Patents by Inventor Robin Atkins

Robin Atkins 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: 20250097480
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Publication number: 20250095125
    Abstract: Methods and systems for dynamic range conversion and display mapping of standard dynamic range (SDR) images onto high dynamic range (HDR) displays are described. Given an SDR input image, a processor generates an intensity (luminance) image and optionally a base layer image and a detail layer image. A first neural network uses the intensity image to predict statistics of the SDR image in a higher dynamic range. These predicted statistics together with the original image statistics of the input image are used to derive an optimal tone-mapping curve to map the input SDR image onto an HDR display. Optionally, a second neural network, using the intensity image and the detail layer image, can generate a residual detail layer image in a higher dynamic range to enhance the tone-mapping of the base layer image into the higher dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Wanat, Anustup Kumar Atanu Choudhury, Robin Atkins
  • Publication number: 20250088647
    Abstract: Several embodiments of scalable image processing systems and methods are disclosed herein whereby color management processing of source image data to be displayed on a target display is changed according to varying levels of metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neil W. Messmer, Robin Atkins, Steve Margerm, Peter W. Longhurst
  • Patent number: 12231660
    Abstract: Several embodiments of scalable image processing systems and methods are disclosed herein whereby color management processing of source image data to be displayed on a target display is changed according to varying levels of metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neil W. Messmer, Robin Atkins, Steve Margerm, Peter W. Longhurst
  • Publication number: 20250054204
    Abstract: Systems and methods for encoding and decoding multiple-intent images and video using metadata. When encoding an image as a multiple-intent image, at least one appearance adjustment may be made to the image. Metadata characterizing the at least one appearance adjustment may be included in, or transmitted along with, the encoded multiple-intent image. When decoding a multiple-intent image, a system may obtain a selection of a desired rendering intent and, based on that selection, either render the multiple-intent image with the applied appearance adjustments or may use the metadata to invert the appearance adjustments and recover the image pre-appearance adjustments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz, Robert Wanat, Jake William Zuena
  • Patent number: 12217724
    Abstract: A handheld imaging device has a data receiver that is configured to receive reference encoded image data. The data includes reference code values, which are encoded by an external coding system. The reference code values represent reference gray levels, which are being selected using a reference grayscale display function that is based on perceptual non-linearity of human vision adapted at different light levels to spatial frequencies. The imaging device also has a data converter that is configured to access a code mapping between the reference code values and device-specific code values of the imaging device. The device-specific code values are configured to produce gray levels that are specific to the imaging device. Based on the code mapping, the data converter is configured to transcode the reference encoded image data into device-specific image data, which is encoded with the device-specific code values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Scott Miller, Scott Daly, Mahdi Nezamabadi, Robin Atkins
  • Publication number: 20250024086
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Patent number: 12200271
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Patent number: 12170815
    Abstract: The described embodiments include systems and methods for producing and adapting images, such as video images, for presentation on display devices that have various different aspects ratios, such as 4:3, 16:9, 9:16, etc. In one embodiment, a method for producing content, such as video images, can begin by selecting an original aspect ratio and determining, within at least a first scene in the content, a position of a subject in the first scene. In one embodiment, the original aspect ratio can be substantially square (e.g., 1:1). Metadata can then be created, based on the position of the subject in the first scene, to guide playback devices to asymmetrically crop the content, relative to the position, for display on display devices that have aspect ratios that are different than the original aspect ratio. Other methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Suzanne Farrell, Per Jonas Andreas Klittmark
  • Patent number: 12167048
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Publication number: 20240397088
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating and using dynamic spatial metadata in image and video processing are described. In an encoder, in addition to global metadata, local, spatial metadata for two or more image regions or image objects are generated, smoothed, and embedded as spatial metadata values. In a decoder, the decoder can reconstruct the spatial metadata and use interpolation techniques to generate metadata for specific regions of interest. Examples of generating spatial metadata related to min, mid, and max luminance values in an image are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin ATKINS, Per Jonas Andreas KLITTMARK
  • Publication number: 20240380928
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Publication number: 20240354914
    Abstract: Methods and systems for precision rendering in display mapping using neural networks are described. Given an intensity input image, a sequence of neural networks comprising a pyramid-halving sub-network, a pyramid down-sampling sub-network, a pyramid-up-sampling sub-network, and a final-layer generation sub-network generate a base layer image and a detail layer image to be used in display mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Anustup Kumar Atanu CHOUDHURY, Robin ATKINS
  • Patent number: 12120358
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Patent number: 12120357
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Patent number: 12108061
    Abstract: Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Fangjun Pu, Sean Thomas McCarthy, Walter J. Husak, Tao Chen, Guan-Ming Su
  • Patent number: 12108060
    Abstract: Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Fangjun Pu, Sean Thomas McCarthy, Walter J. Husak, Tao Chen, Guan-Ming Su
  • Publication number: 20240323414
    Abstract: Several embodiments of scalable image processing systems and methods are disclosed herein whereby color management processing of source image data to be displayed on a target display is changed according to varying levels of metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neil W. Messmer, Robin Atkins, Steve Margerm, Peter W. Longhurst
  • Publication number: 20240323413
    Abstract: Several embodiments of scalable image processing systems and methods are disclosed herein whereby color management processing of source image data to be displayed on a target display is changed according to varying levels of metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neil W. Messmer, Robin Atkins, Steve Margerm, Peter W. Longhurst
  • Patent number: 12100426
    Abstract: A content-creation tool includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive a first video clip and a second video clip, a respective first and second metadata-item thereof being set to a respective first and second metadata-value. The memory stores video-editing software that includes a timeline interface and instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the processor to: add the first video clip to the timeline interface as a first timeline-track that retains the first metadata-value; add the second video clip to the timeline interface as a second timeline-track that retains the second metadata-value; and generate a frame sequence that includes a plurality of video frames. Each video frame is a frame of, or a frame derived from, one of (i) the first timeline-track, (ii) the second timeline-track, and (iii) a composited time-line-track composited from at least one of the first and second timeline-tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Gaven Wang