Patents by Inventor Clemens Birklbauer

Clemens Birklbauer 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: 20230360267
    Abstract: A method for adjusting camera intrinsic parameters of a multi-camera visual tracking device is described. In one aspect, a method for calibrating the multi-camera visual tracking system includes disabling a first camera of the multi-camera visual tracking system while a second camera of the multi-camera visual tracking system is enabled, detecting a first set of features in a first image generated by the first camera after detecting that the temperature of the first camera is within the threshold of the factory calibration temperature of the first camera, and accessing and correcting intrinsic parameters of the second camera based on the projection of the first set of features in the second image and a second set of features in the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Georg Halmetschlager-Funek, Matthias Kalkgruber, Kai Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230296902
    Abstract: An eyewear device with flexible frame for Augmented Reality (AR) is disclosed. At least two sensors and a display are mounted on the flexible frame. When in use, the real time geometry of the eyewear device may change from factory calibrated geometry, resulting in low quality AR rendering. A modeling module is provided to model the real time geometry of the eyewear device on the fly using sensor information of the at least two sensors. The modeled real time geometry is then provided to a rendering module to accurately display the AR to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Georg Halmetschlager-Funek, Jeroen Hol, Matthias Kalkgruber, Daniel Wagner
  • Publication number: 20230269364
    Abstract: Camera pipeline exposure timestamp error determination methods and systems that detect latency in rolling shutter camera systems. The exposure timestamp error determination system includes a rolling shutter image sensor configured to capture an image and a processor. The processor determines timestamp error by capturing the image using the rolling shutter image sensor where the image includes a bar code encoded with a barcode timestamp. The processor then obtains a system exposure timestamp corresponding to capture of the image by the rolling shutter image sensor and the barcode timestamp by decoding the bar code. Pipeline exposure timestamp error is then determined for the rolling shutter camera system by comparing the obtained barcode timestamp to the system exposure timestamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Alexander Kane, Dominik Schnitzer
  • Patent number: 11688101
    Abstract: A method for adjusting camera intrinsic parameters of a multi-camera visual tracking device is described. In one aspect, a method for calibrating the multi-camera visual tracking system includes disabling a first camera of the multi-camera visual tracking system while a second camera of the multi-camera visual tracking system is enabled, detecting a first set of features in a first image generated by the first camera after detecting that the temperature of the first camera is within the threshold of the factory calibration temperature of the first camera, and accessing and correcting intrinsic parameters of the second camera based on the projection of the first set of features in the second image and a second set of features in the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Georg Halmetschlager-Funek, Matthias Kalkgruber, Kai Zhou
  • Patent number: 11662589
    Abstract: An eyewear device with flexible frame for Augmented Reality (AR) is disclosed. At least two sensors and a display are mounted on the flexible frame. When in use, the real time geometry of the eyewear device may change from factory calibrated geometry, resulting in low quality AR rendering. A modeling module is provided to model the real time geometry of the eyewear device on the fly using sensor information of the at least two sensors. The modeled real time geometry is then provided to a rendering module to accurately display the AR to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Georg Halmetschlager-Funek, Jeroen Hol, Matthias Kalkgruber, Daniel Wagner
  • Patent number: 11665334
    Abstract: Camera pipeline exposure timestamp error determination methods and systems that detect latency in rolling shutter camera systems. The exposure timestamp error determination system includes a rolling shutter image sensor configured to capture an image and a processor. The processor determines timestamp error by capturing the image using the rolling shutter image sensor where the image includes a bar code encoded with a barcode timestamp. The processor then obtains a system exposure timestamp corresponding to capture of the image by the rolling shutter image sensor and the barcode timestamp by decoding the bar code. Pipeline exposure timestamp error is then determined for the rolling shutter camera system by comparing the obtained barcode timestamp to the system exposure timestamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Alexander Kane, Dominik Schnitzer
  • Publication number: 20220375128
    Abstract: A method for adjusting camera intrinsic parameters of a multi-camera visual tracking device is described. In one aspect, a method for calibrating the multi-camera visual tracking system includes disabling a first camera of the multi-camera visual tracking system while a second camera of the multi-camera visual tracking system is enabled, detecting a first set of features in a first image generated by the first camera after detecting that the temperature of the first camera is within the threshold of the factory calibration temperature of the first camera, and accessing and correcting intrinsic parameters of the second camera based on the projection of the first set of features in the second image and a second set of features in the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Georg Halmetschlager-Funek, Matthias Kalkgruber, Kai Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220207834
    Abstract: A method for reducing motion-to-photon latency in an augmented reality (AR) display device is described. In one aspect, the method includes generating, using a render engine of a Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) of the AR display device, an image including a rendered 3D model of the virtual content based on a first pose of the AR display device, applying, using a reprojection engine of a display controller of the AR display device, a two-dimensional transformation to the image based on a second pose to generate a transformed image, and providing the transformed image to a display of the AR display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Heinrich Fink, Clemens Birklbauer
  • Publication number: 20220155600
    Abstract: An eyewear device with flexible frame for Augmented Reality (AR) is disclosed. At least two sensors and a display are mounted on the flexible frame. When in use, the real time geometry of the eyewear device may change from factory calibrated geometry, resulting in low quality AR rendering. A modeling module is provided to model the real time geometry of the eyewear device on the fly using sensor information of the at least two sensors. The modeled real time geometry is then provided to a rendering module to accurately display the AR to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Georg Halmetschlager-Funek, Jeroen Hol, Matthias Kalkgruber, Daniel Wagner
  • Patent number: 11294188
    Abstract: An eyewear device with flexible frame for Augmented Reality (AR) is disclosed. At least two sensors and a display are mounted on the flexible frame. When in use, the real time geometry of the eyewear device may change from factory calibrated geometry, resulting in low quality AR rendering. A modeling module is provided to model the real time geometry of the eyewear device on the fly using sensor information of the at least two sensors. The modeled real time geometry is then provided to a rendering module to accurately display the AR to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Georg Halmetschlager-Funek, Jeroen Hol, Matthias Kalkgruber, Daniel Wagner
  • Publication number: 20220099972
    Abstract: An eyewear device with flexible frame for Augmented Reality (AR) is disclosed. At least two sensors and a display are mounted on the flexible frame. When in use, the real time geometry of the eyewear device may change from factory calibrated geometry, resulting in low quality AR rendering. A modeling module is provided to model the real time geometry of the eyewear device on the fly using sensor information of the at least two sensors. The modeled real time geometry is then provided to a rendering module to accurately display the AR to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Georg Halmetschlager-Funek, Jeroen Hol, Matthias Kalkgruber, Daniel Wagner
  • Publication number: 20210409678
    Abstract: Camera pipeline exposure timestamp error determination methods and systems that detect latency in rolling shutter camera systems. The exposure timestamp error determination system includes a rolling shutter image sensor configured to capture an image and a processor. The processor determines timestamp error by capturing the image using the rolling shutter image sensor where the image includes a bar code encoded with a barcode timestamp. The processor then obtains a system exposure timestamp corresponding to capture of the image by the rolling shutter image sensor and the barcode timestamp by decoding the bar code. Pipeline exposure timestamp error is then determined for the rolling shutter camera system by comparing the obtained barcode timestamp to the system exposure timestamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Clemens Birklbauer, Alexander Kane, Dominik Schnitzer
  • Patent number: 10489975
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) display application generates mapped visualization content overlaid on a real world physical environment. The AR display application receives sensor feeds, location information, and orientation information from wearable devices within the environment. A tessellation surface is visually mapped to surfaces of the environment based on a depth-based point cloud. A texture is applied to the tessellation surface and the tessellation may be viewed overlaying the surfaces of the environment via a wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventors: Erick Mendez, Dominik Schnitzer, Bernhard Jung, Clemens Birklbauer, Kai Zhou, Kiyoung Kim, Daniel Wagner, Roy Lawrence Ashok Inigo, Frank Chester Irving, Jr., Brian Mullins, Lucas Kazansky, Jonathan Trevor Freeman
  • Publication number: 20180190017
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) display application generates mapped visualization content overlaid on a real world physical environment. The AR display application receives sensor feeds, location information, and orientation information from wearable devices within the environment. A tessellation surface is visually mapped to surfaces of the environment based on a depth-based point cloud. A texture is applied to the tessellation surface and the tessellation may be viewed overlaying the surfaces of the environment via a wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Erick Mendez, Dominik Schnitzer, Bernhard Jung, Clemens Birklbauer, Kai Zhou, Kiyoung Kim, Daniel Wagner, Roy Lawrence Ashok Inigo, Frank Chester Irving, JR., Brian Mullins, Lucas Kazansky, Jonathan Trevor Freeman