Patents by Inventor Daniel L. Baker

Daniel L. Baker 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: 12051239
    Abstract: Tracking an item of interest through an environment is described. Tracking the item of interest through the environment is accomplished using passive optical tracking where an item is identified in an image of the environment using image processing and various locations of the item are tracked through the environment. When a user wants to know an item's location, a location image is projected onto the location of the item to allow a user view a current location of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan M. Goldberg, Mark R. Mine, Matthew Deuel, Daniel L. Baker, Dane M. Coffey, Steven M. Chapman
  • Patent number: 11804007
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a computing platform having processing hardware, a display, and a system memory storing a software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to receive a three-dimensional (3D) digital model, surround the 3D digital model with multiple virtual cameras oriented toward the 3D digital model, and generate, using the virtual cameras, a multiple renders of the 3D digital model. The processing hardware is further configured to execute the software code to generate a UV texture coordinate space for a surface projection of the 3D digital model, and to transfer, using the multiple renders, lighting color values for each of multiple surface portions of the 3D digital model to the UV texture coordinate space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane M. Coffey, Siroberto Scerbo, Evan M. Goldberg, Christopher Richard Schroers, Daniel L Baker, Mark R. Mine, Erika Varis Doggett
  • Patent number: 11710272
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a computing platform having processing hardware, a display, and a system memory storing a software code. The processing hardware executes the software code to receive a digital object, surround the digital object with virtual cameras oriented toward the digital object, render, using each one of the virtual cameras, a depth map identifying a distance of that one of the virtual cameras from the digital object, and generate, using the depth map, a volumetric perspective of the digital object from a perspective of that one of the virtual cameras, resulting in multiple volumetric perspectives of the digital object. The processing hardware further executes the software code to merge the multiple volumetric perspectives of the digital object to form a volumetric representation of the digital object, and to convert the volumetric representation of the digital object to a renderable form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane M. Coffey, Siroberto Scerbo, Daniel L. Baker, Mark R. Mine, Evan M. Goldberg
  • Publication number: 20230221804
    Abstract: Systems and methods generating a haptic output response are disclosed. Video content is displayed on a display. A location of a user touch on the display is detected while the video content is being displayed. A region of interest in the video content is determined based on the location of the user touch. And a haptic output response is generated to a user. A characteristic of the haptic output response is determined using one or more characteristics of the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Evan M. Goldberg, Daniel L. Baker, Jackson A. Rogow
  • Patent number: 11604516
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, on a touchscreen, a video comprising a video frame and determining, based on a saliency map of the video frame, a region of interest in the video frame. The method also includes detecting a touch on a region of the touchscreen while the video frame is displayed and generating a haptic response in response to determining that the region of the touchscreen overlaps with the region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan M. Goldberg, Daniel L. Baker, Jackson A. Rogow
  • Patent number: 11587284
    Abstract: In one implementation, a virtual-world simulator includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code, a tracking system communicatively coupled to the computing platform, and a projection device communicatively coupled to the computing platform. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to obtain a map of a geometry of a real-world venue including the virtual-world simulator, to identify one or more virtual effects for display in the real-world venue, and to use the tracking system to track a moving perspective of one of a user in the real-world venue or a camera in the real-world venue. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the software code to control the projection device to simulate a virtual-world by conforming the identified one or more virtual effects to the geometry of the real-world venue from a present vantage point of the tracked moving perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane M. Coffey, Evan M. Goldberg, Steven M. Chapman, Daniel L. Baker, Matthew Deuel, Mark R. Mine
  • Patent number: 11567723
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for displaying supplemental content. The method includes determining environmental characteristics, e.g., wall space, empty areas, colors, etc., for a display environment, determining supplemental content based in part on a primary content displayed by a primary display, and displaying the supplemental content in the display environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan M. Goldberg, Daniel L. Baker, Steven M. Chapman, Dane M. Coffey, Matthew Deuel, Mark R. Mine
  • Publication number: 20220314372
    Abstract: A method of making an enhanced cast iron workpiece having increased oil retention is provided. The method comprises providing a laser tool arranged to emit a laser to perform carbon burn-off from a cast iron workpiece. The cast iron workpiece comprises cast iron and having a first surface with carbon microstructures thereon. The method further comprises selectively laser burning-off carbon microstructures from the first surface of the workpiece to form a pattern on the first surface. The pattern has separate pockets by the laser burn-off of carbon microstructures on the first surface. Each separate pocket is separate from and free of fluid communication with any other pocket relative to the first surface to provide enhanced lubricant retention in each pocket on the first surface. The method further comprises heating the workpiece to between about 200° C. and about 400° C. to temper the first surface and cooling the workpiece to ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin E. Slattery, Daniel T. Berry, Daniel L. Baker, Frank D. Risko
  • Publication number: 20220319104
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a computing platform having processing hardware, a display, and a system memory storing a software code. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to receive a three-dimensional (3D) digital model, surround the 3D digital model with multiple virtual cameras oriented toward the 3D digital model, and generate, using the virtual cameras, a multiple renders of the 3D digital model. The processing hardware is further configured to execute the software code to generate a UV texture coordinate space for a surface projection of the 3D digital model, and to transfer, using the multiple renders, lighting color values for each of multiple surface portions of the 3D digital model to the UV texture coordinate space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Dane M. Coffey, Siroberto Scerbo, Evan M. Goldberg, Christopher Richard Schroers, Daniel L. Baker, Mark R. Mine, Erika Varis Doggett
  • Publication number: 20220309737
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a computing platform having processing hardware, a display, and a system memory storing a software code. The processing hardware executes the software code to receive a digital object, surround the digital object with virtual cameras oriented toward the digital object, render, using each one of the virtual cameras, a depth map identifying a distance of that one of the virtual cameras from the digital object, and generate, using the depth map, a volumetric perspective of the digital object from a perspective of that one of the virtual cameras, resulting in multiple volumetric perspectives of the digital object. The processing hardware further executes the software code to merge the multiple volumetric perspectives of the digital object to form a volumetric representation of the digital object, and to convert the volumetric representation of the digital object to a renderable form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Dane M. Coffey, Siroberto Scerbo, Daniel L. Baker, Mark R. Mine, Evan M. Goldberg
  • Publication number: 20220197384
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, on a touchscreen, a video comprising a video frame and determining, based on a saliency map of the video frame, a region of interest in the video frame. The method also includes detecting a touch on a region of the touchscreen while the video frame is displayed and generating a haptic response in response to determining that the region of the touchscreen overlaps with the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Evan M. GOLDBERG, Daniel L. BAKER, Jackson A. ROGOW
  • Publication number: 20220076484
    Abstract: In one implementation, a virtual-world simulator includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code, a tracking system communicatively coupled to the computing platform, and a projection device communicatively coupled to the computing platform. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to obtain a map of a geometry of a real-world venue including the virtual-world simulator, to identify one or more virtual effects for display in the real-world venue, and to use the tracking system to track a moving perspective of one of a user in the real-world venue or a camera in the real-world venue. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the software code to control the projection device to simulate a virtual-world by conforming the identified one or more virtual effects to the geometry of the real-world venue from a present vantage point of the tracked moving perspective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dane M. Coffey, Evan M. Goldberg, Steven M. Chapman, Daniel L. Baker, Matthew Deuel, Mark R. Mine
  • Publication number: 20220051013
    Abstract: Tracking an item of interest through an environment is described. Tracking the item of interest through the environment is accomplished using passive optical tracking where an item is identified in an image of the environment using image processing and various locations of the item are tracked through the environment. When a user wants to know an item's location, a location image is projected onto the location of the item to allow a user view a current location of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Evan M. GOLDBERG, Mark R. MINE, Matthew DEUEL, Daniel L. BAKER, Dane M. COFFEY, Steven M. CHAPMAN
  • Publication number: 20220020204
    Abstract: In one implementation, a virtual-world simulator includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code, a tracking system communicatively coupled to the computing platform, and a projection device communicatively coupled to the computing platform. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to obtain a map of a geometry of a real-world venue including the virtual-world simulator, to identify one or more virtual effects for display in the real-world venue, and to use the tracking system to track a moving perspective of one of a user in the real-world venue or a camera in the real-world venue. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the software code to control the projection device to simulate a virtual-world by conforming the identified one or more virtual effects to the geometry of the real-world venue from a present vantage point of the tracked moving perspective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Dane M. Coffey, Evan M. Goldberg, Steven M. Chapman, Daniel L. Baker, Matthew Deuel, Mark R. Mine
  • Patent number: 11210843
    Abstract: In one implementation, a virtual-world simulator includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code, a tracking system communicatively coupled to the computing platform, and a projection device communicatively coupled to the computing platform. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to obtain a map of a geometry of a real-world venue including the virtual-world simulator, to identify one or more virtual effects for display in the real-world venue, and to use the tracking system to track a moving perspective of one of a user in the real-world venue or a camera in the real-world venue. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the software code to control the projection device to simulate a virtual-world by conforming the identified one or more virtual effects to the geometry of the real-world venue from a present vantage point of the tracked moving perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane M. Coffey, Evan M. Goldberg, Steven M. Chapman, Daniel L. Baker, Matthew Deuel, Mark R. Mine
  • Publication number: 20210373834
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for displaying supplemental content. The method includes determining environmental characteristics, e.g., wall space, empty areas, colors, etc., for a display environment, determining supplemental content based in part on a primary content displayed by a primary display, and displaying the supplemental content in the display environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Evan M. Goldberg, Daniel L. Baker, Steven M. Chapman, Dane M. Coffey, Matthew Deuel, Mark R. Mine
  • Patent number: 9682199
    Abstract: Described is drug infusion device and lineset for delivering medication. The novel pump and lineset described herein eliminate the ability of the pump and lineset from being primed when the cartridge reservoir is in fluid communication with the drug-delivering cannula, through which medication is delivered, is inserted into the skin of a patient. The system and method of the invention include a lineset having a plurality of electrical leads for allowing electrical communication between the infusion pump and the infusion set and for allowing the pump to determine whether the lineset is connected to the infusion set when a priming operation is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: ANIMAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Walsh, Daniel L. Baker, Matthew Clemente, William King, Gerald Kuehl
  • Publication number: 20160310661
    Abstract: The invention is generally directed toward a novel fluid cartridge for medical infusion devices. The disclosed invention describes various protection sleeves and other structures for protecting the luer connection of a lineset that connects to the cartridge, to reduce the stresses placed on the luer connection when the lineset is worn on the body of patient, and to reduce the chances for unintentional disconnection, breakage, or leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel SERVANSKY, Daniel L. BAKER, William G. SAULENAS
  • Publication number: 20140378939
    Abstract: The invention is generally directed toward a novel fluid cartridge for medical infusion devices. The disclosed invention describes a medicament cartridge having an internal vent structure and hydrophobic venting material to permit the equilibration of pressure between an infusion device's reservoir chamber and the external environment, without the need for a costly, difficult to maintain vent located in the housing of the infusion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Animas Corporation
    Inventors: William G. SAULENAS, Daniel L. BAKER
  • Publication number: 20140323989
    Abstract: The invention provides infusion devices that utilize a low profile handle. The handle is useful in retaining a needle in, and removing the needle from, the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Calibra Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Baker, Brett Cross, John McKenzie