Patents Examined by Javid Amini
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Patent number: 11163997Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include receiving a representation of a real-world scene captured by a user using a mobile device where the real-world scene is a portion of a real-world physical area. The method can include associating a location of the mobile device with an AR anchor based on a comparison of the representation of the real-world scene with a portion of a model of the real-world physical area. The method can include triggering display of an AR object associated with the model of the real-world physical area within the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Steven Soon Leong Toh, Brandon Hyman, Eric Lai-Ong-Teung, Brian Collins, Edgar Chung
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Patent number: 11159713Abstract: An imaging system for producing images for a display apparatus, the imaging system including: at least one camera; means for tracking an orientation of the at least one camera; and at least one processor communicably coupled to said camera and said means. The at least one processor is configured to: create and store an N-dimensional data structure representative of an environment; for a plurality of orientations of the at least one camera, determine values of camera attributes to be employed to capture a given image from a given orientation and update the N-dimensional data structure with the determined values; access the N-dimensional data structure to find values of camera attributes for a current orientation; and control the at least one camera to employ the found values for capturing an image of real-world scene from the current orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Varjo Technologies OyInventors: Anna Nilsson, Ville Timonen
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Patent number: 11151794Abstract: A method of generating an augmented reality lens comprises: causing to display a list of lens categories on a display screen of a client device; receiving a user choice from the displayed list; causing to prepopulate a lens features display on the display device based on the user choice, wherein each lens feature comprises image transformation data configured to modify or overlay video or image data; receiving a user selection of a lens feature from the prepopulated lens display; receiving a trigger selection that activates the lens feature to complete the lens; and saving the completed lens to a memory of a computer device.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Oleksandr Chepizhenko, Jean Luo, Bogdan Maksymchuk, Vincent Sung, Ashley Michelle Wayne
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Patent number: 11145106Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods may provide for technology to process graphics data in a virtual gaming environment. The technology may identify, from graphics data in a graphics application, redundant graphics calculations relating to common frame characteristics of one or more graphical scenes to be shared between client game devices of a plurality of users and calculate, in response to the identified redundant graphics calculations, frame characteristics relating to the one or more graphical scenes. Additionally, the technology may send, over a computer network, the calculation of the frame characteristics to the client game devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jonathan Kennedy, Gabor Liktor, Jeffery S. Boles, Slawomir Grajewski, Balaji Vembu, Travis T. Schluessler, Abhishek R. Appu, Ankur N. Shah, Joydeep Ray, Altug Koker, Jacek Kwiatkowski
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Patent number: 11138779Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display controller configured to group dipole estimation results with the same direction out of dipole estimation results of a signal source corresponding to part of biological data indicating a chronological change of a biological signal and display the grouped dipole estimation results in a manner superimposed on a plurality of biological tomographic images sliced in a predetermined direction. The display controller is configured to, when displaying a non-grouped dipole estimation result, display the non-grouped dipole estimation result in a different color or form from a color or a form of the grouped dipole estimation results depending on a direction of the dipole estimation result.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Yamagata, Eiichi Okumura, Noriyuki Tomita
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Patent number: 11137890Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a flexible display configured to display an image, a driver configured to change a screen size of the flexible display, and a processor configured to control the driver to display an image corresponding to a content, at a screen size corresponding to a size of a content to be displayed in the flexible display.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soog-yeong Woo, Eun-bi Kim, Su-hyun Na, Jong-kee Lee, Hee-young Chung
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Patent number: 11132839Abstract: A system and method for allowing riders of virtual reality rides to enjoy and interact with real world props in a virtual reality environment while at an amusement park ride. The system stores and displays to the rider virtual representations of the tagged items they've brought along for the amusement park ride. Smart merchandise utilizes RFID tags along with a database of virtual characteristics to enable the virtual world representation of real world items.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: DREAMCRAFT ATTRACTIONS LTD.Inventors: Daryl White, Peter R. Schnabel, Christopher David Glen Robertson, Joanne Parker Robertson
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Patent number: 11116303Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method of displaying a guidance indicator to a user. The method comprises receiving a series of images of a head of a user; determining, from each image of the series of images, information relating to the position of the head of the user; and displaying to the user, on a display screen, a guidance indicator associated with a representation of the head of the user only if each of one or more defined conditions regarding the position of the head is met. According to other aspects, an apparatus is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Robert Godlieb, Matthijs Platje
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Patent number: 11100561Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for data mesh visualization are presented. An avatar representation of a user is generated. A user-specified change to the avatar representation is received and the avatar representation is changed based on the user-specified change. A current status of the user is determined, and an updated avatar representation is generated based on the current status of the user. The updated avatar is displayed in association with a communication of the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Ryan Melcher, John Tapley, Robert Lee
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Patent number: 11087544Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of methods and apparatuses for a wearable augmented reality system for fitness. The embodiments may include producing an avatar in the field of vision of the wearer, wherein a perceived position of the avatar may be controlled to aid the wearer in fitness training by establishing a controllable pace for the wearer. The embodiments may further include an optical system that produces the avatar such that it may be perceived by the wearer of the wearable augmented reality apparatus as a virtual running partner.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Inventors: AbdurRahman Bin Shahzad Bhatti, Jensen Rarig Steven Turner, Xander E. Fries
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Patent number: 11087542Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics processor pipeline apparatus may include a vertex fetcher to fetch vertices, a vertex shader communicatively coupled to the vertex fetcher to shade the fetched vertices, a primitive assembler communicatively coupled to the vertex shader to assemble primitives, and a primitive replicator communicatively coupled to the primitive assembler to replicate primitives for at least a first and a second viewport.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Kalyan K. Bhiravabhatla, Subramaniam Maiyuran, Robert M. Toth, Tomasz Janczak
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Patent number: 11076833Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and method for displaying an ultrasound image. The ultrasound imaging apparatus includes: a display; and a processor configured to set, from among a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of scan line groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of subframes constituting a first frame, control the display to display the first frame, set, from among the plurality of scan lines, a plurality of scan line groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of subframes constituting a second frame, and control the display to display the second frame subsequently to the first frame. The processor may set the plurality of scan line groups such that a position of a boundary line between adjacent ones of the plurality of subframes in the first frame does not overlap a position of a boundary line between adjacent ones of the plurality of subframes in the second frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-lai Park, Rae-Eun Kim, Sun-joong Lee
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Patent number: 11080936Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: enabling user-selection of a first sub-set of available mediated reality content based on a current point of view of a user; throughout a first period of time, causing rendering of the selected first sub-set of available mediated reality content to the user as it is selected; throughout the first period of time, storing a second sub-set of the available mediated reality content for potential future rendering, wherein the second sub-set is different to the first sub-set being rendered to the user and is not being rendered to the user during the first period of time; during at least a latter portion of the first period of time, determining whether or not to augment the user-selected first sub-set of available mediated reality content to include an alert concerning the second sub-set of available mediated reality content.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Sujeet Shyamsundar Mate, Arto Lehtiniemi, Miikka Tapani Vilermo
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Patent number: 11067598Abstract: An inspection data output device according to an embodiment includes an input unit, a generation unit, and an output unit. Information on a portion to be inspected in a circuit board is supplied to the input unit. The generation unit generates emphasis data in which an output signal path being a signal path on the circuit board and being a signal path capable of detecting an output signal of the portion to be inspected is emphasized more than another signal path. The output unit outputs the emphasis data to a display device.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventors: Sakatoshi Machimura, Takuya Hibino, Hikoichi Yonetani, Tatsuya Takaoka, Soichiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11062522Abstract: An augmented reality surgical system includes a head mounted display (HMD) with a see-through display screen, a motion sensor, a camera, and computer equipment. The motion sensor outputs a head motion signal indicating measured movement of the HMD. The computer equipment computes the relative location and orientation of reference markers connected to the HMD and to the patient based on processing a video signal from the camera. The computer equipment generates a three dimensional anatomical model using patient data created by medical imaging equipment, and rotates and scales at least a portion of the three dimensional anatomical model based on the relative location and orientation of the reference markers, and further rotate at least a portion of the three dimensional anatomical model based on the head motion signal to track measured movement of the HMD. The rotated and scaled three dimensional anatomical model is displayed on the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Global Medical IncInventors: Kenneth Milton Jones, John Popoolapade, Thomas Calloway, Thierry Lemoine, Christian Jutteau, Christophe Bruzy, Yannick James, Joachim Laguarda, Dong-Mei Pei Xing, Sebastien Gorges, Paul Michael Yarin
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Patent number: 11052288Abstract: A force measurement system is disclosed herein. The force measurement system includes a force measurement assembly configured to receive a subject thereon, and one or more data processing devices operatively coupled to the force measurement assembly. In one or more embodiments, the one or more data processing devices are operatively coupled to the force measurement assembly, the one or more data processing devices configured to receive one or more signals that are representative of forces and/or moments being applied to a top surface of the force measurement assembly by the subject, and to convert the one or more signals into output forces and/or moments, the one or more data processing devices further configured to predict one or more balance parameters of the subject using a trained neural network.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Bertec CorporationInventors: Necip Berme, Jaswandi Tushar Pitale, Cameron Scott Hobson, Mohan Chandra Baro, Fernando Vanderlinde dos Santos
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Patent number: 11036988Abstract: A cognitive load reducing platform comprises one or more sensors that collect information about an environment as sensor data. A processor is in communication with the one or more sensors, wherein the processor executes a cognitive enhancement engines that processes the sensor data into enhanced characterization data having a reduced amount of data compared to the sensor data. An output device electronically communicate the enhanced characterization data to a user such that the enhanced characterization data reduces the cognitive load of the user, wherein the sensor and the output device comprise an assisted perception module worn by the user during an incident. A command interface device remote from the user to enable a person of authority to manage the incident and the user by receiving and displaying the enhanced characterization data, and by transmitting data and commands back to the assisted perception module.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: QWAKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Sam J. Cossman, John Davis Long, II, Omer Haciomeroglu, Michael E. Ralston
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Patent number: 11030459Abstract: Methods and apparatus for projecting augmented reality (AR) enhancements to real objects in response to user gestures detected in a real environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an object detector, a gesture detector, and an enhancement determiner. The object detector is to detect one or more real objects located in a real environment based on depth data obtained from a sensor array located within the real environment. The gesture detector is to detect a user gesture within the real environment based on motion data obtained from the sensor array, the user gesture being associated with a target real object from among the one or more real objects. The enhancement determiner is to determine an AR enhancement based on the user gesture and the target real object. The enhancement determiner is to instruct a projector to project the AR enhancement to the target real object.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ankur Agrawal, Glen J. Anderson, Benjamin Bair, Rebecca Chierichetti, Pete Denman
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Patent number: 11032493Abstract: Embodiments describe an approach for locating one or more light emitters proximate to a location of a physical display area. Embodiments further describe transmitting information of a target content to an augmented reality device using light generated by the one or more light emitters, wherein the information includes a light-based data stream of the target content and the target content is not pre-loaded; and responsive to a reception of the information of the target content by the augmented reality device, determining a portion of the target content for displaying on the physical display area. Embodiments also describe overlaying target contents on a physical display area using projected light grid or a grid of light emitters. Information on the target contents is transmitted from the emitters using light to an augmented reality device. The information includes light-based data stream of the target contents and physical coordinates of a frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ben Z. Akselrod, Anthony DiLoreto, Steve McDuff, Kyle D. Robeson
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Patent number: 11023001Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including: a functional area defined by an opening formed in the display panel; and a display area defined as an area where a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged, surrounding the functional area; and a functional module including a lens disposed overlapping the functional area, wherein only some of the plurality of light emitting elements of the display panel are configured to emit light in a low power mode, and wherein all of the plurality of light emitting elements are configured to emit light in a general mode; and wherein the display device is configured to, in the low power mode, provide a predetermined information to a user formed by the boundary between the functional area and the display area and an image formed by light emission of the some of the plurality of light emitting elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiho Lim, Seong-nyeon Kim, Jun-woo Kim, Keehyun Nam, Hyesuk An