Patents by Inventor Samuel Edwards
Samuel Edwards 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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Publication number: 20250142156Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a storage medium storing a program and method for providing augmented reality content in association with a live event. The program and method provide for accessing first live video provided to a media server, the first live video having been captured by a camera in association with a live event; accessing timeline data stored by the media server, the timeline data for synchronizing effects with respect to the first live video; causing, based on the timeline data, an output device to display the first live video with preselected augmented reality content; and providing, to a plurality of client devices, an indication of the timeline data, each client device being configured to capture respective second live video and to display the respective second live video together with the augmented reality content based on the indication of the timeline data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Adrian Bradford, Samuel Edward Hare, Yining Liang
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Publication number: 20250123724Abstract: A computing system is provided, including processing circuitry configured to cause an interaction interface for a trained generative model to be presented, in which the interaction interface is configured to communicate a portion of a user interaction history. The processing circuitry is further configured to receive, via the interaction interface, an input for the trained generative model to generate an output. The processing circuitry is further configured to send a command to create, via the trained generative model or another trained generative model, a whiteboard based on the user interaction history and receive the created whiteboard. The processing circuitry is further configured to generate a prompt based on the whiteboard and the instruction from the user and provide the prompt to the trained generative model. The processing circuitry is further configured to receive a response from the trained generative model and output the response via the interaction interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brian Scott KRABACH, Umesh MADAN, Samuel Edward SCHILLACE
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Patent number: 12264226Abstract: Methods and systems that include introducing blowing agent into a hopper of a polymeric foam processing system.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Trexel, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Edward Dix, Levi A. Kishbaugh
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Publication number: 20250106379Abstract: A method includes projecting, by a first projector, a first image to a first region, the first image having a first angular resolution and a first number of views. The method also includes projecting, by a second projector, a second image to a second region, the second image having a second angular resolution and a second number of views, where the second region is within the first region, the second angular resolution is greater than the first angular resolution, and the second number of views is greater than the first number of views.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Alexander Lyubarsky, Kristofer Scott Oberascher, Samuel Edward Martin
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Publication number: 20250097376Abstract: Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for presentation of modified objects within a video stream. The systems and methods select an object of interest depicted within a user interface based on an associated image modifier, determine a modifier context based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the selected object, identify a set of image modifiers based on the modifier context, rank a first portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a primary ordering characteristic, rank a second portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a secondary ordering characteristic and cause presentation of the modifier icons for the ranked set of image modifiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Michael John Evans, Samuel Edward Hare, Andrew James McPhee, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Eitan Pilipski
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Patent number: 12255749Abstract: In accordance with examples of the present disclosure, a collaborative platform provides a digital collaboration assistant that continuously monitors and analyzes shared meeting contents (e.g., voice, text chat messages, shared links and documents, presentation materials, and the like) by participants during a collaborative meeting in near real-time, periodically updates a structure summary log of the meeting contents that are deemed important during the collaborative meeting, and interacts with the participants throughout the collaborative meeting in near real-time, for example, to answer questions or provide additional information.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Shawn Cantin Callegari, Umesh Madan, Samuel Edward Schillace, Abby Harrison, Gina Elizabeth Triolo, Mark Karle, LeRoy F. Miller, Devis Lucato, Tara Eve Walker, Brian Krabach, Adrian Wyatt Bonar, Alexander Chao, Nicholas Becker
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Publication number: 20250086909Abstract: The subject technology generates a segmentation mask based on first image data. The subject technology applies the segmentation mask on first depth data to reduce a set of artifacts in a depth map based on the first depth data. The subject technology generates a packed depth map based at least in part on the depth map. The subject technology converts a single channel floating point texture to a raw depth map. The subject technology generates multiple channels. The subject technology applies, to the first image data and the first depth data, a first augmented reality content generator corresponding to a selected first selectable graphical item, the first image data and the first depth data being captured with a camera. The subject technology generates a message including the applied first augmented reality content generator to the first image data and the first depth data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Kyle Goodrich, Samuel Edward Hare, Maxim Maximov Lazarov, Tony Mathew, Andrew James McPhee, Daniel Moreno, Wentao Shang
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Publication number: 20250077795Abstract: A computing system for monitoring language model compliance with a rubric of one or more output characteristics. The computing system includes processing circuitry configured to interface with a trained generative language model that receives input of a prompt including natural language text input and, in response, generates an output that includes natural language text output. The processing circuitry is further configured to monitor compliance of the generative language model with the rubric, by feeding the output of the generative language model to a rubric classifier configured to generate a predicted classification for an output characteristic in the rubric, and output the predicted classification.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brian Scott KRABACH, Paul Robert PAYNE, Samuel Edward SCHILLACE
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Publication number: 20250078427Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by one or more processors that implement a messaging application, a video feed from a camera of a user device; detecting, by the messaging application, a face in the video feed; in response to detecting the face in the video feed, retrieving a three-dimensional (3D) caption; modifying the video feed to include the 3D caption at a position in 3D space of the video feed proximate to the face; and displaying a modified video feed that includes the face and the 3D caption.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Kyle Goodrich, Samuel Edward Hare, Maxim Maximov Lavarov, Tony Mathew, Andrew James McPhee, Daniel Moreno, Wentao Shang
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Patent number: 12239148Abstract: Formed, ready-to-cook or ready-to-eat egg products are prepared by mixing a liquid egg composition comprising liquid egg in an amount sufficient so that the liquid egg composition is flowable at 35° F. with solid food inclusions, wherein at least 50% of the solid food inclusions have a longest dimension size of from 0.6 to 12 cm. At least about 50% of the solid food inclusions are at a temperature of less than 34° F. at the time of mixing. The resulting extrudable egg-based matrix comprises from 50 wt % to 90 wt % of the solid food inclusions, and is formed into a predetermined shape to provide a shaped, ready-to-cook or ready-to-eat egg product that is self-supporting for at least two minutes at an ambient temperature of 40° F. The shaped, ready-to-cook egg product may then be cooked.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Oscar Esquivel, Samuel Edward Kessler, Bria Abeles-Allison
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Patent number: 12231609Abstract: The subject technology receives, at a client device, a selection of a selectable graphical item from a plurality of selectable graphical items, the selectable graphical item comprising an augmented reality content generator including a 3D effect. The subject technology applies, to image data and depth data, the 3D effect based at least in part on the augmented reality content generator, the applying the 3D effect. The subject technology generates a depth map using at least the depth data, generates a segmentation mask based at least on the image data, and performs background inpainting and blurring of the image data using at least the segmentation mask to generate background inpainted image data. The subject technology generates a 3D message based at least in part on the applied 3D effect.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Kyle Goodrich, Samuel Edward Hare, Maxim Maximov Lazarov, Tony Mathew, Andrew James McPhee, Daniel Moreno, Dhritiman Sagar, Wentao Shang
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Patent number: 12231804Abstract: Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for presentation of modified objects within a video stream. The systems and methods select an object of interest depicted within a user interface based on an associated image modifier, determine a modifier context based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the selected object, identify a set of image modifiers based on the modifier context, rank a first portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a primary ordering characteristic, rank a second portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a secondary ordering characteristic and cause presentation of the modifier icons for the ranked set of image modifiers.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Michael John Evans, Samuel Edward Hare, Andrew James McPhee, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Eitan Pilipski
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Patent number: 12217374Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for rendering three-dimensional virtual objects within real-world environments. Virtual rendering of a three-dimensional virtual object can be altered appropriately as a user moves around the object in the real-world through utilization of a redundant tracking system comprising multiple tracking sub-systems. Virtual object rendering can be with respect to a reference surface in a real-world three-dimensional space depicted in a camera view of a mobile computing device.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Andrew James McPhee, Ebony James Charlton, Samuel Edward Hare, Michael John Evans, Jokubas Dargis, Ricardo Sanchez-Saez
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Patent number: 12211159Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for capturing by a camera of a user device, a first image depicting a first environment of the user device; overlaying a first virtual object on a portion of the first image depicting the first environment; modifying a surface of the first virtual object using content captured by the user device; storing a second virtual object comprising the first virtual object with the modified surface; and generating for display the second virtual object on a portion of a second image depicting a second environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Samuel Edward Hare, Andrew James McPhee, Maxim Maximov Lazarov, Wentao Shang, Kyle Goodrich, Tony Mathew
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Patent number: 12212734Abstract: Methods and apparatus to render 3D content within a moveable region of a display screen. An example apparatus includes a projection system controller adapted to be coupled to a light source and to be optically coupled to a screen panel, the projection system controller configured to determine a location of a region within a viewing area of the screen panel to display content. The region is to be smaller than the viewing area. The location of the region is to move within the viewing area to track a motion path, the content including different stereoscopic views. The projection system controller configured to activate the light source to project light corresponding to the content toward the region. The screen panel includes a light redirecting surface to produce a 3D light field associated with the different stereoscopic views.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Alexander Lyubarsky, Kristofer Scott Oberascher, Samuel Edward Martin
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Patent number: 12208549Abstract: Polymeric foam processing systems and methods.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Trexel, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Edward Dix, Levi A. Kishbaugh, Samantha Whitney
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Publication number: 20250021474Abstract: According to one aspect, a computing system is provided that includes processing circuitry configured to receive input data from multiple interaction modalities of a user, generate a multi-interaction-modality user interaction history from the input data, and extract memories from the multi-interaction-modality user interaction history using a trained memory-extracting generative model. The memories include natural language text descriptions of interactions in the user interaction history generated by the trained memory-extracting generative model. The processing circuitry is further configured to store the memories in file storage having an associated database with a vector search interface configured to receive memory retrieval queries.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Umesh MADAN, Samuel Edward SCHILLACE, Brian Scott KRABACH
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Publication number: 20250021768Abstract: A computing system is provided, comprising at least one processor configured to receive a user interaction history of a user, extract memories from the user interaction history, consolidate the memories into memory clusters, cause a prompt interface for a trained model to be presented, receive, via the prompt interface, an instruction from the user for the trained model to generate an output, generate a prompt based on the memory clusters and the instruction from the user, provide the prompt to the trained model, generate, in response to the prompt, a response via the trained model, and output the response to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Umesh MADAN, Samuel Edward SCHILLACE, Brian Scott KRABACH
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Publication number: 20250021753Abstract: A computing system is provided for selective memory retrieval. The computing system includes processing circuitry configured to provide access to a plurality of memory banks, cause an interaction interface for a trained generative model to be presented, receive, via the interaction interface, an instruction from the user for the trained generative model to generate an output, extract a context of the instruction, generate a memory request including the context and the instruction, input the memory request into a plurality of memory retrieval agents respectively coupled to the plurality of memory banks to retrieve a plurality of relevant memories, generate a prompt based on the retrieved relevant memories and the instruction from the user, provide the prompt to the trained generative model, receive, in response to the prompt, a response from the trained generative model, and output the response to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brian Scott KRABACH, Samuel Edward SCHILLACE, Umesh MADAN, John MAEDA
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Patent number: 12192667Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a messaging application, an image from a camera of a user device; receiving input that selects a user-customizable effects option for activating a user-customizable effects mode; in response to receiving the input, displaying an array of a plurality of effect options together with the image proximate to the user-customizable effects option; and applying a first effect associated with a first effect option of the plurality of effect options to the image.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Kyle Goodrich, Samuel Edward Hare, Maxim Maximov Lazarov, Tony Mathew, Andrew James McPhee, Daniel Moreno, Wentao Shang