Patents by Inventor Jim Kent

Jim Kent 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).

  • Method and apparatus for optimized distortion correction for add-on graphics for real time video
    Patent number: 6791574
    Abstract: An optimized method and apparatus for correcting for distortions in rendering add-on graphics within a streaming video feed comprising receiving a streaming video feed captured using a real camera, including an image frame capturing an image of a real asset having a size and a position within the image frame, the image frame being captured from a particular view point and having a particular field of view, the real camera introducing a plurality of measurable image distortions into the image frame, receiving set of camera instrumentation sensors data corresponding to the view point, the field of view, distortion parameters of the real camera, creating a virtual camera, generating add-on graphics having a size and an insertion position within the image frame, creating a first distortion grid having a first set of coordinate values, creating a second distortion grid having a second set of coordinate values wherein the second set of coordinate values are derived from the first set of coordinate values, using the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignees: Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hoch, Jim Kent
  • Method and apparatus for optimized distortion correction for add-on graphics for real time video
    Publication number: 20020044153
    Abstract: An optimized method and apparatus for correcting for distortions in rendering add-on graphics within a streaming video feed comprising receiving a streaming video feed captured using a real camera, including an image frame capturing an image of a real asset having a size and a position within the image frame, the image frame being captured from a particular view point and having a particular field of view, the real camera introducing a plurality of measurable image distortions into the image frame, receiving set of camera instrumentation sensors data corresponding to the view point, the field of view, distortion parameters of the real camera, creating a virtual camera, generating add-on graphics having a size and an insertion position within the image frame, creating a first distortion grid having a first set of coordinate values, creating a second distortion grid having a second set of coordinate values wherein the second set of coordinate values are derived from the first set of coordinate values, using the
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Hoch, Jim Kent