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Kurt Akeley
Also filed as: AKELEY KURT · AKELEY KURT B · AKELEY KURT BARTON
45 granted patents·6 pending applications·1,942 citations·filing 1989–2018
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51 records- 0198US9001226B1Capturing and relighting images using multiple devicesLYTRO INC·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 7, 2015·260 cites·58 claims
- 0297US9866810B2Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture and manipulationLYTRO INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 9, 2018·24 cites·8 claims
- 0397US8988317B1Depth determination for light field imagesLYTRO INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 24, 2015·69 cites·21 claims
- 0497US8948545B2Compensating for sensor saturation and microlens modulation during light-field image processingLYTRO INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 3, 2015·37 cites·36 claims
- 0597US8768102B1Downsampling light field imagesNG YI-REN·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 1, 2014·54 cites·28 claims
- 0696US10540818B2Stereo image generation and interactive playbackGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 21, 2020·15 cites·20 claims
- 0796US10341632B2Spatial random access enabled video system with a three-dimensional viewing volumeGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 2, 2019·22 cites·41 claims
- 0896US9386288B2Compensating for sensor saturation and microlens modulation during light-field image processingLYTRO INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 5, 2016·29 cites·16 claims
- 0996US8995785B2Light-field processing and analysis, camera control, and user interfaces and interaction on light-field capture devicesLYTRO INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 31, 2015·44 cites·54 claims
- 1095US10567464B2Video compression with adaptive view-dependent lighting removalGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 18, 2020·19 cites·30 claims
- 1195US10129524B2Depth-assigned content for depth-enhanced virtual reality imagesGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 13, 2018·28 cites·79 claims
- 1295US9305375B2High-quality post-rendering depth blurLYTRO INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 5, 2016·25 cites·28 claims
- 1395US9300932B2Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture and manipulationLYTRO INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 29, 2016·28 cites·17 claims
- 1494US10419737B2Data structures and delivery methods for expediting virtual reality playbackGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 17, 2019·12 cites·23 claims
- 1594US9607424B2Depth-assigned content for depth-enhanced picturesNG YI-REN·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 28, 2017·30 cites·78 claims
- 1694US8908058B2Storage and transmission of pictures including multiple framesAKELEY KURT BARTON·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 9, 2014·41 cites·28 claims
- 1793US10469873B2Encoding and decoding virtual reality videoGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 5, 2019·15 cites·30 claims
- 1893US9858649B2Depth-based image blurringLYTRO INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 2, 2018·30 cites·48 claims
- 1993US5394170AApparatus and method for controlling storage of display information in a computer systemSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1992·Granted Feb 28, 1995·115 cites·15 claims
- 2092US6075543ASystem and method for buffering multiple frames while controlling latencySILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 13, 2000·162 cites·10 claims
- 2191US5266941AApparatus and method for controlling storage of display information in a computer systemSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 30, 1993·102 cites·15 claims
- 2291US5230039ATexture range controls for improved texture mappingSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1991·Granted Jul 20, 1993·102 cites·22 claims
- 2390US8416289B2Light-field displayAKELEY KURT·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 9, 2013·18 cites·20 claims
- 2488US10546424B2Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality experiencesGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 28, 2020·6 cites·3 claims
- 2588US5933155ASystem and method for buffering multiple frames while controlling latencySILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 3, 1999·72 cites·30 claims
- 2688US5854631ASystem and method for merging pixel fragments based on depth range valuesSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 29, 1998·104 cites·25 claims
- 2787US10552947B2Depth-based image blurringGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 4, 2020·6 cites·31 claims
- 2887US9414087B2Compression of light field imagesLYTRO INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 9, 2016·7 cites·36 claims
- 2987US5819017AApparatus and method for selectively storing depth information of a 3-D imageSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 6, 1998·104 cites·22 claims
- 3086US10444931B2Vantage generation and interactive playbackGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 15, 2019·5 cites·21 claims
- 3186US9253473B2Light-field displayMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 2, 2016·5 cites·17 claims
- 3284US10474227B2Generation of virtual reality with 6 degrees of freedom from limited viewer dataGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 12, 2019·6 cites·24 claims
- 3384US10033986B2Capturing light-field images with uneven and/or incomplete angular samplingLYTRO INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 24, 2018·3 cites·29 claims
- 3484US6226003B1Method for rendering silhouette and true edges of 3-D line drawings with occlusionSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 1, 2001·85 cites·18 claims
- 3583US7268785B1System and method for interfacing graphics program modulesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 11, 2007·32 cites·99 claims
- 3677US5369739AApparatus and method for generating point sample masks in a graphics display systemSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 29, 1994·55 cites·26 claims
- 3775US5343558AMethod for scan converting shaded triangular polygonsSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1991·Granted Aug 30, 1994·44 cites·18 claims
- 3874US5347618AMethod for display rendering by determining the coverage of pixels in polygonsSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 13, 1994·40 cites·10 claims
- 3970US5051737AEfficient graphics process for clipping polygonsSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1989·Granted Sep 24, 1991·42 cites·26 claims
- 4068US10154197B2Image capture device having light field image capture mode, 2D image capture mode, and intermediate capture modeGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 11, 2018·1 cites·28 claims
- 4168US5193145AMethod and apparatus for producing a visually improved image in a computer systemSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 9, 1993·35 cites·12 claims
- 4260US10897608B2Capturing light-field images with uneven and/or incomplete angular samplingGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 19, 2021·0 cites·14 claims
- 4357US2018070066A1Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture and manipulationLYTRO INC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4457US2018070067A1Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture and manipulationLYTRO INC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4555US10038909B2Compression of light field imagesLYTRO INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 31, 2018·0 cites·23 claims
- 4647US2015312553A1Capturing and relighting images using multiple devicesLYTRO INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 4746US8692870B2Adaptive adjustment of depth cues in a stereo telepresence systemAKELEY KURT BARTON·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 8, 2014·0 cites·18 claims
- 4840US6359626B1Multisample dither method with exact reconstructionSILICON GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 19, 2002·9 cites·15 claims
- 4940US2012249550A1Selective Transmission of Image Data Based on Device AttributesAKELEY KURT BARTON·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 5036US2016307368A1Compression and interactive playback of light field picturesLYTRO INC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
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