Patents by Inventor Brian Mullins

Brian Mullins 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).

  • OPTICAL TRUE TIME DELAY CIRCUIT IN A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20170092232
    Abstract: An augmented reality device includes a transparent optical display for displaying one or more depth-encoded images. The transparent optical display leverages an optical true time delay circuit communicatively coupled to a multi-layered optical element for displaying the one or more depth-encoded images. A light source is modified or modulated, which is then directed by the optical true time delay circuit, to create the depth-encoded images. A dynamic depth encoder determines which layers of the multi-layered optical element are to be energized, and the optical true time delay circuit is directed accordingly. In this manner, the optical true time delay circuit uses the inherent delay of transmitting the light as a controlled proxy for complex processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait
  • USER INTERFACE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170092002
    Abstract: A head-mounted device (HMD) includes sensors, a transparent display, a processor comprising an augmented reality (AR) application and an AR user interface module. The AR application generates virtual content based on sensing data from the sensors, and displays the virtual content in the transparent display. The AR user interface module generates an AR user interface that is positioned outside a field of view of a user based on the HMD being oriented at a reference pitch angle, causes a display of the AR user interface in the transparent display within the field of view of the user based on the HMD being oriented at a second pitch angle greater than the reference pitch angle, and causes a navigation of the AR user interface in response to a motion of the HMD and an eye gaze of the user matching a user interface trigger pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait, Michael French, Ian Crombie
  • VISUAL INDICATOR FOR TRANSPARENT DISPLAY ALIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20170090203
    Abstract: A head mounted device includes a sensor, a transparent display, and a processor comprising an augmented reality application and an alignment module. The augmented reality application generates a virtual content based on data from the sensor, and displays the virtual content in the transparent display. The alignment module detects an initialization of the augmented reality application and causes a temporary display of an alignment indicator in the transparent display in response to detecting the initialization of the augmented reality application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Ryan Ries
  • Real world analytics visualization
    Patent number: 9607584
    Abstract: A server receives and analyzes analytics data from an application of one or more devices. The application corresponds to a content generator. The server generates, using the content generator, a visualization content dataset based on the analysis of the analytics data. The visualization content dataset comprises a set of images, along with corresponding analytics virtual object models to be engaged with an image of a physical object captured with the one or more devices and recognized in the set of images. The analytics data and the visualization content dataset may be stored in a storage device of the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Mullins
  • VISUAL GESTURES
    Publication number: 20170083089
    Abstract: A device has a display, a first camera, a second camera and a virtual gesture application. The first camera generates an image that depicts a physical object. The second camera tracks a position of a stare of a user. The virtual gesture application identifies the physical object using the image, generates a virtual object corresponding to the identified physical object, renders the virtual object in the display based a position of the display relative to the physical object, identifies an area in the display corresponding to the position of the stare of the user, determines that an interactive feature of the virtual object is located inside the area, and performs at least one action on the interactive feature in response to determining that the interactive feature is located inside the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Brian Mullins
  • Visual indicator for transparent display alignment
    Patent number: 9599825
    Abstract: A head mounted device includes a sensor, a transparent display, and a processor comprising an augmented reality application and an alignment module. The augmented reality application generates a virtual content based on data from the sensor, and displays the virtual content in the transparent display. The alignment module detects an initialization of the augmented reality application and causes a temporary display of an alignment indicator in the transparent display in response to detecting the initialization of the augmented reality application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Ryan Ries
  • Real-time biometric detection of oscillatory phenomena and voltage events
    Patent number: 9585581
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying changes in a state or activity is described. A real-time event monitoring application, implemented in a hardware processor, computes features over varying sampling periods, which are stored in cascading buffers. The various sampling periods enable determination of trends of a computed feature, comparison of the trends of the computed feature with trends of other features, normalization of the computed feature based on the same or different features at the same or different time scales, scaling of the normalized computed feature relative to other features at the same or different time scale, and identification of a change in state or activity based on a scaled normalized computed feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Teresa Ann Nick, Laura Berman, Arye Barnehama, Eric Douglas Lundquist
  • Remote sensor access and queuing
    Patent number: 9578399
    Abstract: An application generates instructions to a wearable device to remotely activate a sensor in the wearable device and to receive sensor data from the sensor. A query related to a physical object is received. Instructions to wearable devices are generated to remotely activate at least one sensor of the wearable devices in response to the query. Sensor data is received from at least one of the wearable devices in response to that wearable device being within a range of the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait, Christopher Broaddus
  • Visualization of physical interactions in augmented reality
    Patent number: 9558592
    Abstract: A system and method for visualization of physical interactions are described. Objects in a scene are captured with a viewing device. Physical characteristics of the objects are computed using data from at least one sensor corresponding to the objects. A physics model of predicted interactions between the one or more objects is generated using the physical characteristics of the objects. An interaction visualization is generated based on the physics model of the predicted interactions between the one or more objects. An image of the one or more objects is augmented with the interaction visualization in a display of the viewing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait, Christopher Broaddus
  • Visual gestures
    Patent number: 9535496
    Abstract: Visual gestures in a device allow a user to select and activate features in a display of the device. A visual reference on a physical object is identified. A visualization of a virtual object engaged with an image of the physical object is generated in a display of a device. The virtual object corresponds to the visual reference. A rendering of the visualization of the virtual object is based a position of the display relative to the visual reference. A focus area in the display and a feature of the object are determined. A state of the feature is changed when the feature is in the focus area of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Mullins
  • ELECTRODE CONTACT QUALITY
    Publication number: 20160374616
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a quality of contact of an electroencephalogram (EEG) electrode is described. An electrode is connected to a user to detect brainwave activity from the user. An EEG application computes a voltage of the electrode, computes a derivative of the voltage of the electrode, computes a coefficient of variation from the derivative of the voltage, and determines a quality of contact of the electrode to the user based on the coefficient of variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Teresa Ann Nick
  • CONTEXT-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20160341961
    Abstract: A head mounted device (HMD) includes a transparent display, a first set of sensors, a second set of sensors, and a processor. The first set of sensors measures first sensor data related to a user of the HMD. The second set of sensors measures second sensor data related to the HMD. The processor determines a user-based context based on the first sensor data, determines an ambient-based context based on the second sensor data, and accesses AR content based on the user-based context and the ambient-based context. The HMD displays the AR content on the transparent display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait
  • BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION IN A HEAD MOUNTED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160342782
    Abstract: A head mounted device (HMD) includes a transparent display, a biometric sensor, and a processor. The transparent display displays virtual objects. The biometric sensor measures biometric data of a user of the HMD. The processor generates and renders a sequence of virtual objects in the transparent display, records the biometric data of the user of the HMD for each virtual object of the sequence of virtual objects displayed in the transparent display, and authenticates the user based on the biometric data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait, Christopher Broaddus
  • ACOUSTO-OPTICAL DISPLAY FOR AUGMENTED REALITY
    Publication number: 20160343173
    Abstract: A system and method for an acousto-optical display for augmented reality are described. In some embodiments, a viewing device includes a transparent acousto-optical display and an augmented reality (AR) device. The transparent acousto-optical display displays virtual content. The augmented reality (AR) device dynamically adjusts optical properties of the transparent acousto-optical display and controls a depth of field of the virtual content displayed in the transparent acousto-optical display based on the optical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Brian Mullins
  • THREAT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160342840
    Abstract: A head mounted device (HMD) includes a transparent display, sensors to generate sensor data, and a processor. The processor identifies a threat condition based on a threat pattern and the sensor data, and generates a warning notification in response to the identified threat condition. The threat pattern includes preconfigured thresholds for the sensor data. The HMD displays AR content comprising the warning notification in the transparent display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait
  • LIGHT-BASED RADAR SYSTEM FOR AUGMENTED REALITY
    Publication number: 20160343169
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring depth using an optical radar system are described. The system includes an optical radar, a camera, a display, and a processor. The optical radar emits a signal towards an object. The processor identifies an object depicted in an image captured with the camera. The processor generates the signal with a non-repeating pattern of amplitude and frequency, and computes a depth of the object based on a difference in phase angle between the signal emitted from the optical radar and a return signal received at the optical radar. The depth includes a distance between the optical radar and the object. The processor generates AR content based on the identified object and adjusts a characteristic of the AR content in the display based on the computed depth of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait, Mark Anthony Sararu
  • VIRTUAL PERSONIFICATION FOR AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160343168
    Abstract: A head mounted device (HMD) includes a transparent display, a first set of sensors, a second set of sensors, and a processor. The first set of sensors measures first sensor data including an identification of a user of the HMD and a biometric state of the user of the HMD. The second set of sensors measures second sensor data including a location of the HMD and ambient metrics based on the location of the HMD. The HMD determines a user-based context based on the first sensor data, determines an ambient-based context based on the second sensor data, determines an application context within an AR application implemented by the processor, identifies a virtual fictional character based on a combination of the user-based context, the ambient-based context, and the application context, and displays the virtual fictional character in the transparent display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait
  • Segmentation of content delivery
    Patent number: 9495748
    Abstract: A system and method for segmentation of content delivery is described. A virtual object model is divided into a plurality of segments. An order of the plurality of segments is arranged in a delivery queue. Each segment of the virtual object model is delivered in the order of the delivery queue to a device that is configured to recognize a physical object that is associated with the virtual object model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Mullins
  • Head mounted display helmet
    Patent number: D777379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait, Christopher Broaddus, Timotheos Leahy
  • Headwear
    Patent number: D777381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventors: Senka Agic Bergman, Timotheos Leahy, Brian Mullins, Matthew Kammerait