Patents by Inventor Simon Fuhrmann

Simon Fuhrmann 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: 9654761
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the generation of depth data for a scene using images captured by a camera-enabled mobile device are provided. According to a particular implementation of the present disclosure, a reference image can be captured of a scene with an image capture device, such as an image capture device integrated with a camera-enabled mobile device. A short video or sequence of images can then be captured from multiple different poses relative to the reference scene. The captured image and video can then be processed using computer vision techniques to produce an image with associated depth data, such as an RGBZ image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Sameer Agarwal, Simon Fuhrmann
  • Publication number: 20140267618
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating depth data from images captured by a camera-enabled mobile device are provided. The depth data can be used to refocus one or more portions of an image captured by the camera-enabled mobile device. A user can select different portions of the captured image to bring different portions of the image into focus and out of focus. Depth data for an image can be generated from a reference image and a sequence of images captured by the image capture device. The sequences of images can be acquired using a suitable camera motion. A refocused image can be generated with portions of the image out of focus relative to the reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Sameer Agarwal, Simon Fuhrmann