Patents by Inventor Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik 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: 11636843Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for presenting an audio signal associated with presentation of a virtual object colliding with a surface. The virtual object and the surface may be associated with a mixed reality environment. Generation of the audio signal may be based on at least one of an audio stream from a microphone and a video stream form a sensor. In some embodiments, the collision between the virtual object and the surface is associated with a footstep on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik, Colby Nelson Leider, Omer Perry
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Patent number: 11632646Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for generating and presenting virtual audio for mixed reality systems. A method may include determining a collision between a first object and a second object, wherein the first object comprises a first virtual object. A memory storing one or more audio models can be accessed. It can be determined if the one or more audio models stored in the memory comprises an audio model corresponding to the first object. In accordance with a determination that the one or more audio models comprises an audio model corresponding to the first object, an audio signal can be synthesized, wherein the audio signal is based on the collision and the audio model corresponding to the first object, and the audio signal can be presented to a user via a speaker of a head-wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Colby Nelson Leider, Justin Dan Mathew, Michael Z. Land, Blaine Ivin Wood, Jung-Suk Lee, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik, Jean-Marc Jot
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Publication number: 20230094733Abstract: Examples of the disclosure describe systems and methods for presenting an audio signal to a user of a wearable head device. According to an example method, a source location corresponding to the audio signal is identified. For each of the respective left and right ear of the user, a virtual speaker position, of a virtual speaker array, is determined, the virtual speaker position collinear with the source location and with a position of the respective ear. For each of the respective left and right ear of the user, a head-related transfer function (HRTF) corresponding to the virtual speaker position and to the respective ear is determined; and the output audio signal is presented to the respective ear of the user via one or more speakers associated with the wearable head device. Processing the audio signal includes applying the HRTF to the audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Remi Samuel AUDFRAY, Jean-Marc JOT, Samuel Charles DICKER, Mark Brandon HERTENSTEINER, Justin Dan MATHEW, Anastasia Andreyevna TAJIK, Nicholas John LaMARTINA
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Publication number: 20230065046Abstract: A method of presenting audio comprises: identifying a first ear listener position and a second ear listener position in a mixed reality environment; identifying a first virtual sound source in the mixed reality environment; identifying a first object in the mixed reality environment; determining a first audio signal in the mixed reality environment, wherein the first audio signal originates at the first virtual sound source and intersects the first ear listener position; determining a second audio signal in the mixed reality environment, wherein the second audio signal originates at the first virtual sound source, intersects the first object, and intersects the second ear listener position; determining a third audio signal based on the second audio signal and the first object; presenting, to a first ear of a user, the first audio signal; and presenting, to a second ear of the user, the third audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventor: Anastasia Andreyevna TAJIK
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Patent number: 11589182Abstract: A method of presenting audio comprises: identifying a first ear listener position and a second ear listener position in a mixed reality environment; identifying a first virtual sound source in the mixed reality environment; identifying a first object in the mixed reality environment; determining a first audio signal in the mixed reality environment, wherein the first audio signal originates at the first virtual sound source and intersects the first ear listener position; determining a second audio signal in the mixed reality environment, wherein the second audio signal originates at the first virtual sound source, intersects the first object, and intersects the second ear listener position; determining a third audio signal based on the second audio signal and the first object; presenting, to a first ear of a user, the first audio signal; and presenting, to a second ear of the user, the third audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
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Publication number: 20230020792Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for presenting mixed reality audio. In an example method, audio is presented to a user of a wearable head device. A first position of the user's head at a first time is determined based on one or more sensors of the wearable head device. A second position of the user's head at a second time later than the first time is determined based on the one or more sensors. An audio signal is determined based on a difference between the first position and the second position. The audio signal is presented to the user via a speaker of the wearable head device. Determining the audio signal comprises determining an origin of the audio signal in a virtual environment. Presenting the audio signal to the user comprises presenting the audio signal as if originating from the determined origin. Determining the origin of the audio signal comprises applying an offset to a position of the user's head.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventor: Anastasia Andreyevna TAJIK
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Publication number: 20230007332Abstract: A method of presenting an audio signal to a user of a mixed reality environment is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of detecting a first audio signal in the mixed reality environment, where the first audio signal is a real audio signal; identifying a virtual object intersected by the first audio signal in the mixed reality environment; identifying a listener coordinate associated with the user; determining, using the virtual object and the listener coordinate, a transfer function; applying the transfer function to the first audio signal to produce a second audio signal; and presenting, to the user, the second audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Anastasia Andreyevna TAJIK, Jean-Marc JOT
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Patent number: 11546716Abstract: Examples of the disclosure describe systems and methods for presenting an audio signal to a user of a wearable head device. According to an example method, a source location corresponding to the audio signal is identified. An acoustic axis corresponding to the audio signal is determined. For each of a respective left and right ear of the user, an angle between the acoustic axis and the respective ear is determined. For each of the respective left and right ear of the user, a virtual speaker position, of a virtual speaker array, is determined, the virtual speaker position collinear with the source location and with a position of the respective ear. The virtual speaker array includes a plurality of virtual speaker positions, each virtual speaker position of the plurality located on the surface of a sphere concentric with the user's head, the sphere having a first radius.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Remi Samuel Audfray, Jean-Marc Jot, Samuel Charles Dicker, Mark Brandon Hertensteiner, Justin Dan Mathew, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik, Nicholas John LaMartina
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Publication number: 20220394419Abstract: Examples of wearable devices that can present to a user of the display device an audible or visual representation of an audio file comprising a plurality of stem tracks that represent different audio content of the audio file are described. Systems and methods are described that determine the pose of the user; generate, based on the pose of the user, an audio mix of at least one of the plurality of stem tracks of the audio file; generate, based on the pose of the user and the audio mix, a visualization of the audio mix; communicate an audio signal representative of the audio mix to the speaker; and communicate a visual signal representative of the visualization of the audio mix to the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Stephen Vincent Mangiat, Michael Benson Tucker, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
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Publication number: 20220369044Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a sensor configured for detecting a focus of an end user on a real sound source, a microphone assembly configured for converting sounds into electrical signals, a speaker configured for converting the electrical signals into sounds, and a control subsystem configured for modifying the direction and/or distance of a greatest sensitivity of the microphone assembly based on detected focus. A virtual image generation system comprises memory storing a three-dimensional scene, a sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a sound source, a speaker configured for conveying sounds to the end user, and a control subsystem configured for causing the speaker to preferentially convey a sound originating from the sound source in response to detection of the focus, and for rendering image frames of the scene, and a display subsystem configured for sequentially displaying the image frames to the end user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventors: George Alistair Sanger, Samuel A. Miller, Brian Schmidt, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
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Patent number: 11477599Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for presenting mixed reality audio. In an example method, audio is presented to a user of a wearable head device. A first position of the user's head at a first time is determined based on one or more sensors of the wearable head device. A second position of the user's head at a second time later than the first time is determined based on the one or more sensors. An audio signal is determined based on a difference between the first position and the second position. The audio signal is presented to the user via a speaker of the wearable head device. Determining the audio signal comprises determining an origin of the audio signal in a virtual environment. Presenting the audio signal to the user comprises presenting the audio signal as if originating from the determined origin. Determining the origin of the audio signal comprises applying an offset to a position of the user's head.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
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Patent number: 11477510Abstract: A method of presenting an audio signal to a user of a mixed reality environment is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of detecting a first audio signal in the mixed reality environment, where the first audio signal is a real audio signal; identifying a virtual object intersected by the first audio signal in the mixed reality environment; identifying a listener coordinate associated with the user; determining, using the virtual object and the listener coordinate, a transfer function; applying the transfer function to the first audio signal to produce a second audio signal; and presenting, to the user, the second audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik, Jean-Marc Jot
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Publication number: 20220327788Abstract: A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of identifying a first real object in a mixed reality environment, the mixed reality environment having a user; identifying a second real object in the mixed reality environment; generating, in the mixed reality environment, a first virtual object corresponding to the second real object; identifying, in the mixed reality environment, a collision between the first real object and the first virtual object; determining a first attribute associated with the collision; determining, based on the first attribute, a first audio signal corresponding to the collision; and presenting to the user, via one or more speakers, the first audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventor: Anastasia Andreyevna TAJIK
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Patent number: 11445305Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a sensor configured for detecting a focus of an end user on a real sound source, a microphone assembly configured for converting sounds into electrical signals, a speaker configured for converting the electrical signals into sounds, and a control subsystem configured for modifying the direction and/or distance of a greatest sensitivity of the microphone assembly based on detected focus. A virtual image generation system comprises memory storing a three-dimensional scene, a sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a sound source, a speaker configured for conveying sounds to the end user, and a control subsystem configured for causing the speaker to preferentially convey a sound originating from the sound source in response to detection of the focus, and for rendering image frames of the scene, and a display subsystem configured for sequentially displaying the image frames to the end user.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: George Alistair Sanger, Samuel A. Miller, Brian Schmidt, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
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Patent number: 11438724Abstract: Examples of wearable devices that can present to a user of the display device an audible or visual representation of an audio file comprising a plurality of stem tracks that represent different audio content of the audio file are described. Systems and methods are described that determine the pose of the user; generate, based on the pose of the user, an audio mix of at least one of the plurality of stem tracks of the audio file; generate, based on the pose of the user and the audio mix, a visualization of the audio mix; communicate an audio signal representative of the audio mix to the speaker; and communicate a visual signal representative of the visualization of the audio mix to the display.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Vincent Mangiat, Michael Benson Tucker, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
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Patent number: 11403825Abstract: A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of identifying a first real object in a mixed reality environment, the mixed reality environment having a user; identifying a second real object in the mixed reality environment; generating, in the mixed reality environment, a first virtual object corresponding to the second real object; identifying, in the mixed reality environment, a collision between the first real object and the first virtual object; determining a first attribute associated with the collision; determining, based on the first attribute, a first audio signal corresponding to the collision; and presenting to the user, via one or more speakers, the first audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
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Publication number: 20220240044Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for generating and presenting virtual audio for mixed reality systems. A method may include determining a collision between a first object and a second object, wherein the first object comprises a first virtual object. A memory storing one or more audio models can be accessed. It can be determined if the one or more audio models stored in the memory comprises an audio model corresponding to the first object. In accordance with a determination that the one or more audio models comprises an audio model corresponding to the first object, an audio signal can be synthesized, wherein the audio signal is based on the collision and the audio model corresponding to the first object, and the audio signal can be presented to a user via a speaker of a head-wearable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Colby Nelson Leider, Justin Dan Mathew, Michael Z. Land, Blaine Ivin Wood, Jung-Suk Lee, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik, Jean-Marc Jot
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Patent number: 11337023Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for generating and presenting virtual audio for mixed reality systems. A method may include determining a collision between a first object and a second object, wherein the first object comprises a first virtual object. A memory storing one or more audio models can be accessed. It can be determined if the one or more audio models stored in the memory comprises an audio model corresponding to the first object. In accordance with a determination that the one or more audio models comprises an audio model corresponding to the first object, an audio signal can be synthesized, wherein the audio signal is based on the collision and the audio model corresponding to the first object, and the audio signal can be presented to a user via a speaker of a head-wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Colby Nelson Leider, Justin Dan Mathew, Michael Z. Land, Blaine Ivin Wood, Jung-Suk Lee, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik, Jean-Marc Jot
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Publication number: 20220078574Abstract: A method of presenting audio comprises: identifying a first ear listener position and a second ear listener position in a mixed reality environment; identifying a first virtual sound source in the mixed reality environment; identifying a first object in the mixed reality environment; determining a first audio signal in the mixed reality environment, wherein the first audio signal originates at the first virtual sound source and intersects the first ear listener position; determining a second audio signal in the mixed reality environment, wherein the second audio signal originates at the first virtual sound source, intersects the first object, and intersects the second ear listener position; determining a third audio signal based on the second audio signal and the first object; presenting, to a first ear of a user, the first audio signal; and presenting , to a second ear of the user, the third audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventor: Anastasia Andreyevna TAJIK
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Publication number: 20220038840Abstract: Examples of the disclosure describe systems and methods for presenting an audio signal to a user of a wearable head device. According to an example method, a source location corresponding to the audio signal is identified. An acoustic axis corresponding to the audio signal is determined. For each of a respective left and right ear of the user, an angle between the acoustic axis and the respective ear is determined. For each of the respective left and right ear of the user, a virtual speaker position, of a virtual speaker array, is determined, the virtual speaker position collinear with the source location and with a position of the respective ear. The virtual speaker array includes a plurality of virtual speaker positions, each virtual speaker position of the plurality located on the surface of a sphere concentric with the user's head, the sphere having a first radius.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Remi Samuel AUDFRAY, Jean-Marc JOT, Samuel Charles DICKER, Mark Brandon HERTENSTEINER, Justin Dan MATHEW, Anastasia Andreyevna TAJIK, Nicholas John LaMARTINA