Patents by Inventor Ansgar Scherp

Ansgar Scherp 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).

  • Event based organization and access of digital photos
    Patent number: 8732161
    Abstract: Architecture and its implementation of an event-based media management system and method are disclosed. A generic model for events is used for developing architecture for media management, called Eventcentric Media Management (EMMa) system. The system focuses on event experiences and provides flexible functionality for media management. The system and method analyze cross-media files for features to extract atomic events and apply algorithms to cluster files including similar or related features. Thus, the EMMa system allows unified media indexing of multiple media types, better abstraction of the real world, use of context, media processing operations to compute and store features and tags, and a more intuitive support for multiple users. It provides environments for querying and browsing media related to events and authoring of multimedia presentations for sharing with other individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ramesh Jain, Gerd Utz Westermann, Ansgar Scherp, Srikanth Agaram
  • EVENT BASED ORGANIZATION AND ACCESS OF DIGITAL PHOTOS
    Publication number: 20090319472
    Abstract: Architecture and its implementation of an event-based media management system and method are disclosed. A generic model for events is used for developing architecture for media management, called Eventcentric Media Management (EMMa) system. The system focuses on event experiences and provides flexible functionality for media management. The system and method analyze cross-media files for features to extract atomic events and apply algorithms to cluster files including similar or related features. Thus, the EMMa system allows unified media indexing of multiple media types, better abstraction of the real world, use of context, media processing operations to compute and store features and tags, and a more intuitive support for multiple users. It provides environments for querying and browsing media related to events and authoring of multimedia presentations for sharing with other individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Ramesh Jain, Gerd Utz Westermann, Ansgar Scherp, Srikanth Agaram