Patents by Inventor Angela Blechschmidt

Angela Blechschmidt 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: 12633075
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that uses object relationships represented in the object relationship model to adjust the position of objects. For example, an example process may include obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment that was generated based on sensor data obtained during a scanning process, detecting positions of a set of objects in the physical environment based on the 3D representation, generating a object relationship model for the 3D representation of the physical environment based on the detected positions of the set of objects, wherein the object relationship model represents the set of objects and relationships between the objects, and determining a refined 3D representation of the physical environment by refining the position of at least one object in the set of objects based on the object relationship model and an alignment rule associated with a relationship in the object relationship model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Angela Blechschmidt, Daniel Ulbricht, Alexander S. Polichroniadis
  • Publication number: 20250252726
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of generating a scene graph includes generating the scene graph using an end-to-end scene graph generator comprising an integrated neural network. For example, in various implementations, the method includes obtaining an image representing a plurality of objects. The method includes determining a relationship vector indicating spatial relationships between a particular object of the plurality of objects and others of the plurality of objects. The method includes determining, based on the relationship vector, an object type of the particular object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Angela Blechschmidt, Deep Chakraborty, Alexander Savvas Polichroniadis, Mingshan Wang, Eshan Verma, Daniel Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 12315237
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of generating a scene graph includes generating the scene graph using an end-to-end scene graph generator comprising an integrated neural network. For example, in various implementations, the method includes obtaining an image representing a plurality of objects. The method includes determining a relationship vector indicating spatial relationships between a particular object of the plurality of objects and others of the plurality of objects. The method includes determining, based on the relationship vector, an object type of the particular object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Angela Blechschmidt, Deep Chakraborty, Alexander Savvas Polichroniadis, Mingshan Wang, Eshan Verma, Daniel Ulbricht
  • Publication number: 20250068781
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein provide systems and methods that determine relationships between objects based on an original semantic mesh of vertices and faces that represent the 3D geometry of a physical environment. Such an original semantic mesh may be generated and used to provide input to a machine learning model that estimates relationships between the objects in the physical environment. For example, the machine learning model may output a graph of nodes and edges indicating that a vase is on top of a table or that a particular instance of a vase, V1, is on top of a particular instance of a table, T1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Angela Blechschmidt, Daniel Ulbricht, Omar Elafifi
  • Patent number: 12175162
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein provide systems and methods that determine relationships between objects based on an original semantic mesh of vertices and faces that represent the 3D geometry of a physical environment. Such an original semantic mesh may be generated and used to provide input to a machine learning model that estimates relationships between the objects in the physical environment. For example, the machine learning model may output a graph of nodes and edges indicating that a vase is on top of a table or that a particular instance of a vase, V1, is on top of a particular instance of a table, T1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Angela Blechschmidt, Daniel Ulbricht, Omar Elafifi
  • Patent number: 12112519
    Abstract: An exemplary process obtains sensor data for a physical environment, generates a local scene graph for the physical environment based on the sensor data, wherein the local scene graph represents a set of objects and relationships between the objects, matches the local scene graph with a principal scene graph of a set of principal scene graphs, and executes one or more scripted actions involving the objects based on a narrative associated with the matched principal scene graph. In some implementations, the set of principal scene graphs is generated by generating local scene graphs for a plurality of environments, and generating individual scene graphs each representative of local scene graphs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander S. Polichroniadis, Angela Blechschmidt, Daniel Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 12112446
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that uses object relationships represented in the scene graph to adjust the position of objects. For example, an example process may include obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment that was generated based on sensor data obtained during a scanning process, detecting positions of a set of objects in the physical environment based on the 3D representation, generating a scene graph for the 3D representation of the physical environment based on the detected positions of the set of objects, wherein the scene graph represents the set of objects and relationships between the objects, and determining a refined 3D representation of the physical environment by refining the position of at least one object in the set of objects based on the scene graph and an alignment rule associated with a relationship in the scene graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Angela Blechschmidt, Daniel Ulbricht, Alexander S. Polichroniadis
  • Patent number: 12045941
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of generating an object model is performed at a device including one or more processors and non-transitory memory. The method includes obtaining a point cloud including a plurality of points, wherein each of the plurality of points is associated with a plurality of sets of coordinates in a three-dimensional space at a respective plurality of time periods. The method includes generating an object model including a plurality of vertices corresponding to the plurality of points and a plurality of edges between respective pairs of the plurality of vertices. The method includes generating, based on the sets of coordinates of a particular point, a characterization vector of a particular vertex corresponding to the particular point, wherein the characterization vector includes a joint label and joint data with respect to one or more of the plurality of edges of the particular vertex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Payal Jotwani, Angela Blechschmidt
  • Publication number: 20240212201
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine a user location within a physical environment. For example, an example process may include obtaining an object relationship model representing positional relationships between objects of a set of objects within a physical environment. The process may further include obtaining sensor data of the physical environment. The process may further include detecting an interaction of a user with an object of the set of objects within the physical environment based on the sensor data. The process may further include determining a location of the user within the physical environment based on a location associated with the object in the physical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Eshan Verma, Angela Blechschmidt, Gefen Kohavi, Zhihao Zhu
  • Patent number: 12008720
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of achieving an objective using a scene graph includes identifying a set of transition couples of a plurality of transition couples between sets of spatial relationships of the scene graph, wherein each spatial relationship of a respective first set of spatial relationships indicated by each transition couple of the set of transition couples is included in an initial set of spatial relationships or an respective second set of spatial relationships indicated by a previous transition couple and wherein a particular spatial relationship is included in a respective second set of spatial relationships of a last transition couple of the set of transition couples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bo Morgan, Payal Jotwani, Angela Blechschmidt, Mark E. Drummond, Daniel Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 11978248
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein provide systems and methods that match a current relationship model associated with a user's current environment to a prior relationship model for a prior environment to determine that the user is in the same environment. The current relationship model is compared with the prior relationship model based on matching characteristics of the current relationship model with characteristics of the prior relationship model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Angela Blechschmidt, Alexander S. Polichroniadis, Daniel Ulbricht
  • Publication number: 20240144590
    Abstract: In an exemplary process, a speech input including a referenced virtual object is received. Based on the speech input, a first reference set is obtained. The first reference set is then compared to a plurality of second reference sets. Based on the comparison, a second reference set from the plurality of second reference sets is obtained. The second reference set may be identified based on a matching score between the first reference set and the second reference set. An object is then identified based on the second reference set. Based on the identified object, the reference virtual object is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Alkeshkumar M. PATEL, Saurabh ADYA, Shruti BHARGAVA, Angela BLECHSCHMIDT, Vikas R. NAIR, Alexander S. POLICHRONIADIS, Kendal SANDRIDGE, Daniel ULBRICHT, Hong YU
  • Patent number: 11972607
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of generating a plane hypothesis is performed by a device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a scene camera. The method includes obtaining an image of a scene including a plurality of pixels. The method includes obtaining a plurality of points of a point cloud based on the image of the scene. The method includes obtaining an object classification set based on the image of the scene. Each element of the object classification set includes a plurality of pixels respectively associated with a corresponding object in the scene. The method includes detecting a plane within the scene by identifying a subset of the plurality of points of the point cloud that correspond to a particular element of the object classification set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Ulbricht, Angela Blechschmidt, Mohammad Haris Baig, Tanmay Batra, Eshan Verma, Amit Kumar Kc
  • Publication number: 20230410540
    Abstract: Systems and processes for locating objects and environmental mapping are provided. For example, a device may receive an input including a reference to a first object, wherein the input includes a request for a location of the first object, and the first object is located in a physical environment. The device may determine a location of the first object, and in response to receiving the input, if first criteria are met, provide a description of the location, wherein a criterion of the one or more first criteria is met when the location is available, and the description includes a relationship between the first object and a reference within the physical environment. If second criteria are met, the device may forgo providing the description of the location, wherein a criterion of the one or more second criteria is met when the location is not available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Afshin DEHGHAN, Angela BLECHSCHMIDT, Yuanzheng GONG, Feng TANG, Yang YANG, Zhihao ZHU, Monica Laura ZUENDORF
  • Publication number: 20230394773
    Abstract: Generating a virtual representation of an interaction includes determining a potential user interaction with a physical object in a physical environment, determining an object type associated with the physical object, and obtaining an object-centric affordance region for the object type, wherein the object-centric affordance region indicates, for each of one or more regions of the object type, a likelihood of user contact. The object-centric affordance region is mapped to a geometry of the physical object to obtain an instance-specific affordance region, is used to render the virtual representation of the interaction with the physical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Angela Blechschmidt, Gefen Kohavi, Daniel Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 11783558
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that uses object relationships represented in the scene graph to adjust the position of objects. For example, an example process may include obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment that was generated based on sensor data obtained during a scanning process, detecting positions of a set of objects in the physical environment based on the 3D representation, generating a scene graph for the 3D representation of the physical environment based on the detected positions of the set of objects, wherein the scene graph represents the set of objects and relationships between the objects, and determining a refined 3D representation of the physical environment by refining the position of at least one object in the set of objects based on the scene graph and an alignment rule associated with a relationship in the scene graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Angela Blechschmidt, Daniel Ulbricht, Alexander S. Polichroniadis
  • Patent number: 11783552
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of including a person in a CGR experience or excluding the person from the CGR experience is performed by a device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a scene camera. The method includes, while presenting a CGR experience, capturing an image of scene; detecting, in the image of the scene, a person; and determining an identity of the person. The method includes determining, based on the identity of the person, whether to include the person in the CGR experience or exclude the person from the CGR experience. The method includes presenting the CGR experience based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Ulbricht, Amit Kumar K C, Angela Blechschmidt, Chen-Yu Lee, Eshan Verma, Mohammad Haris Baig, Tanmay Batra
  • Publication number: 20230298266
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of providing a portion of a three-dimensional scene model includes storing, in the non-transitory memory, a three-dimensional scene model of a physical environment including a plurality of points, wherein each of the plurality of points is associated with a set of coordinates in a three-dimensional space, wherein a subset of the plurality of points is associated with a hierarchical data set including a plurality of layers. The method includes receiving, from an objective-effectuator, a request for a portion of the three-dimensional scene model, wherein the portion of the three-dimensional scene model includes less than all of the plurality of points or less than all of the plurality of layers. The method includes obtaining, by the processor from the non-transitory memory, the portion of the three-dimensional scene model. The method includes providing, to the objective-effectuator, the portion of the three-dimensional scene model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Payal Jotwani, Angela Blechschmidt
  • Patent number: 11710283
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that enable faster and more efficient real-time physical object recognition, information retrieval, and updating of a CGR environment. In some implementations, the CGR environment is provided at a first device based on a classification of the physical object, image or video data including the physical object is transmitted by the first device to a second device, and the CGR environment is updated by the first device based on a response associated with the physical object received from the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eshan Verma, Daniel Ulbricht, Angela Blechschmidt, Mohammad Haris Baig, Chen-Yu Lee, Tanmay Batra
  • Publication number: 20230206623
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of generating a plane hypothesis is performed by a device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a scene camera. The method includes obtaining an image of a scene including a plurality of pixels. The method includes obtaining a plurality of points of a point cloud based on the image of the scene. The method includes obtaining an object classification set based on the image of the scene. Each element of the object classification set includes a plurality of pixels respectively associated with a corresponding object in the scene. The method includes detecting a plane within the scene by identifying a subset of the plurality of points of the point cloud that correspond to a particular element of the object classification set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Ulbricht, Angela Blechschmidt, Mohammad Haris Baig, Tanmay Batra, Eshan Verma, Amit Kumar KC