This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent and 1 published patent application and 1 EPO patent. Top assignee: Google Inc.. Active years: 2026.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 2026
Title: Pedro Velez and Image Editing Innovation.
Introduction
Pedro Velez is an inventor associated with Mountain View, California, and Google Inc. His patent work describes an image-editing technique for removing a bystander and objects attached to that person from a photograph.
Latest Patents
Velez is named on 1 patent, titled “Bystander and Attached Object Removal.” The patent describes a media application that detects a bystander in an image and creates boxes around the person and attached objects. It combines those boxes to guide a segmentation process, which produces a mask covering the pixels to be removed. The application then generates an inpainted image by replacing the masked pixels with pixels that match the image’s background.
Career Highlights
The patent reflects work on automated image editing, particularly identifying and removing a person and related objects while reconstructing the background. Velez is associated with Google Inc., where the patented approach is connected to media application technology.
Collaborations
Marcel Puyat and Yanan Bao are listed as Velez’s coworkers. Their names are provided as professional associations, though the available information does not specify their roles in the patent.
Conclusion
Pedro Velez’s patent focuses on making image cleanup more comprehensive by detecting a bystander and attached objects, removing them, and filling the resulting area with a background-matched image.
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