Patents by Inventor James O. McGuffin
James O. McGuffin 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).
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Patent number: 9215383Abstract: An automated system is configured to enhance live video in real time by adding virtual graphics to imagery obtained from a moving camera, where the added virtual graphics can represent real yet not visible attributes such as wind speed and direction and non-real attributes such as lines indicative of racing advantages. The displayed positions of the virtual graphics are dependent on sensor measurements of the locations and/or attitudes in a real world 3D coordinate system of objects and of the movable camera The displayed positions of the virtual graphics are functions of corresponding locations in the real world 3D coordinate system.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: SPORTSVISION, INC.Inventors: Kenneth A. Milnes, Stanley K. Honey, James O. McGuffin, Richard H. Cavallaro, John R. Borton, Rand Pendleton
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Patent number: 8558883Abstract: A video broadcast of a live event is enhanced by providing graphics in the video in real time to depict the fluid flow around a moving object in the event and to provide other informative graphics regarding aerodynamic forces on the object. A detailed flow field around the object is calculated before the event, on an offline basis, for different speeds of the object and different locations of other nearby objects. The fluid flow data is represented by baseline data and modification factors or adjustments which are based on the speed of the object and the locations of the other objects. During the event, the modification factors are applied to the baseline data to determine fluid flow in real time, as the event is captured on video. In an example implementation, the objects are race cars which transmit their location and/or speed to a processing facility which provides the video.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Sportvision, Inc.Inventors: Richard H. Cavallaro, Alina Alt, Vidya Elangovan, James O. McGuffin, Timothy P. Heidmann, Reuben Halper
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Publication number: 20130033598Abstract: A system for enhancing video can insert graphics, in perspective, into the video where the positions of the graphics are dependent on sensor measurements of the locations and/or attitudes of objects and the movable camera capturing the video.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventors: Kenneth A. Milnes, Stanley K. Honey, James O. McGuffin, Richard H. Cavallaro, John R. Borton, Rand Pendleton
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Publication number: 20090027494Abstract: A video broadcast of a live event is enhanced by providing graphics in the video in real time to depict the fluid flow around a moving object in the event and to provide other informative graphics regarding aerodynamic forces on the object. A detailed flow field around the object is calculated before the event, on an offline basis, for different speeds of the object and different locations of other nearby objects. The fluid flow data is represented by baseline data and modification factors or adjustments which are based on the speed of the object and the locations of the other objects. During the event, the modification factors are applied to the baseline data to determine fluid flow in real time, as the event is captured on video. In an example implementation, the objects are race cars which transmit their location and/or speed to a processing facility which provides the video.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2007Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: SPORTVISION, INC.Inventors: Richard H. Cavallaro, Alina Alt, Vidya Elangovan, James O. McGuffin, Timothy P. Heidmann, Reuben Halper
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Patent number: 6744403Abstract: A system uses GPS receivers and other sensors to acquire data about one or more objects at an event. The data acquired by the GPS receivers and the sensors is used to determine various statistics about the objects and/or enhance a video presentation of the objects. In one embodiment, the acquired data is used to determine three dimensional positions of the objects, determine the positions of images of the objects in a video and enhance the video accordingly. One exemplar use of the present invention is with a system for tracking automobiles at a race. The system determines statistics about the automobiles and enhances a video presentation of the race.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Sportvision, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth A. Milnes, Stanley K. Honey, James O. McGuffin, Matthew T. Lazar, Roberto J. Peon, James R. Gloudemans, II
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Patent number: 6728637Abstract: A track model is created for use with a GPS receiver. In one embodiment, the track model is a set of planar surfaces which approximate the contiguous surface on which navigation takes place. The GPS receiver searches for an appropriate planar surface associated with its approximate position. Having found the appropriate planar surface, the GPS receiver constrains its position using the planar surface associated with its approximate position. Using the track model improves the accuracy of the computed position at the time and improves the ambiguity estimation process so that positions with greatly improved accuracy are available sooner.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2001Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Sportvision, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Ford, Patrick C. Fenton, James O. McGuffin, Stanley K. Honey
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Publication number: 20030048218Abstract: A system uses GPS receivers and other sensors to acquire data about one or more objects at an event. The data acquired by the GPS receivers and the sensors is used to determine various statistics about the objects and/or enhance a video presentation of the objects. In one embodiment, the acquired data is used to determine three dimensional positions of the objects, determine the positions of images of the objects in a video and enhance the video accordingly. One exemplar use of the present invention is with a system for tracking automobiles at a race. The system determines statistics about the automobiles and enhances a video presentation of the race.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2002Publication date: March 13, 2003Inventors: Kenneth A. Milnes, Stanley K. Honey, James O. McGuffin, Matthew T. Lazar, Roberto J. Peon, James R. Gloudemans
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Publication number: 20030036849Abstract: A track model is created for use with a GPS receiver. In one embodiment, the track model is a set of planar surfaces which approximate the contiguous surface on which navigation takes place. The GPS receiver searches for an appropriate planar surface associated with its approximate position. Having found the appropriate planar surface, the GPS receiver constrains its position using the planar surface associated with its approximate position. Using the track model improves the accuracy of the computed position at the time and improves the ambiguity estimation process so that positions with greatly improved accuracy are available sooner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2002Publication date: February 20, 2003Inventors: Thomas J. Ford, Patrick C. Fenton, James O. McGuffin, Stanley K. Honey
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Publication number: 20020107636Abstract: A track model is created for use with a GPS receiver. In one embodiment, the track model is a set of planar surfaces which approximate the contiguous surface on which navigation takes place. The GPS receiver searches for an appropriate planar surface associated with its approximate position. Having found the appropriate planar surface, the GPS receiver constrains its position using the planar surface associated with its approximate position. Using the track model improves the accuracy of the computed position at the time and improves the ambiguity estimation process so that positions with greatly improved accuracy are available sooner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2001Publication date: August 8, 2002Inventors: Thomas J. Ford, Patrick C. Fenton, James O. McGuffin, Stanley K. Honey
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Publication number: 20020057217Abstract: A system uses GPS receivers and other sensors to acquire data about one or more objects at an event. The data acquired by the GPS receivers and the sensors is used to determine various statistics about the objects and/or enhance a video presentation of the objects. In one embodiment, the acquired data is used to determine three dimensional positions of the objects, determine the positions of images of the objects in a video and enhance the video accordingly. One exemplar use of the present invention is with a system for tracking automobiles at a race. The system determines statistics about the automobiles and enhances a video presentation of the race.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventors: Kenneth A. Milnes, Stanley K. Honey, James O. McGuffin, Matthew T. Lazar, Roberto J. Peon, James R. Gloudemans