Ed Winter Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

2018-Current: System Engineering and software development for multiple camera-based capture systems for head/body capture. Supporting internal R&D algorithm development and external deployment at Playstation. Iterated and deployed six different capture rigs and support production activities to ensure smooth operation and reliability. Included developing custom synchronization system to improve reconstruction across varying camera types.2024-Current: Supporting launch activities for Sony's Head Mounted Display. (https://www.sony.net/corporate/information/news/202401/24-001E/)2022-2024: Managing team for plug-in software development in Unreal Engine and Maya for the mocopi personal motion capture system (https://electronics.sony.com/more/mocopi/all-mocopi/p/qmss1-uscx). Team was also responsible for assisting in US launch activities, business development support, 3rd level technical support. Developed demonstrations for US trade shows (AWE, CES, etc.)

San Diego, California, United States

2022-2023: Continued partnership with university for enhancing OSCE-based learning options. Worked with Japan R&D team to create a PoC around speech analysis and grading student performance. Team built an end-to-end cloud-based system from OSCE capture through rubric analysis. ML run through Docker AWS instance.2019-2022: Partnered with university around creating a business for pharmacy student learning. Built PoCs around technology-enhanced assisted learning for hands-on activities in lab settings. Included end-to-end OSCE simulations with objective analysis of student behavior and performance. Physical patient simulation to enhance realism.2018-2022: Responsible for proof-of-concept development fostering business development activities in our Semiconductor Solutions group. Projects involved building customer use-case PoCs to validate potential business opportunities. Machine learning around visual recognition (2D/3D), visual speech, and data generation. Business areas included retail, automotive, factory, and security verticals.2018-2020: Responsible for R&D project around drone-based capture of static objects and scenes. Team prototyped custom drones, a capture pipeline, multi-drone coordinated autonomous flight, and researched reconstruction options to maximize results.

San Diego, California, United States

Team was responsible for prototyping experiences for business development in Japan. Invented innovative methods to control the digital home, leverage AR experiences, creating volumetric capture experiences, and more.Public Highlights include:* SXSW 2018 - Sony Wow Studio: 2 exhibits including volumetric capture of participants and rendering into their own short movie. 3D capture of people's heads using custom robotic arms in less than a minute and injecting the participants into a physical game wall outside the scan booth.* Hero Generator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzTmGo1lrU&t=163s* 3D Creator: https://twitter.com/Sony/status/974077719838371843

San Diego, California, United States

Team developed Android app called Info-eye which was a camera application for Sony Xperia smartphones. This app enabled taking a photo of landmarks, wine, books, products, and QR codes.Researched detecting food and doing OCR integration with translations.Built prototypes around photo library organization and management based on ML tags.Released on >40M phones.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxYTyh5gNkI

San Diego, California, United States

Managing Android, Web and Win32 software development projects for Sony VAIO.

San Diego, California, United States

Manage team of program managers handling VAIO software development projects.

San Diego, California, United States

Video service/hardware program managerDesktop Platform & Digital Home program management. - RB Series, RC3xx Series, XL3, XL1B Changer Platforms.https://docs.sony.com/release/vgpxl1b3.pdfhttps://www.cnet.com/reviews/sony-vaio-rc310g-review/

San Diego, California, United States

Platform engineering for RB Series and other desktop/digital home platforms and software. OEM/ODM engagement.https://www.cnet.com/reviews/sony-vaio-rb-series-review/

San Jose, California, United States

System Engineering for VAIO desktop computers.OEM/ODM engagement.

Engineering for Compaq modems, ISDN, DSL commercial products 1997-1999.Engineering for Compaq iPaq team on wireless communications 1999-2000.Engineering for Compaq 802.11b/WiFi commercial/consumer products 1999-2001.

Bs, Computer Engineering

Ms, Engineering Management

Industrial Engineering Department.