Patents by Inventor Katerina Nguyen

Katerina Nguyen 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).

  • System, method and article of manufacture for tracking a head of a camera-generated image of a person
    Publication number: 20050185054
    Abstract: A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for tracking a head portion of a person image in video images. Upon receiving video images, a first head tracking operation is executed for generating a first confidence value. Such first confidence value is representative of a confidence that a head portion of a person image in the video images is correctly located. Also executed is a second head tracking operation for generating a second confidence value representative of a confidence that the head portion of the person image in the video images is correctly located. The first confidence value and the second confidence value are then outputted. Subsequently, the depiction of the head portion of the person image in the video images is based on the first confidence value and the second confidence value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Jeffrey Edwards, Katerina Nguyen