Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Clapis

Joseph B. Clapis 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).

  • Telepresence for remote collaboration with a gestural interface
    Patent number: 8860773
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer-readable storage mediums encoded with computer programs executed by one or more processors for providing a telepresence with gestural interface for remote collaboration are disclosed. An electronic presentation including a background object and a foreground object is received. A real-time video of a presenter is received over a network for display within the electronic presentation. A layered presentation is composited. The layered presentation including the background object composited behind the opaque representation of the presenter composited behind the foreground object composited behind the translucent representation of the presenter. The layered presentation is provided for rendering in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph B. Clapis, Jeff Colombe
  • Telepresence for Remote Collaboration with a Gestural Interface
    Publication number: 20140104363
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer-readable storage mediums encoded with computer programs executed by one or more processors for providing a telepresence with gestural interface for remote collaboration are disclosed. An electronic presentation including a background object and a foreground object is received. A real-time video of a presenter is received over a network for display within the electronic presentation. A layered presentation is composited. The layered presentation including the background object composited behind the opaque representation of the presenter composited behind the foreground object composited behind the translucent representation of the presenter. The layered presentation is provided for rendering in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph B. Clapis, Jeff Colombe