Patents by Inventor Jerome Scholler
Jerome Scholler 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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Publication number: 20210232298Abstract: Various implementations for detection and visualization of a formation of a tangible interface object include a method that includes capturing a video stream that includes an activity object and a formation of a tangible interface object, identifying the activity object, determining a virtual object based on the identity of the activity object, displaying a graphical user interface embodying a virtual scene and including the virtual object, detecting a formation of the tangible interface object, generating a virtualization based on the formation of the tangible interface object, and updating the graphical user interface to include the visualization.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Ariel Zekelman, Tony Aube, Jerome Scholler, Mark Soloman, Arnaud Brejeon
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Publication number: 20210232821Abstract: An example system includes a stand configured to position a computing device proximate to a physical activity surface. The system further includes a video capture device, a detector, and an activity application. The video capture device is coupled for communication with the computing device and is adapted to capture a video stream that includes an activity scene of the physical activity surface and one or more interface objects physically interactable with by a user. The detector is executable to detect motion in the activity scene based on the processing and, responsive to detecting the motion, process the video stream to detect one or more interface objects included in the activity scene of the physical activity surface. The activity application is executable to present virtual information on a display of the computing device based on the one or more detected interface objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Pramod Kumar Sharma, Jerome Scholler
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Patent number: 11022863Abstract: A display positioning system is described. In an example implementation, the display positioning system includes an adapter adapted to redirect a field of view of a video capture device of a computing device; and a stand adapted to situate on a surface, the stand including one or more legs that are adjustable to modify a distance between the video capture device of the computing device and the surface when the computing device is placed on the stand to adjust the field of view of the video capture device.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: TANGIBLE PLAY, INCInventors: Mark Solomon, Jon Karl Dukerschein, Ariel Zekelman, Jerome Scholler
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Patent number: 10984576Abstract: Activity scene detection, display, and enhancement implementations are described. In an example implementation, a method includes displaying an animated character on a display of a computing device, detecting a tangible interface object on a physical activity scene proximate to the computing device, rendering a virtual interface object based on the tangible interface object, determining an interaction routine between the animated character and the virtual interface object, and executing the animation routine to animate on the display, an interaction between the animated character and the virtual interface object.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Tangible Play, Inc.Inventors: Pramod Kumar Sharma, Jerome Scholler, Conrad Verkler
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Patent number: 10977496Abstract: An example system includes a stand configured to position a computing device proximate to a physical activity surface. The system further includes a video capture device, a detector, and an activity application. The video capture device is coupled for communication with the computing device and is adapted to capture a video stream that includes an activity scene of the physical activity surface and one or more interface objects physically interactable with by a user. The detector is executable to detect motion in the activity scene based on the processing and, responsive to detecting the motion, process the video stream to detect one or more interface objects included in the activity scene of the physical activity surface. The activity application is executable to present virtual information on a display of the computing device based on the one or more detected interface objects.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Tangible Play, Inc.Inventors: Pramod Kumar Sharma, Jerome Scholler
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Patent number: 10976906Abstract: Various implementations for detection and visualization of a formation of a tangible interface object include a method that includes capturing a video stream that includes an activity object and a formation of a tangible interface object, identifying the activity object, determining a virtual object based on the identity of the activity object, displaying a graphical user interface embodying a virtual scene and including the virtual object, detecting a formation of the tangible interface object, generating a virtualization based on the formation of the tangible interface object, and updating the graphical user interface to include the visualization.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Tangible Play, Inc.Inventors: Ariel Zekelman, Tony Aube, Jerome Scholler, Mark Solomon, Arnaud Brejeon
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Patent number: 10933316Abstract: An example method for virtualizing physical objects into a virtual environment includes capturing a video stream of a racing field component, displaying a graphical user interface embodying a virtual game, detecting a placement of a physical vehicle at a starting portion of a channel of the racing field component, identifying one or more characteristics of the physical vehicle at the starting portion, generating a virtual vehicle representation of the physical vehicle using the one or more characteristics of the physical vehicle, and displaying the virtual vehicle representation of the physical vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Tangible Play, Inc.Inventors: Jerome Scholler, Arnaud Brejeon, Andrew Berwald, Mark Solomon
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Publication number: 20210049813Abstract: A tangible object virtualization station including a base capable of stably resting on a surface and a head component unit connected to the base. The head component unit extends upwardly from the base. At an end of the head component opposite the base, the head component comprises a camera situated to capture a downward view of the surface proximate the base, a lighting array that directs light downward toward the surface proximate the base. The tangible object virtualization station further comprises a display interface included in the base. The display interface is configured to hold a display device in an upright position and connect the display device to the camera and the lighting array.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Mark Solomon, Ariel Zekelman, Jon Dukerschein, Jerome Scholler, Vivek Vidyasagaran
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Publication number: 20210004405Abstract: A method for enhancing tangible content on a physical activity surface is described. In an example implementation, the method includes capturing, using a video capture device of a computing device, a video stream that includes an activity scene of a physical activity surface; detecting in the video stream, using a detector executable on the computing device, a tangible content item on the physical activity surface; recognizing, from the video stream, one or more visually instructive elements in the tangible content item; determining a tangible identifier based on the one or more visually instructive elements in the tangible content item; retrieving a digital content item using the tangible identifier; and providing the digital content item on the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Mark Solomon, Jerome Scholler, Pramod Kumar Sharma
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Publication number: 20210004051Abstract: A computing device is described. In an example implementation, the computing device includes a housing including a display screen on a front surface, the housing and display screen being collectively positionable in a plurality of physical orientations, an input device that includes a first selection mechanism and a second selection mechanism, the first selection mechanism being actuatable to adjust a setting of an output of an application displayed on the display screen, the second selection mechanism being actuatable to adjust the setting of the output of the application displayed on the display screen, and an orientation sensor configured to determine which physical orientation of the plurality of physical orientations that the display screen is positioned in, and change a first input polarity of the first selection mechanism to correspond to the determined physical orientation of the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Mark Solomon, Jerome Scholler
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Publication number: 20210006730Abstract: A computing device is described. In one embodiment, the computing device includes a display screen located on a front surface of a housing, a support located on a back surface of the housing, the support is configured to support the display screen in a first position relative to a surface when situated in a first orientation, and to support the display screen in a second position relative to the physical surface when situated in a second orientation, the computing device further includes a first camera located on a first peripheral side of the front surface, the first camera being configured to capture a first field of view, and a second camera located on a second peripheral side of the front surface, and the second camera is configured to capture a second field of view that is different from the first field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Mark Solomon, Jerome Scholler
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Publication number: 20200393956Abstract: Various implementations for object detection include a method includes capturing a video stream that includes an activity object and a pointing object, identifying the activity object, displaying a graphical user interface embodying a virtual scene based on the identified activity object, determining a location of the pointing object relative to the activity object, determining a routine based on the location of the pointing object relative to the activity object, and executing the routine within the virtual scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Tony Aube, Jon Dukerschein, Jerome Scholler, Mark Solomon, Vivardhan Kanoria
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Publication number: 20200387276Abstract: Various implementations for virtualization of physical activity scene include a method that includes capturing a video stream that includes an interactive sheet including an interactive area, identifying the interactive sheet, determining a virtual page based on the identity of the interactive sheet, displaying a graphical user interface embodying a virtual template, detecting an interaction on the interaction area of the interactive sheet, generating a virtual annotation based on the interaction in the interaction area, and updating the graphical user interface to include the virtual annotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Jerome Scholler, Mark Solomon
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Patent number: 10854001Abstract: A tangible object virtualization station including a base capable of stably resting on a surface and a head component unit connected to the base. The head component unit extends upwardly from the base. At an end of the head component opposite the base, the head component comprises a camera situated to capture a downward view of the surface proximate the base, a lighting array that directs light downward toward the surface proximate the base. The tangible object virtualization station further comprises a display interface included in the base. The display interface is configured to hold a display device in an upright position and connect the display device to the camera and the lighting array.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Tangible Play, Inc.Inventors: Mark Solomon, Ariel Zekelman, Jon Dukerschein, Jerome Scholler, Vivek Vidyasagaran
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Patent number: 10809900Abstract: Various implementations for object detection include a method includes capturing a video stream that includes an activity object and a pointing object, identifying the activity object, displaying a graphical user interface embodying a virtual scene based on the identified activity object, determining a location of the pointing object relative to the activity object, determining a routine based on the location of the pointing object relative to the activity object, and executing the routine within the virtual scene.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Tangible Play, Inc.Inventors: Tony Aube, Jon Dukerschein, Jerome Scholler, Mark Solomon, Vivardhan Kanoria
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Publication number: 20200250875Abstract: Activity scene detection, display, and enhancement implementations are described. In an example implementation, a method includes displaying an animated character on a display of a computing device, detecting a tangible interface object on a physical activity scene proximate to the computing device, rendering a virtual interface object based on the tangible interface object, determining an interaction routine between the animated character and the virtual interface object, and executing the animation routine to animate on the display, an interaction between the animated character and the virtual interface object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Pramod Kumar Sharma, Jerome Scholler, Conrad Verkler
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Patent number: 10726266Abstract: An example system includes a computing device located proximate to a physical activity surface, a video capture device, and a detector. The video capture device is coupled for communication with the computing device and is adapted to capture a video stream that includes an activity scene of the physical activity surface and one or more interface objects physically intractable with by a user. The detector processes the video stream to detect the one or more interface objects included in the activity scene, to identify the one or more interface objects that are detectable, to generate one or more events describing the one or more interface objects, and to provide the one or more events to an activity application configured to render virtual information on the one or more computing devices based on the one or more events.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Tangible Play, Inc.Inventors: Pramod Kumar Sharma, Jerome Scholler
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Publication number: 20200233503Abstract: Various implementations for virtualization of tangible object components include a method that includes capturing a video stream a video stream of a physical activity scene, the video stream including a first tangible interface object and a second tangible interface object positioned on the physical activity scene, identifying a combined position of the first tangible interface object relative to the second tangible interface object, determining a virtual object represented by the combined position of the first tangible interface object relative to the second tangible interface object, and displaying a graphical user interface embodying a virtual scene, the virtual scene including the virtual object.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Ariel Zekelman, Arnaud Brejeon, Jerome Scholler, Heidy Cristina Maldonado Lopez
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Publication number: 20200218895Abstract: An example system includes a stand configured to position a computing device proximate to a physical activity surface. The system further includes a video capture device, a detector, and an activity application. The video capture device is coupled for communication with the computing device and is adapted to capture a video stream that includes an activity scene of the physical activity surface and one or more interface objects physically interactable with by a user. The detector is executable to detect motion in the activity scene based on the processing and, responsive to detecting the motion, process the video stream to detect one or more interface objects included in the activity scene of the physical activity surface. The activity application is executable to present virtual information on a display of the computing device based on the one or more detected interface objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Pramod Kumar Sharma, Jerome Scholler
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Patent number: 10657694Abstract: Activity scene detection, display, and enhancement implementations are described. In an example implementation, a method includes displaying an animated character on a display of a computing device, detecting a tangible interface object on a physical activity scene proximate to the computing device, rendering a virtual interface object based on the tangible interface object, determining an interaction routine between the animated character and the virtual interface object, and executing the animation routine to animate on the display, an interaction between the animated character and the virtual interface object.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Tangible Play, Inc.Inventors: Pramod Kumar Sharma, Jerome Scholler, Conrad Verkler