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Media device including display and power-delivery mechanism with integrated stand

Granted: December 28, 2021
Patent Number: 11212930
A media device may include (i) a display device having a front side including a display surface, (ii) a support housing for supporting the display device in each of a plurality of alternative orientations on an external surface, the support housing extending from a back side of the display device between a mounting surface of the support housing abutting the back side of the display device and a distal end of the support housing, (iii) a coupling member disposed at the mounting surface…

Headset sound leakage mitigation

Granted: December 28, 2021
Patent Number: 11212606
An audio system for a headset includes a plurality of speakers and an audio controller. The plurality of speakers may be in a dipole configuration that cancel sound leakage into a local area of the headset. The controller filters audio content presented by the plurality of speakers to further mitigate leakage of audio content into the local area. The audio determines sound filters based on environmental conditions, such as ambient noise levels, as well as based on the audio content being…

Systems and methods for facial representation

Granted: December 28, 2021
Patent Number: 11210503
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media can align face images, classify face images, and verify face images by employing a deep neural network (DNN). A 3D-aligned face image can be generated from a 2D face image. An identity of the 2D face image can be classified based on provision of the 3D-aligned face image to the DNN. The identity of the 2D face image can comprise a feature vector.

Head-mounted display assemblies and related methods for interpupillary distance adjustments

Granted: December 21, 2021
Patent Number: 11204504
The disclosed head-mounted display assemblies may include a first eyecup and a second eyecup that are configured for positioning in front of intended locations of a user's eyes. The first eyecup and the second eyecup may be movable relative to each other to adjust for an interpupillary distance of the user's eyes. The head-mounted display assemblies may also include a single near-eye display screen configured for displaying an image to the user through the first eyecup and the second…

Synchronizing streams of co-watching digital video content while providing live digital video chat streams across multiple client devices

Granted: December 21, 2021
Patent Number: 11206443
This disclosure describes a video co-watching system that can efficiently, flexibly, and securely provide access to, and synchronize, co-watching digital video content across multiple participant devices while providing live digital video chat streams between the participant devices. For example, the video co-watching system can enable the participant devices to simultaneously present co-watching digital video content together with a presentation of a video chat. In addition, the video…

Systems and methods for surfacing content

Granted: December 21, 2021
Patent Number: 11206235
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine that broadcasting of a live content stream has concluded. The concluded live content stream is converted to a post live media content item. The post live media content item corresponding to the concluded live content stream is published through the social networking system. The post live media content item remains accessible through the social networking system for a pre-determined period of time.

Generating and maintaining group messaging threads for ephemeral content

Granted: December 21, 2021
Patent Number: 11206232
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating and maintaining group messaging threads associated with ephemeral content. For instance, the disclosed systems can facilitate the creation of ephemeral content including a customizable group messaging graphical element associated with the ephemeral content the enables users to join a group messaging thread associated with the ephemeral content. In addition, the disclosed systems…

Hybrid cornea and pupil tracking

Granted: December 21, 2021
Patent Number: 11205069
A hybrid cornea and pupil eye-tracking technique includes receiving iris-backscattered light from an eye and determining a pupil-position of the eye based on the iris-backscattered light. Cornea-reflected light is received from the eye and an eye-tracking position of the eye is determined based on the cornea-reflected light and the pupil-position.

Dynamically ranking media effects based on user and device characteristics

Granted: December 21, 2021
Patent Number: 11204956
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for ranking media effects. For example, systems and methods described herein enable a user to select and apply one or more media effects to a media communication such as a digital photograph or video. Systems and methods described herein identify and rank media effects based on characteristics associated with the user and the user's client-computing device. Furthermore, systems and methods described herein automatically…

Artificial reality system having multiple modes of engagement

Granted: December 21, 2021
Patent Number: 11204639
In general, this disclosure describes an artificial reality system that provides asymmetric user experiences to users associated with user devices that operate according to different modes of engagement with the artificial reality system. Different user devices may have different capabilities, be used by users having different roles for an artificial reality application, or otherwise be configured to interact in a variety of ways with an artificial reality system.

Co-casted fluidic devices

Granted: December 21, 2021
Patent Number: 11204100
A fluidic device comprises a channel, a gate, and one or more additional elements. The channel is configured to transport a fluid from a source to a drain. The gate includes a chamber with an adjustable volume that affects fluid flow within the channel by displacing a wall of the channel toward an opposite wall of the channel based in part on fluid pressure within the chamber exceeding a threshold pressure. A high pressure state of the gate corresponds to a first chamber size and a first…

Display screen with a graphical user interface

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: D938447

Thermal mass aware thermal management

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11199885
The disclosed computing device may include electronic components, at least one of which is a processor. The computing device may also include a heat sink thermally coupled to the electronic components, as well as a temperature sensor that determines the current temperature inside the computing device. The computing device may further include a controller. The processor may generate a load schedule for the electronic components based on the current temperature inside the computing device.…

Polarization volume hologram lens

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11199721
A lens includes a substrate with optically anisotropic molecules arranged in helical configurations between first and second surfaces. A first portion of the substrate includes a first helical structure having a first phase and a second helical structure adjacent to the first helical structure having a second phase. A difference between the first and second phases corresponds to a first phase difference. A second portion includes a third helical structure having a third phase and a…

Low-obliquity beam scanner with reflective polarizer

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11199710
A beam scanner of a projector-based near-eye display includes a prismatic element with a reflective polarizer and a quarter-wave waveplate (QWP). The beam-folding prismatic element receives a polarized light beam from a light source and couples the beam to a tiltable reflector, e.g. a 2D tiltable MEMS reflector, for angular scanning the beam. The light beam impinging onto the tiltable reflector is separated from the light beam reflected from the tiltable reflector by polarization. The…

Scanning projector with multipath beam relay

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11199697
A scanning projector for a display apparatus includes a first scanning reflector configured to steer a light beam in a first plane, a second scanning reflector configured to steer the light beam received from the first scanning reflector in a second plane, and beam relay optics configured to relay a first pupil defined at the first scanning reflector to a second pupil defined at the second scanning reflector, and to relay the second pupil to an output pupil of the scanning projector. The…

Microfluidic valves, systems, and related methods

Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number: 11198125
The disclosed microfluidic valves may include a valve body having at least one cavity therein, a gate transmission element separating the cavity into an input gate terminal and an output gate terminal, a gate port configured to convey drive fluid into the input gate terminal, and a fluid channel. The gate transmission element may include a flexible membrane and a plunger coupled to the flexible membrane. The gate transmission element may be configured to move within the cavity to inhibit…