Patents by Inventor Stas Goferman

Stas Goferman 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).

  • Automated collage formation from photographic images
    Patent number: 8693780
    Abstract: A computerized method of image processing to form a collage within a predetermined outline from a plurality of images, the method comprising: processing each image to assign a saliency measure to each pixel, said processing utilizing a dissimilarity measure which combines an appearance component and a distance component; finding a first patch of said image and comparing with other patches at different distances from said first patch using said dissimilarity measure, thereby to obtain a score; applying to each pixel of said first patch said obtained score; continuing said comparing and scoring with additional patches of said image until each pixel obtains a score; from said scored pixels providing for each image a region of interest, by setting an initial boundary that encloses a predetermined set of highest scored pixels, and propagating a curve around said initial boundary in such a way as to minimize length and maximize included saliency; and combining said regions of interest into said collage by: ordering
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Ayellet Tal, Lihi Zelnik-Manor, Stas Goferman
  • AUTOMATED COLLAGE FORMATION FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES
    Publication number: 20100322521
    Abstract: A computerized method of image processing to form a collage within a predetermined outline from a plurality of images, the method comprising: processing each image to assign a saliency measure to each pixel, said processing utilizing a dissimilarity measure which combines an appearance component and a distance component; finding a first patch of said image and comparing with other patches at different distances from said first patch using said dissimilarity measure, thereby to obtain a score; applying to each pixel of said first patch said obtained score; continuing said comparing and scoring with additional patches of said image until each pixel obtains a score; from said scored pixels providing for each image a region of interest, by setting an initial boundary that encloses a predetermined set of highest scored pixels, and propagating a curve around said initial boundary in such a way as to minimize length and maximize included saliency; and combining said regions of interest into said collage by: ordering
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayellet TAL, Lihi Zelnik-Manor, Stas Goferman