Patents by Inventor Seppo T. Valli

Seppo T. Valli 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: 10701318
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for augmented reality multi-view telepresence. An exemplary embodiment is provided for a first-location participant and a second-location participant, each location having respective pluralities of cameras and display segments. A session geometry of a multi-location telepresence session is obtained for the participants. According to the session geometry, a selection is made of a first-to-second-viewpoint second-location camera from among the second-location cameras and a first-to-second-viewpoint first-location display segment from among the plurality of first-location display segments. A first-to-second-viewpoint video stream captured by the selected first-to-second-viewpoint second-location camera is received, and a line-of-sight augmented-reality session is generated by rendering the received first-to-second-viewpoint video stream via the selected first-to-second-view-point first-location display segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Seppo T. Valli
  • Patent number: 10701320
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that enable a 3D telepresence. In an exemplary method, a 3D image stream is generated of a first participant in a virtual meeting. A virtual meeting room is generated. The virtual meeting room includes a virtual window, and the 3D image stream is reconstructed in the virtual window. The first participant thus appears as a 3D presence within the virtual window. The virtual meeting room may also include virtual windows providing 3D views of other participants in the virtual meeting and may further include avatars of other meeting participants and/or of the first meeting participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Seppo T. Valli
  • Publication number: 20200099891
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are provided for managing user positions in a shared virtual geometry, capturing 360° views of a local user environment in a spatially faithful system, and computing a perspective view of a first user from the eye-point of a second user. Users may move around the shared virtual geometry, and perspective views of users may be updated. Some embodiments use a co-centric geometry for group conferencing with other users. Some embodiments may use a grid-based geometry for exploration with other users. Some embodiments may reduce transferred bitrates to enable systems and methods to be implemented in data-limited environments. Some embodiments support users moving and navigating a shared virtual geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Seppo T. Valli, Pekka K. Siltanen
  • Publication number: 20190253667
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for augmented reality multi-view telepresence. An exemplary embodiment is provided for a first-location participant and a second-location participant, each location having respective pluralities of cameras and display segments. A session geometry of a multi-location telepresence session is obtained for the participants. According to the session geometry, a selection is made of a first-to-second-viewpoint second-location camera from among the second-location cameras and a first-to-second-viewpoint first-location display segment from among the plurality of first-location display segments. A first-to-second-viewpoint video stream captured by the selected first-to-second-viewpoint second-location camera is received, and a line-of-sight augmented-reality session is generated by rendering the received first-to-second-viewpoint video stream via the selected first-to-second-view-point first-location display segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Seppo T. Valli
  • Publication number: 20190132554
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that enable a 3D telepresence. In an exemplary method, a 3D image stream is generated of a first participant in a virtual meeting. A virtual meeting room is generated. The virtual meeting room includes a virtual window, and the 3D image stream is reconstructed in the virtual window. The first participant thus appears as a 3D presence within the virtual window. The virtual meeting room may also include virtual windows providing 3D views of other participants in the virtual meeting and may further include avatars of other meeting participants and/or of the first meeting participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Seppo T. Valli
  • Publication number: 20190108683
    Abstract: Augmented reality (AR) telepresence systems and methods are disclosed for obtaining a 3D model of a physical location from a 3D-capture system comprising one or more 3D depth sensors disposed throughout the physical location, generating a truncated 3D model of the physical location, the truncated 3D model corresponding to the intersection of the generated 3D model and a field of view of a user terminal camera at the physical location, and transmitting the truncated 3D model to a remote location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Seppo T. Valli, Pekka K. Siltanen
  • Patent number: 10205910
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that enable a 3D telepresence. In an exemplary method, a 3D image stream is generated of a first participant in a virtual meeting. A virtual meeting room is generated. The virtual meeting room includes a virtual window, and the 3D image stream is reconstructed in the virtual window. The first participant thus appears as a 3D presence within the virtual window. The virtual meeting room may also include virtual windows providing 3D views of other participants in the virtual meeting and may further include avatars of other meeting participants and/or of the first meeting participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: PCMS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Seppo T. Valli
  • Publication number: 20170339372
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that enable a 3D telepresence. In an exemplary method, a 3D image stream is generated of a first participant in a virtual meeting. A virtual meeting room is generated. The virtual meeting room includes a virtual window, and the 3D image stream is reconstructed in the virtual window. The first participant thus appears as a 3D presence within the virtual window. The virtual meeting room may also include virtual windows providing 3D views of other participants in the virtual meeting and may further include avatars of other meeting participants and/or of the first meeting participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Seppo T. Valli