Patents by Inventor Jonah Jones

Jonah Jones 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: 11947111
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Tibor Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko
  • Publication number: 20240086040
    Abstract: A mapping system allows a user to interact with any location on a digital map and present the user with location related information associated with the selected location. The location related information may be in the form or a card, pop-up, image, or other graphic and may be displayed on the map at or near the selected location, around the map, etc. The displayed location related information may include predetermined or pre-stored data about the location or may include location related information collected and generated on the fly in response to the user interaction with the digital map. The displayed location related information may be displayed in the same graphical format on the digital map regardless of whether location related information is predetermined information about the location that already exists or information that is collected and generated on the fly in response to the user interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kelvin Ho, Jonah Jones, Yatin Chawathe, Bernhard Seefeld, Paul Merrell, Alirez Ali, Jonathan Siegel, Daniel Otero, Su Chuin Leong
  • Patent number: 11816315
    Abstract: A mapping system allows a user to interact with any location on a digital map and present the user with location related information associated with the selected location. The location related information may be in the form or a card, pop-up, image, or other graphic and may be displayed on the map at or near the selected location, around the map, etc. The displayed location related information may include predetermined or pre-stored data about the location or may include location related information collected and generated on the fly in response to the user interaction with the digital map. The displayed location related information may be displayed in the same graphical format on the digital map regardless of whether location related information is predetermined information about the location that already exists or information that is collected and generated on the fly in response to the user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin Ho, Jonah Jones, Yatin Chawathe, Bernhard Seefeld, Paul Merrell, Alirez Ali, Jonathan Siegel, Daniel Otero, Su Chuin Leong
  • Publication number: 20230004269
    Abstract: A mapping system allows a user to interact with any location on a digital map and present the user with location related information associated with the selected location. The location related information may be in the form or a card, pop-up, image, or other graphic and may be displayed on the map at or near the selected location, around the map, etc. The displayed location related information may include predetermined or pre-stored data about the location or may include location related information collected and generated on the fly in response to the user interaction with the digital map. The displayed location related information may be displayed in the same graphical format on the digital map regardless of whether location related information is predetermined information about the location that already exists or information that is collected and generated on the fly in response to the user interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kelvin So, Jonah Jones, Yatin Chawathe, Bernhard Seefeld, Paul Merrell, Alirez Ali, Jonathan Siegel, Daniel Otero, Su Chuin Leong
  • Publication number: 20220414999
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan RAVASZ, Etienne PINCHON, Adam Tibor VARGA, Jasper STEVENS, Robert ELLIS, Jonah JONES, Evgenii KRIVORUCHKO
  • Patent number: 11481091
    Abstract: A mapping system allows a user to interact with any location on a digital map and present the user with location related information associated with the selected location. The location related information may be in the form or a card, pop-up, image, or other graphic and may be displayed on the map at or near the selected location, around the map, etc. The displayed location related information may include predetermined or pre-stored data about the location or may include location related information collected and generated on the fly in response to the user interaction with the digital map. The displayed location related information may be displayed in the same graphical format on the digital map regardless of whether location related information is predetermined information about the location that already exists or information that is collected and generated on the fly in response to the user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin Ho, Jonah Jones, Yatin Chawathe, Bernhard Seefeld, Paul Merrell, Alirez Ali, Jonathan Siegel, Daniel Otero, Su Chuin Leong
  • Patent number: 11468644
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Tibor Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko
  • Publication number: 20220130121
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan RAVASZ, Etienne PINCHON, Adam Tibor VARGA, Jasper STEVENS, Robert ELLIS, Jonah JONES, Evgenii KRIVORUCHKO
  • Patent number: 11257295
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Tibor Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko
  • Patent number: 11189099
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Tibor Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko
  • Patent number: 11176745
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Tibor Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko
  • Patent number: 11170576
    Abstract: A progressive display system can compute a virtual distance between a user and virtual objects. The virtual distance can be based on: a distance between the user and an object, a viewing angle of the object, and/or a footprint of the object in a field of view. The progressive display system can determine where the virtual distance falls in a sequence of distance ranges that correspond to levels of detail. Using a mapping between content sets for the object and levels of detail that correspond to distance ranges, the progressive display system can select content sets to display in relation to the object. As the user moves, the virtual distance will move across thresholds bounding the distance ranges. This causes the progressive display system to select and display other content sets for the distance range in which the current virtual distance falls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones
  • Patent number: 11086406
    Abstract: A hand interaction system can use a three-state model to differentiate between normal hand movements, such as reaching for an object, and hand input gestures. The three-state model can specify a sequence of states including: 1) a neutral state, 2) a tracking state, and 3) an active state. In the neutral state, the hand interaction system monitors for a gesture signaling a transition to the tracking state but does not otherwise interpret a gesture corresponding to the active state as input. Once a gesture causes a transition to the intermediate tracking state, the hand interaction system can recognize a further active state transition gesture, allowing active state interaction. Thus, the monitoring for the intermediate tracking state provides a gating mechanism, making it less likely that the hand interaction system will interpret hand movements as input when not so intended by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones
  • Publication number: 20210209860
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Tibor Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko
  • Patent number: 10991163
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko
  • Publication number: 20210090337
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko
  • Publication number: 20210090333
    Abstract: A progressive display system can compute a virtual distance between a user and virtual objects. The virtual distance can be based on: a distance between the user and an object, a viewing angle of the object, and/or a footprint of the object in a field of view. The progressive display system can determine where the virtual distance falls in a sequence of distance ranges that correspond to levels of detail. Using a mapping between content sets for the object and levels of detail that correspond to distance ranges, the progressive display system can select content sets to display in relation to the object. As the user moves, the virtual distance will move across thresholds bounding the distance ranges. This causes the progressive display system to select and display other content sets for the distance range in which the current virtual distance falls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones
  • Publication number: 20210090331
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Tibor Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko
  • Publication number: 20210090341
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Tibor Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko
  • Publication number: 20210090332
    Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial reality systems. Such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. For example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. The present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. Yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. The present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Ravasz, Etienne Pinchon, Adam Tibor Varga, Jasper Stevens, Robert Ellis, Jonah Jones, Evgenii Krivoruchko