Patents by Inventor Grace Rusi Woo

Grace Rusi Woo 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).

  • System and Methods for Designing Unobtrusive Video Response Codes
    Publication number: 20180060994
    Abstract: System for conveying a stream of information visually and obtrusively. The system includes an encoding device employing a spatio-temporal coding scheme that omits light, including codes embedded therein that are invisible to a user. A receiver that might be a cell phone camera receives light from the encoding device and computer apparatus is programmed with software to decode the received light to generate the stream of information. The encoding device is preferably a video display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Grace Rusi Woo
  • Video codes for encoding/decoding streaming data
    Patent number: 9189827
    Abstract: System for conveying a stream of information. The system includes an encoding device employing a spatio-temporal coding scheme that omits light, including codes embedded therein that are invisible to a user. A receiver that might be a cell phone camera receives light from the encoding device and computer apparatus is programmed with software to decode the received light to generate the stream of information. The encoding device is preferably a video display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Grace Rusi Woo, Andrew B Lippman