Method and system for generating multidimensional maps of a scene using a plurality of sensors of various types

Y Nehmadi, S Mangan, BENE Shahar… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for generating a high-density three dimensional (3D)
map are disclosed. The system comprises acquiring at least one high density image of a …

Gaze-based object placement within a virtual reality environment

A Burns, B Sugden, L Massey, T Salter - US Patent 10,416,760, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A head mounted display (HMD) device operating in a real world physical
environment is configured with a sensor package that enables determination of an …

Virtual reality environment with real world objects

A Burns, T Salter, B Sugden, J Sutherland - US Patent 9,865,089, 2018 - Google Patents
An HMD device renders a virtual reality environment in which areas of the real world are
masked out so that real world objects such as computer monitors, doors, people, faces, and …

3-dimensional scene analysis for augmented reality operations

G Kutliroff, Y Yanai, S Fleishman, M Kliger - US Patent 10,373,380, 2019 - Google Patents
Techniques are provided for 3D analysis of a scene including detection, segmentation and
registration of objects within the scene. The analysis results may be used to implement …

Three-dimensional mixed-reality viewport

A Da Veiga, B Sugden, J Christen - US Patent 9,858,720, 2018 - Google Patents
An application running on a computing platform that employs three-dimensional (3D)
modeling is extended using a virtual viewport into which 3D holograms are rendered by a …

Contour completion for augmenting surface reconstructions

L Shapira, R Gal, E Ofek, P Kohli… - US Patent 9,171,403, 2015 - Google Patents
In general, the Surface reconstruction contour completion technique embodiments
described herein perform surface reconstruction from one or more limited viewpoints, and …

Three-dimensional mixed-reality viewport

A Da Veiga, B Sugden, J Christen - US Patent 10,096,168, 2018 - Google Patents
An application running on a computing platform that employs three-dimensional (3D)
modeling is extended using a virtual viewport into which 3D holograms are rendered by a …

Mouse sharing between a desktop and a virtual world

R Memmott, B Sugden, T Salter - US Patent App. 14/628,539, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0002 Mixed reality computing devices, such as head mounted display
(HMD) systems and handheld mobile devices (eg Smart phones, tablet computers, etc.) …

Real-time 3D computer vision processing engine for object recognition, reconstruction, and analysis

K Lee, J Yin, X Hou, G Werth, Y Jahir - US Patent 9,715,761, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods and systems are described for generating a three dimensional (3D) model of a fully-
formed object repre sented in a noisy or partial scene. An image processing module of a …

Smart placement of virtual objects to stay in the field of view of a head mounted display

A Burns, B Sugden, T Salter - US Patent 9,904,055, 2018 - Google Patents
An HMD device is configured to check the placement of newly introduced objects in a virtual
reality environment such as interactive elements like menus, widgets, and noti fications to …