Patents Examined by Jin Ge
  • Patent number: 11816788
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses, systems and methods for generating an interactive three-dimensional (ā€œ3Dā€) environment using virtual depth. A method comprises receiving a pre-rendered media file comprising a plurality of frames, receiving depth data related to the media file, wherein the depth data corresponds to each of the plurality of frames, creating an invisible three-dimensional (ā€œ3Dā€) framework of a first frame of the media file based on the corresponding depth data, and rendering a new first frame in real time to include the pre-rendered first frame, one or more virtual visible 3D objects and the invisible 3D framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Tamer Eskander, Isaac Steele
  • Patent number: 11807096
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes: a first image control section that displays a first entire image in a certain entire display region; a second image control section that displays a second entire image that is changed from the first entire image in the certain entire display region; and an intermediate image control section that displays a single intermediate entire image indicating an intermediate stage of a change between the first entire image and the second entire image in the certain entire display region. The second image control section displays a final display state in which a certain mark is displayed in a certain portion within the certain display region as the second entire image. The intermediate image control section displays the intermediate entire image having an afterimage of the certain mark being extended in a track direction on a track of the certain mark moving to the certain portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Nakano, Kazuhiro Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11810535
    Abstract: A display driver circuit includes a receiver that receives a still image or a moving image, a frame buffer that stores the still image received by the receiver in a still image mode, an image processor that performs an image enhancement operation on the moving image transferred from the receiver or the still image transferred from the frame buffer, and a motion processor that performs a motion compensation operation using a current frame output from the image processor and a previous frame stored in the frame buffer in a moving image mode. The previous frame is data which, in the moving image mode, are processed by the image processor before the current frame and are then stored in the frame buffer. The previous frame is output from the frame buffer to the motion processor in synchronization with the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taewoo Kim, Hongki Kwon, Jaehun Kim, Jinyong Park, Jaeyoul Lee, Hyunwook Lim, Woohyuk Jang, Hojun Chung
  • Patent number: 11798277
    Abstract: An augmented reality customer interaction system includes a transparent panel having a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side, and a camera device configured to capture visual data from an area adjacent to the second side of the transparent panel. The visual data includes identifying features of a customer located in the area with respect to the second side of the transparent panel. The system further includes a projection system configured to project information on the first side of the transparent panel. The information projected on the first side of the transparent panel may include customer interaction data retrieved from a data store based on the identifying features of the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Truist Bank
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Dascola, Jacob Atticus Grady, Kaitlyn Stahl
  • Patent number: 11790649
    Abstract: A mobile device is fitted with an extended reality (XR) software application program executing on a processor within an XR system, and optionally a camera. Via the XR software application program, various techniques are performed for interacting with a physical object via the XR environment. In particular, the XR software application program generates and displays visual representations of real-time metric data received from a data intake and query system along with auxiliary data received from an asset management system. In addition, the XR software application program detects user interactions with the XR environment. In response, the XR software application generates messages directed to the asset management system. The messages include commands to update the auxiliary data associated with the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
    Inventors: Devin Bhushan, Jesse Chor, Sammy Lee, Glen Wong
  • Patent number: 11783581
    Abstract: A method for providing augmented reality content includes identifying a customer at a customer interaction location, retrieving customer-specific interaction data, determining locations of a customer service representative in an area adjacent to a first side of a transparent panel and the customer in an area adjacent to a second side of the transparent panel, and projecting an augmented reality element to the first side of a transparent panel, the augmented reality element displaying the customer-specific interaction data on the first side of the transparent panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Truist Bank
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Dascola, Jacob Atticus Grady, Kaitlyn Stahl
  • Patent number: 11783548
    Abstract: In various implementations, methods of presenting an audio/SR experience are disclosed. In one embodiment, while playing an audio file in an environment, in response to determining that the respective temporal criterion and the respective environmental criterion of an SR content event is met, the SR content event is displayed in association with the environment. In one embodiment, SR content is obtained and displayed in association with an environment based on an audio file and a 3D point cloud of the environment. In one embodiment, SR content is obtained and displayed in association with an environment based on spoken words of a real sound of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Ian M. Richter
  • Patent number: 11783534
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media which retarget 2D screencast video tutorials into an active VR host application. VR-embedded widgets can render on top of a VR host application environment while the VR host application is active. Thus, VR-embedded widgets can provide various interactive tutorial interfaces directly inside the environment of the VR host application. For example, VR-embedded widgets can present external video content, related information, and corresponding interfaces directly in a VR painting environment, so a user can simultaneously access external video (e.g., screencast video tutorials) and a VR painting. Possible VR-embedded widgets include a VR-embedded video player overlay widget, a perspective thumbnail overlay widget (e.g., a user-view thumbnail overlay, an instructor-view thumbnail overlay, etc.), an awareness overlay widget, a tutorial steps overlay widget, and/or a controller overlay widget, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Cuong Nguyen, Stephen Joseph DiVerdi, Balasaravanan Thoravi Kumaravel
  • Patent number: 11776509
    Abstract: A display assembly displays a virtual object in a select location wherein an eye viewing the virtual object has an expected gaze direction. Deformation of the display assembly is detected. The deformation causes the virtual object to be viewable in an altered location wherein the eye has altered gaze direction. The virtual object may be displayed in a corrected location wherein the eye viewing the virtual object in the correct location has a corrected gaze direction that is moved closer to the expected gaze direction than the altered gaze direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam Neustein
  • Patent number: 11768649
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic device includes: based on detection of an event, activating at least one reflector device connected to the electronic device; controlling the at least one reflector device to have an angle with respect to the electronic device such that a view position of a user is placed on the at least one reflector device; and controlling to display, on a display of the electronic device, event information associated with the detected event to be reflected to the at least one reflector device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anand Deshbhratar, Mayank Meghawat, Vijayanand Kumar, Vidushi Chaudhary
  • Patent number: 11755275
    Abstract: This disclosure describes embodiments of methods, non-transitory computer-readable media, and systems for detecting that a physical space includes a physical object corresponding to an analogous virtual object from an augmented reality experience and rendering (or otherwise modifying) the augment reality experience to integrate the physical object as part of the experience. In particular, the disclosed systems can determine that a physical object within a physical environment corresponds to an analogous virtual object of an augmented reality experience. Based on this correspondence, the disclosed systems can modify one or more of the virtual graphics, sound, or other features corresponding to the augmented reality experience to represent the virtual object using the physical object. For example, the disclosed systems can modify acoustic features of a sound for the augmented reality experience to simulate the sound originating from (or being affected by) the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Lovitt
  • Patent number: 11748950
    Abstract: A display method is provided, including: generating, by a virtual reality device, a selection instruction for target content in response to an operation of a user; identifying, by the virtual reality device, at least one keyword from the target content according to the selection instruction; obtaining, by the virtual reality device, a target 3D environment model and at least one piece of target 3D environment data through matching based on the at least one keyword and a preset matching rule, where the preset matching rule includes a 3D environment model rule and at least one 3D environment data rule; and applying, by the virtual reality device, the at least one piece of target 3D environment data to the target 3D environment model, to present a corresponding 3D virtual reality environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Xin, Weixi Zheng, Xueyan Huang
  • Patent number: 11748931
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a client device associated with a first user, a communication from a second user; retrieving, from the communication, a movement vector representing three-dimensional (3D) movement of a set of skeletal joints of the second user; receiving, by the client device associated with the first user, input that selects a 3D avatar; and animating, based on the movement vector, the 3D avatar to mimic the 3D movement of the set of skeletal joints of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Avihay Assouline, Itamar Berger, Gal Dudovitch, Matan Zohar
  • Patent number: 11730089
    Abstract: Techniques and examples for servicing a horticultural operation are described. A method may involve receiving data from one or more autonomous vehicles. The data pertains to the horticultural operation or one or more targets located within the horticultural operation. The received data is analyzed to determine one or more conditions of the horticultural operation or one or more targets. Based on the analyzing, one or more recommendations for addressing the one or more conditions are determined. The determined conditions and recommendations are sent to a user interface. When authorized via the user interface, data is transmitted to the one or more autonomous vehicles that are indicative of follow-on actions for the horticultural operation or target. Additional data is received, when available, based on the follow-on actions for further analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: iUNU, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Charles King, Ethan Victor Takla, Adam Phillip Takla Greenberg
  • Patent number: 11727530
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to low-level instruction storage in a processing unit. In some embodiments, a graphics unit includes execution circuitry, decode circuitry, hazard circuitry, and caching circuitry. In some embodiments the execution circuitry is configured to execute clauses of graphics instructions. In some embodiments, the decode circuitry is configured to receive graphics instructions and a clause identifier for each received graphics instruction and to decode the received graphics instructions. In some embodiments, the caching circuitry includes a plurality of entries each configured to store a set of decoded instructions in the same clause. A given clause may be fetched and executed multiple times, e.g., for different SIMD groups, while stored in the caching circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Havlir, Dzung Q. Vu, Liang Kai Wang
  • Patent number: 11726563
    Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a light field device, pixel rendering method therefor, and vision perception system and method using same. One embodiment describes a method to adjust user perception of an image portion to be rendered via a set of pixels and a corresponding array of light field shaping elements (LFSE), the method comprising: projecting an adjusted image ray trace between a given pixel and a user pupil location to intersect an adjusted image location for a given perceived image depth given a direction of a light field emanated by the given pixel based on a given LFSE intersected thereby; upon the adjusted image ray trace intersecting a given image portion associated with the given perceived image depth, associating with the given pixel an adjusted image portion value designated for the adjusted image location based on the intersection; and rendering for each given pixel the adjusted image portion value associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: EVOLUTION OPTIKS LIMITED
    Inventors: Guillaume Lussier, Raul Mihali, Yaiza Garcia, Matej Goc, Daniel Gotsch
  • Patent number: 11690358
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for recognizing and segregating chicks by sex according to their feathers pattern. The system and method are based on the instinctive reaction of chicks to spread their wings in order to maintain stability in response to instantaneous disorientation, for example, due to a sudden change in spatial movement. The present invention further features a weighing system and a system for detecting external body defects of chicks for assessing chicks' health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agriculture Research Organization, ESHET EILON INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Amos Mizrach, Victor Alchanatis, Nachshon Shamir, Lavi Rosenfeld, Clara Shenderey, Asher Levi, Viacheslav Ostrovsky, Menashe Tamir, Reuven Shadmi, Avishay Tamir
  • Patent number: 11688114
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method comprises obtaining a pipeline of operations, the pipeline of operations including a plurality of functions providing any of one or more modification operations or visualization operations for a plurality of datasets. A first dynamic visualization of the pipeline of operations at a first level of granularity is generated. A second dynamic visualization of the pipeline of operations at a second level of granularity is generated in response to user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Salar Al Khafaji, James Thompson, Joseph Hashim, Joseph Rafidi, Parvathy Menon, Patrick Szmucer, Robert Kruszewski, Stawomir Mucha, Tyler Uhlenkamp, Vilmos Ioo
  • Patent number: 11682136
    Abstract: A display method for displaying a virtual object, comprising: by at least one processor, recognizing characteristics of a main object from a video; by the at least one processor, recognizing a first fixed object from the video; by the at least one processor, determining a first target point in the video according to the characteristics of the main object; by the at least one processor, calculating a first position relationship between the first fixed object and the first target point; by the at least one processor, determining an anchor point in a virtual environment; and by the at least one processor, controlling a display device to display the virtual object at a second target point in the virtual environment by setting a second position relationship corresponding to the first position relationship between the anchor point and the second target point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng-Cherng Lin, Kuan-Wei Li
  • Patent number: 11670013
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computing platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: identify and store anatomical landmarks on a first reference digital image of a region of a human body; insert biopsy site identification data on the first reference digital image with the anatomical landmarks to form a second reference digital image; transform the second reference digital image into a mesh mask image; and overlay the mesh mask image on a third digital image of the region of the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jigar Patel, Ayushi Patidar, Parth Patidar