Patents by Inventor Alexandros Alexander
Alexandros Alexander 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).
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Patent number: 11216152Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can present a shared three-dimensional computing environment to a plurality of users. A personal space associated with a current user is presented to the current user. The personal space comprises one or more content items visible only to the current user. A first content item is moved from the personal space to the shared three-dimensional computing environment. Moving the first content item from the personal space to the shared three-dimensional computing environment causes the first content item to be visible to the plurality of users.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.Inventor: Alexandros Alexander
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Patent number: 10955987Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can present a first view of a three-dimensional user interface to a user, the first view representing a first portion of a three-dimensional space of the three-dimensional user interface. A first user input is received to modify the first view. The first view is modified based on the first user input to present a second view of the three-dimensional user interface, the second view representing a second portion of the three-dimensional space different from the first portion. The first portion comprises a first application window, and the second portion does not include the first application window.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Alexandros Alexander
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Patent number: 10948993Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes a computing system receiving hand configuration data associated with a user of an artificial reality application. The system may determine, based on the hand configuration data, that two fingers of a virtual left hand and two fingers of a virtual right hand of the user are extended. The system may determine that those fingers define a quadrilateral in a virtual environment, with the two fingers of the virtual left hand defining a first corner of the quadrilateral and the two fingers of the virtual right hand defining an opposite corner of the quadrilateral. The system may generate, based on the quadrilateral and a viewpoint of the user in the virtual environment, an image that captures a scene in the virtual environment. The system may then display the generated image in the virtual environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Alexandros Alexander
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Patent number: 10649614Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes delineating a region in a two-dimensional (2D) image in a virtual reality environment, generating a mask based on an object detected in the delineated region, wherein the mask is defined by a perimeter, and generating a virtual object in the virtual reality environment, where the virtual object incorporates the detected object, and the virtual object is generated by applying the mask to a three-dimensional (3D) object. Delineating a region may include receiving user input that delineates the region, and the input may trace a perimeter of the region. Delineating a region may include detecting an object and determining a perimeter of the detected object. The detected object may be classified as corresponding to a specified object type. The 2D image may include a camera perspective view of an object in the virtual reality environment.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth
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Patent number: 10602133Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device associated with a first user, the virtual space comprising a virtual room; receiving an input from a first user selecting a particular virtual object; calculating a score for a set of interactive-surface types, the score being based on a current context, wherein the current context is based on information associated with the virtual object; selecting, from the set of interactive-surface types, one of the interactive-surface types based on the selected interactive-surface type having a score greater than a threshold score; and sending information configured to render an interactive surface that is of the selected interactive-surface type.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Cliff Warren, Maheen Sohail, Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth, Charles Matthew Sutton
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Publication number: 20200073534Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can present a shared three-dimensional computing environment to a plurality of users. A personal space associated with a current user is presented to the current user. The personal space comprises one or more content items visible only to the current user. A first content item is moved from the personal space to the shared three-dimensional computing environment. Moving the first content item from the personal space to the shared three-dimensional computing environment causes the first content item to be visible to the plurality of users.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventor: Alexandros Alexander
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Patent number: 10536691Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device; receiving a first input from a first controller device, wherein the first controller device is associated with a first location on a body of a user; sending information configured to render a user interface comprising a menu of items, the menu of items comprising one or more interactive elements; receiving a second input from a second controller device, wherein the second controller device is associated with a second location on the body of the user, and wherein the second input indicates a selection of a particular interactive element; and sending information configured to render a response to the selection of the particular interactive element on a display device associated with the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Cliff Warren, Maheen Sohail, Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth, Charles Matthew Sutton
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Patent number: 10511833Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first visual information associated with at least a portion of a 360-degree perspective; determining that the first visual information is not sufficient to render a complete 360-degree perspective on a display device associated with a first user; receiving second visual information, wherein the second visual information comprises information configured to render a display of one or more videos from one or more second users; and sending rendering information, wherein the rendering information comprises information configured to render a unified 360-degree perspective on the display device, wherein: a first portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the first visual information, and a second portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the second visual information.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Cliff Warren, Maheen Sohail, Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth, Charles Matthew Sutton
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Publication number: 20190377416Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes a computing system receiving hand configuration data associated with a user of an artificial reality application. The system may determine, based on the hand configuration data, that two fingers of a virtual left hand and two fingers of a virtual right hand of the user are extended. The system may determine that those fingers define a quadrilateral in a virtual environment, with the two fingers of the virtual left hand defining a first corner of the quadrilateral and the two fingers of the virtual right hand defining an opposite corner of the quadrilateral. The system may generate, based on the quadrilateral and a viewpoint of the user in the virtual environment, an image that captures a scene in the virtual environment. The system may then display the generated image in the virtual environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventor: Alexandros Alexander
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Patent number: 10503349Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can present a shared three-dimensional computing environment to a plurality of users. A personal space associated with a current user is presented to the current user. The personal space comprises one or more content items visible only to the current user. A first content item is moved from the personal space to the shared three-dimensional computing environment. Moving the first content item from the personal space to the shared three-dimensional computing environment causes the first content item to be visible to the plurality of users.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Alexandros Alexander
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Publication number: 20190098291Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first visual information associated with at least a portion of a 360-degree perspective; determining that the first visual information is not sufficient to render a complete 360-degree perspective on a display device associated with a first user; receiving second visual information, wherein the second visual information comprises information configured to render a display of one or more videos from one or more second users; and sending rendering information, wherein the rendering information comprises information configured to render a unified 360-degree perspective on the display device, wherein: a first portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the first visual information, and a second portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the second visual information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Cliff Warren, Maheen Sohail, Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth, Charles Matthew Sutton
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Patent number: 10165261Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first visual information associated with at least a portion of a 360-degree perspective; determining that the first visual information is not sufficient to render a complete 360-degree perspective on a display device associated with the first user; retrieving second visual information; and sending information configured to render a unified 360-degree perspective on the display device, wherein: a first portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the first visual information, and a second portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the second visual information.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Cliff Warren, Maheen Sohail, Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth, Charles Matthew Sutton
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Publication number: 20180188939Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes delineating a region in a two-dimensional (2D) image in a virtual reality environment, generating a mask based on an object detected in the delineated region, wherein the mask is defined by a perimeter, and generating a virtual object in the virtual reality environment, where the virtual object incorporates the detected object, and the virtual object is generated by applying the mask to a three-dimensional (3D) object. Delineating a region may include receiving user input that delineates the region, and the input may trace a perimeter of the region. Delineating a region may include detecting an object and determining a perimeter of the detected object. The detected object may be classified as corresponding to a specified object type. The 2D image may include a camera perspective view of an object in the virtual reality environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth
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Publication number: 20180095633Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can present a first view of a three-dimensional user interface to a user, the first view representing a first portion of a three-dimensional space of the three-dimensional user interface. A first user input is received to modify the first view. The first view is modified based on the first user input to present a second view of the three-dimensional user interface, the second view representing a second portion of the three-dimensional space different from the first portion. The first portion comprises a first application window, and the second portion does not include the first application window.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventor: Alexandros Alexander
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Publication number: 20180096505Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an input indicating an intent of a first user to access one or more virtual tools in a rendered virtual space; calculating a score for each of a set of virtual tools, the score being based on a current context, wherein the current context is based on information associated with the rendered virtual space; selecting, from the set of virtual tools, a subset of virtual tools, wherein each virtual tool in the subset of virtual tools has a score greater than a threshold score; and sending, information configured to render the subset of virtual tools on a display device associated with the first user, the subset of virtual tools being rendered in the rendered virtual space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Cliff Warren, Maheen Sohail, Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth, Charles Matthew Sutton
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Publication number: 20180095648Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual room on a display device associated with a user, wherein the virtual room comprises a representation of the first user; receiving an input from the first user selecting a content item; sending information configured to render the content item as a virtual object in the virtual space; receiving a modification input from the first user to modify the content item; causing the content item to be modified; receiving a share input from the first user to share the modified content item on an online content-sharing network; and causing the modified content item to be shared on the online content-sharing network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Cliff Warren, Maheen Sohail, Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth, Charles Matthew Sutton
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Publication number: 20180095637Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device associated with a first user, wherein the virtual space provides a virtual experience to the first user; receiving a pause input from the first user to enter a pause mode; and causing the first user to enter the pause mode, wherein the virtual experience within the virtual space is paused for the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Cliff Warren, Maheen Sohail, Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth, Charles Matthew Sutton
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Publication number: 20180095636Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a first view of a virtual space on a display device associated with a user, wherein the virtual space has a first location associated with a first social-commentary item and a second location associated with a second social-commentary item, wherein the first location is within the first view and the second location is outside the first view; sending information configured to render a first user-interface element comprising a representation of the first social-commentary item and a second user-interface element indicating a presence of the second social-commentary item; receiving an input from the user comprising a request to change the first view to a second view of the virtual space; and sending information configured to render the second view of the virtual space and a representation of the second social-commentary item within the second view.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Cliff Warren, Maheen Sohail, Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth, Charles Matthew Sutton
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Patent number: D851661Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth
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Patent number: D855631Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet, Alexandros Alexander, Michael Stephen Booth, Charles Matthew Sutton