Shamit Lal

Title: Shamit Lal and Small-Mask Image Editing

Introduction

Shamit Lal is an inventor based in Seattle, Washington. His patent work addresses image editing when the area selected for modification is small relative to the full image. Lal is associated with Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Latest Patents

Lal is named on one patent, 1 patent, titled “Image Editing for Small Masks.” The invention describes a process for improving image editing when a mask covers only a small portion of a source image. It generates a second source image that includes the selected pixels and some surrounding context, then upsamples both the image and mask data. A diffusion-based inpainting model uses the upsampled data to create an edited image in the region identified by the mask.

Career Highlights

The available information identifies Lal’s patent contribution in image editing and his association with Amazon Technologies, Inc. The described technique focuses on preparing small masked regions and their surrounding image context for diffusion-based inpainting.

Collaborations

Ying Wang is identified as Lal’s coworker. The provided information does not specify whether Wang collaborated on the patent.

Conclusion

Shamit Lal’s patent describes an approach to improving diffusion-based image inpainting for small masks by upsampling the selected region and its surrounding context.