Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC patent applications on June 20th, 2024
Patent Applications by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC on June 20th, 2024
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC: 14 patent applications
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC has applied for patents in the areas of G02B27/01 (5), G06F3/01 (3), G02B7/02 (2), G06T19/00 (2), G06F1/16 (2) G02B27/0172 (2), G02B7/021 (1), G02B7/023 (1), G02B27/017 (1), G02B27/0176 (1)
With keywords such as: device, display, side, lens, user, data, object, objects, portion, and micromolding in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
Inventor(s): Amber Sun of Sunnyvale CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Kee Siang Goh of Singapore (SG) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G02B7/02
CPC Code(s): G02B7/021
Abstract: a compact camera device with a lens assembly that does not include any lens barrel or lens holder. the lens assembly includes a first micromolding lens and a second micromolding lens. the first micromolding lens includes a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side, the first side including a first mounting surface. the second micromolding lens includes a third side and a fourth side that is opposite to the third side, the fourth side including a second mounting surface that is directly affixed to the first mounting surface to form at least a portion of a micromolding lens stack comprising the first micromolding lens and the second micromolding lens in optical series. the micromolding lens stack is a self-supporting structure fixed in place within the camera device without the use of a lens barrel or a lens holder.
Inventor(s): Joel Bernard Jacobs of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Joseph Patrick Sullivan of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Meng Peng of Sammamish WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Brandon Tran of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Sarah Bethel of Bellevue WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G02B7/02, G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): G02B7/023
Abstract: systems, devices, and methods for eye strain reduction in head mountable displays are disclosed. the system may include an adjustable facial interface bracket and an extender bracket that can be coupled to the head mountable display device. an actuating mechanism may be incorporated to define the spatial distance between the facial interface bracket and the extender bracket. this may allow users to customize the distance between their eyes and the display panel, reducing eye strain and improving the overall comfort of the head mountable display. the system may offer a flexible and user-friendly solution to enhance the user experience and alleviate eye strain in head mountable displays.
Inventor(s): Jonathan RAVASZ of London (GB) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Etienne PINCHON of Pasadena CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Adam Tibor VARGA of London (GB) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jasper STEVENS of London (GB) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Robert ELLIS of London (GB) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jonah JONES of London (GB) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Evgenii KRIVORUCHKO of Cologne (DE) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G06F3/01, G06T19/00, G06V40/10, G06V40/18, G06V40/20
CPC Code(s): G02B27/017
Abstract: the present technology relates to artificial reality systems. such systems provide projections a user can create to specify object interactions. for example, when a user wishes to interact with an object outside her immediate reach, she can use a projection to select, move, or otherwise interact with the distant object. the present technology also includes object selection techniques for identifying and disambiguating between objects, allowing a user to select objects both near and distant from the user. yet further aspects of the present technology include techniques for interpreting various bimanual (two-handed) gestures for interacting with objects. the present technology further includes a model for differentiating between global and local modes for, e.g., providing different input modalities or interpretations of user gestures.
Inventor(s): Andrew John Ouderkirk of Kirkland WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Fenglin Peng of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Ying Geng of Bellevue WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B5/30, G02B25/00
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: a head-mounted display comprising (1) an electronic display configured to emit light and (2) a pancake lens optically coupled to the electronic display, the pancake lens comprising a beam splitter configured to (a) transmit a spatial average fraction of the light and (b) reflect an additional spatial average fraction of the light that is less than the spatial average fraction of the light. various other apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
Inventor(s): Gaetano Aiello of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G01S13/89, G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: terahertz sensing in this disclosure involves the use of at least one terahertz signal that is transmitted towards an object. at least one return terahertz signal is reflected from the object. the return terahertz signal(s) may be analyzed to determine one or more parameters, such as phase, frequency, amplitude, spectral profile, time of flight (tof) etc. associated with the return terahertz signal(s). based on the parameter(s), a portion of the object impinged upon by the transmit terahertz signal(s) and which reflected the return terahertz signal(s), and the state of the object/portion, can be identified. the identification of the portion and its state can be used in eye tracking implementations.
Inventor(s): Peter Wesley Bristol of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Shane Michael Ellis of Bellevue WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Joseph Patrick Sullivan of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Joel Bernard Jacobs of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Glen Jason Tompkins of Woodinville WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, H04N13/332, H04R1/10, H04R5/033
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: a head-mounted display (hmd) system may include a body having a right side and a left side, a display device coupled to the body and positioned to display content to a user when the hmd system is donned by the user, a right side arm coupled to the right side of the body and dimensioned such that, when coupled to a first portion of a swappable strap, the right side arm and the first portion of the strap form a first fastener, and a left side arm coupled to the left side of the body and dimensioned such that, when coupled to a second portion of the strap, the left side arm and the second portion of the strap form a second fastener. the first fastener and the second fastener may detachably secure the strap to the body of the hmd system. various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
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Inventor(s): Willy Huang of San Francisco CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Nicolas Ramirez of Brooklyn NY (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Yuxiao Tan of Chestnut Hill MA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Tanner Wirig Rhodes of Vineyard UT (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0481, G06F1/16, G06F3/01, G06F3/04845
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0481
Abstract: an example method of adjusting a detachable display capsule of a wrist-wearable device to operationally complement a wearable-structure attachment is disclosed. the method includes, while a display capsule is configured to use a default set of display characteristics for operating-system or application-level user interfaces, receiving identifying information for a respective wearable structure, the display capsule being configured to detachably couple to one of a plurality of wearable structures to form a wrist-wearable device. in accordance with a determination that the display capsule should be adjusted based on the identifying information, the method further includes adjusting the display capsule (i) to cease using the first set of display characteristics and (ii) to instead use a customized set of display characteristics associated with the respective wearable structure. the customized set is distinct from the default set and is also used in conjunction with the operating-system or application-level user interfaces.
Inventor(s): Pin-Chieh Huang of Chelmsford MA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Edward Buckley of High Peak (GB) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Christopher Francis Reidy of Bellevue WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Yuta Asano of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Runzhe Zhang of West Lafayette IN (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G06T5/00, G06T11/00
CPC Code(s): G06T5/009
Abstract: in one embodiment, a computing system may receive an image to be displayed on a display. the image may be associated with an input gamut and the display may be associated with an output gamut. the system may access a look-up-table that maps input colors to output colors. the output color of corresponding to each input color may be determined by adjusting a lightness of the input color according to a pre-determined tone curve while keeping the hue and chroma constant and (2) mapping the chroma to the output gamut of the display. the system may determine a final color for each pixel of the pixels of the image based on the look-up-table and an original color of that pixel. the system may display the final colors of the pixels on the display to represent the original colors of the image.
Inventor(s): Alexander Michael Louie of Milpitas CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Michal Hlavac of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jasper Stevens of London (GB) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G06T11/00, G06T7/70, G06T13/80
CPC Code(s): G06T11/00
Abstract: in one embodiment, a method includes, by an operating system of a first artificial-reality device, receiving a notification that virtual objects are shared with the first artificial-reality device by a second artificial-reality device, where the virtual objects are shared by being placed inside a sender-side shared space anchored to a physical object. the method further includes the first artificial-reality device accessing descriptors of a physical object and a spatial-relationship definition between the physical object and a receiver-side shared space, detecting physical objects based on the descriptors, determining pose of the receiver-side shared space, detecting physical constraints within the receiver-side shares space, receiving display instructions for the virtual objects, and rendering the virtual objects on the first artificial-reality device in the receiver-side shared space.
Inventor(s): Ankur Gupta of Redwood City CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Karthik Kadirvel of Cupertino CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): H02J7/00, G06F1/16, G06F1/26, H01M10/42
CPC Code(s): H02J7/007
Abstract: a technique and components of a device to manage power distribution of multiple energy sources based on one or more feature(s) associated with the device. the device includes at least a first battery module associated with a first mode and a second battery module associated with a second mode. the device can receive from one or more sensor(s), sensor data indicating one or more feature(s) associated with the device. the device can determine the second mode based on the one or more feature(s), and switch to the second mode. based on the second mode, the device can determine the second battery module to provide power to the device and cause the second battery module to distribute electric power to the device.
Inventor(s): Nivethitha Jayaraj of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Weiping Dou of Cupertino CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Ping Wang of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jiang Zhu of Cupertino CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Achaleshwar Sahai of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Joung Sub Shin of Irvine CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, De Hui Huang of Pleasanton CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jibu Joseph of Santa Clara CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jie Song of Fremont CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): H04B1/16, H04B17/318
CPC Code(s): H04B1/16
Abstract: a system comprising (1) a tuner configured to tune a radio and (2) a controller communicatively coupled to the tuner, wherein the controller is configured to (1) select a tuner code to apply to the tuner based at least in part on telemetry data indicative of a certain use-case scenario and (2) cause the tuner to tune the radio by applying the tuner code to achieve a certain state of the radio. various other apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
Inventor(s): Zhiqing Rao of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Eugene Gorbatov of Sammamish WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Dong Zheng of Campbell CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Cheng Chang of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Yuting Fan of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Chris Rojas of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): H04L67/131, G06T19/00, H04W24/08
CPC Code(s): H04L67/131
Abstract: a method by a rendering device includes receiving a request to render multiple surfaces corresponding to multiple virtual objects to be concurrently displayed on an augmented-reality (ar) headset. the method further includes that the ar headset is connected to the rendering device via a wireless link. in response to a determination that a network quality of the wireless link is below a threshold condition, the method further includes selecting a first subset of the multiple surfaces that are higher priority than a second subset of the plurality of surfaces. the method includes transmitting the fist subset of multiple surfaces to the ar headset for display and transmitting the second subset of multiple surfaces to the ar headset for display after transmitting the first subset. this method includes rendering the surfaces in accordance with a set of rendering parameters so as to satisfy one or more network constraints.
Inventor(s): Kyunghun Jung of Sunnyvale CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Kyungho Kim of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): H04N19/167
CPC Code(s): H04N19/167
Abstract: systems, methods, and computer readable media for improving data stream processing according to a field-of-view (fov) may include one or more servers that maintain a relative position of each of a plurality of users with respect to a localized map. the server(s) may receive, from a first device, audio/video (a/v) data of a first user of the plurality of users. the server(s) may receive, from a second device, data indicative of a field-of-view (fov) of a second user of the plurality of users. the server(s) may transmit, to the second device, rendering data corresponding to the first a/v data at a bit rate selected according to the data indicative of the fov and/or a relative position of the second user with respect to the localized map.
Inventor(s): Achaleshwar Sahai of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Madhusudan Kinthada Venkata of South San Diego CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Manjinder Sandhu of San Diego CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Ping Wang of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Shivank Nayak of Milpitas CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): H04W72/02, H04W76/28
CPC Code(s): H04W72/02
Abstract: systems and methods for projecting transmission occasions include a device that may determine a duration in which data is in a queue prior to transmission to an endpoint. the device may modify a phase of data capture via a sensor according to the duration. the device may capture via the sensor subsequent data according to the phase. the device may transmit the subsequent data from the queue to the endpoint.
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC patent applications on June 20th, 2024
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- G02B7/02
- CPC G02B7/021
- Meta platforms technologies, llc
- G02B27/01
- CPC G02B7/023
- G06F3/01
- G06T19/00
- G06V40/10
- G06V40/18
- G06V40/20
- CPC G02B27/017
- G02B5/30
- G02B25/00
- CPC G02B27/0172
- G01S13/89
- H04N13/332
- H04R1/10
- H04R5/033
- CPC G02B27/0176
- G06F3/0481
- G06F1/16
- G06F3/04845
- CPC G06F3/0481
- G06T5/00
- G06T11/00
- CPC G06T5/009
- G06T7/70
- G06T13/80
- CPC G06T11/00
- H02J7/00
- G06F1/26
- H01M10/42
- CPC H02J7/007
- H04B1/16
- H04B17/318
- CPC H04B1/16
- H04L67/131
- H04W24/08
- CPC H04L67/131
- H04N19/167
- CPC H04N19/167
- H04W72/02
- H04W76/28
- CPC H04W72/02
