Patents by Inventor Benjamin Joseph Smith

Benjamin Joseph Smith 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).

  • Mixed reality text narration with dynamic text detection
    Patent number: 12676139
    Abstract: An embodiment includes receiving, via a video camera of a mixed reality headset, a first video frame comprising a first text portion. An embodiment includes narrating the first text portion, the narrating comprising converting, using a trained text-to-speech conversion model, the first text portion to corresponding audio. An embodiment includes detecting, in a second video frame received via the video camera, during the narrating, that the first text portion has been replaced by a second text portion. An embodiment includes adjusting, responsive to the detecting, the narrating, the adjusting comprising ceasing the narrating at a first word in the first text portion and starting the narrating at a second word in the second text portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Joseph Smith
  • COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR TRAINING WORKERS
    Publication number: 20160189555
    Abstract: A computer based system having one or more computers is provided. In one embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of trainee client computers. The system can include at least one controlled digital character and a non-trainee digital entity, a plurality of models, and a rendering module for rendering the models on a display. The system is usable in training workforce teams and in a wide variety of additional applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Thurston Colvin, William Russell Ball, Jennifer Lynn Gauvin, Benjamin Joseph Smith, Nathaniel Thomas Smith, Thomas Roy Smith, II
  • Computer based system for training workers
    Patent number: 9224303
    Abstract: A computer based system having one or more computers is provided. In one embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of trainee client computers. The system can include at least one controlled digital character and a non-trainee digital entity, a plurality of models, and a rendering module for rendering the models on a display. The system is usable in training workforce teams and in a wide variety of additional applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SILVERTREE MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Thurston Colvin, William Russell Ball, Jennifer Lynn Gauvin, Benjamin Joseph Smith, Nathaniel Thomas Smith, Thomas Roy Smith, II