Patents by Inventor Roland Findlay
Roland Findlay 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: 10592855Abstract: A system and method that generates a planogram is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from an image processing module, a realogram, the realogram including information about items recognized in an image, aligning the items in the realogram using the information about the items recognized in the image, relocating the items horizontally and vertically such that the items are distributed among a plurality of aligned, non-overlapping slots, and providing the relocated items for display as a planogram of the items.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michael Griffin, Jonathan Zaremski, Jamey Graham, Tiffany Romain, Roland Findlay
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Patent number: 10514825Abstract: A system and method for image processing result visualization. The method includes receiving a job, wherein the job includes a panoramic image and image recognition information, and creating a visualization based on the job, wherein the visualization includes the panoramic image with the image recognition information layered over the panoramic image.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jamey Graham, Roland Findlay, Michael Griffin, Tiffany Romain
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Patent number: 10438165Abstract: A system and method that generates a planogram from a realogram is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from an image processing module, a realogram, the realogram including an image and information about a set of items recognized in the image, generating a bounding box containing the set of recognized items, identifying a subset of the set of recognized items corresponding to a shelf, determining a location of each gap of a number of gaps on the shelf, determining a physical width of each gap of the number of gaps, and generating, from the realogram, a planogram based on the bounding box, the set of recognized items, the location, and the physical width of each of the number of gaps.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Roland Findlay
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Patent number: 10339690Abstract: A system and method for image processing result visualization. The method includes receiving a job, wherein the job includes a panoramic image and image recognition information, and creating a visualization based on the job, wherein the visualization includes the panoramic image with the image recognition information layered over the panoramic image.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.Inventors: Roland Findlay, Michael Griffin, Tiffany Romain, Jamey Graham
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Patent number: 10250947Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
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Patent number: 10250946Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
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Publication number: 20180300043Abstract: A system and method that generates a planogram from a realogram is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from an image processing module, a realogram, the realogram including an image and information about a set of items recognized in the image, determining one or more linear groupings of a subset of the set of recognized items corresponding to each shelf, generating a planogram based on the realogram and the one or more linear groupings, generating a user interface for presentation on a client device of a user, presenting the realogram in a first portion of the user interface and the planogram in a second portion of the user interface, receiving user input via the user interface, and updating the planogram based on the user input.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jamey Graham, Roland Findlay, Michael Griffin
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Publication number: 20180260767Abstract: A system and method that generates a planogram from a realogram is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from an image processing module, a realogram, the realogram including an image and information about a set of items recognized in the image, generating a bounding box containing the set of recognized items, identifying a subset of the set of recognized items corresponding to a shelf, determining a location of each gap of a number of gaps on the shelf, determining a physical width of each gap of the number of gaps, and generating, from the realogram, a planogram based on the bounding box, the set of recognized items, the location, and the physical width of each of the number of gaps.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Roland Findlay
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Patent number: 9980008Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
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Patent number: 9948988Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
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Publication number: 20170177195Abstract: A system and method for image processing result visualization. The method includes receiving a job, wherein the job includes a panoramic image and image recognition information, and creating a visualization based on the job, wherein the visualization includes the panoramic image with the image recognition information layered over the panoramic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Co., Ltd.Inventors: Roland Findlay, Michael Griffin, Tiffany Romain, Jamey Graham
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Publication number: 20170178061Abstract: A system and method that generates a planogram is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from an image processing module, a realogram, the realogram including information about items recognized in an image, aligning the items in the realogram using the information about the items recognized in the image, relocating the items horizontally and vertically such that the items are distributed among a plurality of aligned, non-overlapping slots, and providing the relocated items for display as a planogram of the items.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michael Griffin, Jonathan Zaremski, Jamey Graham, Tiffany Romain, Roland Findlay
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Publication number: 20170177172Abstract: A system and method for image processing result visualization. The method includes receiving a job, wherein the job includes a panoramic image and image recognition information, and creating a visualization based on the job, wherein the visualization includes the panoramic image with the image recognition information layered over the panoramic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jamey Graham, Roland Findlay, Michael Griffin, Tiffany Romain
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Patent number: 9122444Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for provisioning, via a projector, client software for accessing the projector from a network. The projector includes a light emitting unit that projects visible light representing image information onto a screen, a network interface, and a control unit. The control unit provides client software to network devices that enables the network devices to interact with the projector, receives input via the network interface from the client software operating on multiple network devices, processes the input from the client software to generate image information for the light emitting unit, and provides the generated image information to the light emitting unit for projection onto the screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Haixia Yu, Max E. McFarland, Michael Griffin, Jay Dautcher, Yuko Ihara
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Publication number: 20130201209Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for provisioning, via a projector, client software for accessing the projector from a network. The projector includes a light emitting unit that projects visible light representing image information onto a screen, a network interface, and a control unit. The control unit provides client software to network devices that enables the network devices to interact with the projector, receives input via the network interface from the client software operating on multiple network devices, processes the input from the client software to generate image information for the light emitting unit, and provides the generated image information to the light emitting unit for projection onto the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Haixia Yu, Max E. McFarland, Michael Griffin, Jay Dautcher, Yuko Ihara
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Publication number: 20130086487Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
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Publication number: 20130086165Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
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Publication number: 20130086166Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
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Publication number: 20130086209Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Coneseu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
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Patent number: RE48494Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for provisioning, via a projector, client software for accessing the projector from a network. The projector includes a light emitting unit that projects visible light representing image information onto a screen, a network interface, and a control unit. The control unit provides client software to network devices that enables the network devices to interact with the projector, receives input via the network interface from the client software operating on multiple network devices, processes the input from the client software to generate image information for the light emitting unit, and provides the generated image information to the light emitting unit for projection onto the screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Haixia Yu, Max E. McFarland, Michael G. E. Griffin, Jay Dautcher, Yuko Ihara