Patents by Inventor Piotr Gurgul
Piotr Gurgul 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).
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Patent number: 11988841Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for voice input for augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments are disclosed that enable a user to interact with the AR wearable device without using physical user interface devices. A keyword is used to indicate that the user is about to speak an action or command. The AR wearable device divides the processing of the audio data into a keyword module that is trained to recognize the keyword and a module to process the audio data after the keyword. In some embodiments, the AR wearable device transmits the audio data after the keyword to a host device to process. The AR wearable device maintains an application registry that associates actions with applications. Applications can be downloaded, and the application registry updated where the applications indicate actions to associate with the application.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Sharon Moll, Piotr Gurgul, Tomasz Zakrzewski
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Publication number: 20240147378Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media that schedules requests for location data of a mobile device, where the methods include selecting a first positioning system based on a power requirement, a latency requirement, and an accuracy requirement, and determining whether a first condition is satisfied for querying the first positioning system. The method further comprises in response to a determination that the first condition is satisfied, querying the first positioning system for first position data. The method further comprises in response to a determination that the first condition is not satisfied, selecting a second positioning system based on the power requirement, the latency requirement, and the accuracy requirement, determining whether a second condition is satisfied for querying the second positioning system, and in response to a determination that the second condition is satisfied, querying the second positioning system for second position data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Piotr Gurgul, Lucas Rangit Magasweran
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Publication number: 20240144673Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) plant content system is provided. The AR plant content system may detect an object in a real world scene that corresponds to a plant. The AR plant content system may generate care instructions for the plant that include AR graphics that are displayed as overlays of the real world scene. The AR plant content system may also track the motion of objects in the real world scene to determine that plant care events have taken place, such as watering the plant or pruning the plant. A plant inventory may be produced that includes care instructions and a log of plant care events for plants that correspond to one or more users.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Sharon Moll, Piotr Gurgul
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Publication number: 20240139611Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for augmented reality (AR) physical card games. Examples capture an image of a user view of a real-world scene and process the image to determine the locations and codes of physical cards within the image. Overlays are determined for the cards based on the codes. An AR graphics component displays on a display of an AR wearable device the overlays adjusted in accordance with the user view. The overlays may be images, animations, or videos. A card game is downloaded onto the AR wearable device. The card game includes rules that keep track of a score, assist with play, and insure fair play. The card game includes user interfaces that may be shared among the players. Methods include manufacturing the playing cards with computer-readable codes to identify the cards.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Sharon Moll, Pawel Wawruch, Piotr Gurgul
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Publication number: 20240135926Abstract: A system and method for controlling an electronic eyewear device using voice commands receives audio data from a microphone, processes the audio data to identify a wake word, and upon identification of a wake word, processes the audio data to identify at least one action keyword in the audio data. The audio data is provided to one of a plurality of controllers associated with different action keywords or sets of action keywords to implement an action. For example, the audio data may be provided to a settings controller to adjust settings of the electronic eyewear device when the action keyword is indicative of a request to adjust a setting of the electronic eyewear device or to a navigation controller to navigate to the system information of the electronic eyewear device when the action keyword is indicative of a request to navigate to system information of the electronic eyewear device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventor: Piotr Gurgul
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Publication number: 20240134724Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for a service manger to manage services on a wearable device are disclosed. The service manager remains active in memory and listens for requests for services. The service manager then determines which services to run and which to stop to respond to the requests for services. After running a service, the service manager calls the service to respond to the request and sends a response to the request to the sender of the request. The service manager may be resident on a different processor than a processor from which the requests for services originate. The service manager maintains priorities of the services to determine which services to stop or remove from memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Adithya Gajulapally, Piotr Gurgul, Andrew Ly, Sharon Moll
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Publication number: 20240126502Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for voice-controlled user interfaces (UIs) for augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments are disclosed that enable a user to interact with the AR wearable device without using physical user interface devices. An application has a non-voice-controlled UI mode and a voice-controlled UI mode. The user selects the mode of the UI. The application running on the AR wearable device displays UI elements on a display of the AR wearable device. The UI elements have types. Predetermined actions are associated with each of the UI element types. The predetermined actions are displayed with other information and used by the user to invoke the corresponding UI element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Sharon Moll, Piotr Gurgul
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Publication number: 20240114219Abstract: A mixed-reality media content system may be configured to perform operations that include: causing display of image data at a client device, the image data comprising a depiction of an object that includes a graphical code at a position upon the object; detecting the graphical code at the position upon the depiction of the object based on the image data; accessing media content within a media repository based on the graphical code scanned by the client device; and causing display of a presentation of the media content at the position of the graphical code upon the depiction of the object at the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Sharon Moll, Piotr Gurgul, Dawei Zhang
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Patent number: 11949969Abstract: A mixed-reality media content system may be configured to perform operations that include: causing display of image data at a client device, the image data comprising a depiction of an object that includes a graphical code at a position upon the object; detecting the graphical code at the position upon the depiction of the object based on the image data; accessing media content within a media repository based on the graphical code scanned by the client device; and causing display of a presentation of the media content at the position of the graphical code upon the depiction of the object at the client device.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Sharon Moll, Piotr Gurgul, Dawei Zhang
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Publication number: 20240096031Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for graphical assistance with tasks using an augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments capture an image of a first user view of a real-world scene and access indications of surfaces and locations of the surfaces detected in the image. The AR wearable device displays indications of the surfaces on a display of the AR wearable device where the locations of the indications are based on the locations of the surfaces and a second user view of the real-world scene. The locations of the surfaces are indicated with 3D world coordinates. The user views are determined based on a location of the user. The AR wearable device enables a user to add graphics to the surfaces and select tasks to perform. Tools such as a bubble level or a measuring tool are available for the user to utilize to perform the task.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Piotr Gurgul, Sharon Moll
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Publication number: 20240094822Abstract: AR-enabled wearable electronic devices such as smart glasses are adapted for use as an (Internet of Things) IoT remote control device where the user can control a pointer on a television screen, computer screen, or other IoT enabled device to select items by looking at them and making selections using gestures. Built-in six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) tracking capabilities are used to move the pointer on the screen to facilitate navigation. The display screen is tracked in real-world coordinates to determine the point of intersection of the user's view with the screen using raycasting techniques. Hand and head gesture detection are used to allow the user to execute a variety of control actions by performing different gestures. The techniques are particularly useful for smart displays that offer AR-enhanced content that can be viewed in the displays of the AR-enabled wearable electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Sharon Moll, Piotr Gurgul
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Publication number: 20240078147Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for remotely changing settings on augmented reality (AR) wearable devices. Embodiments are disclosed that enable a user to change settings of an AR wearable device on a user interface (UI) provided by a host client device that can communicate wirelessly with the AR wearable device. The host client device and AR wearable device provide remote procedure calls (RPCs) and an application program interface (API) to access settings and determine if settings have been changed. The API enables the host client device to determine the settings on the AR wearable device without any prior knowledge of the settings on the AR wearable device. The RPCs and the API enable the host client device to automatically update the settings on the AR wearable device when the user changes the settings on the host client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Piotr Gurgul, Sharon Moll
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Patent number: 11922096Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for voice-controlled user interfaces (UIs) for augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments are disclosed that enable a user to interact with the AR wearable device without using physical user interface devices. An application has a non-voice-controlled UI mode and a voice-controlled UI mode. The user selects the mode of the UI. The application running on the AR wearable device displays UI elements on a display of the AR wearable device. The UI elements have types. Predetermined actions are associated with each of the UI element types. The predetermined actions are displayed with other information and used by the user to invoke the corresponding UI element.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Sharon Moll, Piotr Gurgul
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Publication number: 20240069843Abstract: An architecture is provided for packaging visual overlay-based user interfaces (UIs) into mobile device applications to work as user interface extensions that allow certain flows and logic to be displayed on an eyewear device when connected to the mobile device application. The extension of the UIs of the mobile device applications to the display of the eyewear device allows for inexpensive experimentation with augmented reality (AR) UIs for eyewear devices and allows for reusing of business logic across mobile devices and associated eyewear devices. For example, a mobile device application for maps or navigation may be extended to show directions on an associated eyewear device once the destination is chosen in the navigation application on the mobile device. In this example, the business logic would still live in the navigation application on the mobile device but the user would see AR directions overlaid on a display of the eyewear device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Piotr Gurgul, Sharon Moll
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Publication number: 20240070996Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for object counting on augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments are disclosed that enable display of a count of objects as part of a user view. Upon receipt of a request to count objects, the AR wearable device captures an image of the user view. The AR wearable device transmits the image to a backend for processing to determine the objects in the image. The AR wearable device selects a group of objects of the determined objects to count and overlays boundary boxes over counted objects within the user view. The position of the boundary boxes is adjusted to account for movement of the AR wearable device. A hierarchy of objects is used to group together objects that are related but have different labels or names.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Piotr GURGUL, Sharon Moll, Tomasz Zakrzewski
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Publication number: 20240069856Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for voice-controlled user interfaces (UIs) for augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments are disclosed that enable a user to interact with the AR wearable device without using physical user interface devices. An application has a non-voice-controlled UI mode and a voice-controlled UI mode. The user selects the mode of the UI. The application running on the AR wearable device displays UI elements on a display of the AR wearable device. The UI elements have types. Predetermined actions are associated with each of the UI element types. The predetermined actions are displayed with other information and used by the user to invoke the corresponding UI element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Sharon Moll, Piotr Gurgul
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Patent number: 11902902Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media that schedules requests for location data of a mobile device, where the methods include selecting a first positioning system based on a power requirement, a latency requirement, and an accuracy requirement, and determining whether a first condition is satisfied for querying the first positioning system. The method further comprises in response to a determination that the first condition is satisfied, querying the first positioning system for first position data. The method further comprises in response to a determination that the first condition is not satisfied, selecting a second positioning system based on the power requirement, the latency requirement, and the accuracy requirement, determining whether a second condition is satisfied for querying the second positioning system, and in response to a determination that the second condition is satisfied, querying the second positioning system for second position data.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventors: Piotr Gurgul, Lucas Rangit Magasweran
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Publication number: 20240045217Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for voice input for augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments are disclosed that enable a user to interact with the AR wearable device without using physical user interface devices. A keyword is used to indicate that the user is about to speak an action or command. The AR wearable device divides the processing of the audio data into a keyword module that is trained to recognize the keyword and a module to process the audio data after the keyword. In some embodiments, the AR wearable device transmits the audio data after the keyword to a host device to process. The AR wearable device maintains an application registry that associates actions with applications. Applications can be downloaded, and the application registry updated where the applications indicate actions to associate with the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Sharon Moll, Piotr Gurgul, Tomasz Zakrzewski
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Patent number: 11893989Abstract: A system and method for controlling an electronic eyewear device using voice commands receives audio data from a microphone, processes the audio data to identify a wake word, and upon identification of a wake word, processes the audio data to identify at least one action keyword in the audio data. The audio data is provided to one of a plurality of controllers associated with different action keywords or sets of action keywords to implement an action. For example, the audio data may be provided to a settings controller to adjust settings of the electronic eyewear device when the action keyword is indicative of a request to adjust a setting of the electronic eyewear device or to a navigation controller to navigate to the system information of the electronic eyewear device when the action keyword is indicative of a request to navigate to system information of the electronic eyewear device.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Piotr Gurgul
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Publication number: 20240029370Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for enhanced augmented reality (AR) reading are provided, where the methods include entering a reading mode, capturing an image of a section of reading materials such as a page of a book, identifying a code within the image, and identifying a code module corresponding to the code. The methods further include executing the code module, the code module providing an augmented reality object or virtual reality object related to an object depicted on the section or page, entering a sleep mode for a sleep duration based on an estimated reading time duration of a section or page, awaking after the sleep duration, and capturing a next image. The sleep duration is adjusted based on times when identifiers of the sections of the reading materials such as numbers are captured. The user may manually wake the AR reading device using an external user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Piotr Gurgul, Tomasz Zakrzewski