IP Library Granted Patent US 11,086,194
Granted Patent B2
US 11,086,194 · App. 16/369,104 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

Camera accessory mask

Inventors: Scott Wentao Li (Cary, NC); Robert James Kapinos (Durham, NC); Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC); Robert James Norton, Jr. (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G03B11/02G02B13/06G03B17/565H04N5/2254G03B2206/004
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Patent No.
US 11,086,194
App. No.
16/369,104
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using a camera device, an image, wherein the image comprises at least one portion of a camera accessory attached to the camera device; identifying, using a processor, the camera accessory; and removing, based on the identification of the camera accessory, the at least one portion of the camera accessory from the image. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (31)

1. A method, comprising:

capturing, using a camera device, an image, wherein the image comprises at least one portion of a camera accessory attached to the camera device;

identifying, using a processor, the camera accessory; and

removing, based on the identification of the camera accessory, the at least one portion of the camera accessory from the image, wherein the removing comprises providing a mask concealing the at least one portion of the camera accessory, wherein the mask is pre-computed based on at least one of: an aspect of the camera accessory and a property of the camera device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the camera device comprises a 360-degree camera.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying comprises receiving identifying information associated with the camera accessory.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the identifying information comprises information selected from the group consisting of: a type of the camera accessory, a model of the camera accessory, and a dimensional shape of the camera accessory.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving, from the camera accessory, the identifying information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the receiving the identifying information from the camera accessory comprises automatically receiving the identifying information when a connection is established between the camera accessory and the camera device.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein the receiving comprises identifying, in a field of view of a camera of the camera device, an identifying object on the camera accessory.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the identifying object is a QR code.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising utilizing the QR code as a reference mark for the removing.

10. An information handling device, comprising:

a camera;

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

capture, using the camera, an image, wherein the image comprises at least one portion of a camera accessory attached to the information handling device;

identify the camera accessory; and

remove, based on the identification of the camera accessory, the at least one portion of the camera accessory from the image, wherein the removing comprises providing a mask concealing the at least one portion of the camera accessory, wherein the mask is pre-computed based on at least one of: an aspect of the camera accessory and a property of the camera device.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the camera is a 360-degree camera.

12. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to identify comprise instructions executable by the processor to receive identifying information associated with the camera accessory.

13. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the identifying information comprises information selected from the group consisting of: a type of the camera accessory, a model of the camera accessory, and a dimensional shape of the camera accessory.

14. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to receive comprise instructions executable by the processor to receive, from the camera accessory, the identifying information.

15. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to receive comprise instructions executable by the processor to identify, in a field of view of the camera, an identifying object on the camera accessory.

16. The information handling device of claim 15 , wherein the identifying object is a QR code.

17. The information handling device of claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to utilize the QR code as a reference mark for the removing.

18. A product, comprising:

a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:

code that captures, using a camera device, an image, wherein the image comprises at least one portion of a camera accessory attached to the camera device;

code that identifies the camera accessory; and

code that removes, based on the identification of the camera accessory, the at least one portion of the camera accessory from the image, wherein the removing comprises providing a mask concealing the at least one portion of the camera accessory, wherein the mask is pre-computed based on at least one of: an aspect of the camera accessory and a property of the camera device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060638/0044 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2019
From: LI, SCOTT WENTAO; KAPINOS, ROBERT JAMES; VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; NORTON, ROBERT JAMES, JR.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 048736/0816 →