Patents by Inventor Roberto Manduchi
Roberto Manduchi 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).
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Patent number: 11959755Abstract: A computer implemented method or system for creating a route for navigating a transit hub or plaza using an application executing on a user's mobile device. The application accesses a tessellated map comprising first tiles each including a different area of interest on the map; and second tiles including a walkable area connecting the different areas of interest. The application highlights one of the first tiles including one of the different areas of interest selected using input from the user; highlights one of the second tiles including a location of the mobile device on the map; and highlights a series of the second tiles linking the location to the one of the areas of interest. A method of creating the tessellated map is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Jonathan Lam, Fatemeh Mirzaei, Roberto Manduchi
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Patent number: 11640200Abstract: A system for magnifying content including a display; a camera for acquiring a user's eye gaze direction onto a display so as to obtain gaze data; and a computer coupled to the display, wherein the computer maps the gaze data onto a desired location on the display, provides a center of magnification on the display, and moves the center of magnification onto the desired location so as to magnify the content on the display.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventor: Roberto Manduchi
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Patent number: 11367264Abstract: A computer implemented method or system including a map conversion toolkit and a map Population toolkit. The map conversion toolkit allows one to quickly trace the layout of a floor plan, generating a file (e.g., GeoJSON file) that can be rendered in two dimensions (2D) or three dimensions (3D) using web tools such as Mapbox. The map population toolkit takes the scan (e.g., 3D scan) of a room in the building (taken from an RGB-D camera), and, through a semi- automatic process, generates individual objects, which are correctly dimensioned and positioned in the (e.g., GeoJSON) representation of the building. In another example, a computer implemented method for diagraming a space comprises obtaining a layout of the space; and annotating or decorating the layout with meaningful labels that are translatable to glanceable visual signals or audio signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Viet Trinh, Roberto Manduchi
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Publication number: 20210294413Abstract: A system for magnifying content including a display; a camera for acquiring a user's eye gaze direction onto a display so as to obtain gaze data; and a computer coupled to the display, wherein the computer maps the gaze data onto a desired location on the display, provides a center of magnification on the display, and moves the center of magnification onto the desired location so as to magnify the content on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventor: Roberto Manduchi
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Publication number: 20210018321Abstract: A computer implemented method or system for creating a route for navigating a transit hub or plaza using an application executing on a user's mobile device. The application accesses a tessellated map comprising first tiles each including a different area of interest on the map; and second tiles including a walkable area connecting the different areas of interest. The application highlights one of the first tiles including one of the different areas of interest selected using input from the user; highlights one of the second tiles including a location of the mobile device on the map; and highlights a series of the second tiles linking the location to the one of the areas of interest. A method of creating the tessellated map is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Jonathan Lam, Fatemeh Mirzaei, Roberto Manduchi
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Publication number: 20210019954Abstract: A computer implemented method or system including a map conversion toolkit and a map Population toolkit. The map conversion toolkit allows one to quickly trace the layout of a floor plan, generating a file (e.g., GeoJSON file) that can be rendered in two dimensions (2D) or three dimensions (3D) using web tools such as Mapbox. The map population toolkit takes the scan (e.g., 3D scan) of a room in the building (taken from an RGB-D camera), and, through a semi- automatic process, generates individual objects, which are correctly dimensioned and positioned in the (e.g., GeoJSON) representation of the building. In another example, a computer implemented method for diagraming a space comprises obtaining a layout of the space; and annotating or decorating the layout with meaningful labels that are translatable to glanceable visual signals or audio signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Viet Trinh, Roberto Manduchi
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Patent number: 9098764Abstract: Barcode decoding bypassing binarization is provided which relies on deformable templates to makes use of all the gray level information of each pixel in the barcode image. Parameterization of the deformable templates allow for efficiently performing maximum likelihood estimation independently on each barcode digit and enforcing spatial coherence across the barcode digits.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Orazio Gallo, Roberto Manduchi
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Publication number: 20120104100Abstract: Barcode decoding bypassing binarization is provided which relies on deformable templates to makes use of all the gray level information of each pixel in the barcode image. Parameterization of the deformable templates allow for efficiently performing maximum likelihood estimation independently on each barcode digit and enforcing spatial coherence across the barcode digits.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZInventors: Orazio Gallo, Roberto Manduchi
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Patent number: 6192336Abstract: Method and system aspects for searching for an optimal codevector from a plurality of codevectors in a codebook, the optimal codevector having a minimum distance to a given vector, are provided. The aspects determine a partial distance with a current vector component of a current codevector and of the given vector, compare the partial distance to a saved renormalized minimum partial distance, and proceed to a next codevector when the saved renormalized minimum partial distance is smaller than the partial distance. In addition, the present invention proceeds to a next vector component when the partial distance is smaller than the saved renormalized minimum partial distance. When the partial distance computed with each next vector component is smaller than the saved renormalized minimum partial distance, the present invention calculates a full weighted distance value, compares it to a saved minimum full weighted distance, and updates chosen values.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1996Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.Inventors: Roberto Manduchi, Dulce Ponceleon, Ke-Chiang Chu, Hsi-Jung Wu
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Patent number: 5812967Abstract: A method for improved recursive pitch prediction includes providing a search window for pitch estimates based upon a previously computed pitch, computing pitch estimates for the search window, and determining an optimal pitch from the pitch estimates within the search window for a first predetermined number of frames. The method further includes expanding the search window to a full pitch window after the first predetermined number of frames, and calculating pitch estimates for the full pitch window for a second predetermined number of frames.A system for improved recursive pitch prediction includes a speech generator of speech signals, and a central processing unit coupled to the speech generator.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1996Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.Inventors: Dulce Ponceleon, Roberto Manduchi, Ke-Chiang Chu, Hsi-Jung Wu
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Patent number: 5794182Abstract: Method and system aspects for linear predictive speech encoding are disclosed. These aspects comprise the definition of an error function, the computation of an optimal vector of continuous pitch coefficients together with an optimal pitch, and the weighted vector quantization of the continuous pitch coefficients. The techniques allows the faster computation of the optimal combination pitch--continuous coefficient values without substantial loss of optimal results.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1996Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.Inventors: Roberto Manduchi, Dulce Ponceleon, Ke-Chiang Chu, Hsi-Jung Wu