Patents by Inventor Jonathan M. Ackley

Jonathan M. Ackley 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).

  • Patent number: 10585471
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods to provide an interactive space based on events likely to occur. A system may be coupled to a vehicle. The events likely to occur may be predicted based on motion of the vehicle and/or other information. Content may be presented to the user. The predicted events may be used as a basis for adjusting the content. This may allow the motion of the vehicle and/or the predicted events to form a part of a user's experience with the interactive space. The users may feel more immersed in the experiences as the vehicle moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Reichow, Kameron Burk, Gary R. Marshall, Michael P. Goslin, Jonathan M. Ackley
  • Publication number: 20170278273
    Abstract: There is provided a system including a memory and a processor configured to display targets on a display, each target having at least one target color, receive an input signal transmitted by a user device indicating at least one color value obtained from an image captured by the user device, the image including a portion of one of the targets displayed on the display, compare the color value indicated by the input signal with each of target colors in a target color database, determine the input signal is indicative of a first target of the targets based on a match between the color value indicated by the input signal and one of the target colors in the target color database, and execute an event involving the first target, in response to determining that the input signal is indicative of the first target of the targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Jonathan M. Ackley
  • Patent number: 9773324
    Abstract: There is provided a system including a memory and a processor configured to display targets on a display, each target having at least one target color, receive an input signal transmitted by a user device indicating at least one color value obtained from an image captured by the user device, the image including a portion of one of the targets displayed on the display, compare the color value indicated by the input signal with each of target colors in a target color database, determine the input signal is indicative of a first target of the targets based on a match between the color value indicated by the input signal and one of the target colors in the target color database, and execute an event involving the first target, in response to determining that the input signal is indicative of the first target of the targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan M. Ackley
  • Publication number: 20160050358
    Abstract: There is provided a method, which includes providing a multimedia unit configured to capture still images and videos, receiving a triggering signal and capturing a still image and a video containing the still image, in response to the receiving of the triggering signal, where the video spans a window starting before and ending after the still image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Holton, Clifford Wong, Jonathan M. Ackley
  • Patent number: 8023746
    Abstract: A method is provided for decoding an image of a pattern on an object to determine a digital identifier. An image of a pattern on the object is received. The image includes a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels having an optical attribute with a corresponding value. The image is divided into a plurality of tiles, each of the tiles containing a contiguous plurality of the pixels of the image. A digital bit is assigned to each of the tiles based on the values of the optical attribute of the pixels in the tile. A digital identifier is determined based on the digital bits assigned to the tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Ackley, Jason Dubin, Nuria E. Romero, Amy K. Van Gilder, Jay D. Williams, Oren R. Aviv, Alexis P. Wieland
  • Publication number: 20090239577
    Abstract: There is provided a system for triggering a multimedia unit to capture multimedia. The system comprises a multimedia unit configured to capture multimedia, which may be images, video, or other sensory information. The system may further comprise a wireless device, such as a cell phone, configured to send a triggering signal, such as an SMS message, wherein the triggering signal includes an identifier for the wireless device. The system may further comprise a wireless network, such as a cellular network, configured to carry the triggering signal and configured to carry the multimedia. The system may further comprise a multimedia host configured to receive the multimedia via a system network and to present the multimedia to a user of the system for capturing multimedia via a built-in multimedia display or to a client computer via the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Holton, Clifford Wong, Jonathan M. Ackley
  • Patent number: 7480422
    Abstract: A method is provided for delivering information content relating to an object. A first image of a pattern on the object is received. An outer border of the first image is detected, and a second image framed by the outer border is located. The second image is decoded to determine a digital identifier. Information content relating to the digital identifier is delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Ackley, Jason Dubin, Nuria E. Romero, Amy K. Van Gilder, Jay D. Williams, Oren R. Aviv, Alexis P. Wieland