Patents by Inventor Doug Ricard

Doug Ricard 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: 11295114
    Abstract: Technologies for analyzing various features detected in a face detected in an image. Such features may include at least the eyes, eyebrows, node, and mouth of a face. Such analyzing may include scoring aspects of these features. Such scores may be weighted. The analysis may be used to determine expressions and/or poses of the face, as well as indicate if the face is smiling, frowning, or neutral. An overall quality score for the face may also be determined and provided based on the aforementioned analysis as well as whether or not the face is near an edge of the image or cut-off in the image. Finally, a face signature may be determined that uniquely identifies the face, at least within the scope of the analyzed features. Such face signatures may be used to detect a similar face in other images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Lee, Chunkit Jacky Chan, Doug Ricard, Stacia Scott, Allison Light
  • Publication number: 20190354748
    Abstract: Technologies for analyzing various features detected in a face detected in an image. Such features may include at least the eyes, eyebrows, node, and mouth of a face. Such analyzing may include scoring aspects of these features. Such scores may be weighted. The analysis may be used to determine expressions and/or poses of the face, as well as indicate if the face is smiling, frowning, or neutral. An overall quality score for the face may also be determined and provided based on the aforementioned analysis as well as whether or not the face is near an edge of the image or cut-off in the image. Finally, a face signature may be determined that uniquely identifies the face, at least within the scope of the analyzed features. Such face signatures may be used to detect a similar face in other images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: David Lee, Chunkit Jacky Chan, Doug Ricard, Stacia Scott, Allison Light
  • Patent number: 10311284
    Abstract: Technologies for analyzing various features detected in a face detected in an image. Such features may include at least the eyes, eyebrows, node, and mouth of a face. Such analyzing may include scoring aspects of these features. Such scores may be weighted. The analysis may be used to determine expressions and/or poses of the face, as well as indicate if the face is smiling, frowning, or neutral. An overall quality score for the face may also be determined and provided based on the aforementioned analysis as well as whether or not the face is near an edge of the image or cut-off in the image. Finally, a face signature may be determined that uniquely identifies the face, at least within the scope of the analyzed features. Such face signatures may be used to detect a similar face in other images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Lee, Chunkit Jacky Chan, Doug Ricard, Stacia Scott, Allison Light
  • Publication number: 20170228583
    Abstract: Technologies for analyzing various features detected in a face detected in an image. Such features may include at least the eyes, eyebrows, node, and mouth of a face. Such analyzing may include scoring aspects of these features. Such scores may be weighted. The analysis may be used to determine expressions and/or poses of the face, as well as indicate if the face is smiling, frowning, or neutral. An overall quality score for the face may also be determined and provided based on the aforementioned analysis as well as whether or not the face is near an edge of the image or cut-off in the image. Finally, a face signature may be determined that uniquely identifies the face, at least within the scope of the analyzed features. Such face signatures may be used to detect a similar face in other images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: David Lee, Chunkit Jacky Chan, Doug Ricard, Stacia Scott, Allison Light
  • Patent number: 9639742
    Abstract: Technologies for analyzing various features detected in a face detected in an image. Such features may include at least the eyes, eyebrows, node, and mouth of a face. Such analyzing may include scoring aspects of these features. Such scores may be weighted. The analysis may be used to determine expressions and/or poses of the face, as well as indicate if the face is smiling, frowning, or neutral. An overall quality score for the face may also be determined and provided based on the aforementioned analysis as well as whether or not the face is near an edge of the image or cut-off in the image. Finally, a face signature may be determined that uniquely identifies the face, at least within the scope of the analyzed features. Such face signatures may be used to detect a similar face in other images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: David Lee, Chunkit Jacky Chan, Doug Ricard, Stacia Scott, Allison Light
  • Publication number: 20150317510
    Abstract: Technologies for selecting a representative subset of images from a set of images, the selecting based at least in part on rating the images in the set based on task, Image, and/or adjacent information. An Indication of the task may be embodied in a query provided by a user. The task may indicate the user's intended use of the subset of images. The set of images may be grouped into one or more clusters that are based on technical attributes of the images in the set, and/or technical attributes indicated by the task. Adjacent information may be obtained from sources that are generally unrelated or indirectly related to the images in the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Lee, Chunkit Jacky Chan, Doug Ricard, Stacia Scott, Allison Light, William David Sproule, Meghan McNeil, Christopher Mabrey, Adam Avery, Joshua Weisberg, Alexander Brodie
  • Publication number: 20150310261
    Abstract: Technologies for analyzing various features detected in a face detected in an image. Such features may include at least the eyes, eyebrows, node, and mouth of a face. Such analyzing may include scoring aspects of these features. Such scores may be weighted. The analysis may be used to determine expressions and/or poses of the face, as well as indicate if the face is smiling, frowning, or neutral. An overall quality score for the face may also be determined and provided based on the aforementioned analysis as well as whether or not the face is near an edge of the image or cut-off in the image. Finally, a face signature may be determined that uniquely identifies the face, at least within the scope of the analyzed features. Such face signatures may be used to detect a similar face in other images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Lee, Chunkit Jacky Chan, Doug Ricard, Stacia Scott, Allison Light