Patents Assigned to Sightful Computers Ltd
  • Patent number: 12265655
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for extracting content from a virtual display are disclosed. Extracting content from a virtual display includes generating a virtual display via a wearable extended reality appliance, wherein the virtual display presents a group of virtual objects and is located at a first virtual distance from the wearable extended reality appliance; generating an extended reality environment via the wearable extended reality appliance including at least one additional virtual object at a second virtual distance from the wearable extended reality appliance; receiving input for causing a specific virtual object to move from the virtual display to the extended reality environment; and in response, generating a presentation of a version of the specific virtual object in the extended reality environment at a third virtual distance different from the first virtual distance and the second virtual distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Sightful Computers Ltd.
    Inventors: Eli Elhadad, Amit Knaani, Tomer Kahan, Tamir Berliner, Orit Dolev
  • Patent number: 12236008
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are provided for enabling collaboration between writers. In one implementation, the computer-readable medium includes instructions to cause a processor to receive, from an image sensor associated with a wearable extended reality appliance, image data representing a physical surface, the physical surface being a compilation of pages; receive, from a computing device associated with a virtual writer, annotation data representing first virtual markings associated with a first page of the compilation and second virtual markings associated with a second page of the compilation; analyze the image data to determine that the compilation is opened to the first page; and cause the wearable extended reality appliance to overlay the first virtual markings on the first page of the compilation and exclude overlaying the second virtual markings on the first page of the compilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SIGHTFUL COMPUTERS LTD
    Inventors: Orit Dolev, Tomer Kahan, Tamir Berliner, Tomer Dvir
  • Publication number: 20250054254
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for managing privacy in an extended reality environment are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Tomer KAHAN, Tamir BERLINER
  • Publication number: 20250021205
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for performing operations for presenting content in three dimensional (3D) environments. Performing operations for presenting content in 3D environments includes: requesting content for virtual presentation in an environment of an extended reality appliance; receiving the content for presentation in the environment; receiving with the content, a plurality of tags, each of the plurality of tags being associated with a portion of the content; capturing, using an image sensor, a layout of the environment; for each tag, selecting, based on the tag, a 3D placement requirement for the content portion associated with the tag; and for each content portion, determining, based on the layout of the environment and the 3D placement requirement selected for the respective content portion, a location in the environment for virtual placement of the respective content portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Tamir BERLINER, Doron Assayas TERRE, Tomer KAHAN
  • Patent number: 12189422
    Abstract: A method for augmenting a physical display with an extended reality display. A processor receives first signals representative of a first object fully presented on a physical display, second signals representative of a second object having a first portion presented on the physical display and a second portion extending beyond a border of the physical display, and third signals representative of a third object initially presented on the physical display and subsequently wholly moved beyond the border of the physical display. In response to receiving the second signals, the second portion is presented via a wearable extended reality appliance in a virtual space while the first portion is presented on the physical display. In response to receiving the third signals, the third object is wholly presented via the wearable extended reality appliance in the virtual space following the third object having been wholly presented on the physical display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Tomer Kahan, Orit Dolev, Amit Knaani, Doron Assayas Terre
  • Publication number: 20240427471
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for performing operations for presenting content in three dimensional (3D) environments. Performing operations for presenting content in 3D environments includes: requesting content for virtual presentation in an environment of an extended reality appliance; receiving the content for presentation in the environment; receiving with the content, a plurality of tags, each of the plurality of tags being associated with a portion of the content; capturing, using an image sensor, a layout of the environment; for each tag, selecting, based on the tag, a 3D placement requirement for the content portion associated with the tag; and for each content portion, determining, based on the layout of the environment and the 3D placement requirement selected for the respective content portion, a location in the environment for virtual placement of the respective content portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Tamir BERLINER, Doron Assayas TERRE, Tomer KAHAN, Orit DOLEV
  • Patent number: 12175614
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for presenting information in a first display region having predefined boundaries, the information manipulatable via a user interface presentable in the first display region; presenting, via a wearable extended reality appliance, a second display region beyond the predefined boundaries of the first display region, wherein the second display region is visible via the wearable extended reality appliance; providing a control for altering a location of the user interface, wherein in a first mode, the user interface is presented in the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region and in a second mode, the user interface is presented in the second display region outside the predefined boundaries of the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region; and enabling toggling between the first mode and the second mode via the control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SIGHTFUL COMPUTERS LTD
    Inventors: Fade Rudman, Orit Dolev, Tomer Kahan, Tamir Berliner
  • Publication number: 20240394989
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media are provided for incremental convergence in an extended reality environment during virtual object selection. In one implementation, the computer-readable medium may contain instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to display a plurality of dispersed virtual objects across a plurality of virtual regions, the plurality of virtual regions including at least a first virtual region and a second virtual region that differs from the first virtual region; receive an initial kinesics input tending toward the first virtual region; highlight a group of adjacent virtual objects in the first virtual region based on the initial kinesics input; receive a refined kinesics input tending toward a particular virtual object from among the highlighted group of adjacent virtual objects; and trigger a functionality associated with the particular virtual object based on the refined kinesics input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: SIGHTFUL COMPUTERS LTD
    Inventors: Tamir BERLINER, Tomer KAHAN, Orit DOLEV, Doron Assayas TERRE
  • Patent number: 12141416
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for facilitating presentation of content in a three dimensional (3D) environment. Facilitating presentation of content in a 3D environment includes: receiving an indication of device settings of an extended reality appliance; receiving an indication of content requested for presentation via the extended reality appliance; based on the device settings, selecting 3D placement requirements for the requested content, the 3D placement requirements including at least one of: a 3D physical background, a visual span, virtual object positioning protocols, 3D anchoring requirements, 3D content size requirements, or ambient illumination requirements; transmitting the selected 3D placement requirements and the requested content, the transmitted content including at least one tag for associating portions of the content with at least some of the 3D placement requirements to thereby enable the extended reality appliance to display the content in a 3D environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sightful Computers LTD
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Doron Assayas Terre, Tomer Kahan
  • Publication number: 20240361878
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for performing operations for presenting content in three dimensional (3D) environments. Performing operations for presenting content in 3D environments includes: requesting content for virtual presentation in an environment of an extended reality appliance; receiving the content for the virtual presentation in the environment; receiving with the content, a plurality of tags, each being associated with a portion of the content, wherein a particular portion of the content associated with a particular tag includes an inanimate virtual object; for each tag, selecting, based on the respective tag, a 3D placement requirement for the portion of the content associated with the respective tag; and for each portion of the content, determining, based on a layout of the environment and the selected 3D placement requirement, a location in the environment for virtual placement of the respective portion of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Tamir BERLINER, Doron Assayas TERRE, Tomer KAHAN
  • Patent number: 12124675
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for presenting location-based content are described. Presenting location-based content includes obtaining an indication of a current physical location of an extended reality appliance; providing the indication to a first server that maps physical locations to a plurality of content addresses; receiving from the first server, at least one specific content address associated with the current physical location; using the at least one specific content address to access a second server; receiving content, associated with the current physical location, from the second server; and presenting the content via the extended reality appliance, while the extended reality appliance is in the current physical location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Doron Assayas Terre, Tomer Kahan, Dori Peleg, Oded Noam, Orit Dolev, Amir Eshel
  • Patent number: 12112012
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for customizing location-based content presentation are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Doron Assayas Terre, Tomer Kahan, Orit Dolev
  • Patent number: 12099696
    Abstract: A system and a method for content localization in moving vehicles may include receiving from within a moving vehicle first acceleration data captured using a first sensor included in an extended reality appliance mountable on a head of a wearer. The first acceleration data includes a first component associated with movement of the head of the wearer with respect to the vehicle and a second component associated with movement of the vehicle. The system also includes receiving from within the moving vehicle second acceleration data captured using a second sensor included in a personal input device. The personal input device may be a non-vehicle component configured to be paired with the extended reality appliance. The system may segregate the second component from the first component using the first acceleration data and the second acceleration data to thereby isolate the head acceleration with respect to the vehicle from the vehicle acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Elad Levi, Dori Peleg, Oded Noam, Tomer Kahan, Tamir Berliner
  • Patent number: 12094070
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are provided for moving a virtual cursor along two traversing virtual planes. In one implementation, the computer-readable medium includes instructions to cause a processor to generate, via a wearable extended reality appliance, a display including a virtual cursor and virtual objects located on a first virtual plane that traverses a second virtual plane overlying a physical surface; receive a first two-dimensional input reflective of an intent to select a first virtual object located on the first virtual plane; cause a first cursor movement, toward the first virtual object, along the first virtual plane; receive a second two-dimensional input reflective of an intent to select a second virtual object appearing on the physical surface; and cause a second cursor movement, toward the second virtual object, including a partial movement along the first virtual plane and a partial movement along the second virtual plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SIGHTFUL COMPUTERS LTD
    Inventors: Doron Assayas Terre, Tamir Berliner, Tomer Kahan
  • Patent number: 12095867
    Abstract: Consistent with disclosed embodiments, systems, methods, and computer readable media including instructions for wearable extended reality appliances to share virtual content. Embodiments may include a processor to generate a visual code reflecting a first physical position of a mobile device. The visual code may be presented on a display of the mobile device in order for the plurality of wearable extended reality appliances to detect the visual code. The plurality of wearable extended reality appliances may share content in a common coordinate system upon detection of the visual code. The processor may detect movement of the mobile device to a second physical position different from the first physical position. The processor may alter the presentation of the visual code upon the detected movement of the mobile device making the visual code unavailable for use in content sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Tomer Kahan
  • Publication number: 20240297919
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured for enabling content sharing between users of wearable extended reality appliances are provided. In one implementation, the computer readable medium may be configured to contain instructions to cause at least one processor to establish a link between a first wearable extended reality appliance and a second wearable extended reality appliance. The first wearable extended reality appliance may display first virtual content. The second wearable extended reality appliance may obtain a command to display first virtual content via the second wearable extended reality appliance, and in response, this content may be transmitted and displayed via the second extended reality appliance. Additionally, the first wearable extended reality appliance may receive second virtual content from the second wearable extended reality appliance, and display said second virtual content via the first wearable extended reality appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: SIGHTFUL COMPUTERS LTD
    Inventors: Tamir BERLINER, Tomer KAHAN, Orit DOLEV
  • Patent number: 12079442
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for performing operations for presenting content in three dimensional (3D) environments. Performing operations for presenting content in 3D environments includes: requesting content for virtual presentation in an environment of an extended reality appliance; receiving the content for presentation in the environment; receiving with the content, a plurality of tags, each of the plurality of tags being associated with a portion of the content; capturing, using an image sensor, a layout of the environment; for each tag, selecting, based on the tag, a 3D placement requirement for the content portion associated with the tag; and for each content portion, determining, based on the layout of the environment and the 3D placement requirement selected for the respective content portion, a location in the environment for virtual placement of the respective content portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SIGHTFUL COMPUTERS LTD
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Doron Assayas Terre, Tomer Kahan
  • Patent number: 12073054
    Abstract: A system and method for preventing virtual collisions may include presenting, via an extended reality appliance, a first virtual object docked to a first movable physical object and a second virtual object docked to a second movable physical object. The movement of the first and second physical objects may be tracked and an impending collision between the first virtual object and the second virtual object may be determined. Priority rules establishing that the first physical object has priority over the second physical object may be accessed. And based on the priority rules, favoring the first virtual object over the second virtual object at the time of the impending collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Doron Assayas Terre, Tamir Berliner, Tomer Kahan
  • Publication number: 20240231430
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for coordinating virtual content display with mobility status are disclosed. A non-transitory computer readable medium contains instructions that cause a processor to: access rules associating user mobility statuses with display modes; receive first sensor data reflecting a mobility status of a user during a first time period; based on the first sensor data, determine that during the first time period the user is associated with a first mobility status; implement a first accessed rule to generate a first display of virtual content; receive second sensor data reflecting the mobility status of the user during a second time period; based on the second sensor data, determine that during the second time period the user is associated with a second mobility status; and implement a second accessed rule to generate a second display of the virtual content different from the first display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: SIGHTFUL COMPUTERS LTD
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Tomer Kahan, Orit Dolev
  • Publication number: 20240119682
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for presenting information in a first display region having predefined boundaries, the information manipulatable via a user interface presentable in the first display region; presenting, via a wearable extended reality appliance, a second display region beyond the predefined boundaries of the first display region, wherein the second display region is visible via the wearable extended reality appliance; providing a control for altering a location of the user interface, wherein in a first mode, the user interface is presented in the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region and in a second mode, the user interface is presented in the second display region outside the predefined boundaries of the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region; and enabling toggling between the first mode and the second mode via the control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sightful Computers Ltd
    Inventors: Fade RUDMAN, Orit DOLEV, Tomer KAHAN, Tamir BERLINER