Patents by Inventor Mitchel Jacobs

Mitchel Jacobs 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: 12587654
    Abstract: A method receives a video. The method analyzes information for a pixel of a frame in the video to determine a first value and a second value for the pixel. The first value is based on an image structure formed by the pixel in the frame and the second value is based on interframe motion of the image structure at the pixel. A third value is determined for an amount of judder based on the first value and the second value. The method outputs the third value to evaluate the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Schroers, Blake Sloan, Mitchel Jacobs, Scott Labrozzi, Shinobu Hattori, Felix Klose
  • Publication number: 20260039898
    Abstract: A system includes a hardware processor and a memory storing a video/audio (V/A) synchronizer including video and audio encoders. The hardware processor executes the V/A synchronizer to receive raw video and audio extracted from media content, partition the raw video into video frame patches, partition the raw audio into audio samples, pre-process the video frame patches and the audio samples for encoding. The hardware processor further executes the V/A synchronizer to encode, using the video encoder, the pre-processed video frame patches to provide pre-processed and encoded video frame patches used to provide a latent representation of the raw video, encode, using the audio encoder, the pre-processed audio samples to provide pre-processed and encoded audio samples used to provide a latent representation of the raw audio, and synchronize, using the latent representations of the raw video and the raw audio, the raw audio with the raw video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Clara Fernandez Labrador, Cafer Mertcan Akcay, Christopher Richard Schroers, Joan Massich Vall, Scott Labrozzi, Mitchel Jacobs, Katherine Hinsen, Eitan Abecassis
  • Publication number: 20250356532
    Abstract: A system includes a hardware processor, and a memory storing a software code and at least one machine learning (ML) model trained to distinguish between a plurality of content types. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive a content file including data identifying a dataset contained by the content file as being a first content type of the plurality of content types; predict, using the at least one ML model and the dataset, based on at least one image parameter, a first probability that a content type of the dataset matches the first content type identified by the data; and determine, based on the first probability, that the content type of the dataset (i) is the first content type identified by the data, (ii) is not the first 10 content type identified by the data, or (iii) is of an indeterminate content type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Mitchel Jacobs, Anil Chakrahari, Ellie Kuang, Michael Smith
  • Patent number: 12452477
    Abstract: A system includes a hardware processor and a memory storing a video/audio (V/A) synchronizer including video and audio encoders. The hardware processor executes the V/A synchronizer to receive raw video and audio extracted from media content, partition the raw video into video frame patches, partition the raw audio into audio samples, pre-process the video frame patches and the audio samples for encoding. The hardware processor further executes the V/A synchronizer to encode, using the video encoder, the pre-processed video frame patches to provide pre-processed and encoded video frame patches used to provide a latent representation of the raw video, encode, using the audio encoder, the pre-processed audio samples to provide pre-processed and encoded audio samples used to provide a latent representation of the raw audio, and synchronize, using the latent representations of the raw video and the raw audio, the raw audio with the raw video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Clara Fernandez Labrador, Cafer Mertcan Akcay, Christopher Richard Schroers, Joan Massich Vall, Scott Labrozzi, Mitchel Jacobs, Katherine Hinsen, Eitan Abecassis
  • Patent number: 12394097
    Abstract: A system includes a hardware processor, and a memory storing a software code and at least one machine learning (ML) model trained to distinguish between a plurality of content types. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive a content file including data identifying a dataset contained by the content file as being a first content type of the plurality of content types; predict, using the at least one ML model and the dataset, based on at least one image parameter, a first probability that a content type of the dataset matches the first content type identified by the data; and determine, based on the first probability, that the content type of the dataset (i) is the first content type identified by the data, (ii) is not the first content type identified by the data, or (iii) is of an indeterminate content type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchel Jacobs, Anil Chakrahari, Ellie Kuang, Michael Smith
  • Publication number: 20240422380
    Abstract: A system includes a hardware processor and a memory storing a video/audio (V/A) synchronizer including video and audio encoders. The hardware processor executes the V/A synchronizer to receive raw video and audio extracted from media content, partition the raw video into video frame patches, partition the raw audio into audio samples, pre-process the video frame patches and the audio samples for encoding. The hardware processor further executes the V/A synchronizer to encode, using the video encoder, the pre-processed video frame patches to provide pre-processed and encoded video frame patches used to provide a latent representation of the raw video, encode, using the audio encoder, the pre-processed audio samples to provide pre-processed and encoded audio samples used to provide a latent representation of the raw audio, and synchronize, using the latent representations of the raw video and the raw audio, the raw audio with the raw video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Clara Fernandez Labrador, Cafer Mertcan Akcay, Christopher Richard Schroers, Joan Massich Vall, Scott Labrozzi, Mitchel Jacobs, Katherine Hinsen, Eitan Abecassis
  • Publication number: 20240267534
    Abstract: A method receives a video. The method analyzes information for a pixel of a frame in the video to determine a first value and a second value for the pixel. The first value is based on an image structure formed by the pixel in the frame and the second value is based on interframe motion of the image structure at the pixel. A third value is determined for an amount of judder based on the first value and the second value. The method outputs the third value to evaluate the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Schroers, Blake Sloan, Mitchel Jacobs, Scott Labrozzi, Shinobu Hattori, Felix Klose
  • Publication number: 20240249438
    Abstract: A system includes a hardware processor, and a memory storing a software code and at least one machine learning (ML) model trained to distinguish between a plurality of content types. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive a content file including data identifying a dataset contained by the content file as being a first content type of the plurality of content types; predict, using the at least one ML model and the dataset, based on at least one image parameter, a first probability that a content type of the dataset matches the first content type identified by the data; and determine, based on the first probability, that the content type of the dataset (i) is the first content type identified by the data, (ii) is not the first content type identified by the data, or (iii) is of an indeterminate content type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Mitchel Jacobs, Anil Chakrahari, Ellie Kuang, Michael Smith