Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael DULHANTY

Christopher Michael DULHANTY 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).

  • COMPUTERIZED IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING WAIT TIMES FOR A QUEUE AREA
    Publication number: 20230316485
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method allows a wait time to be determined automatically for a queue area. The queue is part of an environment and includes defined entrance and exit areas. A series of images showing the environment are received over time. A wait time associated with the queue area is determined by detecting a location of a object corresponding to a person in a first one of the images; associating the object with an identifier uniquely identifying the object in the first one of the images matching objects in later images; and determining the wait time based on times associated with an image in which an object associated with the identifier enters the queue area through the defined entrance area and later one of the images in which an object associated with the identifier exits the queue area through the defined exit area. An indication of the wait time is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Matta WAKIM, Dexter Lamont FICHUK, Sophia DHROLIA, Christopher Michael DULHANTY
  • Computerized image analysis for automatically determining wait times for a queue area
    Patent number: 11704782
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method allows a wait time to be determined automatically for a queue area. The queue is part of an environment and includes defined entrance and exit areas. A series of images showing the environment are received over time. A wait time associated with the queue area is determined by detecting a location of a object corresponding to a person in a first one of the images; associating the object with an identifier uniquely identifying the object in the first one of the images matching objects in later images; and determining the wait time based on times associated with an image in which an object associated with the identifier enters the queue area through the defined entrance area and later one of the images in which an object associated with the identifier exits the queue area through the defined exit area. An indication of the wait time is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Matta Wakim, Dexter Lamont Fichuk, Sophia Dhrolia, Christopher Michael Dulhanty
  • COMPUTERIZED IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING WAIT TIMES FOR A QUEUE AREA
    Publication number: 20200111031
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method allows a wait time to be determined automatically for a queue area. The queue is part of an environment and includes defined entrance and exit areas. A series of images showing the environment are received over time. A wait time associated with the queue area is determined by detecting a location of a object corresponding to a person in a first one of the images; associating the object with an identifier uniquely identifying the object in the first one of the images matching objects in later images; and determining the wait time based on times associated with an image in which an object associated with the identifier enters the queue area through the defined entrance area and later one of the images in which an object associated with the identifier exits the queue area through the defined exit area. An indication of the wait time is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Matta WAKIM, Dexter Lamont FICHUK, Sophia DHROLIA, Christopher Michael DULHANTY