Patents by Inventor Austin Vaday

Austin Vaday 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).

  • Fingerspelling text entry
    Patent number: 12282607
    Abstract: A text entry process for an Augmented Reality (AR) system. The AR system detects, using one or more cameras of the AR system, a start text entry gesture made by a user of the AR system. During text entry, the AR system detects, using the one or more cameras, a symbol corresponding to a fingerspelling sign made by the user. The AR system generates entered text data based on the symbol and provides text in a text scene component of an AR overlay provided by the AR system to the user based on the entered text data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Vaday, Rebecca Jean Lee, Jennica Pounds
  • FINGERSPELLING TEXT ENTRY
    Publication number: 20250028397
    Abstract: A text entry process for an Augmented Reality (AR) system. The AR system detects, using one or more cameras of the AR system, a start text entry gesture made by a user of the AR system. During text entry, the AR system detects, using the one or more cameras, a symbol corresponding to a fingerspelling sign made by the user. The AR system generates entered text data based on the symbol and provides text in a text scene component of an AR overlay provided by the AR system to the user based on the entered text data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Austin Vaday, Rebecca Jean Lee, Jennica Pounds
  • Fingerspelling text entry
    Patent number: 12141362
    Abstract: A text entry process for an Augmented Reality (AR) system. The AR system detects, using one or more cameras of the AR system, a start text entry gesture made by a user of the AR system. During text entry, the AR system detects, using the one or more cameras, a symbol corresponding to a fingerspelling sign made by the user. The AR system generates entered text data based on the symbol and provides text in a text scene component of an AR overlay provided by the AR system to the user based on the entered text data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Vaday, Rebecca Jean Lee, Jennica Pounds
  • FINGERSPELLING TEXT ENTRY
    Publication number: 20230350495
    Abstract: A text entry process for an Augmented Reality (AR) system. The AR system detects, using one or more cameras of the AR system, a start text entry gesture made by a user of the AR system. During text entry, the AR system detects, using the one or more cameras, a symbol corresponding to a fingerspelling sign made by the user. The AR system generates entered text data based on the symbol and provides text in a text scene component of an AR overlay provided by the AR system to the user based on the entered text data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Austin Vaday, Rebecca Jean Lee, Jennica Pounds