Patents Examined by Rayeez R Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 11966515
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a gesture recognition system determining, based on imagery of a user while the user touchlessly interacts with a user interface of a computer system, a configuration of a plurality of landmarks associated with the user and comparing the configuration of the plurality of landmarks to defined landmark configurations associated with a plurality of defined gestures. Each of the plurality of defined gestures may be associated with a different user input enterable by way of the user interface of the computer system. The method may further include the gesture recognition system selecting, based on the comparing of the configuration of the plurality of landmarks to the defined landmark configurations associated with the plurality of defined gestures, a defined gesture included in the plurality of defined gestures, and directing the computer system to enter a user input that is associated with the defined gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Viraj C. Mantri, Goldstein D. Daniel, Saikiran N. Chavali, Nowfal Edayattu Salam, Ashfaq A. Shakir
  • Patent number: 11954305
    Abstract: The present application discloses an operation method of an interactive flat panel. The method includes starting a slide play mode of the interactive flat panel, displaying a play mode interface of a slide document and an interface of an annotation application on a display screen of the interactive flat panel, wherein the interface of the annotation application is a transparent layer covering the interface of the slide document, and the play mode interface plays a first image of the slide document, and receiving, via a touch sensing device of the interactive flat panel, a touch operation on the interface of the annotation application, wherein the touch operation is a sliding operation of one or more fingers on the interface of the annotation application, and the sliding operation is a horizontal or vertical sliding action relative to a border of the interface of the annotation application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: Ruiqiang Wu, Zeming Cai
  • Patent number: 11948232
    Abstract: A system and method for visualizing process information in industrial process applications, wherein the process information is comprised in data objects related to process elements and data objects are represented as visualized data objects according to pre-defined visualization styles, and wherein a data object is representable by a plurality of different visualization styles, includes running a visualization application for visualizing the process information, selecting a visualization style for a data object during run time of the visualization application, and applying the visualization style according to the selection during run time of the visualization application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Raja Sivalingam, Matteo Sommariva, Giorgio Avanzino
  • Patent number: 11928306
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of receiving and processing navigation inputs executed by one or more processors in a head-worn device system including one or more display devices, one or more cameras and a generally vertically-arranged touchpad. The method comprises displaying a first carousel of AR effects icons, receiving a first horizontal input on the touchpad, rotating the first carousel of AR effects icons in response to first horizontal input, receiving a first touch input on the touchpad to select a particular AR effects icon that is in a selection position in the first carousel, displaying a scene viewed by the one or more cameras, the scene being enhanced with AR effects corresponding to the particular AR effects icon, receiving content capture user input, and in response to the content capture user input, capturing a new content item corresponding to the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, David Meisenholder, Mathieu Emmanuel Vignau, Joseph Timothy Fortier, Kaveh Anvaripour, Daniel Moreno, Kyle Goodrich, Ilteris Kaan Canberk, Shin Hwun Kang
  • Patent number: 11928314
    Abstract: Methods and systems described herein are directed to a virtual web browser for providing access to multiple virtual worlds interchangeably. Browser tabs for corresponding website and virtual world pairs can be displayed along with associated controls, the selection of such controls effecting the instantiation of 3D content for the virtual worlds. One or more of the tabs can be automatically generated as a result of interactions with objects in the virtual worlds, such that travel to a world, corresponding to an object to which an interaction was directed, is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Edelblut, Matthaeus Krenn, John Nicholas Jitkoff
  • Patent number: 11922120
    Abstract: An autocomplete function for textual input uses situational parameters to predict the next words the user is intending to type. Situational and temporal parameters are based on textual input and sensor data of the user. A past time window is based on the situational and temporal parameters. Historical textual input and sensor data during the time window relating to the situational parameters are retrieved from a storage device and aggregated. A pre-existing model that relates the situational parameter to the time window is used to select a situational value based on the textual input and sensor data. Words relating to the situational parameter are listed that the user is likely to input next based on the selected situational value. The words are ranked by the probability that the user is intending to type each of the words. The highest ranked word is displayed to the user on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Koa Health Digital Solutions S.L.U.
    Inventors: Teodora Sandra Buda, Joao Guerreiro, Aleksandar Matic, Albert Garcia i Tormo
  • Patent number: 11914836
    Abstract: A method includes accessing an image of a physical environment of a user, the image depicting a physical input device and a physical hand of the user, determining that a contrast between the physical input device and the physical hand depicted in the image is lower than a predetermined threshold, modifying the image to increase the contrast, determining a pose of the physical input device, generating a three-dimensional model representing the physical hand of the user, generating an image mask by projecting the three-dimensional model onto an image plane, generating, a cropped image depicting at least the physical hand of the user in the image, rendering, based on the perspective of the user and the pose of the physical input device, a virtual input device to represent the physical input device, and displaying the cropped image depicting at least the physical hand over the rendered virtual input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Brian Ratter, Alessia Marra, Yugeng He, Panya Inversin
  • Patent number: 11907433
    Abstract: A method of touchless activation of an electrically activated device may comprise: receiving, via a processor and through a sensor in an aircraft cabin, gesture data; comparing, via the processor, the gesture data to a predetermined gesture, the predetermined gesture being created by transitioning a hand from a first position to a second position, one of the first position and the second position being a closed fist, a remainder of the first position and the second position being an open palm; determining, via the processor, whether the gesture data matches the predetermined gesture; and commanding, via the processor, the electrically activated device to change from a first state to a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vijay Ramesh, Harish B Jayaraj, Deepak Khanduri
  • Patent number: 11907639
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web user experience improvement for digital magazines. A digital magazine viewing platform is integrated with a digital magazine publishing platform including features that leverage the integration including user interface arrangement based on viewing habits and ripped content that is insertable into draft digital magazine documents. In some embodiments, a machine learning model categorizes magazine styles and present publishing features based on those magazines viewed or subscribed to by a given user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: 21 Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Mario C. Smith
  • Patent number: 11899846
    Abstract: A method implements customizable gesture commands. The method includes constructing a set of gesture containers and training a machine learning model, for a gesture container of the set of gesture containers, to detect a performance of a video gesture. The method further includes detecting the performance of the video gesture, from a gesture container of the set of gesture containers, in a video stream using the machine learning model. The method further includes executing, in response to detecting the video gesture, a command assigned to the video gesture by the gesture container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Pornthep Pechin, Kishore Venkat Rao Goka, Nhu Quynh Pham Nguyen, Srinivas Bommareddy, Raghavendra Balavalikar Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 11893235
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an application display method and a terminal, where the method includes: acquiring a first flicking gesture, where a start position of the first flicking gesture is located in a first preset operating area; and when the terminal detects that the first flicking gesture is a first preset flicking gesture, displaying an application that is in a first state, where the first state includes at least one of the following states: a state of running in the foreground, a state of running in the background, and a state of being buffered in the background. Therefore, a recently used application can be displayed to a user according to a gesture of the user, without a need to dispose a dedicated button, thereby improving operation and control efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Hu, Bingtian Han, Xiangning Liu
  • Patent number: 11886497
    Abstract: An audio podcast distribution system includes a server configured to aggregate and store podcast audio files in a database. A computing device is configured to render an audio playback GUI on a display for playing a given podcast audio file from the database. The audio playback GUI includes a playback control user input, and an audio snippet creation user input. The computing device is configured to render an audio snippet playback GUI on the display, the audio snippet playback GUI include a video creation user input, and when the video creation user input is activated, send a video request to the server. The server is configured to, based upon the video request, generate a video file having the audio snippet of the given podcast audio file, and image data in the database associated with the given podcast audio file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: PICKED CHERRIES INC.
    Inventors: Stuart M. Goffman, Alexander Leon
  • Patent number: 11880560
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing bot participants for virtual conferencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Patent number: 11880542
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of receiving and processing content-sending inputs received by a head-worn device system including one or more display devices, one or more cameras and a vertically-arranged touchpad. The method includes displaying a content item on the one or more display devices, receiving a touch input on the touchpad corresponding to a send instruction, displaying a carousel of potential recipients, receiving a horizontal touch input on the touchpad, scrolling the carousel left or right on the one or more display devices in response to the horizontal touch input, receiving a tap touch input on the touchpad to select a particular recipient, receiving a further touch input, and in response to the further touch input, transmitting the content item to the selected recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, David Meisenholder, Mathieu Emmanuel Vignau, Sana Park, Tianyi Sun, Joseph Timothy Fortier, Kaveh Anvaripour, Daniel Moreno, Kyle Goodrich
  • Patent number: 11880544
    Abstract: Technologies for accurate asset delivery using geospatial information are provided. Upon receiving location information related to an asset delivery, geospatial image data is retrieved for an area based on the location information. The geospatial image data comprises aerial imagery correlated with geographic coordinate information. The geospatial image data can be displayed at graphical user interface. Responsive to receiving an asset request, a virtual asset object is generated. The virtual asset object corresponds to a physical asset, wherein the virtual asset object has a plurality of dimensional parameters associated with the physical asset. The virtual asset object is displayed at the graphical user interface (GUI), and the virtual asset object is overlaid on top of the geospatial image data. Responsive to receiving user input related to a position of the virtual asset object with respect to the geospatial image data an asset delivery report is generated based on the position of the virtual asset object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: IP DYNAMICS LLC
    Inventors: John Fenn, Matt Rhoades
  • Patent number: 11875088
    Abstract: A method of digital content generation is disclosed. A description of a smart volumetric layout is accessed. The smart volumetric layout includes an arrangement of one or more smart volumetric shapes. Smart shape data is associated to a volumetric shape of the one or more volumetric shapes. The smart shape data includes one or more properties and one or more behaviors. A presence of one or more digital objects is detected in the smart volumetric shape. One or more properties and the one or more behaviors associated with the smart volumetric shape are applied to the one or more digital objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Unity Technologies ApS
    Inventor: Gregory Lionel Xavier Jean Palmaro
  • Patent number: 11868583
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in which physical objects in the ambient environment can function as user interface implements in an augmented reality environment. A physical object detected within a field of view of a camera of a computing device may be designated as a user interface implement in response to a user command. User interfaces may be attached to the designated physical object, to provide a tangible user interface implement for user interaction with the augmented reality environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ruofei Du, Alex Olwal, Mathieu Simon Le Goc, David Kim, Danhang Tang
  • Patent number: 11861263
    Abstract: This specification is generally directed to techniques for robust natural language (NL) based control of computer applications. In many implementations, the NL control is at least selectively interactive in that the user feedback input is solicited, and received, in resolving action(s), resolving action set(s), generating domain specific knowledge, and/or in providing feedback on implemented action set(s). The user feedback input can be utilized in further training of machine learning model(s) utilized in the NL based control of the computer applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Hunt, David Andre, Nisarg Vyas, Rebecca Radkoff, Rishabh Singh
  • Patent number: 11861070
    Abstract: Example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for controlling one or more virtual elements on a display in response to hand gestures detected by an eyewear device that is capturing frames of video data with its camera system. An image processing system detects a hand and presents a menu icon on the display in accordance with a detected current hand location. The image processing system detects a series of hand shapes in the captured frames of video data and determines whether the detected hand shapes match any of a plurality of predefined hand gestures stored in a hand gesture library. In response to a match, the method includes executing an action in accordance with the matching hand gesture. In response to an opening gesture, an element animation system presents one or more graphical elements incrementally moving along a path extending away from the menu icon. A closing hand gesture causes the elements to retreat along the path toward the menu icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Viktoria Hwang, Karen Stolzenberg
  • Patent number: 11853308
    Abstract: The methods and systems described herein re-order social media feed items. In one example, the methods and systems receive on a user device social media feed items having a defined sequential order for display in a social media feed. The methods and systems also detect an occurrence of a triggering event and in response to the detection, reorder one or more of the social media feed items in a new order for display. The methods and systems further generate for display the one or more social media feed items in the social media feed in the new order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Radhika Dewan, Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah