Patents by Inventor Michael Rotstein
Michael Rotstein 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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Publication number: 20240146781Abstract: A method for collaboration using digital notes. A facilitator starts a session during a video conferencing with participants and can share a screen with the participants. The screen displays a code, a session ID, and a link. Participants join the session by scanning the code with a camera, entering the session ID, or accessing the link. During the session, the participants can create digital notes or scan physical notes to have them converted to digital notes. The facilitator then receives the digital notes sent from the participants during the session and moves the digital notes to a group on the facilitator's screen. Since the facilitator's screen is shared with the participants, any participant can view the digital notes in the group from all of the participants for collaboration as controlled by the facilitator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Lisa M. Miller, Scott R. Fairbairn, Heather M. Green, Willem V. Bastiaens, Joseph C. Wintheiser, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Emre B. Ergenekon, Nicklas A. Ansman Giertz, Marina Visintini
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Publication number: 20230259270Abstract: Methods for managing notes, either digital notes or images of physical notes. One feature uses multiple drawing layers divided into tiles to render drawing operations. The tiles with drawing changes are rendered in new tiles while tiles without changes are used from a previous drawing layer. This feature accommodates redo and undo commands by pushing or popping a layer on the history stack of layers. Another feature uses a displayed plus button that expands upon touch to display actions. A user can touch an action to select it and, upon releasing the touch, the action is executed with respect to displayed boards of digital notes. Another feature receives a 3D model of notes from a video scan and uses a transformation matrix to convert the notes in the 3D model to corresponding digital notes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Pontus Axelsson, Nicklas A. Ansman Giertz, Michael Rotstein, John E. Karlsson, Emre B. Ergenekon
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Publication number: 20230144394Abstract: Methods for managing notes, either digital notes or images of physical notes. The methods use optical character recognition to convert handwritten content into characters and icons. The methods also determine sizes of non-square physical notes when imaged by a camera from various angles. For curled notes or damaged notes such as a note missing a corner, the methods detect and process edges of a physical note in an image and, using the detected edges, convert the image of the physical note into a corresponding digital note without curl or damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Pontus Axelsson, Nicklas A. Ansman Giertz, Roland Persson, Alf Linus Åkerlund, Anders F. Järleberg, Michael Rotstein, John E. Karlsson
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Patent number: 10698560Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a computing device configured to display visual representations of digital notes and one or more group images representing one or more groups on a user interface, where each group may include one or more digital notes. The computing device is further configured to receive one or more user inputs via the user interface and change the compositions of the groups based on the received user inputs.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Pontus Axelsson, Kyle W. English, David M. Mahli, Richard J. Moore, Cristin E. Moran, Roland Persson, Michael Rotstein, Guruprasad Somasundaram, Diane R. Wolk, Linus Åkerlund
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Patent number: 10296789Abstract: Techniques for creating and manipulating software notes representative of physical notes are described. A computing device includes a processor, an image collection module executable by the processor and configured to receive an input image of an environment having a plurality of overlapping physical notes, and an image processing engine executable by the processor and configured to process the input image with the computing device to identify the plurality of overlapping physical notes in the input image. The image processing engine determines a boundary of each note in the plurality of overlapping physical notes in the input image, and generates a plurality of digital notes corresponding to the determined boundary of each of the overlapping physical notes identified in the input image.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Guruprasad Somasundaram, Ravishankar Sivalingam, David M. Mahli, Cristin E. Moran, Richard J. Moore, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Roland Persson
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Patent number: 10175845Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a computing device configured to display visual representations of digital notes and one or more group images representing one or more groups on a user interface, where each group may include one or more digital notes. The computing device is further configured to receive one or more user inputs via the user interface and change the compositions of the groups based on the received user inputs.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Pontus Axelsson, Kyle W. English, David M. Mahli, Richard J. Moore, Cristin E. Moran, Roland Persson, Michael Rotstein, Guruprasad Somasundaram, Diane R. Wolk, Linus Âkerlund
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Publication number: 20180129363Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a computing device configured to display visual representations of digital notes and one or more group images representing one or more groups on a user interface, where each group may include one or more digital notes. The computing device is further configured to receive one or more user inputs via the user interface and change the compositions of the groups based on the received user inputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Pontus Axelsson, Kyle W. English, David M. Mahli, Richard J. Moore, Cristin E. Moran, Roland Persson, Michael Rotstein, Guruprasad Somasundaram, Diane R. Wolk, Linus Åkerlund
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Patent number: 9600718Abstract: Techniques are described for creating and manipulating software notes representative of physical notes. A computing device is described that includes a processor and an image collection module executable on the processor and configured to receive an input image of an environment having a plurality of physical notes. An image processing engine executable on the processor is configured to identify the plurality of physical notes in the input image and generate, for each of the physical notes, a corresponding digital note. The image processing engine is further configured to identify an indication of one or more groups of the plurality of identified notes in the input image and group the plurality of digital notes according to the indication.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Diane R. Wolk, David M. Mahli, Cristin E. Moran, Guruprasad Somasundaram, Willem V. Bastiaens, Richard J. Moore, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Roland Persson, Linus Åkerlund, Tasuku Nakayama
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Publication number: 20160328857Abstract: Techniques for creating and manipulating software notes representative of physical notes are described. A computing device includes a processor, an image collection module executable by the processor and configured to receive an input image of an environment having a plurality of overlapping physical notes, and an image processing engine executable by the processor and configured to process the input image with the computing device to identify the plurality of overlapping physical notes in the input image. The image processing engine determines a boundary of each note in the plurality of overlapping physical notes in the input image, and generates a plurality of digital notes corresponding to the determined boundary of each of the overlapping physical notes identified in the input image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Guruprasad Somasundaram, Ravishankar Sivalingam, David M. Mahli, Cristin E. Moran, Richard J. Moore, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Roland Persson
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Patent number: 9412174Abstract: Techniques for creating and manipulating software notes representative of physical notes are described. A computing device includes a processor, an image collection module executable by the processor and configured to receive an input image of an environment having a plurality of overlapping physical notes, and an image processing engine executable by the processor and configured to process the input image with the computing device to identify the plurality of overlapping physical notes in the input image. The image processing engine determines a boundary of each note in the plurality of overlapping physical notes in the input image, and generates a plurality of digital notes corresponding to the determined boundary of each of the overlapping physical notes identified in the input image.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Guruprasad Somasundaram, Ravishankar Sivalingam, David M. Mahli, Cristin E. Moran, Richard J. Moore, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Roland Persson
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Patent number: 9310983Abstract: In general, the disclosure describes techniques for creating and manipulating software notes representative of physical notes. A computing device includes a processor, an image collection module configured to receive an input image of an environment having a plurality of physical notes, an image processing engine configured to identify the plurality of physical notes in the input image and generate a plurality of digital notes corresponding to the plurality of notes identified in the input image, wherein the plurality of digital notes include information represented by the plurality of notes in the input image, and a graphical user interface configured to display the input image overlaid with the plurality of digital notes in place of the identified plurality of notes on a first portion of the graphical user interface and to display a set of one or more of the digital notes on a second portion of the graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Guruprasad Somasundaram, Cristin E. Moran, David M. Mahli, Diane R. Wolk, Richard J. Moore, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Roland Persson
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Patent number: 9292186Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a computing device configured to receive an input image of an environment having a plurality of physical notes. The computing device automatically processes the input image to identify at least some of the plurality of the physical notes in the input image and displays the input image and indications indicative of the identified physical notes on a user interface. The computing device receives a user input indicating a position within the input image via a user interface and, responsive to the user input, recognizes proximate to the position a missed one of the physical notes that was not identified by the computing device when initially processing the input image.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Richard J. Moore, David M. Mahli, Pontus Axelsson, Cristin E. Moran, Roland Persson, Michael Rotstein, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Guruprasad Somasundaram, Diane R. Wolk, Linus Åkerlund
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Publication number: 20150220257Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a computing device configured to receive an input image of an environment having a plurality of physical notes. The computing device automatically processes the input image to identify at least some of the plurality of the physical notes in the input image and displays the input image and indications indicative of the identified physical notes on a user interface. The computing device receives a user input indicating a position within the input image via a user interface and, responsive to the user input, recognizes proximate to the position a missed one of the physical notes that was not identified by the computing device when initially processing the input image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Richard J. Moore, David M. Mahli, Pontus Axelsson, Cristin E. Moran, Roland Persson, Michael Rotstein, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Guruprasad Somasundaram, Diane R. Wolk, Linus Åkerlund
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Publication number: 20150220800Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a computing device with an image capture device to capture a visual representation of one or more notes. The computing device is configured to generate hint related to image capture and present the hint via a user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: David M. Mahli, Pontus Axelsson, Richard J. Moore, Cristin E. Moran, Roland Persson, Michael Rotstein, Guruprasad Somasundaram, Linus Âkerlund
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Publication number: 20150213310Abstract: Techniques are described for creating and manipulating software notes representative of physical notes. A computing device is described that includes a processor and an image collection module executable on the processor and configured to receive an input image of an environment having a plurality of physical notes. An image processing engine executable on the processor is configured to identify the plurality of physical notes in the input image and generate, for each of the physical notes, a corresponding digital note. The image processing engine is further configured to identify an indication of one or more groups of the plurality of identified notes in the input image and group the plurality of digital notes according to the indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Diane R. Wolk, David M. Mahli, Cristin E. Moran, Guruprasad Somasundaram, Willem V. Bastiaens, Richard J. Moore, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Roland Persson, Linus Åkerlund, Tasuku Nakayama
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Patent number: D745040Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Michael C. Leighton, Johan R. Andersson, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein
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Patent number: D750105Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Michael C. Leighton, Johan R. Andersson, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein
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Patent number: D754727Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Michael C. Leighton, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Johan R. Andersson
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Patent number: D757814Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Michael C. Leighton, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Johan R. Andersson
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Patent number: D918944Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, John E. Karlsson, Nicklas A. Ansman Giertz