Patents by Inventor Walker CURTIS

Walker CURTIS 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: 11381743
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for capturing a region of interest (ROI) with a multi-camera system. An example method can include initializing image sensors of an electronic device, each image sensor being initialized in a lower-power mode having a lower power consumption than a higher-power mode supported by one or more of the image sensors; obtaining images captured by the image sensors in the lower-power mode; determining, based on the images, that an ROI in a scene is within a field-of-view (FOV) of a first image sensor from the image sensors; based on determining that the ROI is within the FOV of the first image sensor, decreasing the lower-power mode of one or more second image sensors to a power-off mode or an additional lower-power mode having a lower power consumption than the lower-power mode; and capturing, using the first image sensor, an image of the ROI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Upal Mahbub, Daniel James Guest, Walker Curtis, Ananthapadmanabhan Arasanipalai Kandhadai
  • Publication number: 20210111976
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for display or graphics processing. Aspects of the present disclosure can determine a communication compatibility of one or more client devices. Further, aspects of the present disclosure can modify a user space or a kernel based on the communication compatibility of each of the one or more client devices. Additionally, aspects of the present disclosure can communicate at least some data with the one or more client devices based on the modified user space or the modified kernel. Aspects of the present disclosure can also modify the kernel based on the communication compatibility of each of the one or more client devices. Aspects of the present disclosure can also extend the kernel based on the communication compatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: David ARELLANES, Ramesh CHANDRASEKHAR, Aditya DEGWEKAR, Ashwani Kumar JHA, Rohit BANDI, Walker CURTIS, Abhijeet BISAIN, Martin RENSCHLER
  • Patent number: 10945141
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of various embodiments may improve content presentation. The systems, methods, and devices may predict a state of a presentation environment to be induced by one or more stimuli in content to be presented to one or more users in the presentation environment. The systems, methods, and devices may predict, based on the predicted state of the presentation environment, a state of at least one communication link of one or more communication links. The systems, methods, and devices may perform an action in response to the predicted state of the at least one communication link meeting one or more criteria. The action may help improve content presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Kies, Walker Curtis
  • Publication number: 20200084387
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for placing a camera into a low power mode. An example device may include a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to determine that the first camera is to be placed into a low power mode. The first camera is in an active mode and has a first frame capture rate. The processor further is configured to generate and output a command for placing the first camera into the low power mode. Execution of the command causes the first camera to increase the first frame capture rate to a second frame capture rate and go into the low power mode from the active mode after increasing the first frame capture rate to the second frame capture rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Cullum James Baldwin, Walker Curtis
  • Publication number: 20190037422
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of various embodiments may improve content presentation. The systems, methods, and devices may predict a state of a presentation environment to be induced by one or more stimuli in content to be presented to one or more users in the presentation environment. The systems, methods, and devices may predict, based on the predicted state of the presentation environment, a state of at least one communication link of one or more communication links. The systems, methods, and devices may perform an action in response to the predicted state of the at least one communication link meeting one or more criteria. The action may help improve content presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan KIES, Walker CURTIS
  • Publication number: 20180247055
    Abstract: A method is provided for protecting a host device from untrusted applications. Upon detecting an initial installation and/or execution of an application, the application is executed within a first virtual machine having a first level of monitoring and/or operating constraints. The application may be executed alone in the first virtual machine. Operation of the application may be monitored to ascertain the level of trust for the application. Upon ascertaining a change in a level of trust in the application, the application may be migrated to execute within a second virtual machine having a second level of monitoring and/or operating constraints, wherein the second level of monitoring and/or operating constraints has different operating restrictions than the first level of monitoring and/or operating constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Walker Curtis, Giridhar Mandyam
  • Patent number: 8578426
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable mobile TV providers to select programs for broadcast based on viewer preference indications or votes. Information regarding candidate programs or content may be broadcast and displayed on mobile devices. A voting user interface may receive viewer preferences or votes and transmit vote information to the mobile TV broadcast network using a unicast network. Received voting information may be tallied to select a program or content for broadcast. Interim vote tallies may be broadcast to mobile devices until a voting session is terminated. Results of the voting session may be broadcasted followed by broadcast of the selected program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ed O. Tiongson, George Joseph, Walker Curtis, Eitan Pilipski, Anthony G. Persaud
  • Publication number: 20100064306
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable mobile TV providers to select programs for broadcast based on viewer preference indications or votes. Information regarding candidate programs or content may be broadcast and displayed on mobile devices. A voting user interface may receive viewer preferences or votes and transmit vote information to the mobile TV broadcast network using a unicast network. Received voting information may be tallied to select a program or content for broadcast. Interim vote tallies may be broadcast to mobile devices until a voting session is terminated. Results of the voting session may be broadcasted followed by broadcast of the selected program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ed O. TIONGSON, George JOSEPH, Walker CURTIS, Eitan PILIPSKI, Anthony G. PERSAUD