Patents by Inventor Alan Melling

Alan Melling 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).

  • Publication number: 20260134631
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of generating a point cloud using one or more images of a vehicle; digitally shrink-wrapping the point cloud to generate a shrink-wrapped model of the vehicle; and replacing a background in the one or more images of the vehicle using the shrink-wrapped model of the vehicle, wherein the replaced background comprises a replaced floor. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: Carvana IPHC, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Melling, Rajesh Pentyala, Antoine Vaucamps, Remy Cilia, Bruno Francois
  • Patent number: 12574639
    Abstract: The method includes capturing a first portion of a surround image using a camera; generating a bounding box using an image in the first portion of the surround image; estimating a center of an item in the image using the bounding box; and adjusting a position of a motorized gimbal such that the motorized gimbal focuses on the center of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Alexandre Wali, Bruno Francois, Remy Cilia, Alan Melling, Antoine Vaucamps
  • Publication number: 20250119645
    Abstract: The method includes capturing a first portion of a surround image using a camera; generating a bounding box using an image in the first portion of the surround image; estimating a center of an item in the image using the bounding box; and adjusting a position of a motorized gimbal such that the motorized gimbal focuses on the center of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Alexandre Wali, Bruno Francois, Remy Cilia, Alan Melling, Antoine Vaucamps
  • Patent number: 5818026
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing hand-marked cells from a lottery selection slip. The lottery slip includes a conventional play region of cells (labelled sequentially from 1 to 49, for example) for receiving indicia to be captured, after receiving indicia said play region of cells includes a plurality of occupied cells defined by marked cells and a plurality of non-occupied cells defined by unmarked cells. The lottery slip also includes row-identifier bar codes located at opposite boundaries of the play region. The bar codes are electro-optically scannable and readable and are arranged in a plurality of ordered rows tiered along the transverse direction over the transverse distance of the play region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Melling, Robert Durst, Steven Chew