Patents Examined by Jitesh Patel
  • Patent number: 12387442
    Abstract: The MR display device includes a controller and a display unit. The controller recognizes a reality object from a reality video imaged by a camera and links a predetermined virtual object to the reality object based on an operation of an experiencing person. The display unit displays a video of the linked virtual object. The controller acquires a recognition result of a reality object generated by the other MR display device and data of the linked virtual object, via a communication unit, synthesizes the acquired data and the own data, and displays a video obtained by the synthesis on the display unit. In addition, the controller allows an edit of the virtual object linked to the reality object on the video displayed on the display unit, based on an operation of the experiencing person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kawamae, Masuo Oku
  • Patent number: 12379830
    Abstract: An object determination method includes outputting a virtual scene image of a virtual scene. The virtual scene image includes a stereoscopic virtual image of at least one virtual object in the virtual scene. The method further includes, based on a selection operation on the virtual object in the virtual scene image, determining an operation point coordinate of the selection operation in a display area. The display area is configured to display the virtual scene image. The method further includes determining a reference coordinate position in the virtual scene, determining a spatial coordinate of the operation point coordinate of the selection operation mapped into the virtual scene, and determining at least one candidate virtual object for a user to select from the virtual scene in connection with the reference coordinate position and the spatial coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Wanwan Zhao, Guannan Zhang, Yu Li
  • Patent number: 12361605
    Abstract: Disclosed are a perspective method for a physical whiteboard and a generation method for a virtual whiteboard. A Hoffman straight-line detection method is used, statistics are taken on a quantity of overlapping times of a straight line, and a determining dimension of a whiteboard-related straight line is increased. On a basis of generating a high-precision virtual whiteboard, purity of a whiteboard color is improved through color enhancement, and a virtual whiteboard corresponding to each frame of a physical whiteboard image is processed based on a preset algorithm to obtain a background-color image, a motion map, and a chromatic aberration map, so as to obtain a foreground mask. A character is perspective and smoothed based on a foreground mask of a current frame, a color-enhanced image of the current frame, and a fully perspective image of a previous frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: YEALINK (XIAMEN) NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoshuai Zhang, Haochen Ye
  • Patent number: 12354222
    Abstract: A video dynamic mesh coding (v-DMC) decoding system, includes a de-multiplexer that receives and demultiplexes an encoded v-DMC bitstream into: a parameter set and mesh data, geometry, atlas data, and attribute video substreams. The decoding system also includes: a mesh data substream decoder; a video decoder that decodes the geometry data substream; an atlas data substream decoder; a mesh subdivision component that subdivides the one or more base meshes into one or more resampled base meshes based upon the decoded atlas data; a displacement decoder that outputs one or more displacements to verticies of the one or more resampled base meshes; a mesh position refinement component that applies the one or more displacements to the one or more resampled base meshes and outputs one or more resultant meshes; and a video decoder that decodes the attribute video substream into one or more texture images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jungsun Kim, Alexandros Tourapis, Dimitri Podborski, Khaled Mammou, David Flynn
  • Patent number: 12333640
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a virtual reality ride system includes a display to present virtual reality image content to a first rider, an audio sensor to capture audio data associated with a second rider, and an image sensor to capture image data associated with the second rider. The virtual reality ride system also includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to the display and configured to (i) receive the audio data, the image data, or both, (ii) generate a virtual avatar corresponding to the second rider, wherein the virtual avatar includes a set of facial features, (iii) update the set of facial features based on the audio data, the image data, or both, and (iv) instruct the display to present the virtual reality image content including the virtual avatar and the updated set of facial features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Mark James Traynor, Patrick John Goergen
  • Patent number: 12327501
    Abstract: A system for facilitating binocular vertical display misalignment correction based on vergence angle is configurable to determine a vertical fusional amplitude indicator associated with user operation of a stereoscopic display system, and, based on the vertical fusional amplitude indicator, determine one or more correction application attributes. The one or more correction application attributes indicate a manner of applying one or more display misalignment correction operations to align presentation of content in the stereoscopic display system. The system is also configurable to apply the one or more display misalignment correction operations to align the presentation of the content in the stereoscopic display system in accordance with the one or more correction application attributes, thereby effectuating display misalignment correction in a manner that mitigates user discomfort and/or user experience disruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michaela Porubanova, Björn Nicolaas Servatius Vlaskamp
  • Patent number: 12322022
    Abstract: A system and methods for providing interactive content to an audience is disclosed. In aspects, system implements methods to receive sensor data captured by one or more sensors affixed to a performer. A graphical visualization is rendered based on the sensor data. The graphical visualization is transmitted to one or more external devices associated with one or more members of the audience for incorporation into a application executing on the one or more external devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Sphere Entertainment Group, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Poynter
  • Patent number: 12315120
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus that displays, in at least one display plane, a stereo image based on an original image to cause a three-dimensional image to be viewed, the display apparatus including a correction system that corrects the original image such that a blur caused when the three-dimensional image is caused to be viewed at at least one position is suppressed, and a display system that displays, in the at least one display plane, a stereo image based on the original image after the correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kota Kumagai
  • Patent number: 12315056
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and non-transitory program storage devices (NPSDs) are disclosed herein to allow individual users an opportunity to create customized instances of three-dimensional (3D) avatars, wherein each instance of the avatar may be customized to have particular visual characteristics and/or accessories that may reflect an individual user's appearance. When images are captured, e.g., during an individual user's avatar enrollment or customization process, novel shape matching techniques may be employed between two-dimensional (2D) objects of interest (e.g., eyeglasses frames) identified in the enrollment image and 3D models stored in one or more 3D model object libraries. A ranked listing of 3D models from an object library that provide the best shape matches to the identified 2D objects of interest in the captured image may automatically be determined and/or presented to the user for selection, e.g., via a user interface, for use in the creation and/or customization of the user's 3D avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriela N. Venturini
  • Patent number: 12299772
    Abstract: At least a method is disclosed for visualizing sensor data from a sensor monitoring a wound. The method can include: receiving senor data generated by one or more sensors monitoring a wound of a patient, the wound being covered with a wound dressing; generating a graphical representation from the sensor data; and presenting the graphical representation to a user via augmented reality so that the graphical representation is overlaid on an area proximate to the patient from a viewing perspective of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited
    Inventors: Charlotte Rose Urwin, Johannes Dagevos van Rij
  • Patent number: 12299832
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system for presenting AR items. The system performs operations including receiving a video that includes a depiction of one or more real-world objects in a real-world environment and obtaining depth data related to the real-world environment. The operations include generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the real-world environment based on the video and the depth data and adding an augmented reality (AR) item to the video based on the 3D model of the real-world environment. The operations include determining that the AR item has been placed on a vertical plane of the real-world environment and modifying an orientation of the AR item to correspond to an orientation of the vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Avihay Assouline, Itamar Berger, Gal Dudovitch, Peleg Harel, Gal Sasson
  • Patent number: 12293580
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying augmented reality content relative to an identified object are disclosed. The systems and methods can include a set of operations. An operation can include providing a first image. An operation can include determining interest points in the first image. An operation can include identifying an object in the first image. An operation can include identifying augmented reality content associated with the object. An operation can include determining a first transformation for displaying the augmented reality content in the first image relative to the identified object. An operation can include providing the interest points and the first transformation. An operation can include determining a second transformation for displaying the augmented reality content in a second image relative to the identified object using, at least in part, the first transformation and the interest points. An operation can include displaying, by a user device, the augmented reality content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Geenee GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Goldberg, Davide Mameli, Matthias Emanuel Thömmes, Andrii Tkachuk
  • Patent number: 12282649
    Abstract: A method for managing an application icon, a terminal device, and a storage medium. In a scenario of installing an application on the terminal device, whether a target closed circle exists in closed circles in a direction from inside to outside in an icon grid is determined, where the icon grid is formed by arranging all current application icons of the terminal device in a grid manner, the closed circles are rectangular circles centered on a center of the icon grid, and a free position for an application icon exists on the target closed circle. If the target closed circle exists, a target application icon is added at the free position on the target closed circle to ensure that the application icons remain in an aggregated and compact visual form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Wu, Ting Zhang, Yi Han
  • Patent number: 12271987
    Abstract: A preprocessor for use with natural language processors for control of computerized avatars provides for an embedding of avatar control information in a speech response file of the natural language processor providing avatars with improved perception of emotional intelligence. Rapid avatar response is provided by independent end of speech detection and a response cache bypassing text-to-speech conversion times. The preprocessor may be shared among multiple websites to provide a shared analysis of query optimization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Codebaby, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan German, Michelle Collins, Tyler W. Chase-Nason, Navroz J. Daroga
  • Patent number: 12271514
    Abstract: Mixed reality (MR) user interactions are enabled through a combination of eye tracking (user gaze determination) and secondary inputs such as finger gestures, hand gestures, eye gestures, wrist band device input, handheld controller input, and similar ones. A location of interest in displayed content may be identified through the user's gaze, fixation, and/or saccades, or other actions, such as zoom, rotate, pan, move, open actionable menus, etc., may be performed on the location of interest based on the secondary inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Strawn, Nathan Aschenbach
  • Patent number: 12254850
    Abstract: A subtractive color change system for displaying a selected color to a viewer and a method of changing color. The system includes a layered assembly having transparent panels of primary and key colors, with a fixed-color background behind the layered assembly. The subtractive color change system may have a control unit to individually control the intensities and values of the primary color panels to render a color and to control the intensities and values of the panels in the layered assembly to reduce differences between the color rendered and the selected color and to display the selected color to a viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: N. Scot Hull
  • Patent number: 12240515
    Abstract: Systems and embodiments herein describe an augmented reality (AR) object rendering system. The AR object rendering system receives an image, generates a set of noise parameters and a set of blur parameters for the image using a neural network trained on a paired dataset of images, identifies an AR object associated with the image, modifies the AR object using the set of noise parameters and the set of blur parameters, displays the modified augmented reality object within the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Demyanov, Yunqing Hu, Istvan Marton, Daniil Ostashev, Aleksei Podkin
  • 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
  • Patent number: 12229894
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for monitoring extended reality spaces. One of the methods includes selecting, from a physical space at a property, a first available portion of the physical space for representing an extended reality environment; causing presentation of a first portion of the extended reality environment at the first available portion of the physical space; predicting, using sensor data generated from one or more sensors at the property, that the first available portion of the physical space will likely be interfered with; in response to predicting that the first available portion of the physical space will likely be interfered with, selecting, from the plurality of available portions of the physical space, a second available portion for representing the environment; and causing presentation of a second portion of the extended reality environment at the second available portion of the physical space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ObjectVideo Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne
  • Patent number: 12229858
    Abstract: This application provides a display method and an electronic device. When the electronic device switches from a screen-off mode to a lock-screen mode, the electronic device may perform gradual expansion from a last image frame displayed in a screen-off interface, and in a gradual expansion process, successively play a transition animation during switching from the screen-off interface to a lock-screen interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liwei Huang, Jie Ren, Kai Qian, Xia Wu