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On
June 2, 2020, the Apple’s patent of a technology to synthesize photos as if
they were taken with others while maintaining a social distance was registered
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The
patent titled 'Generating Synthetic Group Selfies' 1), which synthesizes each
self-photographed photo and processes them into one image as if there were
together. Apple filed the technology in July 2018.
Specifically, in order to create such a
group selfie image, first one user sends an invitation to a friend on a device
such as a smartphone, and the invited friends take a selfie, each selfie is
sent to the device of the user who sent the invitation and all the received
selfies are synthesized.
In addition to the photos, the selfie data
for synthesis are applied to the videos and live photos as well.
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| 🔺 wipsglobal.com The said Apple's patent drawing of a process of synthesizing each selfies into one image |
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Digimedia
Tech LLC recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nikon. According
to DIY photography on July 1st (local time), Digimedia claimed that
Nikon has infringed three of its patents on the Coolpix P900 and A1000 cameras.
Digimedia’s
first patent, which was indicated in the document that sued Nikon, is titled ‘Microminiature
zoom system for digital camera’ (US 6914635). The patent relates to the
miniaturization, autofocus and other features of digital cameras. It also
includes image correcting and stabilizing techniques.
Second
patent Digimedia claimed that Nikon has infringed its patent on a system that
tracks the head of a camera-generated human image, which is titled ‘System,
method and article of manufacture for tracking a head of a camera-generated
image of a person’ (US 6545706). It relates to a technology that detects the
face and identifies the head in an image.
The
third patent is similar to the second patent, it’s also related to the
technical problem of how to identify the head in the image (US 7715476), which
is the same title with the ‘706 patent.
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| 🔺 wipsglobal.com Digimedia Tech's three patents |
Digimedia
claimed that Nikon used the three patents on Coolpix P900 and A1000 without
permission and filed for damages. It’s not clear how much money Nikon will have
to pay if Nikon loses.
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| 🔺 wipsglobal.com Litigation search at wipsglobal.com DigiMedia Tech v. Nikon |
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IPR DAILY, iprdaily.com
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