Patents by Inventor Jason Robert Weber
Jason Robert Weber 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).
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Patent number: 10877564Abstract: Approaches are described which enable a computing device (e.g., mobile phone, tablet computer) to display alternate views or layers of information within a window on the display screen when a user's finger (or other object) is detected to be within a particular range of the display screen of the device. For example, a device displaying a road map view on the display screen may detect a user's finger near the screen and, in response to detecting the finger, render a small window that shows a portion of a satellite view of the map proximate to the location of the user's finger. As the user's finger moves laterally above the screen, the window can follow the location of the user's finger and display the satellite views of the various portions of the map over which the user's finger passes.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Matthew Paul Bell, Dong Zhou, Guenael Thomas Strutt, Isaac Scott Noble, Stephen Michael Polansky, Jason Robert Weber
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Patent number: 10055013Abstract: Systems and approaches provide for user interfaces that are based on object tracking. For example, the object may be a user's head or face. As the user moves his head or face and/or tilts a computing device, the content displayed on the computing device will adapt to the user's perspective. The content may include three-dimensional (3D) graphical elements projected onto a two-dimensional (2D) plane and/or the graphical elements can be associated with textural shading, shadowing or reflections that change according to user or device motion to give the user the impression that the user is interacting with the graphical elements in 3D environment. A state of motion of the device can be determined and jitter and/or latency corresponding to the rendering of content can be altered so as to minimize or decrease jitter when the device is stationary and/or to decrease or minimize latency when the device is in motion.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sharadh Ramaswamy, Jason Robert Weber
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Publication number: 20160209930Abstract: Approaches are described which enable a computing device (e.g., mobile phone, tablet computer) to display alternate views or layers of information within a window on the display screen when a user's finger (or other object) is detected to be within a particular range of the display screen of the device. For example, a device displaying a road map view on the display screen may detect a user's finger near the screen and, in response to detecting the finger, render a small window that shows a portion of a satellite view of the map proximate to the location of the user's finger. As the user's finger moves laterally above the screen, the window can follow the location of the user's finger and display the satellite views of the various portions of the map over which the user's finger passes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Matthew Paul Bell, Dong Zhou, Guenael Thomas Strutt, Isaac Scott Noble, Stephen Michael Polansky, Jason Robert Weber
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Patent number: 9377860Abstract: Approaches are described for providing input to a portable computing device, such as a mobile phone. A user's hand can be detected based on data (e.g., one or more images) obtained by at least one sensor of the device, such as camera, and the images can be analyzed to locate the hand of the user. As part of the location computation, the device can determine a motion being performed by the hand of the user, and the device can determine a gesture corresponding to the motion. In the situation where the device is controlling a media player capable of playing media content, the gesture can be interpreted by the device to cause the device to, e.g., pause a media track or perform another function with respect to the media content being presented via the device.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jason Robert Weber, Matthew Paul Bell, Isaac Scott Noble, Guenael Thomas Strutt, Stephen Michael Polansky, Dong Zhou
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Patent number: 9262067Abstract: Approaches are described which enable a computing device (e.g., mobile phone, tablet computer) to display alternate views or layers of information within a window on the display screen when a user's finger (or other object) is detected to be within a particular range of the display screen of the device. For example, a device displaying a road map view on the display screen may detect a user's finger near the screen and, in response to detecting the finger, render a small window that shows a portion of a satellite view of the map proximate to the location of the user's finger. As the user's finger moves laterally above the screen, the window can follow the location of the user's finger and display the satellite views of the various portions of the map over which the user's finger passes.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Paul Bell, Dong Zhou, Guenael Thomas Strutt, Isaac Scott Noble, Stephen Michael Polansky, Jason Robert Weber
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Patent number: 9110541Abstract: Touch-based input to a computing device can be improved by providing a mechanism to lock or reduce the effects of motion in unintended directions. In one example, a user can navigate in two dimensions, then provide a gesture-based locking action through motion in a third dimension. If a computing device analyzing the gesture is able to detect the locking action, the device can limit motion outside the corresponding third dimension, or lock an interface object for selection, in order to ensure that the proper touch-based input selection is received. Various thresholds, values, or motions can be used to limit motion in one or more axes for any appropriate purpose as discussed herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dong Zhou, Jason Robert Weber, Matthew Paul Bell, Stephen Michael Polansky, Guenael Thomas Strutt, Isaac Scott Noble
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Publication number: 20150077323Abstract: Systems and approaches provide for user interfaces (UIs) that are based on object tracking. For example, the object may be a user's head or face. As the user moves his head or face and/or tilts a computing device, the content displayed on the computing device will adapt to the user's perspective. The content may include three-dimensional (3D) graphical elements projected onto a two-dimensional (2D) plane and/or the graphical elements can be associated with textural shading, shadowing, or reflections that change according to user or device motion to give the user the impression that the user is interacting with the graphical elements in 3D environment. To enhance the user experience, a state of motion of the device can be determined and jitter and/or latency corresponding to the rendering of content can be altered so as to minimize or decrease jitter when the device is stationary and/or to decrease or minimize latency when the device is in motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sharadh Ramaswamy, Jason Robert Weber