Patents Examined by Chong Wu
  • Patent number: 11847750
    Abstract: An augmented reality (“AR”) device applies smooth correction methods to correct the location of the virtual objects presented to a user. The AR device may apply an angular threshold to determine whether a virtual object can be moved from an original location to a target location. An angular threshold is a maximum angle by which a line from the AR device to the virtual object can change within a timestep. Similarly, the AR device may apply a motion threshold, which is a maximum on the distance that a virtual object's location can be corrected based on the motion of the virtual object. Furthermore, the AR device may apply a pixel threshold to the correction of the virtual object's location. A pixel threshold is a maximum on the distance that a pixel projection of the virtual object can change based on the virtual object's change in location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIANTIC, INC.
    Inventors: Ben Benfold, Victor Adrian Prisacariu
  • Patent number: 11836871
    Abstract: A method is performed at an electronic device with one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, one or more environmental sensors, and a display. The method includes displaying computer-generated content on the display. The method includes determining a first positional value associated with a physical object, based on environmental data from the one or more environmental sensors. The method includes identifying a portion of the computer-generated content that satisfies an occlusion criterion with respect to a corresponding portion of the physical object, based on the first positional value. The method includes, in response to identifying that the occlusion criterion is satisfied, generating a mesh associated with the physical object based on the first positional value, and displaying the mesh on the display. The mesh overlaps with the portion of the computer-generated content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Pavel Veselinov Dudrenov, Edwin Iskandar
  • Patent number: 11836422
    Abstract: An example computing system is configured to (i) generate a cross-sectional view of a three-dimensional drawing file; (ii) receive a first user input indicating a selection of a first mesh, wherein the selection comprises a selection point that establishes a first end point; (iii) generate a first representation indicating an alignment of the first end point with at least one corresponding geometric feature of the first mesh and a second representation indicating a set of one or more directions; (iv) receive a second user input indicating a given direction; (v) based on receiving the second user input, generate a dynamic representation of the dimensioning information along the given direction; (vi) receive a third user input indicating that the second user input is complete; (vii) based on receiving the third user input, add the dimensioning information to the cross-sectional view between the first end point and the second end point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Procore Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ritu Parekh, David McCool, Christopher Myers, Christopher Bindloss
  • Patent number: 11821730
    Abstract: An augmented-reality system is combined with a surveying system to make measurement and/or layout at a construction site more efficient. A reflector can be mounted to a wearable device having an augmented-reality system. A total station can be used to track a reflector, and truth can be transferred to the wearable device while an obstruction is between the total station and the reflector. Further, a target can be used to orient a local map of a wearable device to an environment based on a distance between the target and the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Trimble Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Kahle, David Hyland, Benedict JG Atkins, Eliot Jones, Marc Howell, Steven Ostrowski
  • Patent number: 11810260
    Abstract: An example augmented reality system includes: obtaining information about an instance of a device; recognizing the instance of the device based on the information; selecting a digital twin for the instance of the device, with the digital twin being unique to the instance of the device; and generating augmented reality content based on the digital twin and an actual graphic of the instance of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PTC INC.
    Inventors: Vladimir Parfenov, Kevin Elliott Jordan, Steven Thomas Dertien, Moshe Jacob Baum, Andre Gosselin, Stephen Prideaux-Ghee, James E. Heppelman
  • Patent number: 11810262
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: generating a mask of an object using one or more images; generating a 3D model of the object using the mask of the object; facilitating displaying a 3D display of the object on an electronic device of a user using the 3D model; receiving, from the electronic device of the user, a zoom selection on the 3D display of the object; in response to receiving the zoom selection, facilitating displaying a zoomed 3D display of the object on the electronic device of the user; receiving, from the electronic device of the user, a zoom rotation selection of the object in the zoomed 3D display; and in response to receiving the zoom rotation selection, facilitating rotating the 3D display of the object in the zoomed 3D display on the electronic device of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Richard Melling, Pedro Damian Velez Salas, Grant Evan Schindler, Bruno Jean Francois, Remy Tristan Cilia
  • Patent number: 11798247
    Abstract: A virtual object system can orchestrate virtual objects defined as a collection of components and with inheritance in an object hierarchy. Virtual object components can include a container, data, a template, and a controller. A container can define the volume the virtual object is authorized to write into. A virtual object's data can specify features such as visual elements, parameters, links to external data, meta-data, etc. The template can define view states of the virtual object and contextual breakpoints for transitioning between them. Each view state can control when and how the virtual object presents data elements. The controller can define logic for the virtual object to respond to input, context, etc. The definition of each object can specify which other object in an object hierarchy that object extends, where extending an object includes inheriting that object's components, which can be modified or overwritten as part of the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yeliz Karadayi, Wai Leong Chak, Michal Hlavac, Pol Pla I Conesa
  • Patent number: 11790612
    Abstract: An information display method, including: obtaining target information and an actual image when an information display signal is received, the actual image being an image obtained by photographing a real environment by using a camera; generating an augmented reality (AR) image according to the target information and the actual image; and displaying the AR image in a user interface, an AR element in the AR image being used for displaying the target information. In this application, an AR image is generated according to the obtained target information and actual image, and the AR image is displayed on a user interface, where the AR image includes an AR element configured to display the target information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Haikun Xiu, Haifeng Ding, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11790133
    Abstract: An example computing system is configured to (i) receive a request to generate a cross-sectional view of a three-dimensional drawing file, where the cross-sectional view is based on a location of a cross-section line within the three-dimensional drawing file and includes an intersection of two meshes within the three-dimensional drawing file; (ii) generate the cross-sectional view of the three-dimensional drawing file; (iii) add, to the generated cross-sectional view, dimensioning information involving at least one of the two meshes; (iv) generate one or more controls for adjusting a location of the cross-section line within the three-dimensional drawing file; and (v) based on an input indicating a selection of the one or more controls, adjust the location of the cross-section line within the three-dimensional drawing file, update the cross-sectional view based on the adjusted location of the cross-section line, and update the dimensioning information to correspond to the updated cross-sectional view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Procore Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David McCool, Christopher Myers, Christopher Bindloss
  • Patent number: 11790134
    Abstract: An example computing system is configured to (i) generate a cross-sectional view of a three-dimensional drawing file; (ii) receive a first user input indicating a selection of a first mesh, wherein the selection comprises a selection point that establishes a first end point; (iii) generate a first representation indicating an alignment of the first end point with at least one corresponding geometric feature of the first mesh and a second representation indicating a set of one or more directions; (iv) receive a second user input indicating a given direction; (v) based on receiving the second user input, generate a dynamic representation of the dimensioning information along the given direction; (vi) receive a third user input indicating that the second user input is complete; (vii) based on receiving the third user input, add the dimensioning information to the cross-sectional view between the first end point and the second end point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Procore Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ritu Parekh, David McCool, Christopher Myers, Christopher Bindloss
  • Patent number: 11782506
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for extended reality environment interaction. An extended reality environment including an object is generated for display, and an eye motion is detected. Based on the detecting, it is determined whether the object is in a field of view for at least a predetermined period of time, and in response to determining that the object is in the field of view for at least the predetermined period of time, one or more items related to the object are generated for display in the extended virtual reality environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Sakura Saito
  • Patent number: 11761783
    Abstract: A method for displaying lane information for a vehicle, includes obtaining a digital map; defining localization information of the vehicle; obtaining a route plan of the vehicle; determining a driving lane according to the localization information of the vehicle and the route plan of the vehicle; obtaining coordinates information of lane markings of the driving lane from the digital map; receiving image data from a camera mounted on the vehicle; transforming the lane markings of the driving lane from a coordinate system of the digital map to a coordinate system of the camera; generating a lane guide sign indicating the lane markings of the driving lane in the coordinate system of the camera based on the lane markings of the driving lane transformed to the coordinate system of the camera; and superimposing the lane guide sign of the lane markings of the driving lane on the image data received from the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Doemling, Tomas Xu
  • Patent number: 11763517
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method of generating a third person view of a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment is performed at a device including non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory. The method includes: obtaining a first viewing vector associated with a first user within a CGR environment; determining a first viewing frustum for the first user within the CGR environment based on the first viewing vector associated with the first user and one or more depth attributes; generating a representation of the first viewing frustum; and displaying, via the display device, a third person view of the CGR environment including an avatar of the first user and the representation of the first viewing frustum adjacent to the avatar of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ian M. Richter, John Joon Park, David Michael Hobbins
  • Patent number: 11756280
    Abstract: A system and method for providing multiple faces of a discrete segment of an information board in virtual reality environments includes receiving a control input and displaying one or more added faces to the discrete segment of the information board at a virtual reality display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: VR-EDU, INC.
    Inventor: Ethan Fieldman
  • Patent number: 11748966
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of intermingling stereoscopic and conforming virtual content to a bounded surface is performed at a device that includes one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes displaying a bounded surface within a native user computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, wherein the bounded surface is displayed based on a first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment. The method further includes displaying a first stereoscopic virtual object within a perimeter of a first side of the bounded surface, wherein the first stereoscopic virtual object is displayed in accordance with a second set of world coordinates that is different from the first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Clement P. Boissiere, Samuel L. Iglesias, Timothy Robert Oriol, Adam Michael O'Hern
  • Patent number: 11734906
    Abstract: An object is displayed in a three-dimensional virtual reality environment so that a first user can view an avatar of a second user in a non-obstructive form when the avatar of the second user would otherwise obstruct a view of the object from the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: VR-EDU, INC.
    Inventor: Ethan Fieldman
  • Patent number: 11727657
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: generating a mask of an object using one or more images; generating a 3D model of the object using the mask of the object; simulating an artificial 3D capture environment; generating an artificial surface for the object in the artificial 3D capture environment; transferring the artificial surface for the object to the one or more images; and blending the artificial surface for the object with a real-world surface in the one or more images. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Richard Melling, Pedro Damian Velez Salas, Grant Evan Schindler, Bruno Jean Francois, Remy Tristan Cilia
  • Patent number: 11727651
    Abstract: A hybrid implementation enables sharing the processing of 3D data locally and remotely based on processing and bandwidth factors. The hybrid implementation is flexible in determining what information to process locally, what information to transmit to a remote system, and what information to process remotely. Based on the available bandwidth, computing power/availability locally and computing power/availability remotely, the hybrid implementation is able to direct the processing of the data. By performing some of the processing locally and some of the processing remotely, more efficient processing is able to be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nikolaos Georgis
  • Patent number: 11721035
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for improvement in process of measurement of body circumference using Augmented Reality (AR) and 4-point mathematical calculations approach and mobile device camera. The method includes the steps of receiving two or more individual parameters from an individual device; receiving at least one set of 4 points capture through AR technology; measurement through AR technology from the individual device, at least one dimension including user's inputs on height, weight, age, and size range; performing body segmentation on at least one dimensions to identify one or more body features associated with the human from the background; performing the distance calculation between four points; compare the calculation results with standard sizing database and displaying the final output to the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TAILORU LLC
    Inventor: Thu Minh Do
  • Patent number: 11704883
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a reprojection engine for augmented-reality devices. The augmented-reality device projects virtual content within a real-world environment. The augmented-reality device tracks a six degrees of freedom headpose of the augmented-reality device, depth information of the virtual content, motion vectors that correspond to movement of the virtual content, and a color buffer for a reprojection engine. The reprojection engine generates a reprojection of the virtual content defined by an extrapolation of a first frame using the headpose, the depth information, motion vectors, and the color surface data structure. The reprojected virtual content continues to appear as if positioned with the real-world environment regardless of changes in the headpose of the augmented-reality device or motion of the virtual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Blake Taylor, Gilles Cadet