Patents by Inventor John B. Zipperer

John B. Zipperer 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 apparatus for performing scale-invariant gesture recognition
    Patent number: 6944315
    Abstract: A gesture recognition process includes tracking an object in two frames of video, determining differences between a location of the object in one frame of the video and a location of the object in another frame of the video, obtaining a direction of motion of the object based on the differences, and recognizing a gesture of the object based, at least in part, on the direction of motion of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John B. Zipperer, Stephen V. Wood, Fernando C. M. Martins
  • Method and system for controlling an avatar using computer vision
    Patent number: 6697072
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling an avatar using computer vision is presented. A video stream representing a background and a foreground is received. A user in the foreground is segmented from the background and classified to produce effector information. An avatar may be controlled based on the effector information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan S. Russell, John B. Zipperer
  • Method and system for controlling an avatar using computer vision
    Publication number: 20020135581
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling an avatar using computer vision is presented. A video stream representing a background and a foreground is received. A user in the foreground is segmented from the background and classified to produce effector information. An avatar may be controlled based on the effector information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Ryan S. Russell, John B. Zipperer