Inventor

ROBIN ATKINS

Inventor

CA

Overview

2021–2026

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 75 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Nprimary

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television41%

G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information23%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general17%

G06FElectric digital data processing13%

G01JMeasurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light1%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus1%

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer1%

B67DDispensing, delivering or transferring liquids, not otherwise provided for1%

G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein1%

G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them1%

PatentTitleYear

12,573,352Multi-step display mapping and metadata reconstruction for high dynamic range video2026 12,556,723Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2026 12,549,746Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2026 12,457,318Method, encoder, and display device for representing a three-dimensional scene and depth-plane data thereof2025 12,452,450Dynamic spatial metadata for image and video processing2025 12,432,364Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2025 12,418,666Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2025 12,418,667Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2025 12,413,693Processing of extended dimension light field images2025 12,401,776Systems and methods for processing volumetric images2025 12,394,444Computing dynamic metadata for editing HDR content2025 12,363,326Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2025 12,355,993Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2025 12,348,740Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2025 12,335,500Frame-rate scalable video coding2025 12,328,438Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2025 12,300,193Luminance adaption to minimize discomfort and improve visibility2025 12,231,660Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2025 12,217,724Perceptual luminance nonlinearity-based image data exchange across different display capabilities2025 12,200,271Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2025 12,170,815Producing and adapting video images for presentation on displays with different aspect ratios2024 12,167,048Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2024 12,120,357Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2024 12,120,358Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2024 12,108,061Frame-rate scalable video coding2024 12,108,060Frame-rate scalable video coding2024 12,100,426Video content creation tool and method2024 12,081,778Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2024 12,041,275Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2024 12,028,555Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2024 12,015,793Frame-rate scalable video coding2024 12,003,741Frame-rate scalable video coding2024 11,991,380Distribution of high dynamic range images in a mixed capability playback system2024 11,979,615Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2024 11,979,588Frame-rate scalable video coding2024 11,979,589Frame-rate scalable video coding2024 11,941,791High-dynamic-range image generation with pre-combination denoising2024 11,936,888Frame-rate scalable video coding2024 11,924,477Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2024 11,917,171Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2024 11,910,025Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2024 11,887,560Perceptual luminance nonlinearity-based image data exchange across different display capabilities2024 11,875,719Metameric stabilization via custom viewer color matching function2024 11,871,015Frame-rate scalable video coding2024 11,870,948Picture metadata for variable frame-rate video2024 11,837,140Chromatic ambient light correction2023 11,818,372Frame-rate scalable video coding2023 11,803,948Display management for high dynamic range images2023 11,792,532Picture metadata for high dynamic range video2023 11,785,263Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2023 11,776,099Image quality metric for HDR images and video2023 11,743,550Video content type metadata for high dynamic range2023 11,736,703Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2023 11,711,486Image capture method and systems to preserve apparent contrast of an image2023 11,600,244Perceptual luminance nonlinearity-based image data exchange across different display capabilities2023 11,594,159Display management with ambient light compensation2023 11,587,529Perceptual luminance nonlinearity-based image data exchange across different display capabilities2023 11,587,526Luminance adaption to minimize discomfort and improve visibility2023 11,579,520Light field display2023 11,582,490Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2023 11,582,472Frame-rate scalable video coding2023 11,570,480Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals2023 11,523,127Frame-rate scalable video coding2022 11,468,547Systems and methods for adjusting video processing curves for high dynamic range images2022 11,412,154Auto exposure of spatially-multiplexed-exposure high-dynamic-range image sensor metric and adjustment2022 11,336,895Tone-curve optimization method and associated video encoder and video decoder2022 11,323,728Frame-rate scalable video coding2022 11,301,972Color saturation adjustment in non-uniform color space2022 11,277,543Perceptual dithering for HDR video and images2022 11,258,957Auto exposure of image sensors based upon entropy variance2022 11,252,401Optically communicating display metadata2022 11,218,709Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata2022 11,186,476Systems and methods for controlling dual modulation displays2021 11,183,143Transitioning between video priority and graphics priority2021 11,158,032Perceptually preserving scene-referred contrasts and chromaticities2021

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2021–2026Patents assigned to DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORP (74)· patent assignee history

2021–2026Based in US· patent location history

2022–2026Based in CA· patent location history

2023Patents assigned to UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA (1)· patent assignee history

2025Patents assigned to DOLBY LABORATORIES CORP (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORP	74	2021–2026
DOLBY LABORATORIES CORP	1	2025
UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA	1	2023

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
CA	46	2022–2026
US	29	2021–2026