Patents by Inventor Sebastian Jorge Gunningham

Sebastian Jorge Gunningham 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: 10255295
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that validate color information in metadata associated with an image. Color information associated with images, in metadata, may need to be validated because there may be mistakes in the metadata. Color names associated with colors may be based on human generated data or human surveys. Individual colors may be extracted from images, which may be associated with the color names. Furthermore, the color names may be retrieved from a data store via a fast index color search. The color information in the metadata may be validated against the color names.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastian Jorge Gunningham, Paul Barnhart Sayre, III, Charles Shearer Dorner, Robert Yuji Haitani, Gonzalo Alberto Ramos
  • Patent number: 9697548
    Abstract: Techniques for managing a return request may be provided. For example, a user may want to return an item that the user received from an item provider via an electronic marketplace. The user can take a picture of the item and transmit the image to a computer that determines that the user would like to return the item. The computer may also determine that the item is returnable (e.g., was provided to the user within an allowable timeframe, satisfies a constraint for returning the item). The computer can initiate a return of the item. In some examples, the computer can also determine a convenient return location or the reason that the user is returning the item to the item provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kosar Akram Jaff, Shivkumar Shankaran, Nitin Bhat, Kimberly Lee Daniels, Samuel Pike Hall, Nicholas John Morren, Raja Shekhar Goli, Prashant Agrawal, Sebastian Jorge Gunningham, Brian Jeffrey Saltzman, Tiana Osbourne Symmonds, Debby Wing Yin Man
  • Patent number: 9652868
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining whether certain color image metadata is accurate. A color image and associated color image metadata provided by a source for inclusion in an electronic catalog are accessed. A color palette corresponding to the color image is generated. A color name associated with the color palette is determined. A determination is made as to whether the image metadata comprises a color name. If the image metadata comprises a color name, a determination is made as to whether the color name included in the image metadata corresponds to the color name associated with the color palette. If the color name included in the image metadata does not correspond to the color name associated with the color palette or if the image metadata does not comprise a color name, the color name associated with the color palette is added to the color image metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian Jorge Gunningham, Jenny Ann Blackburn, Charles Shearer Dorner, Eva Manolis, Timothy Andrew Ong, Paul Barnhart Sayre, III
  • Publication number: 20150379001
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that validate color information in metadata associated with an image. Color information associated with images, in metadata, may need to be validated because there may be mistakes in the metadata. Color names associated with colors may be based on human generated data or human surveys. Individual colors may be extracted from images, which may be associated with the color names. Furthermore, the color names may be retrieved from a data store via a fast index color search. The color information in the metadata may be validated against the color names.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Sebastian Jorge Gunningham, Paul Barnhart Sayre, III, Charles Shearer Dorner, Robert Yuji Haitani, Gonzalo Alberto Ramos
  • Publication number: 20150379738
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining whether certain color image metadata is accurate. A color image and associated color image metadata provided by a source for inclusion in an electronic catalog are accessed. A color palette corresponding to the color image is generated. A color name associated with the color palette is determined. A determination is made as to whether the image metadata comprises a color name. If the image metadata comprises a color name, a determination is made as to whether the color name included in the image metadata corresponds to the color name associated with the color palette. If the color name included in the image metadata does not correspond to the color name associated with the color palette or if the image metadata does not comprise a color name, the color name associated with the color palette is added to the color image metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Sebastian Jorge Gunningham, Jenny Ann Blackburn, Charles Shearer Dorner, Eva Manolis, Timothy Andrew Ong, Paul Barnhart Sayre, III