Patents by Inventor Robert Blake Taylor
Robert Blake Taylor 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: 11978159Abstract: A cross reality system that provides an immersive user experience by storing persistent spatial information about the physical world that one or multiple user devices can access to determine position within the physical world and that applications can access to specify the position of virtual objects within the physical world. Persistent spatial information enables users to have a shared virtual, as well as physical, experience when interacting with the cross reality system. Further, persistent spatial information may be used in maps of the physical world, enabling one or multiple devices to access and localize into previously stored maps, reducing the need to map a physical space before using the cross reality system in it. Persistent spatial information may be stored as persistent coordinate frames, which may include a transformation relative to a reference orientation and information derived from images in a location corresponding to the persistent coordinate frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Anush Mohan, Rafael Domingos Torres, Daniel Olshansky, Samuel A. Miller, Jehangir Tajik, Joel David Holder, Jeremy Dwayne Miranda, Robert Blake Taylor, Ashwin Swaminathan, Lomesh Agarwal, Hiral Honar Barot, Helder Toshiro Suzuki, Ali Shahrokni, Eran Guendelman, Prateek Singhal, Xuan Zhao, Siddharth Choudhary, Nicholas Atkinson Kramer, Kenneth William Tossell, Christian Ivan Robert Moore
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Patent number: 11977230Abstract: A wearable display system includes one or more emissive micro-displays, e.g., micro-LED displays. The micro-displays may be monochrome micro-displays or full-color micro-displays. The micro-displays may include arrays of light emitters. Light collimators may be utilized to narrow the angular emission profile of light emitted by the light emitters. Where a plurality of emissive micro-displays is utilized, the micro-displays may be positioned at different sides of an optical combiner, e.g., an X-cube prism which receives light rays from different micro-displays and outputs the light rays from the same face of the cube. The optical combiner directs the light to projection optics, which outputs the light to an eyepiece that relays the light to a user's eye. The eyepiece may output the light to the user's eye with different amounts of wavefront divergence, to place virtual content on different depth planes.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Michael Anthony Klug, Evgeni Poliakov, Jahja I. Trisnadi, Hyunsun Chung, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Howard Russell Cohen, Robert Blake Taylor, Andrew Ian Russell, Kevin Richard Curtis, Clinton Carlisle
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Patent number: 11978175Abstract: A computer implemented method for warping multi-field color virtual content for sequential projection includes obtaining first and second color fields having different first and second colors. The method also includes determining a first time for projection of a warped first color field. The method further includes determining a second time for projection of a warped second color field. Moreover, the method includes predicting a first pose at the first time and predicting a second pose at the second time. In addition, the method includes generating the warped first color field by warping the first color field based on the first pose. The method also includes generating the warped second color field by warping the second color field based on the second pose.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Michael Harold Liebenow, Reza Nourai, Robert Blake Taylor, Fahri Yaras
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Patent number: 11960683Abstract: A display system for sensing a finger of a user applied to the display system includes a display panel; a sensor for sensing the finger; a sensing light source configured to emit a first light having a first wavelength W1; and a reflective polarizer disposed between the display panel and the sensor. For a substantially normally incident light, an optical transmittance of the reflective polarizer versus wavelength for a first polarization state has a band edge such that for a first wavelength range extending from a smaller wavelength L1 to a greater wavelength L2 and including W1, where 30 nm?L2?L1?50 nm and L1 is greater than and within about 20 nm of a wavelength L3 corresponding to an optical transmittance of about 50% along the band edge, the optical transmittance has an average of greater than about 75%.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Bharat R. Acharya, Robert D. Taylor, Joseph P. Attard, Benjamin J. Forsythe, David T. Yust, Matthew E. Sousa, Jason S. Petaja, Anthony M. Renstrom, William Blake Kolb, Matthew S. Cole, Matthew S. Stay, Matthew R. D. Smith, Jeremy O. Swanson, Tri D. Pham, David A. Rosen, Qunyi Chen, Lisa A. DeNicola, Quinn D. Sanford, Carl A. Stover, Lin Zhao, Gilles J. Benoit
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Patent number: 11942013Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for improving the color uniformity of a display of a display device. A plurality of images of the display are captured using an image capture device. The plurality of images are captured in a color space, with each image corresponding to one of a plurality of color channels. A global white balance is performed to the plurality of images to obtain a plurality of normalized images. A local white balance is performed to the plurality of normalized images to obtain a plurality of correction matrices. Performing the local white balance includes defining a set of weighting factors based on a figure of merit and computing a plurality of weighted images based on the plurality of normalized images and the set of weighting factors. The plurality of correction matrices are computed based on the plurality of weighted images.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Messer, Miller Harry Schuck, III, Nicholas Ihle Morley, Po-Kang Huang, Nukul Sanjay Shah, Marshall Charles Capps, Robert Blake Taylor
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Patent number: 11922602Abstract: A method for displaying a three dimensional (“3D”) image includes rendering a frame of 3D image data. The method also includes analyzing the frame of 3D image data to generate best known depth data. The method further includes using the best known depth data to segment the 3D image data into near and far frames of two dimensional (“2D”) image data corresponding to near and far depths respectively. Moreover, the method includes displaying near and far 2D image frames corresponding to the near and far frames of 2D image data at near and far depths to a user respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Robert Blake Taylor
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Patent number: 11914150Abstract: A wearable display system includes a light projection system having one or more emissive microdisplays, e.g., micro-LED displays. The light projection system projects time-multiplexed left-eye and right-eye images, which pass through an optical router having a polarizer and a switchable polarization rotator. The optical router is synchronized with the generation of images by the light projection system to impart a first polarization to left-eye images and a second different polarization to right-eye images. Light of the first polarization is incoupled into an eyepiece having one or more waveguides for outputting light to one of the left and right eyes, while light of the second polarization may be incoupled into another eyepiece having one or more waveguides for outputting light to the other of the left and right eyes. Each eyepiece may output incoupled light with variable amounts of wavefront divergence, to elicit different accommodation responses from the user's eyes.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventors: Jahja I. Trisnadi, Hyunsun Chung, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Howard Russell Cohen, Robert Blake Taylor, Andrew Ian Russell, Kevin Richard Curtis, Clinton Carlisle
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Publication number: 20240061669Abstract: Conventionally, applications are updated to the current version and the previous version is removed, eliminating backward compatibility. The disclosed technology provides XR runtimes that can dynamically execute a runtime version due to the runtimes being executed as a collection of selectable data bundles. Thus, implementations can ship multiple versions of an XR runtime to allow old versions of the XR runtime to remain when updates occur. Implementations can maintain backward compatibility and allow old experiences to run in an application. Implementations can access metadata associated with an experience to determine what runtime version (or set of runtime versions) under which the experience can execute, and can dynamically run the latest runtime version that can support that experience. When multiple users in a group are joining an experience, implementations can select and run a common server-supported runtime and push any necessary data bundles for the experience to the client devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Robert Blake TAYLOR, Cameron DUNN, Oludare Victor OBASANJO
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Publication number: 20240054241Abstract: Described herein are techniques and technologies to identify an encrypted content within a field of view of a user of a VR/AR system and process the encrypted content appropriately. The user of the VR/AR technology may have protected content in a field of view of the user. Encrypted content is mapped to one or more protected surfaces on a display device. Contents mapped to a protected surface may be rendered on the display device but prevented from being replicated from the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Robert Blake Taylor, Dmitry Pastouchenko, Frederic Plourde
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Publication number: 20230394621Abstract: A computer implemented method for warping virtual content includes receiving rendered virtual content data, the rendered virtual content data including a far depth. The method also includes receiving movement data indicating a user movement in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis. The method further includes generating warped rendered virtual content data based on the rendered virtual content data, the far depth, and the movement data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Reza NOURAI, Robert Blake TAYLOR, Michael Harold LIEBENOW, Gilles CADET
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Patent number: 11829497Abstract: Described herein are techniques and technologies to identify an encrypted content within a field of view of a user of a VR/AR system and process the encrypted content appropriately. The user of the VR/AR technology may have protected content in a field of view of the user. Encrypted content is mapped to one or more protected surfaces on a display device. Contents mapped to a protected surface may be rendered on the display device but prevented from being replicated from the display device.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Robert Blake Taylor, Dmitry Pastouchenko, Frederic Plourde
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Patent number: 11818325Abstract: A method for displaying a three dimensional (“3D”) image includes rendering a frame of 3D image data. The method also includes analyzing the frame of 3D image data to generate depth data. The method further includes using the depth data to segment the 3D image data into i) at least one near frame of two dimensional (“2D”) image data corresponding to a near depth, and ii) at least one far frame of 2D image data corresponding to a far depth that is farther than the near depth from a point of view. Moreover, the method includes displaying the near and far frames at the near and far depths respectively. The near and far frames are displayed simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Robert Blake Taylor
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Patent number: 11790482Abstract: A computer implemented method for warping virtual content includes receiving rendered virtual content data, the rendered virtual content data including a far depth. The method also includes receiving movement data indicating a user movement in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis. The method further includes generating warped rendered virtual content data based on the rendered virtual content data, the far depth, and the movement data.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Reza Nourai, Robert Blake Taylor, Michael Harold Liebenow, Gilles Cadet
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Publication number: 20230251710Abstract: A method for determining a focal point depth of a user of a three-dimensional (“3D”) display device includes tracking a first gaze path of the user. The method also includes analyzing 3D data to identify one or more virtual objects along the first gaze path of the user. The method further includes when only one virtual object intersects the first gaze path of the user identifying a depth of the only one virtual object as the focal point depth of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventor: Robert Blake TAYLOR
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Patent number: 11704883Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a reprojection engine for augmented-reality devices. The augmented-reality device projects virtual content within a real-world environment. The augmented-reality device tracks a six degrees of freedom headpose of the augmented-reality device, depth information of the virtual content, motion vectors that correspond to movement of the virtual content, and a color buffer for a reprojection engine. The reprojection engine generates a reprojection of the virtual content defined by an extrapolation of a first frame using the headpose, the depth information, motion vectors, and the color surface data structure. The reprojected virtual content continues to appear as if positioned with the real-world environment regardless of changes in the headpose of the augmented-reality device or motion of the virtual content.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Robert Blake Taylor, Gilles Cadet
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Patent number: 11662808Abstract: A method for determining a focal point depth of a user of a three dimensional (“3D”) display device includes tracking a first gaze path of the user. The method also includes analyzing 3D data to identify one or more virtual objects along the first gaze path of the user. The method further includes when only one virtual object intersects the first gaze path of the user identifying a depth of the only one virtual object as the focal point depth of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Robert Blake Taylor
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Publication number: 20220343611Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a reprojection engine for augmented-reality devices. The augmented-reality device projects virtual content within a real-world environment. The augmented-reality device tracks a six degrees of freedom headpose of the augmented-reality device, depth information of the virtual content, motion vectors that correspond to movement of the virtual content, and a color buffer for a reprojection engine. The reprojection engine generates a reprojection of the virtual content defined by an extrapolation of a first frame using the headpose, the depth information, motion vectors, and the color surface data structure. The reprojected virtual content continues to appear as if positioned with the real-world environment regardless of changes in the headpose of the augmented-reality device or motion of the virtual content.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Robert Blake Taylor, Gilles Cadet
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Publication number: 20220309621Abstract: A method for displaying a three dimensional (“3D”) image includes rendering a frame of 3D image data. The method also includes analyzing the frame of 3D image data to generate best known depth data. The method further includes using the best known depth data to segment the 3D image data into near and far frames of two dimensional (“2D”) image data corresponding to near and far depths respectively. Moreover, the method includes displaying near and far 2D image frames corresponding to the near and far frames of 2D image data at near and far depths to a user respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventor: Robert Blake TAYLOR
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Patent number: 11423626Abstract: A computer implemented method for warping virtual content from two sources includes a first source generating first virtual content based on a first pose. The method also includes a second source generating second virtual content based on a second pose. The method further includes a compositor processing the first and second virtual content in a single pass. Processing the first and second virtual content includes generating warped first virtual content by warping the first virtual content based on a third pose, generating warped second virtual content by warping the second virtual content based on the third pose, and generating output content by compositing the warped first and second virtual content.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Reza Nourai, Robert Blake Taylor
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Patent number: 11417065Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a reprojection engine for augmented-reality devices. The augmented-reality device projects virtual content within a real-world environment. The augmented-reality device tracks a six degrees of freedom headpose of the augmented-reality device, depth information of the virtual content, motion vectors that correspond to movement of the virtual content, and a color buffer for a reprojection engine. The reprojection engine generates a reprojection of the virtual content defined by an extrapolation of a first frame using the headpose, the depth information, motion vectors, and the color surface data structure. The reprojected virtual content continues to appear as if positioned with the real-world environment regardless of changes in the headpose of the augmented-reality device or motion of the virtual content.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Robert Blake Taylor, Gilles Cadet