SHARED CONTROL OF SEMI-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INCLUDING COLLISION AVOIDANCE IN MULTI-AGENT SCENARIOS
Granted: October 8, 2015
Application Number:
20150284010
A method for providing shared control over movement of a vehicle within a space. The method includes receiving user input related to a velocity and a direction for the vehicle within the space. The method includes processing the user input to selectively adjust the velocity and the direction desired by the user based on a set of predefined constraints to generate a trajectory for the vehicle for an upcoming time period. The method includes operating drive mechanisms in the vehicle based…
Methods and Systems for Determining Consumer Entitlements for Playback Interoperability
Granted: September 17, 2015
Application Number:
20150262190
An example system includes a database having a plurality of data structures, each of the plurality of data structures associated with a different business rule and one or more provider identifications, and a processor configured to receive one or more consumer identifications and one of the one or more provider identifications, search the plurality of data structures for one or more data structures associated with the one of the one or more provider identifications to identify authorized…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PLAYING MULTI-LICENSE MEDIA CONTENT
Granted: September 17, 2015
Application Number:
20150261939
Methods and systems described herein play multi-license media contents. A multi-license media content includes digital assets, at least one of which is encrypted and requires one or more licenses to be decrypted when being played. The digital assets may include a video digital asset, an audio digital asset, or a textual digital asset. The digital assets may be played by using licenses from multiple sources such that various components (e.g., a video component, an audio component, or a…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA COLLECTION USING LARGE-SCALE INTERACTIVE USER RESPONSE
Granted: September 17, 2015
Application Number:
20150258457
A method including receiving a broadcast of an event comprising a plurality of frames; receiving, from a plurality of users, a corresponding plurality of inputs, each of the inputs relating to a characteristic of an object depicted in one of the frames of the broadcast; and analyzing the plurality of inputs to determine a best guess of the characteristic of the object in the frame.
METHOD FOR CAPTURING PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS ON A HANDHELD CLIENT DEVICE WITHOUT CONTINUALLY OBSERVING THE DEVICE'S SCREEN
Granted: September 10, 2015
Application Number:
20150256740
A client device for image capture in an eyes-free manner or without ongoing observance of the device's display screen to ensure proper framing and focusing. The client device may take the form of a smartphone, tablet, or the like. The client device includes an image capture application run by a processor to select a target to be included in a digital image captured by the client device's camera. The image capture application causes the processor to operate feedback mechanisms to prompt…
PASSENGER RESTRAINT PAWL AND RATCHET ASSEMBLY WITH POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT
Granted: September 10, 2015
Application Number:
20150251619
A passenger restraint system is provided for use in vehicles such as ride vehicles used in theme and amusement park rides. The restraint system includes a passenger restraint such as a lap bar, a belt, or an over-the-shoulder restraint includes a locking mechanism for selectively latching the restraint in a desired position. The locking mechanism includes a ratchet connected to the passenger restraint and mounted so as to rotate with movement of the passenger restraint. The locking…
AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE WITH CANTILEVERED RIDE VEHICLES
Granted: September 10, 2015
Application Number:
20150251101
An amusement park ride adapted to provide passengers unobstructed lines of sight in turns and increased turn velocities. The ride includes a track and a ride vehicle. The ride vehicle includes a track connector assembly coupled to the track for movement along the ride path in a direction of travel. The vehicle also includes a vehicle base mounted to the track connector assembly to move with the track connector. The vehicle includes a bridge, or cantilever support arm or boom, extending…
SPINNING FAN MIRROR BEAM COMBINER FOR A BORDERLESS SELF-CONTAINED PEPPER'S GHOST
Granted: August 27, 2015
Application Number:
20150241712
A 3D display apparatus for providing a Pepper's Ghost effect. The apparatus includes a background set spaced apart from a viewing space such that a viewer in the viewing space has a line of sight to the background set. The apparatus also includes a mirrored surfaces fan, which includes a motor, a hub rotatable by the motor, and a plurality of fan blades attached in a spaced apart manner to the hub to rotate with the hub. In some cases, each of the fan blades has a reflective region on a…
TRANSPARENT GIFT CARD FOR OVERLAYING A DIGITAL DISPLAY
Granted: August 27, 2015
Application Number:
20150243258
A visual display assembly is provided for allowing an operator of digital device such as a smartphone to have an interactive experience with their display. The assembly or apparatus includes a digital device with a display screen and an overlay card for positioning over the display screen. The overlay card, which may take the form of a gift card, a debit card, a credit card, an access card, an ID card, or the like, includes a light-blocking region and a viewing window that is at least…
OVERLAY-BASED WATERMARKING FOR VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION WITH CONTEXTUAL DATA
Granted: August 27, 2015
Application Number:
20150242983
Systems and methods for synchronizing a broadcast video with contextual data are disclosed, wherein the broadcast video is enhanced by graphical overlays. Synchronization is achieved by means of digital watermarking of the broadcast video in conjunction with the graphical-overlays. Exemplary embodiments embed a watermark bitstream into the broadcast video based on an overlay-template, characteristic of a corresponding overlay-graphic. The watermarked video is then transmitted over a…
GRAVITY-COUNTERBALANCED ROBOT ARM
Granted: August 27, 2015
Application Number:
20150239133
An arm assembly for use in a robot to provide gravity counterbalancing of the robot arms. The arm assembly includes an arm and a drive assembly. The arm assembly includes a differential interconnecting the drive assembly with the arm link. The differential is attached to a torso-side or upper end of the arm link, and the differential is adapted to provide gravity counterbalancing for the predefined mass of the arm link. A pair of half counterweights are provided and arranged to each move…
SELECTING DIGITAL CONTENT IN A GROUP WITH A MARKET SYSTEM
Granted: August 27, 2015
Application Number:
20150238876
Techniques are disclosed which provide an approach for selecting group-based digital content using a market system. An application receives a bid that indicates a selection for a user-configurable feature of a shared online activity and specifies an amount of currency that a corresponding participant is bidding for the selection. The application identifies a selection of the user-configurable feature having a highest total bid and initiates the shared online activity configured according…
NETWORK CONDITION PREDICTIONS FOR MULTIMEDIA STREAMING
Granted: August 20, 2015
Application Number:
20150237092
Network condition prediction and multimedia streaming consumption prediction are provided. The prediction may be based on a device's prior location, behavior, and statistics thereof. By gathering location data from users anonymously and securely, a virtual location network with millions of nodes are provided. Each virtual location, at a given time, is stored with associated network metrics gathered from various devices in a database. The database may comprise a probabilistic model and a…
Digital Detection of Physical Dice Rolls Via Conductive Dice Tray
Granted: August 20, 2015
Application Number:
20150231486
There is provided a system and method for determining an identity of a game piece. The system including a detection grid, a memory for storing a detection algorithm, and a processor configured to detect an electrical change on the detective grid caused by a contact face from the game piece, determine the identity of the game piece based on the electrical change using the detection algorithm, and transmit the identity of the game piece wirelessly. The game piece may include a die with a…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING COMMERCIAL BREAKS
Granted: August 13, 2015
Application Number:
20150229980
A system and method for identifying a break in a broadcast including receiving a broadcast of an event, the broadcast comprising one of audio and video, receiving event data about the event, determining, during the event, a break threshold based on the event data and a type of the event and identifying a break based on the broadcast of the event and the break threshold.
PROJECTOR DRIFT CORRECTED COMPENSATED PROJECTION
Granted: August 13, 2015
Application Number:
20150229896
The present invention relates generally to adjusting projected images from a projector. A projected image is compensated to neutralize effects of a projection surface and optimized based on anticipated pixel drift movement.
DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH A TRANSPARENT PROJECTION SURFACE WITH REDUCED BLOW-BY
Granted: August 13, 2015
Application Number:
20150227035
A display system that is adapted to provide control blow-by. The display system includes a projector that is operable to project light through a lens. The system also includes a first polarizer positioned proximate to the lens receiving and first polarizing the projected light. The display system further includes a projection screen assembly that includes a transparent projection screen and a second polarizer. The projected light first strikes the transparent projection screen causing a…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PLAYING MULTI-SOURCE MEDIA CONTENT
Granted: August 6, 2015
Application Number:
20150220620
Methods and systems described herein play multi-source media content. A multi-source media content includes digital assets from multiple media sources. The digital assets may include a video digital asset, an audio digital asset, or a textual digital asset. The digital assets may be provided by different media content providers. The digital assets from multiple media sources may be played such that various components (e.g., a video component, an audio component, or a textual component)…
MOTORIZED MONOPOD JIB FOR CAMERAS
Granted: August 6, 2015
Application Number:
20150219981
One embodiment provides a motorized monopole for a camera, including: a monopole; an offset arrangement attached to the monopole; a camera mount; the offset arrangement rotating with respect to the monopole; the offset arrangement terminating in a connection attaching the camera mount; and a first motor imparting tilt movement to the camera mount with respect to the connection. Other aspects are described and claimed.
SYSTEM AND MEDIA INTERFACE FOR MULTI-MEDIA PRODUCTION
Granted: July 16, 2015
Application Number:
20150201134
To generate a media presentation of a live event, a user interface is coupled to at least three cameras that share substantially the same vantage point. One of the cameras (e.g., a context camera) provides a context view of the event that is displayed on a screen of the user interface. The views of the other two cameras are superimposed onto the context view to define sub-portions that are visually demarcated within the context view. In one embodiment, only one of views is visually…
