Patents by Inventor Katerina L. Shiffer

Katerina L. Shiffer 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).

  • Automatic selection of a visual image or images from a collection of visual images, based on an evaluation of the quality of the visual images
    Patent number: 7680343
    Abstract: The invention automatically evaluates the quality of the visual images in a collection of visual images and selects one or more visual image(s) from the collection based on the evaluation of the quality of the visual images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Yes Video, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele M. Covell, Subutai Ahmad, Katerina L. Shiffer
  • Automatic selection of a visual image or images from a collection of visual images, based on an evaluation of the quality of the visual images
    Publication number: 20080219564
    Abstract: The invention automatically evaluates the quality of the visual images in a collection of visual images and selects one or more visual image(s) from the collection based on the evaluation of the quality of the visual images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Michele M. Covell, Subutai Ahmad, Katerina L. Shiffer
  • Automatic selection of a visual image or images from a collection of visual images, based on an evaluation of the quality of the visual images
    Patent number: 7327891
    Abstract: The invention automatically evaluates the quality of the visual images in a collection of visual images and selects one or more visual image(s) from the collection based on the evaluation of the quality of the visual images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: YesVideo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele M. Covell, Subutai Ahmad, Katerina L. Shiffer
  • Method, apparatus & computer program product for tracking objects in a warped video image
    Patent number: 6924832
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and computer program products are disclosed that track movement or a moving object through a warped video image. The warped video image can result from a video camera attached to a warping lens such as a wide-angle lens or panoramic lens. Some embodiments allow a user to select the portion of the image that interests the user for tracking. Other embodiments automatically select and track movement through the warped video image without input from a user. Still other embodiments track when movement comes into proximity with an area-of-interest and will raise an alarm that can be used to start recording of the warped video image or to trigger other alarm responses. Yet other embodiments change the bandwidth allocated to portions of the warped video image sent over a network responsive to the tracked movement so that the movement stays in a quality view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Be Here Corporation
    Inventors: Katerina L. Shiffer, John Louis Warpakowski Furlan
  • Method and system for generation of multiple viewpoints into a scene viewed by motionless cameras and for presentation of a view path
    Patent number: 6741250
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for defining a view path through at least one wide-angle video stream and for creation of a resultant unwarped video stream responsive to the view path. Aspects of the invention allow an operator to monitor the wide-angle video stream(s) and select which portion of the wide-angle frame to unwarp in real-time. Further, the operator can stop the playback of the wide-angle video stream and dwell within a particular wide-angle frame to create special effects such as camera tilt, pan and zoom operations in a stop action situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Be Here Corporation
    Inventors: John L. W. Furlan, Edward C. Driscoll, Jr., Robert G. Hoffman, Derek Fluker, Karen L. Bechtel, Katerina L. Shiffer, Venugopal Garimella, Daniel B. Curtis
  • Automatic selection of a visual image or images from a collection of visual images, based on an evaluation of the quality of the visual images
    Publication number: 20030068100
    Abstract: The invention automatically evaluates the quality of the visual images in a collection of visual images and selects one or more visual image(s) from the collection based on the evaluation of the quality of the visual images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Michele M. Covell, Subutai Ahmad, Katerina L. Shiffer