Patents by Inventor Hawley Knox Rising, III

Hawley Knox Rising, III 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).

  • Method and an apparatus for implementing a key frame
    Patent number: 6845487
    Abstract: The invention relates to a key frame such as a KeyFrameDS. A list of key, length, and value (KLV) attribute groups are used in the KeyFrameDS. The KeyFrameDS may be modified by changing, for example, an attribute group. This may be accomplished, for example, by changing one of its attributes, such as the value attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hawley Knox Rising, III, Ali J. Tabatabai
  • Modular image query system
    Patent number: 6445834
    Abstract: An image query and storage apparatus and method including a plurality of dynamically linkable feature modules is disclosed. Each of the plurality of feature modules extract a different set of feature information from an input image. The method and apparatus further includes a database coupled to the plurality of feature modules. The database includes storage for the different set of feature information for each of the plurality of feature modules. The method and apparatus support a query by image content of the database of images using the dynamically linked plurality of feature modules. The method and apparatus further includes a plurality of dynamically linkable scoring modules for processing feature specific scoring information generated by the feature modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hawley Knox Rising, III