Patent Applications by Snap Inc. on January 9th, 2025

Snap Inc.: 6 patent applications

Snap Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G02B27/01 (2), G06T19/00 (2), G06V20/40 (2), G06V40/10 (2), H04L51/046 (2) H04L51/10 (2), G02B27/0176 (1), G06F3/017 (1), G06T11/60 (1), G06T19/006 (1)

With keywords such as: image, user, media, makeup, waveguide, interaction, hand, content, images, and data in patent application abstracts.

Patent Applications by Snap Inc.

20250013058. WAVEGUIDE COMBINER ASSEMBLIES FOR AUGMENTED REALITY OR VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAYS_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Stephen John Rogers of Didcot (GB) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G02B27/01

CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176

Abstract: a waveguide combiner assembly for an augmented reality or virtual reality display. a waveguide combiner has front and rear surfaces substantially parallel to a waveguide plane. a chassis includes a support arm for supporting the waveguide combiner and defining a cavity between front and rear walls of the support arm which are spaced along a first direction by a distance greater than the thickness of the waveguide combiner. a waveguide axis normal to the waveguide plane and the first direction define therebetween a zero or nonzero offset angle. an edge portion of the waveguide combiner extends into the cavity. at least one actively adjustable mounting structure is configured to hold a respective point of the edge portion of the waveguide combiner at a selected position relative to the support arm, thereby enabling adjustment of the offset angle.

20250013313. BIMANUAL GESTURES FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL AND GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Karen Stolzenberg of Venice CA (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G02B27/01, G06F3/04815, G06F3/04847, G06T19/00, G06V20/40, G06V40/10, G06V40/20

CPC Code(s): G06F3/017

Abstract: example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for controlling the presentation of one or more virtual or graphical elements on a display in response to bimanual hand gestures detected by an eyewear device that is capturing frames of video data with its camera system. an image processing system detects a first hand and defines an input plane relative to a surface of the detected first hand. the image processing system also detects a series of bimanual hand shapes, including the detected first hand and at least one fingertip of a second hand. in response, the system presents a first movable element on the display at a location that is correlated with the current fingertip location. in addition, the image processing system determines whether the detected series of bimanual hand shapes matches a predefined hand gesture. in response to a matching gesture, the system executes a selecting action of an element nearest the current fingertip location.

20250014249. MESSAGING SYSTEM WITH AUGMENTED REALITY MAKEUP_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Jean Luo of Seattle WA (US) for snap inc., Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06T11/60, G06F3/0482, G06F18/20, G06F18/214, G06N3/045, G06N3/08, G06V40/10, H04L51/18

CPC Code(s): G06T11/60

Abstract: systems, methods, and computer readable media for messaging system with augmented reality (ar) makeup are presented. methods include processing a first image to extract a makeup portion of the first image, the makeup portion representing the makeup from the first image and training a neural network to process images of people to add ar makeup representing the makeup from the first image. the methods may further include receiving, via a messaging application implemented by one or more processors of a user device, input that indicates a selection to add the ar makeup to a second image of a second person. the methods may further include processing the second image with the neural network to add the ar makeup to the second image and causing the second image with the ar makeup to be displayed on a display device of the user device.

20250014290. SCENE CHANGE DETECTION WITH NOVEL VIEW SYNTHESIS_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Branislav Micusik of St. Andrae-Woerdern (AT) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06F3/01, G06F3/0346, G06V10/75, G06V10/82, G06V20/40

CPC Code(s): G06T19/006

Abstract: a method for detecting changes in a scene includes accessing a first set of images and corresponding pose data in a first coordinate system associated with a first user session of an augmented reality (ar) device and accessing a second set of images and corresponding pose data in a second coordinate system associated with a second user session. the method identifies the first set of images corresponding to a second image from the second set of images based on the pose data of the first set of images being determined spatially closest to the pose data of the second image after aligning the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system. a trained neural network generates a synthesized image from the first set of images. features of the second image are subtracted from features of the synthesized image. area of changes are identified based on the subtracted features.

20250016126. PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT AS FLASHBACKS_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Nathan Kenneth Boyd of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc., Marc Brown of New York NY (US) for snap inc., Hao Long of Playa Vista CA (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L51/10, G06F3/0484, G06F3/0488, H04L51/046

CPC Code(s): H04L51/10

Abstract: systems, methods, and computer instructions are provided. the method includes retrieving a first set of a media content transmitted by a plurality of interaction clients based on a chronological order, wherein the first set of media content has been saved as part of communications of ephemeral messages between at least two users of the plurality of interaction clients. the method further includes creating a visual representation of the first set of media content, and causing to display, on at least one of the plurality of interaction clients, the visual representation the first set of media content.

20250016127. GENERATING MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS DURING USER INTERACTION_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Sergey Smetanin of London (GB) for snap inc., Roman Golobokov of London (GB) for snap inc., Emily Ann Claudet of Brooklyn NY (US) for snap inc., Dor Ayalon of Glasgow (GB) for snap inc., Vladimir Gordienko of London (GB) for snap inc., Erin Houston of Saratoga Springs UT (US) for snap inc., Ivan Babanin of London (GB) for snap inc., Timur Zakirov of London (GB) for snap inc., Nikita Demidov of London (GB) for snap inc., Aleksandr Larionov of London (GB) for snap inc., Anna Kovalenko of London (GB) for snap inc., Nikita Belosludtcev of London (GB) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L51/10, G06F3/0482, G06T13/40, H04L51/046, H04L51/52, H04N5/265

CPC Code(s): H04L51/10

Abstract: a method includes determining participation in an interaction function by a first user of an interaction system with a second user of the interaction system. the method also includes accessing profile data of the first user, and determining, based on the profile data, whether the first user has captured or designated a first-user self-image for use in the interaction function. in response to determining that the first user has not captured or designated the first-user self-image, the method includes accessing a media content item that includes a character, identifying a head portion of the character in the media content item, replacing the head portion with a placeholder space, and displaying the media content item with the placeholder space in a user interface corresponding to the interaction function.

Snap Inc. patent applications on January 9th, 2025