Patents by Inventor Kevin Anthony Clark

Kevin Anthony Clark 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: 9275046
    Abstract: The present invention is related to systems and methods for providing one or more translations in a real-time video feed of a first language into a second language, comprising selecting a vertical language text translation box corresponding to a plurality of words in the first language; cropping a frame of the real-time video feed of one or more words of the first language to fit inside a bounding box to produce a cropped frame; performing character segment detection on the cropped frame to produce a plurality character segments; performing character merging on the character segments to produce a plurality of merged character segments; performing character recognition on the merged character segments to produce a plurality of recognized characters; and performing one or more translations on the recognized characters of the first language into one or more translated words of the second language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Translate Abroad, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Rogowski, Huan-Yu Wu, Kevin Anthony Clark
  • Publication number: 20160004692
    Abstract: The present invention is related to systems and methods for providing one or more translations in a real-time video feed of a first language into a second language, comprising selecting a vertical language text translation box corresponding to a plurality of words in the first language; cropping a frame of the real-time video feed of one or more words of the first language to fit inside a bounding box to produce a cropped frame; performing character segment detection on the cropped frame to produce a plurality character segments; performing character merging on the character segments to produce a plurality of merged character segments; performing character recognition on the merged character segments to produce a plurality of recognized characters; and performing one or more translations on the recognized characters of the first language into one or more translated words of the second language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Rogowski, Huan-Yu Wu, Kevin Anthony Clark
  • Patent number: 8965129
    Abstract: The present invention is related to systems and methods for translating language text on a mobile camera device offline without access to the Internet. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for displaying text of a first language and a translation of the first language text into a second language text which is displayed in real time in augmented reality on the mobile device. The processing can use a single line or a multiline algorithm designed with a plurality of processing innovations to insure accurate real-time translations without motion jitter. The invention may be used to help travelers in a foreign country with difficulties in reading and understanding text written in the local language of that country. The present invention may be utilized with wearable computers or glasses, producing seamless augmented reality foreign language translations. Some embodiments are particularly useful in translations from Asian languages to English.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Translate Abroad, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Leon Rogowski, Huan-Yu Wu, Kevin Anthony Clark
  • Publication number: 20140297256
    Abstract: The present invention is related to systems and methods for translating language text on a mobile camera device offline without access to the Internet. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for displaying text of a first language and a translation of the first language text into a second language text which is displayed in real time in augmented reality on the mobile device. The processing can use a single line or a multiline algorithm designed with a plurality of processing innovations to insure accurate real-time translations without motion jitter. The invention may be used to help travelers in a foreign country with difficulties in reading and understanding text written in the local language of that country. The present invention may be utilized with wearable computers or glasses, producing seamless augmented reality foreign language translations. Some embodiments are particularly useful in translations from Asian languages to English.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Ryan Leon Rogowski, Huan-Yu Wu, Kevin Anthony Clark
  • Patent number: 8761513
    Abstract: The present invention is related to systems and methods for translating language text on a mobile camera device offline without access to the Internet. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for displaying text of a first language and a translation of the first language text into a second language text which is displayed in real time in augmented reality on the mobile device. The processing can use a single line or a multiline algorithm designed with a plurality of processing innovations to insure accurate real-time translations without motion jitter. The invention may be used to help travelers in a foreign country with difficulties in reading and understanding text written in the local language of that country. The present invention may be utilized with wearable computers or glasses, producing seamless augmented reality foreign language translations. Some embodiments are particularly useful in translations from Asian languages to English.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Translate Abroad, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Leon Rogowski, Huan-Yu Wu, Kevin Anthony Clark
  • Patent number: D706803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Translate Abroad Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Leon Rogowski, Huan-Yu Wu, Kevin Anthony Clark
  • Patent number: D749115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Translate Abroad, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Rogowski, Huan-Yu Wu, Kevin Anthony Clark