Patents by Inventor Travis Chen

Travis Chen 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: 11354898
    Abstract: A contextual filter system configured to perform operations that include, capturing an image frame at a client device, wherein the image frame includes a depiction of an object, identifying an object category of the object based on the depiction of the object within the image frame, accessing media content associated with the object category within a media repository, generating a presentation of the media content, and causing display of the presentation of the media content within the image frame at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Travis Chen, Kevin Dechau Tang, Kaveh Anvaripour
  • Publication number: 20220172448
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for object detection and inserting graphical elements into an image stream in response to detecting the object. The systems and methods detect an object of interest in received frames of a video stream. The systems and methods identify a bounding box for the object of interest and estimate a three-dimensional position of the object of interest based on a scale of the object of interest. The systems and methods generate one or more graphical elements having a size based on the scale of the object of interest and a position based on the three-dimensional position estimated for the object of interest. The one or more graphical elements are generated within the video stream to form a modified video stream. The systems and methods cause presentation of the modified video stream including the object of interest and the one or more graphical elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Travis Chen, Samuel Edward Hare, Yuncheng Li, Tony Mathew, Jonathan Solichin, Jianchao Yang, Ning Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220166816
    Abstract: Method for triggering changes to real-time special effects included in a live streaming video starts with a processor transmitting in real-time a video stream captured by a camera via a network. The processor causes a live streaming interface that includes the video stream to be displayed on the plurality of client devices. The processor receives a trigger to apply one of a plurality of special effects to the video stream and determines a first special effect of the plurality of special effects is associated with the trigger. The processor applies in real-time the first special effect to the video stream to generate a video stream having the first special effect and transmits in real-time the video stream having the first special effect via the network. The processor causes the live streaming interface that includes the video stream having the first special effect to be displayed on the plurality of client devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Artem Gaiduchenko, Artem Yerofieiev, Bohdan Pozharskyi, Gabriel Lupin, Oleksii Kholovchuk, Travis Chen, Yurii Monastyrshyn, Denys Makoviichuk
  • Patent number: 11335088
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: receiving, via a messaging application, input that selects a collection of augmented reality items; obtaining an identifier of the collection of the augmented reality items; searching, based on the identifier, a plurality of augmented reality items to identify a subset of augmented reality items associated with the identifier; causing the messaging application to present the subset of augmented reality items; and causing the messaging application to modify an image based on a first augmented reality item in the subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Travis Chen, Gabriel Lupin
  • Patent number: 11288879
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for object detection and inserting graphical elements into an image stream in response to detecting the object. The systems and methods detect an object of interest in received frames of a video stream. The systems and methods identify a bounding box for the object of interest and estimate a three-dimensional position of the object of interest based on a scale of the object of interest. The systems and methods generate one or more graphical elements having a size based on the scale of the object of interest and a position based on the three-dimensional position estimated for the object of interest. The one or more graphical elements are generated within the video stream to form a modified video stream. The systems and methods cause presentation of the modified video stream including the object of interest and the one or more graphical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Chen, Samuel Edward Hare, Yuncheng Li, Tony Mathew, Jonathan Solichin, Jianchao Yang, Ning Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220036079
    Abstract: A media curation system configured to perform operations that include, capturing an image at a client device, wherein the image includes a depiction of an object, identifying an object category of the object based on the depiction of the object within the image, accessing media content associated with the object category within a media repository, generating a presentation of the media content, and causing display of the presentation of the media content within the image at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Ebony James Charlton, Travis Chen, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Kevin Dechau Tang
  • Patent number: 11212331
    Abstract: Method for triggering changes to real-time special effects included in a live streaming video starts with a processor transmitting in real-time a video stream captured by a camera via a network. The processor causes a live streaming interface that includes the video stream to be displayed on the plurality of client devices. The processor receives a trigger to apply one of a plurality of special effects to the video stream and determines a first special effect of the plurality of special effects is associated with the trigger. The processor applies in real-time the first special effect to the video stream to generate a video stream having the first special effect and transmits in real-time the video stream having the first special effect via the network. The processor causes the live streaming interface that includes the video stream having the first special effect to be displayed on the plurality of client devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Artem Gaiduchenko, Artem Yerofieiev, Bohdan Pozharskyi, Gabriel Lupin, Oleksii Kholovchuk, Travis Chen, Yurii Monastyrshyn, Denys Makoviichuk
  • Patent number: 11170035
    Abstract: A media curation system configured to perform operations that include, capturing an image at a client device, wherein the image includes a depiction of an object, identifying an object category of the object based on the depiction of the object within the image, accessing media content associated with the object category within a media repository, generating a presentation of the media content, and causing display of the presentation of the media content within the image at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Ebony James Charlton, Travis Chen, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Kevin Dechau Tang
  • Publication number: 20210303855
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: receiving, via a messaging application, input that selects a collection of augmented reality items; obtaining an identifier of the collection of the augmented reality items; searching, based on the identifier, a plurality of augmented reality items to identify a subset of augmented reality items associated with the identifier; causing the messaging application to present the subset of augmented reality items; and causing the messaging application to modify an image based on a first augmented reality item in the subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Travis Chen, Gabriel Lupin
  • Publication number: 20210240990
    Abstract: A contextual filter system configured to perform operations that include, capturing an image frame at a client device, wherein the image frame includes a depiction of an object, identifying an object category of the object based on the depiction of the object within the image frame, accessing media content associated with the object category within a media repository, generating a presentation of the media content, and causing display of the presentation of the media content within the image frame at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Travis Chen, Kevin Dechau Tang, Kaveh Anvaripour
  • Patent number: 11017234
    Abstract: A contextual filter system configured to perform operations that include, capturing an image frame at a client device, wherein the image frame includes a depiction of an object, identifying an object category of the object based on the depiction of the object within the image frame, accessing media content associated with the object category within a media repository, generating a presentation of the media content, and causing display of the presentation of the media content within the image frame at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Travis Chen, Kevin Dechau Tang, Kaveh Anvaripour
  • Publication number: 20200310601
    Abstract: A dynamic media menu that comprises a media carousel to present collections of media content, and an “Augmented-Reality (AR) bar” to receive inputs to identify a media category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Ebony James Charlton, Travis Chen, Gabriel Lupin, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Kevin Dechau Tang
  • Publication number: 20200311116
    Abstract: A media curation system configured to perform operations that include, capturing an image at a client device, wherein the image includes a depiction of an object, identifying an object category of the object based on the depiction of the object within the image, accessing media content associated with the object category within a media repository, generating a presentation of the media content, and causing display of the presentation of the media content within the image at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Ebony James Charlton, Travis Chen, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Kevin Dechau Tang
  • Publication number: 20200258313
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for object detection and inserting graphical elements into an image stream in response to detecting the object. The systems and methods detect an object of interest in received frames of a video stream. The systems and methods identify a bounding box for the object of interest and estimate a three-dimensional position of the object of interest based on a scale of the object of interest. The systems and methods generate one or more graphical elements having a size based on the scale of the object of interest and a position based on the three-dimensional position estimated for the object of interest. The one or more graphical elements are generated within the video stream to form a modified video stream. The systems and methods cause presentation of the modified video stream including the object of interest and the one or more graphical elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Travis Chen, Samuel Edward Hare, Yuncheng Li, Tony Mathew, Jonathan Solichin, Jianchao Yang, Ning Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200242363
    Abstract: A contextual filter system configured to perform operations that include, capturing an image frame at a client device, wherein the image frame includes a depiction of an object, identifying an object category of the object based on the depiction of the object within the image frame, accessing media content associated with the object category within a media repository, generating a presentation of the media content, and causing display of the presentation of the media content within the image frame at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Travis Chen, Kevin Dechau Tang, Kaveh Anvaripour
  • Publication number: 20200210703
    Abstract: A contextual filter system configured to perform operations that include, capturing an image frame at a client device, wherein the image frame includes a depiction of an object, identifying an object category of the object based on the depiction of the object within the image frame, accessing media content associated with the object category within a media repository, generating a presentation of the media content, and causing display of the presentation of the media content within the image frame at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Travis Chen, Kevin Dechau Tang, Kaveh Anvaripour
  • Patent number: 10699123
    Abstract: A contextual filter system configured to perform operations that include, capturing an image frame at a client device, wherein the image frame includes a depiction of an object, identifying an object category of the object based on the depiction of the object within the image frame, accessing media content associated with the object category within a media repository, generating a presentation of the media content, and causing display of the presentation of the media content within the image frame at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Travis Chen, Kevin Dechau Tang, Kaveh Anvaripour
  • Publication number: 20200186489
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating content. The systems and methods include operations for: identifying a content item generation template that is associated with instructions for generating a content item; displaying, by a messaging application, an identifier of the content item generation template; receiving, by the messaging application, input that selects the identifier of the content item generation template; retrieving, by the messaging application, a plurality of content items associated with the content item generation template, each of the plurality of content items having been previously generated by a respective user of a plurality of users of the messaging application in accordance with the instructions associated with the content item generation template; and displaying, by the messaging application, the retrieved plurality of content items associated with the content item generation template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Travis Chen, Pedram Javidpour, Gabriel Lupin, Kaveh Anvaripour
  • Patent number: 10679428
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for object detection and inserting graphical elements into an image stream in response to detecting the object. The systems and methods detect an object of interest in received frames of a video stream. The systems and methods identify a bounding box for the object of interest and estimate a three-dimensional position of the object of interest based on a scale of the object of interest. The systems and methods generate one or more graphical elements having a size based on the scale of the object of interest and a position based on the three-dimensional position estimated for the object of interest. The one or more graphical elements are generated within the video stream to form a modified video stream. The systems and methods cause presentation of the modified video stream including the object of interest and the one or more graphical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Chen, Samuel Edward Hare, Yuncheng Li, Tony Mathew, Jonathan Solichin, Jianchao Yang, Ning Zhang
  • Patent number: 8608566
    Abstract: A music based video game provides an auxiliary palm input on an associated guitar shaped video game controller. In some embodiments, the auxiliary palm input is positioned near a strum input on a body of the guitar shaped video game controller, allowing for simultaneous operation of both the strum input and the auxiliary palm input with one hand. In some embodiments, the auxiliary palm input modifies audio outputs generated in the music based video game. In some embodiments, the auxiliary palm input triggers an alternate game mode, for example, a bonus mode, during video game play of the music based video game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Guinchard, Travis Chen, Brian Bright, Clark Wen, Michael Chrzanowski