Patents by Inventor Bryan Todd Agnetta

Bryan Todd Agnetta 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: 11016628
    Abstract: Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Todd Agnetta, Venkata Nagesh Babu Balivada, Blair Harold Beebe, Joseph Robert Buchta, Vibhunandan Gavini, Catherine Ann Hendricks, Brian Peter Kralyevich, Santhosh Kumar Paraliyil Krishnankutty, Richard Leigh Mains, Garret Martin Miller Graaf, Jae Pum Park, Sean Anthony Rooney, Marc Anthony Salazar, Nino Yuniardi
  • Patent number: 10394410
    Abstract: Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Todd Agnetta, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Catherine Ann Hendricks, Brian Peter Kralyevich, Richard Leigh Mains, Jae Pum Park, Sean Anthony Rooney, Marc Anthony Salazar, Jason Glenn Silvis, Nino Yuniardi
  • Patent number: 10126904
    Abstract: Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Todd Agnetta, Brian Peter Kralyevich, Jason Phillip Kriese, Jae Pum Park, Sean Anthony Rooney
  • Patent number: 9927949
    Abstract: A computing device can utilize a recognition mode wherein an interface utilizes graphical elements, such as virtual fireflies or other such elements, to indicate objects that are recognized or identified. As objects are recognized, fireflies perform one or more specified actions to indicate recognition. A ribbon or other user-selectable icon is displayed indicates a specific action that the device can perform with respect to the respective object. As additional objects are recognized, additional ribbons are created and older ribbons can be moved off screen and stored for subsequent retrieval or search. The fireflies disperse when the objects are no longer represented in captured sensor data, and can be animated to move towards representations of new objects as features of those objects are identified as potential object features, in order to communicate a level of recognition for a current scene or environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Thomas Gray, Marc Anthony Salazar, Steven Michael Sommer, Charles Eugene Cummins, Sean Anthony Rooney, Bryan Todd Agnetta, Jae Pum Park, Richard Leigh Mains, Suzan Marashi
  • Publication number: 20140333530
    Abstract: Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Todd Agnetta, Brian Peter Kralyevich, Jason Phillip Kriese, Jae Pum Park, Sean Anthony Rooney
  • Publication number: 20140333670
    Abstract: Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Todd Agnetta, Venkata Nagesh Babu Balivada, Blair Harold Beebe, Joseph Robert Buchta, Vibhunandan Gavini, Catherine Ann Hendricks, Brian Peter Kralyevich, Santhosh Kumar Paraliyil Krishnankutty, Richard Leigh Mains, Garret Martin Miller Graaf, Jae Pum Park, Sean Anthony Rooney, Marc Anthony Salazar, Nino Yuniardi
  • Publication number: 20140337800
    Abstract: A computing device can utilize a recognition mode wherein an interface utilizes graphical elements, such as virtual fireflies or other such elements, to indicate objects that are recognized or identified. As objects are recognized, fireflies perform one or more specified actions to indicate recognition. A ribbon or other user-selectable icon is displayed indicates a specific action that the device can perform with respect to the respective object. As additional objects are recognized, additional ribbons are created and older ribbons can be moved off screen and stored for subsequent retrieval or search. The fireflies disperse when the objects are no longer represented in captured sensor data, and can be animated to move towards representations of new objects as features of those objects are identified as potential object features, in order to communicate a level of recognition for a current scene or environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Thomas Gray, Gray Anthony Salazar, Steven Steven Sommer, Charles Eugene Cummins, Sean Anthony Rooney, Bryan Todd Agnetta, Jae Pum Park, Richard Leigh Mains, Suzan Marashi
  • Publication number: 20140337791
    Abstract: Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Todd Agnetta, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Catherine Ann Hendricks, Brian Peter Kralyevich, Richard Leigh Mains, Jae Pum Park, Sean Anthony Rooney, Marc Anthony Salazar, Jason Glenn Silvis, Nino Yuniardi