Patents by Inventor Phil Gorrow

Phil Gorrow 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).

  • Publication number: 20100182400
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for aligning images are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an inaccurate three-dimensional (3D) position of a physical camera, where the physical camera captured a photographic image; basing an initial 3D position of a virtual camera in a 3D virtual environment on the inaccurate 3D position of the physical camera; correlating one or more markers in the photographic image with one or more markers in the 3D virtual environment that appear in the virtual camera's field of view; and adjusting the initial 3D position of the virtual camera in the 3D virtual environment based on a disparity between the one or more markers' 3D positions in the photographic image as compared to the one or more markers' 3D positions in the virtual camera's field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: WORLD GOLF TOUR, INC.
    Inventors: Chad M. Nelson, Phil Gorrow, David Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20100156906
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating a shot list for a physical environment based on fields of view of virtual cameras. A 3D virtual environment is created by texture mapping one or more photographs of the physical environment onto a representation of the physical environment's 3D topography. One or more virtual cameras is placed in relation to the virtual environment so that each virtual camera's field of view captures a portion of the virtual environment. Virtual camera fields of view are presented and input accepted to modify one or more parameters of the virtual cameras. The fields of view of the virtual cameras are updated based on the modifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: David Montgomery, Phil Gorrow, Chad M. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20080291216
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes, among other things, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing an electronic game utilizing photographs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: World Golf Tour, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchiang Cheng, Chad M. Nelson, David Montgomery, Phil Gorrow, David Castelnuovo
  • Publication number: 20080291220
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes, among other things, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing an electronic game utilizing photographs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: World Golf Tour, Inc.
    Inventors: YuChiang Cheng, Chad M. Nelson, David Montgomery, Phil Gorrow, David Castelnuovo
  • Publication number: 20080293488
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes, among other things, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing an electronic game utilizing photographs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: World Golf Tour, Inc.
    Inventors: YuChiang Cheng, Chad M. Nelson, David Montgomery, Phil Gorrow, David Castelnuovo
  • Publication number: 20080293464
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes, among other things, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing an electronic game utilizing photographs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: World Golf Tour, Inc.
    Inventors: YuChiang Cheng, Chad M. Nelson, David Montgomery, Phil Gorrow, David Castelnuovo