Patents by Inventor Keith Hiyama

Keith Hiyama 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).

  • Real-time identification of garments in a rail-based garment intake process
    Patent number: 12190361
    Abstract: A garment marketplace maintains a population of stored garments, and each of those garments is associated with a display image and a characteristic vector representing characteristics of the garment. The garment marketplace receives an intake garment and obtains a classification image of the intake garment. A garment identification system determines whether the intake garment is the same as one of the stored garments. To do so, the garment identification system applies a garment identification model to the classification image. The model generates a characteristic vector representing the intake garment. If the characteristic vector for the intake vector is the same as a characteristic vector for a stored garment, the garment identification system determines the intake garment is the same as the stored garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ThredUp Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Mahoney, John Voris, Jonathan Colt, Keith Hiyama, Matthew Wolfe, Michael Santhanam, Pramati Kalwad, Vivek Daver, Denis Troianov, Serge Bondar
  • REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF GARMENTS IN A RAIL-BASED GARMENT INTAKE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20230196424
    Abstract: A garment marketplace maintains a population of stored garments, and each of those garments is associated with a display image and a characteristic vector representing characteristics of the garment. The garment marketplace receives an intake garment and obtains a classification image of the intake garment. A garment identification system determines whether the intake garment is the same as one of the stored garments. To do so, the garment identification system applies a garment identification model to the classification image. The model generates a characteristic vector representing the intake garment. If the characteristic vector for the intake vector is the same as a characteristic vector for a stored garment, the garment identification system determines the intake garment is the same as the stored garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Mahoney, John Voris, Jonathan Colt, Keith Hiyama, Matthew Wolfe, Michael Santhanam, Pramati Kalwad, Vivek Daver, Denis Troianov, Serge Bondar