Patents by Inventor Albert Aparicio Isarn

Albert Aparicio Isarn 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: 20230267754
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having processing hardware, and a systems memory storing a software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to receive content including an image having multiple image regions, determine boundaries of each of the image regions to identify multiple bounded image regions, identify, within each of the bounded image regions, one or more local features and one or more global features, and identify, within each of the hounded image regions, another one or more local features based on a comparison with corresponding local features identified in each of one or more other bounded image regions. The processing hardware is further configured to execute the software code to annotate each of the bounded image regions using its respective one or more local features, its other one or more local features, and its one or more global features, to provide annotated content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Monica Alfaro Vendrell, Marc Junyet Martin, Francesc Josep Guitart Bravo, Albert Aparicio Isarn, Pablo Pernias, Steven S. Shapiro, Anthony M. Accardo
  • Publication number: 20230267700
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having processing hardware, and a memory storing software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to receive an image having a plurality of image regions, determine a boundary of each of the image regions to identify a plurality of bounded image regions, and identify, within each of the bounded image regions, one or more image sub-regions to identify a plurality of image sub-regions. The processing hardware is further configured to execute the software code to identify, within each of the bounded image regions, one or more first features, respectively, identify, within each of the image sub-regions, one or more second features, respectively, and provided an annotated image by annotating each of the bounded image regions using the respective first features and annotating each of the image sub-regions using the respective second features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Monica Alfaro Vendrell, Pablo Pernias, Francesc Josep Guitart Bravo, Marc Junyent Martin, Albert Aparicio Isarn, Anthony M. Accardo, Steven S. Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20220406063
    Abstract: A video content matching system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code. When executed, the software code obtains a reference digital profile of a reference video segment, obtains a target digital profile of target video content, and compares the reference and target digital profiles to detect a candidate video segment of the target video content for matching to the reference video segment. The software code also frame aligns reference video frames of the reference video segment with corresponding candidate video frames of the candidate video segment to provide frame aligned video frame pairs, pixel aligns the frame aligned video frame pairs to produce frame and pixel aligned video frame pairs, and identifies, using the frame and pixel aligned video frame pairs, the candidate video segment as a matching video segment or a non-matching video segment for the reference video segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Pablo Pernias, Albert Aparicio Isarn, Marc Junyent Martin
  • Patent number: 11523186
    Abstract: According to one implementation, an automated audio mapping system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing an audio mapping software code including an artificial neural network (ANN) trained to identify multiple different audio content types. The hardware processor is configured to execute the audio mapping software code to receive content including multiple audio tracks, and to identify, without using the ANN, a first music track and a second music track of the multiple audio tracks. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the audio mapping software code to identify, using the ANN, the audio content type of each of the multiple audio tracks except the first music track and the second music track, and to output a mapped content file including the multiple audio tracks each assigned to a respective one predetermined audio channel based on its identified audio content type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Marc Junyent Martin, Albert Aparicio Isarn, Avner Swerdlow, Anthony M. Accardo, Bradley Drew Anderson
  • Patent number: 11482004
    Abstract: A video content matching system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code. When executed, the software code obtains a reference digital profile of a reference video segment, obtains a target digital profile of target video content, and compares the reference and target digital profiles to detect a candidate video segment of the target video content for matching to the reference video segment. The software code also frame aligns reference video frames of the reference video segment with corresponding candidate video frames of the candidate video segment to provide frame aligned video frame pairs, pixel aligns the frame aligned video frame pairs to produce frame and pixel aligned video frame pairs, and identifies, using the frame and pixel aligned video frame pairs, the candidate video segment as a matching video segment or a non-matching video segment for the reference video segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Pablo Pernias, Albert Aparicio Isarn, Marc Junyent Martin
  • Patent number: 11386664
    Abstract: A tunable signal sampling system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code that when executed receives a communications signal, identifies data partitions included in the communications signal, performs, using a first predetermined metric, a first set of comparisons each comparing a different sequential pair of the data partitions with each other, and selects, based on the first set of comparisons, a subset of the data partitions as candidate sample partitions of the communications signal. The software code also determines multiple default sample partitions of the communications signal, performs, using a second predetermined metric, a second set of comparisons each comparing a different one of the default sample partitions with a respective one of the candidate sample partitions, and extracts, using a predetermined weighting factor applied to the results of the second set of comparisons, a sample of the communications signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Pablo Pernias, Marc Junyent Martin, Albert Aparicio Isarn
  • Patent number: 11354894
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a system for automating inferential content annotation includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code including a set of rules trained to annotate content inferentially. The hardware processor executes the software code to utilize one or more feature analyzer(s) to apply labels to features detected in the content, access one or more knowledge base(s) to validate at least one of the applied labels, and to obtain, from the knowledge base(s), descriptive data linked to the validated label(s). The software code then infers, using the set of rules, one or more label(s) for the content based on the validated label(s) and the descriptive data, and outputs tags for annotating the content, where the tags include the validated label(s) and the inferred label(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Matthew C. Petrillo, Monica Alfaro Vendrell, Daniel Fojo, Albert Aparicio Isarn, Francesc Josep Guitart Bravo, Jordi Badia Pujol, Marc Junyent Martin, Anthony M. Accardo
  • Publication number: 20220108113
    Abstract: A tunable signal sampling system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code that when executed receives a communications signal, identifies data partitions included in the communications signal, performs, using a first predetermined metric, a first set of comparisons each comparing a different sequential pair of the data partitions with each other, and selects, based on the first set of comparisons, a subset of the data partitions as candidate sample partitions of the communications signal. The software code also determines multiple default sample partitions of the communications signal, performs, using a second predetermined metric, a second set of comparisons each comparing a different one of the default sample partitions with a respective one of the candidate sample partitions, and extracts, using a predetermined weighting factor applied to the results of the second set of comparisons, a sample of the communications signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Pablo Pernias, Marc Junyent Martin, Albert Aparicio Isarn
  • Publication number: 20220036092
    Abstract: A video content matching system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code. When executed, the software code obtains a reference digital profile of a reference video segment, obtains a target digital profile of target video content, and compares the reference and target digital profiles to detect a candidate video segment of the target video content for matching to the reference video segment. The software code also frame aligns reference video frames of the reference video segment with corresponding candidate video frames of the candidate video segment to provide frame aligned video frame pairs, pixel aligns the frame aligned video frame pairs to produce frame and pixel aligned video frame pairs, and identifies, using the frame and pixel aligned video frame pairs, the candidate video segment as a matching video segment or a non-matching video segment for the reference video segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Pablo Pernias, Albert Aparicio Isarn, Marc Junyent Martin
  • Publication number: 20210012813
    Abstract: A content annotation system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a tagging software code including an artificial neural network (ANN). The hardware processor executes the tagging software code to receive content having a content interval including an image of a generic content feature, encode the image into a latent vector representation of the image using an encoder of the ANN, and use a first decoder of the ANN to generate a first tag describing the generic content feature based on the latent vector representation. When a specific content feature learned by the ANN corresponds to the generic content feature described by the first tag, the tagging software code uses a second decoder of the ANN to generate a second tag uniquely identifying the specific content feature based on the latent vector representation, and tags the content interval with the first and second tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Monica Alfaro Vendrell, Albert Aparicio Isarn, Daniel Fojo, Marc Junyent Martin, Anthony M. Accardo, Avner Swerdlow
  • Patent number: 10891985
    Abstract: A content annotation system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a tagging software code including an artificial neural network (ANN). The hardware processor executes the tagging software code to receive content having a content interval including an image of a generic content feature, encode the image into a latent vector representation of the image using an encoder of the ANN, and use a first decoder of the ANN to generate a first tag describing the generic content feature based on the latent vector representation. When a specific content feature learned by the ANN corresponds to the generic content to feature described by the first tag, the tagging software code uses a second decoder of the ANN to generate a second tag uniquely identifying the specific content feature based on the latent vector representation, and tags the content interval with the first and second tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Monica Alfaro Vendrell, Albert Aparicio Isarn, Daniel Fojo, Marc Junyent Martin, Anthony M. Accardo, Avner Swerdlow
  • Patent number: 10856041
    Abstract: A content promotion system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a conversational agent software code. The hardware processor executes the conversational agent software code to receive user identification data, obtain user profile data including a content consumption history of a user associated with the user identification data, and identify a first predetermined phrase for use in interacting with the user based on the user profile data. In addition, the conversational agent software code initiates a dialog with the user based on the first predetermined phrase, detects a response or non-response to the dialog, updates the user profile data based on the response or non-response, resulting in updated user profile data, identifies a second predetermined phrase for use in interacting with the user based on the updated user profile data, and continues the dialog with the user based on the second predetermined phrase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Miquel Angel Farre Guiu, Albert Aparicio Isarn, Jordi Badia Pujol, Marc Junyent Martin, Anthony M. Accardo, Jason Roeckle, John Solaro, Avner Swerdlow