Patents by Inventor Matthew H. Thorn
Matthew H. Thorn 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: 11900675Abstract: The disclosed techniques generally relate to devices and methods for generating cropped images in which one or more features of interest are preserved or emphasized. In one implementation, such features of interest may include facial features. In accordance with certain implementations, location and extent of such features may be identified and used in conjunction with information regarding display characteristics so as to generate cropped images preserving or emphasizing the feature of interest when displayed on a given device.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ashish Agarwal, Fei Peng, Wenyu Zhang, Matthew H. Thorn, Sean Michael Harold, Douglas Isaac Friedman, Leticia Marie Alarcón
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Patent number: 11665290Abstract: A server computing device can (1) managing a plurality of album artwork templates, wherein each album artwork template of the plurality of album artwork templates includes a plurality of entries, and each entry of the plurality of entries defines a respective manner by which a respective album artwork image is to be generated, (2) receiving, from a client device, a request for an album artwork image, wherein the request includes: a first identifier that corresponds to a particular image of an artist, a second identifier that corresponds to a particular album artwork template of the plurality of album artwork templates, and locale information that corresponds to a particular entry of the particular album artwork template, and (3) generating the album artwork image according to the respective manner defined by the particular entry, wherein the album artwork image is based at least in part on the particular image of the artist.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Matthew H. Thorn, Sean M. Harold, Alan Lee, Nathaniel P. Marrin, Jose J. Aroche Martinez, Leticia M. Alarcon, Juliana Diaz Delgado, Adhamh C. Findlay, Mark K. Su, Ómar K. Yasin, Kenneth F. Rogers
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Publication number: 20230020233Abstract: The disclosed techniques generally relate to devices and methods for generating cropped images in which one or more features of interest are preserved or emphasized. In one implementation, such features of interest may include facial features. In accordance with certain implementations, location and extent of such features may be identified and used in conjunction with information regarding display characteristics so as to generate cropped images preserving or emphasizing the feature of interest when displayed on a given device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Ashish Agarwal, Fei Peng, Wenyu Zhang, Matthew H. Thorn, Sean Michael Harold, Douglas Isaac Friedman, Leticia Marie Alarcón
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Patent number: 11462009Abstract: The disclosed techniques generally relate to devices and methods for generating cropped images in which one or more features of interest are preserved or emphasized. In one implementation, such features of interest may include facial features. In accordance with certain implementations, location and extent of such features may be identified and used in conjunction with information regarding display characteristics so as to generate cropped images preserving or emphasizing the feature of interest when displayed on a given device.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ashish Agarwal, Fei Peng, Wenyu Zhang, Matthew H. Thorn, Sean Michael Harold, Douglas Isaac Friedman, Leticia Marie Alarcón
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Publication number: 20220272210Abstract: A server computing device can (1) managing a plurality of album artwork templates, wherein each album artwork template of the plurality of album artwork templates includes a plurality of entries, and each entry of the plurality of entries defines a respective manner by which a respective album artwork image is to be generated, (2) receiving, from a client device, a request for an album artwork image, wherein the request includes: a first identifier that corresponds to a particular image of an artist, a second identifier that corresponds to a particular album artwork template of the plurality of album artwork templates, and locale information that corresponds to a particular entry of the particular album artwork template, and (3) generating the album artwork image according to the respective manner defined by the particular entry, wherein the album artwork image is based at least in part on the particular image of the artist.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Matthew H. THORN, Sean M. HAROLD, Alan LEE, Nathaniel P. MARRIN, Jose J. AROCHE MARTINEZ, Leticia M. ALARCON, Juliana DIAZ DELGADO, Adhamh C. FINDLAY, Mark K. SU, Ómar K. YASIN, Kenneth F. ROGERS
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Publication number: 20220103699Abstract: A server computing device can execute the steps of (1) managing a plurality of album artwork templates, wherein each album artwork template of the plurality of album artwork templates includes a plurality of entries, and each entry of the plurality of entries defines a respective manner by which a respective album artwork image is to be generated, (2) receiving, from a client device, a request for an album artwork image, wherein the request includes: a first identifier that corresponds to a particular image of an artist, a second identifier that corresponds to a particular album artwork template of the plurality of album artwork templates, and locale information that corresponds to a particular entry of the particular album artwork template, and (3) generating the album artwork image according to the respective manner defined by the particular entry, wherein the album artwork image is based at least in part on the particular image of the artist.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Matthew H. THORN, Sean M. HAROLD, Alan LEE, Nathaniel P. MARRIN, Jose J. AROCHE MARTINEZ, Leticia M. ALARCON, Juliana DIAZ DELGADO, Adhamh C. FINDLAY, Mark K. SU, Ómar K. YASIN, Kenneth F. ROGERS
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Patent number: 11290601Abstract: A server computing device can execute the steps of (1) managing a plurality of album artwork templates, wherein each album artwork template of the plurality of album artwork templates includes a plurality of entries, and each entry of the plurality of entries defines a respective manner by which a respective album artwork image is to be generated, (2) receiving, from a client device, a request for an album artwork image, wherein the request includes: a first identifier that corresponds to a particular image of an artist, a second identifier that corresponds to a particular album artwork template of the plurality of album artwork templates, and locale information that corresponds to a particular entry of the particular album artwork template, and (3) generating the album artwork image according to the respective manner defined by the particular entry, wherein the album artwork image is based at least in part on the particular image of the artist.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Matthew H. Thorn, Sean M. Harold, Alan Lee, Nathaniel P. Marrin, Jose J. Aroche Martinez, Leticia M. Alarcon, Juliana Diaz Delgado, Adhamh C. Findlay, Mark K. Su, Ómar K. Yasin, Kenneth F. Rogers
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Publication number: 20190370546Abstract: The disclosed techniques generally relate to devices and methods for generating cropped images in which one or more features of interest are preserved or emphasized. In one implementation, such features of interest may include facial features. In accordance with certain implementations, location and extent of such features may be identified and used in conjunction with information regarding display characteristics so as to generate cropped images preserving or emphasizing the feature of interest when displayed on a given device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Ashish Agarwal, Fei Peng, Wenyu Zhang, Matthew H. Thorn, Sean Michael Harold, Douglas Isaac Friedman, Leticia Marie Alarcón