Patents by Inventor Patrick W. O'Keefe

Patrick W. O'Keefe 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).

  • Publication number: 20230386146
    Abstract: A computer system having one or more cameras displays in an augmented reality user interface a representation of a field of view of the one or more cameras, including a plurality of objects in a physical environment. In response to one or more first user inputs, the system places or moves a virtual object at or to a location in the representation of the field of view that corresponds to a physical location on or near a first surface of a first physical object. If the virtual object is positioned at a portion of the first surface that does not include other physical objects, or that includes a physical object that extends from the first surface by less than a threshold amount, the first virtual object is in the representation of the field of view with a predefined spatial relationship to a representation of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Nicolas V. Scapel, Patrick W. O'Keefe
  • Patent number: 11727650
    Abstract: A computer system displays a representation of a camera field of view and receives one or more inputs corresponding to a request to display the representation of the field of view based on a physical object at a first pose, a virtual object at a simulated second pose, and the one or more cameras at a third pose in a physical environment. In response, if a first portion of the virtual object corresponds to physical space that is occluded by the physical object, the system: displays the representation of the physical object; forgoes displaying the first portion of the virtual object; and, if a second portion of the virtual object corresponds to physical space that is not occluded, displays the second portion, including visually deemphasizing a displayed first region of the second portion relative to a displayed second region of the second portion of the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas V. Scapel, Kyle E. Fisher, Patrick W. O'Keefe, Grant R. Paul
  • Publication number: 20230215079
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method includes: obtaining a representation for a volumetric region and obtaining SR content with a first set of dimensions; adapting the SR content by modifying one or more dimensions of the SR content from the first set of dimensions to a second set of dimensions based on one or more portions of the representation of the volumetric region; and causing presentation of the adapted SR content with the second set of dimensions via the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Ian M. Richter, Maxime Meilland, Patrick W. O'Keefe
  • Patent number: 11423604
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method includes: obtaining locality data characterizing objects and relative spatial information of a volumetric region around a user; synthesizing a mesh map of the volumetric region based on the locality data; selecting synthesized reality (SR) content based on the mesh map, wherein the SR content satisfies a dimensional variance threshold relative to one or more portions of the mesh map; compositing at least a portion of the SR content with the mesh map in order to generate composite SR content; and presenting the composite SR content to the user in order to occlude at least a portion of a visual presentation of the volumetric region. In some implementations, the SR content is adapted to fit the one or more portions of the mesh map. In some implementations, the SR content is updated as the user location changes or the user interacts with the SR content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ian M. Richter, Maxime Meilland, Patrick W. O'Keefe
  • Publication number: 20210366179
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method includes: obtaining locality data characterizing objects and relative spatial information of a volumetric region around a user; synthesizing a mesh map of the volumetric region based on the locality data; selecting synthesized reality (SR) content based on the mesh map, wherein the SR content satisfies a dimensional variance threshold relative to one or more portions of the mesh map; compositing at least a portion of the SR content with the mesh map in order to generate composite SR content; and presenting the composite SR content to the user in order to occlude at least a portion of a visual presentation of the volumetric region. In some implementations, the SR content is adapted to fit the one or more portions of the mesh map. In some implementations, the SR content is updated as the user location changes or the user interacts with the SR content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ian M. Richter, Maxime Meilland, Patrick W. O'Keefe
  • Publication number: 20210295602
    Abstract: A computer system displays a representation of a camera field of view and receives one or more inputs corresponding to a request to display the representation of the field of view based on a physical object at a first pose, a virtual object at a simulated second pose, and the one or more cameras at a third pose in a physical environment. In response, if a first portion of the virtual object corresponds to physical space that is occluded by the physical object, the system: displays the representation of the physical object; forgoes displaying the first portion of the virtual object; and, if a second portion of the virtual object corresponds to physical space that is not occluded, displays the second portion, including visually deemphasizing a displayed first region of the second portion relative to a displayed second region of the second portion of the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Nicolas V. Scapel, Kyle E. Fisher, Patrick W. O'Keefe, Grant R. Paul
  • Patent number: 11120612
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method includes: obtaining locality data characterizing objects and relative spatial information of a volumetric region around a user; synthesizing a mesh map of the volumetric region based on the locality data; selecting synthesized reality (SR) content based on the mesh map, wherein the SR content satisfies a dimensional variance threshold relative to one or more portions of the mesh map; compositing at least a portion of the SR content with the mesh map in order to generate composite SR content; and presenting the composite SR content to the user in order to occlude at least a portion of a visual presentation of the volumetric region. In some implementations, the SR content is adapted to fit the one or more portions of the mesh map. In some implementations, the SR content is updated as the user location changes or the user interacts with the SR content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ian M. Richter, Maxime Meilland, Patrick W. O'Keefe
  • Publication number: 20210056749
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method includes: obtaining locality data characterizing objects and relative spatial information of a volumetric region around a user; synthesizing a mesh map of the volumetric region based on the locality data; selecting synthesized reality (SR) content based on the mesh map, wherein the SR content satisfies a dimensional variance threshold relative to one or more portions of the mesh map; compositing at least a portion of the SR content with the mesh map in order to generate composite SR content; and presenting the composite SR content to the user in order to occlude at least a portion of a visual presentation of the volumetric region. In some implementations, the SR content is adapted to fit the one or more portions of the mesh map. In some implementations, the SR content is updated as the user location changes or the user interacts with the SR content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ian M. Richter, Maxime Meilland, Patrick W. O'Keefe