Patents by Inventor Blaze Michael Keller

Blaze Michael Keller 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: 20240069630
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes detecting that a user has donned a headset, capturing eye-tracking data of the user's eyes using sensors, using the eye-tracking data to estimate six degrees-of-freedom offsets between the headset as donned and a predefined optimal donning position, using facial landmarks in images of a lower portion of the user's face obtained by cameras to estimate a pitch offset between the headset as donned and the predefined optimal donning position, and generating, based on the six degrees-of-freedom offsets and pitch offset, instructions to guide the user to adjust the headset to be closer to the predefined optimal donning position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Dmitri Model, Jacob Dean Popham, Blaze Michael Keller
  • Patent number: 11847858
    Abstract: According to the techniques of this disclosure, a method includes capturing, using a camera system of a vehicle, at least one image of an occupant of the vehicle, determining, based on the at least one image of the occupant, a location of one or more eyes of the occupant within the vehicle, and determining, based on the at least one image of the occupant, an eye gaze vector. The method may also include determining, based on the eye gaze vector, the location of the one or more eyes of the occupant, and a vehicle data file of the vehicle, a region of interest from a plurality of regions of interests of the vehicle at which the occupant is looking, wherein the vehicle data file specifies respective locations of each of the plurality of regions of interest, and selectively performing, based on the region of interest, an action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ankit Arora, Blaze Michael Keller, Guru Nagarajan
  • Publication number: 20230088021
    Abstract: According to the techniques of this disclosure, a method includes capturing, using a camera system of a vehicle, at least one image of an occupant of the vehicle, determining, based on the at least one image of the occupant, a location of one or more eyes of the occupant within the vehicle, and determining, based on the at least one image of the occupant, an eye gaze vector. The method may also include determining, based on the eye gaze vector, the location of the one or more eyes of the occupant, and a vehicle data file of the vehicle, a region of interest from a plurality of regions of interests of the vehicle at which the occupant is looking, wherein the vehicle data file specifies respective locations of each of the plurality of regions of interest, and selectively performing, based on the region of interest, an action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ankit Arora, Blaze Michael Keller, Guru Nagarajan
  • Patent number: 11527082
    Abstract: According to the techniques of this disclosure, a method includes capturing, using a camera system of a vehicle, at least one image of an occupant of the vehicle, determining, based on the at least one image of the occupant, a location of one or more eyes of the occupant within the vehicle, and determining, based on the at least one image of the occupant, an eye gaze vector. The method may also include determining, based on the eye gaze vector, the location of the one or more eyes of the occupant, and a vehicle data file of the vehicle, a region of interest from a plurality of regions of interests of the vehicle at which the occupant is looking, wherein the vehicle data file specifies respective locations of each of the plurality of regions of interest, and selectively performing, based on the region of interest, an action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ankit Arora, Blaze Michael Keller, Guru Nagarajan
  • Publication number: 20210397859
    Abstract: According to the techniques of this disclosure, a method includes capturing, using a camera system of a vehicle, at least one image of an occupant of the vehicle, determining, based on the at least one image of the occupant, a location of one or more eyes of the occupant within the vehicle, and determining, based on the at least one image of the occupant, an eye gaze vector. The method may also include determining, based on the eye gaze vector, the location of the one or more eyes of the occupant, and a vehicle data file of the vehicle, a region of interest from a plurality of regions of interests of the vehicle at which the occupant is looking, wherein the vehicle data file specifies respective locations of each of the plurality of regions of interest, and selectively performing, based on the region of interest, an action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: Google LLC, Google LLC
    Inventors: Ankit Arora, Blaze Michael Keller, Guru Nagarajan
  • Publication number: 20100280372
    Abstract: An observation device and method for observing a plurality of physiological and/or anatomical parameters is disclosed. The exemplary embodiment of the observation device is portable and handheld so that it may be used in an emergency situation and is field-deployable. The exemplary embodiment includes an image collector for observing, measuring, and/or recording at least one parameter, which parameter may then be used in analysis and diagnosis of the subject's condition or lack thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Pieter Poolman, Gert Johannes Muller, Blaze Michael Keller