Patents by Inventor Sarah Paris-Mascicki

Sarah Paris-Mascicki 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).

  • Apparatus for intelligent and autonomous video content generation and streaming
    Patent number: 9596399
    Abstract: A system for automatically capturing an event of interest in a venue is disclosed, comprising a plurality of cameras for capturing video images of the event; and at least one processor communicatively connected to said plurality of cameras and configured to execute a plurality of modules, said modules comprising a rectification module for combining the video images to form a wide-angle view; at least one of a motion analysis module configured for tracking salient blobs that are not part of a background of the wide-angle view, an activity analysis module configured for extracting temporal and spatial patterns from the wide-angle view, and a shape and appearance module configured for selecting one or more objects in the wide-angle view based on descriptors that are scale and rotational invariant; and a region of interest selector for selecting a viewpoint from the wide-angle view based on output from at least one of the motion analysis module, the activity analysis module, and the shape and appearance module, w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Jayakrishnan Kumar Eledath, Sarah Paris-Mascicki, Vincent Endres, Barbara Hanna
  • Apparatus for intelligent and autonomous video content generation and streaming
    Patent number: 8339456
    Abstract: A system for automatically capturing an event of interest in a venue is disclosed, comprising a plurality of cameras for capturing video images of the event; and at least one processor communicatively connected to said plurality of cameras and con figured to execute a plurality of modules, said modules comprising a rectification module for combining the video images to form a wide-angle view; at least one of a motion analysis module configured for tracking salient blobs that are not part of a background of the wide-angle view, an activity analysis module configured for extracting temporal and spatial patterns from the wide-angle view, and a shape and appearance module configured for selecting one or more objects in the wide-angle view based on descriptors that are scale and rotational invariant; and a region of interest selector for selecting a viewpoint from the wide-angle view based on output from at least one of the motion analysis module, the activity analysis module, and the shape and appearance module,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Jayakrishnan Kumar Eledath, Sarah Paris-Mascicki, Vincent Endres, Barbara Hanna
  • APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENT AND AUTONOMOUS VIDEO CONTENT GENERATION AND STREAMING
    Publication number: 20090284601
    Abstract: A system for automatically capturing an event of interest in a venue is disclosed, comprising a plurality of cameras for capturing video images of the event; and at least one processor communicatively connected to said plurality of cameras and con figured to execute a plurality of modules, said modules comprising a rectification module for combining the video images to form a wide-angle view; at least one of a motion analysis module configured for tracking salient blobs that are not part of a background of the wide-angle view, an activity analysis module configured for extracting temporal and spatial patterns from the wide-angle view, and a shape and appearance module configured for selecting one or more objects in the wide-angle view based on descriptors that are scale and rotational invariant; and a region of interest selector for selecting a viewpoint from the wide-angle view based on output from at least one of the motion analysis module, the activity analysis module, and the shape and appearance module,
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Jayakrishnan Kumar Eledath, Sarah Paris-Mascicki, Vincent Endres, Barbara Hanna