Patents by Inventor Andrew Rodland

Andrew Rodland 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: 9990377
    Abstract: A method for dynamically displaying results of simultaneous two dimensional image search comprises: maintaining a first database comprising a set of records, each record comprising an image and an associated set of annotations describing the image, receiving an annotation criterion and a color scheme from a user, generating a target color scoring template from the color scheme, conducting a content based search by searching the first database to identify a set of pertinent images satisfying the annotation criterion, and performing the following operations for each image in the set of pertinent images: resizing a given image to a predefined size before generating an image color spectrum histogram for the given image, adding the given image to a pool of acceptable images if the generated image color spectrum histogram matches with the target color scoring template; and dynamically displaying images in the pool of acceptable images to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SHUTTERSTOCK, INC.
    Inventors: David Chester, Wyatt Jenkins, Andrew Rodland, Eric Smiling, Chris Becker
  • Patent number: 9864757
    Abstract: A method for dynamically displaying results of simultaneous two dimensional image search comprises: maintaining a first database comprising a set of records, each record comprising an image and an associated set of annotations describing the image, receiving an annotation criterion and a color scheme from a user, generating a target color scoring template from the color scheme, conducting a content based search by searching the first database to identify a set of pertinent images satisfying the annotation criterion, and performing the following operations for each image in the set of pertinent images: resizing a given image to a predefined size before generating an image color spectrum histogram for the given image, adding the given image to a pool of acceptable images if the generated image color spectrum histogram matches with the target color scoring template; and dynamically displaying images in the pool of acceptable images to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SHUTTERSTOCK, INC.
    Inventors: David Chester, Wyatt Jenkins, Andrew Rodland, Eric Smiling, Chris Becker
  • Patent number: 9652558
    Abstract: A computer image search system for rapid retrieval of media files images corresponding to a sequence of input display commands, the system comprising: a programmable data processor operating under the control of a program to convert the display commands into data entries in an array of multi-bit data characters and words, each entry of the array corresponding to a set of descriptions of the image to be displayed; and a scanned-raster display device for generating illuminated points on a display surface in response to applied data signals causing the programmable data processor to perform the following operations: starting an indexer and loading an autocomplete data file; and performing operations until each media type M in an array of available media type is processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SHUTTERSTOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Eric J. Smiling, Andrew Rodland
  • Patent number: 9582517
    Abstract: A method for dynamically displaying results of simultaneous two dimensional image search comprises: maintaining a first database comprising a set of records, each record comprising an image and an associated set of annotations describing the image, receiving an annotation criterion and a color scheme from a user, generating a target color scoring template from the color scheme, conducting a content based search by searching the first database to identify a set of pertinent images satisfying the annotation criterion, and performing the following operations for each image in the set of pertinent images: resizing a given image to a predefined size before generating an image color spectrum histogram for the given image, adding the given image to a pool of acceptable images if the generated image color spectrum histogram matches with the target color scoring template; and dynamically displaying images in the pool of acceptable images to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: SHUTTERSTOCK, INC.
    Inventors: David Chester, Wyatt Jenkins, Andrew Rodland, Eric Smiling, Chris Becker
  • Patent number: 9183261
    Abstract: A computer image search system for rapid retrieval of media files images corresponding to a sequence of input display commands, the system comprising: a programmable data processor operating under the control of a program to convert the display commands into data entries in an array of multi-bit data characters and words, each entry of the array corresponding to a set of descriptions of the image to be displayed; and a scanned-raster display device for generating illuminated points on a display surface in response to applied data signals causing the programmable data processor to perform a set of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Shutterstock, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Smiling, Andrew Rodland
  • Publication number: 20150248428
    Abstract: A computer image search system for rapid retrieval of media files images corresponding to a sequence of input display commands, the system comprising: a programmable data processor operating under the control of a program to convert the display commands into data entries in an array of multi-bit data characters and words, each entry of the array corresponding to a set of descriptions of the image to be displayed; and a scanned-raster display device for generating illuminated points on a display surface in response to applied data signals causing the programmable data processor to perform the following operations: starting an indexer and loading an autocomplete data file; and performing operations until each media type M in an array of available media type is processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Eric J. Smiling, Andrew Rodland
  • Publication number: 20140270498
    Abstract: A method for dynamically displaying results of simultaneous two dimensional image search comprises: maintaining a first database comprising a set of records, each record comprising an image and an associated set of annotations describing the image, receiving an annotation criterion and a color scheme from a user, generating a target color scoring template from the color scheme, conducting a content based search by searching the first database to identify a set of pertinent images satisfying the annotation criterion, and performing the following operations for each image in the set of pertinent images: resizing a given image to a predefined size before generating an image color spectrum histogram for the given image, adding the given image to a pool of acceptable images if the generated image color spectrum histogram matches with the target color scoring template; and dynamically displaying images in the pool of acceptable images to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: David Chester, Wyatt Jenkins, Andrew Rodland, Eric Smiling, Chris Becker
  • Publication number: 20140188931
    Abstract: A computer image search system for rapid retrieval of media files images corresponding to a sequence of input display commands, the system comprising: a programmable data processor operating under the control of a program to convert the display commands into data entries in an array of multi-bit data characters and words, each entry of the array corresponding to a set of descriptions of the image to be displayed; and a scanned-raster display device for generating illuminated points on a display surface in response to applied data signals causing the programmable data processor to perform a set of operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Eric J. Smiling, Andrew Rodland