Patents by Inventor Althea Ann Turner

Althea Ann Turner 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).

  • SYSTEM FOR VIDEO CONTROL BY DIRECT MANIPULATION OF OBJECT TRAILS
    Publication number: 20080263592
    Abstract: One embodiment is a method for an interaction technique allowing users to control nonlinear video playback by directly manipulating objects seen in the video playback, comprising the steps of: tracking a moving object on a camera; recording a video; creating an object trail for the moving object which corresponds to the recorded video; allowing the user to select a point in the object trail; and displaying a frame in the recorded video that corresponds with the selected point in the object trail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donald G. Kimber, Anthony Eric Dunnigan, Andreas Girgensohn, Frank M. Shipman, Althea Ann Turner, Tao Yang