Patents by Inventor Gregory M. Youngblood

Gregory M. Youngblood 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: 20240420409
    Abstract: A system and method for translating a 3D visualization to a 2D visualization is provided. Data for a 3D visualization is received and includes layers of voxels that are processed to determine a type of terrain and color associated with the terrain type. Each voxel in a base layer of the 3D visualization is transformed into a tile of pixels for a 2D visualization. The color associated with the layers is assigned to the tiles by identifying, for each such layer, a marker for each voxel in that layer that indicates a presence or absence of the terrain type for that layer and applying the color associated with the layer to at least a portion of the tiles based on the markers. When multiple colors are applied to one of the tiles, the color associated with the layer furthest from the base layer is selected. The 2D visualization is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory M. Youngblood, Matthew Shreve, Mark J. Stefik, Robert Thomas Krivacic, Lester D. Nelson, Jacob Le
  • Patent number: 12079922
    Abstract: A system and method for translating a 2D image to a 3D image is provided. A 2D image having pixels grouped into tiles is obtained. Contour lines associated with an altitude value are located on the 2D image. The altitude values are determined. Each tile in the 2D image is represented using at least one voxel. A height map of the voxels is generated based on the contour lines and altitude values as a base layer for a 3D image. A terrain type of each of the voxels of the 3D image is determined and objects are placed in the 3D image. The 3D image is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory M. Youngblood, Matthew Shreve, Mark J. Stefik, Robert Thomas Krivacic, Lester D. Nelson, Jacob Le
  • Patent number: 11551406
    Abstract: A system and method for translating a 3D image into a 2D image is provided. A 3D image of voxels and properties associated with the voxels is analyzed. Each of the voxels in the 3D image is scaled to match a size of an output tile for a 2D image. Colors are added to the 2D image based on the properties of the voxels. Contour lines are added to the 2D image based on changes in altitude represented by the 3D image. The 2D image is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory M. Youngblood, Matthew Shreve, Mark J. Stefik, Robert Thomas Krivacic, Lester D. Nelson, Jacob Le
  • Publication number: 20220207815
    Abstract: A system and method for translating a 3D image into a 2D image is provided. A 3D image of voxels and properties associated with the voxels is analyzed. Each of the voxels in the 3D image is scaled to match a size of an output tile for a 2D image. Colors are added to the 2D image based on the properties of the voxels. Contour lines are added to the 2D image based on changes in altitude represented by the 3D image. The 2D image is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory M. Youngblood, Matthew Shreve, Mark J. Stefik, Robert Thomas Krivacic, Lester D. Nelson, Jacob Le
  • Patent number: 9594944
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for monitoring a worker performing a crowdsourced task being presented on a computing device. The method comprises performing at least one of a facial detection processing or an eye tracking processing, on a video stream captured by a camera of the computing device. An inattention instance of the worker is determined based on at least one of the facial detection processing or the eye tracking processing. Further, the inattention instance is communicated to a crowdsourcing platform, wherein the crowdsourced task is received from the crowdsourcing platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pramod Sankar Kompalli, Shailesh Vaya, Gregory M Youngblood
  • Publication number: 20160110315
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for digitizing a document. The method includes receiving at least one first transcription of content of at least one portion of the document from at least one crowdworker, in response to the at least one portion being crowdsourced as a digitization task to the at least one crowdworker. Thereafter, one or more second transcriptions are determined based on the at least one first transcription. The one or more second transcriptions correspond to intended transcriptions for the at least one portion. Further, the one or more second transcriptions are ranked based at least on a measure of similarity between the at least one first transcription and each of the one or more second transcriptions. At least one second transcription is selected from the one or more second transcriptions as an acceptable transcription for the at least one portion based on the ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shailesh Vaya, Sakyajit Bhattacharya, Sugato Chakrabarty, Gregory M. Youngblood, Kunal Chawla
  • Publication number: 20150086072
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for monitoring a worker performing a crowdsourced task being presented on a computing device. The method comprises performing at least one of a facial detection processing or an eye tracking processing, on a video stream captured by a camera of the computing device. An inattention instance of the worker is determined based on at least one of the facial detection processing or the eye tracking processing. Further, the inattention instance is communicated to a crowdsourcing platform, wherein the crowdsourced task is received from the crowdsourcing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicants: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pramod Sankar Kompalli, Shailesh Vaya, Gregory M. Youngblood