Patents by Inventor Kurt Heier

Kurt Heier 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: 20160210515
    Abstract: Video data from sources, such as cameras, is analyzed to create metadata descriptive of the events and objects occurring in the video. This metadata, which consists of data about the video, is then analyzed on a transaction basis to determine if a suspicious activity, such as a fraudulent Point of Sale (POS) return event, has occurred in relation to a transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Josh O'dell, Jon Legendre, Derek Shoaf
  • Patent number: 9269244
    Abstract: Video data from sources, such as cameras, is analyzed to create metadata descriptive of the events and objects occurring in the video. This metadata, which consists of data about the video, is then analyzed on a transaction basis to determine if a suspicious activity, such as a fraudulent Point of Sale (POS) return event, has occurred in relation to a transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: VERINT SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Josh O'dell, Jon Legendre, Derek Shoaf
  • Publication number: 20150006263
    Abstract: A method of monitoring customer service interactions includes the acquisition of video data. The video data is analyzed to track a location of a customer and to track a location of an agent. An interaction between the customer and the agent is identified based upon an intersection of the respective tracked locations of the customer and the agent and a dwell time of the customer and agent at the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: VERINT VIDEO SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Kurt Heier
  • Publication number: 20150006213
    Abstract: A method of workforce optimization includes acquiring video data. The video data is obtained from a plurality of video cameras in a facility comprising a plurality of departments. A customer load for each of the plurality of departments is identified. A location of each of a plurality of employees in the facility is identified. A customer-to-employee ratio is determined for each department. The determined customer-to-employee ratio for each department is provided to a computing device. At least one employee deployment notification is provided from the computing device to another computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Verint Video Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Heier
  • Patent number: 8724970
    Abstract: A method of searching for objects of interest within captured video comprising capturing video of a plurality of scenes, storing the video in a plurality of storage elements, and receiving a request to retrieve contiguous video of an object of interest that has moved through at least two scenes of the plurality of scenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Verint Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Steven Johnson, Kurt Heier
  • Publication number: 20140009608
    Abstract: The system and method of the present application captures video of a scene in accordance with a plurality of capture characteristics, generates a capture profile for the video, and creates an index of the captured profile to enable a more rapid search of the captured video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Kurt Heier
  • Patent number: 8587653
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods reduce the resolution of video before transference to a display system. In a particular embodiment, a video processing system receives viewing parameters for a viewing area on a display system. The processing system also receives video of a scene comprising a quantity of pixels in each of a plurality of images of the scene. The processing system then modifies the video based on the viewing parameters to produce modified video having a reduced quantity of pixels in each of the plurality of images. The modified video is transferred for display of at least a portion of the scene in the viewing area by the display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Verint Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Vidunas, Derek Shoaf, Kurt Heier, William David Pardue
  • Publication number: 20120127315
    Abstract: Software, systems, and methods for recording a scene encompassing a transaction, such as a point-of-sale transaction, are presented. In one implementation of a method, the scene is recorded to a data storage system using a first video camera capable of capturing protected data associated with the transaction. While recording the scene using the first camera, and in response to receiving a first trigger, the recording of the scene is continued using a second video camera not capable of capturing the protected data. While then recording the scene using the second camera, and in response to receiving a second trigger, the recording of the scene is continued using the first video camera. The first and second timing triggers are initiated based on at least one event associated with the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Eran Wachman
  • Publication number: 20110103773
    Abstract: A method of searching for objects of interest within captured video comprising capturing video of a plurality of scenes, storing the video in a plurality of storage elements, and receiving a request to retrieve contiguous video of an object of interest that has moved through at least two scenes of the plurality of scenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Alexander Steven Johnson, Kurt Heier
  • Publication number: 20080218591
    Abstract: Video data from sources, such as cameras, is analyzed to create metadata descriptive of the events and objects occurring in the video. This metadata, which consists of data about the video, is then analyzed on a transaction basis to determine if a suspicious activity, such as a fraudulent Point of Sale (POS) return event, has occurred in relation to a transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Josh O'dell, Jon Legendre, Derek Shoaf