Patents by Inventor Kevin Horowitz

Kevin Horowitz 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).

  • Publication number: 20240143871
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to simplifying updating of a predictive model using clustering observed points. In particular, it relates to observing a set of points in 3D sensory space, determining surface normal directions from the points, clustering the points by their surface normal directions and adjacency, accessing a predictive model of a hand, refining positions of segments of the predictive model, matching the clusters of the points to the segments, and using the matched clusters to refine the positions of the matched segments. It also relates to distinguishing between alternative motions between two observed locations of a control object in a 3D sensory space by accessing first and second positions of a segment of a predictive model of a control object such that motion between the first position and the second position was at least partially occluded from observation in a 3D sensory space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ULTRAHAPTICS IP TWO LIMITED
    Inventors: David S. HOLZ, Kevin HOROWITZ, Raffi BEDIKIAN, Hua YANG
  • Patent number: 11914792
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to relates to providing command input to a machine under control. It further relates to gesturally interacting with the machine. The technology disclosed also relates to providing monitoring information about a process under control. The technology disclosed further relates to providing biometric information about an individual. The technology disclosed yet further relates to providing abstract features information (pose, grab strength, pinch strength, confidence, and so forth) about an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Kevin A. Horowitz, Matias Perez, Raffi Bedikian, David S. Holz, Gabriel A. Hare
  • Publication number: 20240029356
    Abstract: Free space machine interface and control can be facilitated by predictive entities useful in interpreting a control object's position and/or motion (including objects having one or more articulating members, i.e., humans and/or animals and/or machines). Predictive entities can be driven using motion information captured using image information or the equivalents. Predictive information can be improved applying techniques for correlating with information from observations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ULTRAHAPTICS IP TWO LIMITED
    Inventors: Kevin A. HOROWITZ, David S. HOLZ
  • Patent number: 11868687
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to simplifying updating of a predictive model using clustering observed points. In particular, it relates to observing a set of points in 3D sensory space, determining surface normal directions from the points, clustering the points by their surface normal directions and adjacency, accessing a predictive model of a hand, refining positions of segments of the predictive model, matching the clusters of the points to the segments, and using the matched clusters to refine the positions of the matched segments. It also relates to distinguishing between alternative motions between two observed locations of a control object in a 3D sensory space by accessing first and second positions of a segment of a predictive model of a control object such that motion between the first position and the second position was at least partially occluded from observation in a 3D sensory space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: David S. Holz, Kevin Horowitz, Raffi Bedikian, Hua Yang
  • Patent number: 11823194
    Abstract: A biometric authentication platform (10) uses fault-tolerant distributed computing to determine if a supplied biometric sample and a sample stored in a registry are from the same person. A collection of reference samples is maintained in a distributed ledger (115) with immutable history of modifications. Results of matching are stored in a separate distributed ledger (125) providing an immutable history log. Coordinated use of both ledgers (115, 125) enable biometric authentication of registered users (140) in real time. Users (140) may interact with providers (150) and/or trusted circles of other users in order to recover user records from the user ledger (115).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: REDROCK BIOMETRICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hua Yang, Leonid Kontsevich, Kevin Horowitz, Igor Lovyagin
  • Patent number: 11776208
    Abstract: Free space machine interface and control can be facilitated by predictive entities useful in interpreting a control object's position and/or motion (including objects having one or more articulating members, i.e., humans and/or animals and/or machines). Predictive entities can be driven using motion information captured using image information or the equivalents. Predictive information can be improved applying techniques for correlating with information from observations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Kevin A. Horowitz, David S. Holz
  • Publication number: 20230205321
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to relates to providing command input to a machine under control. It further relates to gesturally interacting with the machine. The technology disclosed also relates to providing monitoring information about a process under control. The technology disclosed further relates to providing biometric information about an individual. The technology disclosed yet further relates to providing abstract features information (pose, grab strength, pinch strength, confidence, and so forth) about an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Kevin A. HOROWITZ, Matias PEREZ, Raffi BEDIKIAN, David S. HOLZ, Gabriel A. HARE
  • Publication number: 20230169236
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to simplifying updating of a predictive model using clustering observed points. In particular, it relates to observing a set of points in 3D sensory space, determining surface normal directions from the points, clustering the points by their surface normal directions and adjacency, accessing a predictive model of a hand, refining positions of segments of the predictive model, matching the clusters of the points to the segments, and using the matched clusters to refine the positions of the matched segments. It also relates to distinguishing between alternative motions between two observed locations of a control object in a 3D sensory space by accessing first and second positions of a segment of a predictive model of a control object such that motion between the first position and the second position was at least partially occluded from observation in a 3D sensory space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: David S. HOLZ, Kevin HOROWITZ, Raffi BEDIKIAN, Hua YANG
  • Publication number: 20230094182
    Abstract: Free space machine interface and control can be facilitated by predictive entities useful in interpreting a control object's position and/or motion (including objects having one or more articulating members, i.e., humans and/or animals and/or machines). Predictive entities can be driven using motion information captured using image information or the equivalents. Predictive information can be improved applying techniques for correlating with information from observations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Kevin A. HOROWITZ, David S. HOLZ
  • Patent number: 11586292
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to relates to providing command input to a machine under control. It further relates to gesturally interacting with the machine. The technology disclosed also relates to providing monitoring information about a process under control. The technology disclosed further relates to providing biometric information about an individual. The technology disclosed yet further relates to providing abstract features information (pose, grab strength, pinch strength, confidence, and so forth) about an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Kevin A. Horowitz, Matias Perez, Raffi Bedikian, David S. Holz, Gabriel A. Hare
  • Patent number: 11568105
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to simplifying updating of a predictive model using clustering observed points. In particular, it relates to observing a set of points in 3D sensory space, determining surface normal directions from the points, clustering the points by their surface normal directions and adjacency, accessing a predictive model of a hand, refining positions of segments of the predictive model, matching the clusters of the points to the segments, and using the matched clusters to refine the positions of the matched segments. It also relates to distinguishing between alternative motions between two observed locations of a control object in a 3D sensory space by accessing first and second positions of a segment of a predictive model of a control object such that motion between the first position and the second position was at least partially occluded from observation in a 3D sensory space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: David S. Holz, Kevin Horowitz, Raffi Bedikian, Hua Yang
  • Patent number: 11461966
    Abstract: Free space machine interface and control can be facilitated by predictive entities useful in interpreting a control object's position and/or motion (including objects having one or more articulating members, i.e., humans and/or animals and/or machines). Predictive entities can be driven using motion information captured using image information or the equivalents. Predictive information can be improved applying techniques for correlating with information from observations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Kevin A Horowitz, David S Holz
  • Publication number: 20220215623
    Abstract: Free space machine interface and control can be facilitated by predictive entities useful in interpreting a control object's position and/or motion (including objects having one or more articulating members, i.e., humans and/or animals and/or machines). Predictive entities can be driven using motion information captured using image information or the equivalents. Predictive information can be improved applying techniques for correlating with information from observations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Kevin A. HOROWITZ, David S. HOLZ
  • Patent number: 11282273
    Abstract: Free space machine interface and control can be facilitated by predictive entities useful in interpreting a control object's position and/or motion (including objects having one or more articulating members, i.e., humans and/or animals and/or machines). Predictive entities can be driven using motion information captured using image information or the equivalents. Predictive information can be improved applying techniques for correlating with information from observations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Kevin A. Horowitz, David S. Holz
  • Publication number: 20210256182
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to simplifying updating of a predictive model using clustering observed points. In particular, it relates to observing a set of points in 3D sensory space, determining surface normal directions from the points, clustering the points by their surface normal directions and adjacency, accessing a predictive model of a hand, refining positions of segments of the predictive model, matching the clusters of the points to the segments, and using the matched clusters to refine the positions of the matched segments. It also relates to distinguishing between alternative motions between two observed locations of a control object in a 3D sensory space by accessing first and second positions of a segment of a predictive model of a control object such that motion between the first position and the second position was at least partially occluded from observation in a 3D sensory space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: David S. HOLZ, Kevin HOROWITZ, Raffi BEDIKIAN, Hua YANG
  • Publication number: 20210240280
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to automatically (e.g., programmatically) initializing predictive information for tracking a complex control object (e.g., hand, hand and tool combination, robot end effector) based upon information about characteristics of the object determined from sets of collected observed information. Automated initialization techniques obviate the need for special and often bizarre start-up rituals (place your hands on the screen at the places indicated during a full moon, and so forth) required by conventional techniques. In implementations, systems can refine initial predictive information to reflect an observed condition based on comparison of the observed with an analysis of sets of collected observed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventor: Kevin A. HOROWITZ
  • Publication number: 20210181859
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to relates to providing command input to a machine under control. It further relates to gesturally interacting with the machine. The technology disclosed also relates to providing monitoring information about a process under control. The technology disclosed further relates to providing biometric information about an individual. The technology disclosed yet further relates to providing abstract features information (pose, grab strength, pinch strength, confidence, and so forth) about an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Kevin A. HOROWITZ, Matias PEREZ, Raffi BEDIKIAN, David S. HOLZ, Gabriel A. HARE
  • Publication number: 20210160076
    Abstract: The invention presents a biometric authentication system comprising: a template module and a key module that are independent of each other. The template module is used to store encrypted biometric templates, the key module is used to store the decryption keys. The system may further comprise a matching module that acquires the decryption key from the key module and the encrypted template from the template module, decrypts the template using the key, then matches the template to verify the identity. In this system, the encrypted template and decryption key are stored separately both logically and physically, and are only united momentarily during matching, then are immediately deleted. The system is highly secure and addresses the security vulnerabilities in the current banking and payment systems, both online and offline such as ATM machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Hua YANG, Leonid KONTSEVICH, Kevin HOROWITZ
  • Patent number: 11010512
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to simplifying updating of a predictive model using clustering observed points. In particular, it relates to observing a set of points in 3D sensory space, determining surface normal directions from the points, clustering the points by their surface normal directions and adjacency, accessing a predictive model of a hand, refining positions of segments of the predictive model, matching the clusters of the points to the segments, and using the matched clusters to refine the positions of the matched segments. It also relates to distinguishing between alternative motions between two observed locations of a control object in a 3D sensory space by accessing first and second positions of a segment of a predictive model of a control object such that motion between the first position and the second position was at least partially occluded from observation in a 3D sensory space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: David S. Holz, Kevin Horowitz, Raffi Bedikian, Hua Yang
  • Patent number: 10983597
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to automatically (e.g., programmatically) initializing predictive information for tracking a complex control object (e.g., hand, hand and tool combination, robot end effector) based upon information about characteristics of the object determined from sets of collected observed information. Automated initialization techniques obviate the need for special and often bizarre start-up rituals (place your hands on the screen at the places indicated during a full moon, and so forth) required by conventional techniques. In implementations, systems can refine initial predictive information to reflect an observed condition based on comparison of the observed with an analysis of sets of collected observed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventor: Kevin A. Horowitz