Patents by Inventor Ryan Geiss

Ryan Geiss 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: 20260112011
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes an image sensor coupled to a vehicle, and control circuitry configured to perform operations including receiving, from the image sensor, an input stream comprising high dynamic range (HDR) image data associated with an environment of the vehicle, and processing the input stream at the vehicle by applying a global tone mapping, followed by offline image processing that can include applying a local tone mapping to the globally tone mapped images of the same input stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Xiaoying He, Ryan Geiss, Pieter Kapsenberg, Carl Warren Craddock, Zhinan Xu, Lucian Ion, Ajay Chandra Venkata Gummalla
  • 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
  • Patent number: 12417520
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes an image sensor coupled to a vehicle, and control circuitry configured to perform operations including receiving, from the image sensor, an input stream comprising high dynamic range (HDR) image data associated with an environment of the vehicle, and processing the input stream at the vehicle by applying a global tone mapping, followed by offline image processing that can include applying a local tone mapping to the globally tone mapped images of the same input stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoying He, Ryan Geiss, Pieter Kapsenberg, Carl Warren Craddock, Zhinan Xu, Lucian Ion, Ajay Chandra Venkata Gummalla
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20240395035
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to photography are provided. A computing device can receive an input image. An object detector of the computing device can determine an object region of interest of the input image that is associated with an object detected in the input image. A trained machine learning algorithm can determine an output photographic region of interest for the input image based on the object region of interest and the input image. The machine learning algorithm can be trained to identify an output photographic region of interest that is suitable for use by a photographic function for image generation. The computing device can generate an output related to the output photographic region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Geiss, Ruido Yang, Marc Levoy
  • Publication number: 20240320810
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes an image sensor coupled to a vehicle, and control circuitry configured to perform operations including receiving, from the image sensor, an input stream comprising high dynamic range (HDR) image data associated with an environment of the vehicle, and processing the input stream at the vehicle by applying a global tone mapping, followed by offline image processing that can include applying a local tone mapping to the globally tone mapped images of the same input stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaoying He, Ryan Geiss, Pieter Kapsenberg, Carl Warren Craddock, Zhinan Xu, Lucian Ion, Ajay Chandra Venkata Gummalla
  • Patent number: 12056925
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to photography are provided. A computing device can receive an input image. An object detector of the computing device can determine an object region of interest of the input image that is associated with an object detected in the input image. A trained machine learning algorithm can determine an output photographic region of interest for the input image based on the object region of interest and the input image. The machine learning algorithm can be trained to identify an output photographic region of interest that is suitable for use by a photographic function for image generation. The computing device can generate an output related to the output photographic region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Geiss, Ruiduo Yang, Marc Levoy
  • Patent number: 12020412
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes an image sensor coupled to a vehicle, and control circuitry configured to perform operations including receiving, from the image sensor, an input stream comprising high dynamic range (HDR) image data associated with an environment of the vehicle, and processing the input stream at the vehicle by applying a global tone mapping, followed by offline image processing that can include applying a local tone mapping to the globally tone mapped images of the same input stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoying He, Ryan Geiss, Pieter Kapsenberg, Carl Warren Craddock, Zhinan Xu, Lucian Ion, Ajay Chandra Venkata Gummalla
  • Patent number: 11800235
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to applying lighting models to images of objects are provided. A neural network can be trained to apply a lighting model to an input image. The training of the neural network can utilize confidence learning that is based on light predictions and prediction confidence values associated with lighting of the input image. A computing device can receive an input image of an object and data about a particular lighting model to be applied to the input image. The computing device can determine an output image of the object by using the trained neural network to apply the particular lighting model to the input image of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Geiss, Marc S. Levoy, Samuel William Hasinoff, Tianfan Xue
  • Publication number: 20220256068
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to applying lighting models to images of objects are provided. A neural network can be trained to apply a lighting model to an input image. The training of the neural network can utilize confidence learning that is based on light predictions and prediction confidence values associated with lighting of the input image. A computing device can receive an input image of an object and data about a particular lighting model to be applied to the input image. The computing device can determine an output image of the object by using the trained neural network to apply the particular lighting model to the input image of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan GEISS, Marc S. LEVOY, Samuel William HASINOFF, Tianfan XUE
  • Publication number: 20220076018
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to photography are provided. A computing device can receive an input image. An object detector of the computing device can determine an object region of interest of the input image that is associated with an object detected in the input image. A trained machine learning algorithm can determine an output photographic region of interest for the input image based on the object region of interest and the input image. The machine learning algorithm can be trained to identify an output photographic region of interest that is suitable for use by a photographic function for image generation. The computing device can generate an output related to the output photographic region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan Geiss, Ruiduo Yang, Marc Levoy
  • Patent number: 10897609
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that may improve and/or modify images captured using multiscopic image capture systems. In an example embodiment, burst image data is captured via a multiscopic image capture system. The burst image data may include at least one image pair. The at least one image pair is aligned based on at least one rectifying homography function. The at least one aligned image pair is warped based on a stereo disparity between the respective images of the image pair. The warped and aligned images are then stacked and a denoising algorithm is applied. Optionally, a high dynamic range algorithm may be applied to at least one output image of the aligned, warped, and denoised images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Tilton Barron, Stephen Joseph DiVerdi, Ryan Geiss
  • Publication number: 20200084429
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that may improve and/or modify images captured using multiscopic image capture systems. In an example embodiment, burst image data is captured via a multiscopic image capture system. The burst image data may include at least one image pair. The at least one image pair is aligned based on at least one rectifying homography function. The at least one aligned image pair is warped based on a stereo disparity between the respective images of the image pair. The warped and aligned images are then stacked and a denoising algorithm is applied. Optionally, a high dynamic range algorithm may be applied to at least one output image of the aligned, warped, and denoised images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Tilton Barron, Stephen Joseph DiVerdi, Ryan Geiss
  • Patent number: 10477185
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that may improve and/or modify images captured using multiscopic image capture systems. In an example embodiment, burst image data is captured via a multiscopic image capture system. The burst image data may include at least one image pair. The at least one image pair is aligned based on at least one rectifying homography function. The at least one aligned image pair is warped based on a stereo disparity between the respective images of the image pair. The warped and aligned images are then stacked and a denoising algorithm is applied. Optionally, a high dynamic range algorithm may be applied to at least one output image of the aligned, warped, and denoised images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Tilton Barron, Stephen Joseph DiVerdi, Ryan Geiss
  • Patent number: 10330940
    Abstract: Methods and systems involving a graphic display in a head mounted display (HMD) are disclosed herein. An exemplary system may be configured to: (1) at a computing system associated with a head-mountable display, receive head-movement data indicative of head movement; (2) use one or more context signals to determine a first activity associated with the head-mountable device; (3) determine a head-movement interpretation scheme corresponding to the first activity; (4) apply the determined head-movement interpretation scheme to determine input data corresponding to the received head-movement data; and (5) provide the determined input data for at least one function of the head-mountable display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Hayes Solos Raffle, Adrian Wong, Ryan Geiss
  • Publication number: 20190124319
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that may improve and/or modify images captured using multiscopic image capture systems. In an example embodiment, burst image data is captured via a multiscopic image capture system. The burst image data may include at least one image pair. The at least one image pair is aligned based on at least one rectifying homography function. The at least one aligned image pair is warped based on a stereo disparity between the respective images of the image pair. The warped and aligned images are then stacked and a denoising algorithm is applied. Optionally, a high dynamic range algorithm may be applied to at least one output image of the aligned, warped, and denoised images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan Tilton Barron, Stephen Joseph DiVerdi, Ryan Geiss
  • Patent number: 10187628
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that may improve and/or modify images captured using multiscopic image capture systems. In an example embodiment, burst image data is captured via a multiscopic image capture system. The burst image data may include at least one image pair. The at least one image pair is aligned based on at least one rectifying homography function. The at least one aligned image pair is warped based on a stereo disparity between the respective images of the image pair. The warped and aligned images are then stacked and a denoising algorithm is applied. Optionally, a high dynamic range algorithm may be applied to at least one output image of the aligned, warped, and denoised images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Tilton Barron, Stephen Joseph DiVerdi, Ryan Geiss
  • Patent number: 9918065
    Abstract: Example embodiments may help multi-camera devices determine disparity information scene, and use the disparity information in an autofocus process. An example method involves: (a) receiving image data of a scene that comprises at least one image of the scene captured by each of two or more image-capture systems of a computing device that includes a plurality of image-capture systems; (b) using the image data captured by the two or more image-capture systems as a basis for determining disparity information for the scene; and (c) performing, by the computing system, an autofocus process based at least in part on the disparity information, wherein the autofocus process provides a focus setting for at least one of the image-capture systems of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Geiss, Roman Lewkow
  • Publication number: 20170347088
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that may improve and/or modify images captured using multiscopic image capture systems. In an example embodiment, burst image data is captured via a multiscopic image capture system. The burst image data may include at least one image pair. The at least one image pair is aligned based on at least one rectifying homography function. The at least one aligned image pair is warped based on a stereo disparity between the respective images of the image pair. The warped and aligned images are then stacked and a denoising algorithm is applied. Optionally, a high dynamic range algorithm may be applied to at least one output image of the aligned, warped, and denoised images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan Tilton Barron, Stephen Joseph DiVerdi, Ryan Geiss
  • Patent number: D985011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Chen, Ryan Geiss, Marc Levoy, Kelly Tsai, Chorong Johnston, Alexander Schiffhauer, Samuel Hasinoff