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).

  • Patent number: 9047509
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20150104107
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20150106760
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20150106754
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Guruprasad Somasundaram, Cristin E. Moran, David M. Mahli, Diane R. Wolk, Richard J. Moore, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Roland Persson
  • Publication number: 20150106699
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Guruprasad Somasundaram, Ravishankar Sivalingam, David M. Mahli, Cristin E. Moran, Richard J. Moore, Pontus Axelsson, Michael Rotstein, Roland Persson