Patents by Inventor Shih-En Wei

Shih-En Wei 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).

  • Positioning cameras in a head mounted display to capture images of portions of a face of a user
    Patent number: 10495882
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) head mounted display (HMD) includes multiple image capture devices positioned within and on the HMD to capture portions of a face of a user wearing the HMD. Multiple image capture devices are included within the HMD to capture different portions of the face of the user within the HMD, and one or more other image capture devices are positioned to capture portions of the face of the user external to the HMD. Captured images from various image capture devices may be communicated to a console or a controller that generates a graphical representation of the user's face based on the captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hernan Badino, Yaser Sheikh, Alexander Trenor Hypes, Dawei Wang, Mohsen Shahmohammadi, Michal Perdoch, Jason Saragih, Shih-En Wei