Google Inc.

Xerox Corporation

Ken Conley

James Joseph Kuffner

Arshan Poursohi

Diana Kathryn Smetters

Dirk Balfanz

James Robert Bruce

Paul J Stewart

Christian Frueh

Teresa F Lunt

Steve B Cousins

Sumit Jain

Bryan Pendleton

Within examples, object image masking is provided. An example method includes receiving a depth mask of an object, projecting the depth mask of the object onto an image of the object in a background so as to generate a depth image of the object in the background, determining portions of the depth image of the object in the background that are representative of the object and that are representative of the background, based on the portions of the depth image of the object in the background that are representative of the object determining a foreground mask of the object, and using the foreground mask of the object to identify portions of the image representative of the object.

Object image masking using depth cameras or three-dimensional (3D) models

Methods and an apparatus for centering swivel views are disclosed. An example method involves a computing device identifying movement of a pixel location of a 3D object within a sequence of images. Each image of the sequence of images may correspond to a view of the 3D object from a different angular orientation. Based on the identified movement of the pixel location of the 3D object, the computing device may estimate movement parameters of at least one function that describes a location of the 3D object in an individual image. The computing device may also determine for one or more images of the sequence of images a respective modification to the image using the estimated parameters of the at least one function. And the computing device may adjust the pixel location of the 3D object within the one or more images based on the respective modification for the image.

Method and apparatus for centering swivel views

A system and method for sharing files securely includes server software on a first device configured to communicate with server software operating on one or more other preauthorized devices, such as a second device. The servers communicate with each other securely using cryptographic information exchanged during a preauthorization phase using a range-limited communication channel. The server on the first device obtains file information from the other preauthorized device(s) and combines the information with local file information from the first device. This combined file information is sent to client software operating on the machine, which presents the combined file information to users.

Method and system for securely sharing files

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Ken Conley