Patents by Inventor Cole Parker Heiner

Cole Parker Heiner 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: 20240087261
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for mixed reality collaboration. A method may include receiving persistent coordinate data; presenting a first virtual session handle to a first user at a first position via a transmissive display of a wearable device, wherein the first position is based on the persistent coordinate data; presenting a virtual object to the first user at a second location via the transmissive display, wherein the second position is based on the first position; receiving location data from a second user, wherein the location data relates a position of the second user to a position of a second virtual session handle; presenting a virtual avatar to the first user at a third position via the transmissive display, wherein the virtual avatar corresponds to the second user, wherein the third position is based on the location data, and wherein the third position is further based on the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Richard St. Clair BAILEY, Siddartha POTHAPRAGADA, Koichi MORI, Karen STOLZENBERG, Savannah NILES, Domingo NORIEGA-PADILLA, Cole Parker HEINER
  • Patent number: 11861803
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for mixed reality collaboration. A method may include receiving persistent coordinate data; presenting a first virtual session handle to a first user at a first position via a transmissive display of a wearable device, wherein the first position is based on the persistent coordinate data; presenting a virtual object to the first user at a second location via the transmissive display, wherein the second position is based on the first position; receiving location data from a second user, wherein the location data relates a position of the second user to a position of a second virtual session handle; presenting a virtual avatar to the first user at a third position via the transmissive display, wherein the virtual avatar corresponds to the second user, wherein the third position is based on the location data, and wherein the third position is further based on the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard St. Clair Bailey, Siddartha Pothapragada, Koichi Mori, Karen Stolzenberg, Savannah Niles, Domingo Noriega-Padilla, Cole Parker Heiner
  • Publication number: 20230315197
    Abstract: A wearable computing system that includes a head-mounted display implements a gaze timer feature for enabling the user to temporarily extend the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device. In one embodiment, when the user gazes at, or in the vicinity of, a handheld controller for a predetermined period of time, the functionality of one or more input elements (e.g., buttons) of the handheld controller is temporarily modified. For example, the function associated with a particular controller button may be modified to enable the user to open a particular menu using the button. The gaze timer feature may, for example, be used to augment the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device during mixed reality and/or augmented reality sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day
  • Patent number: 11763559
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for presenting and annotating virtual content. According to an example method, a virtual object is presented to a first user at a first position via a transmissive display of a wearable device. A first input is received from the first user. In response to receiving the first input, a virtual annotation is presented at a first displacement from the first position. A first data is transmitted to a second user, the first data associated with the virtual annotation and the first displacement. A second input is received from the second user. In response to receiving the second input, the virtual annotation is presented to the first user at a second displacement from the first position. Second data is transmitted to a remote server, the second data associated with the virtual object, the virtual annotation, the second displacement, and the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Yingnan Wang, Paulo William Cardoso Maciel, Raul Fernandez Hernandez, Cole Parker Heiner, Richard St. Clair Bailey
  • Publication number: 20230290031
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for rendering an avatar in a mixed reality environment are disclosed. The systems and methods may be configured to automatically scale an avatar or to render an avatar based on a determined intention of a user, an interesting impulse, environmental stimuli, or user saccade points. The disclosed systems and methods may apply discomfort curves when rendering an avatar. The disclosed systems and methods may provide a more realistic interaction between a human user and an avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Marshall Miller, IV, Josh Anon, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, Rodrigo Cano, Karen Stolzenberg, Lorena Pazmino, Gregory Minh Tran, Stephane Antoine Joseph Imbert, Anthony Marinello
  • Patent number: 11703943
    Abstract: A wearable computing system that includes a head-mounted display implements a gaze timer feature for enabling the user to temporarily extend the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device. In one embodiment, when the user gazes at, or in the vicinity of, a handheld controller for a predetermined period of time, the functionality of one or more input elements (e.g., buttons) of the handheld controller is temporarily modified. For example, the function associated with a particular controller button may be modified to enable the user to open a particular menu using the button. The gaze timer feature may, for example, be used to augment the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device during mixed reality and/or augmented reality sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day
  • Patent number: 11699255
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for rendering an avatar in a mixed reality environment are disclosed. The systems and methods may be configured to automatically scale an avatar or to render an avatar based on a determined intention of a user, an interesting impulse, environmental stimuli, or user saccade points. The disclosed systems and methods may apply discomfort curves when rendering an avatar. The disclosed systems and methods may provide a more realistic interaction between a human user and an avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Marshall Miller, IV, Josh Anon, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, Rodrigo Cano, Karen Stolzenberg, Lorena Pazmino, Gregory Minh Tran, Stephane Antoine Joseph Imbert, Anthony Marinello
  • Publication number: 20230214015
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for interacting with content and updating the location and orientation of that content using a single controller. The system may allow a user to use the same controller for moving content around the room and interacting with that content by tracking a range of the motion of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day, Eric Norman Yiskis
  • Patent number: 11619996
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for interacting with content and updating the location and orientation of that content using a single controller. The system may allow a user to use the same controller for moving content around the room and interacting with that content by tracking a range of the motion of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day, Eric Norman Yiskis
  • Publication number: 20230017752
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for enabling mixed reality collaboration. A method may include receiving persistent coordinate data; presenting a first virtual session handle to a first user at a first position via a transmissive display of a wearable device, wherein the first position is based on the persistent coordinate data; presenting a virtual object to the first user at a second location via the transmissive display, wherein the second position is based on the first position; receiving location data from a second user, wherein the location data relates a position of the second user to a position of a second virtual session handle; presenting a virtual avatar to the first user at a third position via the transmissive display, wherein the virtual avatar corresponds to the second user, wherein the third position is based on the location data, and wherein the third position is further based on the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Richard St. Clair BAILEY, Siddartha POTHAPRAGADA, Koichi MORI, Karen STOLZENBERG, Savannah NILES, Domingo NORIEGA-PADILLA, Cole Parker HEINER
  • Patent number: 11538230
    Abstract: A mixed reality system is disclosed that displays 3D content in a container referred to as a “prism,” and also displays a related content item, such as an interactive menu for interacting with the 3D content. To maintain the content item accessible to the user, the system repositions the content item relative to the prism as the user moves relative to the prism. For example, in the context of an annotation toolbar, the system may move the toolbar from one surface of the prism to another in response to the user walking around the prism, entering the prism, or changing a head pose in the prism. In some embodiments, the content item is displayed in a reserved region in which the 3D content is not displayable, such that the 3D content does not interfere with the user's ability to view and access the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Rohit Anil Talwalkar, Cole Parker Heiner
  • Publication number: 20220383634
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for presenting and annotating virtual content. According to an example method, a virtual object is presented to a first user at a first position via a transmissive display of a wearable device. A first input is received from the first user. In response to receiving the first input, a virtual annotation is presented at a first displacement from the first position. A first data is transmitted to a second user, the first data associated with the virtual annotation and the first displacement. A second input is received from the second user. In response to receiving the second input, the virtual annotation is presented to the first user at a second displacement from the first position. Second data is transmitted to a remote server, the second data associated with the virtual object, the virtual annotation, the second displacement, and the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yingnan WANG, Paulo William Cardoso MACIEL, Raul FERNANDEZ-HERNANDEZ, Cole Parker HEINER, Richard St. Clair BAILEY
  • Publication number: 20220366626
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for rendering an avatar in a mixed reality environment are disclosed. The systems and methods may be configured to automatically scale an avatar or to render an avatar based on a determined intention of a user, an interesting impulse, environmental stimuli, or user saccade points. The disclosed systems and methods may apply discomfort curves when rendering an avatar. The disclosed systems and methods may provide a more realistic interaction between a human user and an avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Marshall Miller, IV, Josh Anon, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, Rodrigo Cano, Karen Stolzenberg, Lorena Pazmino, Gregory Minh Tran, Stephane Antoine Joseph Imbert, Anthony Marinello
  • Patent number: 11475644
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for mixed reality collaboration. A method may include receiving persistent coordinate data; presenting a first virtual session handle to a first user at a first position via a transmissive display of a wearable device, wherein the first position is based on the persistent coordinate data; presenting a virtual object to the first user at a second location via the transmissive display, wherein the second position is based on the first position; receiving location data from a second user, wherein the location data relates a position of the second user to a position of a second virtual session handle; presenting a virtual avatar to the first user at a third position via the transmissive display, wherein the virtual avatar corresponds to the second user, wherein the third position is based on the location data, and wherein the third position is further based on the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard St. Clair Bailey, Siddartha Pothapragada, Koichi Mori, Karen Stolzenberg, Savannah Niles, Domingo Noriega-Padilla, Cole Parker Heiner
  • Patent number: 11380039
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for rendering an avatar in a mixed reality environment are disclosed. The systems and methods may be configured to automatically scale an avatar or to render an avatar based on a determined intention of a user, an interesting impulse, environmental stimuli, or user saccade points. The disclosed systems and methods may apply discomfort curves when rendering an avatar. The disclosed systems and methods may provide a more realistic interaction between a human user and an avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Marshall Miller, IV, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, Josh Anon, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, Rodrigo Cano, Karen Stolzenberg, Lorena Pazmino, Gregory Minh Tran, Stephane Antoine Joseph Imbert, Anthony Marinello
  • Publication number: 20220171457
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for interacting with content and updating the location and orientation of that content using a single controller. The system may allow a user to use the same controller for moving content around the room and interacting with that content by tracking a range of the motion of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day, Eric Norman Yiskis
  • Publication number: 20220139059
    Abstract: A mixed reality system is disclosed that displays 3D content in a container referred to as a “prism,” and also displays a related content item, such as an interactive menu for interacting with the 3D content. To maintain the content item accessible to the user, the system repositions the content item relative to the prism as the user moves relative to the prism. For example, in the context of an annotation toolbar, the system may move the toolbar from one surface of the prism to another in response to the user walking around the prism, entering the prism, or changing a head pose in the prism. In some embodiments, the content item is displayed in a reserved region in which the 3D content is not displayable, such that the 3D content does not interfere with the user's ability to view and access the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Rohit Anil Talwalkar, Cole Parker Heiner
  • Patent number: D954728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Cole Parker Heiner, Lorena Pazmino, Gregory Minh Tran, Paul Armistead Hoover
  • Patent number: D973717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Cole Parker Heiner, Lorena Pazmino, Gregory Minh Tran, Paul Armistead Hoover
  • Patent number: D1009925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorena Pazmino, Cole Parker Heiner, Gregory Minh Tran, Sarah Machicado