Patents by Inventor Ethan D. Joffe

Ethan D. Joffe 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).

  • Publication number: 20230360259
    Abstract: Provided is a process for generating specifications for lenses of eyewear based on locations of extents of the eyewear determined through a pupil location determination process. Some embodiments capture an image and determine, using computer vision image recognition functionality, the pupil locations of a human's eyes based on the captured image depicting the human wearing eyewear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: David Barton, Ethan D. Joffe
  • Patent number: 11688097
    Abstract: Provided is a process for generating specifications for lenses of eyewear based on locations of extents of the eyewear determined through a pupil location determination process. Some embodiments capture an image and determine, using computer vision image recognition functionality, the pupil locations of a human's eyes based on the captured image depicting the human wearing eyewear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Electric Avenue Software, Inc.
    Inventors: David Barton, Ethan D. Joffe
  • Publication number: 20220222847
    Abstract: Provided is a process for generating specifications for lenses of eyewear based on locations of extents of the eyewear determined through a pupil location determination process. Some embodiments capture an image and determine, using computer vision image recognition functionality, the pupil locations of a human's eyes based on the captured image depicting the human wearing eyewear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: David Barton, Ethan D. Joffe
  • Patent number: 11238611
    Abstract: Provided is a process for generating specifications for lenses of eyewear based on locations of extents of the eyewear determined through a pupil location determination process. Some embodiments capture an image and determine, using computer vision image recognition functionality, the pupil locations of a human's eyes based on the captured image depicting the human wearing eyewear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Electric Avenue Software, Inc.
    Inventors: David Barton, Ethan D. Joffe
  • Publication number: 20210012525
    Abstract: Provided is a process for generating specifications for lenses of eyewear based on locations of extents of the eyewear determined through a pupil location determination process. Some embodiments capture an image and determine, using computer vision image recognition functionality, the pupil locations of a human's eyes based on the captured image depicting the human wearing eyewear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: David Barton, Ethan D. Joffe
  • Patent number: 5559995
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating virtual worlds wherein a user may begin with a database containing a limited pictorial representation of a desired virtual world and then edit the database to specify the remaining data needed to create the actual virtual world. In one embodiment of the present invention, a database containing a limited pictorial representation of a virtual world is communicated to a receiving unit, and a grouping unit collects various descriptions of the pictorial representation into selected groups. An attribute assigning unit then assigns attributes to the groups. The attributes may include group hierarchy, constraints of motion, color, texture or other features. The modified database is then communicated to a data coupling unit which couples real world data to the groups. Finally, a rendering unit renders the virtual world which looks and functions according to the specified attributes and the real world data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: VPL Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan D. Browning, Ethan D. Joffe, Jaron Z. Lanier
  • Patent number: RE40693
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating virtual worlds wherein a user may begin with a database containing a limited pictorial representation of a desired virtual world and then edit the database to specify the remaining data needed to create the actual virtual world. In one embodiment of the present invention, a database containing a limited pictorial representation of a virtual world is communicated to a receiving unit, and a grouping unit collects various descriptions of the pictorial representation into selected groups. An attribute assigning unit then assigns attributes to the groups. The attributes may include group hierarchy, constraints of motion, color, texture or other features. The modified database is then communicated to a data coupling unit which couples real world data to the groups. Finally, a rendering unit renders the virtual world which looks and functions according to the specified attributes and the real world data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan D. Browning, Ethan D. Joffe, Jaron Z. Lanier