Patents by Inventor Erin SUMMERS

Erin SUMMERS 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: 11816757
    Abstract: The disclosure describes artificial reality systems and techniques for saving and exporting artificial reality data. For example, an artificial reality system includes an application engine configured to generate artificial reality content based on a pose of a user participating in an artificial reality environment and a head-mounted display (HMD) configured to output the artificial reality content to the user. The HMD includes a buffer configured to hold data representative of the artificial reality environment during a time window on a rolling basis and a capture engine configured to, in response to user input, capture the data representative of the artificial reality environment held in the buffer at a point in time at which the user input was received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Erin Summers, Lindsay Young, Arthur Bodolec, Adam Hupp, Bryan Alger, Peter Aubrey Bartholomew Griess, Nataraja Kumar Koduri, Carl Taylor, Bryan Justice, Andrea Zeller, Ayfer Gokalp
  • Patent number: 11416067
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes a suspend mode feature for artificial reality systems and, more specifically, system configurations and techniques for generating a suspend mode environment during execution of an artificial reality application, and presenting and controlling user interface (UI) elements within the suspend mode environment. The suspend mode feature enables a user interacting with one or more other users (or one or more avatars corresponding to the one or more other users) within an artificial reality (AR) environment to suspend the AR environment from the user's perspective. While in the suspend mode environment, the user is able to view and select the other users from the AR environment. For example, the user may select another user to friend, message, mute, block, or report that user from the suspend mode environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Bodolec, Jing Shu, Lindsay Young, Melissa Erin Summers, Andrea Zeller, Seohyun Lee, Ayfer Gokalp
  • Publication number: 20220200945
    Abstract: The disclosed technology can provide tools to choose who can provide comments and tools to hide comments. A public figure, such as a verified public figure, can select who is permitted to comment on a post by the public figure subject to certain restrictions that promote open public dialogue. Any user, apart from a public figure, also can select who is permitted to comment on their public posts. Further, how a comment to a post is viewed can be based on a type of viewer, a type of action taken on the comment, and a type of actor who takes action on the comment. A plurality of comments can be hidden and removed from an original listing of comments and relocated to a separate area created for hidden comments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Melissa Erin Summers, Henry Tsai, Nan Li, Amey Ajit Porobo Dharwadker, Kirill A. Pugin, Sammy El Ghazzal
  • Publication number: 20210405738
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes a suspend mode feature for artificial reality systems and, more specifically, system configurations and techniques for generating a suspend mode environment during execution of an artificial reality application, and presenting and controlling user interface (UI) elements within the suspend mode environment. The suspend mode feature enables a user interacting with one or more other users (or one or more avatars corresponding to the one or more other users) within an artificial reality (AR) environment to suspend the AR environment from the user's perspective. While in the suspend mode environment, the user is able to view and select the other users from the AR environment. For example, the user may select another user to friend, message, mute, block, or report that user from the suspend mode environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Arthur Bodolec, Jing Shu, Lindsay Young, Melissa Erin Summers, Andrea Zeller, Seohyun Lee, Ayfer Gokalp
  • Patent number: 11119568
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes a suspend mode feature for artificial reality systems and, more specifically, system configurations and techniques for generating a suspend mode environment during execution of an artificial reality application, and presenting and controlling user interface (UI) elements within the suspend mode environment. The suspend mode feature enables a user interacting with one or more other users (or one or more avatars corresponding to the one or more other users) within an artificial reality (AR) environment to suspend the AR environment from the user's perspective. While in the suspend mode environment, the user is able to view and select the other users from the AR environment. For example, the user may select another user to friend, message, mute, block, or report that user from the suspend mode environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Bodolec, Jing Shu, Lindsay Young, Melissa Erin Summers, Andrea Zeller, Seohyun Lee, Ayfer Gokalp
  • Publication number: 20210089117
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes a suspend mode feature for artificial reality systems and, more specifically, system configurations and techniques for generating a suspend mode environment during execution of an artificial reality application, and presenting and controlling user interface (UI) elements within the suspend mode environment. The suspend mode feature enables a user interacting with one or more other users (or one or more avatars corresponding to the one or more other users) within an artificial reality (AR) environment to suspend the AR environment from the user's perspective. While in the suspend mode environment, the user is able to view and select the other users from the AR environment. For example, the user may select another user to friend, message, mute, block, or report that user from the suspend mode environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Arthur Bodolec, Jing Shu, Lindsay Young, Melissa Erin Summers, Andrea Zeller, Seohyun Lee, Ayfer Gokalp
  • Patent number: 10823698
    Abstract: The invention relates to, among other things, a method for performing electrophoresis with in-situ calibration. The method includes combining a volume of a test sample with a volume or quantity of a calibrating sample to form a final volume, where the volume of the calibrating sample includes a known concentration of a calibrator and the final volume includes a known ratio of test sample to calibrating sample. The method also includes depositing a loading fraction in a receiving well of an electrophoretic gel, in which the loading fraction is a fraction of the final volume, and separating the loading fraction along a common separation lane of the electrophoretic gel such that components of the test sample and the calibrator are separated from one another along the common separation lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Helena Laboratories Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Guadagno, Erin Summers
  • Publication number: 20150268193
    Abstract: The invention relates to, among other things, a method for performing electrophoresis with in-situ calibration. The method includes combining a volume of a test sample with a volume or quantity of a calibrating sample to form a final volume, where the volume of the calibrating sample includes a known concentration of a calibrator and the final volume includes a known ratio of test sample to calibrating sample. The method also includes depositing a loading fraction in a receiving well of an electrophoretic gel, in which the loading fraction is a fraction of the final volume, and separating the loading fraction along a common separation lane of the electrophoretic gel such that components of the test sample and the calibrator are separated from one another along the common separation lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Philip Guadagno, Erin Summers
  • Patent number: 9005419
    Abstract: The invention relates to, among other things, a method for performing electrophoresis with in-situ calibration. The method includes combining a volume of a test sample with a volume or quantity of a calibrating sample to form a final volume, where the volume of the calibrating sample includes a known concentration of a calibrator and the final volume includes a known ratio of test sample to calibrating sample. The method also includes depositing a loading fraction in a receiving well of an electrophoretic gel, in which the loading fraction is a fraction of the final volume, and separating the loading fraction along a common separation lane of the electrophoretic gel such that components of the test sample and the calibrator are separated from one another along the common separation lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Guadagno, Erin Summers
  • Publication number: 20150060278
    Abstract: A cylindrical cam device includes an axle and a plurality of disk portions disposed about the axle. The plurality of disk portions define a plurality of interstitial regions disposed between the plurality of disk portions. Each of the plurality of disk portions comprises a radial edge. The radial edge of each of the plurality of disk portions comprises a material or structure capable of retaining a liquid and releasing at least a portion of the liquid onto a substrate. A method for facilitating electrophoretic analysis of biological samples utilizing the cylindrical cam device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Philip GUADAGNO, Erin SUMMERS
  • Publication number: 20140243431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to, among other things, a gel electrophoresis system for detecting the level of specific Apolipoproteins and/or lipoprotein particles present in intact lipid particles in a biological sample. The system includes a gel substrate to receive a biological sample, at least two lipoprotein-binding complexes. Each complex includes an antibody that binds a lipoprotein particle or a portion thereof, which is bound to a signal producing molecule capable of producing or causing production of a detectable signal. The system also includes a device for detecting the detectable signal. The present invention also relates to methods of assessing the level of specific Apolipoproteins and/or lipoprotein particles present in a biological sample, determining whether a subject is at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, and monitoring the risk for developing cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip GUADAGNO, Erin SUMMERS
  • Publication number: 20130319864
    Abstract: The invention relates to, among other things, a method for performing electrophoresis with in-situ calibration. The method includes combining a volume of a test sample with a volume or quantity of a calibrating sample to form a final volume, where the volume of the calibrating sample includes a known concentration of a calibrator and the final volume includes a known ratio of test sample to calibrating sample. The method also includes depositing a loading fraction in a receiving well of an electrophoretic gel, in which the loading fraction is a fraction of the final volume, and separating the loading fraction along a common separation lane of the electrophoretic gel such that components of the test sample and the calibrator are separated from one another along the common separation lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Philip GUADAGNO, Erin SUMMERS