Patents by Inventor Piers Cowburn

Piers Cowburn 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: 11861795
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and media for anamorphosis systems to generate and cause display of anamorphic media are disclosed. In one embodiment, an anamorphosis system is configured to identify a set of features of a space, determine relative positions of the set of features, determine a perspective of the mobile device within the space based on the relative positions of the set of features, retrieve anamorphic media based on the location of the mobile device, and apply the anamorphic media to a presentation of the space at the mobile device. The anamorphic media may include media items such as images and videos, configured such that the media items are only visible from one or more specified perspectives. The anamorphic media may include a stylized text string projected onto surfaces of a space such that the stylized text string is correctly displayed when viewed through a user device from a specified perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Qi Pan, Eitan Pilipski
  • Patent number: 11798243
    Abstract: A crowd-sourced modeling system to perform operations that include: receiving image data that comprises image attributes; accessing a 3D model based on at least the image attributes of the image data, wherein the 3D model comprises a plurality of parts that collectively depict an object or environment; identifying a change in the object or environment based on a comparison of the image data with the plurality of parts of the 3D model, the change corresponding to a part of the 3D model from among the plurality of parts; and generating an update to the part of the 3D model based on the image attributes of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, David Li
  • Publication number: 20230326033
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for generating a persistent world-space ground (or floor) segmentation map (or “texture”) for use in augmented or virtual reality 3D experiences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Andrew Tristan Spek
  • Patent number: 11748579
    Abstract: Disclosed is an augmented reality system to generate and cause display of an augmented reality interface at a client device. Various embodiments may detect speech, identify a source of the speech, transcribe the speech to a text string, generate a speech bubble based on properties of the speech and that includes a presentation of the text string, and cause display of the speech bubble at a location in the augmented reality interface based on the source of the speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Qi Pan, Eitan Pilipski
  • Patent number: 11721080
    Abstract: An augmented reality system to generate and cause display of a presentation of a space at a first client device, receive one or more selections of points within the presentation of the space at the first client device, and render graphical elements at the one or more points within the presentation of the space at the first client device. The augmented reality system is further configured to receive a display request to display the space at a second client device, and in response, may render a second presentation of the space at the second client device, wherein the second presentation of the space includes the graphical elements at the one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Qi Pan, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik
  • Patent number: 11721025
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for generating a persistent world-space ground (or floor) segmentation map (or “texture”) for use in augmented or virtual reality 3D experiences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Andrew Tristan Spek
  • Publication number: 20230236661
    Abstract: An occlusion detection system to perform operations that include: capturing image data that depicts an environment at a client device, the environment including a target object at a position within the environment; causing display of a presentation of the environment at the client device, the presentation of the environment including a display of the target object at the position within the environment; detecting a first attribute of the display of the target object at the client device; performing a comparison of the first attribute of the display of the target object and a second attribute associated with the target object; and detecting an occlusion based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Publication number: 20230222743
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and media for anamorphosis systems to generate and cause display of anamorphic media are disclosed. In one embodiment, an anamorphosis system is configured to identify a set of features of a space, determine relative positions of the set of features, determine a perspective of the mobile device within the space based on the relative positions of the set of features, retrieve anamorphic media based on the location of the mobile device, and apply the anamorphic media to a presentation of the space at the mobile device. The anamorphic media may include media items such as images and videos, configured such that the media items are only visible from one or more specified perspectives. The anamorphic media may include a stylized text string projected onto surfaces of a space such that the stylized text string is correctly displayed when viewed through a user device from a specified perspective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Qi Pan, Eitan Pilipski
  • Patent number: 11687150
    Abstract: An occlusion detection system to perform operations that include: capturing image data that depicts an environment at a client device, the environment including a target object at a position within the environment; causing display of a presentation of the environment at the client device, the presentation of the environment including a display of the target object at the position within the environment; detecting a first attribute of the display of the target object at the client device; performing a comparison of the first attribute of the display of the target object and a second attribute associated with the target object; and detecting an occlusion based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Patent number: 11663736
    Abstract: Method for creating marker-based shared augmented reality (AR) session starts with initializing a shared AR session by a first device and by a second device. The first device displays on a display a marker. The second device detects the marker using a camera included in the second device and captures an image of the marker using the camera. The second device determines a transformation between the first device and the second device using the image of the marker. A common coordinate frame is then determined using the transformation, the shared AR session is generated using the common coordinate frame, and the shared AR session is caused to be displayed by the first device and by the second device. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Matan Zohar
  • Patent number: 11598643
    Abstract: Example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an AR guidance system to perform operations that include: detecting a client device at a location within a geo-fenced area, wherein the geo-fenced area may include within it, a destination of interest; determining a route to the destination of interest from the location of the client device within the geo-fenced area; causing display of a presentation of an environment within an AR interface at the client device; detecting a display of real-world signage within the presentation of the environment; generating a media item in response to the detecting the display of the signage within the presentation of the environment, wherein the media item is based on the route to the destination of interest; and causing display of the media item within the AR interface based on the position of the signage within the presentation of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Publication number: 20230011686
    Abstract: A crowd-sourced modeling system to perform operations that include: receiving image data that comprises image attributes; accessing a 3D model based on at least the image attributes of the image data, wherein the 3D model comprises a plurality of parts that collectively depict an object or environment; identifying a change in the object or environment based on a comparison of the image data with the plurality of parts of the 3D model, the change corresponding to a part of the 3D model from among the plurality of parts; and generating an update to the part of the 3D model based on the image attributes of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, David Li
  • Patent number: 11488358
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for creating a shared augmented reality (AR) session. The methods and systems perform operations comprising: receiving, by a second device, a request to join an AR session initialized by a first device; in response to receiving the request, detecting a body corresponding to a user of the first device in one or more images captured by a camera of the second device; identifying a body part of the detected body corresponding to the user of the first device; determining, by the second device, a transformation in the AR session between the first device and the second device using the identified body part; and causing the AR session to be displayed by the second device based on the determined transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Matan Zohar
  • Patent number: 11488368
    Abstract: A crowd-sourced modeling system to perform operations that include: receiving image data that comprises image attributes; accessing a 3D model based on at least the image attributes of the image data, wherein the 3D model comprises a plurality of parts that collectively depict an object or environment; identifying a change in the object or environment based on a comparison of the image data with the plurality of parts of the 3D model, the change corresponding to a part of the 3D model from among the plurality of parts; and generating an update to the part of the 3D model based on the image attributes of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, David Li
  • Publication number: 20220301175
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for generating a persistent world-space ground (or floor) segmentation map (or “texture”) for use in augmented or virtual reality 3D experiences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Andrew Tristan Spek
  • Patent number: 11450050
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for enhancing a first media item through the addition of a supplemental second media item. A user may provide a request to enhance a selected media item, and in response, an enhancement system retrieves and presents a curated collection of supplemental content to be added to the media, to the user. The user may review the curated collection of supplemental content, for example by providing a tactile input to scroll through the curated collection of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Itamar Berger, Piers Cowburn, Avihay Assouline
  • Publication number: 20220291787
    Abstract: An addressable media system for performing operations that include: accessing image data that depicts an object in an environment at a client device; causing display of a presentation of the image data within a graphical user interface at the client device; detecting the display of the object within the presentation of the image data based on at least a portion of the plurality of image features of the display of the object; identifying an object class based on at least the portion of the image features of the display of the object; receiving an input that selects the display of the object from the client device; and associating the object class that corresponds with the object with the user profile in response to the input that selects the display of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Muller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Publication number: 20220284656
    Abstract: A semantic texture map system to generate a semantic texture map based on a 3D model that comprises a plurality of vertices that include coordinate that indicate positions of the plurality of vertices, a UV map, and a semantic segmentation image that comprises a set of semantic labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Publication number: 20220254124
    Abstract: An augmented reality system to generate and cause display of a presentation of a space at a first client device, receive one or more selections of points within the presentation of the space at the first client device, and render graphical elements at the one or more points within the presentation of the space at the first client device. The augmented reality system is further configured to receive a display request to display the space at a second client device, and in response, may render a second presentation of the space at the second client device, wherein the second presentation of the space includes the graphical elements at the one or more points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Qi Pan, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik
  • Patent number: 11397503
    Abstract: An addressable media system for performing operations that include: accessing image data that depicts an object in an environment at a client device; causing display of a presentation of the image data within a graphical user interface at the client device; detecting the display of the object within the presentation of the image data based on at least a portion of the plurality of image features of the display of the object; identifying an object class based on at least the portion of the image features of the display of the object; receiving an input that selects the display of the object from the client device; and associating the object class that corresponds with the object with the user profile in response to the input that selects the display of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan