Patents Assigned to Kewazinga Corp.
  • Patent number: 9055234
    Abstract: Methods and systems permit one or more users to navigate through imagery of an environment. The system may include a first user interface device having first user inputs associated with first movement through the environment and a second user interface device having second user inputs associated with a second movement through the environment. Thus, a first user and a second user are able to navigate simultaneously and independently. In certain embodiments the system processes imagery of the environment to smooth user navigation through the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: KEWAZINGA CORP.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Weber, Scott Sorokin, David C. Worley
  • Publication number: 20140139610
    Abstract: A telepresence system including an array of cameras, a user interface device and at least one processor. Each camera has an associated view of the environment and an associated camera output representing the associated view, the array thus including at least one camera path for viewing the environment. In one embodiment, the user interface device has first user inputs associated with movement along a first path in the environment. The user interface device is coupled to the processor, which receives and interprets the user inputs and provides camera outputs to the user interface device, thereby allowing the user to navigate through the environment. In another embodiment, the processor is configured to provide additional source output, such as virtual world imagery and data, to the user interface device, thereby allowing the user to navigate real, virtual and combination real and virtual worlds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Kewazinga Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Weber, Scott Sorokin, David C. Worley
  • Patent number: 7613999
    Abstract: A telepresence system for providing first and second users with displays of an environment. The system includes an array of cameras, and the array includes multiple camera paths. A first user interface device is associated with first user inputs and movement along a first path, and a second user interface device is associated with second user inputs and a second path. The user interface devices are coupled to at least one processing element that receives and interprets the user inputs. The processing element is configured to allow the first user and the second user to navigate simultaneously and independently and also configured to link the users and provide the same path in response to an indication or input to do so.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Kewazinga Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Weber, David C. Worley, Scott Soroken
  • Patent number: 6535226
    Abstract: A telepresence method and system for providing users the ability to navigate through an array of cameras capturing an environment. The array of cameras includes one or more series of cameras, wherein each series of cameras defines a path through the environment and wherein the cameras in each series have a progressively different perspective of the environment. Users interactively navigate through series of cameras, thereby simulating movement along paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Kewazinga Corp.
    Inventors: Scott Sorokin, David C. Worley, Andrew H. Weber
  • Patent number: 6522325
    Abstract: A telepresence system for providing a first user with a first display of an environment and simultaneously and independently providing a second user with a second display of the environment. In certain embodiments, the system includes a plurality of arrays of cameras, with each arrays are situated at varying lengths from the environment. In one embodiment, the cameras situated around the environment are removed after the cameras in the array are have transmitted the camera output to an associated storage node. A first user interface device has first user inputs associated with movement along a first path in the array, and a second user interface device has second user inputs associated with movement along a second path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Kewazinga Corp.
    Inventors: Scott Sorokin, David C. Worley, Andrew H. Weber