Patents by Inventor Spencer H. Ray

Spencer H. Ray 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: 20230344973
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that that modify audio of played back AV content based on context in accordance with some implementations. In some implementations audio-visual content of a physical environment is obtained, and the audio-visual content includes visual content and audio content that includes a plurality of audio portions corresponding to the visual content. In some implementations, a context for presenting the audio-visual content is determined, and a temporal relationship between one or more audio portions of the plurality of audio portions and the visual content is determined based on the context. Then, synthesized audio-visual content is presented based on the temporal relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Shai Messingher Lang, Alexandre Da Veiga, Spencer H. Ray, Symeon Delikaris Manias
  • Publication number: 20230298278
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine how to present a three-dimensional (3D) photo in an extended reality (XR) environment (e.g., in 3D, 2D, blurry, or not at all) based on viewing position of a user active in the XR environment relative to a placement of the 3D photo in the XR environment. In some implementations, at an electronic device having a processor, a 3D photo that is an incomplete 3D representation created based on one or more images captured by an image capture device is obtained. In some implementations, a viewing position of the electronic device relative to a placement position of the 3D photo is determined, and a presentation mode for the 3D photo is determined based on the viewing position. In some implementations, the 3D photo is provided at the placement position based on the presentation mode in the XR environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandre DA VEIGA, Jeffrey S. NORRIS, Madhurani R. SAPRE, Spencer H. RAY
  • Publication number: 20230281933
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that create a 3D video that includes determining first adjustments (e.g., first transforms) to video frames (e.g., one or more RGB images and depth images per frame) to align content in a coordinate system to remove the effects of capturing camera motion. Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that playback a 3D video and includes determining second adjustments (e.g., second transforms) to remove the effects of movement of a viewing electronic device relative to a viewing environment during playback of the 3D video. Some implementations distinguish static content and moving content of the video frames to playback only moving objects or facilitate concurrent playback of multiple spatially related 3D videos. The 3D video may include images, audio, or 3D video of a video-capture-device user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy R. PEASE, Alexandre DA VEIGA, Benjamin H. BOESEL, David H. HUANG, Jonathan PERRON, Shih-Sang CHIU, Spencer H. RAY
  • Publication number: 20230262406
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that display visual content as part of a 3D environment and add audio corresponding to the visual content. The audio may be spatialized to be from one or more audio source locations within the 3D environment. For example, a video may be presented on a virtual surface within an extended reality (XR) environment while audio associated with the video is spatialized to sound as if it is produced from an audio source location corresponding to that virtual surface. How the audio is provided may be determined based on the position of the viewer (e.g., the user or his/her device) relative to the presented visual content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Shai Messingher Lang, Alexandre Da Veiga, Spencer H. Ray, Symeon Delikaris Manias
  • Patent number: 11729363
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that that modify audio of played back AV content based on context in accordance with some implementations. In some implementations audio-visual content of a physical environment is obtained, and the audio-visual content includes visual content and audio content that includes a plurality of audio portions corresponding to the visual content. In some implementations, a context for presenting the audio-visual content is determined, and a temporal relationship between one or more audio portions of the plurality of audio portions and the visual content is determined based on the context. Then, synthesized audio-visual content is presented based on the temporal relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shai Messingher Lang, Alexandre Da Veiga, Spencer H. Ray, Symeon Delikaris Manias
  • Publication number: 20220368875
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that that modify audio of played back AV content based on context in accordance with some implementations. In some implementations audio-visual content of a physical environment is obtained, and the audio-visual content includes visual content and audio content that includes a plurality of audio portions corresponding to the visual content. In some implementations, a context for presenting the audio-visual content is determined, and a temporal relationship between one or more audio portions of the plurality of audio portions and the visual content is determined based on the context. Then, synthesized audio-visual content is presented based on the temporal relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shai Messingher Lang, Alexandre Da Veiga, Spencer H. Ray, Symeon Delikaris Manias
  • Patent number: 11381797
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that that modify audio of played back AV content based on context in accordance with some implementations. In some implementations audio-visual content of a physical environment is obtained, and the audio-visual content includes visual content and audio content that includes a plurality of audio portions corresponding to the visual content. In some implementations, a context for presenting the audio-visual content is determined, and a temporal relationship between one or more audio portions of the plurality of audio portions and the visual content is determined based on the context. Then, synthesized audio-visual content is presented based on the temporal relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shai Messingher Lang, Alexandre Da Veiga, Spencer H. Ray, Symeon Delikaris Manias
  • Publication number: 20210321070
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that that modify audio of played back AV content based on context in accordance with some implementations. In some implementations audio-visual content of a physical environment is obtained, and the audio-visual content includes visual content and audio content that includes a plurality of audio portions corresponding to the visual content. In some implementations, a context for presenting the audio-visual content is determined, and a temporal relationship between one or more audio portions of the plurality of audio portions and the visual content is determined based on the context. Then, synthesized audio-visual content is presented based on the temporal relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Shai Messingher Lang, Alexandre Da Veiga, Spencer H. Ray, Symeon Delikaris Manias