Patents by Inventor James Joseph Kuffner, JR.

James Joseph Kuffner, 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).

  • Methods and systems for viewing dynamic high-resolution 3D imagery over a network
    Patent number: 9240070
    Abstract: An example method may involve a computing device receiving low-resolution images of an object and high-resolution images of the object. The method may also involve causing a 3D image viewer to display a first high-resolution image of the object. The method may further involve receiving an input associated with adjusting a view of the object in the 3D image viewer. The method may still further involve, based on the input, causing the 3D image viewer to sequentially display at least a portion of the low-resolution images so as to adjust the view of the object in the 3D image viewer. The method may yet still further involve, in response to a completion of the sequential display, causing the 3D image viewer to display a second high-resolution image of the object that corresponds to a respective low-resolution image of the object displayed at the completion of the sequential display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Elving Anderson-Sprecher, Chaitanya Gharpure, Anthony Gerald Francis, Jr., James Joseph Kuffner, Jr.
  • Methods and Systems for Viewing Dynamic High-Resolution 3D Imagery over a Network
    Publication number: 20150161823
    Abstract: An example method may involve a computing device receiving low-resolution images of an object and high-resolution images of the object. The method may also involve causing a 3D image viewer to display a first high-resolution image of the object. The method may further involve receiving an input associated with adjusting a view of the object in the 3D image viewer. The method may still further involve, based on the input, causing the 3D image viewer to sequentially display at least a portion of the low-resolution images so as to adjust the view of the object in the 3D image viewer. The method may yet still further involve, in response to a completion of the sequential display, causing the 3D image viewer to display a second high-resolution image of the object that corresponds to a respective low-resolution image of the object displayed at the completion of the sequential display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Elving Anderson-Sprecher, Chaitanya Gharpure, Anthony Gerald Francis, JR., James Joseph Kuffner, JR.