Kerfoot
Alex Kerfoot, Oakland, CA US
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20140280241 | Methods and Systems to Organize Media Items According to Similarity - Users collect digital media items such as songs, images, and videos into media libraries. Over time, the user can collect a very large number of media items making organization and use of the media library difficult and time-consuming. The systems and methods described herein alleviate this task by collecting metadata about the media items from multiple sources, determining a similarity between the media items, and clustering the media items with like media items. The systems and methods described herein can position the media items relative to one another in a layout based on their respective similarity. Feedback from the user and from other users can be added to the metadata and used to update the layout of the media items. | 09-18-2014 |
20140365530 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EDIT A HIERARCHICAL TREE STRUCTURE - Media items in a media library are organized into a hierarchical tree so that a particular media item can be found by referencing similar media items. The hierarchical tree has nodes that are the media items and each node further includes a prominence level that indicates a relative popularity of the media item. Systems and methods described herein allow a user to edit or modify the hierarchical tree by changing a position of a media item in the hierarchical tree or by changing a prominence level of the media item. If the edit or modification affects the integrity of the hierarchical tree, the hierarchical tree is automatically further modified to preserve the integrity while reflecting the edit or modification made by the user. | 12-11-2014 |
Alex Lee Kerfoot, Oakland, CA US
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20150268932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE A PLAYLIST FROM A MEDIA MAP - Increasingly, large libraries of digital media items such as music, movies, and images are maintained. One way to consume the media items is via playlists. Playlists are an ordered list of some of the media items according to a theme or a progression from one theme to another theme. Systems and methods described herein allow a user to request generation of a playlist via a media map of the media library. The request can be in a variety of forms including: an identification of a region, identifications of starting and ending points, identification of a defined area of the media map, a gesture identifying a path through the media map, and an identification of a metadata tag associated with some of the media items within the media library. Further, branching playlists can be generated from a currently presented media item, which may itself be from a generated playlist. | 09-24-2015 |
Ben Kerfoot, Nr. Tarporley Cheshire GB
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20150059634 | RIGHTING DEVICE FOR A WATER VESSEL - A device for righting a boat or other water vessel following a capsize. The device has an inflatable body which can be stowed in a collapsed state when uninflated. Compressed gas inflates the body following a capsize. The inflatable body has a flexible skin which forms at least first and second inflatable chambers. A valve arrangement causes the chambers to be inflated in a predetermined sequence. The first chamber securely mounts the valve upon the vessel. The second chamber is coupled to the first, supported by the first chamber when the device is deployed. Due to its buoyancy when submerged, the second chamber applies a righting moment to the vessel. The first chamber transmits this moment to the vessel. The staged inflation of the body alleviates its tendency to “pop up” to the surface before it is adequately inflated. | 03-05-2015 |
Ian B. Kerfoot, Schaumburg, IL US
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20090122649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF AMPLITUDE MODULATION OF UNDERWATER SOUND - Systems and methods for detection and analysis of amplitude modulation of underwater sound employ a product of a time delayed first electrical signal with a second electrical signal to generate a summed-product signal. The time delayed first electrical signal and the second electrical signal have an amplitude modulation indicative of characteristics of a vessel propeller. The summed-product signal is analyzed to detect a vessel and to determine the characteristics of the vessel propeller. In some arrangements a plurality of summed-product signals are analyzed to also determine a depth of the detected vessel. | 05-14-2009 |
Mary Kerfoot, Schaumburg, IL US
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20090122649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF AMPLITUDE MODULATION OF UNDERWATER SOUND - Systems and methods for detection and analysis of amplitude modulation of underwater sound employ a product of a time delayed first electrical signal with a second electrical signal to generate a summed-product signal. The time delayed first electrical signal and the second electrical signal have an amplitude modulation indicative of characteristics of a vessel propeller. The summed-product signal is analyzed to detect a vessel and to determine the characteristics of the vessel propeller. In some arrangements a plurality of summed-product signals are analyzed to also determine a depth of the detected vessel. | 05-14-2009 |
Ross Kerfoot, Queensland AU
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20090049793 | Laminated tile and method of manufacturing a laminated tile - A method and equipment for forming a laminated tile includes a multi-stage process line adapted to combine a tile base and a tile surface. The tile forming equipment includes a production line with a number of operation stations where the tile base is formed in a mould ( | 02-26-2009 |