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).
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Publication number: 20240087261Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Richard St. Clair BAILEY, Siddartha POTHAPRAGADA, Koichi MORI, Karen STOLZENBERG, Savannah NILES, Domingo NORIEGA-PADILLA, Cole Parker HEINER
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Patent number: 11861803Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Richard St. Clair Bailey, Siddartha Pothapragada, Koichi Mori, Karen Stolzenberg, Savannah Niles, Domingo Noriega-Padilla, Cole Parker Heiner
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Publication number: 20230315197Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day
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Patent number: 11763559Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Yingnan Wang, Paulo William Cardoso Maciel, Raul Fernandez Hernandez, Cole Parker Heiner, Richard St. Clair Bailey
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Publication number: 20230290031Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 11703943Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day
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Patent number: 11699255Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20230214015Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day, Eric Norman Yiskis
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Patent number: 11619996Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day, Eric Norman Yiskis
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Publication number: 20230017752Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Richard St. Clair BAILEY, Siddartha POTHAPRAGADA, Koichi MORI, Karen STOLZENBERG, Savannah NILES, Domingo NORIEGA-PADILLA, Cole Parker HEINER
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Patent number: 11538230Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventors: Rohit Anil Talwalkar, Cole Parker Heiner
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Publication number: 20220383634Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Yingnan WANG, Paulo William Cardoso MACIEL, Raul FERNANDEZ-HERNANDEZ, Cole Parker HEINER, Richard St. Clair BAILEY
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Publication number: 20220366626Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 11475644Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Richard St. Clair Bailey, Siddartha Pothapragada, Koichi Mori, Karen Stolzenberg, Savannah Niles, Domingo Noriega-Padilla, Cole Parker Heiner
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Patent number: 11380039Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20220171457Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day, Eric Norman Yiskis
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Publication number: 20220139059Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Rohit Anil Talwalkar, Cole Parker Heiner
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Patent number: D954728Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Cole Parker Heiner, Lorena Pazmino, Gregory Minh Tran, Paul Armistead Hoover
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Patent number: D973717Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Cole Parker Heiner, Lorena Pazmino, Gregory Minh Tran, Paul Armistead Hoover
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Patent number: D1009925Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Lorena Pazmino, Cole Parker Heiner, Gregory Minh Tran, Sarah Machicado