Patents by Inventor NICHOLAS DEGROOT

NICHOLAS DEGROOT 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: 11830213
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for remotely measuring distances in an environment captured by a device. A device captures a video stream of a device along with AR data that may include camera pose information and/or depth information, and transmits the video stream and AR data to a remote device. The remote device receives a selection of a first point and a second point within the video stream and, using the AR data, calculates a distance between the first and second points. The first and second points may be at different locations not simultaneously in view of the device. Other embodiments may capture additional points to compute areas and/or volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: STREEM, LLC
    Inventors: Sean M. Adkinson, Ryan R. Fink, Brian Gram, Nicholas Degroot, Alexander Fallenstedt
  • Publication number: 20230141372
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for remotely measuring distances in an environment captured by a device. A device captures a video stream of a device along with AR data that may include camera pose information and/or depth information, and transmits the video stream and AR data to a remote device. The environment may be analyzed to identify objects such as lines, edges, curves, shapes, anchors/corners, products, e.g., appliances, and other things of interest. Some or all of objects may be identified to the remote device to facilitate selecting an object or region of interest. Selected points for an object may be more precisely located by snapping them to corresponding anchor points for an object. Using anchor points facilitates more precise identification and/or measurement of an aspect of an object, such as one of its dimensions, the volume of a space, or performing other actions such as replacement of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: PAVAN K. KAMARAJU, NICHOLAS DEGROOT
  • Publication number: 20220138979
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for remotely measuring distances in an environment captured by a device. A device captures a video stream of a device along with AR data that may include camera pose information and/or depth information, and transmits the video stream and AR data to a remote device. The remote device receives a selection of a first point and a second point within the video stream and, using the AR data, calculates a distance between the first and second points. The first and second points may be at different locations not simultaneously in view of the device. Other embodiments may capture additional points to compute areas and/or volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: SEAN M. ADKINSON, RYAN R. FINK, BRIAN GRAM, NICHOLAS DEGROOT, ALEXANDER FALLENSTEDT