Patents by Inventor William Mantzel

William Mantzel 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: 11176694
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device are provided for recovering a depth map from an observed infrared (IR) image. Speckles are illuminated in an IR spectrum by a projector of the electronic device. Speckles on a horizon image are captured by an IR camera of the electronic device. Projector distortion is estimated based on speckle locations in the horizon image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventors: William Mantzel, Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20200126246
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device are provided for recovering a depth map from an observed infrared (IR) image. Speckles are illuminated in an IR spectrum by a projector of the electronic device. Speckles on a horizon image are captured by an IR camera of the electronic device. Projector distortion is estimated based on speckle locations in the horizon image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: William MANTZEL, Dongwoon BAI, Jungwon LEE
  • Patent number: 10362205
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate processing of color image data using both a mono image data and a color image data. A device comprising a monochrome camera, a color camera and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The monochrome camera may be configured to capture monochrome image data of a scene. The color camera may be configured to capture color image data of the scene. The processor may be configured to perform intensity equalization with respect to a luma component of either the color image data or the monochrome image data to correct for differences in intensity between the color camera and the monochrome camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: William Mantzel, Ramin Rezaiifar, Chiachi Sung
  • Patent number: 10341543
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate processing of color image data using both a mono image data and a color image data. A device comprising a monochrome camera, a color camera, and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The monochrome camera may capture monochrome image data of a scene. The color camera may capture color image data of the scene. A processor may determine a parallax value indicative of a level of parallax between the monochrome image data and the color image data and determine that the parallax is greater than the parallax threshold. The processor may further combine, in response to the determination that the parallax is greater than the parallax threshold, a luma component of the color image data with a luma component of the monochrome image data to generate a luma component of enhanced color image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: William Mantzel, Ramin Rezaiifar, Chiachi Sung
  • Publication number: 20170318272
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate processing of color image data using both a mono image data and a color image data. A device comprising a monochrome camera, a color camera, and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The monochrome camera may capture monochrome image data of a scene. The color camera may capture color image data of the scene. A processor may determine a parallax value indicative of a level of parallax between the monochrome image data and the color image data and determine that the parallax is greater than the parallax threshold. The processor may further combine, in response to the determination that the parallax is greater than the parallax threshold, a luma component of the color image data with a luma component of the monochrome image data to generate a luma component of enhanced color image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: William Mantzel, Ramin Rezaiifar, Chiachi Sung
  • Publication number: 20170318222
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate processing of color image data using both a mono image data and a color image data. A device comprising a monochrome camera, a color camera and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The monochrome camera may be configured to capture monochrome image data of a scene. The color camera may be configured to capture color image data of the scene. The processor may be configured to perform intensity equalization with respect to a luma component of either the color image data or the monochrome image data to correct for differences in intensity between the color camera and the monochrome camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: William Mantzel, Ramin Rezaiifar, Chiachi Sung
  • Publication number: 20170318273
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described that facilitate processing of color image data using both a mono image data and a color image data. A device comprising a monochrome camera, a color camera, and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The monochrome camera may be configured to capture monochrome image data of a scene. The color camera may be configured to capture color image data of the scene. A processor may be configured to match features of the color image data to features of the monochrome image data, and compute a finite number of shift values based on the matched features of the color image data and the monochrome image data. The processor may further be configured to shift the color image data based on the finite number of shift values to generate enhanced color image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: William Mantzel, Ramin Rezaiifar, Chiachi Sung