Patents by Inventor Jonathan James Stone

Jonathan James Stone 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).

  • Publication number: 20230379426
    Abstract: A method of receiving a live videoconference stream from a server is provided. The live videoconference stream comprises a plurality of participants each receiving the live videoconference stream using a client device. The method comprises receiving, by a client device of a first participant of the plurality of participants via the server, a foreground image from the client devices of at least some of the other participants, and outputting for display, by the client device of the first participant, the foreground images from the at least some of the other participants overlaid on a common background image in accordance with a position mapping received from a client device of an organiser of the live videoconference stream via the server. The position mapping is for distribution via the server to the client devices of all of the plurality of participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan James STONE, Nicolas Pierre ROSE
  • Patent number: 10645131
    Abstract: A packet-based video network including: two or more video data sources, each configured to launch video data packets onto the network as multicast data packets each associated with a multicast group identifier corresponding to that video data source; and a video data destination configured to receive and process video data from a video data source by joining a multicast group corresponding to that video data source, and execute a switching operation to switch from receiving video data from a first video data source to receiving video data from a second video data source by leaving a multicast group of the first video data source and joining a multicast group of the second video data source. The video data destination is configured to process video data corresponding to a video frame which, at end of a frame period, represents a most recently received video frame from the first video data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian-Rong Chen, Clive Henry Gillard, Jonathan James Stone, Michael Ludgate
  • Publication number: 20190052687
    Abstract: A packet-based video network including: two or more video data sources, each configured to launch video data packets onto the network as multicast data packets each associated with a multicast group identifier corresponding to that video data source; and a video data destination configured to receive and process video data from a video data source by joining a multicast group corresponding to that video data source, and execute a switching operation to switch from receiving video data from a first video data source to receiving video data from a second video data source by leaving a multicast group of the first video data source and joining a multicast group of the second video data source. The video data destination is configured to process video data corresponding to a video frame which, at end of a frame period, represents a most recently received video frame from the first video data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian-Rong CHEN, Clive Henry GILLARD, Jonathan James STONE, Michael LUDGATE
  • Patent number: 10135891
    Abstract: A packet-based video network including: two or more video data sources, each configured to launch video data packets onto the network as multicast data packets each associated with a multicast group identifier corresponding to that video data source; and a video data destination configured to receive and process video data from a video data source by joining a multicast group corresponding to that video data source, and execute a switching operation to switch from receiving video data from a first video data source to receiving video data from a second video data source by leaving a multicast group of the first video data source and joining a multicast group of the second video data source. The video data destination is configured to process video data corresponding to a video frame which, at end of a frame period, represents a most recently received video frame from the first video data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jian-Rong Chen, Clive Henry Gillard, Jonathan James Stone, Michael Ludgate
  • Patent number: 10075654
    Abstract: An image processing device, including an image receiver operable to receive a first image; an image converter operable to convert the first image to a second image, the second image being a smaller-sized representation of the first image; an image pre-processor operable to perform an imaging effect on the second image to form a third image, the imaging effect being defined by an imaging effect parameter; a first output device operable to output the third image for display; and a second output device operable to output the first image and the imaging effect parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morgan William Amos David, Jonathan James Stone
  • Publication number: 20180191794
    Abstract: A packet-based video network including: two or more video data sources, each configured to launch video data packets onto the network as multicast data packets each associated with a multicast group identifier corresponding to that video data source; and a video data destination configured to receive and process video data from a video data source by joining a multicast group corresponding to that video data source, and execute a switching operation to switch from receiving video data from a first video data source to receiving video data from a second video data source by leaving a multicast group of the first video data source and joining a multicast group of the second video data source. The video data destination is configured to process video data corresponding to a video frame which, at end of a frame period, represents a most recently received video frame from the first video data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian-Rong CHEN, Clive Henry GILLARD, Jonathan James STONE, Michael LUDGATE
  • Patent number: 9942291
    Abstract: A packet-based video network including: two or more video data sources, each configured to launch video data packets onto the network as multicast data packets each associated with a multicast group identifier corresponding to that video data source; and a video data destination configured to receive and process video data from a video data source by joining a multicast group corresponding to that video data source, and execute a switching operation to switch from receiving video data from a first video data source to receiving video data from a second video data source by leaving a multicast group of the first video data source and joining a multicast group of the second video data source. The video data destination is configured to process video data corresponding to a video frame which, at end of a frame period, represents a most recently received video frame from the first video data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jian-Rong Chen, Clive Henry Gillard, Jonathan James Stone, Michael Ludgate
  • Publication number: 20160373495
    Abstract: A packet-based video network including: two or more video data sources, each configured to launch video data packets onto the network as multicast data packets each associated with a multicast group identifier corresponding to that video data source; and a video data destination configured to receive and process video data from a video data source by joining a multicast group corresponding to that video data source, and execute a switching operation to switch from receiving video data from a first video data source to receiving video data from a second video data source by leaving a multicast group of the first video data source and joining a multicast group of the second video data source. The video data destination is configured to process video data corresponding to a video frame which, at end of a frame period, represents a most recently received video frame from the first video data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian-Rong CHEN, Clive Henry GILLARD, Jonathan James STONE, Michael LUDGATE
  • Publication number: 20160112652
    Abstract: An image processing device, including an image receiver operable to receive a first image; an image converter operable to convert the first image to a second image, the second image being a smaller-sized representation of the first image; an image pre-processor operable to perform an imaging effect on the second image to form a third image, the imaging effect being defined by an imaging effect parameter; a first output device operable to output the third image for display; and a second output device operable to output the first image and the imaging effect parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morgan William Amos DAVID, Jonathan James STONE
  • Patent number: 8855471
    Abstract: A system generates automatically a highlight summary of a performance, from signals representing a captured version of the performance. The system includes a user operated event logging processor and an ingestion processor. The user operated event logging processor is operable to log event codes, each of which is selected by the user from a set of event codes. Each of the event codes in the set of event codes represents a predetermined event which may occur in the performance, the event codes being selected by the user when an event corresponding to the event code occurs during an observed performance. The ingestion processor is operable to receive the event codes and to receive signals produced by capturing a representation of the performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sony United Kingdom Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan James Stone
  • Patent number: 8848066
    Abstract: A method and a system for generating image content. The method and system allow segments of a panoramic scene, to be generated with reduced distortion. The method and system reduce the amount of distortion by mapping pixel data onto a pseudo camera focal plane which is provided substantially perpendicularly to the focal location of the camera that captured the image. A camera arrangement can implement the method and system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Europe Limited
    Inventors: Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Clive Henry Gillard, Jonathan James Stone, David Berry, Simon Dominic Haynes
  • Patent number: 8427545
    Abstract: A method and a system for generating image content. The method and system allow segments of a panoramic scene, to be generated with reduced distortion. The method and system reduce the amount of distortion by mapping pixel data onto a pseudo camera focal plane which is provided substantially perpendicularly to the focal location of the camera that captured the image. A camera arrangement can implement the method and system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Europe Limited
    Inventors: Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Clive Henry Gillard, Jonathan James Stone, David Berry, Simon Dominic Haynes
  • Patent number: 8284238
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and a method for generating a three dimensional representation of a scene, which includes a plurality of objects disposed on a plane, is disclosed. The three dimensional representation is generated from one or more video images of the scene, which include the objects on the plane produced from a view of the scene by a video camera. The method includes processing the captured video images to extract image features from each object, comparing image features with sample image features from a predetermined set of possible example objects, and identifying the objects from the comparison of the image features with the sample image features. The method also includes generating object path data, which includes object identification data for each object which identifies the respective object; and provides a position of the object on the plane in the video images with respect to time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan James Stone, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Clive Henry Gillard
  • Patent number: 8238435
    Abstract: The bitstream includes digital codes representing an information signal. At least one digital code is selected. The code occupies a part of the bitstream which is to contain at least one watermark code which represents a watermark perceptible in the information signal. The selected digital code(s) are removed from the said part of the bitstream. The watermark code(s) are put in the said part of the bitstream in place of the selected code(s). The number of bits of the selected code(s) removed from the said part of the bitstream is greater than or equal to the number of bits of the said watermark code(s) put in the said part. The removed selected code(s) are appended to an end of the bitstream and/or placed in watermark user data fields created in the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sony United Kingdom Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Robert Taylor, Jonathan James Stone, Jason Charles Pelly, Daniel Warren Tapson
  • Patent number: 7962964
    Abstract: A client device for use in a system having a server, the client device including: a receiving device configured to receive information material from the server, the information material containing a reversible modification providing a visually perceptible disturbing effect having been applied to the information material by using an invertible algorithm which uses values generated from one or more keys, and to receive identifying information that distinguishes the information material from other information material available from the server and condition information which defines a predetermined condition that should be met in order for the reversible modification to be reversed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Sony United Kingdom Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan James Stone, Jason Charles Pelly, Paul Gugenheim, Isabel DeLacour, Richard Foster, Andrew Collins
  • Patent number: 7895439
    Abstract: A material (e.g. video, audio or data) processing system (648) processes material including a watermark. The system comprises a remover (640) for removing the watermark, a processor (646) for processing the material from which the watermark has been removed, and an inserter (642) for inserting a watermark into the processed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Europe Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan James Stone
  • Publication number: 20100318467
    Abstract: A method and a system for generating image content. The method and system allow segments of a panoramic scene, to be generated with reduced distortion. The method and system reduce the amount of distortion by mapping pixel data onto a pseudo camera focal plane which is provided substantially perpendicularly to the focal location of the camera that captured the image. A camera arrangement can implement the method and system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Clive Henry Gillard, Jonathan James Stone, David Berry, Simon Dominic Haynes
  • Patent number: 7840816
    Abstract: A method of identifying material which includes the step of inserting an identifying code into a signal as a watermark, and deriving a signature from the material. The code and signature are stored in a database. The watermarked signal may be distributed and/or transmitted through a network. The signal may be processed in the network. A monitor derives from the received signal, the signature and the code. The derived signature and the derived code are compared with the stored signature and code to check the provenance of the material. The watermark contains an authorization code allowing duplication of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sony United Kingdom Limited
    Inventors: Morgan William Amos David, Jonathan James Stone
  • Patent number: 7818577
    Abstract: A method of identifying material comprises the step of inserting an identifying code into a signal as a watermark, and deriving a signature from the material. The code and signature are stored in a database. The watermarked signal may be distributed and/or transmitted through a network. The signal may be processed in the network. A monitor derives from the received signal, the signature and the code. They are compared with the stored signature and code to check the provenance of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Sony United Kingdom Limited
    Inventors: Morgan William Amos David, Jonathan James Stone
  • Patent number: 7636847
    Abstract: A material distribution apparatus, comprising a material server including a data introduction processor operable to introduce data into material to be distributed with the effect that the introduced data is at least difficult to perceive in the material, and a material impairment processor operable to introduce a reversible impairment into the material. A communications network distributes the impaired material to at least one client processor which includes an impairment reversing processor operable to reverse the impairment of the material to produce client restored material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Sony United Kingdom Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan James Stone, Jason Charles Pelly, Stephen Mark Keating, Andrew Collins, Daniel Tapson