Kevin R Gross

US Patent:

46026487, Jul 29, 1986

Filed:

Oct 30, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/666427

Inventors:

Ali N. Syed - Hazelcrest IL
Kevin W. Gross - Chicago IL

Assignee:

Soft Sheen Products, Inc. - Chicago IL

International Classification:

A45D 700

US Classification:

132 7

Abstract:

An improved hair straightening system based upon a pre-shampoo normalizer is disclosed. The improved system provides for rinsing the hair after the straightening composition has been applied to the hair for a sufficiently long period of time and then applying the pre-shampoo normalizer to the hair before the shampoo step. The pre-shampoo normalizer preferably includes between about 0. 25 and about 10% by weight of a medium molecular weight cationic polymer, between about 2 and about 20% by weight of a hydrolyzed animal protein having a molecular weight of between about 200 and about 15,000 and less than about 10% by weight of a surface active agent. The pre-shampoo normalizer should also be adjusted to a pH of between about 2. 5 and about 7 by using a conventional acid composition.

US Patent:

20220260831, Aug 18, 2022

Filed:

May 6, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/662305

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Kevin A. Gross - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G02B 27/00
H04N 5/232
H04N 5/225
G02B 7/10

Abstract:

Various embodiments disclosed herein include optical aberration control for a camera system. Such a camera system may implement optical aberration control, e.g., by combining one or more variable focus devices with one or more actuators (e.g., a voice coil motor actuator) for moving a lens stack of the camera system to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) functionality. A variable focus device may have variable optical power to achieve AF, OIS, and/or introduce optical aberrations such as spherical aberration. In some implementations, the variable focus device may be driven to introduce optical aberrations, and the actuator for moving the lens stack may be driven to compensate for the optical power from the variable focus device.

US Patent:

20210003842, Jan 7, 2021

Filed:

Sep 11, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/019052

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Kevin A. Gross - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G02B 27/00
H04N 5/232
H04N 5/225
G02B 7/10

Abstract:

Various embodiments disclosed herein include optical aberration control for a camera system. Such a camera system may implement optical aberration control, e.g., by combining one or more variable focus devices with one or more actuators (e.g., a voice coil motor actuator) for moving a lens stack of the camera system to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) functionality. A variable focus device may have variable optical power to achieve AF, OIS, and/or introduce optical aberrations such as spherical aberration. In some implementations, the variable focus device may be driven to introduce optical aberrations, and the actuator for moving the lens stack may be driven to compensate for the optical power from the variable focus device.

US Patent:

20200225489, Jul 16, 2020

Filed:

Mar 26, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/831306

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
David A. Schmuck - Mountain View CA, US
Jason C. Sauers - Sunnyvale CA, US
Kevin A. Gross - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G02B 27/01
G06F 3/01
H04N 5/225
G02B 27/10
H04N 5/232
G02B 26/08

Abstract:

A pass-through camera in a head-mounted device may capture image data for displaying on a display in the head-mounted device. However, only low-resolution image data may be needed to display low-resolution images in the periphery of the user's field of view on the display. Therefore, the pass-through camera may only capture high-resolution images that correspond to the portion of the user's field-of-view that is being directly viewed and may capture lower resolution image data that corresponds to the real-world objects in the user's peripheral vision. To enable the camera module to selectively capture high-resolution images, the pass-through camera may include an image sensor with two or more pixel densities, a distortion lens, and/or one or more planar or curved mirrors. Any of the components in the camera module may be adjusted to change which portion of a scene is captured with high-resolution image data.

US Patent:

20190331919, Oct 31, 2019

Filed:

Sep 13, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/130775

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
David A. Schmuck - Mountain View CA, US
Jason C. Sauers - Cupertino CA, US
Kevin A. Gross - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G02B 27/01
G06F 3/01
H04N 5/225
G02B 27/10
H04N 5/232

Abstract:

A pass-through camera in a head-mounted device may capture image data for displaying on a display in the head-mounted device. However, only low-resolution image data may be needed to display low-resolution images in the periphery of the user's field of view on the display. Therefore, the pass-through camera may only capture high-resolution images that correspond to the portion of the user's field-of-view that is being directly viewed and may capture lower resolution image data that corresponds to the real-world objects in the user's peripheral vision. To enable the camera module to selectively capture high-resolution images, the pass-through camera may include an image sensor with two or more pixel densities, a distortion lens, and/or one or more planar or curved mirrors. Any of the components in the camera module may be adjusted to change which portion of a scene is captured with high-resolution image data.

US Patent:

20170358101, Dec 14, 2017

Filed:

Jun 9, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/618641

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Benjamin A. Darling - Cupertino CA, US
Kevin A. Gross - San Francisco CA, US
Marius Tico - Mountain View CA, US
Paul M. Hubel - Mountain View CA, US
Todd S. Sachs - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06T 7/579
H04N 5/232
H04N 13/02

Abstract:

Depth determination includes obtaining a first image of a scene captured by a camera at a first position, obtaining a second image of the scene captured by the camera at a second position directed by an optical image stabilization (OIS) actuator, determining a virtual baseline between the camera at the first position and the second position, and determining a depth of the scene based on the first image, the second image, and the virtual baseline.

US Patent:

20170070731, Mar 9, 2017

Filed:

Sep 3, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/256526

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Thomas E. Bishop - San Francisco CA, US
Kevin A. Gross - San Francisco CA, US
Paul M. Hubel - Mountain View CA, US
Todd S. Sachs - Palo Alto CA, US
Guangzhi Cao - Cupertino CA, US
Alexander Lindskog - Santa Clara CA, US
Stefan Weber - Cupertino CA, US
Jianping Zhou - Fremont CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 17/00
G06T 7/00

Abstract:

Camera calibration includes capturing a first image of an object by a first camera, determining spatial parameters between the first camera and the object using the first image, obtaining a first estimate for an optical center, iteratively calculating a best set of optical characteristics and test setup parameters based on the first estimate for the optical center until the difference in a most recent calculated set of optical characteristics and previously calculated set of optical characteristics satisfies a predetermined threshold, and calibrating the first camera based on the best set of optical characteristics. Multi-camera system calibration may include calibrating, based on a detected misalignment of features in multiple images, the multi-camera system using a context of the multi-camera system and one or more prior stored contexts.