Patents by Inventor Miguel Garcia Carranza

Miguel Garcia Carranza 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: 11853347
    Abstract: Examples methods, apparatus/systems and articles of manufacture for auditing point-of-sale images are disclosed herein. Example methods disclosed herein include comparing a region of interest of an image displayed via a user interface with a plurality of reference product images stored in a database to identify a plurality of candidate product images from the plurality of reference product images as potential matches to a first product depicted in the image. For example, the candidate product images are associated with respective confidence levels indicating respective likelihoods of matching the first product. Disclosed example methods also include displaying, via the user interface, the candidate product images simultaneously with the image in a manner based on the respective confidence levels, and automatically selecting a first one of the candidate product images as matching the first product based on the respective confidence levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Nielsen Consumer, LLC
    Inventors: Diego García Morate, Antonio Hurtado García, Jorge Martin Martin, Miguel Garcia Carranza
  • Publication number: 20220405321
    Abstract: Examples methods, apparatus/systems and articles of manufacture for auditing point-of-sale images are disclosed herein. Example methods disclosed herein include comparing a region of interest of an image displayed via a user interface with a plurality of reference product images stored in a database to identify a plurality of candidate product images from the plurality of reference product images as potential matches to a first product depicted in the image. For example, the candidate product images are associated with respective confidence levels indicating respective likelihoods of matching the first product. Disclosed example methods also include displaying, via the user interface, the candidate product images simultaneously with the image in a manner based on the respective confidence levels, and automatically selecting a first one of the candidate product images as matching the first product based on the respective confidence levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Diego García Morate, Antonio Hurtado García, Jorge Martin Martin, Miguel Garcia Carranza
  • Patent number: 11423075
    Abstract: Examples methods, apparatus/systems and articles of manufacture for auditing point-of-sale images are disclosed herein. Example methods disclosed herein include comparing a region of interest of an image displayed via a user interface with a plurality of reference product images stored in a database to identify a plurality of candidate product images from the plurality of reference product images as potential matches to a first product depicted in the image. For example, the candidate product images are associated with respective confidence levels indicating respective likelihoods of matching the first product. Disclosed example methods also include displaying, via the user interface, the candidate product images simultaneously with the image in a manner based on the respective confidence levels, and automatically selecting a first one of the candidate product images as matching the first product based on the respective confidence levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Nielsen Consumer LLC
    Inventors: Diego García Morate, Antonio Hurtado García, Jorge Martin Martin, Miguel Garcia Carranza
  • Publication number: 20200004773
    Abstract: Examples methods, apparatus/systems and articles of manufacture for auditing point-of-sale images are disclosed herein. Example methods disclosed herein include comparing a region of interest of an image displayed via a user interface with a plurality of reference product images stored in a database to identify a plurality of candidate product images from the plurality of reference product images as potential matches to a first product depicted in the image. For example, the candidate product images are associated with respective confidence levels indicating respective likelihoods of matching the first product. Disclosed example methods also include displaying, via the user interface, the candidate product images simultaneously with the image in a manner based on the respective confidence levels, and automatically selecting a first one of the candidate product images as matching the first product based on the respective confidence levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Diego García Morate, Antonio Hurtado García, Jorge Martin Martin, Miguel Garcia Carranza
  • Patent number: 10452707
    Abstract: Examples methods, apparatus/systems and articles of manufacture for auditing point-of-sale images are disclosed herein. Example methods disclosed herein include comparing a region of interest of an image displayed via a user interface with a plurality of reference product images stored in a database to identify a plurality of candidate product images from the plurality of reference product images as potential matches to a first product depicted in the image. For example, the candidate product images are associated with respective confidence levels indicating respective likelihoods of matching the first product. Disclosed example methods also include displaying, via the user interface, the candidate product images simultaneously with the image in a manner based on the respective confidence levels, and automatically selecting a first one of the candidate product images as matching the first product based on the respective confidence levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Diego Garcia Morate, Antonio Hurtado Garcia, Jorge Martin Martin, Miguel Garcia Carranza
  • Publication number: 20170061416
    Abstract: Examples methods, apparatus/systems and articles of manufacture for auditing point-of-sale images are disclosed herein. Example methods disclosed herein include comparing a region of interest of an image displayed via a user interface with a plurality of reference product images stored in a database to identify a plurality of candidate product images from the plurality of reference product images as potential matches to a first product depicted in the image. For example, the candidate product images are associated with respective confidence levels indicating respective likelihoods of matching the first product. Disclosed example methods also include displaying, via the user interface, the candidate product images simultaneously with the image in a manner based on the respective confidence levels, and automatically selecting a first one of the candidate product images as matching the first product based on the respective confidence levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Diego Garcia Morate, Antonio Hurtado Garcia, Jorge Martin Martin, Miguel Garcia Carranza