Patents by Inventor German Bauer

German Bauer 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: 20230410511
    Abstract: A method for comparing videos of a surgical procedure is disclosed. The method comprising selecting a plurality of videos from a surgical video database. Each of the plurality of videos including video data of a first surgical procedure comprising a plurality of surgical steps. The method further including identifying a first surgical step included in the plurality of surgical steps within a first video segment in each of the plurality of videos. The method also including warping the first video segment to standardize a dimension of the first video segment in each of the plurality of videos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Joëlle K. Barral, German Bauer
  • Patent number: 11776272
    Abstract: A method for comparing videos of a surgical procedure is disclosed. The method comprising selecting a plurality of videos from a surgical video database. Each of the plurality of videos including video data of a first surgical procedure comprising a plurality of surgical steps. The method further including identifying a first surgical step included in the plurality of surgical steps within a first video segment in each of the plurality of videos. The method also including warping the first video segment to standardize a dimension of the first video segment in each of the plurality of videos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Joëlle K. Barral, German Bauer
  • Publication number: 20210406551
    Abstract: A method for comparing videos of a surgical procedure is disclosed. The method comprising selecting a plurality of videos from a surgical video database. Each of the plurality of videos including video data of a first surgical procedure comprising a plurality of surgical steps. The method further including identifying a first surgical step included in the plurality of surgical steps within a first video segment in each of the plurality of videos. The method also including warping the first video segment to standardize a dimension of the first video segment in each of the plurality of videos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Joëlle K. Barral, German Bauer
  • Patent number: 11157743
    Abstract: A method for comparing videos of a surgical procedure is disclosed. The method comprising selecting a plurality of videos from a surgical video database. Each of the plurality of videos including video data of a first surgical procedure comprising a plurality of surgical steps. The method further including identifying a first surgical step included in the plurality of surgical steps within a first video segment in each of the plurality of videos. The method also including warping the first video segment to standardize a dimension of the first video segment in each of the plurality of videos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Joëlle K. Barral, German Bauer
  • Publication number: 20200169586
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes connecting to a virtual session for co-experiencing digital media content with one or more other users in a virtual reality environment, where the virtual reality environment comprises a screen for displaying the digital media content, receiving relative-position information indicating relative positions between the first user and the one or more other users in the virtual reality environment, rendering the screen based on a first position of the first user in the virtual reality environment, wherein the screen and the first position of the first user have a predefined spatial relationship in the virtual reality environment, and rendering, based on the received relative-position information and the first position of the first user, a second avatar representing a second user in the virtual reality environment, wherein the second user is one of the one or more other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Difei Wang, Matthew Luther, Lam Nguyen, Monique Relova, German Bauer
  • Patent number: 10579878
    Abstract: A method for comparing videos of a surgical procedure is disclosed. The method comprising selecting a plurality of videos from a surgical video database. Each of the plurality of videos including video data of a first surgical procedure comprising a plurality of surgical steps. The method further including identifying a first surgical step included in the plurality of surgical steps within a first video segment in each of the plurality of videos. The method also including warping the first video segment to standardize a dimension of the first video segment in each of the plurality of videos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Joëlle K. Barral, German Bauer
  • Patent number: 8230355
    Abstract: Visual representation of a characteristic of an object in a space is described, including collecting data associated with an object in a space, determining a characteristic of the object based on the data, and visually representing the characteristic of the object relative to other objects within the space using a scaled representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Ben Bauermeister, Yohko Kelley, German Bauer
  • Patent number: 8091038
    Abstract: An adaptive graphical interface may include determining a first visual characteristic of a background portion, selecting a second visual characteristic contrasting with the first visual characteristic, and presenting a graphical feature portion, the graphical feature portion being presented over the background portion, and the graphical feature portion having the second visual characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Elwan Johnson, German Bauer