Patents by Inventor Dhaval Jitendra Joshi

Dhaval Jitendra Joshi 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).

  • Patent number: 11947789
    Abstract: This application includes an interactive control method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. In these method, apparatus, storage medium, and device, a touch operation performed on a touch panel is recognized. A holographic projection device is configured to display a holographic projection-based virtual character. The touch panel is disposed on the holographic projection device. An interaction request is generated according to the recognized touch operation. The interaction request corresponds to an interaction with the holographic projection-based virtual character. Further the holographic projection-based virtual character is controlled to perform an interactive action associated with the interaction request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dhaval-jitendra Joshi, Xiaomei Chen, Wenjie Wu, Jingzhou Chen
  • Patent number: 11307677
    Abstract: A method and device for pointing at an object in a Virtual Reality (VR) scene, and a VR apparatus are provided. The method includes sensing a movement of a gamepad from a first position to a second position in a reality scene through an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) orientation sensor. The IMU orientation sensor is mounted in the gamepad, and the gamepad is configured to control an object in a VR scene. The method also includes generating a first position vector based on the movement; acquiring a first absolute position coordinate of the second position in the reality scene according to a position coordinate of a starting point in the reality scene and the first position vector; converting the first absolute position coordinate into a first virtual position coordinate in the VR scene; and pointing at a target object located at the first virtual position coordinate in the VR scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Dhaval Jitendra Joshi
  • Patent number: 11017121
    Abstract: An information authentication method, an apparatus, a storage medium and a virtual reality device are provided. The method includes obtaining to-be-authenticated information in the virtual reality scenario. The method further includes sending the to-be-authenticated information to an authentication device in a reality scenario, wherein the authentication device is used for performing authentication on the to-be-authenticated information. The method further includes receiving, in the virtual reality scenario, an authentication result sent by the authentication device, wherein the authentication result indicates that the to-be-authenticated information is authenticated successfully or fails to be authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dhaval Jitendra Joshi, Wei Wang, Zuo Qi Tang
  • Patent number: 11002974
    Abstract: A method is performed at a computing system for customizing a user interface panel of a virtual space based on user locations. The computing system is communicatively connected to a head-mounted display wore by a user. The method includes: generating a virtual space including a user interface panel, the user interface panel having a default location in the virtual space; rendering the virtual space in the head-mounted display; measuring the head-mounted display's location in a physical space using a position tracking system adjacent the user; determining the user's location in the virtual space according to the head-mounted display's location in the physical space; and updating the user interface panel's default location in the virtual space in accordance with the user's location in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dhaval Jitendra Joshi, Xiaomei Chen, Wenjie Wu, Jingzhou Chen, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11003707
    Abstract: Solutions of image processing in a VR system is disclosed, including: obtaining a photographic image; identifying at least one object in the photographic image; generating at least one tag respectively for each of the at least one object; presenting the at least one tag of the photographic image through a VR User Interface (UI); confirming one or more of the at least one tag in response to receiving a confirmation user instruction from the VR UI; and associating the confirmed one or more tags with the photographic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Dhaval Jitendra Joshi
  • Publication number: 20210077900
    Abstract: A method and device for pointing at an object in a Virtual Reality (VR) scene, and a VR apparatus are provided. The method includes sensing a movement of a gamepad from a first position to a second position in a reality scene through an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) orientation sensor. The IMU orientation sensor is mounted in the gamepad, and the gamepad is configured to control an object in a VR scene. The method also includes generating a first position vector based on the movement; acquiring a first absolute position coordinate of the second position in the reality scene according to a position coordinate of a starting point in the reality scene and the first position vector; converting the first absolute position coordinate into a first virtual position coordinate in the VR scene; and pointing at a target object located at the first virtual position coordinate in the VR scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Dhaval Jitendra JOSHI
  • Publication number: 20210034212
    Abstract: This application includes an interactive control method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. In these method, apparatus, storage medium, and device, a touch operation performed on a touch panel is recognized. A holographic projection device is configured to display a holographic projection-based virtual character. The touch panel is disposed on the holographic projection device. An interaction request is generated according to the recognized touch operation. The interaction request corresponds to an interaction with the holographic projection-based virtual character. Further the holographic projection-based virtual character is controlled to perform an interactive action associated with the interaction request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dhaval-jitendra JOSHI, Xiaomei CHEN, Wenjie WU, Jingzhou CHEN
  • Patent number: 10901499
    Abstract: A method is performed at a computing system for rendering a content preview in a virtual space based on user locations. The computing system is communicatively connected to a head-mounted display wore by a user. The method includes: rendering a user interface panel in the virtual space, wherein the user interface panel includes multiple content posters, each having a unique location in the virtual space; measuring the head-mounted display's location in a physical space using a position tracking system adjacent the user; determining the user's location in the virtual space according to the head-mounted display's location in the physical space; and in accordance with a determination that the user's location and at least one of the multiple content posters' location in the virtual space satisfy a predefined condition, replacing the user interface panel with a content preview associated with the corresponding content poster in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dhaval Jitendra Joshi, Jingzhou Chen, Xiaomei Chen, Wenjie Wu
  • Patent number: 10888771
    Abstract: A method and device for pointing at an object in a Virtual Reality (VR) scene, and a VR apparatus are provided. The method includes sensing a movement of a gamepad from a first position to a second position in a reality scene through an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) orientation sensor. The IMU orientation sensor is mounted in the gamepad, and the gamepad is configured to control an object in a VR scene. The method also includes generating a first position vector based on the movement; acquiring a first absolute position coordinate of the second position in the reality scene according to a position coordinate of a starting point in the reality scene and the first position vector; converting the first absolute position coordinate into a first virtual position coordinate in the VR scene; and pointing at a target object located at the first virtual position coordinate in the VR scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Dhaval Jitendra Joshi
  • Patent number: 10868810
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a virtual reality (VR) scene-based authentication method, a VR device, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving an authentication request in a VR scene; collecting to-be-authenticated fingerprint information by using a fingerprint collection device in a physical scene; sending the to-be-authenticated fingerprint information to an authenticator in the physical scene; and receiving, in the VR scene, authentication result information sent by the authenticator, where the authentication result information is used to indicate whether the to-be-authenticated fingerprint information has passed the authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Dhaval Jitendra Joshi
  • Publication number: 20200034995
    Abstract: A method is performed at a computing system for updating an operation setting of a virtual space in response to alerts. The computing system is communicatively connected to a head-mounted display wore by a user. The method includes: rendering an application in the virtual space in accordance with a current location of the user in the virtual space, the user's current location in the virtual space determined according to the head-mounted display's location in the physical space measured using a position tracking system; receiving an alert from a device that is communicatively connected to the computing system; generating and displaying an icon in the virtual space, the icon being uniquely associated with the alert; and in response to a predetermined action from the user, replacing the application in the virtual space with the VR content associated with the alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Dhaval Jitendra JOSHI, Jingzhou CHEN, Xiaomei CHEN, Wenjie WU
  • Publication number: 20200033941
    Abstract: A method is performed at a computing system for rendering a content preview in a virtual space based on user locations. The computing system is communicatively connected to a head-mounted display wore by a user. The method includes: rendering a user interface panel in the virtual space, wherein the user interface panel includes multiple content posters, each having a unique location in the virtual space; measuring the head-mounted display's location in a physical space using a position tracking system adjacent the user; determining the user's location in the virtual space according to the head-mounted display's location in the physical space; and in accordance with a determination that the user's location and at least one of the multiple content posters' location in the virtual space satisfy a predefined condition, replacing the user interface panel with a content preview associated with the corresponding content poster in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Dhaval Jitendra JOSHI, Jingzhou CHEN, Xiaomei CHEN, Wenjie WU
  • Publication number: 20190369404
    Abstract: A method is performed at a computing system for customizing a user interface panel of a virtual space based on user locations. The computing system is communicatively connected to a head-mounted display wore by a user. The method includes: generating a virtual space including a user interface panel, the user interface panel having a default location in the virtual space; rendering the virtual space in the head-mounted display; measuring the head-mounted display's location in a physical space using a position tracking system adjacent the user; determining the user's location in the virtual space according to the head-mounted display's location in the physical space; and updating the user interface panel's default location in the virtual space in accordance with the user's location in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Dhaval Jitendra Joshi, Xiaomei Chen, Wenjie Wu, Jingzhou Chen, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20190278797
    Abstract: Solutions of image processing in a VR system is disclosed, including: obtaining a photographic image; identifying at least one object in the photographic image; generating at least one tag respectively for each of the at least one object; presenting the at least one tag of the photographic image through a VR User Interface (UI); confirming one or more of the at least one tag in response to receiving a confirmation user instruction from the VR UI; and associating the confirmed one or more tags with the photographic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Dhaval Jitendra JOSHI
  • Publication number: 20190243470
    Abstract: A method and device for pointing at an object in a Virtual Reality (VR) scene, and a VR apparatus are provided. The method includes sensing a movement of a gamepad from a first position to a second position in a reality scene through an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) orientation sensor. The IMU orientation sensor is mounted in the gamepad, and the gamepad is configured to control an object in a VR scene. The method also includes generating a first position vector based on the movement; acquiring a first absolute position coordinate of the second position in the reality scene according to a position coordinate of a starting point in the reality scene and the first position vector; converting the first absolute position coordinate into a first virtual position coordinate in the VR scene; and pointing at a target object located at the first virtual position coordinate in the VR scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventor: Dhaval Jitendra JOSHI
  • Publication number: 20190098005
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a virtual reality (VR) scene-based authentication method, a VR device, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving an authentication request in a VR scene; collecting to-be-authenticated fingerprint information by using a fingerprint collection device in a physical scene; sending the to-be-authenticated fingerprint information to an authenticator in the physical scene; and receiving, in the VR scene, authentication result information sent by the authenticator, where the authentication result information is used to indicate whether the to-be-authenticated fingerprint information has passed the authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Dhaval Jitendra JOSHI
  • Publication number: 20180260584
    Abstract: An information authentication method, an apparatus, a storage medium and a virtual reality device are provided. The method includes obtaining to-be-authenticated information in the virtual reality scenario. The method further includes sending the to-be-authenticated information to an authentication device in a reality scenario, wherein the authentication device is used for performing authentication on the to-be-authenticated information. The method further includes receiving, in the virtual reality scenario, an authentication result sent by the authentication device, wherein the authentication result indicates that the to-be-authenticated information is authenticated successfully or fails to be authenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dhaval Jitendra JOSHI, Wei WANG, Zuo Qi TANG
  • Patent number: 9634903
    Abstract: An approach is provided distributing content to multiple devices. Specifically, a distribution module causes, at least in part, a rendering of at least one user interface for distributing content among at least one device and one or more other devices with connectivity to the at least one device. The distribution module then causes, at least in part, one or more segmentations of the at least one user interface, wherein the one or more segmentations are associated with the at least one device, respective one or more of the one or more other devices, or a combination thereof. Next, the distribution module determines one or more interactions with the at least one user interface, the one or more segmentations, or a combination thereof to cause, at least in part, a distribution of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Qifeng Yan, Wei Wang, Ling Wang, Dhaval Jitendra Joshi
  • Patent number: 9589108
    Abstract: An approach is provided for tracking and disseminating health information. Health information corresponding to a geographic location is caused, at least in part, to be received. Location information associated with a user equipment configured to receive a message specifying content is determined. Whether the location information is encompassed by the geographic location is determined. The message is modified to present a health alert indicator by appending supplemental content to the message or by amending the content. Initiation of delivery of the modified message to the user equipment when the user equipment is in or within a predetermined range of the geographic location is caused, at least in part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jan Otto Blom, Dhaval Jitendra Joshi
  • Publication number: 20160259427
    Abstract: A foldable input device is described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a first housing having a first collection of sensors configured to generate inputs responsive to user interaction and a second housing having a second collection of sensors configured to generate inputs responsive to user interaction. The input device also includes a wireless communication device configured to communicate the generated inputs to a computing device that are usable to initiate one or more operations of the computing device and a flexible hinge securing the first and second housings to each other and configured to permit rotational movement of the first and second housings in relation to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Wei Zheng, Sang Hyun Jeong, Sheau Jiun Yang, Nicolas J.C. Schmitt, Dhaval Jitendra Joshi, Yujian Peng