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Kurt Akeley — 45 Patents

SGSilicon Graphics: 14 patents #7 of 758Top 1%
LYLytro: 13 patents #5 of 45Top 15%
Google: 13 patents #1,866 of 22,993Top 9%
Microsoft: 3 patents #13,486 of 40,388Top 35%
NVIDIA: 1 patents #4,387 of 7,811Top 60%
Saratoga, CA: #200 of 2,933 inventorsTop 7%
California: #9,570 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #64,393 of 4,157,543Top 2%
45 Patents All Time
Kurt Akeley has been granted 45 US patents while listed as an inventor at Silicon Graphics. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in January 2021. Kurt Akeley ranks #64,393 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Kurt Akeley in Saratoga, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 45 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10897608 Capturing light-field images with uneven and/or incomplete angular sampling Colvin Pitts, Chia-Kai Liang 2021-01-19 $86,250,000
10567464 Video compression with adaptive view-dependent lighting removal Derek Pang, Colvin Pitts 2020-02-18 $43,000,000
10552947 Depth-based image blurring Chia-Kai Liang, Kent Oberheu, Garrett Girod, Nikhil Karnad, Francis A. Benevides, JR. 2020-02-04 $41,473,000
10546424 Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality experiences Derek Pang, Colvin Pitts 2020-01-28 $41,400,000
10540818 Stereo image generation and interactive playback 2020-01-21 $53,779,000
10474227 Generation of virtual reality with 6 degrees of freedom from limited viewer data Trevor Carothers 2019-11-12 $34,759,000
10469873 Encoding and decoding virtual reality video Derek Pang, Colvin Pitts, Zeyar Htet 2019-11-05 $38,471,000
10444931 Vantage generation and interactive playback 2019-10-15 $31,201,000
10419737 Data structures and delivery methods for expediting virtual reality playback Derek Pang, Colvin Pitts 2019-09-17 $38,215,000
10341632 Spatial random access enabled video system with a three-dimensional viewing volume Derek Pang, Colvin Pitts 2019-07-02
10154197 Image capture device having light field image capture mode, 2D image capture mode, and intermediate capture mode Jerome Chandra Bhat, Brandon E. Clarke, Graham B. Myhre, Ravi Kiran Nalla, Steven Oliver +4 more 2018-12-11 $28,843,000
10129524 Depth-assigned content for depth-enhanced virtual reality images Yi-Ren Ng, Eric Cheng, Chia-Kai Liang, Kayvon Fatahalian, David John Evans, V +2 more 2018-11-13 $19,575,000
10038909 Compression of light field images Brendan Elwood Bevensee, Colvin Pitts, Timothy James Knight, Carl Warren Craddock, Chia-Kai Liang 2018-07-31 $28,956,000
10033986 Capturing light-field images with uneven and/or incomplete angular sampling Colvin Pitts, Chia-Kai Liang 2018-07-24 $29,033,000
9866810 Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture and manipulation Timothy James Knight, Colvin Pitts, Yuriy Romanenko, Carl (Warren) Craddock 2018-01-09
9858649 Depth-based image blurring Chia-Kai Liang, Kent Oberheu, Garrett Girod, Nikhil Karnad, Francis A. Benevides, JR. 2018-01-02
9607424 Depth-assigned content for depth-enhanced pictures Yi-Ren Ng, Eric Cheng, Chia-Kai Liang, Kayvon Fatahalian, David John Evans, V +2 more 2017-03-28
9414087 Compression of light field images Brendan Elwood Bevensee, Colvin Pitts, Timothy James Knight, Carl Warren Craddock, Chia-Kai Liang 2016-08-09
9386288 Compensating for sensor saturation and microlens modulation during light-field image processing Brian Keith Cabral, Colvin Pitts, Chia-Kai Liang, Bennett S. Wilburn, Timothy James Knight +1 more 2016-07-05
9305375 High-quality post-rendering depth blur 2016-04-05
9300932 Optimization of optical systems for improved light field capture and manipulation Timothy James Knight, Colvin Pitts, Yuriy Romanenko, Carl (Warren) Craddock 2016-03-29
9253473 Light-field display 2016-02-02 $33,611,000
9001226 Capturing and relighting images using multiple devices Yi-Ren Ng, Chia-Kai Liang, Bennett S. Wilburn 2015-04-07
8995785 Light-field processing and analysis, camera control, and user interfaces and interaction on light-field capture devices Timothy James Knight, Colvin Pitts, Yi-Ren Ng, Alex Fishman, Yuriy Romanenko +1 more 2015-03-31
8988317 Depth determination for light field images Chia-Kai Liang, Colvin Pitts, Alex Song 2015-03-24