Patents by Inventor Sharvil Shailesh Talati

Sharvil Shailesh Talati 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).

  • Publication number: 20240082703
    Abstract: A handheld controller configured to be held by a user's hand. The handheld controller comprising a main body, and a handle extending from the main body, wherein the handle has a palm side and a finger side. A control button is positioned on the main body or handle, and a detection sensor is on the handle. The detection sensor is positioned to detect the presence of the finger or palm of a user's hand engaging the handle. The detection sensor can be a capacitive touch sensor, a proximity sensor or other detection sensor operative to detect the touch or spatial presence of the user's hand or fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Elliott Tunberg Rogoza, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, James Stocker Webb, Yi-yaun Chen, Jason Andrew Higgins, Bradley Morris Johnson, Peter Wesley Bristol
  • Patent number: 11857869
    Abstract: A handheld controller configured to be held by a user's hand. The handheld controller comprising a main body, and a handle extending from the main body, wherein the handle has a palm side and a finger side. A control button is positioned on the main body or handle, and a detection sensor is on the handle. The detection sensor is positioned to detect the presence of the finger or palm of a user's hand engaging the handle. The detection sensor can be a capacitive touch sensor, a proximity sensor or other detection sensor operative to detect the touch or spatial presence of the user's hand or fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Elliott Tunberg Rogoza, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, James Stocker Webb, Yi-yaun Chen, Jason Andrew Higgins, Bradley Morris Johnson, Peter Wesley Bristol
  • Patent number: 11817022
    Abstract: A method for correcting artifacts in artificial reality headsets is provided. The method includes coupling a first image portion into a waveguide in a display for an artificial reality device, provided by a first array of pixels, coupling a second image portion into the waveguide in the display, provided by a second array of pixels, directing the first image portion through an eyebox, directing the second image portion through the eyebox, and tiling, in a user's retina, the first image portion and the second image portion to form an image having an extended field of view that includes an overlapping area comprising light provided by the first array of pixels and the second array of pixels. A system including a memory storing instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to cause the system to perform the above method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Daniel Trail, Byron Taylor, Yufeng Zhu, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Hee Yoon Lee, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Behnam Bastani, Pasi Saarikko
  • Publication number: 20230169897
    Abstract: A method for correcting artifacts in artificial reality headsets is provided. The method includes coupling a first image portion into a waveguide in a display for an artificial reality device, provided by a first array of pixels, coupling a second image portion into the waveguide in the display, provided by a second array of pixels, directing the first image portion through an eyebox, directing the second image portion through the eyebox, and tiling, in a user's retina, the first image portion and the second image portion to form an image having an extended field of view that includes an overlapping area comprising light provided by the first array of pixels and the second array of pixels. A system including a memory storing instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to cause the system to perform the above method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Daniel Trail, Byron Taylor, Yufeng Zhu, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Hee Yoon Lee, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Behnam Bastani, Pasi Saarikko
  • Patent number: 10983591
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying a region within a user's eye gaze and calculating a ranking for the identified region within the user's eye gaze. The ranking may indicate the user's level of interest in the identified region. The method may then determine how the identified region is to be presented according to the calculated ranking and present the identified region in the determined manner according to the calculated ranking. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Ouderkirk, Neeraj Choubey, Andre Golard, Bo Asp Andersen, Immo Andreas Schuetz, Karol Constantine Hatzilias, Kelly Ingham, Martin Henrik Tall, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Robert Dale Cavin, Thomas Scott Murdison
  • Patent number: 10928635
    Abstract: A headset includes a display assembly. The display assembly has a primary portion and a peripheral portion. The primary portion of the display assembly is configured to emit a first portion of image light, and has a first field of view (FOV). The peripheral portion of the display assembly is configured to emit a second portion of the image light over a second FOV, and the peripheral portion is canted relative to the primary portion. The emitted first portion of image light and the emitted second portion of image light create a composite FOV from the perspective of an eyebox, and a seam between the first FOV and the second FOV is located in a peripheral region of the composite FOV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Daniel Trail, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Pasi Saarikko, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Hee Yoon Lee, Behnam Bastani
  • Patent number: 10914956
    Abstract: A headset includes a first waveguide display and a second waveguide display. The first waveguide display is configured to emit a first portion of image light, the first waveguide display having a first field of view (FOV). The second display assembly is configured to emit a second portion of the image light, and the second display assembly has a second FOV. The first waveguide display and the second display assembly are tiled such that the emitted first portion of image light and the emitted second portion of image light create a tiled FOV from a perspective of an eyebox. And a seam between the first FOV and the second FOV is located in a peripheral region of the tiled FOV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Daniel Trail, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Pasi Saarikko, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Hee Yoon Lee, Behnam Bastani, Hagar Edelstain
  • Patent number: 10909405
    Abstract: Systems and methods for virtual interest segmentation may include (1) performing a semantic segmentation of an image of a user's environment, captured by an artificial reality (AR) device being worn by the user, to identify objects within the user's environment, (2) in addition to performing the semantic segmentation, performing an interest segmentation of the image to determine a personal interest that the user may have in a particular object identified via the semantic segmentation, (3) creating virtual content relating to the particular object based on the user's personal interest in the particular object, and (4) displaying the virtual content within a display element of the AR device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andre Golard, Bo Asp Andersen, Immo Andreas Schuetz, Karol Constantine Hatzilias, Kelly Ingham, Martin Henrik Tall, Neeraj Choubey, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Robert Dale Cavin, Thomas Scott Murdison
  • Patent number: 10852820
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling gaze-based virtual content control may include (1) displaying an artificial scene with one or more virtual elements to a user wearing a head-mounted display system, (2) identifying the user's eye gaze based on gazing data collected by one or more sensors in the head-mounted display system, (3) determining that the user's eye gaze is focused on a specific virtual element, and (4) in response to determining that the user's eye gaze is focused on the specific virtual element, increasing the specific virtual element's visibility to the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andre Golard, Bo Asp Andersen, Immo Andreas Schuetz, Karol Constantine Hatzilias, Kelly Ingham, Martin Henrik Tall, Neeraj Choubey, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Robert Dale Cavin, Thomas Scott Murdison
  • Patent number: 10831267
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (i) determining, using an eye-tracking system, an orientation of at least one eye of a user, (ii) identifying, based at least in part on the orientation of the user's eye, a point of interest within a field of view of the user, (iii) determining that the point of interest is a candidate for tagging, and (iv) performing, in response to determining that the point of interest is the candidate for tagging, a tagging action that facilitates tagging of the point of interest. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andre Golard, Bo Asp Andersen, Immo Andreas Schuetz, Karol Constantine Hatzilias, Kelly Ingham, Martin Henrik Tall, Neeraj Choubey, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Robert Dale Cavin, Thomas Scott Murdison
  • Patent number: 10831268
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include: identifying, using an eye-tracking system, an object within a scene viewed by a user; identifying, within a database of object interaction commands, a subset of commands that apply to the object viewed by the user; and presenting, to the user, the subset of commands that apply to the object. Various other methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andre Golard, Bo Asp Andersen, Immo Andreas Schuetz, Karol Constantine Hatzilias, Kelly Ingham, Martin Henrik Tall, Neeraj Choubey, Thomas Scott Murdison, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Robert Dale Cavin
  • Patent number: 10698220
    Abstract: A waveguide display is used for presenting media to a user. The waveguide display is part of a Near Eye Device (NED), and an output of the waveguide display is a light field directed to a user's eye that extends across the surface of an exit pupil. Light traveling in total internal reflection (TIR) is selectively interrupted through frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR). FTIR coupling between waveguides produces multiple expansions of an input light field. The coupling locations of FTIR are dynamic, allowing for adjustment of the location and size of the exit pupil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Byron Taylor, Sharvil Shailesh Talati
  • Patent number: 10542596
    Abstract: An electronic display uses pulse-width modulation (PWM) to drive light emitting devices (LEDs) with reduced power consumption. A modified digital word including a modified sequence of bits is generated by modifying a bit sequence of a greyscale value for a sub-pixel. The modified bit sequence includes fewer transitions from a first voltage level to a second voltage level higher than the first voltage level than the bit sequence of the grayscale value. A modified sequence of pulses is generated based on ordering pulses of the PWM signal according to the modified bit sequence. The modified digital word and the modified sequence of pulses are used to control a light emitting device of the electronic display. The reduction in voltage level transitions results in reduced charging of a storage capacitor in the control circuit for the LED, while maintaining brightness level as specified by grayscale value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Ilias Pappas
  • Patent number: 10481321
    Abstract: An augmented-reality system has canted waveguides. The waveguides are canted at a wrap angle and/or a tilt angle. Input couplers to the waveguides are designed differently because of the different cant angles. Having canted waveguides allows waveguides to be formed in glasses and/or sunglass that have a base curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Daniel Trail, Sharvil Shailesh Talati
  • Patent number: 10343059
    Abstract: Handheld controllers having flexible thumbstick guards are disclosed herein for use with a handheld controller having a thumbstick or other pivotal control member. A representative guard has a tubular neck that sealably connects to a shaft portion of the thumbstick, and a skirt that sealably connects to an interior portion of the handheld controller around the control opening. The guard has a flexible joint portion interconnecting the neck and the skirt to allow the neck to move relative to the skirt upon pivoting the control member relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Elliot Tunberg Rogoza, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Yi-yaun Chen, Jason Andrew Higgins, Peter Wesley Bristol, Mark Shintaro Ando, Blake Francis Andersen
  • Publication number: 20190101984
    Abstract: A heartrate monitor distributed adjusted reality system for producing rendered environments includes an eyewear device and a neckband formed from a first arm, second arm, and computation compartment. Optical, electrical and visual sensors are distributed across the neckband and eyewear device at points of contact with a user's tissue. Machine learning modules combine optical, electrical and visual measurements produced by the optical, electrical and visual sensors to determine a user's heartrate and/or other vitals. The neckband and eyewear device may be capable of adapting an adjusted reality environment in response to a determine user heartrate or other vitals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Nicholas Daniel Trail
  • Publication number: 20180173320
    Abstract: A method is performed in a virtual-reality system that includes a head-mounted display (HMD), a camera, and a hand-held controller having a plurality of illumination sources to provide light that is detectable by the camera. The method includes displaying, on the HMD, an image of a hand and using the camera to detect movement of the hand-held controller by tracking positions of respective illumination sources of the plurality of illumination sources. The method further includes displaying, on the HMD, motion of the image of the hand corresponding to the detected movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Wesley Bristol, Yi-yaun Chen, Jason Andrew Higgins, Benjamin E. Tunberg Rogoza, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Neil Warren Konzen, James S. Webb
  • Patent number: 9999833
    Abstract: There is provided a hand-held controller for a virtual-reality system. The hand-held controller includes a user-input surface and a grip coupled to the user-input surface. The user-input surface includes a first user-input key situated on the user-input surface. The first user-input key includes a first capacitive touch sensor to detect a finger of a user hovering above the first user-input key and contacting the first user-input key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: OCULUS VR, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Andrew Higgins, Benjamin E. Tunberg Rogoza, Sharvil Shailesh Talati
  • Patent number: 9921642
    Abstract: A hand-held controller includes a user-input surface, a grip coupled to the user-input surface, and a cage coupled to the user-input surface at two points without the grip interposed between the user-input surface and the cage. The hand-held controller includes may further include a plurality of illumination sources on an outer surface of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: OCULUS VR, LLC
    Inventors: James S. Webb, Benjamin E. Tunberg Rogoza, Peter Wesley Bristol, Jason Andrew Higgins, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Yi-yaun Chen, Neil Warren Konzen
  • Patent number: 9898091
    Abstract: A virtual-reality system includes a head-mounted display (HMD), a forward-looking camera coupled to the HMD and a hand-held controller communicatively coupleable to the HMD. The hand-held controller includes a first user-input key, a grip, and an outward-facing surface coupled to the grip. The outward-facing surface includes a plurality of illumination sources which provide light that is detectable by the camera for sensing a position of the controller based on a user motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Wesley Bristol, Yi-yaun Chen, Jason Andrew Higgins, Benjamin E. Tunberg Rogoza, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Neil Warren Konzen, James S. Webb