Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC patent applications on September 12th, 2024
Patent Applications by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC on September 12th, 2024
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC: 15 patent applications
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC has applied for patents in the areas of G02B27/01 (3), G06F1/16 (2), G06F3/01 (2), G06T17/20 (2), H04S7/00 (2) G02B3/14 (1), G02B27/0176 (1), G02F1/133638 (1), G06F1/3206 (1), G06F1/3287 (1)
With keywords such as: device, image, user, sound, time, voltage, acoustic, content, based, and also in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
Inventor(s): Dongmin Yang of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Yi Zhou of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Yizhi Xiong of Foster City CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Fei Liu of Los Altos CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Abhishek Dhanda of San Ramon CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Michael Okincha of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Linsen Bie of San Francisco CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Honghong Peng of Los Altos CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Zhaochun Yu of Wilmette IL (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Lidu Huang of Danville CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Shaomin Xiong of Newark CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Gabriel Molina of Sunnyvale CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Pablo Castillo Canales of San Ramon CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Peng Chen of Fremont CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Danni Luo of Sunnyvale CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Eddie Alex Azuma of Pleasanton CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G02B3/14
CPC Code(s): G02B3/14
Abstract: a lens with an adjustable surface profile can include an actuatable layer, an optical layer, and at least one actuator. the optical layer can include a deformable polymer, and the actuatable layer can have a surface profile that is configured to be adjustable using the at least one actuator. the optical layer, meanwhile, can be configured to deform when the at least one actuator actuates the actuatable layer.
20240302668. ACTUATOR FOR MULTIPLE PAYLOADS_simplified_abstract_(meta platforms technologies, llc)
Inventor(s): Kenneth Alexander Diest of Kirkland WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, John Nelson of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Selso Luanava of Woodinville WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: a device includes multiple payloads that are adjusted by actuators. the payloads may be optical elements such as lens assemblies. the actuators may be disposed within edge gaps of the payloads in order to reduce the footprint of the structure. one actuator may be configured to adjust more than one payload to reduce the number of actuators.
Inventor(s): Sawyer MILLER of Bellevue WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Hsien-Hui CHENG of Woodinville WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Brian DAUGHERTY of Tucson AZ (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Hannah NOBLE of Berkeley CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Michael ESCUTI of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Lu LU of Kirkland WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G02F1/13363, G02F1/1334, G02F1/1335
CPC Code(s): G02F1/133638
Abstract: an achromatic wave plate using multiple twisted nematic liquid crystal polymer films or negative dispersion a-plate films is described. each layer of twisted nematic liquid crystal polymer film aligns a next layer during forming achieving a monolithic structure. the achromatic wave plate with multiple layers of negative dispersion a-plate material has a non-continuous, easy to fabricate structure. both types of films may be flexible and allow application to curved surfaces. the films of both examples also allow for high achromaticity in forward and backward propagation, thus, permitting the wave plate to operate as an optical isolator. a quarter wave of retardance across the entire visible spectrum and up to a 30-degree angle of incidence may be achieved.
Inventor(s): Arun Sundar of Campbell CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Rajith Kumar Mavila of Fremont CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3206, G06F13/42, G06F15/78
CPC Code(s): G06F1/3206
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to a system and a method for regulating an output voltage to a requested target voltage. the system includes a system-on-a-chip (soc) device and a power management integrated circuit (pmic) having a voltage regulator. the soc device configured to receive a requested target voltage, generates an analog voltage signal that steps up or down over time until the analog voltage signal corresponds to the requested target voltage, and outputs the analog voltage signal. the voltage regulator is configured to reference the analog voltage signal from the soc device and supply a corresponding regulated output voltage to the soc device.
Inventor(s): Ding Li of Fremont CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Rahul Srivastava of Santa Clara CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Sumeet Kumar Lnu of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Siddharth Ray of Sunnyvale CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Neelakantan Nurani Krishnan of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3287, G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G06F1/3287
Abstract: a system may include one or more processors. the one or more processors may be configured to obtain, from a device configured to perform communication in a wireless local area network (wlan), a transmission (tx) time for which the device is transmitting one or more signals during a period of time, a receive (rx) time for which the device is receiving one or more signals during the period of time, and/or a listen time for which the device is in a listen state during the period of time. the one or more processors may be configured to estimate, based at least on the tx time, the rx time and the listen time, an average power consumption value of the device during the period of time. the one or more processors may be configured to control the device based at least on the average power consumption value.
Inventor(s): Zaina Edelson of New York NY (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Peter Walkington of New York NY (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/0346
CPC Code(s): G06F3/015
Abstract: the various implementations described herein include methods and systems for tracking user movements. in one aspect, a method includes, while a user is interacting with a virtual object, obtaining tracking information by tracking, via a sensor, a position of an arm of a user. the method also includes, in conjunction with tracking the position of the arm, obtaining wrist information by detecting, via a neuromuscular-signal sensor, a movement of a wrist of the arm. the method further includes assigning one or more motion characteristics to the virtual object in accordance with the tracking information and the wrist information.
Inventor(s): Chun-Wei Chan of Foster City CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G06T11/00, G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G06T11/00
Abstract: systems and methods for providing interactive content may include one or more processors which receive first content of a content stream from a content provider, where the first content is for rendering via a media player of one or more user devices. the processor(s) may determine a context of the first content, and generate, via one or more machine learning models, second content which corresponds to the first content. the processor(s) may transmit the second content to an application of the one or more user devices, for rendering the second content via the application.
Inventor(s): Lei XIAO of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Douglas Robert LANMAN of Bellevue WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Numair Khalil Ullah KHAN of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G06T15/20, G06T7/50, G06T17/20
CPC Code(s): G06T15/20
Abstract: a method for generating tiled multiplane images from a source image is disclosed. the method includes obtaining color and depth images. the method also includes extracting a feature map using a first neural network. the method also includes generating masks for a tile using a second neural network based on a corresponding tile of the feature map and corresponding sections of the color and depth images. the method also includes computing depths of a planes corresponding to the tile based on the masks. the method also includes generating a per-tile multiplane image for the tile based on the masks. the method also includes rendering an image using per-tile multiplane images and depths. a system for generating tiled multiplane images from a source image is also disclosed.
Inventor(s): Gioacchino NORIS of Zurich (CH) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Michal HLAVAC of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Paul Timothy FURGALE of Thalwil (CH) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Johannes Joachim SCHMID of Zürich (CH) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Anush MOHAN of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Christopher Richard TANNER of Highlands Ranch CO (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06T19/00
Abstract: an artificial reality environment (xre) schema is defined that supports controlling interactions between various artificial reality actors. the xre schema includes a set of definitions for an xre, independent of type of artificial reality device. the definitions in the xre schema can include standards for both interfaces and data objects. the xre schema can define xr elements in terms of entities and components of a space, organized according to a hierarchy. each entity can represent a real or virtual object or space, within the xre, defined by a name and a collection of one or more components. each component (as part of an entity) can define aspects and expose information about the entity. the xre schema can specify structures that that allow actors (e.g., producers, instantiators, and consumers) to define and perform actions in relation to xre elements.
Inventor(s): Stephen Anthony Lombardi of Pittsburgh PA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Tomas Simon Kreuz of Pittsburgh PA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jason Saragih of Pittsburgh PA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Gabriel Bailowitz Schwartz of Seattle WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Michael Zollhoefer of Pittsburgh PA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Yaser Sheikh of Pittsburgh PA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): G06T19/20, G06T15/06, G06T17/20
CPC Code(s): G06T19/20
Abstract: a method for training a real-time, modeling for animating an avatar for a subject is provided. the method includes collecting multiple images of a subject. the method also includes selecting a plurality of vertex positions in a guide mesh, indicative of a volumetric primitive enveloping the subject, determining a geometric attribute for the volumetric primitive including a position, a rotation, and a scale factor of the volumetric primitive, determining a payload attribute for each of the volumetric primitive, the payload attribute including a color value and an opacity value for each voxel in a voxel grid defining the volumetric primitive, determining a loss factor for each point in the volumetric primitive based on the geometric attribute, the payload attribute and a ground truth value, and updating a three-dimensional model for the subject. a system and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
Inventor(s): Peter Andrew MATSIMANIS of Menlo Park CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Nabeel AHMED of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Bruno CENDON MARTIN of Palo Alto CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): H04B1/7163, G02B27/01, G06F1/16, H04N5/265, H04N23/66, H04W76/14
CPC Code(s): H04B1/7163
Abstract: a wearable device such as an augmented reality (ar)/virtual reality (vr) near-eye display device employs wireless communication technology to facilitate “walkie-talkie” style line-of-sight (los) communication between two users or one user and a group of users (unidirectional or bidirectional broadcast mode). the wireless communication may be facilitated by an ultra-wide band (uwb) or comparable wireless communication sub-system. the system may detect another user(s) within range of communication and within a predefined angle-of-arrival (aoa). the communication may be initiated by the user through an input allowing the user to communicate with the other user(s) discretely through audio and/or video modes. in a “walkie talkie selfie” mode, two or more users may capture images of each other, and the images may be superimposed generating a “selfie” of the entire group.
Inventor(s): Saeid Bagheri of Costa Mesa CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): H04N23/67, G06T7/246, G06T7/41, G06T7/73
CPC Code(s): H04N23/675
Abstract: in one embodiment, a method includes accessing texture information generated and used by an autofocus unit to determine an autofocus configuration for a camera, the texture information including texture statistics detected in an environment sensed by the camera. the method further includes selecting a region of interest within a field of view of the camera based on the texture information, and determining an autoexposure configuration for the camera based on the region of interest. the method further includes capturing an image of the environment using the autoexposure configuration and the autofocus configuration, and tracking objects in the environment using the image.
Inventor(s): Zhenqiang Ying of Sunnyvale CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Hao Xie of Sunnyvale CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Sung Ho Hong of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Yazhu Ling of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Jiangtao Kuang of San Jose CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Yuh-Lin Eugene Chang of Fremont CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): H04N23/84, H04N7/18
CPC Code(s): H04N23/84
Abstract: a distributed image signal processing (isp) system for a head-mounted device reduces the power load on the battery of the head-mounted device. the distributed isp system includes a bayer image processing engine, an rgb image processing engine, and a yuv image processing engine. the bayer image processing engine is operated by, for example, processing logic of the head-mounted device. the bayer image processing engine provides bayer image data from raw image data. the yuv image processing engine is operated by, for example, processing logic of a (companion) computing device (e.g., a phone, tablet, laptop, compute puck, personal computer). the computing device is communicatively coupled (e.g., wired or wirelessly) to the head-mounted device to receive image data. the rgb image processing engine may be operated by the head-mounted device or the computing device.
Inventor(s): Pablo Francisco Faundez Hoffmann of Kenmore WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Syavosh Zadissa of Bothell WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Xiaoxue Li of Mountain View CA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): H04S7/00, H04R1/40, H04R3/00
CPC Code(s): H04S7/301
Abstract: a headset includes multiple pairs of acoustic sensors for capturing audio of a local area surrounding the headset. each pair of acoustic sensors includes an acoustic sensor on a side of the headset and an additional acoustic sensor on an opposite side of the headset. one pair of acoustic sensors is positioned closer to the ears of a user than other pairs of acoustic sensors. the headset determines a filter for each pair of acoustic sensors that modifies audio captured by the acoustic sensors of a pair. application of the filter causes audio captured by the pair of acoustic sensors to have sound similar to audio captured at the user's ears. in some embodiments, audio from multiple pairs of acoustic sensors is filtered by corresponding filters then combined.
Inventor(s): Andrew FRANCL of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Tobias Daniel KABZINSKI of Aachen (DE) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Hao LU of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, Antje IHLEFELD of Redmond WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc, William Owen BRIMIJOIN, II of Kirkland WA (US) for meta platforms technologies, llc
IPC Code(s): H04S7/00, G02B27/00, G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): H04S7/306
Abstract: techniques for determining personalized head-related transfer functions (hrtfs) using a head-mounted device and in-ear devices include: receiving, from a sensor array of the head-mounted device, a first sound signal associated with a sound from a sound source in a local environment of a user of the head-mounted device; determining that reverberation characteristics and spectral characteristics of the sound meet predetermined criteria based on the first sound signal; determining that the sound source is stationary within a time period; determining a relative location of the sound source with respect to the user; receiving, from an in-ear device in an ear of the user, a second sound signal associated with the sound from the sound source; and determining, based on at least the second sound signal, an hrtf or one or more parameters of the hrtf associated with the relative location of the sound source for the user.
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC patent applications on September 12th, 2024
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- G02B3/14
- CPC G02B3/14
- Meta platforms technologies, llc
- G02B27/01
- CPC G02B27/0176
- G02F1/13363
- G02F1/1334
- G02F1/1335
- CPC G02F1/133638
- G06F1/3206
- G06F13/42
- G06F15/78
- CPC G06F1/3206
- G06F1/3287
- G06F1/16
- CPC G06F1/3287
- G06F3/01
- G06F3/0346
- CPC G06F3/015
- G06T11/00
- CPC G06T11/00
- G06T15/20
- G06T7/50
- G06T17/20
- CPC G06T15/20
- G06T19/00
- CPC G06T19/00
- G06T19/20
- G06T15/06
- CPC G06T19/20
- H04B1/7163
- H04N5/265
- H04N23/66
- H04W76/14
- CPC H04B1/7163
- H04N23/67
- G06T7/246
- G06T7/41
- G06T7/73
- CPC H04N23/675
- H04N23/84
- H04N7/18
- CPC H04N23/84
- H04S7/00
- H04R1/40
- H04R3/00
- CPC H04S7/301
- G02B27/00
- CPC H04S7/306
