Patents by Inventor Joanna Kim

Joanna Kim 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).

  • Methods and systems for providing a notification in association with an augmented-reality view
    Patent number: 11468604
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing a notification in association with an augmented reality (AR) view. In particular, one or more computing devices can generate, for display by at least one of the computing device(s), an interface depicting an AR view of at least a portion of a physical real-world environment. In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, based at least in part on detected movement of the at least one of the computing device(s), the computing device(s) can transition amongst multiple different stages of one or more elements included in the interface to notify a viewer of the interface to mind their situational awareness of the physical real-world environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Robert Carl Jagnow, Joanna Kim, Catherine Most, Andre Quang Le, Alex Jacobo-Blonder, Kasey Klimes, Dominik Kaeser, Rachel Elizabeth Inman
  • Methods and Systems for Providing a Notification in Association with an Augmented-Reality View
    Publication number: 20200410720
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing a notification in association with an augmented reality (AR) view. In particular, one or more computing devices can generate, for display by at least one of the computing device(s), an interface depicting an AR view of at least a portion of a physical real-world environment. In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, based at least in part on detected movement of the at least one of the computing device(s), the computing device(s) can transition amongst multiple different stages of one or more elements included in the interface to notify a viewer of the interface to mind their situational awareness of the physical real-world environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Carl Jagnow, Joanna Kim, Catherine Most, Andre Le, Alex Jacobo-Blonder, Kasey Klimes, Dominik Kaeser, Rachel Inman
  • Location globe in virtual reality
    Patent number: 10635259
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include triggering display of a virtual environment in a head mounted display (HMD) device operating in a physical environment, triggering display of a first virtual object representing a second virtual object, the first virtual object having a size smaller than a size of the second virtual object, receiving an indication of an interaction of a user with the first virtual object, the user having a first size larger than the size of the first virtual object, and triggering an interaction with the second virtual object in response to an interaction with the first virtual object, the user having a second size larger than the first size when interacting with the second virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ran Tao, Tarik Abdel-Gawad, Adam Glazier, Dominik Philemon Kaeser, Matthew Seegmiller, Andre Le, Nadav Ashkenazi, Han-Wei Chu, Joanna Kim, Michael Podwal, Robert Carl Jagnow, Chun-Po Wang
  • LOCATION GLOBE IN VIRTUAL REALITY
    Publication number: 20180136816
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include triggering display of a virtual environment in a head mounted display (HMD) device operating in a physical environment, triggering display of a first virtual object representing a second virtual object, the first virtual object having a size smaller than a size of the second virtual object, receiving an indication of an interaction of a user with the first virtual object, the user having a first size larger than the size of the first virtual object, and triggering an interaction with the second virtual object in response to an interaction with the first virtual object, the user having a second size larger than the first size when interacting with the second virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ran Tao, Tarik Abdel-Gawad, Adam Glazier, Dominik Philemon Kaeser, Matthew Seegmiller, Andre Le, Nadav Ashkenazi, Han-Wei Chu, Joanna Kim, Michael Podwal, Robert Carl Jagnow, Chun-Po Wang