Patents by Inventor Ishay SIVAN

Ishay SIVAN 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: 20190182415
    Abstract: A video or still hand-held digital camera is activated or controlled based on estimation of a user head pose or gaze direction. The system comprises uses two wearable devices associated with right and left sides of the user body, each comprises an RF beacon. The head pose or gaze detection is estimated by comparing the signal strength (such as RSSI) or the phase of the RF signals from the wearable devices at the digital camera device. An angular deviation between the head pose (or gaze detection) and the digital camera (such as the line of sight) is estimated, and the digital camera is activated or controlled based on comparing the angular deviation to a set threshold. The RF signals may be Personal Area Network (PAN) signals, such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals. The wearable devices may be head mounted, structured as glasses, earpieces, headphones, or hat mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Ishay Sivan
  • Publication number: 20180278839
    Abstract: A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators,; and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Ishay SIVAN
  • Patent number: 10009537
    Abstract: A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators, and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SNAPAID LTD.
    Inventor: Ishay Sivan
  • Patent number: 9866748
    Abstract: A device comprises a first digital camera having a first center line of sight and a second digital camera having a second center line of sight that is parallel and opposing the first camera. A method for controlling the first camera based on estimating the angular deviation between a person gaze direction and the line of sight of the first digital camera. A human face is detected in an image captured as an image file by the second digital camera, using a face detection algorithm. An angular deviation ? is estimated, defined between the second center line of sight and an imaginary line from the second camera to the detected human face based on the captured image, and an angular deviation ? is estimated, defined between the imaginary line from the second camera to the detected face and the human face gaze direction based on the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Snap-Aid Patents LTD.
    Inventor: Ishay Sivan
  • Publication number: 20170237900
    Abstract: A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators, and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventor: Ishay SIVAN
  • Publication number: 20170237897
    Abstract: A device comprises a first digital camera having a first center line of sight and a second digital camera having a second center line of sight that is parallel and opposing the first camera. A method for controlling the first camera based on estimating the angular deviation between a person gaze direction and the line of sight of the first digital camera. A human face is detected in an image captured as an image file by the second digital camera, using a face detection algorithm. An angular deviation ? is estimated, defined between the second center line of sight and an imaginary line from the second camera to the detected human face based on the captured image, and an angular deviation ? is estimated, defined between the imaginary line from the second camera to the detected face and the human face gaze direction based on the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventor: Ishay Sivan
  • Patent number: 9661226
    Abstract: A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators, and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SNAPAID LTD.
    Inventor: Ishay Sivan
  • Patent number: 9661215
    Abstract: A device comprises a first digital camera having a first center line of sight and a second digital camera having a second center line of sight that is parallel and opposing the first camera. A method for controlling the first camera based on estimating the angular deviation between a person gaze direction and the line of sight of the first digital camera. A human face is detected in an image captured as an image file by the second digital camera, using a face detection algorithm. An angular deviation ? is estimated, defined between the second center line of sight and an imaginary line from the second camera to the detected human face based on the captured image, and an angular deviation ? is estimated, defined between the imaginary line from the second camera to the detected face and the human face gaze direction based on the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SNAPAID LTD.
    Inventor: Ishay Sivan
  • Publication number: 20160261793
    Abstract: A device comprises a first digital camera having a first center line of sight and a second digital camera having a second center line of sight that is parallel and opposing the first camera. A method for controlling the first camera based on estimating the angular deviation between a person gaze direction and the line of sight of the first digital camera. A human face is detected in an image captured as an image file by the second digital camera, using a face detection algorithm. An angular deviation ? is estimated, defined between the second center line of sight and an imaginary line from the second camera to the detected human face based on the captured image, and an angular deviation ? is estimated, defined between the imaginary line from the second camera to the detected face and the human face gaze direction based on the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Ishay Sivan
  • Publication number: 20160191801
    Abstract: A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators, and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Ishay SIVAN
  • Patent number: 9338348
    Abstract: A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators, and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SNAPAID LTD.
    Inventor: Ishay Sivan
  • Publication number: 20150288874
    Abstract: A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators, and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventor: Ishay SIVAN