Patents by Inventor Stephan Lachowsky
Stephan Lachowsky 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).
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Publication number: 20240095884Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adding digital film grain to images and videos displayed by a display of an electronic device. An image processing circuitry of the electronic device may include hardware, such as display pipeline hardware, memory-to-memory scaler and rotator (MSR) hardware, and/or other possible hardware, that enables generation of film grain templates based on characteristics of a target film grain, pseudo-randomly samples the programmable template to fetch film grain values, scales the film grain values, and combines the scaled film grain values with values of pixels in an image frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Shereef Shehata, Stephan Lachowsky, Jim C Chou
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Patent number: 11843788Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to data compression. In some embodiments, compression circuitry determines, at least partially in parallel for multiple different lossless compression techniques, amounts of data needed to represent, using a given lossless compression technique of the multiple lossless compression techniques, individual pixels in a set of pixels being compressed. The compression techniques may include neighbor, origin, and gradient techniques, for example. The compression circuitry may select one of the compression techniques based on comparison, among the compression techniques, of sums of: the determined amount of data for an individual pixel for a given lossless compression technique and compression metadata size for a given lossless compression technique. The compression circuitry may generate and store information that encodes values for the set of pixels using the selected compression technique.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tyson J. Bergland, Anthony P. DeLaurier, Karthik Ramani, Stephan Lachowsky
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Patent number: 11823642Abstract: An electronic display pipeline may process image data for display on an electronic display. The electronic display pipeline may include burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry and burn-in compensation circuitry. The burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry may collect image statistics based at least in part on the image data. The statistics may estimate a likely amount of non-uniform aging of the sub-pixels of the electronic display. The burn-in compensation circuitry may apply a gain to sub-pixels of the image data to account for non-uniform aging of corresponding sub-pixels of the electronic display. The applied gain may be based at least in part on the image statistics collected by the burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mahesh B. Chappalli, Christopher P. Tann, Peter F. Holland, Guy Côté, Stephan Lachowsky
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Publication number: 20230253979Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to compression of pixel data using different quantization for different regions of a block of pixels being compressed. In some embodiments, compression circuitry is configured to determine, for multiple components included in pixels of the block of pixels being compressed, respective smallest and greatest component values in respective regions of the block of pixels. The compression circuitry may determine, based on the determined smallest and greatest component values, to use a first number of bits to represent delta values relative to a base value for a first component in a first region and a second, different number of bits to represent delta values relative to a base value for a second component in the first region. The compression circuitry may then quantize delta values for the first and second components of pixels in the first region of the block of pixels using the determined first and second numbers of bits.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Tyson J. Bergland, Karthik Ramani, Stephan Lachowsky, Justin A. Hensley, Davoud A. Jamshidi
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Patent number: 11664816Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to compression of pixel data using different quantization for different regions of a block of pixels being compressed. In some embodiments, compression circuitry is configured to determine, for multiple components included in pixels of the block of pixels being compressed, respective smallest and greatest component values in respective regions of the block of pixels. The compression circuitry may determine, based on the determined smallest and greatest component values, to use a first number of bits to represent delta values relative to a base value for a first component in a first region and a second, different number of bits to represent delta values relative to a base value for a second component in the first region. The compression circuitry may then quantize delta values for the first and second components of pixels in the first region of the block of pixels using the determined first and second numbers of bits.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tyson J. Bergland, Karthik Ramani, Stephan Lachowsky, Justin A. Hensley, Davoud A. Jamshidi
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Publication number: 20220377352Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to data compression. In some embodiments, compression circuitry determines, at least partially in parallel for multiple different lossless compression techniques, amounts of data needed to represent, using a given lossless compression technique of the multiple lossless compression techniques, individual pixels in a set of pixels being compressed. The compression techniques may include neighbor, origin, and gradient techniques, for example. The compression circuitry may select one of the compression techniques based on comparison, among the compression techniques, of sums of: the determined amount of data for an individual pixel for a given lossless compression technique and compression metadata size for a given lossless compression technique. The compression circuitry may generate and store information that encodes values for the set of pixels using the selected compression technique.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Tyson J. Bergland, Anthony P. DeLaurier, Karthik Ramani, Stephan Lachowsky
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Publication number: 20220358895Abstract: An electronic display pipeline may process image data for display on an electronic display. The electronic display pipeline may include burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry and burn-in compensation circuitry. The burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry may collect image statistics based at least in part on the image data. The statistics may estimate a likely amount of non-uniform aging of the sub-pixels of the electronic display. The burn-in compensation circuitry may apply a gain to sub-pixels of the image data to account for non-uniform aging of corresponding sub-pixels of the electronic display. The applied gain may be based at least in part on the image statistics collected by the burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Mahesh B. Chappalli, Christopher P. Tann, Peter F. Holland, Guy Côté, Stephan Lachowsky
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Patent number: 11405622Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to data compression. In some embodiments, compression circuitry determines, at least partially in parallel for multiple different lossless compression techniques, a number of bits needed to represent a least compressible pixel, using that technique, in a set of pixels being compressed. The compression techniques may include neighbor, origin, and gradient techniques, for example. The compression circuitry may select one of the compression techniques based on the determined numbers of bits for the multiple compression techniques and corresponding header sizes. In some embodiments, the compression circuitry determines, for multiple regions of pixels in the set of pixels, for ones of the compression techniques, a region number of bits needed to represent a least compressible pixel, using that technique. The selection of a compression technique may be further based on region numbers of bits.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tyson J. Bergland, Anthony P. DeLaurier, Karthik Ramani, Stephan Lachowsky
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Patent number: 11361729Abstract: An electronic display pipeline may process image data for display on an electronic display. The electronic display pipeline may include burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry and burn-in compensation circuitry. The burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry may collect image statistics based at least in part on the image data. The statistics may estimate a likely amount of non-uniform aging of the sub-pixels of the electronic display. The burn-in compensation circuitry may apply a gain to sub-pixels of the image data to account for non-uniform aging of corresponding sub-pixels of the electronic display. The applied gain may be based at least in part on the image statistics collected by the burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mahesh B. Chappalli, Christopher P. Tann, Peter F. Holland, Guy Côté, Stephan Lachowsky
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Publication number: 20210336632Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to compression of pixel data using different quantization for different regions of a block of pixels being compressed. In some embodiments, compression circuitry is configured to determine, for multiple components included in pixels of the block of pixels being compressed, respective smallest and greatest component values in respective regions of the block of pixels. The compression circuitry may determine, based on the determined smallest and greatest component values, to use a first number of bits to represent delta values relative to a base value for a first component in a first region and a second, different number of bits to represent delta values relative to a base value for a second component in the first region. The compression circuitry may then quantize delta values for the first and second components of pixels in the first region of the block of pixels using the determined first and second numbers of bits.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Tyson J. Bergland, Karthik Ramani, Stephan Lachowsky, Justin A. Hensley, Davoud A. Jamshidi
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Publication number: 20210337218Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to data compression. In some embodiments, compression circuitry determines, at least partially in parallel for multiple different lossless compression techniques, a number of bits needed to represent a least compressible pixel, using that technique, in a set of pixels being compressed. The compression techniques may include neighbor, origin, and gradient techniques, for example. The compression circuitry may select one of the compression techniques based on the determined numbers of bits for the multiple compression techniques and corresponding header sizes. In some embodiments, the compression circuitry determines, for multiple regions of pixels in the set of pixels, for ones of the compression techniques, a region number of bits needed to represent a least compressible pixel, using that technique. The selection of a compression technique may be further based on region numbers of bits.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Tyson J. Bergland, Anthony P. DeLaurier, Karthik Ramani, Stephan Lachowsky
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Publication number: 20190080666Abstract: An electronic display pipeline may process image data for display on an electronic display. The electronic display pipeline may include burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry and burn-in compensation circuitry. The burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry may collect image statistics based at least in part on the image data. The statistics may estimate a likely amount of non-uniform aging of the sub-pixels of the electronic display. The burn-in compensation circuitry may apply a gain to sub-pixels of the image data to account for non-uniform aging of corresponding sub-pixels of the electronic display. The applied gain may be based at least in part on the image statistics collected by the burn-in compensation statistics collection circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Mahesh B. Chappalli, Christopher P. Tann, Peter F. Holland, Guy Côté, Stephan Lachowsky
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Patent number: 10049427Abstract: Systems and methods for improving operation of an electronic device that includes a processing pipeline. The processing pipeline includes a prediction block that determines prediction residuals based on difference between uncompressed image data corresponding with a pixel tile and prediction of a first pixel group in the pixel tile and difference between the uncompressed image data and prediction of a second pixel group in the pixel tile, a run encode block that replaces a first of the prediction residuals with an escape value and a second of the prediction residuals with a run length value when a run starting in the first pixel group and continuing into the second pixel group is detected, and an entropy encode block that generates compressed image data corresponding with the pixel tile by entropy encoding a third of the prediction residuals, the escape value, and the run length value when the run is detected.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Stephan Lachowsky