Patents by Inventor Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz 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: 11935082
    Abstract: Computer-based systems and methods for discovering neighborhood clusters in a geographic region, where the clusters have a mix of venues and are determined based on venue check-in data. The mix of venues for the clusters may be based on the social similarity between pairs of venues; or emblematic of certain neighborhood typologies; or emblematic of temporal check-in pattern types; or combinations thereof. The neighborhood clusters that are so discovered through venue-check in data could be used for many commercial and civic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Justin Cranshaw, Raz Schwartz, Jason I. Hong, Norman Sadeh-Koniecpol
  • Publication number: 20240081171
    Abstract: An agricultural row unit including a large capacity seed hopper and hopper lid configured for magnetic retention of the lid. Various implementations also include a built-in support stand. The hopper lid and magnetic retention allow for one handed removal and replacement of the hopper lid, increasing overall efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Nick Schwartz, Ian Ehrecke, Josh Cawthon, Loren Leusink, Alan F. Barry, Owen Laumbach, Justin Pope
  • Publication number: 20240037615
    Abstract: A token management system for an entertainment venue includes a processing system with one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the processing system. The instructions are executable by the processing system to cause the processing system to identify a digital token possessed by a user, to access one or more permissions stored in association with the digital token, and to determine information about the user. Additionally, the instructions are executable by the processing system to cause the processing system to enable one or more actions for the digital token in response to determining that the information complies with the one or more permissions stored in association with the digital token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Justin Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20230330547
    Abstract: A system may include a virtual reality system configured to present one or more virtual objects via an electronic display. The system may also include one or more inflatable objects that correspond to the one or more virtual objects, such that the one or more inflatable objects matches one or more shapes of the one or more virtual objects. The system may also include a processor configured to cause at least one of the one or more inflatable objects to inflate based on feedback from the virtual reality system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Publication number: 20230260230
    Abstract: A ride system includes eyewear configured to be worn by a user. The eyewear includes a display having a stereoscopic feature configured to permit viewing of externally projected stereoscopically displayed images. The ride system includes a computer graphics generation system communicatively coupled to the eyewear, and configured to generate streaming media of a real world environment based on image data captured via the camera of the eyewear, generate one or more virtual augmentations superimposed on the streaming media of the real world environment, and to transmit the streaming media of the real world environment along with the one or more superimposed virtual augmentations to be displayed on the display of the eyewear, and project stereoscopic images into the real world environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Thierry Coup, Brian McQuillian, Justin Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11697073
    Abstract: A system may include an inflatable assembly having a plurality of members. The system may also include a plurality of sensors disposed at a plurality of positions inside or around the inflatable assembly, such that the plurality of sensors may acquire data related to a shape of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes one or more valves, each configured to direct a fluid into a corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes a processor that adjusts positions of the one or more valves to cause the fluid to be directed into the corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly based on the data and a desired shape of the inflatable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Patent number: 11691087
    Abstract: A system may include a virtual reality system configured to present one or more virtual objects via an electronic display. The system may also include one or more inflatable objects that correspond to the one or more virtual objects, such that the one or more inflatable objects matches one or more shapes of the one or more virtual objects. The system may also include a processor configured to cause at least one of the one or more inflatable objects to inflate based on feedback from the virtual reality system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Patent number: 11670054
    Abstract: A ride system includes eyewear configured to be worn by a user. The eyewear includes a display having a stereoscopic feature configured to permit viewing of externally projected stereoscopically displayed images. The ride system includes a computer graphics generation system communicatively coupled to the eyewear, and configured to generate streaming media of a real world environment based on image data captured via the camera of the eyewear, generate one or more virtual augmentations superimposed on the streaming media of the real world environment, and to transmit the streaming media of the real world environment along with the one or more superimposed virtual augmentations to be displayed on the display of the eyewear, and project stereoscopic images into the real world environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Thierry Coup, Brian McQuillian, Justin Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20230123667
    Abstract: A system may include an inflatable assembly having a plurality of members. The system may also include a plurality of sensors disposed at a plurality of positions inside or around the inflatable assembly, such that the plurality of sensors may acquire data related to a shape of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes one or more valves, each configured to direct a fluid into a corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes a processor that adjusts positions of the one or more valves to cause the fluid to be directed into the corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly based on the data and a desired shape of the inflatable assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Publication number: 20220143519
    Abstract: A system may include an inflatable assembly having a plurality of members. The system may also include a plurality of sensors disposed at a plurality of positions inside or around the inflatable assembly, such that the plurality of sensors may acquire data related to a shape of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes one or more valves, each configured to direct a fluid into a corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes a processor that adjusts positions of the one or more valves to cause the fluid to be directed into the corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly based on the data and a desired shape of the inflatable assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Publication number: 20220134246
    Abstract: A system may include a virtual reality system configured to present one or more virtual objects via an electronic display. The system may also include one or more inflatable objects that correspond to the one or more virtual objects, such that the one or more inflatable objects matches one or more shapes of the one or more virtual objects. The system may also include a processor configured to cause at least one of the one or more inflatable objects to inflate based on feedback from the virtual reality system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Patent number: 11247138
    Abstract: A system may include an inflatable assembly having a plurality of members. The system may also include a plurality of sensors disposed at a plurality of positions inside or around the inflatable assembly, such that the plurality of sensors may acquire data related to a shape of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes one or more valves, each configured to direct a fluid into a corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes a processor that adjusts positions of the one or more valves to cause the fluid to be directed into the corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly based on the data and a desired shape of the inflatable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Patent number: 11229852
    Abstract: A system may include a virtual reality system configured to present one or more virtual objects via an electronic display. The system may also include one or more inflatable objects that correspond to the one or more virtual objects, such that the one or more inflatable objects matches one or more shapes of the one or more virtual objects. The system may also include a processor configured to cause at least one of the one or more inflatable objects to inflate based on feedback from the virtual reality system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Patent number: 11090576
    Abstract: A method may include acquiring, via a capture system, a dataset associated with a user at a first location, detecting, via a control system, the user at a second location, displaying, via an environmental system, one or more images generated from the dataset at the second location in response to detecting the user at or past the second location, and triggering, via a special effect system, a special effect during the displaying at the second location in response to detecting the user at or past the second location. The dataset may include image data of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Justin Schwartz, Clarisse Vamos, David Alter, Justin Hare, Ryan Paul
  • Patent number: 10913005
    Abstract: A system may include a housing that may hold a body of water, an inflatable assembly disposed within the body of water, and a processor. The processor may receive an indication related to a speed of a flow of the body of water and send a signal to at least one valve coupled between the inflatable assembly and a fluid source in response to the indication. The signal may cause the at least one valve to fluidly couple the inflatable assembly to the fluid source to cause the inflatable assembly to expand to an inflated configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Patent number: 10892397
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for a self-monitoring conducting system that can respond to temperature, strain, and/or radiation changes via the use of optical fibers. The self-monitoring conducting system comprises a conducting component integrated with one or more optical fibers. The temperature, strain, and/or radiation changes can be sensed or detected via optical interrogation of the one or more optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Justin Schwartz, Federico Scurti, Samuel Rogers, Wan Kan Chan
  • Publication number: 20200364940
    Abstract: A ride system includes eyewear configured to be worn by a user. The eyewear includes a display having a stereoscopic feature configured to permit viewing of externally projected stereoscopically displayed images. The ride system includes a computer graphics generation system communicatively coupled to the eyewear, and configured to generate streaming media of a real world environment based on image data captured via the camera of the eyewear, generate one or more virtual augmentations superimposed on the streaming media of the real world environment, and to transmit the streaming media of the real world environment along with the one or more superimposed virtual augmentations to be displayed on the display of the eyewear, and project stereoscopic images into the real world environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Thierry Coup, Brian McQuillian, Justin Schwartz
  • Patent number: 10777012
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) and 3-dimensional (3-D) viewing system for providing an AR and 3-D experience to a user includes a wearable visualization device having a viewing assembly through which the user is capable of viewing a real-world environment. The viewing assembly includes a first display configured to display one or more AR features and a 3-D viewing component that enables the user to perceive one or more coded 2-dimensional (2-D) images as one or more deciphered 3-D features. The AR and 3-D viewing system also includes a fixed 3-D display system having a second display configured to display the one or more coded 2-D images. The fixed 3-D display system is disposed within the real-world environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Patrick J. Goergen, Danielle M. Holstine, Thierry Coup, Brian McQuillian, Justin Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20200282318
    Abstract: A system may include an inflatable assembly having a plurality of members. The system may also include a plurality of sensors disposed at a plurality of positions inside or around the inflatable assembly, such that the plurality of sensors may acquire data related to a shape of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes one or more valves, each configured to direct a fluid into a corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes a processor that adjusts positions of the one or more valves to cause the fluid to be directed into the corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly based on the data and a desired shape of the inflatable assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas
  • Publication number: 20200282319
    Abstract: A system may include a virtual reality system configured to present one or more virtual objects via an electronic display. The system may also include one or more inflatable objects that correspond to the one or more virtual objects, such that the one or more inflatable objects matches one or more shapes of the one or more virtual objects. The system may also include a processor configured to cause at least one of the one or more inflatable objects to inflate based on feedback from the virtual reality system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Cortelyou, Ross Osterman, Justin Schwartz, Amanda Zielkowski, Caitlin A. Correll, Darrin Hughes, Anisha Vyas