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Sunil Ramesh

Sunil Ramesh

Director of Advanced Development at Roku, Product & Patent Leader

Cupertino, California
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Summary

Sunil Ramesh is a seasoned product and engineering leader with extensive experience in driving advanced development initiatives, particularly in the areas of visual search, augmented reality, and web data integration. His career highlights include leading product functions at A9.com (Amazon's visual search team) and Import.io, and currently directing advanced development at Roku. He has demonstrated a strong capability in product management, team leadership, and technical innovation across various technology companies. quora+1
A prolific inventor, Sunil Ramesh holds over 50 granted patents, primarily in areas related to video content systems, visual search, and dynamic media content presentation. His patented work reflects deep expertise in leveraging technology for innovative applications such as synthetic video advertisements, text recognition for search results, and dynamic content control. justia+1
Beyond his professional achievements, Sunil Ramesh is a talented musician, trained in both Indian and Western Classical music. He actively contributes to his community as a key member of BOOM, a Bay Area Jazz & Bollywood Music Band, which performs for non-profit fundraising events. He also shares his passion for music through presentations on Bollywood Cine music. clubrunner
His early career included a foundational role as a Research Associate at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also contributed to educational projects such as developing a Tcl tutorial for GamesCrafters. This demonstrates a long-standing engagement with technology and a commitment to both innovation and knowledge sharing. berkeley

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

Text recognition for search results

April 3, 2018

A patent assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. and A9.com Inc., detailing systems and methods for automatically selecting relevant words from image frames using optical character recognition (OCR) for improved product search results.

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Video-content system with narrative-based video content generation feature

A patent filed by Sunil Ramesh as an inventor for Roku, Inc., focusing on generating video content based on narrative elements.

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Method and System for Generating Synthetic Video Advertisements

A patent by Sunil Ramesh for Roku, Inc., concerning the method and system for creating synthetic video advertisements.

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Dynamic collection and reporting of customer premises context information in response to predicted emergency event

A patent by Sunil Ramesh for Roku, Inc., related to dynamically collecting and reporting customer premises context information in response to predicted emergency events.

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Actor-replacement system for videos

A patent by Sunil Ramesh for Roku, Inc., focused on systems for replacing actors in video content.

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Hobbies

Sunil Ramesh is trained in Indian and Western Classical music and is a key member of BOOM, a Bay Area Jazz & Bollywood Music Band that performs for fund-raising for non-profit organizations, and he also shares his knowledge on Bollywood Cine music. clubrunner

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