Patents by Inventor Lucas B. Ainsworth
Lucas B. Ainsworth 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).
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Patent number: 10574867Abstract: An imaging device may include a housing and a pair of lenses mounted in the housing. A mechanism maintains the lenses in a horizontal orientation when the housing is rotated about an imaging axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: David I. Shaw, William C. Deleeuw, Tondra J. Schlieski, Lucas B. Ainsworth
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Patent number: 10243392Abstract: An electronic device may include a charging pad have a plurality of metal contacts, and a fiber device having a plurality of non-conductive material and a plurality of conductive material. At least one of the plurality of conductive material may be aligned with at least one of the plurality of metal contacts.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventor: Lucas B. Ainsworth
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Publication number: 20180097393Abstract: An electronic device may include a charging pad have a plurality of metal contacts, and a fiber device having a plurality of non-conductive material and a plurality of conductive material. At least one of the plurality of conductive material may be aligned with at least one of the plurality of metal contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventor: Lucas B. Ainsworth
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Patent number: 9922681Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for adding interactive features to videos to enable users to create new media using a dynamic blend of motion and still imagery. The interactive techniques can include allowing a user to change the starting time of one or more subjects in a given video frame, or only animate/play a portion of a given frame scene. The techniques may include segmenting each frame of a video to identify one or more subjects within each frame, selecting (or receiving selections of) one or more subjects within the given frame scene, tracking the selected subject(s) from frame to frame, and alpha-matting to play/animate only the selected subject(s). In some instances, segmentation, selection, and/or tracking may be improved and/or enhanced using pixel depth information (e.g., using a depth map).Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel C. Middleton, Oscar Nestares, Lucas B. Ainsworth
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Publication number: 20160247536Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for adding interactive features to videos to enable users to create new media using a dynamic blend of motion and still imagery. The interactive techniques can include allowing a user to change the starting time of one or more subjects in a given video frame, or only animate/play a portion of a given frame scene. The techniques may include segmenting each frame of a video to identify one or more subjects within each frame, selecting (or receiving selections of) one or more subjects within the given frame scene, tracking the selected subject(s) from frame to frame, and alpha-matting to play/animate only the selected subject(s). In some instances, segmentation, selection, and/or tracking may be improved and/or enhanced using pixel depth information (e.g., using a depth map).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: DANIEL C. MIDDLETON, OSCAR NESTARES, LUCAS B. AINSWORTH
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Patent number: 9330718Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for adding interactive features to videos to enable users to create new media using a dynamic blend of motion and still imagery. The interactive techniques can include allowing a user to change the starting time of one or more subjects in a given video frame, or only animate/play a portion of a given frame scene. The techniques may include segmenting each frame of a video to identify one or more subjects within each frame, selecting (or receiving selections of) one or more subjects within the given frame scene, tracking the selected subject(s) from frame to frame, and alpha-matting to play/animate only the selected subject(s). In some instances, segmentation, selection, and/or tracking may be improved and/or enhanced using pixel depth information (e.g., using a depth map).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Daniel C. Middleton, Oscar Nestares, Lucas B. Ainsworth
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Patent number: 9146940Abstract: Systems, methods, articles of manufacture and apparatus provide for an augmented media experience. In some embodiments, the recognition of an image (e.g., by a mobile device and/or a central server) results in providing at least one associated media file to a user (e.g., via a display device).Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tondra J. Schlieski, James P. Melican, Lucas B. Ainsworth, Jotham Porzio
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Patent number: 9106908Abstract: Generally, this disclosure provides methods and systems for real-time video communication with three dimensional perception image rendering through generated parallax effects based on identification, segmentation and tracking of foreground and background layers of an image. The system may include an image segmentation module configured to segment a current local video frame into a local foreground layer and a local background layer and to generate a local foreground mask based on an estimated boundary between the local foreground layer and the local background layer; a face tracking module configured to track a position of a local user's face; a background layer estimation module configured to estimate a remote background layer; and an image rendering module configured to render a 3D perception image based on the estimated remote background layer, the current remote video frame and the remote foreground mask.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Yi Wu, Wei Sun, Michael M. Chu, Ermal Dreshaj, Philip Muse, Lucas B. Ainsworth, Garth Shoemaker, Igor V. Kozintsev
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Publication number: 20140233915Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for adding interactive features to videos to enable users to create new media using a dynamic blend of motion and still imagery. The interactive techniques can include allowing a user to change the starting time of one or more subjects in a given video frame, or only animate/play a portion of a given frame scene. The techniques may include segmenting each frame of a video to identify one or more subjects within each frame, selecting (or receiving selections of) one or more subjects within the given frame scene, tracking the selected subject(s) from frame to frame, and alpha-matting to play/animate only the selected subject(s). In some instances, segmentation, selection, and/or tracking may be improved and/or enhanced using pixel depth information (e.g., using a depth map).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Daniel C. Middleton, Oscar Nestares, Lucas B. Ainsworth
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Publication number: 20140028794Abstract: Generally, this disclosure provides methods and systems for real-time video communication with three dimensional perception image rendering through generated parallax effects based on identification, segmentation and tracking of foreground and background layers of an image. The system may include an image segmentation module configured to segment a current local video frame into a local foreground layer and a local background layer and to generate a local foreground mask based on an estimated boundary between the local foreground layer and the local background layer; a face tracking module configured to track a position of a local user's face; a background layer estimation module configured to estimate a remote background layer; and an image rendering module configured to render a 3D perception image based on the estimated remote background layer, the current remote video frame and the remote foreground mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventors: Yi Wu, Wei Sun, Michael M. Chu, Ermal Dreshaj, Philip Muse, Lucas B. Ainsworth, Garth Shoemaker, Igor V. Kozintsev
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Publication number: 20130342650Abstract: An imaging device may include a housing and a pair of lenses mounted in the housing. A mechanism maintains the lenses in a horizontal orientation when the housing is rotated about an imaging axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: David I. Shaw, William C. Deleeuw, Tondra J. Schlieski, Lucas B. Ainsworth
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Publication number: 20130315445Abstract: Systems, methods, articles of manufacture and apparatus provide for an augmented media experience. In some embodiments, the recognition of an image (e.g., by a mobile device and/or a central server) results in providing at least one associated media file to a user (e.g., via a display device).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Tondra J. Schlieski, James P. Melican, Lucas B. Ainsworth, Jotham Porzio
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Publication number: 20130265333Abstract: Augmented reality may be enabled by adding computer generated images to images of real world occurrences. The computer generated images may be inserted automatically based on a characteristic of an imaged object in said image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Lucas B. Ainsworth, James P. Melican, Tondra J. Schlieski
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Publication number: 20120058868Abstract: An exercise device for achieving desired abdominal contractions during exercise movement includes a back support and a pair of leg blades removably attached to the back support. The device includes a back blade attached to the back support and extending upward from the lower end along a centerline of the back support, and a neck support assembly attached to the back blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Alden M. Mills, John G. Holland, Kevan Hollenback, Mark Eastwood, Jeff W. Sand, Ian C. MacColl, Stephen G. Hauser, Lucas B. Ainsworth
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Patent number: 8075463Abstract: An exercise device for achieving desired abdominal contractions during exercise movement includes a back support and a pair of leg blades removably attached to the back support. The device includes an adjustable back blade attached to the back support and extending upward from the lower end along a centerline of the back support, and a neck support assembly attached to the back blade.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Implus Footcare, LLCInventors: Alden M. Mills, John G. Holland, Kevan Hollenback, Mark Eastwood, Jeff W. Sand, Ian C. MacColl, Stephen G. Hauser, Lucas B. Ainsworth
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Publication number: 20100273617Abstract: An exercise device for achieving desired abdominal contractions during exercise movement includes a back support and a pair of leg blades removably attached to the back support. The device includes an adjustable back blade attached to the back support and extending upward from the lower end along a centerline of the back support, and a neck support assembly attached to the back blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventors: Alden M. Mills, John G. Holland, Kevan Hollenback, Mark Eastwood, Jeff W. Sand, Ian C. MacColl, Stephen G. Hauser, Lucas B. Ainsworth