Patents by Inventor Eric Brechner

Eric Brechner 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).

  • Visual thesaurus as applied to media clip searching
    Publication number: 20060230334
    Abstract: A Visual Thesaurus program is provided that allows a user to find media clips through successive queries by example. Clips similar to the example clip may be retrieved based on artistic style, color and shape, or keywords. Clips retrieved based on keywords may be found based on a single keyword, multiple keywords, or all keywords associated with the example clip. The keyword may be the clip format (e.g., “mpeg” or “gif”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Coporation
    Inventors: Dean Slawson, Tjeerd Hoek, Eric Brechner
  • Method and system for searching for images based on color and shape of a selected image
    Publication number: 20050265635
    Abstract: A method and system that allows a user to find images using a query by example is disclosed. Images similar to the selected image are retrieved based on color or shape. Each clip in a clip catalog is assigned a color metric and a wavelet, i.e., shape, metric. The selected clip is also assigned a color metric and a wavelet metric. Those clips that are most similar based on either the wavelet metric or the color metric are returned to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Eric Brechner