Snap Inc. patent applications on December 26th, 2024

Patent Applications by Snap Inc. on December 26th, 2024

Snap Inc.: 9 patent applications

Snap Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G02B27/01 (4), G06F3/01 (3), G06F3/0482 (2), G06T19/00 (2), G09G3/00 (1) G02B27/0172 (1), G02C5/2227 (1), G06F3/017 (1), G06T11/00 (1), G06V40/169 (1)

With keywords such as: device, content, display, user, power, frame, data, eyewear, video, and wireless in patent application abstracts.

Patent Applications by Snap Inc.

20240427156. EYEWEAR DEVICE DYNAMIC POWER CONFIGURATION_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Sumant Hanumante of Aliso Viejo CA (US) for snap inc., Bernhard Jung of Perchtoldsdorf (AT) for snap inc., Matthias Kalkgruber of Vienna (AT) for snap inc., Anton Kondratenko of San Ramon CA (US) for snap inc., Edward Lee Kim-Koon of Venice CA (US) for snap inc., Gerald Nilles of Culver City CA (US) for snap inc., John James Robertson of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc., Dmitry Ryuma of Sherman Oaks CA (US) for snap inc., Alexander Sourov of Seattle WA (US) for snap inc., Daniel Wolf of Modling (AT) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G01K7/00, G02B27/00, G06F1/26, G06F3/01, G06T19/00

CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172

Abstract: devices and methods for dynamic power configuration (e.g., reduction) for thermal management (e.g., mitigation) in a wearable electronic device such as an eyewear device. the wearable electronic device monitors its temperature and, responsive to the temperature, configures the services it provides to operate in different modes for thermal mitigation (e.g., to prevent overheating). for example, based on temperature, the wearable electronic device adjusts sensors (e.g., turns cameras on or off, changes the sampling rate, or a combination thereof) and adjusts display components (e.g., adjusted rate at which a graphical processing unit generates images and a visual display is updated). this enables the wearable electronic device to consume less power when temperatures are too high in order to provide thermal mitigation.

20240427172. HYPEREXTENDING HINGE HAVING COSMETIC TRIM FOR EYEWEAR_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Michael Ryner of Santa Monica CA (US) for snap inc., Stephen Steger of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G02C5/22, G02C5/10

CPC Code(s): G02C5/2227

Abstract: eyewear having a frame, a hinge, and a hyperextendable temple. an extender is coupled to the hinge and the temple, and the extender extends with respect to the hinge allowing hyperextension of the temple with respect to the frame. a cam is configured to leverage the temple away from the frame during hyperextension and reduce wear. a cosmetic trim may include a recess that receives a protrusion of the frame in the open position, and which protrusion moves out of the recess during hyperextension and creates the cam.

20240427427. STEERABLE CAMERA FOR AR HAND TRACKING_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Daniel Colascione of Melbourne Beach FL (US) for snap inc., Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons of Downey CA (US) for snap inc., Weston Welge of Boulder CO (US) for snap inc., Ramzi Zahreddine of Denver CO (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G02B27/01, G06T19/00

CPC Code(s): G06F3/017

Abstract: a system for hand tracking for an augmented reality (ar) system. the ar system uses a camera of the ar system to capture tracking video frame data of a hand of a user of the ar system. the ar system generates a skeletal model based on the tracking video frame data and determines a location of the hand of the user based on the skeletal model. the ar system causes a steerable camera of the ar system to focus on the hand of the user.

20240428470. SIMILAR CONTENT AUGMENTATIONS SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Kevin Sarabia Dela Rosa of Seattle WA (US) for snap inc., Hao Hu of Bellevue WA (US) for snap inc., Yanjia Li of Torrance CA (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06T11/00, G06F3/0482, G06T7/60, G06V10/74, G06V10/77, G06V10/776, G06V20/20

CPC Code(s): G06T11/00

Abstract: described is a system for identifying content augmentations based on an interaction function initiated by a user by determining an initiation of an interaction function from a first user of an interaction system, processing data associated with the interaction function using a first machine learning model to generate a feature vector, and identifying at least one recommended content augmentation based on a comparison of the feature vector for the interaction function to a feature vector for the at least one recommended content augmentation. the system then displays the at least one recommended content augmentation to the first user with a corresponding selectable user interface element for individual recommended content augmentations.

20240428614. GLOBAL CONFIGURATION INTERFACE FOR DEFAULT SELF-IMAGES_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Jeremy Voss of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc., Dallin Dyer of Saratoga Springs UT (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06V40/16, G06F21/32

CPC Code(s): G06V40/169

Abstract: provided are systems and methods for operating a messaging system. an example method includes receiving, by a computing device, a personalized video including at least a part of a self-image of a user associated with the computing device and at least a part of a stock video, where the personalized video is received from a further computing device, receiving, by the computing device, a user input including an indication of whether the user has authorized using the self-image in the personalized video, and, in response to the user input, sending, by the computing device, the indication of whether the user has authorized using the self-image in the personalized video to the further computing device.

20240428752. UPDATING AN IMAGE DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Edmund Passon of Scottsdale AZ (US) for snap inc., Ian Kyles of West Linn OR (US) for snap inc., Aaron Boyce of Tigard OR (US) for snap inc., Glen R. Sands of Hillsboro OR (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G09G5/393, G09G5/395

CPC Code(s): G09G5/393

Abstract: an image is updated on a display device. display driver logic receives image frame data and processes the image frame data to generate updated image data and compute a map. the map identifies one or more active areas of the display device for updating to display at least a portion of the updated image data. the one or more active areas of the display device are determined at least in part by analyzing whether or not there are any non-black pixels in the active areas.

20240429719. EYEWEAR BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION USING TIME GATING POWER TRANSFER_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Shaheen Moubedi of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): H02J7/00, G02B27/01, G06F3/01, G09G3/00, H02J7/04, H02J50/10, H02J50/80, H04B5/72, H04B5/79, H04N13/239

CPC Code(s): H02J7/00032

Abstract: eyewear that is configured to be wirelessly charged and also wirelessly communicate with a case charger having a battery using time gating power transfer. in one example, wireless charging and bidirectional communication of the eyewear can be performed using a unidirectional communication protocol, such as the qi baseline power profile (bpp) which is only suited for unidirectional communication. the eyewear has a processor configured to send data to the wireless power charger that instructs the wireless power charger to stop wireless charging for a time period that is correlated to a state of charge (soc) of the wireless power charger battery. the wireless power charger resumes charging of the eyewear battery after the time period, and the eyewear determines the soc of the wireless power charger battery to be a percentage that correlates to the time period.

20240430219. CONTENT SUGGESTION SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Luis Carlos Dos Santos Marujo of Culver City CA (US) for snap inc., Maria Pavlovskaia of San Francisco CA (US) for snap inc., William Brendel of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc., Robert Cornelius Murphy of Cenice CA (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L51/04, G06F3/0482, G06F16/958, H04L51/02

CPC Code(s): H04L51/04

Abstract: a content suggestion system to generate and cause display of a set of chat suggestions based on messages received at a client device. the content suggestions system is configured to display messages that include message content at a client device, and identify content selected by a user of the client device to be included in a response to the messages received at the client device. the content suggestion system tracks and stores a number of times in which a particular pair of content appear in succession in a chat context, and calculates a ranking of the content among a set of available content. when subsequent messages that include the content of the content pair are displayed at the client device, the content suggestion system retrieves and presents a set of content as suggestions, based on the corresponding ranks.

20240430389. PROJECTOR WITH FIELD LENS_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Robert Matthew Bates of Erie CO (US) for snap inc., David G. Fliszar of Manhattan Beach CA (US) for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): H04N9/31, G02B27/01, G02C11/00

CPC Code(s): H04N9/31

Abstract: a projector having a curved field lens and a displaced light modulating display. the system includes at least one light source configured to generate colored light beams, and a prism routing the light beams to the display. the curved field lens is coupled to a face of the prism, and the prism and curved field lens together decenter the light beam from the prism face and uniformly illuminate the display. a center of the display is displaced from the projection lens optical axis. the decentered light beam and the displaced display together generate a favorable shifted boresight of the created image. dimensions of components of the projector are a function of a curvature of the curved field lens. the greater the curvature of the curved field lens, the smaller the dimensions of the components and the overall projector. the projector may be used in eyewear.

Snap Inc. patent applications on December 26th, 2024