Patents by Inventor CODY POULTNEY

CODY POULTNEY 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: 11308670
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and method, and a program that are capable of more facilitating editing. The image processing apparatus includes: an operation detection unit configured to detect an operation input by an operation unit; and a display control unit configured to output, to an immersive presentation device, part or entirety of a spherical image on which an image of the operation unit is superimposed, as a presentation image, to cause the immersive presentation device to display the presentation image, the display control unit being configured to control, in a case where the operation input has been detected, the display of the presentation image such that the operation input is reflected. The present technology is applicable to an editing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tanaka, Satoshi Ihara, Cody Poultney
  • Patent number: 11070724
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and method that are capable of more facilitating editing. The image processing apparatus includes an operation detection unit that detects an operation input by an operation unit and a display control unit that outputs, to an immersive presentation device, part or entirety of a spherical image on which an image of the operation unit is superimposed, as a presentation image, to cause the immersive presentation device to display the presentation image, the display control unit being configured to control, in a case where the operation input has been detected, the display of the presentation image such that the operation input is reflected, in which the operation detection unit detects coordinates at a position pointed by a pointer of the operation unit, in the spherical image. The present technology is applicable to an editing system that edits spherical images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ihara, Kenji Tanaka, Cody Poultney
  • Publication number: 20210125388
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and method, and a program that are capable of more facilitating editing. The image processing apparatus includes: an operation detection unit configured to detect an operation input by an operation unit; and a display control unit configured to output, to an immersive presentation device, part or entirety of a spherical image on which an image of the operation unit is superimposed, as a presentation image, to cause the immersive presentation device to display the presentation image, the display control unit being configured to control, in a case where the operation input has been detected, the display of the presentation image such that the operation input is reflected. The present technology is applicable to an editing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: KENJI TANAKA, SATOSHI IHARA, CODY POULTNEY
  • Publication number: 20200077021
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and method, and a program that are capable of more facilitating editing. The image processing apparatus includes: an operation detection unit configured to detect an operation input by an operation unit; and a display control unit configured to output, to an immersive presentation device, part or entirety of a spherical image on which an image of the operation unit is superimposed, as a presentation image, to cause the immersive presentation device to display the presentation image, the display control unit being configured to control, in a case where the operation input has been detected, the display of the presentation image such that the operation input is reflected, in which the operation detection unit detects coordinates at a position pointed by a pointer of the operation unit, in the spherical image. The present technology is applicable to an editing system that edits spherical images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: SATOSHI IHARA, KENJI TANAKA, CODY POULTNEY