Patents by Inventor Courtney Lavonne Miller

Courtney Lavonne Miller 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).

  • HOME VISUALIZATION TOOL
    Publication number: 20220262086
    Abstract: A method for creating a house visualization template can comprise receiving a first exterior image of a first house. The method can also include creating a set of first boundaries that define a first type of decorative feature of the first house. Additionally, the method can include receiving a first set of decorative images that depict various different instances of the first type of decorative feature. The method can also comprise generating from each of the decorative images of the first set of decorative images respective first decorative feature masks. The first decorative feature masks may be configured to selectively overlay an area encompassed by the set of first boundaries, such that the first exterior image of the first house is selectively displayable with any of the instances of the first type of decorative features within the first set of decorative images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher McClendon, Phillip J. Behrens, Courtney Lavonne Miller, Theodore Judson Cromwell
  • Home visualization tool
    Patent number: 11328498
    Abstract: A method for creating a house visualization template can comprise receiving a first exterior image of a first house. The method can also include creating a set of first boundaries that define a first type of decorative feature of the first house. Additionally, the method can include receiving a first set of decorative images that depict various different instances of the first type of decorative feature. The method can also comprise generating from each of the decorative images of the first set of decorative images respective first decorative feature masks. The first decorative feature masks may be configured to selectively overlay an area encompassed by the set of first boundaries, such that the first exterior image of the first house is selectively displayable with any of the instances of the first type of decorative features within the first set of decorative images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee McClendon, Phillip J. Behrens, Courtney Lavonne Miller, Theodore Judson Cromwell
  • HOME VISUALIZATION TOOL
    Publication number: 20210043009
    Abstract: A method for creating a house visualization template can comprise receiving a first exterior image of a first house. The method can also include creating a set of first boundaries that define a first type of decorative feature of the first house. Additionally, the method can include receiving a first set of decorative images that depict various different instances of the first type of decorative feature. The method can also comprise generating from each of the decorative images of the first set of decorative images respective first decorative feature masks. The first decorative feature masks may be configured to selectively overlay an area encompassed by the set of first boundaries, such that the first exterior image of the first house is selectively displayable with any of the instances of the first type of decorative features within the first set of decorative images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Lee McClendon, Phillip J. Behrens, Courtney Lavonne Miller, Theodore Judson Cromwell
  • Home visualization tool
    Patent number: 10713854
    Abstract: A method for creating a house visualization template can comprise receiving a first exterior image of a first house. The method can also include creating a set of first boundaries that define a first type of decorative feature of the first house. Additionally, the method can include receiving a first set of decorative images that depict various different instances of the first type of decorative feature. The method can also comprise generating from each of the decorative images of the first set of decorative images respective first decorative feature masks. The first decorative feature masks may be configured to selectively overlay an area encompassed by the set of first boundaries, such that the first exterior image of the first house is selectively displayable with any of the instances of the first type of decorative features within the first set of decorative images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. McClendon, Phillip J. Behrens, Courtney Lavonne Miller, Theodore Judson Cromwell
  • HOME VISUALIZATION TOOL
    Publication number: 20180253908
    Abstract: A method for creating a house visualization template can comprise receiving a first exterior image of a first house. The method can also include creating a set of first boundaries that define a first type of decorative feature of the first house. Additionally, the method can include receiving a first set of decorative images that depict various different instances of the first type of decorative feature. The method can also comprise generating from each of the decorative images of the first set of decorative images respective first decorative feature masks. The first decorative feature masks may be configured to selectively overlay an area encompassed by the set of first boundaries, such that the first exterior image of the first house is selectively displayable with any of the instances of the first type of decorative features within the first set of decorative images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher L. McClendon, Phillip J. Behrens, Courtney Lavonne Miller, Theodore Judson Cromwell, Justin Curt Kufford, Robert J. Schillinger, Benny Cato