Patents by Inventor James Henry Deal, JR.

James Henry Deal, JR. 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).

  • Analytics for livestreaming based on image analysis within a shared digital environment
    Patent number: 11056225
    Abstract: Analytics are used for live streaming based on image analysis within a shared digital environment. A group of images is obtained from a group of participants involved in an interactive digital environment. The interactive digital environment can be a shared digital environment. The interactive digital environment can be a gaming environment. Emotional content within the group of images is analyzed for a set of participants within the group of participants. Results of the analyzing of the emotional content within the group of images are provided to a second set of participants within the group of participants. The analyzing emotional content includes identifying an image of an individual, identifying a face of the individual, determining facial regions, and performing content evaluation based on applying image classifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Affectiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Rana el Kaliouby, James Henry Deal, Jr., Forest Jay Handford, Panu James Turcot, Gabriele Zijderveld
  • ANALYTICS FOR LIVESTREAMING BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS WITHIN A SHARED DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20170171614
    Abstract: Analytics are used for live streaming based on image analysis within a shared digital environment. A group of images is obtained from a group of participants involved in an interactive digital environment. The interactive digital environment can be a shared digital environment. The interactive digital environment can be a gaming environment. Emotional content within the group of images is analyzed for a set of participants within the group of participants. Results of the analyzing of the emotional content within the group of images are provided to a second set of participants within the group of participants. The analyzing emotional content includes identifying an image of an individual, identifying a face of the individual, determining facial regions, and performing content evaluation based on applying image classifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Affectiva, Inc.
    Inventors: Rana el Kaliouby, James Henry Deal, JR., Forest Jay Handford, Panu James Turcot, Gabriele Zijderveld