Patents by Inventor Tod J. Curtis

Tod J. Curtis 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).

  • Apparatuses, methods, and systems for 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional rendering and display of plenoptic images
    Patent number: 9767580
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and systems for processing, rendering and displaying plenoptic images are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method comprising storing a plenoptic image in a non-transitory computer readable memory associated with a processor, receiving at the processor a viewing position information, processing the plenoptic image and the viewing position information to render a visual output based upon information of the plenoptic image and the viewing position information, performing a blending or smoothing function on information of the plenoptic image including weighting each of a plurality of pixels of the plenoptic image based upon a first color value associated with each pixel and a set of second color values associated with a plurality of neighboring pixels, and displaying the visual output on a display device. The visual output displayed on the display device varies as a function of the viewing position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Lumsdaine, Tod J. Curtis
  • APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR 2-DIMENSIONAL AND 3-DIMENSIONAL RENDERING AND DISPLAY OF PLENOPTIC IMAGES
    Publication number: 20140347352
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and systems for processing, rendering and displaying plenoptic images are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method comprising storing a plenoptic image in a non-transitory computer readable memory associated with a processor, receiving at the processor a viewing position information, processing the plenoptic image and the viewing position information to render a visual output based upon information of the plenoptic image and the viewing position information, performing a blending or smoothing function on information of the plenoptic image including weighting each of a plurality of pixels of the plenoptic image based upon a first color value associated with each pixel and a set of second color values associated with a plurality of neighboring pixels, and displaying the visual output on a display device. The visual output displayed on the display device varies as a function of the viewing position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Indiana University Research & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Lumsdaine, Tod J. Curtis