Shallow depth of field rendering

RD Seely, MW Tao, A Lindskog… - US Patent 10,410,327, 2019 - Google Patents
This disclosure relates to techniques for synthesizing out of focus effects in digital images.
Digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and other cameras having wide aperture lenses …

Aperture sharing for highlight projection

JP Pertierra, MJ Richards, B Lippey… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
A novel projection system includes a base signal source, a highlight signal source, a
base/highlight destination, and a shared optical element. A base signal provided by the …

Methods and devices for selective flash illumination

S Shen - US Patent 10,785,393, 2020 - Google Patents
The various embodiments described herein include methods and/or devices for directing
flash illumination. In one aspect, a method is performed at a device including a camera, one …

Integrated structured-light projector

Z Mor - US Patent 10,571,709, 2020 - Google Patents
Optoelectronic apparatus includes a substrate and an array of light-emitting elements
formed on a semiconductor die and mounted on the substrate, wherein the array includes at …

Highlight recovery techniques for shallow depth of field rendering

RD Seely, S Gao, A Naaman, P Shehane - US Patent 10,992,845, 2021 - Google Patents
This disclosure relates to techniques for synthesizing out of focus blurring effects in digital
images. Cameras having wide aperture lenses typically capture images with a shallow …

Methods, Apparatuses, and Devices for Camera Depth Mapping

S Shen, FP Penov, A Bigio - US Patent App. 14/703,649, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0002 Depth mapping refers to gathering information relating to the distance
of objects in a scene from a view point. Depth mapping enables users and applications to …

Projectors of structured light

B Pesach, Z Mor - US Patent 11,060,851, 2021 - Google Patents
An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate and a monolithic array of light-
emitting elements, including first and second sets of the light-emitting elements arranged on …

Image processing apparatus, image processing method and medical imaging device

J Lu, Q Xu, B Li, X Yuan, K Sato - US Patent 10,282,631, 2019 - Google Patents
An image processing apparatus, an image processing method and a medical imaging
system are disclosed. The image processing apparatus comprises: an original image …

Creating arbitrary patterns on a 2-D uniform grid VCSEL array

CH Lin, W Li, X Fan - US Patent 10,411,437, 2019 - Google Patents
An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate and an array of optoelectronic
cells, formed on the semiconductor substrate. The cells include first epitaxial layers defining …

Real-time synthetic out of focus highlight rendering

F Cao, PG Lee - US Patent 11,935,285, 2024 - Google Patents
This disclosure relates to techniques for synthesizing out of focus highlighting effects in
images in real-time. Digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and other cameras having …