A case for a portable device like a smartphone includes light sources such as LEDs, which, when illuminated, can be detected and tracked by a head-worn augmented or virtual reality device. The light sources may be located at the corners of the case and may emit infrared light. A relative pose between the smartphone and the head-worn device can be determined based on computer vision techniques performed on images captured by the head- worn device that includes light from the light sources. Relative movement between the smartphone and the head-worn device can be used to provide user input to the head-worn device, as can touch input on the portable device. In some instances, the case is powered inductively from the portable device.
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HEAD PROPERTY DETECTION IN DISPLAY-ENABLED WEARABLE DEVICES
A display-enabled eyewear device has an integrated head sensor that dynamically and continuously measures or detects various cephalic parameters of a wearer's head. The head sensor includes a loop coupler system integrated in a lens-carrying frame to sense proximate ambient RF absorption influenced by head presence, size, and/or distance. Autonomous device management dynamically adjust or cause adjustment of selected device features based on current detected values for the cephalic parameters, which can include wear status, head size, and frame-head spacing.
Methods and systems are disclosed for performing real-time stylizing operations. The system receives an image that includes a depiction of a whole body of a real-world person. The system applies a machine learning model to the image to generate a stylized version of the whole body of the real-world person corresponding to a given style, the machine learning model being trained using training data to establish a relationship between a plurality of training images depicting synthetically rendered whole bodies of persons and corresponding ground-truth stylized versions of the whole bodies of the persons of the given style. The system replaces the depiction of the whole body of the real-world person in the image with the generated stylized version of the whole body of the real-world person.
A method for recognizing sign language using collaborative augmented reality devices is described. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a first image generated by a first augmented reality device and a second image generated by a second augmented reality device, the first image and the second image depicting a hand gesture of a user of the first augmented reality device, synchronizing the first augmented reality device with the second augmented reality device, in response to the synchronizing, distributing one or more processes of a sign language recognition system between the first and second augmented reality devices, collecting results from the one or more processes from the first and second augmented reality devices, and displaying, in near real-time in a first display of the first augmented reality device, text indicating a sign language translation of the hand gesture based on the results.
A hand-tracking platform generates gesture components for use as user inputs into an application of an Augmented Reality (AR) system. In some examples, the hand-tracking platform generates real-world scene environment frame data based on gestures being made by a user of the AR system using a camera component of the AR system. The hand-tracking platform recognizes a gesture component based on the real-world scene environment frame data and generates gesture component data based on the gesture component. The application utilizes the gesture component data as user input in a user interface of the application.
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An energy-efficient adaptive 3D sensing system. The adaptive 3D sensing system includes one or more cameras and one or more projectors. The adaptive 3D sensing system captures images of a real-world scene using the one or more cameras and computes depth estimates and depth estimate confidence values for pixels of the images. The adaptive 3D sensing system computes an attention mask based on the one or more depth estimate confidence values and commands the one or more projectors to send a distributed laser beam into one or more areas of the real-world scene based on the attention mask. The adaptive 3D sensing system captures 3D sensing image data of the one or more areas of the real-world scene and generates 3D sensing data for the real-world scene based on the 3D sensing image data.
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Systems, methods, and computer readable media for remote annotations, drawings, and navigation instructions sent to an augmented reality (AR) wearable device from a computing device are disclosed. The AR wearable device captures images and sends them to the remote computing device to provide a real-time view of what the user of the AR wearable device sees. A user of the remote computing device can add navigation instructions and can select an image to annotate or draw on. The AR wearable device provides 3-dimensional (3D) coordinate information within a 3D world of the AR wearable device for the selected image. The user of the remote computing device then annotates or draws on the selected image. The remote computing device determines 3D coordinates for the annotations and drawings within the 3D world of the AR wearable device. The annotations and drawings are sent to the AR wearable device with associated 3D coordinates.
A system for deformation or bending correction in an Augmented Reality (AR) system. Sensors are positioned in a frame of a head-worn AR system to sense forces or pressure acting on the frame by temple pieces attached to the frame. The sensed forces or pressure are used in conjunction with a model of the frame to determine a corrected model of the frame. The corrected model is used to correct video data captured by the AR system and to correct a video virtual overlay that is provided to a user wearing the head- worn AR system.
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system for performing real-time in-painting using machine learning techniques. The system receives a video that includes a depiction of a real-world object in a real -world environment. The system accesses a segmentation associated with the real-world object and removes a depiction of the real -world object from a region of a first frame of the video. The system processes, by a machine learning model, the first frame and one or more previous frames of the video that precede the first frame to generate a new frame in which portions of the first frame have been blended into the region from which the depiction of the real-world object has been removed.
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations on an augmented reality (AR) device using an external screen streaming system. The system establishes, by one or more processors of an AR device, a communication with an external client device. The system causes overlay of, by the AR device, a first AR object on a real -world environment being viewed using the AR device. The system receives, by the AR device, a first image from the external client device. The system, in response to receiving the first image from the external client device, overlays the first image on the first AR object by the AR device.
An augmented reality (AR) content system is provided. The AR content system may analyze audio input obtained from a user to generate a search request. The AR content system may obtain search results in response to the search request and determine a layout by which to display the search results. The search results may be displayed in a user interface within an AR environment according to the layout. The AR content system may also analyze audio input to detect commands to perform with respect to content displayed in the user interface.
A system and method are described for generating 3D garments from two-dimensional (2D) scribble images drawn by users. The system includes a conditional 2D generator, a conditional 3D generator, and two intermediate media including dimension-coupling color-density pairs and flat point clouds that bridge the gap between dimensions. Given a scribble image, the 2D generator synthesizes dimension-coupling color-density pairs including the RGB projection and density map from the front and rear views of the scribble image. A density-aware sampling algorithm converts the 2D dimension-coupling color-density pairs into a 3D flat point cloud representation, where the depth information is ignored. The 3D generator predicts the depth information from the flat point cloud. Dynamic variations per garment due to deformations resulting from a wearer's pose as well as irregular wrinkles and folds may be bypassed by taking advantage of 2D generative models to bridge the dimension gap in a non-parametric way.
A mixed-reality media content system may be configured to perform operations that include: causing display of image data at a client device, the image data comprising a depiction of an object that includes a graphical code at a position upon the object; detecting the graphical code at the position upon the depiction of the object based on the image data; accessing media content within a media repository based on the graphical code scanned by the client device; and causing display of a presentation of the media content at the position of the graphical code upon the depiction of the object at the client device.
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Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system for presenting AR items. The system receives a video that includes a depiction of a real-world object in a real-world environment. The system generates a three-dimensional (3D) bounding box for the real-world object and stabilizes the 3D bounding box based on one or more sensors of the device. The system determines a position, orientation, and dimensions of the real-world object based on the stabilized 3D bounding box and renders a display of an augmented reality (AR) item within the video based on the position, orientation, and dimensions of the real -world object.
AR-enabled wearable electronic devices such as smart glasses are adapted for use as an (Internet of Things) IoT remote control device where the user can control a pointer on a television screen, computer screen, or other IoT enabled device to select items by looking at them and making selections using gestures. Built-in six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) tracking capabilities are used to move the pointer on the screen to facilitate navigation. The display screen is tracked in real-world coordinates to determine the point of intersection of the user's view with the screen using raycasting techniques. Hand and head gesture detection are used to allow the user to execute a variety of control actions by performing different gestures. The techniques are particularly useful for smart displays that offer AR-enhanced content that can be viewed in the displays of the AR-enabled wearable electronic devices.
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A resource optimized kiosk mode that improves the mobile experience for creators and users of mobile devices such as an augmented reality (AR)-enabled wearable eyewear device. An eyewear device enters a kiosk mode by receiving a kiosk mode request for an application and, in response to the request, determining which services and application programming interfaces (APIs) are required to execute the selected application. An identification of the determined services and APIs required to execute the selected application are stored and the eyewear device is rebooted. After reboot, the selected application is started, and only the identified services and APIs are enabled. To determine which services and APIs are required to execute the selected application, metadata may be associated with the selected application specifying the services and/or APIs that the selected application requires to use when in operation.
A gesture-based wake process for an AR system is described herein. The AR system places a hand-tracking input pipeline of the AR system in a suspended mode. A camera component of the hand-tracking input pipeline detects a possible visual wake command being made by a user of the AR system. On the basis of detecting the possible visual wake command, the AR system wakes the hand-tracking input pipeline and places the camera component in a fully operational mode. If the AR system, using the hand¬ tracking input pipeline, verifies the possible visual wake command as an actual wake command, the AR system initiates execution of an AR application.
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for graphical assistance with tasks using an augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments capture an image of a first user view of a real-world scene and access indications of surfaces and locations of the surfaces detected in the image. The AR wearable device displays indications of the surfaces on a display of the AR wearable device where the locations of the indications are based on the locations of the surfaces and a second user view of the real-world scene. The locations of the surfaces are indicated with 3D world coordinates. The user views are determined based on a location of the user. The AR wearable device enables a user to add graphics to the surfaces and select tasks to perform. Tools such as a bubble level or a measuring tool are available for the user to utilize to perform the task.
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.
A method of generating an image for use in a conversation taking place in a messaging application is disclosed. Conversation input text is received from a user of a portable device that includes a display. Model input text is generated from the conversation input text, which is processed with a text-to-image model to generate an image based on the model input text. The coordinates of a face in the image are determined, and the face of the user or another person is added to the image at the location. The final image is displayed on the portable device, and user input is received to transmit the image to a remote recipient.
An augmented reality (AR) eyewear device has a lens system which includes an optical screening mechanism that enables switching the lens system between a conventional see- through state and an opaque state in which the lens system screens or functionally blocks out the wearer's view of the external environment. Such a screening mechanism allows for expanded use cases of the AR glasses compared to conventional devices, e.g.: as a sleep mask; to view displayed content like movies or sports events against a visually nondistracting background instead of against the external environment; and/or to enable VR functionality.
An optical device for use in an augmented reality or virtual reality display, comprising: a waveguide; an input diffractive optical element, DOE, configured to receive light from a projector and to couple the received light into the waveguide along a plurality of optical paths; an output DOE offset from the input DOE along a first direction and configured to couple the received light out of the waveguide and towards a viewer; a first turning DOE offset from the input DOE along a second direction different from the first direction; wherein the input DOE is configured to couple a first portion of the received light in the second direction towards the first turning DOE and the first turning DOE is configured to diffract the first portion of the received light towards the output DOE, and the input DOE is configured to couple a second portion of the received light in the first direction towards the output DOE.
An eyewear device including a strain gauge sensor to determine when the eyewear device is manipulated by a user, such as being put on, taken off, and interacted with. A processor identifies a signature event based on sensor signals received from the strain gauge sensor and a data table of strain gauge sensor measurements corresponding to signature events. The processor controls the eyewear device as a function of the identified signature event, such as powering on a display of the eyewear device as the eyewear device is being put on a user's head, and then turning of the display when the eyewear device is removed from the user's head.
A waterproof UAV that records camera footage while traveling through air and while submerged in water. The UAV alters speed and direction of propellers dependent on the medium that the UAV is traveling through to provide control of the UAV. The propellers are capable of spinning in both directions to enable the UAV to change its depth and orientation in water. A machine learning (ML) model is used to identify humans and objects underwater. A housing coupled to the UAV makes the UAV positively buoyant to float in water and to control buoyancy while submerged.
Methods and systems are disclosed for performing real-time deforming operations. The system receives an image that includes a depiction of a real-world object. The system applies a machine learning model to the image to generate a warping field and segmentation mask, the machine learning model trained to establish a relationship between a plurality of training images depicting real -world objects and corresponding ground-truth warping fields and segmentation masks associated with a target shape. The system applies the generated warping field and segmentation mask to the image to warp the real- world object depicted in the image to the target shape.
A three-dimensional asset (3D) reconstruction technique for generating a 3D asset representing an object from images of the object. The images are captured from different viewpoints in a darkroom using one or more light sources having known locations. The system estimates camera poses for each of the captured images and then constructs a 3D surface mesh made up of surfaces using the captured images and their respective estimated camera poses. Texture properties for each of the surfaces of the 3D surface mesh are then refined to generate the 3D asset.
A finger gesture recognition system is provided. The finger gesture recognition system includes one or more audio sensors and one or more optic sensors. The finger gesture recognition system captures, using the one or more audio sensors, audio signal data of a finger gesture being made by a user, and captures, using the one or more optic sensors, optic signal data of the finger gesture. The finger gesture recognition system recognizes the finger gesture based on the audio signal data and the optic signal data and communicates finger gesture data of the recognized finger gesture to an Augmented Reality/Combined Reality/Virtual Reality (XR) application.
A pose tracking system is provided. The pose tracking system includes an EMF tracking system having a user-worn head-mounted EMF source and one or more user-worn EMF tracking sensors attached to the wrists of the user. The EMF source is associated with a VIO tracking system such as AR glasses or the like. The pose tracking system determines a pose of the user's head and a ground plane using the VIO tracking system and a pose of the user's hands using the EMF tracking system to determine a fullbody pose for the user. Metal interference with the EMF tracking system is minimized using an IMU mounted with the EMF tracking sensors. Long term drift in the IMU and the VIO tracking system are minimized using the EMF tracking system.
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Systems and methods are provided for performing AR button selection operations on an augmented reality (AR) device. The system displays, by an AR device, a plurality of AR objects on a display region that overlaps a first real-world object, each of the plurality of AR objects being associated with an object selection region. The system computes a first spatial relationship factor for a first AR object of the plurality of AR objects based on a position of the first AR object relative to a position of a second real -world object and adjusts the object selection region of the first AR object based on the first spatial relationship factor. The system activates the first AR object in response to determining that the second real -world object overlaps the object selection region of the first AR object.
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The subject technology detects a location and a position of a representation of a finger. The subject technology generates a first virtual object based on the location and the position of the representation of the finger. The subject technology detects a first collision event. The subject technology in response to the first collision event, modifies a set of dimensions of the second virtual object to a second set of dimensions. The subject technology detects a second location and a second position of the representation of the finger. The subject technology detects a second collision event. The subject technology modifies a set of dimensions of the third virtual object to a third set of dimensions. The subject technology renders the third virtual object based on the third set of dimensions within a third scene, the third scene comprising a modified scene from a second scene.
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SHOOTING INTERACTION USING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT IN A MESSAGING SYSTEM
The subject technology receives a set of frames. The subject technology detect a first gesture correspond to an open trigger finger gesture. The subject technology receives a second set of frames. The subject technology detects from the second set of frames, a second gesture correspond to a closed trigger finger gesture. The subject technology detects a location and a position of a representation of a finger from the closed trigger finger gesture. The subject technology generates a first virtual object based at least in part on the location and the position of the representation of the finger. The subject technology renders a movement of the first virtual object along a vector away from the location and the position of the representation of the finger within a first scene. The subject technology provides for display the rendered movement of the first virtual object along the vector within the first scene.
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VIRTUAL OBJECT MANIPULATION WITH GESTURES IN A MESSAGING SYSTEM
The subject technology detects a first gesture and a second gesture, each gesture corresponding to an open trigger finger gesture. The subject technology detects a third gesture and a fourth gesture, each gesture corresponding to a closed trigger finger gesture. The subject technology, selects a first virtual object in a first scene. The subject technology detects a first location and a first position of a first representation of a first finger from the third gesture and a second location and a second position of a second representation of a second finger from the fourth gesture. The subject technology detects a first change in the first location and the first position and a second change in the second location and the second position. The subject technology modifies a set of dimensions of the first virtual object to a different set of dimensions.
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Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for remotely changing settings on augmented reality (AR) wearable devices. Embodiments are disclosed that enable a user to change settings of an AR wearable device on a user interface (UI) provided by a host client device that can communicate wirelessly with the AR wearable device. The host client device and AR wearable device provide remote procedure calls (RFCs) and an application program interface (API) to access settings and determine if settings have been changed. The API enables the host client device to determine the settings on the AR wearable device without any prior knowledge of the settings on the AR wearable device. The RFCs and the API enable the host client device to automatically update the settings on the AR wearable device when the user changes the settings on the host client device.
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Systems, methods, and computer readable media for selecting a tilt angle of an augmented reality (AR) display of an AR wearable device. Some examples of the present disclosure capture simulation data of gaze fixations while users are performing tasks using applications resident on the AR wearable device. The tilt angle of the AR display is selected based on including more gaze fixations that are within the field of view (FOV) of the AR display than are outside the FOV of the AR display. In some examples, an AR wearable device is manufactured with a fixed vertical tilt angle for the AR display. In some examples, the AR wearable device can dynamically adjust the vertical tilt angle of the AR display based on the applications that a user of the AR wearable device is likely to use or is using.
The subject technology receives frames of a source media content. The subject technology detects from the frames of the source media content, a first gesture indicating a cut point at a particular frame of the source media content, the cut point associated with a trimming operation to be performed on the source media content. The subject technology selects a starting frame and an ending frame from the frames based at least in part on the cut point at the particular frame. The subject technology performs the trimming operation based on the starting frame and the ending frame. The subject technology generates a second media content using the third set of frames. The subject technology provides for display at least a portion of the third set of frames of the second media content.
The subject technology detects a location and a position of a representation of a finger in a set of frames captured by a camera of a client device. The subject technology generates a first virtual object based at least in part on the location and the position of the representation of the finger. The subject technology renders the first virtual object within a first scene. The subject technology detects a first collision event corresponding to a first collider of the first virtual object intersecting with a second collider of a second virtual object. The subject technology modifies a set of dimensions of the second virtual object to a second set of dimensions. The subject technology renders the second virtual object based on the second set of dimensions within a second scene. The subject technology provides for display the rendered second virtual object within the second scene.
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TRIGGER GESTURE FOR SELECTION OF AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT IN MESSAGING SYSTEMS
The subject technology detects a first gesture corresponding to an open trigger finger gesture. The subject technology detects a location and a position of a representation of a finger from the open trigger finger gesture. The subject technology generates a first virtual object based at least in part on the location and the position of the representation of the finger. The subject technology detects a first collision event. The subject technology detects a second gesture corresponding to a closed trigger finger gesture. The subject technology selects the second virtual object. The subject technology renders the first virtual object as attached to the second virtual object in response to the selecting. The subject technology provides for display the rendered first virtual object as attached to the second virtual object within a first scene.
The subject technology detects from a set of frames, a first gesture, the first gesture corresponding to a pinch gesture. The subject technology detects a first location and a first position of a first representation of a first finger from the first gesture and a second location and a second position of a second representation of a second finger from the first gesture. The subject technology detects a first collision event corresponding to a first collider and a second collider intersecting with a third collider of a first virtual object. The subject technology detects a first change in the first location and the first position and a second change in the second location and the second position. The subject technology modifies the first virtual object to include an additional augmented reality content based at least in part on the first change and the second change.
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GESTURES TO ENABLE MENUS USING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT IN A MESSAGING SYSTEM
The subject technology detects a first location and a first position of a first representation of a first finger and a second location and a second position of a second representation of a second finger. The subject technology detects a first particular location and a first particular position of a first particular representation of a first particular finger and a second particular location and a second particular position of a second particular representation of a second particular finger. The subject technology detects a first change in the first location and the first position and a second change in the second location and the second position. The subject technology detects a first particular change in the first particular location and the first particular position and a second particular change in the second particular location and the second particular position. The subject technology generates a set of virtual objects.
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REVEALING COLLABORATIVE OBJECT USING COUNTDOWN TIMER
A collaborative session (e.g., a virtual time capsule) in which access to a collaborative object and added virtual content is selectively provided to participants/users. In one example of the collaborative session, a processor provides users with access to a collaborative object using respective physically remote devices, and associates virtual content received from the users with the collaborative object during a collaboration period. The processor maintains a timer including a countdown indicative of when the collaboration period ends for associating virtual content with the collaborative object. The processor provides the users with access to the collaborative object with associated virtual content at the end of the collaboration period.
A collaborative session (e.g., a virtual time capsule) in which access to a collaborative object with an associated material and added virtual content is provided to users. In one example of the collaborative session, a user selects the associated material of the collaborative object. Physical characteristics are assigned to the collaborative object as a function of the associated material to be perceived by the participants when the collaborative object is manipulated. In one example, the material associated to the collaborative object is metal, wherein the interaction between the users and the collaborative object generates a response of the collaborative object that is indicative of the physical properties of metal, such as inertial, acoustic, and malleability.
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Collaborative sessions in which access to added virtual content is selectively made available to participants/users by a collaborative system. The system receives a request from a user to join a session and associates a timestamp with the user corresponding to receipt of the request. Users can edit the collaborative object if the timestamp is within the collaborative duration period and can view the collaborative object if the timestamp is after the collaborative duration period.
Collaborative sessions in which access to a collaborative object and added virtual content is selectively provided to participants/users. In one example of the collaborative session, a participant crops media content by use of a hand gesture to produce an image segment that can be associated to the collaborative object. The hand gesture resembles a pair of scissors and the camera and processor of the client device track a path of the hand gesture to identify an object within a displayed image to create virtual content of the identified object. The virtual content created by the hand gesture is then associated to the collaborative object.
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G06F 3/04842 - Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements
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G06F 3/04845 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
44.
PHYSICAL GESTURE INTERACTION WITH OBJECTS BASED ON INTUITIVE DESIGN
A collaborative session (e.g., a virtual time capsule) in which access to a collaborative object and added virtual content is selectively provided to participants/users. In one example of the collaborative session, a user interacts with the collaborative object using hand gestures. The virtual content associated with the collaborative object can be accessed with an opening hand gesture and the virtual content can be hidden with a closing hand gesture. The hand gestures are detected by cameras of a client device used by the user. The collaborative object can be moved and manipulated using a pointing gesture, wherein the position of the collaborative object can be confirmed to a new position by titling the client device of the user.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
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A collaborative session (e.g., a virtual time capsule) in which access to a collaborative object and added virtual content is selectively provided to participants/users. In one example of the collaborative session, authentication of the collaborative object is performed by all of the users to complete the collaborative session. Each user authenticates the collaborative object, such as using a stamping gesture on a user interface of a client device or in an augmented reality session. User specific data is recorded with the stamping gesture to authenticate the collaborative object and the associated virtual content. In an example, user specific data may include device information, participant profile information, or biometric signal information. Biometric signal information, such as a fingerprint from a mobile device or a heart rate received from a connected smart device can be used to provide an authenticating signature to the seal.
Collaborative sessions in which access to added virtual content is selectively made available to participants/users. A participant (the host) creates a new session and invites participants to join. The invited participants receive an invitation to join the session. The session creator (i.e., the host) and other approved participants can access the contents of a session. The session identifies a new participant when they join the session, and concurrently notifies the other participants in the session that a new participant is waiting for permission to access the added virtual content. The host or approved participants can set up the new participant with permissions for accessing added virtual content.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
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47.
CHARACTER AND COSTUME ASSIGNMENT FOR CO-LOCATED USERS
Multi-player co-located AR experiences are augmented by assigning characters and costumes to respective participants (a.k.a. "users" of AR-enabled mobile devices) in multi-player AR sessions for storytelling, play acting, and the like. Body tracking technology and augmented reality (AR) software are used to decorate the bodies of the co-located participants with virtual costumes within the context of the multi-player co-located AR experiences. Tracked bodies are distinguished to determine which body belongs to which user and hence which virtual costume belongs to which tracked body so that corresponding costumes may be assigned for display in augmented reality. A host-guest mechanism is used for networked assignment of characters and corresponding costumes in the co-located multi-player AR session. Body tracking technology is used to move the costume with the body as movement of the assigned body is detected.
G06T 19/00 - Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
G06T 13/40 - 3D [Three Dimensional] animation of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings
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G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
A two-dimensional element is identified from one or more two-dimensional images. A volumetric content item is generated based on the two-dimensional element identified from the one or more two-dimensional images. A display device presents the volumetric content item overlaid on a real-world environment that is within a field of view of a user of the display device.
G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
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G06F 16/58 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for voice-controlled user interfaces (UIs) for augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments are disclosed that enable a user to interact with the AR wearable device without using physical user interface devices. An application has a non-voice-controlled UI mode and a voice-controlled UI mode. The user selects the mode of the UI. The application running on the AR wearable device displays UI elements on a display of the AR wearable device. The UI elements have types. Predetermined actions are associated with each of the UI element types. The predetermined actions are displayed with other information and used by the user to invoke the corresponding UI element.
G06F 3/04817 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance using icons
G06F 3/0482 - Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
A system captures via one or more sensors of a computing device, data of an environment observed by the one or more sensors at a first timeslot, and stores the data in a data store as a first portion of a timelapse memory experience. The system also captures, via the one or more sensors of a computing device, data of the environment observed by the one or more sensors at a second timeslot, and stores the data in a data store as a second portion of the timelapse memory experience. The system additionally associates the timelapse memory experience with a memory experience trigger, wherein the memory experience trigger can initiate a presentation of the timelapse memory experience.
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing a touch-based augmented reality (AR) experience. During a capture phase, a first user may grip an object. An intensity of a force applied on the object in the grip and/or a duration of the grip may be recorded. A volumetric representation of the first user holding the object may also be captured. During an experience phase, a second user may touch the object, the object may provide haptic feedback (e.g., a vibration) to the second user at an intensity and a duration corresponding to an intensity of the force applied on the object and a duration of the grip of the object. If a volumetric representation of the first user holding the object is captured, touching the object may also cause a presentation of the first user's volumetric body that holds the object.
An Augmented Reality (AR) system is provided. The AR system uses a combination of gesture and Direct Manipulation of Virtual Objects (DMVO) methodologies to provide for the user's selection and modification of virtual objects of an AR experience. The user indicates that they want to interact with a virtual object of the AR experience by moving their hand to overlap the virtual object. While keeping their hand in an overlapping position, the user makes gestures that cause the user's viewpoint of the virtual object to either zoom in or zoom out. To end the interaction, the user moves their hand such that their hand is no longer overlapping the virtual object.
An Augmented Reality (AR) system is provided. The AR system uses a combination of gesture and Direct Manipulation of Virtual Objects (DMVO) methodologies to provide for the user's selection and modification of virtual objects of an AR experience. The user indicates that they want to interact with a virtual object of the AR experience by moving their hand to overlap the virtual object. While keeping their hand in an overlapping position, the user rotates their wrist and the virtual object is rotated as well. To end the interaction, the user moves their hand such that their hand is no longer overlapping the virtual object.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/03 - Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
G06F 3/04817 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance using icons
G06F 3/04845 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
54.
EXTENDING USER INTERFACES OF MOBILE APPS TO AR EYEWEAR
An architecture is provided for packaging visual overlay-based user interfaces (UIs) into mobile device applications to work as user interface extensions that allow certain flows and logic to be displayed on an eyewear device when connected to the mobile device application. The extension of the UIs of the mobile device applications to the display of the eyewear device allows for inexpensive experimentation with augmented reality (AR) UIs for eyewear devices and allows for reusing of business logic across mobile devices and associated eyewear devices. For example, a mobile device application for maps or navigation may be extended to show directions on an associated eyewear device once the destination is chosen in the navigation application on the mobile device. In this example, the business logic would still live in the navigation application on the mobile device but the user would see AR directions overlaid on a display of the eyewear device.
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
G06F 9/451 - Execution arrangements for user interfaces
Collaborative sessions in which access to added virtual content is selectively made available to participants/users. A participant (the host) creates a new session and invites participants to join. The invited participants receive an invitation to join the session. The session creator (i.e., the host) and other approved participants can access the contents of a session. The session identifies a new participant when they join the session, and concurrently notifies the other participants in the session that a new participant is waiting for permission to access the added virtual content. The host or approved participants can set up the new participant with permissions for accessing added virtual content.
A collaborative session (e.g., a virtual time capsule) in which access to a collaborative object and added virtual content is selectively provided to participants/users. In one example of the collaborative session, a participant (the host) creates a new session and invites participants to join. The session creator (i.e., the host) and other approved participants can access the contents of a session (e.g., which may be recorded using an application such as lens cloud feature; available from Snap Inc. of Santa Monica, California). A timestamp is associated with each received virtual content, and the users are provided with a timelapse of the collaborative object as a function of the timestamps.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
A method for detecting full-body gestures by a mobile device includes a host mobile device detecting the tracked body of a co-located participant in a multi-party session. When the participant's tracked body provides a full-body gesture, the host's mobile device recognizes that there is a tracked body providing a full-body gesture. The host mobile device iterates through the list of participants in the multi-party session and finds the closest participant mobile device with respect to the screen-space position of the head of the gesturing participant. The host mobile device then obtains the user ID of the closest participant mobile device and broadcasts the recognized full-body gesture event to all co-located participants in the multi-party session, along with the obtained user ID. Each participant's mobile device may then handle the gesture event as appropriate for the multi-party session. For example, a character or costume may be assigned to a gesturing participant.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
58.
AUTHORING TOOLS FOR CREATING INTERACTIVE AR EXPERIENCES
Described are authoring tools for creating interactive AR experiences. The story-authoring application enables a user with little or no programming skills to create an interactive story that includes recording voice commands for advancing to the next scene, inserting and manipulating virtual objects in a mixed-reality environment, and recording a variety of interactions with connected IoT devices. The story creation interface is presented on the display as a virtual object in an AR environment.
Described are virtual AR interfaces for generating a virtual rotational interface for the purpose of controlling connected IoT devices using the inertial measurement unit (IMU) of a portable electronic device. The IMU control application enables a user of a portable electronic device to activate a virtual rotational interface overlay on a display and adjust a feature of a connected IoT product by rotating a portable electronic device. The device IMU moves a slider on the virtual rotational interface. The IMU control application sends a control signal to the IoT product which executes an action in accordance with the slider position. The virtual rotational interface is presented on the display as a virtual object in an AR environment. The IMU control application detects the device orientation (in the physical environment) and in response presents a corresponding slider element on the virtual rotational interface (in the AR environment).
H04L 67/125 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks involving control of end-device applications over a network
G06T 19/00 - Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
60.
INTERACTION RECORDING TOOLS FOR CREATING INTERACTIVE AR STORIES
Recording tools for creating interactive AR experiences. An interaction recording application enables a user with little or no programming skills to perform and record user behaviors that are associated with reactions between story elements such as virtual objects and connected IoT devices. The user behaviors include a range of actions, such as speaking a trigger word and apparently touching a virtual object. The corresponding reactions include starting to record a subsequent scene and executing actions between story elements. The trigger recording interface is presented on the display as an overlay relative to the physical environment.
G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
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Described are recording tools for generating following behaviors and creating interactive AR experiences. The following recording application enables a user with little or no programming skills to virtually connect virtual objects to other elements, including virtual avatars representing fellow users, thereby creating an interactive story in which multiple elements are apparently and persistently connected. The following interface includes methods for selecting objects and instructions for connecting a virtual object to a target object. In one example, the recording application presents on the display a virtual tether between the objects until a connecting action is detected. The following interface is presented on the display as an overlay, in the foreground relative to the physical environment.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
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G06F 3/0487 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
G06T 19/00 - Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
A virtual interface application presented in augmented reality (AR) is described for controlling Internet of Things (IoT) products. The virtual interface application enables a user of a portable electronic device to activate a virtual control interface overlay on a display, receive a selection from the user using her hands or feet, and send a control signal to a nearby IoT product which executes an action in accordance with the selection. The virtual control interface is presented on the display as a virtual object in an AR environment. The virtual interface application includes a foot tracking tool for detecting an intersection between the foot location (in the physical environment) and the virtual surface position (in the AR environment). When an intersection is detected, the virtual interface application sends a control signal with instructions to the IoT product.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/04842 - Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements
G06F 3/0482 - Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
G06F 3/04817 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance using icons
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
H04L 67/125 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks involving control of end-device applications over a network
Input indicative of a selection of volumetric content for presentation is received. The volumetric content comprises a volumetric representation of one or more elements of a real-world three-dimensional space. In response to the input, device state data associated with the volumetric content is accessed. The device state data describes a state of one or more network-connected devices associated with the real-world three-dimensional space. The volumetric content is presented. The presentation of the volumetric content includes presentation of the volumetric representation of the one or more elements overlaid on the real-world three-dimensional space by a display device and configuring the one or more network-connected devices using the device state data.
A system monitors an environment via one or more sensors included in a computing device and applies a trigger to detect that a memory experience is stored in a data store based on the monitoring. The system creates an augmented reality memory experience, a virtual reality memory experience, or a combination thereof, based on the trigger if the memory experience is detected. The system additionally projects the augmented reality memory experience, the virtual reality memory experience, or the combination thereof, via the computing device.
A system monitors a user environment via one or more sensors included in a computing device and detects, via a trigger, that event data is stored in a data store based on the monitoring. The system further detects one or more participants in the event data and invites the one or more participants to share an augmented reality event data and/or to a virtual reality event data. The system also creates, based on the event data, an augmented reality event data and/or a virtual reality event data, and presents the augmented reality event data and/or the virtual reality event data to the one or more participants in a synchronous mode and/or in an asynchronous mode, via the computing device.
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing a multi-perspective augmented reality experience. A volumetric video of a three-dimensional space is captured. The volumetric video of the three-dimensional space includes a volumetric representation of a first user within the three-dimensional space. The volumetric video is displayed by a display device worn by a second user, and the second user sees the volumetric representation of the first user within the three-dimensional space. Input indicative of an interaction (e.g., entering or leaving) of the second user with the volumetric representation of the first user is detected. Based on detecting the input indicative of the interaction, the display device switches to a display of a recorded perspective of the first user. Thus, by interacting with a volumetric representation of the first user in a volumetric video, the second user views the first user's perspective of the three-dimensional space.
G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
A display device presents volumetric content comprising a volumetric video. The volumetric video comprises a volumetric representation of one or more elements a three-dimensional space. Input indicative of a control operation associated with the presentation of the volumetric video is received. The presentation of the volumetric video by the display device is controlled by executing the control operation. While the control operation is being executed, the volumetric representation of the one or more elements of the three-dimensional space are displayed from multiple perspectives based on movement of a user.
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
68.
MIXING AND MATCHING VOLUMETRIC CONTENTS FOR NEW AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES
A volumetric content presentation system includes a head-worn display device, which includes one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the display device to access AR content items that correspond to either real -world objects or virtual objects, mix and match these AR content items, and present volumetric content that includes these mixed and matched AR content items overlaid on a real-world environment to create a new AR scene that a user can experience.
G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
69.
MULTI-DIMENSIONAL EXPERIENCE PRESENTATION USING AUGMENTED REALITY
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing a presentation of an experience (e.g., a journey) to a user using augmented reality (AR). During a capture phase, persons in the journey may take videos or pictures using their smartphones, GoPros, and/or smart glasses. A drone may also take videos or pictures during the journey. During an experience phase, an AR topographical rendering of the real-world environment of the journey may be rendered on a tabletop, highlighting/animating a path persons took in the journey. The persons may be rendered as miniature avatars/dolls overlaid on the representation of the real-world environment. When the user clicks on a point in the presentation of the journey, a perspective (e.g., the videos or pictures) at that point is presented.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
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G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
A method for carving a 3D space using hands tracking is described. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a first frame from a camera of a display device, tracking, using a hand tracking algorithm operating at the display device, hand pixels corresponding to one or more user hands depicted in the first frame, detecting, using a sensor of the display device, depths of the hand pixels, identifying a 3D region based on the depths of the hand pixels, and applying a 3D reconstruction engine to the 3D region.
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for object counting on augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments are disclosed that enable display of a count of objects as part of a user view. Upon receipt of a request to count objects, the AR wearable device captures an image of the user view. The AR wearable device transmits the image to a backend for processing to determine the objects in the image. The AR wearable device selects a. group of objects of the determined objects to count and overlays boundary boxes over counted objects within the user view. The position of the boundary boxes is adjusted to account for movement of the AR wearable device. A hierarchy of objects is used to group together objects that are related but have different labels or names.
Systems and methods are provided for performing automated speech recognition. The systems and methods access a LM that includes a plurality of n-grams, each of the plurality of n-grams comprising a respective sequence of words and corresponding LM score and receive a list of words associated with a group classification, each word in the list of words being associated with a respective weight. The systems and method compute, based on the LM scores of the plurality of n-grams, a probability that a given word in the list of words associated with the group classification appears in an n-gram in the LM comprising an individual sequence of words and adds one or more new n-grams to the LM comprising one or more words in the list of words in combination with the individual sequence of words and associated with a particular LM score based on the computed probability.
e.g.e.g., the support of the sparse computation, layer type and size, and system overhead. The FLOPs reduction from the frozen layers and shrunken dataset leads to higher actual training acceleration than weight sparsity.
Systems and methods are provided for performing voice communication operations. The system establishes, by a first augmented reality (AR) device, a voice communication session between a plurality of users. The system displays, by the first AR device of a first user of the plurality of users, an avatar representing a second user of the plurality of users. The system receives, by the first AR device of a first user of the plurality of users, input from the first user that selects a display position for the avatar representing the second user within a real-world environment of the first user. The system animates the avatar representing the second user based on movement information received from a second AR device of the second user.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06T 19/00 - Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations on an augmented reality (AR) device using an external vision system. The system establishes, by the AR device, a communication with an external client device. The system overlays, by the AR device, a first AR object on a real -world environment being viewed using the AR device. The system receives interaction data from the external client device representing movement of a user determined by the external client device. The system, in response to receiving the interaction data from the external client device, modifies the first AR object by the AR device.
An Augmented Reality (AR) system (352) provides stabilization of hand-tracking input data. The AR system provides for display a user interface of an AR application (328). The AR system captures, using one or more cameras (326) of the AR system, video frame tracking data of a gesture being made by a user (332) while the user interacts with the AR user interface. The AR system generates skeletal 3D model data of a hand of the user based on the video frame tracking data that includes one or more skeletal 3D model features corresponding to recognized visual landmarks of portions of the hand of the user. The AR system generates targeting data based on the skeletal 3D model data where the targeting data identifies a virtual 3D object of the AR user interface. The AR system filters the targeting data using a targeting filter component and provides the filtered targeting data to the AR application.
A method of generating an image for use in a conversation taking place in a messaging application is disclosed. Conversation input text is received from a user of a portable device that includes a display. Model input text is generated from the conversation input text, which is processed with a text-to-image model to generate an image based on the model input text. The generated image is displayed on the portable device, and user input is received to transmit the image to a remote recipient.
At least one unit of a software application is identified. The at least one unit includes source code. The source code of the at least one unit is analyzed to determine a style of the source code. Metadata is extracted from the at least one unit based on the source code analysis. One or more features of the extracted metadata are classified. A template file is modified based on the extracted metadata and the classified features to create a modified template file.
Methods and systems are disclosed for detecting whether a wearable device is being worn by a user. The system transmits a radio signal from a first communication device of a wearable device to a second communication device of the wearable device and measures a signal strength associated with the radio signal received by the second communication device. The system compares the signal strength to a threshold value and generates an indication of a wear status associated with the wearable device based on comparing the signal strength to the threshold value.
Examples include a wearable device having a frame, a temple and onboard electronics components. The frame can optionally configured to hold one or more optical elements. T temple can optionally connected to the frame at a joint such that the temple is disposable between a collapsed condition and a wearable condition in which the wearable device is wearable by a user to hold the one or more optical elements within user view. The onboard electronics components can be carried by at least one of the frame and the temple and can include a first antenna configured for cellular communication carried by the frame and a second antenna configured for cellular communication carried by one of the frame or the temple.
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for interacting with visual codes within a messaging system. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, captured image data comprising a visual code, the visual code including a custom graphic and being decodable to access a first feature of the messaging application; receiving user input selecting the visual code; displaying an updated version of the custom graphic; providing an animation which depicts the updated version of the custom graphic as moving from the visual code to an interface element comprising a group of icons, each icon within the group of icons being user-selectable to access a respective second feature of the messaging application; and updating the group of icons to include an additional icon which is user-selectable to access the first feature of the messaging application.
H04L 51/52 - User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail for supporting social networking services
Systems and methods are provided for using an external controller with an AR device. The system establishes, by one or more processors of the AR device, a communication with an external client device. The system overlays, by the AR device, a first AR object on a real -world environment being viewed using the AR device. The system receives interaction data from the external client device representing one or more inputs received by the external client device and, in response, modifies the first AR object by the AR device.
A63F 13/213 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells
A63F 13/212 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
A63F 13/211 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
A63F 13/428 - Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
A63F 13/426 - Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun
A63F 13/22 - Setup operations, e.g. calibration, key configuration or button assignment
A63F 13/214 - Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
A63F 13/537 - Controlling the output signals based on the game progress involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser sight in a shooting game using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
A projector (10) for an augmented reality or mixed reality headset is disclosed, comprising: a display (20) defining an optical axis (9), configured to receive light (41) to generate first supplied light (40); an exit pupil (80) configured to couple the first supplied light into a waveguide for an augmented reality or mixed reality headset, the exit pupil comprising a first region and a second region; a first optical arrangement (60) configured to couple the first supplied light from the display towards the exit pupil; and a first light blocker (70). A first partial reflection (50), which is an undesirable reflection of the first supplied light, can be reflected back into the light projector. The light projector is configured to separate the supplied and reflected light spatially and prevent the reflected light from being coupled into the waveguide using the light blocker.
G02B 27/00 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups ,
G02B 27/18 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups , for optical projection, e.g. combination of mirror and condenser and objective
G02B 27/28 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups , for polarising
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for automatic quantization of a floating point model. The program and method provide for providing a floating point model to an automatic quantization library, the floating point model being configured to represent a neural network, and the automatic quantization library being configured to generate a first quantized model based on the floating point model; providing a function to the automatic quantization library, the function being configured to run a forward pass on a given dataset for the floating point model; causing the automatic quantization library to generate the first quantized model based on the floating point model; causing the automatic quantization library to calibrate the first quantized model by running the first quantized model on the function; and converting the calibrated first quantized model to a second quantized model.
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for voice input for augmented reality (AR) wearable devices are disclosed. Embodiments are disclosed that enable a user to interact with the AR wearable device without using physical user interface devices. A keyword is used to indicate that the user is about to speak an action or command. The AR wearable device divides the processing of the audio data into a keyword module that is trained to recognize the keyword and a module to process the audio data after the keyword. In some embodiments, the AR wearable device transmits the audio data after the keyword to a host device to process. The AR wearable device maintains an application registry that associates actions with applications. Applications can be downloaded, and the application registry updated where the applications indicate actions to associate with the application.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06T 19/00 - Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
An interaction system that provides users in mutual affinity relationships to send messages. Interaction applications of two or more users receives notifications of a mutual affinity relationship between the first user and the second user. The interaction applications configure respective mutual affinity widgets by associating the mutual affinity widget with the respective other user. Icons of the mutual affinity widgets are provided on respective home screens of the users. Upon detecting a selection of the mutual affinity widget by a first user, a message creation interface is provided to the first user and a message is generated based on an image captured by the first user using the message creation user interface. The message is then sent to a second user. The second user uses their own mutual affinity widget to access the message.
G06F 3/04817 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance using icons
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
G06F 9/451 - Execution arrangements for user interfaces
Methods and systems are disclosed for managing access to encrypted data and encryption keys. The system stores, by a key management server, a first encryption key associated with a first service and a second encryption key associated with a second service. The system prevents, by the key management server, the second service from accessing the second encryption key while the first service is performing a first function using the first encryption key and determines that a first threshold period of time associated with the first function has elapsed. The system, in response to determining that the first threshold period of time associated with the first function has elapsed, prevents, by the key management server, the first service from accessing the first encryption key while the second service is performing a second function using the second encryption key.
A medical image overlay application for use with augmented reality (AR) eyewear devices. The image overlay application enables a user of an eyewear device to activate an image overlay on a display when the eyewear device detects that the camera field of view includes a medical image location. Medical image locations are defined relative to virtual markers. The image overlay includes one or more medical images, presented according to a configurable transparency value. An image registration tool transforms the location and scale of each medical image to the physical environment, such that the medical image as presented on the display closely matches the location and size of real objects.
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
A61B 90/50 - Supports for surgical instruments, e.g. articulated arms
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A magnification application for use with augmented reality (AR) eyewear devices. The magnification application enables a user of an eyewear device to activate a magnification overlay on a display whenever a camera on the eyewear device detects that the field of view includes a registered virtual marker. The magnified overlay includes one or more frames of the captured video data, presented according to a predefined and configurable magnification power. A pointer including a vector and a visual tether guides the user toward the virtual marker. When the eyewear device location is near a perimeter associated with the virtual marker, the magnified overlay appears in a predefined and configurable frame on the display.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/04845 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system for providing AR experiences. The system accesses, by a messaging application, an image depicting a real-world fashion item of a user and generates a three-dimensional (3D) virtual fashion item based on the real-world fashion item depicted in the image. The system stores the 3D virtual fashion item in a database that includes a virtual wardrobe comprising a plurality of 3D virtual fashion items associated with the user. The system generates, by the messaging application, an augmented reality (AR) experience that allows the user to interact with the virtual wardrobe.
Image augmentation effects are provided on a device that includes a display and a camera. A simplified augmented reality effect is applied to a stream of images captured by the camera, to generate a preview stream of images. The preview stream of images is displayed on the display. A second stream of images corresponding to the first stream of images is saved to an initial video file. A full augmented reality effect, corresponding to the simplified augmented reality affect, is then applied to the second stream of images to generate a fully-augmented stream of images, which are saved to a further video file. The further video file can then be played back on the display to show the final, fully augmented reality effect as applied to the stream of images.
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
An electronic device with olfactory detector including an array of olfactory sensors for determining scents. Each sensor in the array is tuned to detect the presence and concentration of specific chemical compounds or molecules. A fan creates airflow of ambient air across the olfactory sensors. An analog to digital (A/D) converter receives and processes the sensor outputs of the olfactory sensors and provides the processed sensor output to a processor. Scent type and intensity can be classified by using the information from the scent sensors as input for a machine learning model, generated through supervised training using labeled example measurements from our sensor array. The processor may display information of the determined scents on a display of a smart device, and the processor can also send information indicative of the determined scents to another device.
A communication link is established between a first mobile device and a second mobile device using communication setup information in a machine-readable code that is displayed on a display of the second mobile device. The first mobile device captures and decodes an image of the machine-readable code to extract dynamically-generated communication setup information. A communication link is then established between the two devices using the communication setup information. The machine readable code may also be used as a fiducial marker to establish an initial relative pose between the two devices. Pose updates received from the second mobile device can then be used as user-interface inputs to the first mobile device.
An olfactory sticker used in chats between electronic devices to make messaging more immersive, personalized, and authentic by integrating olfactory information with traditional text-based formats and AR messaging. Olfactory stickers are used to indicate to a recipient that a message includes olfactory information. The olfactory sticker illustrates a graphical representation of a particular scent that can be sent and received via a chat or an AR message. Olfactory stickers provide the recipient control of accessing the transmitted scent at a desired time. This is particularly useful since certain olfactory information, i.e., scents, can be very direct and intrusive. Olfactory stickers are activated (i.e., release their scent) when they are tapped or rubbed by the recipient.
An electronic eyewear device including a spatial dimming pixel panel within an optical assembly that delivers improved backlighting conditions for displayed images. The spatial dimming pixel panel is spatially dimmed where an image is positioned on a display, and the unoccupied area of the display is not dimmed (undimmed), thereby unaltering the real-world view through that portion of the display. The spatial dimming pixel panel is made of multiple liquid crystal cells arranged in a gridded orientation with a dye-doped or guest-host liquid crystal system having a phase change mode with homeotropic alignment. The spatial dimming pixel panel absorbs nonpolarized light when a voltage is applied across the cells and passes nonpolarized light in the absence of a voltage across the cells.
G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source
G09G 3/36 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals
G02F 1/137 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering
G02F 1/139 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering based on orientation effects in which the liquid crystal remains transparent
A system to enable 3D hair reconstruction and rendering from a single reference image which performs a multi-stage process that utilizes both a 3D implicit representation and a 2D parametric embedding space.
Systems and methods are provided for performing automated speech recognition. The systems and methods perform operations comprising: accessing a language model that includes a plurality of n-grams, each of the plurality of n-grams comprising a respective sequence of words and corresponding LM score; selecting a target word to boost in the language model; receiving a boosting factor for the target word; identifying a target n-gram in the language model that includes the target word; identifying a subset of n-grams of the plurality of n-grams that include words in a portion of the target n-gram; and adjusting the LM score of the target n-gram based on the LM scores of the subset of n-grams and the boosting factor.
A method for generating an updated localizer map of a reference scene is provided. The method may include: acquiring a preliminary localizer map of the reference scene, the preliminary localizer map including a preliminary frame that each is associated with a set of preliminary data points; capturing a plurality of new data points on the reference scene; determining poses of the capture device related to the capture of the plurality of new data points; creating at least one new frame; selecting one or more target frames from the preliminary frame and the new frame; and generating the updated localizer map based on the one or more target frames.
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system for providing virtual experiences. The system accesses, by a messaging application, an image depicting a person. The system generates, by the messaging application, a three- dimensional (3D) avatar based on the person depicted in the image. The system receives input that selects a pose for the 3D avatar and one or more fashion items to be worn by the 3D avatar and places, by the messaging application, the 3D avatar in the selected pose and wearing the one or more fashion items in an augmented reality (AR) experience.
A method for managing power resource in an augmented reality (AR) device is described. In one aspect, the method includes configuring a low-power mode to run on a low-power processor of the AR device using a first set of sensor data, and a high-power mode to run on a high-power processor of the AR device using a second set of sensor data, operating, using the low-power processor, a low-power application in the low-power mode based on the first set of sensor data, detecting a request to operate a high-power application at the AR device, in response to detecting the request, activating the second set of sensors of the AR device corresponding to the high-power mode, and operating, using the high-power processor, a high-power application in the high-power mode based on the second set of sensors.
G06F 1/3231 - Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
G06F 1/3234 - Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
G06F 1/3287 - Power saving characterised by the action undertaken by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
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