Patents by Inventor Jeroen Diederik Hol

Jeroen Diederik Hol 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: 11941184
    Abstract: A method for dynamically initializing a 3 degrees of freedom (3DOF) tracking device is described. In one aspect, the method includes accessing a gyroscope signal from a gyroscope of the 3DOF tracking device, accessing an accelerometer signal from an accelerometer of the 3DOF tracking device, determining an initial state includes a combination of an initial orientation, an initial position, and an initial velocity of the 3DOF tracking device, the initial state indicating a starting condition of the 3DOF tracking device, integrating the gyroscope signal and the accelerometer signal to obtain orientation and position signals using the initial state, and refining an inclination signal of the orientation signal using the position signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeroen Diederik Hol, Matthias Kalkgruber
  • Publication number: 20230297164
    Abstract: A method for improving the startup time of a six-degrees of freedom tracking system is described. An augmented reality system receives a device initialization request and activates a first set of sensors in response to the device initialization request. The augmented reality system receives first tracking data from the first set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives an augmented reality experience request and in response to the augmented reality request, causes display of a set of augmented reality content items based on the first tracking data and simultaneously activates a second set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives second tracking data from the activated second set of sensors. The augmented reality system updates the display of the set of augmented reality content items based on the second tracking data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jeroen Diederik Hol, Matthias Kalkgruber, Erick Mendez Mendez, Niall Murphy, Gerald Nilles, Mathieu Emmanuel Vignau
  • Patent number: 11681361
    Abstract: A method for improving the startup time of a six-degrees of freedom tracking system is described. An augmented reality system receives a device initialization request and activates a first set of sensors in response to the device initialization request. The augmented reality system receives first tracking data from the first set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives an augmented reality experience request and in response to the augmented reality request, causes display of a set of augmented reality content items based on the first tracking data and simultaneously activates a second set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives second tracking data from the activated second set of sensors. The augmented reality system updates the display of the set of augmented reality content items based on the second tracking data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeroen Diederik Hol, Matthias Kalkgruber, Erick Mendez Mendez, Niall Murphy, Gerald Nilles, Mathieu Emmanuel Vignau
  • Publication number: 20220374091
    Abstract: A method for dynamically initializing a 3 degrees of freedom (3DOF) tracking device is described. In one aspect, the method includes accessing a gyroscope signal from a gyroscope of the 3DOF tracking device, accessing an accelerometer signal from an accelerometer of the 3DOF tracking device, determining an initial state includes a combination of an initial orientation, an initial position, and an initial velocity of the 3DOF tracking device, the initial state indicating a starting condition of the 3DOF tracking device, integrating the gyroscope signal and the accelerometer signal to obtain orientation and position signals using the initial state, and refining an inclination signal of the orientation signal using the position signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jeroen Diederik Hol, Matthias Kalkgruber
  • Publication number: 20220365592
    Abstract: A method for improving the startup time of a six-degrees of freedom tracking system is described. An augmented reality system receives a device initialization request and activates a first set of sensors in response to the device initialization request. The augmented reality system receives first tracking data from the first set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives an augmented reality experience request and in response to the augmented reality request, causes display of a set of augmented reality content items based on the first tracking data and simultaneously activates a second set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives second tracking data from the activated second set of sensors. The augmented reality system updates the display of the set of augmented reality content items based on the second tracking data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jeroen Diederik Hol, Matthias Kalkgruber, Erick Mendez Mendez, Niall Murphy, Gerald Nilles, Mathieu Emmanuel Vignau
  • Patent number: 11082607
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating composite depth images are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: capture, by a depth sensor, a set of depth images over a capture period of time; generate, by an inertial sensor, inertial signals that convey values of one or more inertial parameters characterizing motion of the depth sensor during the capture period of time; select a target capture position based on one or more of the capture positions of the set of depth images; generate, using the values of the one or more inertial parameters during the capture period of time, re-projected depth images; and generate a composite depth image by combining multiple depth images, such multiple depth images including a first re-projected depth image and a second re-projected depth image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Luca Ricci, Daniel Wagner, Jeroen Diederik Hol, Jakob Zillner
  • Publication number: 20200322542
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating composite depth images are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: capture, by a depth sensor, a set of depth images over a capture period of time; generate, by an inertial sensor, inertial signals that convey values of one or more inertial parameters characterizing motion of the depth sensor during the capture period of time; select a target capture position based on one or more of the capture positions of the set of depth images; generate, using the values of the one or more inertial parameters during the capture period of time, re-projected depth images; and generate a composite depth image by combining multiple depth images, such multiple depth images including a first re-projected depth image and a second re-projected depth image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Luca Ricci, Daniel Wagner, Jeroen Diederik Hol, Jakob Zillner
  • Patent number: 10686980
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating composite depth images are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: capture, by a depth sensor, a set of depth images over a capture period of time; generate, by an inertial sensor, inertial signals that convey values of one or more inertial parameters characterizing motion of the depth sensor during the capture period of time; select a target capture position based on one or more of the capture positions of the set of depth images; generate, using the values of the one or more inertial parameters during the capture period of time, re-projected depth images; and generate a composite depth image by combining multiple depth images, such multiple depth images including a first re-projected depth image and a second re-projected depth image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: DAQRI, LLC
    Inventors: Luca Ricci, Daniel Wagner, Jeroen Diederik Hol, Jakob Zillner