Patents by Inventor Michael Hy

Michael Hy 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).

  • Motion Tracking and Image Recognition of Hand Gestures to Animate a Digital Puppet, Synchronized with Recorded Audio
    Publication number: 20210279935
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for creating a digital puppet show by animating a digital puppet using gestures and sound. The method includes presenting the digital puppet to a user on a display. The method further includes receiving motion data corresponding to a gesture, using a camera, from the user, translating the motion data into digital data using a motion tracking algorithm, and animating the digital puppet, on the display, using the digital data. The method can further include receiving audio data from the user using a microphone and playing the audio data, using a speaker, while animating the digital puppet on the display to create the digital puppet show.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Michael Hy, Armen Mkrtchyan
  • Motion tracking and image recognition of hand gestures to animate a digital puppet, synchronized with recorded audio
    Patent number: 11049309
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for creating a digital puppet show by animating a digital puppet using gestures and sound. The method includes presenting the digital puppet to a user on a display. The method further includes receiving motion data corresponding to a gesture, using a camera, from the user, translating the motion data into digital data using a motion tracking algorithm, and animating the digital puppet, on the display, using the digital data. The method can further include receiving audio data from the user using a microphone and playing the audio data, using a speaker, while animating the digital puppet on the display to create the digital puppet show.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Michael Hy, Armen Mkrtchyan
  • Interactive book with proximity, touch, and/or gesture sensing
    Patent number: 10043407
    Abstract: There is provided an interactive book having a plurality of printed pages, where at least one of the plurality of pages includes at least one interactive element, the interactive book configured to wirelessly connect to a media device, transmit a first signal to the media device via the wireless connection, the first signal including a book ID uniquely identifying the interactive book, detect a current page of the plurality of pages, wherein the current page is being viewed by a user, receive an activation signal from the at least one interactive element when a user interacts with the at least one interactive element, and transmit a second signal to the media device via the wireless connection based on the current page and the activation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Michael Hy, Mohammad Poswal, Taylor Hellam, Nikita Pashenkov
  • Interactive Book with Proximity, Touch, and/or Gesture Sensing
    Publication number: 20160343264
    Abstract: There is provided an interactive book having a plurality of printed pages, where at least one of the plurality of pages includes at least one interactive element, the interactive book configured to wirelessly connect to a media device, transmit a first signal to the media device via the wireless connection, the first signal including a book ID uniquely identifying the interactive book, detect a current page of the plurality of pages, wherein the current page is being viewed by a user, receive an activation signal from the at least one interactive element when a user interacts with the at least one interactive element, and transmit a second signal to the media device via the wireless connection based on the current page and the activation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Michael Hy, Mohammad Poswal, Taylor Hellam, Nikita Pashenkov
  • Motion Tracking and Image Recognition of Hand Gestures to Animate a Digital Puppet, Synchronized with Recorded Audio
    Publication number: 20150161809
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for creating a digital puppet show by animating a digital puppet using gestures and sound. The method includes presenting the digital puppet to a user on a display. The method further includes receiving motion data corresponding to a gesture, using a camera, from the user, translating the motion data into digital data using a motion tracking algorithm, and animating the digital puppet, on the display, using the digital data. The method can further include receiving audio data from the user using a microphone and playing the audio data, using a speaker, while animating the digital puppet on the display to create the digital puppet show.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Murdock, Michael Hy, Armen Mkrtchyan