Patents by Inventor Anthony C. Spielberg

Anthony C. Spielberg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10644982
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a plurality of values of a data stream, where the plurality of values are generated by a monitored device and received in real time. One or more statistical moments of the data stream are updated, by a computer processing device, based on each value of the plurality of values. Each value of the plurality of values is discarded, after updating the one or more statistical moments of the data stream based on that value. A threshold is set for the data stream based on the one or more statistical moments. It is detected that the threshold has been passed by the data stream. A remedial action is performed on the monitored device, responsive to the threshold being passed, where the remedial action is associated with the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donnie Haye, Eric V. Kline, Jeffrey G. Komatsu, Anthony C. Spielberg, Benjamin J. Steele, Jr., John M. Wargo, Emmanuel Yashchin, Paul A. Zulpa
  • Patent number: 10277793
    Abstract: An approach is provided to control digital imaging system. In the approach, camera bodies are configured to establish a camera group that includes each of the camera bodies. Each of the camera bodies in the camera group is controlled by a human operator in photographing an event. Shared camera settings that pertain to each of the cameras in the camera group are also configured. A wireless receiver included in one of the camera bodies receives an adjustment that was sent from another camera body included in the camera group. One of the settings of the receiving camera body is then adjusted based on the received adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Publication number: 20190036805
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a plurality of values of a data stream, where the plurality of values are generated by a monitored device and received in real time. One or more statistical moments of the data stream are updated, by a computer processing device, based on each value of the plurality of values. Each value of the plurality of values is discarded, after updating the one or more statistical moments of the data stream based on that value. A threshold is set for the data stream based on the one or more statistical moments. It is detected that the threshold has been passed by the data stream. A remedial action is performed on the monitored device, responsive to the threshold being passed, where the remedial action is associated with the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Donnie Haye, Eric V. Kline, Jeffrey G. Komatsu, Anthony C. Spielberg, Benjamin J. Steele, JR., John M. Wargo, Emmanuel Yashchin, Paul A. Zulpa
  • Patent number: 10171334
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a plurality of values of a data stream, where the plurality of values are generated by a monitored device and received in real time. One or more statistical moments of the data stream are updated, by a computer processing device, based on each value of the plurality of values. Each value of the plurality of values is discarded, after updating the one or more statistical moments of the data stream based on that value. A threshold is set for the data stream based on the one or more statistical moments. It is detected that the threshold has been passed by the data stream. A remedial action is performed on the monitored device, responsive to the threshold being passed, where the remedial action is associated with the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donnie Haye, Eric V. Kline, Jeffrey G. Komatsu, Anthony C. Spielberg, Benjamin J. Steele, Jr., John M. Wargo, Emmanuel Yashchin, Paul A. Zulpa
  • Patent number: 10003729
    Abstract: An approach is provided to control digital imaging system. In the approach, isolated camera settings pertaining to a first camera body are configured. The first camera body is included in a camera group that includes two or more camera bodies. Each of the cameras in the camera group is controlled by a human operator. Shared camera settings that pertain to each of the cameras in the camera group are also configured. When an adjustment is received at the camera body from the human operator, the approach checks whether the adjustment is a shared group setting. If the adjustment is a shared setting, the system wirelessly transmits the adjustment over the wireless transmitter/receiver to the other camera bodies included in the camera group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Patent number: 10003728
    Abstract: An approach is provided to control digital imaging system. In the approach, isolated camera settings pertaining to a first camera body are configured. The first camera body is included in a camera group that includes two or more camera bodies. Each of the cameras in the camera group is controlled by a human operator. Shared camera settings that pertain to each of the cameras in the camera group are also configured. When an adjustment is received at the camera body from the human operator, the approach checks whether the adjustment is a shared group setting. If the adjustment is a shared setting, the system wirelessly transmits the adjustment over the wireless transmitter/receiver to the other camera bodies included in the camera group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Patent number: 9906701
    Abstract: An approach is provided to control digital imaging system. In the approach, isolated camera settings pertaining to a first camera body are configured. The first camera body is included in a camera group that includes two or more camera bodies. Each of the cameras in the camera group is controlled by a human operator. Shared camera settings that pertain to each of the cameras in the camera group are also configured. When an adjustment is received at the camera body from the human operator, the approach checks whether the adjustment is a shared group setting. If the adjustment is a shared setting, the system wirelessly transmits the adjustment over the wireless transmitter/receiver to the other camera bodies included in the camera group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Publication number: 20180041677
    Abstract: An approach is provided to control digital imaging system. In the approach, isolated camera settings pertaining to a first camera body are configured. The first camera body is included in a camera group that includes two or more camera bodies. Each of the cameras in the camera group is controlled by a human operator. Shared camera settings that pertain to each of the cameras in the camera group are also configured. When an adjustment is received at the camera body from the human operator, the approach checks whether the adjustment is a shared group setting. If the adjustment is a shared setting, the system wirelessly transmits the adjustment over the wireless transmitter/receiver to the other camera bodies included in the camera group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Publication number: 20180041678
    Abstract: An approach is provided to control digital imaging system. In the approach, isolated camera settings pertaining to a first camera body are configured. The first camera body is included in a camera group that includes two or more camera bodies. Each of the cameras in the camera group is controlled by a human operator. Shared camera settings that pertain to each of the cameras in the camera group are also configured. When an adjustment is received at the camera body from the human operator, the approach checks whether the adjustment is a shared group setting. If the adjustment is a shared setting, the system wirelessly transmits the adjustment over the wireless transmitter/receiver to the other camera bodies included in the camera group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Publication number: 20180006924
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a plurality of values of a data stream, where the plurality of values are generated by a monitored device and received in real time. One or more statistical moments of the data stream are updated, by a computer processing device, based on each value of the plurality of values. Each value of the plurality of values is discarded, after updating the one or more statistical moments of the data stream based on that value. A threshold is set for the data stream based on the one or more statistical moments. It is detected that the threshold has been passed by the data stream. A remedial action is performed on the monitored device, responsive to the threshold being passed, where the remedial action is associated with the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Donnie Haye, Eric V. Kline, Jeffrey G. Komatsu, Anthony C. Spielberg, Benjamin J. Steele, JR., John M. Wargo, Emmanuel Yashchin, Paul A. Zulpa
  • Patent number: 9852157
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for selecting an image for comparison with a plurality of images; specifying one or more visual criterion for searching the plurality of images, wherein the visual criteria are based upon a visual similarity between the image and the plurality of images; searching the plurality of images based upon the criteria to identify a subset of the plurality of images that meet a threshold with respect to the visual similarity; and displaying in a graphical user interface the subset of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Patent number: 9846708
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for selecting an image for comparison with a plurality of images; specifying one or more visual criterion for searching the plurality of images, wherein the visual criteria are based upon a visual similarity between the image and the plurality of images; searching the plurality of images based upon the criteria to identify a subset of the plurality of images that meet a threshold with respect to the visual similarity; and displaying in a graphical user interface the subset of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Publication number: 20170171442
    Abstract: An approach is provided to control digital imaging system. In the approach, isolated camera settings pertaining to a first camera body are configured. The first camera body is included in a camera group that includes two or more camera bodies. Each of the cameras in the camera group is controlled by a human operator. Shared camera settings that pertain to each of the cameras in the camera group are also configured. When an adjustment is received at the camera body from the human operator, the approach checks whether the adjustment is a shared group setting. If the adjustment is a shared setting, the system wirelessly transmits the adjustment over the wireless transmitter/receiver to the other camera bodies included in the camera group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Publication number: 20170171452
    Abstract: An approach is provided to control digital imaging system. In the approach, camera bodies are configured to establish a camera group that includes each of the camera bodies. Each of the camera bodies in the camera group is controlled by a human operator in photographing an event. Shared camera settings that pertain to each of the cameras in the camera group are also configured. A wireless receiver included in one of the camera bodies receives an adjustment that was sent from another camera body included in the camera group. One of the settings of the receiving camera body is then adjusted based on the received adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Patent number: 9602735
    Abstract: A system comprises a digital imaging system for capturing digital images. The system includes a controller that captures at least one digital image, determines a brightness level of at least one bright region of the digital image, and generates brightness data representing the brightness level of the at least one bright region. The brightness data is compared with compositional information for determining a maximum brightness level of the at least one bright region of the digital image. The maximum brightness level comprises a level of brightness where information about the at least one bright region remains. The controller then determines an exposure value of a final digital image, where at least one region of the final digital image has a brightness level equal to or less than the maximum brightness level. At least one final digital image is then captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Patent number: 9237275
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relates to cameras and flash photography, and to modulating intensity of light over time and space to subjects in an associated composition. As the composition of a photograph is created, subjects in the composition are metered and flash illumination is determined. A mask is created from an array of filters. The mask is a pattern of opacity of the filters, with the pattern modulating output of the flash. The mask pattern is applied to an associated flash head so that an exposure of the composition is made with the masked flash. Exposure of the subjects in the composition is balanced through a selective illumination of the subjects by the varied intensity created through the mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Publication number: 20150356119
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for selecting an image for comparison with a plurality of images; specifying one or more visual criterion for searching the plurality of images, wherein the visual criteria are based upon a visual similarity between the image and the plurality of images; searching the plurality of images based upon the criteria to identify a subset of the plurality of images that meet a threshold with respect to the visual similarity; and displaying in a graphical user interface the subset of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Patent number: 9158457
    Abstract: A system includes a display control module, a cursor control device, a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of graphical control elements such as sliders, and a human interface device with keys. A mapping of individual keys or simultaneously selected combinations of keys to sliders is stored by the display control module. A slider is adjustable by the cursor control device while the key mapped to the slider is activated and is disassociated from the cursor control device when the mapped key is deactivated. A computer program product embodiment includes a computer readable medium having computer usable program code for mapping a slider to a corresponding key, activating the slider for adjustment, adjusting the slider with a cursor control device while maintaining a key or combination of keys in the active state, and terminating adjustment of the slider by placing the key in an inactive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Publication number: 20150181097
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relates to cameras and flash photography, and to modulating intensity of light over time and space to subjects in an associated composition. As the composition of a photograph is created, subjects in the composition are metered and flash illumination is determined. A mask is created from an array of filters. The mask is a pattern of opacity of the filters, with the pattern modulating output of the flash. The mask pattern is applied to an associated flash head so that an exposure of the composition is made with the masked flash. Exposure of the subjects in the composition is balanced through a selective illumination of the subjects by the varied intensity created through the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg
  • Publication number: 20150178317
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for selecting an image for comparison with a plurality of images; specifying one or more visual criterion for searching the plurality of images, wherein the visual criteria are based upon a visual similarity between the image and the plurality of images; searching the plurality of images based upon the criteria to identify a subset of the plurality of images that meet a threshold with respect to the visual similarity; and displaying in a graphical user interface the subset of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony C. Spielberg