Patents by Inventor Scott Ettinger
Scott Ettinger 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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Publication number: 20230040113Abstract: A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Fred P. Pighin, Daniel J. Filip, Scott Ettinger, Bryan Klingner, David Martin
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Patent number: 11506795Abstract: A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Fred P. Pighin, Daniel J. Filip, Scott Ettinger, Bryan Klingner, David Martin
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Publication number: 20210063584Abstract: A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Fred P. Pighin, Daniel J. Filip, Scott Ettinger, Bryan Klingner, David Martin
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Patent number: 10852444Abstract: A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Fred P. Pighin, Daniel Joseph Filip, Scott Ettinger, Bryan M. Klingner, David R. Martin
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Patent number: 10285582Abstract: An imaging device for imaging an eye includes an eyepiece, an illumination system, an imaging system, and a controller. The illumination system includes a light source that emits illumination light along an illumination path through the eyepiece to the eye to produce a retinal diffuse reflection and a corneal specular reflection. The imaging system includes a first camera that captures a retinal image based on the retinal diffuse reflection and a first set of optical elements, a second camera that captures a corneal specular reflection image based on the corneal specular reflection and a second set of optical elements. The first camera captures at least some residual corneal specular reflection in the retinal image. The controller subtracts the residual corneal specular reflection from the retinal image based on the corneal specular reflection image.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Sam Kavusi, Charles M. Santori, Seung Ah Lee, Scott Ettinger
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Method, system, and computer program product for gamifying the process of obtaining panoramic images
Patent number: 10165179Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image, each of the targets defining a portion of the panoramic image, monitor a position of a user device with respect to a current target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the current target, capture a first image for the current target using a camera of the user device, monitor the position of the user device with respect to a next target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the next target, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device; and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Evan Rapoport, Scott Ettinger -
Publication number: 20180172839Abstract: A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Fred P. Pighin, Daniel Joseph Filip, Scott Ettinger, Bryan M. Klingner, David R. Martin
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METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GAMIFYING THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING PANORAMIC IMAGES
Publication number: 20180048809Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image, each of the targets defining a portion of the panoramic image, monitor a position of a user device with respect to a current target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the current target, capture a first image for the current target using a camera of the user device, monitor the position of the user device with respect to a next target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the next target, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device; and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Evan Rapoport, Scott Ettinger -
Patent number: 9885789Abstract: A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Fred P. Pighin, Daniel J. Filip, Scott Ettinger, Bryan Klingner, David Martin
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Method, system, and computer program product for gamifying the process of obtaining panoramic images
Patent number: 9832374Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image, each of the targets defining a portion of the panoramic image, monitor a position of a user device with respect to a current target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the current target, capture a first image for the current target using a camera of the user device, monitor the position of the user device with respect to a next target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the next target, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device; and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Evan Rapoport, Scott Ettinger -
Patent number: 9756260Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for simulating different types of camera lens on a device by guiding a user through a set of images to be captured in connection with one or more desired lens effects. In one aspect, a wide-angle lens may be simulated by taking a plurality of images that have been taken at a particular location over a set of camera orientations that are determined based on the selection of the wide-angle lens. The mobile device may provide prompts to the user indicating the camera orientations for which images should be captured in order to generate the simulated camera lens effect.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Scott Ettinger, David Lee, Evan Rapoport, Jacob Mintz, Bryan Feldman, Mikkel Crone Köser, Daniel Joseph Filip
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METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GAMIFYING THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING PANORAMIC IMAGES
Publication number: 20170223266Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image, each of the targets defining a portion of the panoramic image, monitor a position of a user device with respect to a current target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the current target, capture a first image for the current target using a camera of the user device, monitor the position of the user device with respect to a next target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the next target, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device; and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Evan Rapoport, Scott Ettinger -
Patent number: 9723203Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided for generating a panoramic image that includes, in at least some aspects, generating targets that are each associated with a portion of the panoramic image, displaying the targets, shifting the targets when the user device is repositioned, capturing images when the targets are within a threshold distance of the center of the display, and generating the panoramic image from the captured images.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Scott Ettinger
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Method, system, and computer program product for gamifying the process of obtaining panoramic images
Patent number: 9667862Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image, each of the targets defining a portion of the panoramic image, monitor a position of a user device with respect to a current target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the current target, capture a first image for the current target using a camera of the user device, monitor the position of the user device with respect to a next target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the next target, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device; and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Evan Rapoport, Scott Ettinger -
Patent number: 9582731Abstract: Implementations relate to detecting spherical images. In some implementations, a computer-executed method includes obtaining an image, examining at least one characteristic of the image, and determining that the image is a spherical image based on the at least one examined characteristic. The method modifies metadata associated with the image to designate the image for spherical display.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Butko, Erik Murphy-Chutorian, Evan Rapoport, Scott Ettinger
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Patent number: 9467620Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for simulating different types of camera lens on a device by guiding a user through a set of images to be captured in connection with one or more desired lens effects. In one aspect, a wide-angle lens may be simulated by taking a plurality of images that have been taken at a particular location over a set of camera orientations that are determined based on the selection of the wide-angle lens. The mobile device may provide prompts to the user indicating the camera orientations for which images should be captured in order to generate the simulated camera lens effect.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Scott Ettinger, David Lee, Evan Rapoport, Jake Mintz, Bryan Feldman, Mikkel Crone Köser, Daniel Joseph Filip
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METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GAMIFYING THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING PANORAMIC IMAGES
Publication number: 20160119537Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image, each of the targets defining a portion of the panoramic image, monitor a position of a user device with respect to a current target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the current target, capture a first image for the current target using a camera of the user device, monitor the position of the user device with respect to a next target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the next target, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device; and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Evan Rapoport, Scott Ettinger -
Patent number: 9325861Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image based on operating parameters of a user device, where each of the targets is associated with a portion of the panoramic image, display an initial target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the initial target, capture a first image for the initial target using a camera of the user device, display proximate targets that are connected to the initial target in a target graph of the targets, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to a next target of the proximate targets, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device, and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Scott Ettinger
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Patent number: 9291460Abstract: Directions are provided to a location in an indoor space in response to receiving a request from a mobile device. First, a map of the indoor space is processed to identify navigable areas in the indoor space. A distance transform is then executed on the map as part of a process to generate a directed graph. The directed graph includes nodes that correspond to points in the indoor space and paths that correspond to routes between the nodes. Next, a navigation table is generated based on the directed graph to identify a shortest route from each node to at least one other node. In response to a request for directions to a location in the indoor space, the navigation table is accessed to identify a route to the requested location. The identified route is then provided to a mobile device such that an end user may navigate to the location.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Scott Ettinger, Ehud Rivlin
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Method, system, and computer program product for gamifying the process of obtaining panoramic images
Patent number: 9270885Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image, each of the targets defining a portion of the panoramic image, monitor a position of a user device with respect to a current target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the current target, capture a first image for the current target using a camera of the user device, monitor the position of the user device with respect to a next target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the next target, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device; and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Evan Rapoport, Scott Ettinger