Patents by Inventor Shaun KIRBY

Shaun KIRBY 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDS-FREE CONTROL OF A FAR END CAMERA
    Publication number: 20150015659
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for intuitively controlling a far-end camera via physical movements. The method includes the steps of receiving an image captured by a first camera and including a digital representation of at least a portion of a user of the first camera, analyzing the digital representation to identify a position of the user relative to the first camera, computing a value associated with a first property of a second camera based on the position of the user, and transmitting the value to the second camera, wherein, in response to receiving the value, a perspective of the second camera is modified based on the value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Shaun KIRBY, Dave EVANS, Kristopher Charles LINQUIST
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDS-FREE CONTROL OF A FAR END CAMERA
    Publication number: 20120320147
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for intuitively controlling a far-end camera via physical movements. The method includes the steps of receiving an image captured by a first camera and including a digital representation of at least a portion of a user of the first camera, analyzing the digital representation to identify a position of the user relative to the first camera, computing a value associated with a first property of a second camera based on the position of the user, and transmitting the value to the second camera, wherein, in response to receiving the value, a perspective of the second camera is modified based on the value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Shaun KIRBY, Dave Evans, Kristopher Charles Linquist