aditya Sankar, Robert Alex Colburn, Emilien Dupont, Miguel Angel Bautista Martin
  • Publication number: 20210248811
    Abstract: The subject technology provides a framework for learning neural scene representations directly from images, without three-dimensional (3D) supervision, by a machine-learning model. In the disclosed systems and methods, 3D structure can be imposed by ensuring that the learned representation transforms like a real 3D scene. For example, a loss function can be provided which enforces equivariance of the scene representation with respect to 3D rotations. Because naive tensor rotations may not be used to define models that are equivariant with respect to 3D rotations, a new operation called an invertible shear rotation is disclosed, which has the desired equivariance property. In some implementations, the model can be used to generate a 3D representation, such as mesh, of an object from an image of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Qi SHAN, Joshua SUSSKIND, Aditya SANKAR, Robert Alex COLBURN, Emilien DUPONT, Miguel Angel BAUTISTA MARTIN