Kurt Akeley

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Saratoga, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Capturing light-field images with uneven and/or incomplete angular...
- Patent number 10,897,608
- Issue date Jan 19, 2021
- Google LLC
- Colvin Pitts
- G02 - OPTICS
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Video compression with adaptive view-dependent lighting removal
- Patent number 10,567,464
- Issue date Feb 18, 2020
- Google LLC
- Derek Pang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Depth-based image blurring
- Patent number 10,552,947
- Issue date Feb 4, 2020
- Google LLC
- Chia-Kai Liang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality experiences
- Patent number 10,546,424
- Issue date Jan 28, 2020
- GOOGLE LLC
- Derek Pang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Stereo image generation and interactive playback
- Patent number 10,540,818
- Issue date Jan 21, 2020
- Google LLC
- Kurt Akeley
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Generation of virtual reality with 6 degrees of freedom from limite...
- Patent number 10,474,227
- Issue date Nov 12, 2019
- Google LLC
- Trevor Carothers
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Encoding and decoding virtual reality video
- Patent number 10,469,873
- Issue date Nov 5, 2019
- Google LLC
- Derek Pang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Vantage generation and interactive playback
- Patent number 10,444,931
- Issue date Oct 15, 2019
- Google LLC
- Kurt Akeley
- A63 - SPORTS GAMES AMUSEMENTS
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Data structures and delivery methods for expediting virtual reality...
- Patent number 10,419,737
- Issue date Sep 17, 2019
- Google LLC
- Derek Pang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Spatial random access enabled video system with a three-dimensional...
- Patent number 10,341,632
- Issue date Jul 2, 2019
- Derek Pang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Image capture device having light field image capture mode, 2D imag...
- Patent number 10,154,197
- Issue date Dec 11, 2018
- Google LLC
- Jerome Chandra Bhat
- G02 - OPTICS
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Depth-assigned content for depth-enhanced virtual reality images
- Patent number 10,129,524
- Issue date Nov 13, 2018
- Google LLC
- Yi-Ren Ng
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Compression of light field images
- Patent number 10,038,909
- Issue date Jul 31, 2018
- Google LLC
- Kurt Akeley
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Capturing light-field images with uneven and/or incomplete angular...
- Patent number 10,033,986
- Issue date Jul 24, 2018
- Google LLC
- Colvin Pitts
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture an...
- Patent number 9,866,810
- Issue date Jan 9, 2018
- Lytro, Inc.
- Timothy Knight
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Depth-based image blurring
- Patent number 9,858,649
- Issue date Jan 2, 2018
- Lytro, Inc.
- Chia-Kai Liang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Depth-assigned content for depth-enhanced pictures
- Patent number 9,607,424
- Issue date Mar 28, 2017
- Lytro, Inc.
- Yi-Ren Ng
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Compression of light field images
- Patent number 9,414,087
- Issue date Aug 9, 2016
- Lytro, Inc.
- Kurt Akeley
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Compensating for sensor saturation and microlens modulation during...
- Patent number 9,386,288
- Issue date Jul 5, 2016
- Lytro, Inc.
- Kurt Barton Akeley
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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High-quality post-rendering depth blur
- Patent number 9,305,375
- Issue date Apr 5, 2016
- Lytro, Inc.
- Kurt Akeley
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture an...
- Patent number 9,300,932
- Issue date Mar 29, 2016
- Lytro, Inc.
- Timothy Knight
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Capturing and relighting images using multiple devices
- Patent number 9,001,226
- Issue date Apr 7, 2015
- Lytro, Inc.
- Yi-Ren Ng
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Light-field processing and analysis, camera control, and user inter...
- Patent number 8,995,785
- Issue date Mar 31, 2015
- Lytro, Inc.
- Timothy James Knight
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Depth determination for light field images
- Patent number 8,988,317
- Issue date Mar 24, 2015
- Lytro, Inc.
- Chia-Kai Liang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Compensating for sensor saturation and microlens modulation during...
- Patent number 8,948,545
- Issue date Feb 3, 2015
- Lytro, Inc.
- Kurt Barton Akeley
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Storage and transmission of pictures including multiple frames
- Patent number 8,908,058
- Issue date Dec 9, 2014
- Lytro, Inc.
- Kurt Barton Akeley
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Downsampling light field images
- Patent number 8,768,102
- Issue date Jul 1, 2014
- Lytro, Inc.
- Yi-Ren Ng
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
CAPTURING LIGHT-FIELD IMAGES WITH UNEVEN AND/OR INCOMPLETE ANGULAR...
- Publication number 20190124318
- Publication date Apr 25, 2019
- Google LLC
- Colvin PITTS
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
GENERATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY WITH 6 DEGREES OF FREEDOM FROM LIMITE...
- Publication number 20180329485
- Publication date Nov 15, 2018
- LYTRO, INC.
- Trevor Carothers
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
VANTAGE GENERATION AND INTERACTIVE PLAYBACK
- Publication number 20180329602
- Publication date Nov 15, 2018
- LYTRO, INC.
- Kurt Akeley
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
VIDEO COMPRESSION WITH ADAPTIVE VIEW-DEPENDENT LIGHTING REMOVAL
- Publication number 20180097867
- Publication date Apr 5, 2018
- LYTRO, INC.
- Derek Pang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
LAYERED CONTENT DELIVERY FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES
- Publication number 20180089903
- Publication date Mar 29, 2018
- LYTRO, INC.
- Derek Pang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
DEPTH-BASED IMAGE BLURRING
- Publication number 20180082405
- Publication date Mar 22, 2018
- LYTRO, INC.
- Chia-Kai Liang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
OPTIMIZATION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LIGHT FIELD CAPTURE AN...
- Publication number 20180070067
- Publication date Mar 8, 2018
- LYTRO, INC.
- Timothy Knight
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
OPTIMIZATION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LIGHT FIELD CAPTURE AN...
- Publication number 20180070066
- Publication date Mar 8, 2018
- LYTRO, INC.
- Timothy Knight
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
STEREO IMAGE GENERATION AND INTERACTIVE PLAYBACK
- Publication number 20180033209
- Publication date Feb 1, 2018
- LYTRO, INC.
- Kurt Akeley
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ENCODING AND DECODING VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO
- Publication number 20180035134
- Publication date Feb 1, 2018
- LYTRO, INC.
- Derek Pang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
DATA STRUCTURES AND DELIVERY METHODS FOR EXPEDITING VIRTUAL REALITY...
- Publication number 20180020204
- Publication date Jan 18, 2018
- LYTRO, INC.
- Derek Pang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE LIGHT-FIELD IMAGING
- Publication number 20170332000
- Publication date Nov 16, 2017
- LYTRO, INC.
- Zejing Wang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
DEPTH-ASSIGNED CONTENT FOR DEPTH-ENHANCED VIRTUAL REALITY IMAGES
- Publication number 20170302903
- Publication date Oct 19, 2017
- LYTRO, INC.
- Yi-Ren Ng
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SPATIAL RANDOM ACCESS ENABLED VIDEO SYSTEM WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL...
- Publication number 20170244948
- Publication date Aug 24, 2017
- LYTRO, INC.
- Derek Pang
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Depth-Based Image Blurring
- Publication number 20170091906
- Publication date Mar 30, 2017
- LYTRO, INC.
- Chia-Kai Liang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CAPTURING LIGHT-FIELD IMAGES WITH UNEVEN AND/OR INCOMPLETE ANGULAR...
- Publication number 20160353082
- Publication date Dec 1, 2016
- LYTRO, INC.
- Colvin Pitts
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING LIGHT FIELD IMAGE CAPTURE MODE, 2D IMAG...
- Publication number 20160316144
- Publication date Oct 27, 2016
- LYTRO, INC.
- Jerome Chandra Bhat
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Compression of Light Field Images
- Publication number 20160316218
- Publication date Oct 27, 2016
- Lytro Inc.
- Kurt Akeley
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
COMPRESSION AND INTERACTIVE PLAYBACK OF LIGHT FIELD PICTURES
- Publication number 20160307368
- Publication date Oct 20, 2016
- LYTRO, INC.
- Kurt Akeley
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
OPTIMIZATION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LIGHT FIELD CAPTURE AN...
- Publication number 20160173844
- Publication date Jun 16, 2016
- LYTRO, INC.
- Timothy Knight
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
CAPTURING AND RELIGHTING IMAGES USING MULTIPLE DEVICES
- Publication number 20150312553
- Publication date Oct 29, 2015
- LYTRO, INC.
- Yi-Ren Ng
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
COMPRESSION OF LIGHT FIELD IMAGES
- Publication number 20150312593
- Publication date Oct 29, 2015
- LYTRO, INC.
- Kurt Akeley
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
HIGH-QUALITY POST-RENDERING DEPTH BLUR
- Publication number 20150279056
- Publication date Oct 1, 2015
- LYTRO, INC.
- Kurt Akeley
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
COMPENSATING FOR SENSOR SATURATION AND MICROLENS MODULATION DURING...
- Publication number 20150097985
- Publication date Apr 9, 2015
- LYTRO, INC.
- Kurt Barton Akeley
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
OPTIMIZATION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LIGHT FIELD CAPTURE AN...
- Publication number 20140146201
- Publication date May 29, 2014
- LYTRO, INC.
- Timothy Knight
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
DEPTH-ASSIGNED CONTENT FOR DEPTH-ENHANCED PICTURES
- Publication number 20130342526
- Publication date Dec 26, 2013
- Yi-Ren Ng
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
LIGHT-FIELD PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS, CAMERA CONTROL, AND USER INTER...
- Publication number 20130222633
- Publication date Aug 29, 2013
- LYTRO, INC.
- Timothy James Knight
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
COMPENSATING FOR SENSOR SATURATION AND MICROLENS MODULATION DURING...
- Publication number 20130222652
- Publication date Aug 29, 2013
- LYTRO, INC.
- Kurt Barton Akeley
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Selective Transmission of Image Data Based on Device Attributes
- Publication number 20120249550
- Publication date Oct 4, 2012
- LYTRO, INC.
- Kurt Barton Akeley
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Storage and Transmission of Pictures Including Multiple Frames
- Publication number 20110234841
- Publication date Sep 29, 2011
- LYTRO, INC.
- Kurt Barton Akeley
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

Kurt Akeley

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Capturing light-field images with uneven and/or incomplete angular...

Video compression with adaptive view-dependent lighting removal

Depth-based image blurring

Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality experiences

Stereo image generation and interactive playback

Generation of virtual reality with 6 degrees of freedom from limite...

Encoding and decoding virtual reality video

Vantage generation and interactive playback

Data structures and delivery methods for expediting virtual reality...

Spatial random access enabled video system with a three-dimensional...

Image capture device having light field image capture mode, 2D imag...

Depth-assigned content for depth-enhanced virtual reality images

Compression of light field images

Capturing light-field images with uneven and/or incomplete angular...

Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture an...

Depth-based image blurring

Depth-assigned content for depth-enhanced pictures

Compression of light field images

Compensating for sensor saturation and microlens modulation during...

High-quality post-rendering depth blur

Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture an...

Capturing and relighting images using multiple devices

Light-field processing and analysis, camera control, and user inter...

Depth determination for light field images

Compensating for sensor saturation and microlens modulation during...

Storage and transmission of pictures including multiple frames

Downsampling light field images

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

CAPTURING LIGHT-FIELD IMAGES WITH UNEVEN AND/OR INCOMPLETE ANGULAR...

GENERATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY WITH 6 DEGREES OF FREEDOM FROM LIMITE...

VANTAGE GENERATION AND INTERACTIVE PLAYBACK

VIDEO COMPRESSION WITH ADAPTIVE VIEW-DEPENDENT LIGHTING REMOVAL

LAYERED CONTENT DELIVERY FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES

DEPTH-BASED IMAGE BLURRING

OPTIMIZATION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LIGHT FIELD CAPTURE AN...

OPTIMIZATION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LIGHT FIELD CAPTURE AN...

STEREO IMAGE GENERATION AND INTERACTIVE PLAYBACK

ENCODING AND DECODING VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO

DATA STRUCTURES AND DELIVERY METHODS FOR EXPEDITING VIRTUAL REALITY...

HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE LIGHT-FIELD IMAGING

DEPTH-ASSIGNED CONTENT FOR DEPTH-ENHANCED VIRTUAL REALITY IMAGES

SPATIAL RANDOM ACCESS ENABLED VIDEO SYSTEM WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL...

Depth-Based Image Blurring

CAPTURING LIGHT-FIELD IMAGES WITH UNEVEN AND/OR INCOMPLETE ANGULAR...

IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING LIGHT FIELD IMAGE CAPTURE MODE, 2D IMAG...

Compression of Light Field Images

COMPRESSION AND INTERACTIVE PLAYBACK OF LIGHT FIELD PICTURES

OPTIMIZATION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LIGHT FIELD CAPTURE AN...

CAPTURING AND RELIGHTING IMAGES USING MULTIPLE DEVICES

COMPRESSION OF LIGHT FIELD IMAGES

HIGH-QUALITY POST-RENDERING DEPTH BLUR

COMPENSATING FOR SENSOR SATURATION AND MICROLENS MODULATION DURING...

OPTIMIZATION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LIGHT FIELD CAPTURE AN...

DEPTH-ASSIGNED CONTENT FOR DEPTH-ENHANCED PICTURES

LIGHT-FIELD PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS, CAMERA CONTROL, AND USER INTER...

COMPENSATING FOR SENSOR SATURATION AND MICROLENS MODULATION DURING...

Selective Transmission of Image Data Based on Device Attributes

Storage and Transmission of Pictures Including Multiple Frames