Patents by Inventor Sriram Ponnuswamy

Sriram Ponnuswamy 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: 11425342
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automatically selecting a target area to project content thereon. For example, a projection device receives content to be projected and content attributes of the content. The projection device also captures images of candidate areas and determines candidate area characteristics based on the captured images. The projection device generates a respective quality-of-projection indicator based on the content attributes and the candidate area characteristics. The projection device selects the candidate area with the highest quality-of-projection indicator as the target area on which the content is to be projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Gyanveer Singh, Susanto Sen, Shakir Sharfraz Ashfaq Ahamed, Sriram Ponnuswamy
  • Patent number: 11423920
    Abstract: The methods and systems described herein aid users by modifying the presentation of content to users. For example, the methods and systems suppress the dialogue track of a movie when the user engages with the content by reciting a line of the movie as it is presented to the user. Words spoken by the user are detected and compared with the words in the movie. When the user is not engaging with the movie by reciting the lines or humming tunes while watching the movie, the audio track of the movie is not modified. Content can be modified in response to engagement by a single user or by multiple users (e.g., each reciting lines of a different character in a movie). Accordingly, the methods and systems described herein provide increased interest in and engagement with content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Susanto Sen, Shakir Sharfraz Ashfaq Ahamed, Sriram Ponnuswamy
  • Publication number: 20210144346
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automatically selecting a target area to project content thereon. For example, a projection device receives content to be projected and content attributes of the content. The projection device also captures images of candidate areas and determines candidate area characteristics based on the captured images. The projection device generates a respective quality-of-projection indicator based on the content attributes and the candidate area characteristics. The projection device selects the candidate area with the highest quality-of-projection indicator as the target area on which the content is to be projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Gyanveer Singh, Susanto Sen, Shakir Sharfraz Ashfaq Ahamed, Sriram Ponnuswamy
  • Publication number: 20210081655
    Abstract: Systems and methods for warning a user that media assets associated with another user depict the user with an undesired expression are provided. A plurality of media assets associated with a first user and depicting a second user may be identified. A set of expressions of the second user that the second user has indicated as undesirable may be retrieved. The depictions of the second user in the plurality of media assets and the expressions that the second user has indicated are undesirable may be compared. If it is determined that one or more of the media assets depict the second user with an undesirable expression, a notification may be generated to the second user indicating that one or more media assets of the first user depict the second user with an expression that the second user has indicated as undesirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Gyanveer Singh, Charishma Chundi, Sriram Ponnuswamy
  • Patent number: 10885315
    Abstract: Systems and methods for warning a user that media assets associated with another user depict the user with an undesired expression are provided. A plurality of media assets associated with a first user and depicting a second user may be identified. A set of expressions of the second user that the second user has indicated as undesirable may be retrieved. The depictions of the second user in the plurality of media assets and the expressions that the second user has indicated are undesirable may be compared. If it is determined that one or more of the media assets depict the second user with an undesirable expression, a notification may be generated to the second user indicating that one or more media assets of the first user depict the second user with an expression that the second user has indicated as undesirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Gyanveer Singh, Charishma Chundi, Sriram Ponnuswamy
  • Patent number: 10841544
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automatically selecting a target area to project content thereon. For example, a projection device receives content to be projected and content attributes of the content. The projection device also captures images of candidate areas and determines candidate area characteristics based on the captured images. The projection device generates a respective quality-of-projection indicator based on the content attributes and the candidate area characteristics. The projection device selects the candidate area with the highest quality-of-projection indicator as the target area on which the content is to be projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Gyanveer Singh, Susanto Sen, Shakir Sharfraz Ashfaq Ahamed, Sriram Ponnuswamy
  • Publication number: 20200106996
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automatically selecting a target area to project content thereon. For example, a projection device receives content to be projected and content attributes of the content. The projection device also captures images of candidate areas and determines candidate area characteristics based on the captured images. The projection device generates a respective quality-of-projection indicator based on the content attributes and the candidate area characteristics. The projection device selects the candidate area with the highest quality-of-projection indicator as the target area on which the content is to be projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Gyanveer Singh, Susanto Sen, Shakir Sharfraz Ashfaq Ahamed, Sriram Ponnuswamy
  • Publication number: 20200105286
    Abstract: The methods and systems described herein aid users by modifying the presentation of content to users. For example, the methods and systems suppress the dialogue track of a movie when the user engages with the content by reciting a line of the movie as it is presented to the user. Words spoken by the user are detected and compared with the words in the movie. When the user is not engaging with the movie by reciting the lines or humming tunes while watching the movie, the audio track of the movie is not modified. Content can be modified in response to engagement by a single user or by multiple users (e.g., each reciting lines of a different character in a movie). Accordingly, the methods and systems described herein provide increased interest in and engagement with content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Susanto Sen, Shakir Sharfraz Ashfaq Ahamed, Sriram Ponnuswamy
  • Publication number: 20190286886
    Abstract: Systems and methods for warning a user that media assets associated with another user depict the user with an undesired expression are provided. A plurality of media assets associated with a first user and depicting a second user may be identified. A set of expressions of the second user that the second user has indicated as undesirable may be retrieved. The depictions of the second user in the plurality of media assets and the expressions that the second user has indicated are undesirable may be compared. If it is determined that one or more of the media assets depict the second user with an undesirable expression, a notification may be generated to the second user indicating that one or more media assets of the first user depict the second user with an expression that the second user has indicated as undesirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Gyanveer Singh, Charishma Chundi, Sriram Ponnuswamy