Patents by Inventor CHRIS TEGETHOFF

CHRIS TEGETHOFF 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).

  • Program searching for people with visual impairments or blindness
    Patent number: 12744973
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for providing content searching for people with visual impairments or blindness. An embodiment operates by receiving a command to search multimedia content including both video content and audio content. One or more scene changes, including a first scene change, corresponding to the video content are determined. The search command is executed on the multimedia content. It is detected that the multimedia content has reached the first scene change responsive to the executing the search command. An audio cue t is audibly output responsive to the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: ROKU, INC.
    Inventors: Jesse Sookne, Karina Levitian, Chris Tegethoff, Abhijit Pol, Anthony Wood
  • PROGRAM SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS OR BLINDNESS
    Publication number: 20220353588
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for providing content searching for people with visual impairments or blindness. An embodiment operates by receiving a command to search multimedia content including both video content and audio content. One or more scene changes, including a first scene change, corresponding to the video content are determined. The search command is executed on the multimedia content. It is detected that the multimedia content has reached the first scene change responsive to the executing the search command. An audio cue t is audibly output responsive to the detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: JESSE SOOKNE, KARINA LEVITIAN, CHRIS TEGETHOFF, ABHIJIT POL, ANTHONY WOOD