FREDERIK CARL KJELDSEN
Pilots at Dutchess Hl Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY

2006007, Apr 6, 2006

Oct 1, 2004

10/957123

Frederik Moesgaard Kjeldsen - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Anthony Levas - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Gopal Pingali - Mohegan Lake NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H04N 7/18

348137000

An exemplary technique for interaction-based computer interfacing comprises determining if an interaction with a visible artifact is a recognized interaction. When the interaction is a recognized interaction, control information is determined that has one of a plurality of types. The control information is determined by using at least the visual artifact and characteristics of the recognized interaction. The control information is mapped to one or more tasks in an application, such that any task that requires control information of a specific type can get the control information from any visual artifact that creates control information of the specific type. The control information is suitable for use by the one or more tasks.

6864912, Mar 8, 2005

Dec 16, 1999

09/464841

Robert B. Mahaffey - Austin TX, US
Lawrence F. Weiss - Round Rock TX, US
Richard S. Schwerdtfeger - Round Rock TX, US
Frederik C. Kjeldsen - Poughkeepsie NY, US

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

H04N007/18

348 61, 348 63, 348 1401

A system and method are described for selectively providing display data to a display device dependent upon an optically detected proximity of a user's face to a camera. One embodiment of a computer system includes the camera, the display device, and a processing system. The camera produces image signals representing a first image and a second image of the user's face, wherein the first image precedes the second image in time. The processing system receives the image signals and analyzes the first and second images to determine the proximity of the user's face to the camera. More specifically, the processing system compares the first and second images to determine the proximity of the user's face to the camera in the second image relative to the proximity of the user's face in the first image. The processing system provides the display data to the display device dependent upon the proximity of the user's face to the camera. In order to determine the proximity of the user's face to the camera, the processing system may compare: (i) a size of the user's face in the first and second images, and/or (ii) a distance between selected facial features of the user in the first and second images.

2006015, Jul 20, 2006

Jan 6, 2006

11/327796

Raymond Babcock - Stewartville MN, US
Sergio Borger - Demarest NJ, US
John Gullicksrud - Rochester MN, US
Richard Harris - Raleigh NC, US
Frederik Kjeldsen - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Stephen Mroz - Rochester MN, US
Gopal Pingali - Mohegan Lake NY, US
Claudio Pinhanez - New York NY, US
Justin Rogers - Rochester MN, US
Camillo Sassano - Durham NC, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H04N 5/225

348207990

Techniques for collocating a processing unit and a visual unit are provided. An apparatus for such collocation can include a processing unit receiving portion, a visual unit mounting portion, and a connecting bracket. The processing unit receiving portion can be adapted to receive the processing unit, and the visual unit mounting portion can be adapted to mount the visual unit. A connecting bracket can have a first region secured to the processing unit receiving portion and a second region secured to the visual unit mounting portion, and can define a channel that can function as a “chimney” for flow of a cooling medium, and/or as a cable raceway.

2006015, Jul 20, 2006

Jan 6, 2006

11/327570

Sergio Borger - Demarest NJ, US
Frederik Kjeldsen - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Gopal Pingali - Mohegan Lake NY, US
Claudio Pinhanez - New York NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G03B 21/14

353069000

Techniques are provided for interacting with a subject in an environment are provided. In one aspect, an inventive apparatus includes a display device configured to display images on a number of surfaces in the environment, at least one sensing device, and at least one display controller. The at least one sensing device is configured to sense interactions between the subject and the environment. At least some of the interactions can be interactions dispersed through the environment and remote from the displayed image. The display controller can be coupled to the display device and the sensing device, and can be configured to modify image display by the display device, in response to one or more of the interactions that are sensed.

8253831, Aug 28, 2012

Nov 29, 2008

12/325178

Russell Patrick Bobbitt - Pleasantville NY, US
Quanfu Fan - Somerville MA, US
Arun Hampapur - Norwalk CT, US
Frederik Kjeldsen - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti - Darien CT, US
Akira Yanagawa - New York NY, US
Yun Zhai - White Plains NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H04N 9/083

348274, 348150

Techniques for detecting one or more events are provided. The techniques include using one or more regions of interest on a video sequence to cover a location for one or more events, wherein each event is associated with at least one of the one or more regions of interest, applying multiple-instance learning to the video sequence to construct one or more location-aware event models, and applying the models to the video sequence to determine the one or more regions of interest that are associated with the one or more events.

2006015, Jul 13, 2006

Jan 10, 2005

11/032209

Frederik Carl Kjeldsen - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Robert Mahaffey - San Rafael CA, US

G06K 9/34

382176000, 382177000, 382178000

The present invention provides for visual enhancement of text. A text area is selected. A plurality of non-identical images of the text area are captured. Background information is removed from these images. The contrast characteristics of text area of the plurality of images are increased. The contrasted images are combined so as to increase their effective resolution. In an alternative embodiment, the text picture is broken up into a plurality of component colors, and these colors are then sharpened and recombined.

8345101, Jan 1, 2013

Oct 31, 2008

12/262446

Russell Patrick Bobbitt - Pleasantville NY, US
Quanfu Fan - Somerville MA, US
Arun Hampapur - Norwalk CT, US
Frederik Kjeldsen - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti - Darien CT, US
Akira Yanagawa - New York NY, US
Yun Zhai - White Plains NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H04N 7/18

348150, 348143, 348169

Techniques for automatically calibrating one or more regions of interest for video surveillance are provided. The techniques include at a user-defined frequency, determining if one or more regions of interest (ROIs) are present within a field of view of a camera, if one or more ROIs are present within the field of view of the camera, automatically calibrating the one or more ROIs within the field of view of the camera, and if one or more ROIs are not present within the field of view of the camera, sending an alert to a user.

2006015, Jul 20, 2006

Jan 6, 2006

11/327597

Sergio Borger - Demarest NJ, US
Frederik Kjeldsen - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Gopal Pingali - Mohegan Lake NY, US
Claudio Pinhanez - New York NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G09G 5/00

345582000

Techniques for remotely calibrating an interactive system are provided. In one aspect, a three-dimensional model of the target environment is obtained, image and parameter data of the target environment are obtained, the image and parameter data are mapped onto the three-dimensional model, and calibration data of the target environment is developed based on the mapping. In another aspect, image and parameter data of the target environment is obtained, the image and parameter data is configured for transmission to a remote environment, calibration data is obtained from the remote environment, and display and sensor operation of the interactive system are updated based on the calibration data.

8429016, Apr 23, 2013

Oct 31, 2008

12/262454

Russell Patrick Bobbitt - Pleasantville NY, US
Quanfu Fan - Somerville MA, US
Arun Hampapur - Norwalk CT, US
Frederik Kjeldsen - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti - Darien CT, US
Akira Yanagawa - New York NY, US
Yun Zhai - White Plains NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06Q 20/00

705 16, 705 18

Techniques for generating an alert based on absence of a given person in a transaction are provided. The techniques include monitoring, via video, a transaction, wherein the transaction includes presence of a given person in the transaction, relating the video of the transaction to a corresponding portion of a transaction log (TLOG), using the video and corresponding portion of the TLOG to detect if the given person in the transaction is present, and generating an alert if the given person is not present at the transaction.

8483481, Jul 9, 2013

Jul 27, 2010

12/844330

Rogerio S. Feris - White Plains NY, US
Arun Hampapur - Norwalk CT, US
Frederik C. Kjeldsen - Poughkeepsie NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06T 7/0081

382173, 382164, 382190

Techniques are provided. The techniques include identifying a region of interest in a video scene, applying a background subtraction algorithm to the region of interest to detect a static foreground object in the region of interest, and determining whether the static foreground object is abandoned or removed, wherein determining whether the static foreground object is abandoned or removed comprises performing a foreground analysis based on edge energy and region growing, and pruning one or more false alarms using one or more track statistics.