Patents by Inventor Stuart Wells

Stuart Wells 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: 12291053
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining at least one image of a document under test, wherein valid instances of the document under test include at least one three-dimensional security feature; obtaining a first image snippet from the document under test, the first image snippet corresponding to at least a first portion of the three-dimensional security feature present in the valid instances of the document; deriving first dimensional data associated with the first image snippet; analyzing the first dimensional data to determine one or more of: whether the first dimensional data is consistent with a presence of the three-dimensional security feature, and whether the first dimensional data is consistent with second dimensional data; and modifying a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on the analysis of the first dimensional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Jumio Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Attila Balogh, Anshuman Vikram Singh, Thomas Krump, Daryl Huff
  • Patent number: 12275266
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining, using one or more processors, at least one image of a document under test; obtaining, using the one or more processors, an edge domain representation of a first portion of the document under test; comparing, using the one or more processors, the edge domain representation of the first portion of the document under test to an edge domain representation of a corresponding portion of one or more valid document instances; and modifying, using one or more processors, a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on the comparison of the edge domain representations associated with the document under test and corresponding portion associated with one or more valid document instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Jumio Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Daryl Huff, Attila Balogh, Thomas Krump, Anshuman Vikram Singh
  • Publication number: 20250114692
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Razer (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Kah Yong LEE, Chee Oei CHAN, Ann Tiong ONG, Yifeng CHEN, Stuart Wells
  • Patent number: 12269287
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method to obtain at least one image of a document under test, wherein valid instances of the document under test include at least one perforation-based three-dimensional security feature; obtain a first image snippet from the document under test, the first image snippet corresponding to at least a first portion of the perforation-based three-dimensional security feature present in the valid instances of the document; analyze the perforation-based three-dimensional security feature for one or more characteristics; and modify a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on a presence, or an absence, of the one or more characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Jumio Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Daryl Huff, Attila Balogh, Thomas Krump, Anshuman Vikram Singh
  • Patent number: 12263694
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining at least one image of a document under test, wherein valid instances of the document under test include at least one three-dimensional security feature; obtaining a first image snippet from the document under test, the first image snippet corresponding to at least a first portion of the three-dimensional security feature present in the valid instances of the document; deriving first dimensional data associated with the first image snippet; analyzing the first dimensional data to determine one or more of: whether the first dimensional data is consistent with a presence of the three-dimensional security feature, and whether the first dimensional data is consistent with second dimensional data; and modifying a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on the analysis of the first dimensional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Jumio Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Attila Balogh, Anshuman Vikram Singh, Thomas Krump, Daryl Huff
  • Publication number: 20250104479
    Abstract: A system and method for receiving, using one or more processors, one or more images associated with a user request, the one or more images including a first image, wherein the first image includes a facial image purported to be that of a valid document holder; determining, using the one or more processors, whether artifacts associated with injection are present in the first image; determining, using the one or more processors, whether a pose in the first image is suspiciously similar to a pose in a second image; and determining whether a background portion in the first image is suspiciously similar to a background portion in another image, wherein the another image was previously received in association with a prior request, wherein the prior request was associated with different document holder data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Daryl Huff, Lei Guang, Paras Kapoor, Hasmik Martirosyan, Alix Melchy, Artem Voronin, Ervinna Lim Mok, Stuart Wells
  • Patent number: 12201895
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kah Yong Lee, Chee Oei Chan, Ann Tiong Ong, Yifeng Chen, Stuart Wells
  • Publication number: 20240221405
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for determining a first measure of blur value associated with a first portion of a document under test; determining a second measure of blur value associated with a second portion of the document under test; determining whether an inconsistency in a set measure of blur values associated with the document under test is present, wherein the set of measure of blur values associated with the document under test includes the first measure of blur value and the second measure of blur value; and modifying a likelihood that the document is accepted or rejected based on whether the inconsistency is absent or present, respectively
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Attila Balogh, Anshuman Vikram Singh, Thomas Krump, Daryl Huff
  • Publication number: 20240221413
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining a document specification in an electronic format, wherein the document specification is associated with a first document, and describes features present in valid instances of the first document; determining a set of labels describing the first document from the document specification; obtaining one or more digital images of at least one valid instance of the first document from the document specification; obtaining information describing a set of bounding boxes resulting from application, to the one or more images of the least one valid instance of the first document, of one or more of optical character recognition and object detection; generating a set of derived checks based on the set of bounding boxes; and generating a document assembly object describing valid instances of the document and the set of derived checks usable to determine validity of a document under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Attila Balogh, Anshuman Vikram Singh, Thomas Krump, Daryl Huff
  • Publication number: 20240217257
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method to obtain at least one image of a document under test, wherein valid instances of the document under test include at least one perforation-based three-dimensional security feature; obtain a first image snippet from the document under test, the first image snippet corresponding to at least a first portion of the perforation-based three-dimensional security feature present in the valid instances of the document; analyze the perforation-based three-dimensional security feature for one or more characteristics; and modify a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on a presence, or an absence, of the one or more characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Daryl Huff, Atilla Balogh, Thomas Krump, Anshuman Vikram Singh
  • Publication number: 20240217256
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining at least one image of a document under test, wherein valid instances of the document under test include at least one three-dimensional security feature; obtaining a first image snippet from the document under test, the first image snippet corresponding to at least a first portion of the three-dimensional security feature present in the valid instances of the document; deriving first dimensional data associated with the first image snippet; analyzing the first dimensional data to determine one or more of: whether the first dimensional data is consistent with a presence of the three-dimensional security feature, and whether the first dimensional data is consistent with second dimensional data; and modifying a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on the analysis of the first dimensional data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Attila Balogh, Anshuman Vikram Singh, Thomas Krump, Daryl Huff
  • Publication number: 20240221412
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining at least one image of a document under test; determining a classification of the document under test; obtaining a document assembly object associated with the determined classification; performing object detection on the document under test; and evaluating the objects detected in the document under test against the document assembly object; and determining whether the document under test is a valid or abused document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Attila Balogh, Anshuman Vikram Singh, Thomas Krump
  • Publication number: 20240221168
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining a set of labels describing a document; obtaining one or more images of the document, wherein the document in the one or more images are valid samples of the document; identify a set of document components based on document issuer provided information and a set of direct checks; deriving a set of document features based at least in part on the one or more images of the document and a set of derived checks; and generating a document assembly object describing valid instances of the document including the set of document components, the set of derived document features and a set of verification checks including the set of direct checks and the set of derived checks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Attila Balogh, Anshuman Vikram Singh, Thomas Krump
  • Publication number: 20240221411
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining a query including a document assembly object identifier, the query associated with a request to verify a document under test present in an image; obtaining a document assembly object describing a valid document uniquely associated with the identifier, the document assembly object including: a set of document components, a set of derived document features, and a set of verification checks including one or more of a direct check and a derived check; obtaining aggregated context information associated with the document under test; and sending the document assembly object and aggregated context information for use in verification of the document under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Attila Balogh, Anshuman Vikram Singh, Thomas Krump
  • Publication number: 20240217255
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining, using one or more processors, at least one image of a document under test; obtaining, using the one or more processors, an edge domain representation of a first portion of the document under test; comparing, using the one or more processors, the edge domain representation of the first portion of the document under test to an edge domain representation of a corresponding portion of one or more valid document instances; and modifying, using one or more processors, a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on the comparison of the edge domain representations associated with the document under test and corresponding portion associated with one or more valid document instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Daryl Huff, Attila Balogh, Thomas Krump, Anshuman Vikram Singh
  • Publication number: 20240221414
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining a document assembly object associated with a document under test indicating that valid instances of the document under test include a document holder image and document content describing a first visible characteristic of the document holder; and applying a set of checks associated with the document assembly object to evaluate the document under test image for validity, the set of checks including one or more of: a first check determining whether the document holder image in the document under test complies with one or more rules relating to valid document holder images, as defined in the document assembly object associated with the document under test; and a second check determining whether the first visible characteristic as described in the document content is consistent with the first visible characteristic as visible in the document holder image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Wells, Attila Balogh, Anshuman Vikram Singh, Thomas Krump, Daryl Huff
  • Publication number: 20230285848
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user’s left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user’s right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kah Yong LEE, Chee Oei CHAN, Ann Tiong ONG, Yifeng CHEN, Stuart Wells
  • Patent number: 11607608
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kah Yong Lee, Chee Oei Chan, Ann Tiong Ong, Yifeng Chen, Stuart Wells
  • Publication number: 20210283494
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kah Yong LEE, Chee Oei CHAN, Ann Tiong ONG, Yifeng CHEN, Stuart Wells
  • Patent number: 11045723
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: RAZER (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Kah Yong Lee, Chee Oei Chan, Ann Tiong Ong, Yifeng Chen, Stuart Wells