Patents by Inventor Will Dixon

Will Dixon 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: 10484596
    Abstract: A camera sets an access-protection status of a first digital image indicating that the first digital image is an access-allowed digital image based on a criterion having a first parameter while the first digital image is captured by the camera. The camera sets an access-protection status of a second digital image indicating that the second digital image is an access-protected digital image based on the criterion having a second parameter while the second digital image is captured by the camera. An image display interface displays the first digital image without requiring an access credential to be authenticated. On the other hand, an access-protected image display interface displays the second digital image only after authenticating an access credential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Owen W. Paulus, Malini Jagannadhan, Will Dixon
  • Publication number: 20190222749
    Abstract: A camera sets an access-protection status of a first digital image indicating that the first digital image is an access-allowed digital image based on a criterion having a first parameter while the first digital image is captured by the camera. The camera sets an access-protection status of a second digital image indicating that the second digital image is an access-protected digital image based on the criterion having a second parameter while the second digital image is captured by the camera. An image display interface displays the first digital image without requiring an access credential to be authenticated. On the other hand, an access-protected image display interface displays the second digital image only after authenticating an access credential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Owen W. Paulus, Malini Jagannadhan, Will Dixon
  • Patent number: 10244161
    Abstract: In one example, a camera includes an imaging sensor to translate light into a digital image, a storage device to save the digital image in a digital format, and a privacy module. The privacy module is configured to set a privacy setting of the newly-captured digital image to indicate that the newly-captured digital image is a private digital image based at least on the privacy module being set to a privacy mode and to set the privacy setting to indicate that the newly-captured digital image is a non-private digital image based at least on the privacy module not being set to the privacy mode. The newly-captured digital image is saved in the digital format regardless if the newly-captured digital image is a private digital image or a non-private digital image. The camera includes an image display interface to display, without authenticating private image credentials, only non-private digital images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Owen W. Paulus, Malini Jagannadhan, Will Dixon
  • Publication number: 20180205876
    Abstract: In one example, a camera includes an imaging sensor to translate light into a digital image, a storage device to save the digital image in a digital format, and a privacy module. The privacy module is configured to set a privacy setting of the newly-captured digital image to indicate that the newly-captured digital image is a private digital image based at least on the privacy module being set to a privacy mode and to set the privacy setting to indicate that the newly-captured digital image is a non-private digital image based at least on the privacy module not being set to the privacy mode. The newly-captured digital image is saved in the digital format regardless if the newly-captured digital image is a private digital image or a non-private digital image. The camera includes an image display interface to display, without authenticating private image credentials, only non-private digital images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Owen W. Paulus, Malini Jagannadhan, Will Dixon