Patents by Inventor Douglas Sturgeon

Douglas Sturgeon 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: 11755646
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Patent number: 11755645
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Publication number: 20230205818
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Publication number: 20230160027
    Abstract: To provide with a method wherein a three-dimensional pattern having a clear convex ridgeline is patterned to a natural leather, and a natural leather seat with high design effect having the pattern. A patterned natural leather seat having on the surface one or several patterns having a convex ridgeline; a patterned natural leather seat wherein: the aforementioned pattern height is 0.5-2.0 mm, the aforementioned pattern base angle is 0.2°-89°, and the backside of the leather seat is flat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Naoyuki TANIGUCHI, Yoshiaki SUZUKI, Nathan Douglas STURGEON
  • Patent number: 11625432
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Patent number: 11625431
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Patent number: 11609950
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Patent number: 11586670
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Patent number: 11586671
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Publication number: 20220197942
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Publication number: 20220188353
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Publication number: 20220188355
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Publication number: 20220188354
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Publication number: 20220164383
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Patent number: 10938568
    Abstract: An image product is manufactured from a digital video work by an apparatus and via a process. An object in the digital image work is detected, and the object is recognized. Metadata is assigned to the recognized object. A cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated via a cryptographic hashing algorithm, and the cryptographic hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Patent number: 10860695
    Abstract: In an apparatus and method, a data packet structure for an image product is written to a node of a transaction processing network. The data packet structure includes a cryptographic hash of, altogether, an image from a base work and image metadata including an identification of the base work and provenance of the base work; and a transferor identification and a transferee identification for a transfer of the image product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Patent number: 10824699
    Abstract: There are disclosed methods and apparatus to manufacture an inventory of finished physical print products from a base work including one or more images. Print metadata is assigned to each print of an image from the base work, the print metadata including an identification of the base work and a provenance of the base work. For each print, at least one cryptographic hash is generated of the image, the print metadata, and an index value of a security feature embedded into a physical substrate on which the image is printed. The cryptographic hash is then written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Publication number: 20200192934
    Abstract: Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Patent number: 10606888
    Abstract: There are disclosed methods and apparatus for manufacture of image inventories from frames of a digital work including audio which corresponds to objects in still images of the digital video work. Objects are detected in each frame's image, and the objects are recognized. Metadata is assigned to the objects, the object metadata linking audio from the digital video work to the corresponding object in the frame's image which produces the audio. For each frame, at least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Eight Plus Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai
  • Publication number: 20200065457
    Abstract: There are disclosed methods and apparatus to manufacture an inventory of finished physical print products from a base work including one or more images. Print metadata is assigned to each print of an image from the base work, the print metadata including an identification of the base work and a provenance of the base work. For each print, at least one cryptographic hash is generated of the image, the print metadata, and an index value of a security feature embedded into a physical substrate on which the image is printed. The cryptographic hash is then written to a node of a transaction processing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Rodney Lake, Douglas Sturgeon, Anthony Sziklai