Patents by Inventor Jared Lafer

Jared Lafer 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: 20240156576
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying tooth keypoints are disclosed. A method includes receiving digital representations comprising patient teeth, and identifying a first tooth outline from a first digital representation and a second tooth outline from a second digital representation. The method includes retrieving a 3D mesh comprising model teeth. The method includes projecting a first mesh boundary onto a patient tooth and modifying the first mesh boundary to match the first tooth outline. The method includes identifying a first tooth point on the first tooth outline that corresponds with a first mesh point on the first mesh boundary. The method includes mapping the first tooth point to the 3D mesh. The method includes determining that the first and second tooth points correspond to a common 3D mesh point. The method includes designating the first tooth point as a keypoint. The method includes modifying a digital representation based on the keypoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Jared Lafer, Ramsey Jones, Ryan Amelon
  • Publication number: 20240161431
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying tooth correspondences are disclosed. A method includes receiving a digital representation including patient teeth, and identifying a tooth outline from the digital representation. The method includes retrieving a 3D mesh including model teeth. The method includes projecting a first mesh boundary onto a patient tooth and modifying the first projected mesh boundary to match the first tooth outline. The method includes identifying a first tooth point on the first tooth outline that corresponds with a first mesh point on the first projected mesh boundary. The method includes mapping the first tooth point to the 3D mesh. The method includes determining that the first and second tooth points correspond to a common 3D mesh point. The method includes modifying at least one of the digital representation or the 3D mesh based on determining the tooth points correspond to the common 3D mesh point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Jared Lafer, Ramsey Jones, Ryan Amelon
  • Publication number: 20230390025
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a 3D model of a dentition are disclosed herein. A method includes generating a first 3D model of a dentition. The dentition includes a model tooth in a first position. The method includes receiving a digital representation comprising a patient tooth. The patient tooth corresponds to the model tooth of the first 3D model. The method includes determining a virtual camera parameter associated with the digital representation. The method includes adjusting the virtual camera parameter to determine a 3D position of the corresponding patient tooth. The method includes moving the model tooth of the first 3D model from the first position to a second position. The second position corresponds to the 3D position of the corresponding patient tooth. The method includes generating a second 3D model comprising the model tooth of the first 3D model in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Ryan Amelon, Jared Lafer, Ramsey Jones, Tim Wucher, Jordan Katzman, Martin Chobanyan
  • Patent number: 11741668
    Abstract: Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to generate text tags for games. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method to generate a 3D mesh for an object using a trained machine learning model includes providing a two-dimensional (2D) image of the object as input to the trained machine learning model, obtaining a template three-dimensional (3D) mesh, and generating, using the trained machine learning model and based on the 2D image and the template 3D mesh, a 3D mesh for the object, wherein the 3D mesh for the object is obtained by deforming the template 3D mesh and is usable to map a texture or to generate a 3D animation of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Roblox Corporation
    Inventors: Ramsey Jones, Jared Lafer, Rebecca Kantar
  • Patent number: 11633260
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a 3D model of a dentition are disclosed herein. A method includes generating a first 3D model of a dentition including a plurality of model teeth. The method includes receiving at least one digital representation comprising patient teeth. The method includes determining a virtual camera parameter. The virtual camera parameter corresponds with a camera used to capture the digital representation. The method includes comparing, based on the virtual camera parameter, a first position of a model tooth with a position of a corresponding patient tooth of the digital representation. The method includes moving the model tooth from the first position to a second position. The second position is based on the position of the corresponding patient tooth. The method includes generating a second 3D model comprising the model tooth of the first 3D model in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Ryan Amelon, Jared Lafer, Ramsey Jones, Tim Wucher, Jordan Katzman, Martin Chobanyan
  • Patent number: 11620787
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a three-dimensional reconstruction from a two-dimensional image of an asset are described. In some aspects, at least one computer hardware processor is used to perform: receiving a two-dimensional input image of an asset; encoding, using a first statistical model, the input image into a latent vector; and generating, using a second statistical model, at least one depth image from the latent vector, wherein pixel values in the at least one depth image correspond to coordinates of a point cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Roblox Corporation
    Inventors: Rebecca Kantar, Richard Wainess, Erica L. Snow, Matthew A. Emery, Jared Lafer, Ramsey Jones
  • Patent number: 11514638
    Abstract: Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to generate 3D assets from 2D images. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method to generate a 3D asset for an object using a trained machine learning model includes providing a 2D image of the object as input to the trained machine learning model, obtaining a template 3D mesh and a representative of a class of objects of interest that includes the object, generating based on the template 3D mesh and the representative of the class, a rigged 3D mesh for the object, deforming and posing the rigged 3D mesh to match the 2D image, and applying a texture extracted from the 2D image to the deformed and posed 3D mesh to create the 3D asset of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jared Lafer, Ramsey Jones, Rebecca Kantar
  • Publication number: 20220068007
    Abstract: Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to generate 3D assets from 2D images. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method to generate a 3D asset for an object using a trained machine learning model includes providing a 2D image of the object as input to the trained machine learning model, obtaining a template 3D mesh and a representative of a class of objects of interest that includes the object, generating based on the template 3D mesh and the representative of the class, a rigged 3D mesh for the object, deforming and posing the rigged 3D mesh to match the 2D image, and applying a texture extracted from the 2D image to the deformed and posed 3D mesh to create the 3D asset of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Roblox Corporation
    Inventors: Jared LAFER, Ramsey JONES, Rebecca KANTAR
  • Publication number: 20220012938
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a three-dimensional reconstruction from a two-dimensional image of an asset are described. In some aspects, at least one computer hardware processor is used to perform: receiving a two-dimensional input image of an asset; encoding, using a first statistical model, the input image into a latent vector; and generating, using a second statistical model, at least one depth image from the latent vector, wherein pixel values in the at least one depth image correspond to coordinates of a point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Imbellus, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca KANTAR, Richard WAINESS, Erica L. SNOW, Matthew A. EMERY, Jared LAFER, Ramsey Jones
  • Publication number: 20210335039
    Abstract: Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to generate text tags for games. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method to generate a 3D mesh for an object using a trained machine learning model includes providing a two-dimensional (2D) image of the object as input to the trained machine learning model, obtaining a template three-dimensional (3D) mesh, and generating, using the trained machine learning model and based on the 2D image and the template 3D mesh, a 3D mesh for the object, wherein the 3D mesh for the object is obtained by deforming the template 3D mesh and is usable to map a texture or to generate a 3D animation of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Roblox Corporation
    Inventors: Ramsey JONES, Jared LAFER, Rebecca KANTAR
  • Patent number: 10909746
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a three-dimensional reconstruction from a two-dimensional image of an asset are described. In some aspects, at least one computer hardware processor is used to perform: receiving a two-dimensional input image of an asset; encoding, using a first statistical model, the input image into a latent vector; and generating, using a second statistical model, at least one depth image from the latent vector, wherein pixel values in the at least one depth image correspond to coordinates of a point cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Imbellus, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Kantar, Richard Wainess, Erica L. Snow, Matthew A. Emery, Jared Lafer, Ramsey Jones