Patents by Inventor Michael A. Valleriano

Michael A. Valleriano 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).

  • Patent number: 7327383
    Abstract: A method for correlating tracking data associated with an activity occurring in a three-dimensional space with images captured within the space comprises the steps of: (a) locating a camera with respect to the three-dimensional space, wherein the camera at a given location has a determinable orientation and field of view that encompasses at least a portion of the space; (b) capturing a plurality of images with the camera and storing data corresponding to the images, including a capture time for each image; (c) capturing tracking data from identification tags attached to the people and/or objects within the space and storing the tracking data, including a tag capture time for each time that a tag is remotely accessed; (d) correlating each image and the tracking data by interrelating tracking data having a tag capture time in substantial correspondence with the capture time of each image, thereby generating track data corresponding to each image; (e) utilizing the track data to determine positions of the people
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Valleriano, Christopher I. Marshall, Mark A. Bobb
  • Patent number: 7158689
    Abstract: A method for correlating asynchronously captured event data associated with a timed activity and images associated with the events comprises the steps of: (a) capturing a plurality of images and storing the images and data corresponding to the images, including a time of image capture for each image, in an image database; (b) gathering data from one or more events associated with the timed activity and storing event data, including a time of occurrence of each event, in an event database; and (c) correlating the images and the event data in the databases by generating a time-based window that interrelates event data in the event database having a time of occurrence within the window with images in the image database having a time of capture within the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Valleriano, Christopher I. Marshall, Mark A. Bobb
  • Publication number: 20050093976
    Abstract: A method for correlating tracking data associated with an activity occurring in a three-dimensional space with images captured within the space comprises the steps of: (a) locating a camera with respect to the three-dimensional space, wherein the camera at a given location has a determinable orientation and field of view that encompasses at least a portion of the space; (b) capturing a plurality of images with the camera and storing data corresponding to the images, including a capture time for each image; (c) capturing tracking data from identification tags attached to the people and/or objects within the space and storing the tracking data, including a tag capture time for each time that a tag is remotely accessed; (d) correlating each image and the tracking data by interrelating tracking data having a tag capture time in substantial correspondence with the capture time of each image, thereby generating track data corresponding to each image; (e) utilizing the track data to determine positions of the people
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Valleriano, Christopher Marshall, Mark Bobb
  • Publication number: 20040100566
    Abstract: A method for correlating asynchronously captured event data associated with a timed activity and images associated with the events comprises the steps of: (a) capturing a plurality of images and storing the images and data corresponding to the images, including a time of image capture for each image, in an image database; (b) gathering data from one or more events associated with the timed activity and storing event data, including a time of occurrence of each event, in an event database; and (c) correlating the images and the event data in the databases by generating a time-based window that interrelates event data in the event database having a time of occurrence within the window with images in the image database having a time of capture within the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Valleriano, Christopher I. Marshall, Mark A. Bobb
  • Publication number: 20040075752
    Abstract: A method for correlating asynchronously captured event data and images associated with the events comprises the steps of: (a) capturing a plurality of images and recording data corresponding to the images, including a time of image capture for each image; (b) recording event data associated with a plurality of events, including a time of occurrence of each event, wherein a separator is produced between the event data corresponding to at least some of the events; and (c) correlating the images and the event data by relating an image that is associated in time with the separator to event data that is nearby the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Valleriano, Christopher I. Marshall, Mark A. Bobb