Patents by Inventor Eyal Zak

Eyal Zak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11954817
    Abstract: A method of plane tracking comprising: capturing by a camera a reference frame of a given plane from a first angle; capturing by the camera a destination frame of the given plane from a second angle different than the first angle; defining coordinates of matching points in the reference frame and the destination frame; calculating, using the first and second angles, first and second respective rotation transformations to a simulated plane parallel to the given plane; applying an affine transformation between the reference frame coordinate on the simulated plane and the destination frame coordinate on the simulated plane; and applying a projective transformation on the simulated plane destination frame coordinate to calculate the destination frame coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Ozi Egri, Eyal Zak
  • Patent number: 11879750
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a distance to an object, be a device (100) having at least two cameras (104, 106), is described. One or more first images including the object are acquired by a first camera of the device and one or more first reference images are acquired by a second camera of the device, while the device is in a first position. One or more second images including the object and one or more second reference images are acquired by cameras of the device, while the device is in a second position, different from the first position. Based on the first and second reference images, information on the displacement of at least one camera of the device between the first and second position are determined. The distance from the device to the object is calculated based on the first and second images including e object and the determined information on the displacement of the at least one camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Eyal Zak, Ozi Egri
  • Publication number: 20240019245
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a distance to an object, be a device (100) having at least two cameras (104, 106), is described. One or more first images including the object are acquired by a first camera of the device and one or more first reference images are acquired by a second camera of the device, while the device is in a first position. One or more second images including the object and one or more second reference images are acquired by cameras of the device, while the device is in a second position, different from the first position. Based on the first and second reference images, information on the displacement of at least one camera of the device between the first and second position are determined. The distance from the device to the object is calculated based on the first and second images including the object and the determined information on the displacement of the at least one camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Eyal Zak, Ozi Egri
  • Patent number: 11816853
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems, methods, devices, and instructions for performing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) that involve initializing a SLAM process using images from as few as two different poses of a camera within a physical environment. Some embodiments may achieve this by disregarding errors in matching corresponding features depicted in image frames captured by an image sensor of a mobile computing device, and by updating the SLAM process in a way that causes the minimization process to converge to global minima rather than fall into a local minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: David Ben Ezra, Eyal Zak, Ozi Egri
  • Patent number: 11798282
    Abstract: A server configured to receive video clips from a mobile device, such as eyewear. The server has an electronic processor enabled to execute computer instructions to process the video clips to identify one or more characteristics in the frames of the video clips. The processor selects the video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames and creates a set of the selected video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames. The processor allows a user of the mobile device to edit and trim the video clips having the identified characteristics to create trimmed video clip segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Ben Haim, Justin Huang, Nathan Litke, Eyal Zak
  • Patent number: 11763420
    Abstract: A virtual shockwave creation system comprises an eyewear device that includes a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, and a depth-capturing camera. Execution of programming by a processor configures the virtual shockwave creation system to generate, for each of multiple initial depth images, a respective shockwave image by applying a transformation function to the initial three-dimensional coordinates. The virtual shockwave creation system creates a warped shockwave video including a sequence of the generated warped shockwave images. The virtual shockwave creation system presents, via an image display, the warped shockwave video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Sagi Katz, Eyal Zak
  • Publication number: 20230281750
    Abstract: A method of plane tracking comprising: capturing by a camera a reference frame of a given plane from a first angle; capturing by the camera a destination frame of the given plane from a second angle different than the first angle; defining coordinates of matching points in the reference frame and the destination frame; calculating, using the first and second angles, first and second respective rotation transformations to a simulated plane parallel to the given plane; applying an affine transformation between the reference frame coordinate on the simulated plane and the destination frame coordinate on the simulated plane; and applying a projective transformation on the simulated plane destination frame coordinate to calculate the destination frame coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ozi Egri, Eyal Zak
  • Publication number: 20230281851
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems, methods, devices, and instructions for performing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) that involve initializing a SLAM process using images from as few as two different poses of a camera within a physical environment. Some embodiments may achieve this by disregarding errors in matching corresponding features depicted in image frames captured by an image sensor of a mobile computing device, and by updating the SLAM process in a way that causes the minimization process to converge to global minima rather than fall into a local minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: David Ben Ezra, Eyal Zak, Ozi Egri
  • Publication number: 20230274547
    Abstract: A server configured to receive video clips from a mobile device, such as eyewear. The server has an electronic processor enabled to execute computer instructions to process the video clips to identify one or more characteristics in the frames of the video clips. The processor selects the video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames and creates a set of the selected video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames. The processor allows a user of the mobile device to edit and trim the video clips having the identified characteristics to create trimmed video clip segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: David Ben Haim, Justin Huang, Nathan Litke, Eyal Zak
  • Patent number: 11688033
    Abstract: A method of plane tracking comprising: capturing by a camera a reference frame of a given plane from a first angle; capturing by the camera a destination frame of the given plane from a second angle different than the first angle; defining coordinates of matching points in the reference frame and the destination frame; calculating, using the first and second angles, first and second respective rotation transformations to a simulated plane parallel to the given plane; applying an affine transformation between the reference frame coordinate on the simulated plane and the destination frame coordinate on the simulated plane; and applying a projective transformation on the simulated plane destination frame coordinate to calculate the destination frame coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Ozi Egri, Eyal Zak
  • Publication number: 20230142438
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of computer imaging software and systems by facilitating the manipulation of virtual content displayed in conjunction with images of real-world objects and environments. Embodiments of the present disclosure allow different virtual objects to be moved onto different physical surfaces, as well as manipulated in other ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Ozi Egri, David Ben Ezra, Andrew James McPhee, Qi Pan, Eyal Zak
  • Patent number: 11610607
    Abstract: A server configured to receive video clips from a mobile device, such as eyewear. The server has an electronic processor enabled to execute computer instructions to process the video clips to identify one or more characteristics in the frames of the video clips. The processor selects the video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames and creates a set of the selected video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames. The processor automatically trims, or allows a user of the mobile device to edit and trim the video clips having the identified characteristics to create trimmed video clip segments. The processor enables a user of the mobile device to view, post, send, and export a selected said video clip segment to another user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Huang, David Ben Haim, Nathan Litke, Eyal Zak
  • Patent number: 11580700
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of computer imaging software and systems by facilitating the manipulation of virtual content displayed in conjunction with images of real-world objects and environments. Embodiments of the present disclosure allow different virtual objects to be moved onto different physical surfaces, as well as manipulated in other ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ozi Egri, David Ben Ezra, Andrew James McPhee, Qi Pan, Eyal Zak
  • Patent number: 11570425
    Abstract: Three-dimensional image calibration and presentation for stereoscopic imaging systems such as eyewear including a first camera and a second camera is described. The calibration and presentation includes obtaining a calibration offset using vanishing points obtained from images captured by a first camera and a second camera to accommodate rotation of the first and second cameras with respect to one another, adjusting a three-dimensional rendering offset by the obtained calibration offset, and presenting the stereoscopic images using the three dimension rendering offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Eyal Zak, Sagi Katz
  • Patent number: 11551423
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of computer imaging software and systems by facilitating the manipulation of virtual content displayed in conjunction with images of real-world objects and environments. Embodiments of the present disclosure allow different virtual objects to be moved onto different physical surfaces, as well as manipulated in other ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ozi Egri, David Ben Ezra, Andrew James McPhee, Qi Pan, Eyal Zak
  • Patent number: 11538499
    Abstract: A server configured to receive video clips from a mobile device, such as eyewear. The server has an electronic processor enabled to execute computer instructions to process the video clips to identify one or more characteristics in the frames of the video clips. The processor selects the video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames and creates a set of the selected video clips having the identified characteristics in the frames. The processor automatically trims the video clips based on frames that have the identified characteristics to create trimmed video clip segments, and then sends the trimmed video clip segments to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Ben Haim, Justin Huang, Nathan Litke, Eyal Zak
  • Publication number: 20220230284
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable mediums including processes to correct for distortion in images introduced by eyewear (i.e., where the facial region surrounding the eye has a boundary that doesn't match the boundary of an uncovered facial region). The correction includes segmenting images to detect eyewear covered facial regions and facial regions not covered by the eyewear and altering the covered facial regions to match the covered facial boundary to the uncovered facial boundary. Alterations include processing using a machine learning model, applying anti-refraction algorithms, scaling the covered facial region to match boundaries of the uncovered facial region, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Eyal ZAK, Guy MELAMED
  • Patent number: 11334972
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable mediums including processes to correct for distortion in images introduced by eyewear (i.e., where the facial region surrounding the eye has a boundary that doesn't match the boundary of an uncovered facial region). The correction includes segmenting images to detect eyewear covered facial regions and facial regions not covered by the eyewear and altering the covered facial regions to match the covered facial boundary to the uncovered facial boundary. Alterations include processing using a machine learning model, applying anti-refraction algorithms, scaling the covered facial region to match boundaries of the uncovered facial region, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Eyal Zak, Guy Melamed
  • Publication number: 20220101499
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable mediums including processes to correct for distortion in images introduced by eyewear (i.e., where the facial region surrounding the eye has a boundary that doesn't match the boundary of an uncovered facial region). The correction includes segmenting images to detect eyewear covered facial regions and facial regions not covered by the eyewear and altering the covered facial regions to match the covered facial boundary to the uncovered facial boundary. Alterations include processing using a machine learning model, applying anti-refraction algorithms, scaling the covered facial region to match boundaries of the uncovered facial region, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Eyal ZAK, Guy MELAMED
  • Publication number: 20220036502
    Abstract: A method of plane tracking comprising: capturing by a camera a reference frame of a given plane from a first angle; capturing by the camera a destination frame of the given plane from a second angle different than the first angle; defining coordinates of matching points in the reference frame and the destination frame; calculating, using the first and second angles, first and second respective rotation transformations to a simulated plane parallel to the given plane; applying an affine transformation between the reference frame coordinate on the simulated plane and the destination frame coordinate on the simulated plane; and applying a projective transformation on the simulated plane destination frame coordinate to calculate the destination frame coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ozi Egri, Eyal Zak