Patents Examined by Jeffery A. Brier
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Patent number: 11615594Abstract: A method by an extended reality (XR) display device includes accessing image data and sparse depth points corresponding to a plurality of image frames to be displayed on one or more displays of the XR display device. The method further includes determining a plurality of sets of feature points for a current image frame of the plurality of image frames, constructing a cost function configured to propagate the sparse depth points corresponding to the current image frame based on the plurality of sets of feature points, and generating a dense depth map corresponding to the current image frame based on an evaluation of the cost function. The method thus includes rendering the current image frame on the one or more displays of the XR display device based on the dense depth map.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yingen Xiong, Christopher A. Peri
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Patent number: 11614306Abstract: An electronic device determines target information about a target and recommends a target based on the target information.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventor: Philip Lyren
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Patent number: 11614796Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) system includes a VR display and a VR movement apparatus that includes hand user interfaces (UIs) and foot UIs that can support the hands, feet, seat, and total weight of a user. The VR movement apparatus allow the user's hands and feet to move in 3-dimensional space that include vertical, lateral, and fore-aft direction movements. A computer running VR software coordinate and synchronizes the VR movement apparatus and the VR display to provide system users with simulated activities in a VR environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Etherial Matter, Inc.Inventor: Scott Summit
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Patent number: 11615600Abstract: A modular computer-implemented XR health platform is adapted for diagnostic, therapeutic, and care delivery to patient. The platform incorporates one or more modules including a clinical platform module, XR platform module, configuration module, web portal and companion application module, integration module, light module, anatomy module, movement module, neurological module, mental health module, pain module, procedural and digital anesthetic module, hardware module, and billing module. A combined extended reality display and computing device are adapted for implementing one or more of the plurality of modules.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Wellovate, LLCInventors: Joseph W. Morgan, Nunzio Peter Pagano, II, Allen Ronald Rufolo, Rahul A. Patel, Jonathan Jackson
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Patent number: 11609425Abstract: Augmented reality glasses with auto coregistration of an invisible field on visible reality which allows eyes to recognize a real space and precisely performs coregistration on only diagnosis and treatment information of invisible light, which is emitted from a specific area, to the real space.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Pukyong National University Industry-University Cooperation FoundationInventor: Yeh-Chan Ahn
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Patent number: 11610397Abstract: In one implementation, a method of generating a plane hypothesis is performed by a device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a scene camera. The method includes obtaining an image of a scene including a plurality of pixels. The method includes obtaining a plurality of points of a point cloud based on the image of the scene. The method includes obtaining an object classification set based on the image of the scene. Each element of the object classification set includes a plurality of pixels respectively associated with a corresponding object in the scene. The method includes detecting a plane within the scene by identifying a subset of the plurality of points of the point cloud that correspond to a particular element of the object classification set.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Daniel Ulbricht, Angela Blechschmidt, Mohammad Haris Baig, Tanmay Batra, Eshan Verma, Amit Kumar KC
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Patent number: 11605189Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing visualizations of data using a network computer. A modeling engine may provide a data model that includes a plurality of data objects and a display model that includes a plurality of display objects based on the plurality of data objects. Parameter action objects may be associated with display objects in the display model. In response to an activation of the parameter action objects, values associated with display objects may be assigned to the parameter associated with a parameter action object and actions associated with the parameter may be executed to modify the display model.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Tableau Software, LLCInventors: Filippos Lymperopoulos, Bethany Meaghan Lyons, Amy Nicole Forstrom, Allison Anne Whilden, John Paul Rudolph, Benjamin Tonatiuh Medina-Orton, Dennis Nathan Bromley, Ruyi Shen, Amar Singh Lakhian, Andrew Alex Kim, Lisa Ann Bailey, Roxanne Roberta Agerone
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Patent number: 11587535Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a user operating a cross reality headset, receiving a first location of the cross reality headset, providing image content and audio content to the cross reality headset, and receiving a second location of the cross reality headset. Further embodiments can include determining the cross reality headset is stationary based on the first location and the second location resulting in a determination, and providing instructions to the cross reality headset to adjust positioning the image content on a display of the cross reality headset and to provide the audio content according to the determination resulting in an adjustment of the positioning of the image content. The cross reality headset presents the image content according to the adjustment on the display. The cross reality headset provides the audio content. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Kunwar Handa
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Patent number: 11587215Abstract: A combination unit generates a plurality of composite two-dimensional images from a plurality of tomographic images acquired by performing tomosynthesis imaging on an object using different generation methods. In this case, the combination unit generates a first composite two-dimensional image having a quality corresponding to a two-dimensional image acquired by simple imaging or a second composite two-dimensional image in which a structure included in the object has been highlighted as at least one of the plurality of composite two-dimensional images.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Wataru Fukuda
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Patent number: 11587211Abstract: An image distortion correction circuit according to the present invention comprises; a first distortion correction circuit that performs a mapping process on an input image signal to generate a distortion-corrected image signal; an inspection region defining circuit that defines an inspection image region in the one-frame image; an inspection region extraction circuit that extracts a part corresponding to the inspection image region from the distortion-corrected image signal and outputs the part of the distortion-corrected image signal as a first inspection image signal; a second distortion correction circuit that outputs a second inspection signal, the second inspection signal being generated by performing the mapping process on the part of the input image signal corresponding to the inspection image region; and a failure determination circuit that determines that a failure occurs and outputs a failure detection signal when the first inspection image signal and the second inspection image signal are mutuallyType: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuki Imatoh
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Patent number: 11580592Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving, from a client device of a first user, a request from the first user to engage in an AR shopping experience curated by a store; identifying a first real-world product available for purchase from the store; receiving an image of a real-world environment of the first user; generating a first AR item that represents the first real-world product; comparing visual attributes of the first AR item to physical layouts of a plurality of real-world objects depicted in the image of the real-world environment; and overlaying the first AR item on a first real-world object of the plurality of real-world objects in the image responsive to comparing the visual attributes of the first AR item to the physical layouts of the plurality of real-world objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventors: Itamar Berger, Amar Boghani, Maria Jose Garcia Sopo, Qi Pan
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Patent number: 11574383Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for a non-uniform rasterizer. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a graphics processor to process graphics data and render images using the graphics data; and a non-uniform rasterizer within the graphics processor to determine different resolutions to be used for different regions of an image, the non-uniform rasterizer to receive a plurality of polygons to be rasterized and to responsively rasterize the polygons in accordance with the different resolutions.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Tomas G. Akenine-Moller, Robert M. Toth, Bjorn Johnsson, Jon N. Hasselgren
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Patent number: 11574450Abstract: In implementations of systems for augmented reality sketching, a computing device implements a sketch system to generate three-dimensional scene data describing a three-dimensional representation of a physical environment including a physical object. The sketch system displays a digital video in a user interface that depicts the physical environment and the physical object and the sketch system tracks movements of the physical object depicted in the digital video using two-dimensional coordinates of the user interface. These two-dimensional coordinates are projected into the three-dimensional representation of the physical environment. The sketch system receives a user input connecting a portion of a graphical element in the user interface to the physical object depicted in the digital video. The sketch system displays the portion of the graphical element as moving in the user interface corresponding to the movements of the physical object depicted in the digital video.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Adobe IncInventors: Kazi Rubaiat Habib, Stephen Joseph DiVerdi, Ryo Suzuki, Li-Yi Wei, Wilmot Wei-Mau Li
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Patent number: 11574428Abstract: A CAD graph plotter and replicator tool may deliver a fast, accurate, and dynamically adjustable CAD graph that can be updated easily in real time when new data is introduced or extant data is updated. Features like scaling, point marking, point addition, smoothening, display of grid lines, range control, and quadrant control may be included to aid the user in generating the graph efficiently. The tool may also enable the user to control line thickness, color, type, legends, and decimal points in axis, among other features.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Baljit Bains, Sam Kamal Balasubramanian
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Patent number: 11562550Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for a vehicle and mobile device interface for vehicle occupant assistance. An example method can include determining, based on one or more images of an interior portion of a vehicle, a position of a mobile device relative to a coordinate system of the vehicle; receiving, from the vehicle, data associated with one or more sensors of the vehicle; and displaying, using a display device of the mobile device, virtual content based on the data associated with the one or more sensors and the position of the mobile device relative to the coordinate system of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ziad Asghar, Wesley James Holland, Seyfullah Halit Oguz, Bala Ramasamy, Leonid Sheynblat
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Patent number: 11559377Abstract: An image of a dental arch comprising a preparation tooth is generated by an image capture device associated with an augmented reality (AR) display. The image of the dental arch is registered to previous image data associated with the dental arch. A visual overlay associated with a dental prosthetic to be placed on the preparation tooth is generated based on the registering of the image of the dental arch to the previous image data associated with the dental arch. The visual overlay is output to the AR display, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the preparation tooth on the AR display.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Adi Levin, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Sergei Ozerov, Inna Karapetyan
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Patent number: 11562818Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving information about a task to be completed by a user, receiving information about the user and receiving information about a physical environment of the user. The subject disclosure may further include creating one or more immersion objects based on the information about the task, the information about the user and the information about the physical environment, creating an immersive environment including the one or more immersive objects and at least a portion of the physical environment of the user, and communicating to an extended reality (XR) device of the user information about the immersive environment to create an immersive experience for completion of the task by the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: James Jackson, Eric Zavesky, James Pratt
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Patent number: 11557102Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device automatically updates the orientation of a virtual object in a three-dimensional environment based on a viewpoint of a user in the three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, an electronic device automatically updates the orientation of a virtual object in a three-dimensional environment based on viewpoints of a plurality of users in the three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, the electronic device modifies an appearance of a real object that is between a virtual object and the viewpoint of a user in a three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, the electronic device automatically selects a location for a user in a three-dimensional environment that includes one or more virtual objects and/or other users.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexis Henri Palangie, Peter D. Anton, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher D. Mckenzie, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Dorian D. Dargan, Shih-Sang Chiu, Jonathan Perron, Tong Chen
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Patent number: 11544910Abstract: An AR system includes one or more image sensors arranged to capture image data representing a scene located within a field of view of the one or more image sensors, a display arranged to enable a user of the AR system to observe a representation or view of the scene, and an augmentation engine. The augmentation engine is arranged to process the captured image data to determine one or more visual characteristics for the captured image data and to determine, in dependence on the determined one or more visual characteristics, one or more properties for an image element to be presented on the display. The augmentation engine is arranged to present the image element, with the determined one or more properties, on the display to overlay the representation or view of the scene.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Daren Croxford, Roberto Lopez Mendez
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Patent number: 11539199Abstract: A apparatus for monitoring the integrity of an electrical wire includes a clamp system, a sensor system, a user interface configured to receive input data and output wire information, and a control unit configured to process the wire data, process the input data, and generate the output wire information. The clamp system includes a clamp and the sensor system includes a sensor configured to retrieve the wire data. In another embodiment, a portable device is configured to obtain wire data from a smart clamping system, to transmit the wire data to a processor and to receive a multi-dimensional representation, and a computer system configured to receive the wire data generated and to generate the multi-dimensional representation of the wire. A method for monitoring a wire includes capturing wire data using a clamp, transmitting the wire data to a control unit, generating wire information to output, and outputting the wire information.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: UNITED AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Daryian Rhysing