Display system with normalized show lighting for wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) environment
Granted: November 26, 2019
Patent Number:
10491889
A display system for illuminating surfaces of objects in a ride or show set for viewing by a viewer in a viewing space wearing three-dimensional (3D) glasses or headgear. The 3D glasses or headgear is adapted to pass or transmit light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and to pass or transmit light with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths. Each of these wavelengths may be associated with a primary color…
Video frame interpolation using a convolutional neural network
Granted: November 26, 2019
Patent Number:
10491856
According to one implementation, a video processing system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a frame interpolation software code, the frame interpolation software code including a convolutional neural network (CNN) trained using a loss function having an image loss term summed with a phase loss term. The hardware processor executes the frame interpolation software code to receive first and second consecutive video frames including…
Generating prints with multiple appearances
Granted: November 26, 2019
Patent Number:
10491784
The present disclosure generally relates to printed structures and methods for generating the same. The printed structure includes a first surface including a first ink type arranged in a first image and a second surface at least partially aligned with at least a portion of the first surface, the second surface including a second type of ink arranged in a second image. The first and second surfaces are physically separated from one another, the first image is visible under a first set of…
Model-based teeth reconstruction
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10483004
A system and method for non-invasive reconstruction of an entire object-specific or person-specific teeth row from just a set of photographs of the mouth region of an object (e.g., an animal) or a person (e.g., an actor or a patient) are provided. A teeth statistic model defining individual teeth in a teeth row can be developed. The teeth statistical model can jointly describe shape and pose variations per tooth, and as well as placement of the individual teeth in the teeth row. In some…
Systems and methods for delivery of personalized audio
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10484813
There is provided a device for use in a system to play a content having an audio content, where the system has a plurality of speakers. The device includes a memory configured to store a software application, and a processor configured to execute the software application to obtain a position of a user with respect to each of the plurality of speakers, to play the content, play, during the playing of the content, the audio content using the plurality of speakers based on the position of…
Stream messaging for program stream automation
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10484723
There is provided a content automation system and a method for use by the content automation system for issuing a content management message for use in a program stream. In one implementation, such a content automation system comprises a processor and a memory, and a stream messaging module residing in the memory. The stream messaging module is configured to issue the content management message by embedding a command sequence as metadata in a container data structure, and inserting the…
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for stereoscopic imaging
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10484670
An omnidirectional camera apparatus configured to facilitate omnidirectional stereo imaging is described. The apparatus may include a first convex mirror, a first camera disposed at the first convex mirror, a second convex mirror, and a second camera disposed at the second convex mirror. The first convex mirror and the second convex mirror may be arranged such that a first mirrored surface of the first convex mirror and a second mirrored surface of the second convex mirror may face each…
Large-scale environmental mapping in real-time by a robotic system
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10484659
According to one implementation, a robotic system for performing large-scale environmental mapping in real-time includes a mobile reconnaissance unit having a color sensor, a depth sensor, and a graphics processing unit (GPU) with a GPU memory, and a navigation unit communicatively coupled to the mobile reconnaissance unit and having a central processing unit (CPU) with a CPU memory. The robotic system begins a three-dimensional (3D) scan of an environment of the mobile reconnaissance…
Systems and methods to overlay remote and local video feeds
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10484579
According to some embodiments, a studio video feed, including a studio subject, may be received from a studio video camera. A remote video feed, including a remote subject, may be received from a remote video camera. The remote video feed may include, for example, the remote subject positioned in from of a solid-colored background. The remote subject may be overlaid into the studio video feed to produce a composite video signal, and at least one of the studio video feed and the remote…
Systems and methods of distributing image effects for user experiences
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10484547
This disclosure relates to a system and method configured to distribute image effects for user experience events. In some implementation, a user experience event may include making one or more image effects available to one or more users via computing platform associated with the users. In some implementation, an image effect may include one or more of a filter, a sticker, an animation, a text, a video clip, a free form drawing, and/or other effects.
Memory allocation for seamless media content presentation
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10482570
A system for performing memory allocation for seamless media content presentation includes a computing platform having a CPU, a GPU having a GPU memory, and a main memory storing a memory allocation software code. The CPU executes the memory allocation software code to transfer a first dataset of media content to the GPU memory, seamlessly present the media content to a system user, register a location of the system user during the seamless presentation of the media content, and register…
Systems and methods for finding nearby users with common interests
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10482546
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a mobile device to select interest information to automatically share with other nearby users, who are also sharing interest information, and detect any nearby users with common interests. In one embodiment, a method at a mobile device comprises receiving on the first mobile device a first set of movie interests associated with a first user; providing a notification on the first mobile device that a second mobile device associated…
Systems and methods for identifying activities and/or events in media contents based on object data and scene data
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10482329
There is provided a system including a non-transitory memory storing an executable code and a hardware processor executing the executable code to receive a plurality of training contents depicting a plurality of activities, extract training object data from the plurality of training contents including a first training object data corresponding to a first activity, extract training scene data from the plurality of training contents including a first training scene data corresponding to…
System and method for providing a searchable platform for online content including metadata
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10482095
Systems and methods for providing a searchable platform for online content. Online content may be obtained over a network. The online content may have existing metadata associated with the online content. The existing metadata may include platform information related to distribution of the online content through the online content distribution platform, file information related to an electronic file that defines the online content, and/or other information. The existing metadata…
Systems and methods to provide a shared augmented reality experience
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10481680
This disclosure relates to providing users with a shared augmented reality experience. Head-mounted devices are provided with the shared-augmented reality experience. The shared augmented reality experience may be provided to individual head-mounted devices based on sensor information conveyed by output signals of a sensor set of the individual head-mounted devices. The sensor set of the individual head-mounted devices have different reference frames. Discrepancies between the sensor set…
Multi-deterministic dynamic linear content streaming
Granted: November 12, 2019
Patent Number:
10476922
Embodiments provide techniques for providing custom digital broadcast video streams. Embodiments include receiving, at a content streaming server, a first video stream to transmit to a client device. A user profile corresponding to a current session on the client device is determined. One or more custom video modifications to apply to the first video stream are also determined, based on the determined user profile. Embodiments apply the determined one or more custom video modifications…
Configuration for resuming/supplementing an augmented reality experience
Granted: November 12, 2019
Patent Number:
10475247
A process determines, with a content presentation device, a recognition indicium that corresponds to an identifier of the content presentation device. Further, the process provides, with the content presentation device, the recognition indicium to an output device so that the output device emits the recognition indicium. In addition, the process receives, at the content presentation device from the server, remaining content of an augmented reality experience that was paused by a…
Kernel-predicting convolutional neural networks for denoising
Granted: November 12, 2019
Patent Number:
10475165
Supervised machine learning using convolutional neural network (CNN) is applied to denoising images rendered by MC path tracing. The input image data may include pixel color and its variance, as well as a set of auxiliary buffers that encode scene information (e.g., surface normal, albedo, depth, and their corresponding variances). In some embodiments, a CNN directly predicts the final denoised pixel value as a highly non-linear combination of the input features. In some other…
Vehicles configured for navigating surface transitions
Granted: November 5, 2019
Patent Number:
10464620
A vehicles configured for navigating surface transitions. Navigation of surface transitions is controlled by information obtained by sensors carried by the vehicle. The vehicle may be propelled forward using force generated by tiltable propellers carried by the vehicle.
Systems and methods to provide narrative experiences for users of a virtual space
Granted: November 5, 2019
Patent Number:
10467808
The systems and methods presented herein are related to providing narrative experiences for users of a virtual space. A machine learning based technique may be implemented for generating paths through the virtual space that present the narrative experiences. A path may be based on tagged points of interest, as illustrated in stored narrative information associated with the virtual space. A machine-learning training loop may be applied wherein the system may be trained to recognize and/or…
