Patents by Inventor Damoun Houshangi

Damoun Houshangi 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).

  • Adaptable image search with computer vision assistance
    Patent number: 9619488
    Abstract: A computing device having adaptable image search and methods for operating an image recognition program on the computing device are disclosed herein. An image recognition program may receive a query from a user and a target image within which a search based on the query is to be performed using one or more of a plurality of locally stored image recognition models, which are determined to be able to perform the search with sufficiently high confidence. The query may comprise text that is typed or converted from speech. The image recognition program performs the search within the target image for a target region of the target image using at least one selected image recognition model stored locally, and returns a search result to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Amol Ashok Ambardekar, Christopher Leonard Huybregts, Larry Wall, Damoun Houshangi, Hrishikesh Pathak
  • ADAPTABLE IMAGE SEARCH WITH COMPUTER VISION ASSISTANCE
    Publication number: 20150213058
    Abstract: A computing device having adaptable image search and methods for operating an image recognition program on the computing device are disclosed herein. An image recognition program may receive a query from a user and a target image within which a search based on the query is to be performed using one or more of a plurality of locally stored image recognition models, which are determined to be able to perform the search with sufficiently high confidence. The query may comprise text that is typed or converted from speech. The image recognition program performs the search within the target image for a target region of the target image using at least one selected image recognition model stored locally, and returns a search result to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Amol Ashok Ambardekar, Christopher Leonard Huybregts, Larry Wall, Damoun Houshangi, Hrishikesh Pathak