Patents by Inventor Brook Seaton

Brook Seaton 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).

  • Publication number: 20240096009
    Abstract: Techniques for generating a prescribed perspective of a composite object are disclosed. In some embodiments, a specification of a composite object comprising a plurality of objects is specified using object views of the plurality of objects that comprise a fixed depth, and a prescribed perspective of the composite object is at least in part generated by populating the prescribed perspective of the composite object with pixels from existing images of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton
  • Patent number: 11875451
    Abstract: Techniques for generating a prescribed perspective of a scene are disclosed. In some embodiments, a specification of a scene comprising a plurality of objects is specified using object views that are substantially free of perspective distortions, and a prescribed perspective of the scene is at least in part generated by populating the prescribed perspective of the scene with pixels from existing images of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Outward, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton
  • Publication number: 20230086562
    Abstract: Techniques for generating aligned, augmented reality views are disclosed. In some embodiments, an estimate of a floorplan of a three-dimensional space is first generated based on one or more received views of the three-dimensional space from a camera located in the three-dimensional space. A camera pose of the camera in the three-dimensional space is next determined based on generating a corrected floorplan from the estimate of the floorplan based on foreknowledge associated with the floorplan. Display of a rendering having the determined camera pose is facilitated in an actual view of the camera, resulting in an aligned, augmented reality view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton, Clarence Chui
  • Patent number: 11557084
    Abstract: Techniques for generating aligned, augmented reality views are disclosed. In some embodiments, an estimate of a floorplan of a three-dimensional space is first generated based on one or more received views of the three-dimensional space from a camera located in the three-dimensional space. A camera pose of the camera in the three-dimensional space is next determined based on generating a corrected floorplan from the estimate of the floorplan based on foreknowledge associated with the floorplan. Display of a rendering having the determined camera pose is facilitated in an actual view of the camera, resulting in an aligned, augmented reality view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Outward, Inc.
    Inventors: Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton, Clarence Chui
  • Publication number: 20220114753
    Abstract: Techniques for providing blended physical and virtual reality experiences are disclosed. In some embodiments, a rendering of an actual view of a scene as seen by a camera capturing the scene is obtained from existing assets associated with a virtualized version of the scene and displayed. The actual view of the scene comprises a known environment that includes one or more of a constrained set of objects. The rendering facilitates surfacing information associated with one or more objects comprising the actual view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Brook Seaton, Manu Parmar, Clarence Chui
  • Patent number: 11257250
    Abstract: Techniques for providing blended physical and virtual reality experiences are disclosed. In some embodiments, a pose of a camera of a device located in a venue is determined based at least in part on three-dimensional asset recognition in a field of view of the camera, wherein the field of view of the camera comprises an actual physical view of the venue; a virtual view corresponding to the actual view is obtained from existing assets comprising a specification of a virtualized version of the venue; and display of the virtual view is facilitated at the venue. Thus, a virtual reality of a physical space is provided while at the physical space based on actual three-dimensional objects detected or recognized in the physical space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Outward, Inc.
    Inventors: Brook Seaton, Manu Parmar, Clarence Chui
  • Publication number: 20210118220
    Abstract: Techniques for generating a prescribed perspective of a scene are disclosed. In some embodiments, a specification of a scene comprising a plurality of objects is specified using object views that are substantially free of perspective distortions, and a prescribed perspective of the scene is at least in part generated by populating the prescribed perspective of the scene with pixels from existing images of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton
  • Publication number: 20210065442
    Abstract: Techniques for generating aligned, augmented reality views are disclosed. In some embodiments, an estimate of a floorplan of a three-dimensional space is first generated based on one or more received views of the three-dimensional space from a camera located in the three-dimensional space. A camera pose of the camera in the three-dimensional space is next determined based on generating a corrected floorplan from the estimate of the floorplan based on foreknowledge associated with the floorplan. Display of a rendering having the determined camera pose is facilitated in an actual view of the camera, resulting in an aligned, augmented reality view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton, Clarence Chui
  • Patent number: 10909749
    Abstract: Techniques for generating an arbitrary perspective of a composite object are disclosed. In some embodiments, a specification of an orthographic view of a composite object comprises combined orthographic views of a plurality of objects, and an arbitrary perspective of the composite object is at least in part generated by populating the arbitrary perspective of the composite object with pixels harvested from existing images of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Outward, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton
  • Patent number: 10872464
    Abstract: Techniques for generating aligned, augmented reality views are disclosed. In some embodiments, an estimate of a floorplan of a three-dimensional space is first generated based on one or more views of the three-dimensional space from a camera of a device located in the three-dimensional space. A cost function is next minimized with respect to the estimate of the floorplan to generate a corrected floorplan having less error than the estimated floorplan, and a camera pose corresponding to the corrected floorplan is determined. Display of a rendering having the determined camera pose is facilitated in an actual view of the camera, resulting in an aligned, augmented reality view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Outward, Inc.
    Inventors: Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton, Clarence Chui
  • Publication number: 20190130604
    Abstract: Techniques for providing blended physical and virtual reality experiences are disclosed. In some embodiments, a pose of a camera of a device located in a venue is determined based at least in part on three-dimensional asset recognition in a field of view of the camera, wherein the field of view of the camera comprises an actual physical view of the venue; a virtual view corresponding to the actual view is obtained from existing assets comprising a specification of a virtualized version of the venue; and display of the virtual view is facilitated at the venue. Thus, a virtual reality of a physical space is provided while at the physical space based on actual three-dimensional objects detected or recognized in the physical space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Brook Seaton, Manu Parmar, Clarence Chui
  • Publication number: 20190130637
    Abstract: Techniques for generating aligned, augmented reality views are disclosed. In some embodiments, an estimate of a floorplan of a three-dimensional space is first generated based on one or more views of the three-dimensional space from a camera of a device located in the three-dimensional space. A cost function is next minimized with respect to the estimate of the floorplan to generate a corrected floorplan having less error than the estimated floorplan, and a camera pose corresponding to the corrected floorplan is determined. Display of a rendering having the determined camera pose is facilitated in an actual view of the camera, resulting in an aligned, augmented reality view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton, Clarence Chui
  • Publication number: 20190066364
    Abstract: Techniques for generating an arbitrary perspective of a composite object are disclosed. In some embodiments, a specification of an orthographic view of a composite object comprises combined orthographic views of a plurality of objects, and an arbitrary perspective of the composite object is at least in part generated by populating the arbitrary perspective of the composite object with pixels harvested from existing images of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton
  • Patent number: 10163249
    Abstract: Techniques for generating an arbitrary ensemble view from a plurality of other existing views are disclosed. In some embodiments, arbitrary view generation comprises retrieving a set of views corresponding to each of a plurality of objects, transforming the set of views of each of the plurality of objects to a requested perspective, and generating an ensemble view comprising the plurality of objects that has the requested perspective by combining pixels from the transformed sets of views of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Outward, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton
  • Publication number: 20180053339
    Abstract: Techniques for generating an arbitrary ensemble view from a plurality of other existing views are disclosed. In some embodiments, arbitrary view generation comprises retrieving a set of views corresponding to each of a plurality of objects, transforming the set of views of each of the plurality of objects to a requested perspective, and generating an ensemble view comprising the plurality of objects that has the requested perspective by combining pixels from the transformed sets of views of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Manu Parmar, Brook Seaton