Patents by Inventor Gavin Enns

Gavin Enns 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).

  • Mosaic display systems and methods for intelligent media search
    Patent number: 11461943
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying a dynamic mosaic of media files, the method comprising: receiving media files, determining a fill direction, constructing a layout, determining an edge set from the media files previously placed on the layout, determining a trailing edge, and adjacent edges, constructing a set of closed rectangles an open rectangle from the trailing edge and adjacent edges, providing a first set of frames by iteratively attempting to fill up to one closed rectangle from the set of closed rectangles, providing a second set of frames by filling the open rectangle by placing one searched media file in the open rectangle if no closed rectangle in the set of closed rectangles can be filled, and inserting one of the first set of frames and the second set of frames into a current layout before updating a current edge set based on the inserted frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Shutterstock, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Enns, Mark Allen Sherrill, Wyatt Jenkins, William Kris Arnold
  • Mosaic display system using open and closed rectangles for placing media files in continuous contact
    Patent number: 10546404
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying a dynamic mosaic of media files, the method comprising: receiving media files, determining a fill direction, constructing a layout, determining an edge set from the media files previously placed on the layout, determining a trailing edge, and adjacent edges, constructing a set of closed rectangles an open rectangle from the trailing edge and adjacent edges, providing a first set of frames by iteratively attempting to fill up to one closed rectangle from the set of closed rectangles, providing a second set of frames by filling the open rectangle by placing one searched media file in the open rectangle if no closed rectangle in the set of closed rectangles can be filled, and inserting one of the first set of frames and the second set of frames into a current layout before updating a current edge set based on the inserted frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHUTTERSTOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Gavin Enns, Mark Allen Sherrill, Wyatt Jenkins, William Kris Arnold
  • Mosaic display system using open and closed rectangles for placing media files in continuous contact
    Patent number: 9996957
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying a dynamic mosaic of media files, the method comprising: receiving media files, determining a fill direction, constructing a layout, determining an edge set from the media files previously placed on the layout, determining a trailing edge, and adjacent edges, constructing a set of closed rectangles an open rectangle from the trailing edge and adjacent edges, providing a first set of frames by iteratively attempting to fill up to one closed rectangle from the set of closed rectangles, providing a second set of frames by filling the open rectangle by placing one searched media file in the open rectangle if no closed rectangle in the set of closed rectangles can be filled, and inserting one of the first set of frames and the second set of frames into a current layout before updating a current edge set based on the inserted frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SHUTTERSTOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Gavin Enns, Mark Allen Sherrill, Wyatt Jenkins, William Kris Arnold
  • MOSAIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT MEDIA SEARCH
    Publication number: 20140189502
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying a dynamic mosaic of media files, the method comprising: receiving media files, determining a fill direction, constructing a layout, determining an edge set from the media files previously placed on the layout, determining a trailing edge, and adjacent edges, constructing a set of closed rectangles an open rectangle from the trailing edge and adjacent edges, providing a first set of frames by iteratively attempting to fill up to one closed rectangle from the set of closed rectangles, providing a second set of frames by filling the open rectangle by placing one searched media file in the open rectangle if no closed rectangle in the set of closed rectangles can be filled, and inserting one of the first set of frames and the second set of frames into a current layout before updating a current edge set based on the inserted frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Shutterstock, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Enns, Mark Allen Sherrill, Wyatt Jenkins, William Kris Arnold