System and method of generating effects during live recitations of stories
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11594217
One aspect of this disclosure relates to presentation of a first effect on one or more presentation devices during an oral recitation of a first story. The first effect is associated with a first trigger point, first content, and/or first story. The first trigger point being one or more specific syllables from a word and/or phrase in the first story. A first transmission point associated with the first effect can be determined based on a latency of a presentation device and user speaking…
Distribution channel using audio/visual recognition
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11593866
Systems and methods are provided for providing a platform to provide virtual storefronts to consumers. Environmental elements are associated with specific consumer services on computer server. A user in the environment takes audio or visual recordings of an environmental element and uploads the recordings to the server. The server determines the appropriate consumer service associated with the recorded environmental element and provides the user with a reference to the service.…
Touchable and 360-degree playable holographic display
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11592686
A system for displaying three dimensional (3D) images. The system includes a 3D display operating in a first state to display a 3D image by outputting light into a viewing space and operating in a second state in which the 3D image is not displayed. The system further includes a screen element positioned between the 3D display and the viewing space. The screen element reflects light from the viewing space to appear opaque to a viewer in the viewing space when the 3D display operates in…
Optical viewfinder for costume heads
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11592659
A head for a walk-around costume is provided that is adapted for enhanced visibility. The costume head includes an outer shell defining an interior space for receiving a head of a human performer. The outer shell includes an aperture allowing incoming light from an exterior space to enter the interior space, and an eye location for the human performer is spaced apart from the aperture when the head is received in the interior space. To provide an enlarged field of view, the costume head…
Tracking system for visual effect triggering using induced magnetic field and predictive analysis
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11592592
A system comprises active magnetic emitters positioned within an area, passive magnetic emitters configured to be moved within the area, a magnetic field detector configured to measure a strength and direction of a magnetic field within the area, and a processor in communication with the magnetic field detector. The passive magnetic emitters are configured to be integrated in, coupled to, or secured to at least one tracked object or tracked subject within the area. The processor is…
Untethered robot with hybrid air and water power for hovering and quick airborne movements
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11591100
A robot including a hybrid fan-based and fluid-based propulsion system to provide thrust, such as deceleration during fall to create a smooth landing or to provide a quick reduction in velocity, and to provide actuation/controlled motion, such as to hover after quick deceleration and to control orientation or pose. The hybrid propulsion system uses discharging of pressurized fluid and exhausted gas (or fluid in some cases) from ducted fans (or propellers, impellers, and the like) to…
Interactive autonomous robot configured for deployment within a social environment
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11590660
An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured…
Virtual-world simulator
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11587284
In one implementation, a virtual-world simulator includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code, a tracking system communicatively coupled to the computing platform, and a projection device communicatively coupled to the computing platform. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to obtain a map of a geometry of a real-world venue including the virtual-world simulator, to identify one or more virtual effects for…
Interactive multimedia package methods and systems
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11589127
Interactive multimedia package methods and systems are provided. An interactive multimedia package system may generate, manage, deliver, and/or play interactive multimedia packages with various digital media. An interactive multimedia package may be incorporated into any platform such as physical media (e.g., CDs, DVDs, etc.), web services (e.g., download, or streaming), and other applications. A user may shop directly off of the digital media that he or she is experiencing (e.g.,…
Triggered virtual reality and augmented reality events in video streams
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11587292
Various embodiments of the invention disclosed herein provide techniques for generating a virtual object for a VR/AR environment in response to a trigger. A VR/AR application executing on a client device receives a media content item. The VR/AR application detects an event trigger associated with the media content item. The VR/AR application generates at least a portion of a virtual object based on the event trigger. The VR/AR application displays the media content item and the at least…
Data-driven extraction and composition of secondary dynamics in facial performance capture
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11587276
A modeling engine generates a prediction model that quantifies and predicts secondary dynamics associated with the face of a performer enacting a performance. The modeling engine generates a set of geometric representations that represents the face of the performer enacting different facial expressions under a range of loading conditions. For a given facial expression and specific loading condition, the modeling engine trains a Machine Learning model to predict how soft tissue regions of…
Techniques for inferring the configuration of a room from skeleton tracking
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11587239
In various embodiments, a map inference application automatically maps a user space. A camera is positioned within the user space. In operation, the map inference application determines a path of a first moving object within the user space based on a tracking dataset generated from images captured by the camera. Subsequently, the map inference application infers a walking space within the user space based on the path. The map inference application then generates a model of at least a…
Methods and apparatuses for combining and distributing user enhanced video/audio content
Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11582507
Methods and apparatuses are provided, which may be implemented to combine and distribute user enhanced video and/or audio content.
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number:
D978186
Deinterlacing via deep learning
Granted: January 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11570397
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing deinterlacing. The technique includes separating a first interlaced video frame into a first sequence of fields ordered by time, the first sequence of fields including a first field. The technique also includes generating, by applying a deinterlacing network to a first field in the first sequence, a second field that is missing from the first sequence of fields and is complementary to the first field. The…
Tunable models for changing faces in images
Granted: January 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11568524
Techniques are disclosed for changing the identities of faces in images. In embodiments, a tunable model for changing facial identities in images includes an encoder, a decoder, and dense layers that generate either adaptive instance normalization (AdaIN) coefficients that control the operation of convolution layers in the decoder or the values of weights within such convolution layers, allowing the model to change the identity of a face in an image based on a user selection. A separate…
Techniques for understanding how trained neural networks operate
Granted: January 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11568212
In various embodiments, a relevance application quantifies how a trained neural network operates. In operation, the relevance application generates a set of input distributions based on a set of input points associated with the trained neural network. Each input distribution is characterized by a mean and a variance associated with a different neuron included in the trained neural network. The relevance application propagates the set of input distributions through a probabilistic neural…
Display of supplemental content
Granted: January 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11567723
The present disclosure describes a method for displaying supplemental content. The method includes determining environmental characteristics, e.g., wall space, empty areas, colors, etc., for a display environment, determining supplemental content based in part on a primary content displayed by a primary display, and displaying the supplemental content in the display environment.
System and method for leveraging machine learning to deliver time-sensitive content over optimal devices and channels
Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11561671
Systems and methods are described for leveraging machine learning to deliver time-sensitive media content offers to a consumer over an optimal device and channel. In an implementation, a server system transmits media content offers over an optimal device and channel to a user. The server system captures metadata of at least one of: the user's use of multiple devices, the user's media content preferences, the user's preferred transmission channels for receiving media content offers over…
Storage efficient content revalidation for multimedia assets
Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11563824
Techniques relating to caching a content object are disclosed. A first server receives a revalidation request, relating to a content object, from a requestor. It is determined that metadata, relating to the content object, is stored in a cache associated with the first server. In response, the first server determines not to retrieve the content object from a second server. The content object is not stored in the cache. A response to the revalidation request, indicating that the content…
