User interface aspects for a motorized monopod jib for cameras
Granted: January 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10547773
An embodiment provides a monopod jib for cameras, including: a pole; a multi-axis gimbal disposed at one end of the pole; and a user interface comprising: a first user interface element having a first plurality of camera controls; and a second user interface element having a second plurality of camera controls. Other embodiments are shown and described.
Systems and methods to augment an appearance of physical object for an augmented reality experience
Granted: January 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10546431
This disclosure relates to augmenting a physical object with overlay images. An overlay image may be selected to augment the appearance of the physical object. The overlay image may be selected from a repository based on the movement of the physical object. The overlay image may be selected based on whether the physical object is projected. Responsive to determining that the physical object is projected, a first overlay image is selected. The selected first overlay image may be presented…
Real physical objects interacting with augmented reality features
Granted: January 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10546425
Embodiments herein provide a method for determining, utilizing an output from a beacon device detected using one or more sensors, a physical location of an interactive device in a physical space. Additionally, the method includes receiving an indication that an augmented reality scene is being displayed, where the augmented reality scene includes the physical space and a first virtual element. The method also includes identifying a predefined dynamic based on characteristics of the…
Method and system for real-time audio broadcast
Granted: January 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10545719
The exemplary embodiments relate to methods and systems for a real-time localized audio broadcast to attendants at live entertainment events. One embodiment relates to a method comprising receiving location data indicating a location of a device, determining a frequency based on the location data, wherein the frequency is assigned based on a venue location and an audio channel is broadcast on the frequency at the venue location, displaying a software button on a user interface of the…
Image display system with visual filter
Granted: January 21, 2020
Patent Number:
10542236
According to one implementation, an image display system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code, a display coupled to the computing platform, and a visual filter and at least partially surrounding the display and having an opaque mode and a transparent mode. The hardware processor executes the software code to set the visual filter to the opaque mode to obscure the display. The hardware processor also executes the software…
Systems and methods for aligning frames of a digital video content in IP domain
Granted: January 21, 2020
Patent Number:
10541933
There is provided a system including a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, and a hardware processor configured to execute the executable code to receive first and second Internet protocol (IP) video packets including respective first and second video content, and to identify a common reference time for the first and second IP video packets. The hardware processor also determines a first buffering interval for synchronizing the first and second IP video packets based on a…
Systems and methods for predictive delivery of high bit-rate content for playback
Granted: January 21, 2020
Patent Number:
10541922
The present disclosure provides for systems and methods for predictive delivery of high bit-rate content. The disclosed systems and methods provide an adaptive-bit-rate streaming (ABS) system with more robust information, thereby allowing more intelligent pre-caching of the media content. By providing greater information to the ABS system, the disclosed systems are able to foresee higher bit-rate segments that require greater attention, allowing the system to use such information to…
Automated network supervision including detecting an anonymously administered node, identifying the administrator of the anonymously administered node, and registering the administrator and the anonymously administered node
Granted: January 21, 2020
Patent Number:
10541881
According to one implementation, a network supervision system includes one or more computing platform(s) coupled to multiple nodes of a network including the computing platform(s), the computing platform(s) including a hardware processor and a system memory storing a network participant supervising software code and a network participant registry. The hardware processor executes the network participant supervising software code to detect an anonymously administered node of the network,…
Image customization using a persona
Granted: January 21, 2020
Patent Number:
10540797
An image management system includes a computing platform including a hardware processor and a system memory storing an image customization software code, and a database of personas assumable by a user, the database communicatively coupled to the image customization software code. The hardware processor executes the image customization software code to receive a wireless signal associating a persona stored in the database with the user, receive a digital image including an image of the…
Purchasing and viewing content based on a linear broadcast
Granted: January 14, 2020
Patent Number:
10536735
Systems and methods for obtaining alternative versions of media content are provided. Digital purchasing technology can be integrated with content viewing technology to provide dynamic content discovery and the ability to easily and efficiently obtain alternative media content to enhance a user's viewing experience. Additionally, a user's viewing experience can be upgraded by easily and efficiently allowing for the viewing of previously obtained alternative media content.
User account access management
Granted: January 14, 2020
Patent Number:
10536440
A user account access management system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a user account access software code. The hardware processor executes the user account access software code to receive, from a first user device, a secondary account profile data for generating a secondary account associated with a primary user account registered with a web based service, and to receive, from a second user device, a sign up request for using the…
Augmented reality travel route planning
Granted: January 14, 2020
Patent Number:
10532814
An apparatus such as a head-mounted display (HMD) may have a camera for capturing a visual scene for presentation via the HMD. A user of the apparatus may specify a pre-planned travel route for a vehicle within the visual scene via an augmented reality (AR) experience generated by the HMD. The pre-planned travel route may be overlaid on the visual scene in the AR experience so that the user can account for real-time environmental conditions determined through the AR experience. The…
Displaying custom positioned overlays to a viewer
Granted: December 31, 2019
Patent Number:
10523993
Aspects described herein include a user display unit that determines a portion of a presentation currently being viewed by a user through a transparent display. For example, if the display area is a theater screen, only a portion of the screen may be viewable to the user through the transparent display. The display unit may display metadata on the transparent display with a spatial relationship to one or more objects in the presentation. For example, the display unit may output a text…
Systems and methods for creating an immersive video content environment
Granted: December 31, 2019
Patent Number:
10523929
There is provided a system including a non-transitory memory storing an executable code and a hardware processor executing the code to receive a video content including a plurality of frames showing a scene from a perspective of a real camera, create a three-dimensional (3D) model of the scene using the plurality of frames, store the 3D model of the scene in the non-transitory memory, construct a synthetic view of the scene showing additional perspectives from one or more virtual cameras…
Object recognition for 3D printing
Granted: December 31, 2019
Patent Number:
10521515
A process and system scan an object to generate a first 3D digital model of the object. Further, the process and system send data corresponding to the first 3D digital model to a server that is in communication with a database of high quality 3D digital models of a plurality of objects. In addition, the process and system receive a second 3D digital model of the object from the server based upon a matching of the first 3D digital model and the second 3D digital model, the second 3D…
Virtual reality experience control system
Granted: December 31, 2019
Patent Number:
10521096
A virtual reality system has a virtual reality headset having an interior display screen that displays a virtual reality environment. Further, the virtual reality headset has a receiver, in operable communication with the virtual reality headset, that receives one or more user inputs from a user immersed in the virtual reality environment when wearing the virtual reality headset. In addition, the virtual reality headset has a memory that stores a theme associated with the virtual reality…
Digital content selection mechanism based on individual allotments in group settings
Granted: December 31, 2019
Patent Number:
10518180
Techniques are disclosed which provide an approach for selecting group-based digital content using a market system. An application receives a bid that indicates a selection for a user-configurable feature of a shared online activity and specifies an amount of currency that a corresponding participant is bidding for the selection. The application identifies a selection of the user-configurable feature having a highest total bid and initiates the shared online activity configured according…
Real-time manipulation of gameplay through synchronous signal consumption in non-interactive media
Granted: December 24, 2019
Patent Number:
10512845
Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for manipulating an interactive gameplay of a mobile device in real-time based on a state of a physical environment in which the mobile device is located. Embodiments include receiving, from one or more sensor devices of the mobile device during an interactive gameplay of an application on the mobile device, data characteristic of operating conditions of the environment in which the mobile device is located. Once the application determines…
Optimizing emissive and color changing projection surfaces
Granted: December 17, 2019
Patent Number:
10511815
A method and system for optimizing projection surfaces for generating visible images. The projection system may include a projector that emits light in the ultraviolet range and a screen in optical communication with the projector. The screen includes a visible light absorbing layer, a transparent layer positioned over the visible light absorbing layer, and a plurality of fluorescent colorants printed on the transparent layer in a predetermined pattern, where the light emitted by the…
Particle-in-cell methods preserving shearing and rotation
Granted: December 10, 2019
Patent Number:
10503845
The disclosure provides an approach for reducing information loss when transferring from particles to grid and vice versa in a hybrid Lagrangian/Eulerian simulation, while also preserving stability. In one aspect, referred to as the rigid particle-in-cell (RPIC) method, a simulation application stores a sampling of local angular momentum for each particle, helping to preserve the angular momentum that would otherwise be lost in the transfer from grid to particles. In another aspect that…
