Patents by Inventor Daniel Farmer

Daniel Farmer 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: 11810413
    Abstract: An enrollment data management system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to receive sensor data from one or more sensors located at a property, wherein the sensor data indicates a plurality of individual detection events that each indicate presence of an individual at the property. The instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to analyze the sensor data to determine that the property qualifies as a residence of the individual, access information relevant to the property from one or more databases, utilize the information relevant to the property as enrollment information for an enrollment process for the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Gabrielle Diane Salazar, Dustin Bowen Bitter, Mitzi Ruiz, Jeanie Graciela Lopez, Oscar Guerra, William Daniel Farmer, Jennifer Marie Chandler-Bradley
  • Patent number: 11799933
    Abstract: System and methods for pre-fetching data are provided. In one embodiment, an electronic device includes communications circuitry communicatively coupled to a data provider system over a network to obtain streaming data for completion of tasks. The electronic device also includes pre-fetch circuitry that identifies a dead zone in the network; calculates a pre-fetch data size amount based at least in part upon a size of the dead zone; and requests the pre-fetch data size amount of the data, to mitigate lost streaming ability in the dead zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: William Daniel Farmer, Pooja Krishnaswamy, Victor Kwak, Michael Lebowitz, Justin Nash, Huihui Wu
  • Patent number: 11789595
    Abstract: A customer management system can be designed to provide an integrated smart graphical user interface. For example, a computing device can receive information that includes a topic of conversation for a chat-based communication; initiate, via a first graphical user interface (GUI), the chat-based communication with another computing device after the information is received, display, via a second GUI, the user profile associated with the person, wherein the second GUI is displayed adjacent to and integrated with the first GUI; determine a relationship between one or more words or phrases received via the first GUI from the first computing device and the additional information in the user profile, where the relationship is determined in real-time or near real-time as the one or more words or phrases are received; and display a visual indicator in the second GUI that shows content in the second GUI that is relevant to the determined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: William Daniel Farmer, Andre Rene Buentello, Jose L. Romero, Jr., Priyadarshini Badugu
  • Publication number: 20230305627
    Abstract: An eye tracking system can include an eye-tracking camera configured to obtain images of the eye at different exposure times or different frame rates. For example, longer exposure images of the eye taken at a longer exposure time can show iris or pupil features, and shorter exposure, glint images can show peaks of glints reflected from the cornea. The shorter exposure glint images may be taken at a higher frame rate (than the longer exposure images) for accurate gaze prediction. The shorter exposure glint images can be analyzed to provide glint locations to subpixel accuracy. The longer exposure images can be analyzed for pupil center or center of rotation. The eye tracking system can predict future gaze direction, which can be used for foveated rendering by a wearable display system. In some instances, the eye-tracking system may estimate the location of a partially or totally occluded glint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel FARMER, David COHEN, Bradley Vincent STUART
  • Patent number: 11704398
    Abstract: A real-world object-based method and system of performing an authentication of a person in order to permit access to a secured resource is disclosed. The system and method are configured to collect image data from an end-user in real-time that includes objects in their environment. At least one object is selected and its image data stored for subsequent authentication sessions, when the system can determine whether there is a match between the new image data and image data previously collected and stored in a database. If there is a match, the system verifies an identity of the person and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Brian Tougas, William Daniel Farmer, Ruthie D. Lyle, Kelly Q. Baker, Ryan Thomas Russell, Noe Alberto Martinez
  • Patent number: 11675432
    Abstract: An eye tracking system can include an eye-tracking camera configured to obtain images of the eye at different exposure times or different frame rates. For example, longer exposure images of the eye taken at a longer exposure time can show iris or pupil features, and shorter exposure, glint images can show peaks of glints reflected from the cornea. The shorter exposure glint images may be taken at a higher frame rate (than the longer exposure images) for accurate gaze prediction. The shorter exposure glint images can be analyzed to provide glint locations to subpixel accuracy. The longer exposure images can be analyzed for pupil center or center of rotation. The eye tracking system can predict future gaze direction, which can be used for foveated rendering by a wearable display system. In some instances, the eye-tracking system may estimate the location of a partially or totally occluded glint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Farmer, David Cohen, Bradley Vincent Stuart
  • Publication number: 20230067703
    Abstract: Example techniques are disclosed for increasing the sensitivity of an augmented or virtual reality display system to collecting eye-tracking data for detecting physiological conditions, such as neural processes. An example method includes accessing eye-tracking information associated with a control population and an experimental population, the eye-tracking information reflecting, for each user of the control population and the experimental population, eye-tracking metrics associated with the user; scaling the eye-tracking information based on the eye-tracking information associated with the control population; and determining a sensitivity measure reflecting a distance measure between the control population and experimental population. The sensitivity measure may be utilized to modify physical or operational parameters for the display system and/or the protocol for performing a test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel FARMER, Dorion Bryce LISTON
  • Publication number: 20230037046
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display configured to project light, having different amounts of wavefront divergence, to an eye of a user to display virtual image content appearing to be disposed at different depth planes. The wavefront divergence may be changed in discrete steps, with the change in steps being triggered based upon whether the user is fixating on a particular depth plane. The display system may be calibrated for switching depth planes for a main user. Upon determining that a guest user is utilizing the system, rather than undergoing a full calibration, the display system may be configured to switch depth planes based on a rough determination of the virtual content that the user is looking at. The virtual content has an associated depth plane and the display system may be configured to switch to the depth plane of that virtual content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Lomesh Agarwal, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh, Daniel Farmer, Sergey Fyodorovich Prokushkin, Yonatan Munk, Edwin Joseph Selker, Erik Fonseka, Paul M. Greco, Jeffrey Scott Sommers, Bradley Vincent Stuart, Shiuli Das, Suraj Manjunath Shanbhag
  • Patent number: 11487356
    Abstract: Example techniques are disclosed for increasing the sensitivity of an augmented or virtual reality display system to collecting eye-tracking data for detecting physiological conditions, such as neural processes. An example method includes accessing eye-tracking information associated with a control population and an experimental population, the eye-tracking information reflecting, for each user of the control population and the experimental population, eye-tracking metrics associated with the user; scaling the eye-tracking information based on the eye-tracking information associated with the control population; and determining a sensitivity measure reflecting a distance measure between the control population and experimental population. The sensitivity measure may be utilized to modify physical or operational parameters for the display system and/or the protocol for performing a test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Farmer, Dorion Bryce Liston
  • Patent number: 11468640
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display configured to project light, having different amounts of wavefront divergence, to an eye of a user to display virtual image content appearing to be disposed at different depth planes. The wavefront divergence may be changed in discrete steps, with the change in steps being triggered based upon whether the user is fixating on a particular depth plane. The display system may be calibrated for switching depth planes for a main user. Upon determining that a guest user is utilizing the system, rather than undergoing a full calibration, the display system may be configured to switch depth planes based on a rough determination of the virtual content that the user is looking at. The virtual content has an associated depth plane and the display system may be configured to switch to the depth plane of that virtual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Lomesh Agarwal, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh, Daniel Farmer, Sergey Fyodorovich Prokushkin, Yonatan Munk, Edwin Joseph Selker, Erik Fonseka, Paul M. Greco, Jeffrey Scott Sommers, Bradley Vincent Stuart, Shiuli Das, Suraj Manjunath Shanbhag
  • Publication number: 20220301217
    Abstract: Systems and methods for eye tracking latency enhancements. An example head-mounted system obtains a first image of an eye of a user. The first image is provided as input to a machine learning model which has been trained to generate iris and pupil segmentation data given an image of an eye. A second image of the eye is obtained. A set of locations in the second image at which one or more glints are shown is detected based on iris segmentation data generated for the first image. A region of the second image at which the pupil of the eye of the user is shown is identified based on pupil segmentation data generated for the first image. A pose of the eye of the user is determined based on the detected set of glint locations in the second image and the identified region of the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Bradley Vincent Stuart, Daniel Farmer, Tiejian Zhang, Shiuli Das, Suraj Manjunath Shanbhag, Erik Fonseka
  • Patent number: 11435881
    Abstract: A customer management system can be designed to provide an integrated smart graphical user interface. For example, a computing device can receive information that includes a topic of conversation for a chat-based communication; initiate, via a first graphical user interface (GUI), the chat-based communication with another computing device after the information is received; display, via a second GUI, the user profile associated with the person, wherein the second GUI is displayed adjacent to and integrated with the first GUI; determine a relationship between one or more words or phrases received via the first GUI from the first computing device and the additional information in the user profile, where the relationship is determined in real-time or near real-time as the one or more words or phrases are received; and display a visual indicator in the second GUI that shows content in the second GUI that is relevant to the determined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: William Daniel Farmer, Andre Rene Buentello, Jose L. Romero, Jr., Priyadarshini Badugu
  • Patent number: 11427207
    Abstract: A system may include sensors that may acquire health data related to an individual. The system may also include a processor that may receive trip data associated with a current location of the individual and a destination location for the individual, traffic condition data associated with routes between the current location and the destination location, and weather related data associated with the routes. The processor may also receive the health data from the sensors and determine whether the individual is associated with a driver assessment score above a threshold based on the trip data, the traffic condition data, the weather data, the health data, or any combination thereof. The processor may then send an activation signal to a vehicle control system in response to the driver assessment score being above the threshold, such that the activation signal may enable the vehicle control system to control operations of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Seth E. Ethington, William Daniel Farmer, Pooja Krishnaswamy, Timothy Shiveley, Anto Chirayil Thomas, Daniel Scott Veibell
  • Patent number: 11405441
    Abstract: System and methods for pre-fetching data are provided. In one embodiment, an electronic device includes communications circuitry communicatively coupled to a data provider system over a network to obtain streaming data for completion of tasks. The electronic device also includes pre-fetch circuitry that identifies a dead zone in the network; calculates a pre-fetch data size amount based at least in part upon a size of the dead zone; and requests the pre-fetch data size amount of the data, to mitigate lost streaming ability in the dead zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: William Daniel Farmer, Pooja Krishnawamy, Victor Kwak, Michael Lebowitz, Justin Nash, Huihui Wu
  • Publication number: 20220237823
    Abstract: An eye tracking system can include an eye-tracking camera configured to obtain images of the eye at different exposure times or different frame rates. For example, longer exposure images of the eye taken at a longer exposure time can show iris or pupil features, and shorter exposure, glint images can show peaks of glints reflected from the cornea. The shorter exposure glint images may be taken at a higher frame rate (than the longer exposure images) for accurate gaze prediction. The shorter exposure glint images can be analyzed to provide glint locations to subpixel accuracy. The longer exposure images can be analyzed for pupil center or center of rotation. The eye tracking system can predict future gaze direction, which can be used for foveated rendering by a wearable display system. In some instances, the eye-tracking system may estimate the location of a partially or totally occluded glint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Farmer, David Cohen, Bradley Vincent Stuart
  • Patent number: 11315288
    Abstract: An eye tracking system can include an eye-tracking camera configured to obtain images of the eye at different exposure times or different frame rates. For example, longer exposure images of the eye taken at a longer exposure time can show iris or pupil features, and shorter exposure, glint images can show peaks of glints reflected from the cornea. The shorter exposure glint images may be taken at a higher frame rate (than the longer exposure images) for accurate gaze prediction. The shorter exposure glint images can be analyzed to provide glint locations to subpixel accuracy. The longer exposure images can be analyzed for pupil center or center of rotation. The eye tracking system can predict future gaze direction, which can be used for foveated rendering by a wearable display system. In some instances, the eye-tracking system may estimate the location of a partially or totally occluded glint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Farmer, David Cohen, Bradley Vincent Stuart
  • Publication number: 20220057862
    Abstract: A display system can include a head-mounted display configured to project light to an eye of a user to display virtual image content at different amounts of divergence and collimation. The display system can include an inward-facing imaging system images the user's eye and processing electronics that are in communication with the inward-facing imaging system and that are configured to obtain an estimate of a center of rotation of the user's eye. The display system may render virtual image content with a render camera positioned at the determined position of the center of rotation of said eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Lomesh Agarwal, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh, Daniel Farmer, Sergey Fyodorovich Prokushkin, Yonatan Munk, Edwin Joseph Selker, Bradley Vincent Stuart, Jeffrey Scott Sommers
  • Patent number: 11112863
    Abstract: A display system can include a head-mounted display configured to project light to an eye of a user to display virtual image content at different amounts of divergence and collimation. The display system can include an inward-facing imaging system images the user's eye and processing electronics that are in communication with the inward-facing imaging system and that are configured to obtain an estimate of a center of rotation of the user's eye. The display system may render virtual image content with a render camera positioned at the determined position of the center of rotation of said eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Lomesh Agarwal, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh, Daniel Farmer, Sergey Fyodorovich Prokushkin, Yonatan Munk, Edwin Joseph Selker, Bradley Vincent Stuart, Jeffrey Scott Sommers
  • Publication number: 20210240261
    Abstract: Example techniques are disclosed for increasing the sensitivity of an augmented or virtual reality display system to collecting eye-tracking data for detecting physiological conditions, such as neural processes. An example method includes accessing eye-tracking information associated with a control population and an experimental population, the eye-tracking information reflecting, for each user of the control population and the experimental population, eye-tracking metrics associated with the user; scaling the eye-tracking information based on the eye-tracking information associated with the control population; and determining a sensitivity measure reflecting a distance measure between the control population and experimental population. The sensitivity measure may be utilized to modify physical or operational parameters for the display system and/or the protocol for performing a test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Farmer, Dorion Bryce Liston
  • Patent number: 11055711
    Abstract: A payment card security system includes a payment card provider account system communicatively coupled to a payment card transaction device and a mobile device. The payment card transaction device sends an indication that a payment card is being used to perform a transaction. The payment card provider account system includes processors that receive the indication that the payment card is being used to perform the transaction from the payment card transaction device. The processors also send a notification indicating that the payment card is being used to perform the transaction. The processors further enable authorization of the transaction via the mobile device. In this manner, the payment card security system may prevent or reduce the occurrence of suspicious transactions as they are occurring, rather than waiting until after they have occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Nathan Scott Harman, Ashley Nicole Munoz, Matthew David LaBrenz, Mark Jeffrey Wallace, Bryan Leonard Bain, William Daniel Farmer, James Edward Finley, Jr., Arthur Vajirasarn