Patents by Inventor Travis Rich

Travis Rich 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for encoded textures
    Patent number: 9056422
    Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a manufactured physical object includes surface features that encode information according to a code. Each respective surface feature consists of a bump on, or recess in, a surface of the object. Each respective surface feature by itself, regardless of any state of any other surface feature, encodes a sequence of multiple bits. The sequence is determined, at least in part, by a discrete elevation of the respective surface feature. At least three different discrete elevations of surface features are significant in the code. Also, one or more other parameters of the surface features may be significant in the code, such as discrete rotational orientation, discrete overall shape, discrete color, or presence or absence of the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Travis Rich, Andrew Lippman
  • Methods and Apparatus for Encoded Textures
    Publication number: 20140301179
    Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a manufactured physical object includes surface features that encode information according to a code. Each respective surface feature consists of a bump on, or recess in, a surface of the object. Each respective surface feature by itself, regardless of any state of any other surface feature, encodes a sequence of multiple bits. The sequence is determined, at least in part, by a discrete elevation of the respective surface feature. At least three different discrete elevations of surface features are significant in the code. Also, one or more other parameters of the surface features may be significant in the code, such as discrete rotational orientation, discrete overall shape, discrete color, or presence or absence of the feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Travis Rich, Andrew Lippman