Patents by Inventor Alexa L. Hale

Alexa L. Hale has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11700348
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking objects in a field of view are disclosed. In one embodiment a method may include capturing, via a camera, a real-world object in the field of view; generating a first object data associating the real-world object with a first position of the real-world object in a real-world environment at a first time; generating a virtual object representative of the real-world object depicting the real-world object in the first position at the first time; generating a second object data associating the real-world object with a second position of the real-world object in the real-world environment at a second time, determining a displacement value of the real-world object between the first position and the second position, modifying the virtual object to include an indication that the real-world object has been displaced when the displacement value is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Mine, Steven M. Chapman, Alexa L. Hale, Joseph M. Popp, Dawn J. Binder, Calis O. Agyemang, Alice Taylor
  • Patent number: 11656578
    Abstract: Techniques for using holographic imagery for eyeline reference for performers. A first computer generated object is identified for display to a first performer at a designated physical position on a set. A first holographic projection of the first computer generated object is generated using a first holographic display. The first holographic display is configured to make the first holographic projection appear, to the first performer, to be located at the designated physical position on the set. One or more images of the performer are captured using an image capture device with a field of view that encompasses both the first performer and the designated physical position on the set. The captured one or more images depict the first performer and do not depict the first holographic projection. The first computer generated object is added to the captured one or more images after the capturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan M. Goldberg, Alexa L. Hale
  • Publication number: 20220026849
    Abstract: Techniques for using holographic imagery for eyeline reference for performers are disclosed. A first computer generated object is identified for display to a first performer at a designated physical position on a set. A first holographic projection of the first computer generated object is generated using a first holographic display. The first holographic display is configured to make the first holographic projection appear, to the first performer, to be located at the designated physical position on the set. One or more images of the performer are captured using an image capture device with a field of view that encompasses both the first performer and the designated physical position on the set. The captured one or more images depict the first performer and do not depict the first holographic projection. The first computer generated object is added to the captured one or more images after the capturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Evan M. GOLDBERG, Alexa L. HALE
  • Publication number: 20210400174
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking objects in a field of view are disclosed. In one embodiment a method may include capturing, via a camera, a real-world object in the field of view; generating a first object data associating the real-world object with a first position of the real-world object in a real-world environment at a first time; generating a virtual object representative of the real-world object depicting the real-world object in the first position at the first time; generating a second object data associating the real-world object with a second position of the real-world object in the real-world environment at a second time, determining a displacement value of the real-world object between the first position and the second position, modifying the virtual object to include an indication that the real-world object has been displaced when the displacement value is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Mark R. Mine, Steven M. Chapman, Alexa L. Hale, Joseph M. Popp, Dawn J. Binder, Calis O. Agyemang, Alice Taylor
  • Patent number: 11128783
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking objects in a field of view are disclosed. In one embodiment a method may include obtaining, from the non-transient electronic storage, object data. The object data may include a position of one or more objects as a function of time in a field of view. The method may include generating, with the one or more physical computer processors and the one or more AR components, a first virtual object to depict at least one or more of the object data of a first object at a first time. The method may include displaying, via the display, the first virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark R. Mine, Steven M. Chapman, Alexa L. Hale, Joseph M. Popp, Dawn J. Binder, Calis O. Agyemang, Alice Taylor
  • Patent number: 10728430
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying object features via an AR device are disclosed. The method may include receiving, from a transmitter, a signal from an object on a movie set. The signal may specify object data. The object may be a prop. The object data may specify one or more features corresponding to the prop. The method may include generating, with the one or more physical computer processors and the one or more AR components, a representation of the one or more features using visual effects to depict at least some of the object data. The method may include displaying, via the AR device, the representation onto a view of the prop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark R. Mine, Steven M. Chapman, Alexa L. Hale, Calis O. Agyemang, Joseph M. Popp
  • Publication number: 20190281194
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying object features via an AR device are disclosed. The method may include receiving, from a transmitter, a signal from an object on a movie set. The signal may specify object data. The object may be a prop. The object data may specify one or more features corresponding to the prop. The method may include generating, with the one or more physical computer processors and the one or more AR components, a representation of the one or more features using visual effects to depict at least some of the object data. The method may include displaying, via the AR device, the representation onto a view of the prop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Mine, Steven M. Chapman, Alexa L. Hale, Calis O. Agyemang, Joseph M. Popp
  • Publication number: 20190278995
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking objects in a field of view are disclosed. In one embodiment a method may include obtaining, from the non-transient electronic storage, object data. The object data may include a position of one or more objects as a function of time in a field of view. The method may include generating, with the one or more physical computer processors and the one or more AR components, a first virtual object to depict at least one or more of the object data of a first object at a first time. The method may include displaying, via the display, the first virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Mine, Steven M. Chapman, Alexa L. Hale, Joseph M. Popp, Dawn J. Binder, Calis O. Agyemang, Alice Taylor