Patents by Inventor Robert Gregory Gann

Robert Gregory Gann 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: 9258458
    Abstract: A method for automatically displaying an image with an available effect applied on a digital display device includes analyzing the image stored on a storage device and choosing the available effect to apply to the image, where analyzing the image includes executing an image analysis on the image to identify at least one characteristic of the image, where the available effect to apply to the image to be displayed is automatically chosen from a list of available effects which may be applied to the image in consideration of the at least one characteristic of the image, and rendering the image with the available effect applied on the digital display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Gregory Gann, Murray Dean Craig, Steven Douglas Stoecker
  • Patent number: 9167024
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided. A sending device offers to provide a graphic image to a receiving device by way of a network. The receiving device responds by providing desired parameters including an overall file size to the sending device. A data file formatted according to the desired parameters is provided to the receiving device. The sending device or another entity can be the source of the data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Robert Gregory Gann
  • Publication number: 20100268846
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided. A sending device offers to provide a graphic image to a receiving device by way of a network. The receiving device responds by providing desired parameters including an overall file size to the sending device. A data file formatted according to the desired parameters is provided to the receiving device. The sending device or another entity can be the source of the data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Gregory Gann
  • Publication number: 20100259647
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for applying a photographic effect to a displayed image. An exemplary method may include detecting the presence of at least one face in the displayed image. The method may also include determining the region within which the at least one face is located in the displayed image. The method may also include applying a photographic effect based on the region within which the at least one face is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Gregory Gann
  • Publication number: 20100214483
    Abstract: A method for automatically displaying an image with an available effect applied on a digital display device includes analyzing the image stored on a storage device and choosing the available effect to apply to the image, where analyzing the image includes executing an image analysis on the image to identify at least one characteristic of the image, where the available effect to apply to the image to be displayed is automatically chosen from a list of available effects which may be applied to the image in consideration of the at least one characteristic of the image, and rendering the image with the available effect applied on the digital display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Gregory Gann, Murray Dean Craig, Steven Douglas Sipecker