Patents by Inventor JAMES PETTERSON

JAMES PETTERSON 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).

  • Mobile Content Delivery System with Recommendation-Based Pre-Fetching
    Publication number: 20140282636
    Abstract: This invention relates to the prefetching of content items, for example, prefetching of videos, to make the content items accessible from a local data store (118) of the mobile device (112). A processor (114) determines for each of the multiple content items a benefit value associated with an access time. The processor (114) also determines for each of the multiple content items an estimated prefetching cost associated with a prefetching time. Then, the processor (114) selects one of the multiple content items for downloading at the associated prefetching time based on the benefit values and the prefetching cost at the prefetching time. This way, the prefetching can be managed such that the most useful content item which the user will likely access soon are downloaded while at the same time minimising the cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL ICT AUSTRALIA LIMITED
    Inventors: Lars Henrik Petander, Maximilian Ott, Robert Hitching, Yorick Georges Maziere, James Petterson, Christfried Webers, Tiberio Silva Caetano, Joop Johannes Wilhelmus Van de Van, Joseph Christian Gruba Noel
  • Object detection in crowded scenes
    Patent number: 8811663
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for object detection. A method includes automatically collecting a set of training data images from a plurality of images. The method further includes generating occluded images. The method also includes storing in a memory the generated occluded images as part of the set of training data images, and training an object detector using the set of training data images stored in the memory. The method additionally includes detecting an object using the object detector, the object detector detecting the object based on the set of training data images stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa M. Brown, Rogerio S. Feris, Sharathchandra U. Pankanti, James Petterson, Behjat Siddiquie
  • OBJECT DETECTION IN CROWDED SCENES
    Publication number: 20120170805
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for object detection. A method includes automatically collecting a set of training data images from a plurality of images. The method further includes generating occluded images. The method also includes storing in a memory the generated occluded images as part of the set of training data images, and training an object detector using the set of training data images stored in the memory. The method additionally includes detecting an object using the object detector, the object detector detecting the object based on the set of training data images stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: LISA M. BROWN, ROGERIO S. FERIS, SHARATHCHANDRA U. PANKANTI, JAMES PETTERSON, BEHJAT SIDDIQUIE