Patents Assigned to PCMS Holdings, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11593971
    Abstract: The invention pertains to methods and apparatus for compensating the rendering of virtual content in an augmented reality scene as a function of the white point, spectral distribution, color or other optical parameter of the real content in the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: David Wyble
  • Patent number: 11544031
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for capturing, using a forward-facing camera associated with a head-mounted augmented reality (AR) head-mounted display (HMD), images of portions of first and second display devices in an environment, the first and second display devices displaying first and second portions of content related to an AR presentation, and displaying a third portion of content related to the AR presentation on the AR HMD, the third portion determined based upon the images of portions of the first and second display devices captured using the forward-facing camera. Moreover, the first and second display devices may be active stereo display, and the AR HMD may simultaneously function as shutter glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Tatu V. J. Harviainen
  • Patent number: 11513590
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for discovering and positioning content into augmented reality space. A method includes forming a three-dimensional (3D) map of surroundings of a user of an augmented reality (AR) head mounted display (HMD); determining a depth-wise location of a gaze point of a user based on eye gaze direction and eye vergence; determining a visual guidance line pathway in the 3D map; guiding an action of the user along the visual guidance line pathway at one or more identified focal points; and rendering a mixed reality (MR) object along the visual guidance line pathway at a location corresponding to a direction of the user's gaze.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jussi Ronkainen, Jani Mantyjarvi
  • Patent number: 11509654
    Abstract: It is recognized herein that current messaging protocols for internet of things (IoT) architectures are often weak from a security perspective, and are often poorly suited for resource-constrained devices. An example IoT system described herein combines device authentication and application-layer key establishment using facilities of IoT messaging protocols. The IoT system may include a Trust Broker, which acts as a registration point for devices, and an edge gateway, which manages communication between a given device and the trust broker (and IoT servers). The edge gateway may acquire a trusted role, such that it may be a secure intermediary for device-server messaging, and such that it can facilitate authentication of devices to services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Andreas Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11496865
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes receiving, at a mobile device, a wireless message. The method includes determining, at the mobile device at a first location, first ambient signal data. The wireless message includes (i) message content and (ii) second ambient signal data for a second location, wherein the message content corresponds to the second location. The method includes comparing, at the mobile device, the first ambient signal data and the second ambient signal data. The method also includes determining, at the mobile device, whether to present a message indicative of the message content at a user interface of the mobile device based at least in part on the comparison of the first ambient signal data and the second ambient signal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Romit Roy Choudhury
  • Patent number: 11488364
    Abstract: Augmented reality (AR) telepresence systems and methods are disclosed for obtaining a 3D model of a physical location from a 3D-capture system comprising one or more 3D depth sensors disposed throughout the physical location, generating a truncated 3D model of the physical location, the truncated 3D model corresponding to the intersection of the generated 3D model and a field of view of a user terminal camera at the physical location, and transmitting the truncated 3D model to a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Seppo T. Valli, Pekka K. Siltanen
  • Patent number: 11477434
    Abstract: Some embodiments of an example method may include receiving an input image with depth information; mapping the input image to a set of focal plane images; orienting the set of focal plane images using head orientation information to provide stereo disparity between left and right eyes; and displaying the oriented set of focal plane images. Some embodiments of another example method may include: receiving a description of three-dimensional (3D) content; receiving, from a tracker, information indicating motion of a viewer relative to a real-world environment; responsive to receiving the information indicating motion of the viewer, synthesizing motion parallax by altering multi-focal planes of the 3D content; and rendering an image to the multi-focal plane display using the altered multi-focal plane rendering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, INC.
    Inventors: Seppo T. Valli, Pekka K. Siltanen
  • Patent number: 11445371
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for automatically determining the access rights to be granted to a telecommunication device to the assets in a first network as a function of the access rights previously granted to that same device in another network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Antti V. P. Evesti, Pia E. Raitio, Pekka P. Savolainen
  • Patent number: 11442535
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for estimating a direction of interest of a user. In some embodiments, a method of estimating a direction of interest of a user includes tracking a head orientation of the user, detecting a shift in the head orientation, determining a head rotation rate during the shift in the head orientation, and estimating the direction of interest of the user based at least in part on the head rotation rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: JuHyung Son, Jin Sam Kwak, Hyun Oh Oh
  • Patent number: 11410400
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for maintaining color calibration using common objects. In an exemplary embodiment, an AR system includes a forward-facing camera, an AR display, a processor, and a user interface. The processor is configured to receive image data from the forward-facing camera and identify any known objects depicted in the image data. The processor then determines RGB information at least one test rendering of the identified known object and displays it via the AR display. Input from a user interface, indicating which of the at least one test renderings was a closest match to the real-world object, and a level of satisfaction with the match are received by the processor and used to update an AR display color calibration model. More test renderings may be iteratively provided to improve the accuracy of the calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wyble, Patrick Igoe
  • Patent number: 11394737
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for a smart space rating service (106) are provided. A method includes receiving, from a user device (104a, 104b), a request for a security rating of a smart space (102), calculating the security rating of the smart space (102) based at least in part on security information regarding the smart space (102), the security information received from a plurality of user devices (104a, 104b), and transmitting the security rating of the smart space (102) to the user device (104a, 104b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Antti V. P. Evesti, Pia E. Raitio, Pekka P. Savolainen
  • Patent number: 11363240
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for augmented reality multi-view telepresence. An embodiment takes the form of a method that includes obtaining a session geometry of a multi-location telepresence session that includes a first-location participant at a first location and a second-location participant at a second location, each location having respective pluralities of cameras and display segments. The method includes selecting, according to the session geometry, both a first-to-second-viewpoint second-location camera from the plurality of second-location cameras as well as a first-to-second-viewpoint first-location display segment from the plurality of first-location display segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Seppo T. Valli
  • Patent number: 11360572
    Abstract: Program actions may be initiated after detection of a predefined gesture by a user with a real-world object. Users may interact with their physical environment in an augmented reality by detecting interactions with real objects using a combination of location and motion detection, material identification using wearable sensors, or both. Based on detected sensor data from user interaction with a real-world object, a predefined gesture may be identified and a program action associated with that target interaction for the real-world object may be executed. In some cases, the user experience may be enhanced by providing haptic feedback in response to tactile gestures and resulting events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Levesque
  • Patent number: 11360553
    Abstract: An example disclosed method in accordance with some embodiments includes: receiving head tracking position information from a client device, the head tracking position information associated with a user at the client device; predicting a future head position of the user at a scan-out time for displaying a virtual reality (VR) video frame, wherein the VR video frame is displayed to the user via the client device; determining an overfill factor based on an expected error in the predicted future head position of the user; rendering an overfilled image based on the predicted future head position of the user and the overfill factor; and sending the VR video frame including the overfilled image to the client device for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: JuHyung Son, Jin Sam Kwak, Hyun Oh Oh, Sanghoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11293765
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are provided for determining a platoon configuration for a group of vehicles, determining a set of routes connecting two locations, determining for each route segment the platoon configurations supported and the availability of roadside units on the route segment, and selecting a route from the set of routes connecting the two locations. A route may be selected based on the availability of a roadside unit (RSU) to request an extended time period for a green light to enable a length of the platoon to traverse through an intersection prior to the time period ending. Systems and methods described herein may enable a reconfiguration of a platoon to meet a platoon size restriction for a segment of the selected route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko Tarkiainen, Matti Kutila, Ari Virtanen, Pertti Peussa
  • Patent number: 11288878
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are provided for receiving location information for a real-world object in a user's augmented reality (AR) view, determining a direction of travel of a user, determining an activity zone shape associated with the direction of travel, responsive to a determination that the real-world object is within the activity zone, rendering on an AR display AR information associated with the real-world object at a location outside an area of the AR display used to display the activity zone. Some embodiments continue to display AR information in the same location if the user changes his or her gaze to read the AR information. Some embodiments render on an AR display subtle highlighting if an object is inside an activity zone and prominent highlighting if an object is outside an activity zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Mona Singh
  • Patent number: 11276375
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein in accordance with some embodiments may display augmented reality (AR) information related to an object based on a predicted persistence of the object within view of the user. In some embodiments, display of AR information is prioritized based upon a prediction of how soon an object will disappear from view, perhaps if the predicted disappearance will occur sooner than some threshold time. Systems and methods described herein in accordance with some embodiments extend to mixed reality (MR) systems, and provide for displaying an image of an object that has become obstructed or has disappeared from view and/or for displaying AR information related to an object that has become obstructed or has disappeared from view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Mona Singh
  • Patent number: 11244687
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in which a speaker profile-data inquiry is transmitted to a mobile device associated with a first speaker. In response to the speaker-profile-data inquiry, speaker profile data associated with the first speaker is received. Audio data representing a voice input is received. The first speaker is identified as providing the voice input, the identification being based on a comparison of characteristics of the received audio data with the speaker profile data of a plurality of speakers for whom speaker profile data is stored. An instruction, which includes a speaker-relative signifier, is determined from the received audio data, and determining the instruction includes determining a referent of the speaker-relative signifier based on the first speaker profile data. An action indicated by the instruction is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Edwards
  • Patent number: 11210858
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for configuring a multi-device digital experience. In an embodiment, the method includes presenting a first content portion of a digital experience via a wearable display device in an environment; presenting a second content portion of the digital experience via a first device in a set of one or more devices in the environment; capturing test-signal-output data presented by the first device, the test-signal-output data being captured by the wearable display device in the environment, the test-signal-output data being based on a test signal sent to the first device; estimating spatial-characteristic data of the first device based on the captured test-signal-output data; and modifying the presentation of the second content portion of the digital experience via the first device based on the estimated spatial-characteristic data of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: PCMS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Tatu V. J. Harviainen
  • Patent number: 11202051
    Abstract: Motion parallax effects can be emulated for 3D video content. At a head mounted display (HMD), motion parallax may be emulated through: receiving a 3D video at the HMD; obtaining a model of an object in the 3D video; obtaining a processed 3D video in which the 3D video is processed to remove the object from the 3D video; tracking a change in position of the HMD by a sensor of the HMD; rendering the processed 3D video at the HMD; and rendering the model of the object at a position in the processed 3D video based on the tracked change in position of the HMD. Multilayer spherical video, indicating the depths of objects therein, which may be used for motion parallax emulation may also be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Tatu V. J. Harviainen, Marko Palviainen