Apple Inc.

Oregon Health & Science University

Rudolph Van Der Merwe

Samuel Noble

Jason Klivington

Richard E Crandall

Alex Tremain Nelson

Douglas P Mitchell

Arwen V Bradley

Bertrand Serlet

John Kassebaum

Lukas Michael Marti

Joseph M Triscari

Christopher G Nicholas

Christopher G Wilson

Gregory B Novick

Tyler D Hawkins

Conrad Sauerwald

Paul William Chinn

Neil Gareth Crane

Thomas M Alsina

Pedro Mari

Bob Bradley

Jianping Zhou

Thomas Goossens

Johannes P Schmidt

Richard Michael Powell

Daniel C Klingler

Kyle C Brogle

Eric A Allamanche

Sebastien X Beysserie

George E Williams

Jay S Coggin

Keun Sup Lee

Aaron M Elder

Ronald Keryuan Huang

Ralph T Brunner

Mark Zimmer

Todd Stephen Sachs

Myra Mary Haggerty

Jeffrey Alan Bush

William Matthew Vieta

Jan Erik Solem

Charles A Mezak

Piotr J Stanczyk

Damien J Thivent

Daryl Mun-Kid Low

Xiaoxing Li

Edward Allen Valko

Anders M Holtsberg

Martin Lindberg

Stanislav Kounitski

Patrick Block Carlisle

Nikhil P Singh

Duncan Robert Kerr

Yang Yang

Behkish J Manzari

Ian C Hendry

Paul M Hubel

Yang Liu

Matan Stauber

Farhan A Baqai

Vignesh Jagadeesh

Scott Thomas Smith

Claus Molgaard

Marco Zuliani

Amir Hoffnung

Jaron Waldman

Jacques P Gasselin De Richebourg

Matthew C Waldon

Etienne H Guerard

Nicholas W Henderson

Emilie Kim

Cedric Bray

Xiaqing Wu

Afshin Dehghan

Paul Thomas Schneider

Cédric Bray

Claus Moelgaard

Ethan J Tira-Thompson

Benjamin M Olson

Simon Justin Julier

Vasilios E Anton

Zahra Sadeghipoor Kermani

Shuang Gao

Robert A Bailey

Matt Waldon

Karen Louise Jenkins

Eric Wan

Ran Margolin

Sebastien Marineau-Mes

Joe Triscari

Sébastien Beysserie

Bruno Jospeh Martin Conejo

A three-dimensional ('3D') avatar can be automatically created that resembles the physical appearance of an individual captured in one or more input images or video frames. The avatar can be further customized by the individual in an editing environment and used in various applications, including but not limited to gaming, social networking and video conferencing.

Automatic avatar creation

The embodiments set forth a technique for enabling a computing device to securely configure a peripheral computing device. According to some embodiments, the method can include the steps of (1) approving a request received from the peripheral computing device to engage in a setup procedure for the peripheral computing device, (2) receiving, from the peripheral computing device: (i) an audio signal that encodes a password and timing information, and (ii) a light signal. Additionally, the method can involve, in response to identifying that the timing information correlates with the light signal: (3) extracting the password from the audio signal, and (4) establishing a communication link with the peripheral computing device based on the password. In turn, the method can involve (5) providing configuration information to the peripheral computing device over the communication link.

Techniques for verifying user intent and securely configuring computing devices

A user interface enables a user to calibrate the position of a three dimensional model with a real-world environment represented by that model. Using a device's sensor, the device's location and orientation is determined. A video image of the device's environment is displayed on the device's display. The device overlays a representation of an object from a virtual reality model on the video image. The position of the overlaid representation is determined based on the device's location and orientation. In response to user input, the device adjusts a position of the overlaid representation relative to the video image.

Registration between actual mobile device position and environmental model

Techniques are disclosed for editing captured media to overcome operational difficulties that may arise during capture operations. According to these techniques, content may be captured with a pair of cameras, a first camera having a wider field of view than a second camera. Object(s) may be detected from captured content from the wider field of view camera. The captured content may be processed from the wider field of view camera in a location of at least one detected object. Typically, operators may attempt to frame content using content from the narrower field of view camera. As a result, operators may be unaware that desired content is captured using a second, wider field of view camera. Results from the processed wider field of view data may be proposed to operators for review and, if desired, retention.

Video analysis and management techniques for media capture and retention

A method and apparatus of a device that builds a target using a plurality of processing units is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives an input audio track having a first duration, the input audio track having a plurality of points. The device further generates a transition matrix of the input audio track, wherein the transition matrix indicates a similarity metric between different pairs of the plurality of points. In addition, the device determines a set of jump points using the different pairs of the plurality of points. The device additionally generates the rearranged audio track using the set of jump points, wherein the rearranged audio track has second duration and the second duration is different than the first duration.

Systems and methods for automated music rearrangement

In various implementations a method includes obtaining a plurality of source images, stabilizing the plurality of source images to generate a plurality of stabilized images, and averaging the plurality of stabilized image to generate a synthetic long exposure image. In various implementations, stabilizing the plurality of source images includes: selecting one of the plurality of source images to serve as a reference frame; and registering others of the plurality of source images to the reference frame by applying a perspective transformation to others of the plurality of the source images.

Synthetic long exposure image with optional enhancement using a guide image

One embodiment may take the form of a method of operating a computing device to provide presence based functionality. The method may include operating the computing device in a reduced power state and collecting a first set of data from a first sensor. Based on the first set of data, the computing device determines if an object is within a threshold distance of the computing device and, if the object is within the threshold distance, the device activates a secondary sensor to collect a second set of data. Based on the second set of data, the device determines if the object is a person. If the object is a person, the device determines a position of the person relative to the computing device and executes a change of state in the computing device based on the position of the person relative to the computing device. If the object is not a person, the computing device remains in a reduced power state.

Presence sensing

One embodiment may take the form of a method of operating a computing device in a reduced power state and collecting a first set of data from at least one sensor. Based on the first set of data, the computing device determines a probability that an object is within a threshold distance of the computing device and, if so, the device activates at least one secondary sensor to collect a second set of data. Based on the second set of data, the device determines if the object is a person. If it is a person, a position of the person relative to the computing device is determined and the computing device changes its state based on the position of the person. If the object is not a person, the computing device remains in a reduced power state.

A method of establishing communications with a first device is disclosed. The method includes: the first device presenting connection information to a second device; receiving a response from a second device; establishing an association with the second device; transmitting, in response to a determination that the first device and the second device are connected for data, first data to the second device, the first data comprising addressing information for a server; receiving second data from the second device, the second data comprising second information for establishing communications with the first device; and configuring the first device to receive third data from a location remote to the first device using the second information from the second data.

Method of establishing communications

Techniques and devices for creating a Forward-Reverse Loop output video and other output video variations. A pipeline may include obtaining input video and determining a start frame within the input video and a frame length parameter based on a temporal discontinuity minimization. The selected start frame and the frame length parameter may provide a reversal point within the Forward-Reverse Loop output video. The Forward-Reverse Loop output video may include a forward segment that begins at the start frame and ends at the reversal point and a reverse segment that starts after the reversal point and plays back one or more frames in the forward segment in a reverse order. The pipeline for the generating Forward-Reverse Loop output video may be part of a shared resource architecture that generates other types of output video variations, such as AutoLoop output videos and Long Exposure output videos.

Seamless forward-reverse video loops

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Rudolph Van Der Merwe