Patents Examined by Ryan M Gray
  • Patent number: 11928393
    Abstract: A platform for design of a lighting installation generally includes an automated search engine for retrieving and storing a plurality of lighting objects in a lighting object library and a lighting design environment providing a visual representation of a lighting space containing lighting space objects and lighting objects. The visual representation is based on properties of the lighting space objects and lighting objects obtained from the lighting object library. A plurality of aesthetic filters is configured to permit a designer in a design environment to adjust parameters of the plurality of lighting objects handled in the design environment to provide a desired collective lighting effect using the plurality of lighting objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Korrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin James Harrison, Shruti Koparkar, Mark Reynoso, Paul Pickard, Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Gary Vick, Andrew Villegas
  • Patent number: 11928991
    Abstract: A viewing device comprising a controller, a transparent display and a visual shutter. The controller is configured to determine a color of virtual content to be displayed; determine a background color contrasting the virtual content displayed; determine a display area corresponding to where the virtual content is to be displayed; cause the visual shutter to enable a background to the virtual content to be displayed, the background having the contrasting background color thereby providing a contrasting background to the displayed virtual content (DVC); and to cause the transparent display to display virtual content for overlapping at least one visual object (VO) perceivable through the transparent display at least partially onto the background. The visual shutter is configured to enable the background by operating in a mode wherein at least a portion of the visual shutter is blocked to obstruct the VO in the blocked portion of the visual shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Alexander Hunt
  • Patent number: 11929011
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device having a set of pixels wherein each pixel has a sub-pixel capable of emitting a primary light beam, a set of pixels each pixel being adjacent to a pixel wherein each secondary pixel has at least one secondary sub-pixel capable of emitting a secondary light beam, a set of optical systems arranged so as to be able to cover an entire pixel belonging to one of the sets and at least part of the sub-pixels of at least one of the adjacent pixels belonging to the other set, the number of pixels being greater than twice the number of optical systems. At least one movement mechanism applies a relative movement between the set and the sets according to a predetermined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ALEDIA
    Inventors: Ivan-Christophe Robin, Olivier Jeannin, Frédéric Mayer
  • Patent number: 11928768
    Abstract: A method of controlling the order in which primitives, generated during tessellation, are output by the tessellation unit involves sub-dividing a patch, selecting one of the two sub-patches which are formed by the sub-division and tessellating that sub-patch until no further sub-division is possible before tessellating the other (non-selected) sub-patch. The method is recursively applied at each level of sub-division. Patches are output as primitives at the point in the method where they do not require any further sub-division. The selection of a sub-patch is made based on the values of one or more flags and any suitable tessellation method may be used to determine whether to sub-divide a patch. Methods of controlling the order in which vertices are output by the tessellation unit are also described and these may be used in combination with, or independently of, the method of controlling the primitive order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Peter Malcolm Lacey
  • Patent number: 11918900
    Abstract: This application discloses a scene recognition method and apparatus, which may be applied to game scene recognition. The method includes: obtaining one or more drawing instructions, and determining a to-be-drawn target object based on a description parameter carried in the one or more drawing instructions. Based on a particular relationship between scenes and an object inside scenes, a corresponding target scene may be determined based on the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fan Zhang, Yixin Deng, Baocheng Gu, Dong Wei, Shengqiang Ke
  • Patent number: 11915382
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for displaying an augmented reality virtual object on a multimedia device. One method comprises detecting, in an augmented reality environment displayed using a first device, a virtual object; detecting, within the augmented reality environment, a second device, the second device comprising a physical multimedia device; and generating, at the second device, a display comprising a representation of the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Worldpay Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Gordon, Charlotte Spender
  • Patent number: 11907617
    Abstract: A method and system for computer aided design (CAD) is disclosed for designing geometric objects, wherein interpolation and/or blending between such objects is performed while deformation data is being input. Thus, a designer obtains immediate feedback to input modifications without separately entering a command(s) for performing such deformations. A novel N-sided surface generation technique is also disclosed herein to efficiently and accurately convert surfaces of high polynomial degree into a collection of lower degree surfaces. E.g., the N-sided surface generation technique disclosed herein subdivides parameter space objects (e.g., polygons) of seven or more sides into a collection of subpolygons, wherein each subpolygon has a reduced number of sides. More particularly, each subpolygon has 3 or 4 sides. The present disclosure is particularly useful for designing the shape of surfaces. Thus, the present disclosure is applicable to various design domains such as the design of, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CAD-Sense LLC
    Inventor: Alyn P. Rockwood
  • Patent number: 11908091
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems related to a computing device for capturing an augmented reality (AR) image displaying an AR are described. An example method can include projecting a structured array of light, from a mobile device, onto an object. The method further includes measuring multi-directional sections of the object with the projected light. The method further includes reconstructing a three-dimensional (3D) figure of the object based on the measured multi-directional sections. The method further includes displaying an augmented reality (AR) image associated with the 3D figure on a user interface of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Zahra Hosseinimakarem, Radhika Viswanathan, Carla L. Christensen, Bhumika Chhabra
  • Patent number: 11908159
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the generation of augmented reality (AR) content that provides a shared AR experience involving multiple users. Shared AR experiences can improve the communication and collaboration between multiple simultaneous users. According to an embodiment, AR content is generated for a first user in a shared AR experience. The AR content includes at least one of a render of a model, a virtual representation of a second user in the shared AR experience, a virtual representation of a user interaction in the shared AR experience, and spatial audio content. Modifications to a shared AR experience are also provided. These modifications may be initiated based on instructions from one user and be reflected in the AR content generated for multiple users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.
    Inventors: Juho Mikko Haapoja, Byron Leonel Delgado, Stephan Leroux, Daniel Beauchamp
  • Patent number: 11893685
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a landform map building method and apparatus, an electronic device and a readable storage medium, and relates to the field of image processing technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junjun Zhang, Yi Zeng, Xiaopei Hou
  • Patent number: 11887263
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing device may determine a virtual content to be displayed with a scene of a real-world environment. The device may generate an image depicting the virtual content. Using one or more sensors, the device may detect characteristics of the scene of the real-world environment. Based on the image and the characteristics of the scene, the device may determine that a visual enhancement is to be applied to the virtual content depicted in the image to enhance a contrast between the depicted virtual content and the scene. The device may generate a visually-enhanced image depicting the virtual content by applying the visual enhancement to the virtual content depicted in the image. The device may display the visually-enhanced image of the virtual content on a display of the computing device, wherein the scene of the real-world environment is visible through the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Charlene Mary Atlas, Romain Bachy, Kevin James MacKenzie, Nathan Matsuda, Thomas Scott Murdison, Ocean Quigley, Jasmine Soria Sears
  • Patent number: 11886633
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for displaying a virtual object on the display of a portable eyewear device using motion data gathered by a face-tracking application on a mobile device. A controller engine leverages the processing power of a mobile device to locate the face supporting the eyewear, locate the hand holding the mobile device, acquire the motion data, and calculate an apparent path of the virtual object. The virtual object is displayed in a series of locations along the apparent path, based on both the course traveled by the mobile device (in the hand) and the track traveled by the eyewear device (on the face), so that the virtual object is persistently viewable to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ilteris Canberk, Dhritiman Sagar, Mathieu Emmanuel Vignau
  • Patent number: 11880953
    Abstract: Augmented reality systems provide graphics over views from a mobile device for both in-venue and remote viewing of a sporting or other event. A server system can provide a transformation between the coordinate system of a mobile device (smart phone, tablet computer, head mounted display) and a real world coordinate system. Requested graphics for the event are displayed over a view of an event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Quintar, Inc.
    Inventors: Sankar Jayaram, Wayne O. Cochran, John Harrison, Timothy P. Heidmann, John Buddy Scott
  • Patent number: 11880637
    Abstract: A platform for design of a lighting installation generally includes an automated search engine for retrieving and storing a plurality of lighting objects in a lighting object library and a lighting design environment providing a visual representation of a lighting space containing lighting space objects and lighting objects. The visual representation is based on properties of the lighting space objects and lighting objects obtained from the lighting object library. A plurality of aesthetic filters is configured to permit a designer in a design environment to adjust parameters of the plurality of lighting objects handled in the design environment to provide a desired collective lighting effect using the plurality of lighting objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Korrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin James Harrison, Shruti Koparkar, Mark Reynoso, Paul Pickard, Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Gary Vick, Andrew Villegas
  • Patent number: 11875469
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for displaying an augmented reality virtual object on a multimedia device. One method comprises detecting, in an augmented reality environment displayed using a first device, a virtual object; detecting, within the augmented reality environment, a second device, the second device comprising a physical multimedia device; and generating, at the second device, a display comprising a representation of the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Worldpay Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Gordon, Charlotte Spender
  • Patent number: 11875396
    Abstract: A system for displaying a simulated room can comprise a projector, a wall structure element, a physical object, and a room customization station. The room customization station can view images of selectable products and allows a selection thereof to be displayed on the wall structure element or the physical object. The projector can display the selectable product(s) on the wall structure element or the physical object. The physical object can be adjustable in size for different selectable product sizes. The system can include a physical accessory placeable in the simulated room to facilitate visualization of how the physical accessory would appear in the simulated room with the selectable product. Further, the room customization station can prevent a portion of the images from being projected onto a physical feature in the simulated room and allow other portions of the images to be projected into a portion of the simulated room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lowe's Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Blair Thomas Holt, Kurt James Jansen, Shannon Wadford Boggess, Randall Allen Miller, Paula Gragg Ferguson, Jeffrey Donald Key, Jeffrey Robert Pollard, Zeke Robert Markshausen, Garrett Lee Winther, Kathryn Soven, Carl David Sjunnesson, Kyle Fletcher, Elizabeth Spenko, Joseph Thomas Graceffa, Travis Schultz Lee, Aaron Randall Ferber
  • Patent number: 11868683
    Abstract: A platform for design of a lighting installation generally includes an automated search engine for retrieving and storing a plurality of lighting objects in a lighting object library and a lighting design environment providing a visual representation of a lighting space containing lighting space objects and lighting objects. The visual representation is based on properties of the lighting space objects and lighting objects obtained from the lighting object library. A plurality of aesthetic filters is configured to permit a designer in a design environment to adjust parameters of the plurality of lighting objects handled in the design environment to provide a desired collective lighting effect using the plurality of lighting objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Korrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin James Harrison, Shruti Koparkar, Mark Reynoso, Paul Pickard, Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Gary Vick, Andrew Villegas
  • Patent number: 11861778
    Abstract: In an aspect, an apparatus for generating a virtual avatar is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. At least a processor is configured to generate a virtual avatar model. A virtual avatar model includes a virtual entity and an operational model of the virtual entity. At least a processor is configured to receive user input. User input includes an avatar modifier. At least a processor is configured to modify at least a portion of a virtual avatar model as a function of an avatar modifier. At least a processor is configured to display a virtual avatar model to a user through a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Scott Donnell, Travis Adams, Chad Willardson
  • Patent number: 11842453
    Abstract: A subject feature detection unit (53) (detection unit) of a mobile terminal (80) (information processing device) detects a line-of-sight direction (E) (feature) of a subject (92) displayed simultaneously with a 3D model (90M) in a captured image (I). Then, the display control unit (54) (control unit) changes a line-of-sight direction (F) (display mode) of the 3D model (90M) so that the 3D model (90M) faces the camera (84) in accordance with the line-of-sight direction (E) of the subject (92) detected by the subject feature detection unit (53).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisako Sugano
  • Patent number: 11842454
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods that apply artificial intelligence to augmented reality for enhanced user experience. A sensor, such as a camera, on a mobile phone can capture output data of a laptop computer or other computing device, such as a user interface. The captured image can be assessed by the mobile phone to determine an intent of a user and to display a three dimensional rendering, such as an avatar, on the mobile phone overlaid on top of the user interface of the laptop. The avatar can help navigate the user, such as pointing to areas of a webpage of interest, or inviting the user to scroll down on a webpage to a portion of the webpage that may not be in current view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: James Minlou Lin, David Joseph Amador, Alexander James Kentfield, James Earl Griffin, Aga Dzhafar Hady Ogiu Dzhafarov, Mohan Kumar, Darrel Huntington, Bryan Marc Cimo