Patents by Inventor Eric Rudolf Siereveld

Eric Rudolf Siereveld 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).

  • Selectively displaying information based on face detection
    Patent number: 7636456
    Abstract: A display arrangement comprises an image display device having two or more sets of images for display; a camera directed towards positions adopted by users viewing the display; a face detector for detecting human faces in images captured by the camera, the face detector being arranged to detect faces in at least two face categories; and means, responsive to the a frequency of detection of categories of faces by the face detector at one or more different periods, for selecting a set of images to be displayed on the image display device at that time of day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Sony United Kingdom Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Collins, Andrew Roger Kilner, Victoria Sophia Jennings, Sebastian Aleksander Paszkowicz, Eric Rudolf Siereveld, Stephane Daniel Andre Charles Labrousse, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Ratna Rambaruth, Clive Henry Gillard