Patents by Inventor James Henry Hays

James Henry Hays 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).

  • REVERSE PASS-THROUGH GLASSES FOR AUGMENTED REALITY AND VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20240406371
    Abstract: A device for providing a reverse pass-through view of a user of a headset display to an onlooker includes an eyepiece comprising an optical surface configured to provide an image to a user on a first side of the optical surface. The device also includes a first camera configured to collect an image of a portion of a face of the user reflected from the optical surface in a first field of view, a display adjacent to the optical surface and configured to project forward an image of the face of the user, and a screen configured to receive light from the display and provide the image of the face of the user to an onlooker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Matsuda, Brian Wheelwright, Joel Hegland, Stephen Anthony Lombardi, Jason Saragih, Tomas Simon Kreuz, Shunsuke Saito, Michael Zollhoefer, Amit Raj, James Henry Hays
  • Pixel-aligned volumetric avatars
    Patent number: 12131416
    Abstract: A method of forming a pixel-aligned volumetric avatar includes receiving multiple two-dimensional images having at least two or more fields of view of a subject. The method also includes extracting multiple image features from the two-dimensional images using a set of learnable weights, projecting the image features along a direction between a three-dimensional model of the subject and a selected observation point for a viewer, and providing, to the viewer, an image of the three-dimensional model of the subject. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Anthony Lombardi, Jason Saragih, Tomas Simon Kreuz, Shunsuke Saito, Michael Zollhoefer, Amit Raj, James Henry Hays
  • Reverse pass-through glasses for augmented reality and virtual reality devices
    Patent number: 12095975
    Abstract: A device for providing a reverse pass-through view of a user of a headset display to an onlooker includes an eyepiece comprising an optical surface configured to provide an image to a user on a first side of the optical surface. The device also includes a first camera configured to collect an image of a portion of a face of the user reflected from the optical surface in a first field of view, a display adjacent to the optical surface and configured to project forward an image of the face of the user, and a screen configured to receive light from the display and provide the image of the face of the user to an onlooker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Matsuda, Brian Wheelwright, Joel Hegland, Stephen Anthony Lombardi, Jason Saragih, Tomas Simon Kreuz, Shunsuke Saito, Michael Zollhoefer, Amit Raj, James Henry Hays
  • PIXEL-ALIGNED VOLUMETRIC AVATARS
    Publication number: 20220198731
    Abstract: A method of forming a pixel-aligned volumetric avatar includes receiving multiple two-dimensional images having at least two or more fields of view of a subject. The method also includes extracting multiple image features from the two-dimensional images using a set of learnable weights, projecting the image features along a direction between a three-dimensional model of the subject and a selected observation point for a viewer, and providing, to the viewer, an image of the three-dimensional model of the subject. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Anthony Lombardi, Jason Saragih, Tomas Simon Kreuz, Shunsuke Saito, Michael Zollhoefer, Amit Raj, James Henry Hays
  • REVERSE PASS-THROUGH GLASSES FOR AUGMENTED REALITY AND VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20220201273
    Abstract: A device for providing a reverse pass-through view of a user of a headset display to an onlooker includes an eyepiece comprising an optical surface configured to provide an image to a user on a first side of the optical surface. The device also includes a first camera configured to collect an image of a portion of a face of the user reflected from the optical surface in a first field of view, a display adjacent to the optical surface and configured to project forward an image of the face of the user, and a screen configured to receive light from the display and provide the image of the face of the user to an onlooker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan Matsuda, Brian Wheelwright, Joel Hegland, Stephen Anthony Lombardi, Jason Saragih, Tomas Simon Kreuz, Shunsuke Saito, Michael Zollhoefer, Amit Raj, James Henry Hays