Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC patent applications on July 18th, 2024

Patent Applications by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC on July 18th, 2024

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC: 7 patent applications

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC has applied for patents in the areas of G02B27/01 (2), G02B27/00 (2), C08L27/16 (1), G02B7/02 (1), G06T19/20 (1) C08L27/16 (1), G01S7/4865 (1), G02B27/0172 (1), G02B27/0176 (1), G06F3/011 (1)

With keywords such as: light, device, include, content, virtual, based, display, body, polymer, and image in patent application abstracts.

Patent Applications by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

20240240007. DISENTANGLED PVDF FOR HIGH ELECTROMECHANICAL EFFICIENCY THIN FILMS AND FIBERS_simplified_abstract_(meta platforms technologies, llc)

Inventor(s): Sheng Ye of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Abhirup Dutta of Storrs Mansfield CT (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Hao Mei of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Lafe Joseph Purvis, II of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Arman Boromand of Issaquah WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jing Chen of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Andrew John Ouderkirk of Kirkland WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Kristy Alana Jost of Woodinville WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc

IPC Code(s): C08L27/16, B29C71/00, B29C71/02

CPC Code(s): C08L27/16

Abstract: a polymer article includes an at least partially disentangled polyvinylidene fluoride (pvdf) family member composition and is characterized by an elastic modulus of at least 4 gpa and an electromechanical coupling factor (k) of at least 0.1 at room temperature. a method of manufacturing such a polymer article may include forming an at least partially disentangled polymer composition into a polymer thin film or fiber, applying a tensile stress to the polymer article in an amount effective to induce a stretch ratio of at least approximately 5 in the thin film or fiber, and applying an electric field across a thickness dimension of the polymer article. annealing and poling steps may separately or simultaneously accompany and/or follow the act of stretching.

20240241231. STACKED TIME-OF-FLIGHT MODULE_simplified_abstract_(meta platforms technologies, llc)

Inventor(s): Jack Diepen Mumbo of Beaverton OR (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Rajendra D. Pendse of Fremont CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Alexandra Gualdino of San Francisco CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jaspreet Singh Gandhi of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jeremiah Nyaribo of Brookline MA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Harish Venkataraman of Buckley WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Gregory Cohoon of Sunnyvale CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc

IPC Code(s): G01S7/4865, G01S7/481, G01S17/10, H01L23/00, H01L31/107

CPC Code(s): G01S7/4865

Abstract: a time-of-flight (tof) module includes a light source, a driver module, and a light sensor. the driver module includes electrical circuitry configured to selectively drive the light source to emit pulsed illumination light. the light sensor is configured to sense returning light reflected from a target. at least one of the light source, driver module, and light sensor is stacked on another to reduce a footprint of the tof module.

20240241375. WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE OPTICAL PATTERN PROJECTOR_simplified_abstract_(meta platforms technologies, llc)

Inventor(s): Yatong An of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Youmin Wang of Bellevue WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc

IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B27/00, G02B27/09, G02B27/42

CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172

Abstract: a wavelength-tunable patterned-beam projector for object imaging includes a broadband light source for emitting light spanning a wavelength band and a liquid crystal tunable filter for spectrally filtering the light and for tuning a center wavelength of the light. a liquid crystal based spatial filter spatially modulates the light to provide the patterned light beam having alternating bright and dark regions in a cross-section of the beam. the projector may be used in a near-eye display to illuminate an eye of the user for eye tracking, and to illuminate surroundings for 3d imaging and/or ranging.

20240241385. MECHANISM TO ADJUST INTER-AXIAL LENS DISTANCE IN A VR/AR HEADSET_simplified_abstract_(meta platforms technologies, llc)

Inventor(s): Timothy Pier of Shoreline WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Daniel Ju of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Robert Coleman Skelton of Woodinville WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Aric A Fitz-Coy of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Thomas Christopher Frey of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jonathan Beardsley of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jiang Ai of Issaquah WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Kellen Hoo Kerng Chow of Woodinville WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc

IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B7/02, G02B27/00

CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176

Abstract: a linear actuation mechanism includes a first threaded rod rotatably fixed on a frame, an actuator mechanically coupled to the first threaded rod and configured to cause a rotation thereof, a first nut threaded onto the first threaded rod and attached to a first eyecup configured to hold a first optical element for a headset display, and a rail on the frame configured to support the first eyecup as it moves with the first nut. a headset including a display and two eyepieces supported by at least the first eyecup and the above linear actuation mechanism, and a method for using the linear actuation mechanism to adjust an inter-axial distance between the eyepieces are also provided.

20240241573. FULL BODY MOTION TRACKING FOR USE IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT_simplified_abstract_(meta platforms technologies, llc)

Inventor(s): Albert Pumarola Peris of Kilchberg (CH) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Yuming Du of London Colney (GB) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Robin Kips of Zurich (CH) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Wolfram Sebastian Starke of London (GB) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Ali Thabet of Zurich (CH) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Artsiom Sanakoyeu of Zurich (CH) for meta platforms technologies, llc

IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/0346

CPC Code(s): G06F3/011

Abstract: a method for full body motion tracking includes receiving tracking signals from a plurality of sensors associated with an upper body of a person, and based on the tracking signals, determining motion features and joint features. the method further includes training a diffusion model that includes a multi-layer perceptron (mlp) network, and generating a multiple inputs to the trained diffusion model, the inputs including the motion features and the joint features. the method includes providing the inputs to the trained diffusion model to generate multiple outputs. the outputs include sequences of full body poses, the sequences of full body poses including upper body poses and lower body poses.

20240242447. ADAPTIVE RENDERING IN ARTIFICIAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS_simplified_abstract_(meta platforms technologies, llc)

Inventor(s): Charlene Mary Atlas of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Nathan Matsuda of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Thomas Scott Murdison of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Kevin James MacKenzie of Sammamish WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jasmine Soria Sears of Portland OR (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Romain Bachy of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Ocean Quigley of Oakland CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc

IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06T5/92, G06T7/73, G06T15/20

CPC Code(s): G06T19/006

Abstract: in one embodiment, a computing device may determine a virtual content to be displayed with a scene of a real-world environment. the device may generate an image depicting the virtual content. using one or more sensors, the device may detect characteristics of the scene of the real-world environment. based on the image and the characteristics of the scene, the device may determine that a visual enhancement is to be applied to the virtual content depicted in the image to enhance a contrast between the depicted virtual content and the scene. the device may generate a visually-enhanced image depicting the virtual content by applying the visual enhancement to the virtual content depicted in the image. the device may display the visually-enhanced image of the virtual content on a display of the computing device, wherein the scene of the real-world environment is visible through the display.

20240242455. STYLIZING ANIMATABLE HEAD AVATARS_simplified_abstract_(meta platforms technologies, llc)

Inventor(s): Albert Pumarola Peris of Kilchberg (CH) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Thu Nguyen Phuoc of London (GB) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Chen Cao of Pittsburgh PA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Artsiom Sanakoyeu of Zurich (CH) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Tao Xu of Sunnyvale CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Tomas Simon Kreuz of Pittsburgh PA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Ali Thabet of Zurich (CH) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Juan Camilo Perez of Paris (FR) for meta platforms technologies, llc

IPC Code(s): G06T19/20, G06T13/40

CPC Code(s): G06T19/20

Abstract: as disclosed herein, a computer-implemented method is provided. in one aspect, the computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a client device, images of a user. the computer-implemented method may include determining a target appearance of an avatar of the user. the computer-implemented method may include generating, based on the images and the target appearance, renders of the avatar. the computer-implemented method may include determining, based on a difference between first and second renders, a first adjustment to a weight associated with a first parameter for generating the renders and a second adjustment to a weight associated with a second parameter for generating the renders. the computer-implemented method may include generating, based on the adjustments, a third render of the avatar, the third render appearing more similar to the target appearance relative to the first render and the second render. a system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are also disclosed.

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC patent applications on July 18th, 2024