Patents by Inventor Nicholas Ludlam

Nicholas Ludlam 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: 10789781
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an interactive augmented experience using prerecorded video include: creating a scene model based on an image of a physical environment; generating a fantasy object; integrating a position of the fantasy object onto the scene model; determining a state of the fantasy object; selecting, using a type of meta data, one or more frames of a pre-recorded video of the physical environment associated with a desired physical camera, such that each of the frames is associated with a frame number and acquired with a physical camera; synchronizing a virtual camera with the desired physical camera; and projecting, using a first video player or a second video player, the one or more frames onto the scene model to position the scene model relative to the fantasy object, such that the projecting alternates between the first video player and the second video player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Playdeo Limited
    Inventors: Jack Schulze, Timo Arnall, Nicholas Ludlam
  • Publication number: 20200074741
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for providing an interactive augmented experience using prerecorded video including creating a scene model based; generating a fantasy object; integrating a position of the fantasy object onto the scene model; determining a state of the fantasy object; selecting, using a type of meta data, one or more frames of a pre-recorded video of the physical environment associated with a desired physical camera, wherein each of the one or more frames is associated with a frame number, wherein each of the one or more frames is acquired with a physical camera; synchronizing a virtual camera with the desired physical camera; and projecting, using the first video player or the second video player, the one or more frames onto the scene model to position the scene model relative to the fantasy object, wherein the projecting alternates between the first video player and the second video player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Playdeo Limited
    Inventors: Jack Schulze, Timo Arnall, Nicholas Ludlam