Patents by Inventor Robert David Berkebile

Robert David Berkebile 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: 11727652
    Abstract: Image processing techniques for rendering holographic images are described. Image data captured from cameras can be converted into a triangle mesh. The triangle mesh may be processed by determining the location of edges, normals, and edge distances in the mesh. Mesh and edge smoothing can be performed on the mesh to reduce noise and jagged edges. Additional mesh cleanup and simplification can be performed to reduce the number of vertices and triangles and enhance the qualify of the mesh. Data from the resulting mesh can be transmitted to a receiving device where the mesh data is used to reproduce a holographic image of the image data captured by the depth sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrik Goorts, Steven Maesen, Daniel Stephen Speelman, Robert David Berkebile, Steven Robb Dobos
  • Publication number: 20230016490
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products that present, by a spatial computing system, an extended reality presentation to a user, wherein the extended reality presentation comprises virtual object(s) generated by a spatial computing system and transmitted to one or both eyes of the user and a physical environment that includes a first physical object and a second physical object and is perceived by the user via light reflected from the physical environment. The extended-reality representation is rendered for an object interaction between the first physical object and the first virtual object or the user. A physics-based effect on the first physical object by the object interaction is determined by using at least a stereoscopic model for the first physical object based at least in part upon the object interaction. The extended reality presentation into an undated extended reality presentation based at least in part upon the physics-based effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventor: Robert David BERKEBILE
  • Patent number: 11494995
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for mixed-reality systems. These methods or systems determine a three-dimensional model for at least a portion of a physical environment in which a user is located; and present, by a spatial computing system, a mixed-reality representation to the user. In addition, these methods or systems determine a first object model for a first object in the mixed-reality representation and update, by the spatial computing system, the mixed-reality representation into an updated mixed-reality representation that reflects an interaction pertaining to the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert David Berkebile
  • Publication number: 20220230402
    Abstract: Image processing techniques for rendering holographic images are described. Image data captured from cameras can be converted into a triangle mesh. The triangle mesh may be processed by determining the location of edges, normals, and edge distances in the mesh. Mesh and edge smoothing can be performed on the mesh to reduce noise and jagged edges. Additional mesh cleanup and simplification can be performed to reduce the number of vertices and triangles and enhance the qualify of the mesh. Data from the resulting mesh can be transmitted to a receiving device where the mesh data is used to reproduce a holographic image of the image data captured by the depth sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Patrik Goorts, Steven Maesen, Daniel Stephen Speelman, Robert David Berkebile, Steven Robb Dobos
  • Patent number: 11315333
    Abstract: Image processing techniques for rendering holographic images are described. Image data captured from cameras can be converted into a triangle mesh. The triangle mesh may be processed by determining the location of edges, normals, and edge distances in the mesh. Mesh and edge smoothing can be performed on the mesh to reduce noise and jagged edges. Additional mesh cleanup and simplification can be performed to reduce the number of vertices and triangles and enhance the qualify of the mesh. Data from the resulting mesh can be transmitted to a receiving device where the mesh data is used to reproduce a holographic image of the image data captured by the depth sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrik Goorts, Steven Maesen, Daniel Stephen Speelman, Robert David Berkebile, Steven Robb Dobos
  • Publication number: 20210304509
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a virtual or augmented reality experience, includes: a screen, wherein the screen is at least partially transparent for allowing a user of the apparatus to view an object in an environment surrounding the user; a surface detector configured to detect a surface of the object; an object identifier configured to obtain an orientation and/or an elevation of the surface of the object, and to make an identification for the object based on the orientation and/or the elevation of the surface of the object; and a graphic generator configured to generate an identifier indicating the identification for the object for display by the screen, wherein the screen is configured to display the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventor: Robert David BERKEBILE
  • Publication number: 20210125413
    Abstract: Image processing techniques for rendering holographic images are described. Image data captured from cameras can be converted into a triangle mesh. The triangle mesh may be processed by determining the location of edges, normals, and edge distances in the mesh. Mesh and edge smoothing can be performed on the mesh to reduce noise and jagged edges. Additional mesh cleanup and simplification can be performed to reduce the number of vertices and triangles and enhance the qualify of the mesh. Data from the resulting mesh can be transmitted to a receiving device where the mesh data is used to reproduce a holographic image of the image data captured by the depth sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Patrik Goorts, Steven Maesen, Daniel Stephen Speelman, Robert David Berkebile, Steven Robb Dobos
  • Publication number: 20210125414
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for mixed-reality systems. These methods or systems determine a three-dimensional model for at least a portion of a physical environment in which a user is located; and present, by a spatial computing system, a mixed-reality representation to the user. In addition, these methods or systems determine a first object model for a first object in the mixed-reality representation and update, by the spatial computing system, the mixed-reality representation into an updated mixed-reality representation that reflects an interaction pertaining to the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventor: Robert David BERKEBILE