Patents by Inventor William Schwartz

William Schwartz 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: 11622076
    Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. The size of the punchout of the video may be changed based on different rotational positions of to provide a view that includes different extents of the captured visual content. The changes in the size of the punchout may simulate changes in zoom of the visual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Peter Tran
  • Publication number: 20230034490
    Abstract: Multiple framings of a video may define different positionings of a viewing window at different moments within the video. The positionings of the viewing window defined by the multiple framings may be used as fixed positionings of the viewing window in a viewing path. The viewing path may define changes in the positioning of the viewing window between the fixed positionings. A presentation of the video may be generated to include the extents of the video within the viewing window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20230011843
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for image processing of spherical content via hardware acceleration components. In one embodiment, an EAC image is subdivided into facets via existing software addressing and written into the memory buffers (normally used for rectilinear cubemaps) in a graphics processing unit (GPU). The EAC facets may be translated, rotated, and/or mirrored so as to align with the expected three-dimensional (3D) coordinate space. The GPU may use existing hardware accelerator logic, parallelization, and/or addressing logic to greatly improve 3D image processing effects (such as a multi-band blend using Gaussian blurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: William Edward MacDonald, Kyler William Schwartz, David A. Newman
  • Patent number: 11481863
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for image processing of spherical content via hardware acceleration components. In one embodiment, an EAC image is subdivided into facets via existing software addressing and written into the memory buffers (normally used for rectilinear cubemaps) in a graphics processing unit (GPU). The EAC facets may be translated, rotated, and/or mirrored so as to align with the expected three-dimensional (3D) coordinate space. The GPU may use existing hardware accelerator logic, parallelization, and/or addressing logic to greatly improve 3D image processing effects (such as a multi-band blend using Gaussian blurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: William Edward MacDonald, Kyler William Schwartz, David A. Newman
  • Patent number: 11477394
    Abstract: Multiple framings of a video may define different positionings of a viewing window at different moments within the video. The positionings of the viewing window defined by the multiple framings may be used as fixed positionings of the viewing window in a viewing path. The viewing path may define changes in the positioning of the viewing window between the fixed positionings. A presentation of the video may be generated to include the extents of the video within the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20220279128
    Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A horizon-leveled view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. The placement of the punchout of the video may be changed based on different rotational positions of to provide a view in which a horizon depicted within the video is leveled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Jonathan Leland Thorn
  • Publication number: 20220239833
    Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. The size of the punchout of the video may be changed based on different rotational positions of to provide a view that includes different extents of the captured visual content. The changes in the size of the punchout may simulate changes in zoom of the visual content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Peter Tran
  • Patent number: 11336832
    Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A horizon-leveled view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. The placement of the punchout of the video may be changed based on different rotational positions of to provide a view in which a horizon depicted within the video is leveled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Jonathan Leland Thorn
  • Patent number: 11310425
    Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. The size of the punchout of the video may be changed based on different rotational positions of to provide a view that includes different extents of the captured visual content. The changes in the size of the punchout may simulate changes in zoom of the visual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Peter Tran
  • Publication number: 20220101882
    Abstract: A video may include visual content having a progress length. A user may interact with a mobile device to set framings of the visual content at moments within the progress length. The framings of the visual content may be provided to a video editing application. The video editing application may utilize the framings set via the mobile device to provide preliminary framings of the visual content at the moments within the progress length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Corbin, Joshua Hamill, Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220044357
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for optimized stitching of overcapture content. In one embodiment, the optimized stitching of the overcapture content includes capturing the overcapture content; producing overlap bands associated with the captured overcapture content; downsampling the produced overlap bands; generating derivative images from the downsampled overlap bands; generating a cost map associated with the generated derivative images; determining shortest path information for the generated cost map; generating a warp file based on the determined shortest path information, the generated warp file being utilized for the optimized stitching of the overcapture content. Camera apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, David Newman, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
  • Patent number: 11200918
    Abstract: A video may include visual content having a progress length. A user may interact with a mobile device to set framings of the visual content at moments within the progress length. The framings of the visual content may be provided to a video editing application. The video editing application may utilize the framings set via the mobile device to provide preliminary framings of the visual content at the moments within the progress length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Corbin, Joshua Hamill, Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11158025
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for optimized stitching of overcapture content. In one embodiment, the optimized stitching of the overcapture content includes capturing the overcapture content; producing overlap bands associated with the captured overcapture content; downsampling the produced overlap bands; generating derivative images from the downsampled overlap bands; generating a cost map associated with the generated derivative images; determining shortest path information for the generated cost map; generating a warp file based on the determined shortest path information, the generated warp file being utilized for the optimized stitching of the overcapture content. Camera apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, David Newman, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20210329215
    Abstract: A viewing direction may define an angle/visual portion of a spherical video at which a viewing window is directed. A trajectory of viewing direction may include changes in viewing directions for playback of spherical video. Abrupt changes in the viewing directions may result in jerky or shaky views of the spherical video. Changes in the viewing directions may be stabilized to provide stabilized views of the spherical video. Amount of stabilization may be limited by a margin constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, William Edward MacDonald, Kyler William Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20210284179
    Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to predict failures for each of a plurality of vehicle components by processing vehicle data with one or more recurrent neural networks, wherein vehicle data includes engineering test data, vehicle control data, vehicle service data, and vehicle environment data and wherein predicting the respective failures includes determining a remaining useful life for each of the plurality of vehicle components. The instructions can include further instructions to determine a vehicle optimization strategy by optimizing remaining useful life for one or more of the plurality of vehicle components to avoid the vehicle component failure and download the vehicle optimization strategy to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brendan Diamond, Erik J. Christen, Yuan Zhang, Walter William Schwartz, Nayaz Khalid Ahmed, Jeff R. Grimes, Heinrich Enslin
  • Publication number: 20210253015
    Abstract: Vehicle shelf systems having indicators thereon for improving loading and delivery efficiency. Items are scanned for loading, and the indicators on the vehicle shelves identify where to place the item based on the sequence of the delivery point along the delivery route. A mobile computing device alerts a delivery carrier when the delivery vehicle is in proximity to a delivery point when an item is to be delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: William Schwartz, Amy Longshore, Erika Thoeny, Sierra Raney, Michael Nagy, Andrew Garcia
  • Publication number: 20210250523
    Abstract: Multiple framings of a video may define different positionings of a viewing window at different moments within the video. The positionings of the viewing window defined by the multiple framings may be used as fixed positionings of the viewing window in a viewing path. The viewing path may define changes in the positioning of the viewing window between the fixed positionings. A presentation of the video may be generated to include the extents of the video within the viewing window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
  • Patent number: 11064181
    Abstract: A viewing direction may define an angle/visual portion of a spherical video at which a viewing window is directed. A trajectory of viewing direction may include changes in viewing directions for playback of spherical video. Abrupt changes in the viewing directions may result in jerky or shaky views of the spherical video. Changes in the viewing directions may be stabilized to provide stabilized views of the spherical video. Amount of stabilization may be limited by a margin constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: GOPRO, INC.
    Inventors: Daryl Stimm, William Edward MacDonald, Kyler William Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11027640
    Abstract: Vehicle shelf systems having indicators thereon for improving loading and delivery efficiency. Items are scanned for loading, and the indicators on the vehicle shelves identify where to place the item based on the sequence of the delivery point along the delivery route. A mobile computing device alerts a delivery carrier when the delivery vehicle is in proximity to a delivery point when an item is to be delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: William Schwartz, Amy Longshore, Erika Thoeny, Sierra Raney, Michael Nagy, Andrew Garcia
  • Publication number: 20210137691
    Abstract: Embodiments of an artificial meniscus are disclosed herein. An artificial meniscus includes at least one circumferential fiber bundle and the at least one non-circumferential fiber bundle embedded in a polymer material. The non-circumferential fiber bundles are fully encapsulated within the polymer material, and the circumferential fiber bundles extend out of anterior and posterior horns of the artificial meniscus to terminate in ends that are configured for fixation to bone. Methods of making and implanting artificial menisci are also disclosed herein. The methods of making include, but are not limited to, stepwise molding, layering, and curing of polymer material around the circumferential and non-circumferential fiber bundles. The methods of implanting include threading ends of the circumferential fiber bundles through first and second bone tunnels, then immobilizing the ends of the circumferential fiber bundles with respect to the bone of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Trent Gardner CALLCOTT, Jonathan William SCHWARTZ, David Nelson KU