Patents by Inventor Benjamin William Walker

Benjamin William Walker 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: 10529071
    Abstract: A facial skin mask may be generated based on isolating a head part in a captured image, removing a first pixel that is indicative of non-skin from the head part in the captured image, and removing a second pixel that is indicative of having a high velocity from the head part in the captured image. Heart rate may be detected based on the change of color of the pixels of the generated facial skin mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Beibei Cheng, Benjamin William Walker, Jonathan Ross Hoof, Daniel Kennett, Anis Ahmad
  • Publication number: 20190073767
    Abstract: A facial skin mask may be generated based on isolating a head part in a captured image, removing a first pixel that is indicative of non-skin from the head part in the captured image, and removing a second pixel that is indicative of having a high velocity from the head part in the captured image. Heart rate may be detected based on the change of color of the pixels of the generated facial skin mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Beibei Cheng, Benjamin William Walker, Jonathan Ross Hoof, Daniel Kennett, Anis Ahmad
  • Patent number: 10026171
    Abstract: A facial skin mask may be generated based on isolating a head part in a captured image, removing a first pixel that is indicative of non-skin from the head part in the captured image, and removing a second pixel that is indicative of having a high velocity from the head part in the captured image. Heart rate may be detected based on the change of color of the pixels of the generated facial skin mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Beibei Cheng, Benjamin William Walker, Jonathan Ross Hoof, Daniel Kennett, Anis Ahmad
  • Publication number: 20170132786
    Abstract: A facial skin mask may be generated based on isolating a head part in a captured image, removing a first pixel that is indicative of non-skin from the head part in the captured image, and removing a second pixel that is indicative of having a high velocity from the head part in the captured image. Heart rate may be detected based on the change of color of the pixels of the generated facial skin mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Beibei Cheng, Benjamin William Walker, Jonathan Ross Hoof, Daniel Kennett, Anis Ahmad
  • Patent number: 9582879
    Abstract: A facial skin mask may be generated based on isolating a head part in a captured image, removing a first pixel that is indicative of non-skin from the head part in the captured image, and removing a second pixel that is indicative of having a high velocity from the head part in the captured image. Heart rate may be detected based on the change of color of the pixels of the generated facial skin mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Beibei Cheng, Benjamin William Walker, Jonathan Ross Hoof, Daniel Kennett, Anis Ahmad
  • Patent number: 9390487
    Abstract: Changes in image exposure setting may be compensated by creating a table of aggregate differences between corresponding pixels in two images and applying the table of aggregate differences to a portion of one of the two images. The images may be in any color space for visible light, or images not of visible light, such as infrared or depth images. In various configurations, the differences may be aggregated by averaging the differences for pixels of a certain value in one of the two images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ross Hoof, Benjamin William Walker, Beibei Cheng
  • Publication number: 20160110868
    Abstract: A facial skin mask may be generated based on isolating a head part in a captured image, removing a first pixel that is indicative of non-skin from the head part in the captured image, and removing a second pixel that is indicative of having a high velocity from the head part in the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Beibei Cheng, Benjamin William Walker, Jonathan Ross Hoof, Daniel Kennett, Anis Ahmad
  • Publication number: 20160110856
    Abstract: Changes in image exposure setting may be compensated by creating a table of aggregate differences between corresponding pixels in two images and applying the table of aggregate differences to a portion of one of the two images. The images may be in any color space for visible light, or images not of visible light, such as infrared or depth images. In various configurations, the differences may be aggregated by averaging the differences for pixels of a certain value in one of the two images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Ross Hoof, Benjamin William Walker, Beibei Cheng
  • Publication number: 20160106329
    Abstract: Aspects described herein include a computer-implemented method for detecting heart rate signals. The method includes a step of capturing a first image and a second image of a region of interest. The second image is aligned with the first image in a first spectrum that is insensitive to a characteristic to obtain a correction. Then, a correction based upon the above-mentioned alignment is applied to the second image in a second spectrum that is sensitive to the characteristic. Additional aspects described an image capturing device and a computer-implemented method for updating a user-interactive activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Hoof, Benjamin William Walker, Beibei Cheng, Daniel Kennett