Patents by Inventor Tomas SIMON

Tomas SIMON 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).

  • Photometric three-dimensional facial capture and relighting
    Patent number: 9883167
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method and apparatus for generating a three-dimensional surface. In one embodiment, there is a method for generating a three-dimensional surface. The method includes capturing a plurality of images of a target object with at least two cameras, the target object illuminated by at least two sets of red-green-blue (RGB) lights positioned in an array about the target object and generating a three-dimensional surface of the target object by iteratively reconstructing a surface estimate of the target object and aligning images of the target object using motion estimation until the images converge, wherein the images are processed in n-frame intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Iain Matthews, Paulo Urnau Gotardo, Tomas Simon, Yaser Sheikh
  • PHOTOMETRIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL FACIAL CAPTURE AND RELIGHTING
    Publication number: 20170094253
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method and apparatus for generating a three-dimensional surface. In one embodiment, there is a method for generating a three-dimensional surface. The method includes capturing a plurality of images of a target object with at least two cameras, the target object illuminated by at least two sets of red-green-blue (RGB) lights positioned in an array about the target object and generating a three-dimensional surface of the target object by iteratively reconstructing a surface estimate of the target object and aligning images of the target object using motion estimation until the images converge, wherein the images are processed in n-frame intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Iain MATTHEWS, Paulo Urnau GOTARDO, Tomas SIMON, Yaser SHEIKH
  • System and method for generating bilinear spatiotemporal basis models
    Patent number: 9041718
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating a bilinear spatiotemporal basis model. A method includes the steps of predefining a trajectory basis for the bilinear spatiotemporal basis model, receiving three-dimensional spatiotemporal data for a training sequence, estimating a shape basis for the bilinear spatiotemporal basis model using the three-dimensional spatiotemporal data, and computing coefficients for the bilinear spatiotemporal basis model using the trajectory basis and the shape basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Iain Matthews, Ijaz Akhter, Tomas Simon, Sohaib Khan, Yaser Sheikh
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BILINEAR SPATIOTEMPORAL BASIS MODELS
    Publication number: 20130249905
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating a bilinear spatiotemporal basis model. A method includes the steps of predefining a trajectory basis for the bilinear spatiotemporal basis model, receiving three-dimensional spatiotemporal data for a training sequence, estimating a shape basis for the bilinear spatiotemporal basis model using the three-dimensional spatiotemporal data, and computing coefficients for the bilinear spatiotemporal basis model using the trajectory basis and the shape basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Iain MATTHEWS, Ijaz AKHTER, Tomas SIMON, Sohaib KHAN, Yaser SHEIKH