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Michael W. Tao
Also filed as: TAO MICHAEL W · TAO MICHAEL WISH
12 granted patents·1 pending application·78 citations·filing 2008–2024
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13 records- 0192US10762655B1Disparity estimation using sparsely-distributed phase detection pixelsAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 1, 2020·16 cites·24 claims
- 0291US8879835B2Fast adaptive edge-aware mattingKRISHNASWAMY ARAVIND·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 4, 2014·14 cites·20 claims
- 0389US8315473B1Variably fast and continuous bilateral approximation filtering using histogram manipulationsTAO MICHAEL W·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 20, 2012·32 cites·31 claims
- 0476US11526995B2Robust use of semantic segmentation for depth and disparity estimationAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 13, 2022·3 cites·27 claims
- 0575US8655097B2Adaptive bilateral blur brush toolCHIEN JEN-CHAN·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 18, 2014·8 cites·25 claims
- 0666US9214025B2Depth estimation using normalized displacement of image pairsADOBE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 15, 2015·2 cites·14 claims
- 0764US10909706B1Robust hardware efficient disparity estimation using total-variation L1 regularizationAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 2, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 0864US10755426B2Efficient scene depth map enhancement for low power devicesAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 25, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 0959US9240048B2Depth estimation using three-dimensional epipolar data structuresADOBE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 19, 2016·1 cites·20 claims
- 1052US11250571B2Robust use of semantic segmentation in shallow depth of field renderingAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 15, 2022·0 cites·27 claims
- 1149US2025191283A1Virtual Relighting for Video ConferencingAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1247US12262117B2Sensor cropped video image stabilization (VIS)APPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 25, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 1346US10410327B2Shallow depth of field renderingAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 10, 2019·0 cites·27 claims
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