IP Library Granted Patent US 11,494,528
Granted Patent B2
US 11,494,528 · App. 17/175,467 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Tool bridge

Inventors: Richard St. Clair Bailey (Plantation, FL); Chun-Ip Fong (Fremont, CA); Erle Robert Bridgewater (Pompano Beach, FL)
Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
G06F30/12G02B27/0172G06T19/006G06T19/20G06F2111/18
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Patent No.
US 11,494,528
App. No.
17/175,467
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for sharing and synchronizing virtual content. A method may include receiving, from a host application via a wearable device comprising a transmissive display, a first data package comprising first data; identifying virtual content based on the first data; presenting a view of the virtual content via the transmissive display; receiving, via the wearable device, first user input directed at the virtual content; generating second data based on the first data and the first user input; sending, to the host application via the wearable device, a second data package comprising the second data, wherein the host application is configured to execute via one or more processors of a computer system remote to the wearable device and in communication with the wearable device.

Claims (68)

1. A wearable device comprising:

a transmissive display;

an input device; and

one or more processors configured to execute a method comprising:

receiving, from a host application via the wearable device, a first data package comprising first data;

identifying virtual content based on the first data;

presenting a view of the virtual content via the transmissive display;

receiving, via the input device, first user input directed at the virtual content;

generating second data based on the first data and the first user input; and

sending, to the host application via the wearable device, a second data package comprising the second data,

wherein:

receiving the first data package from the host application comprises receiving the first data package from a host application to executing via a second one or more processors of a computer system remote to the wearable device and in communication with the wearable device,

the virtual content comprises a 3D model,

identifying virtual content based on the first data comprises identifying the 3D model in a 3D model library, and

presenting the view of the virtual content comprises presenting a view of the 3D model identified in the 3D model library.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the host application comprises a computer-aided drawing application.

3. The wearable device of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

receiving second user input; and

modifying the view of the virtual content based on the second user input.

4. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first data corresponds to a first state of the 3D model, and

the host application is configured to modify the first state of the 3D model based on the second data.

5. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first data comprises data representing a change between a first state of the 3D model and an earlier state of the 3D model.

6. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first data package from the host application comprises receiving the first data package via a first helper application configured to execute via the second one or more processors of the computer system remote to the wearable device.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, from a host application via a wearable device comprising a transmissive display, a first data package comprising first data;

identifying virtual content based on the first data;

presenting a view of the virtual content via the transmissive display;

receiving, via an input device of the wearable device, first user input directed at the virtual content;

generating second data based on the first data and the first user input; and

sending, to the host application via the wearable device, a second data package comprising the second data,

wherein:

receiving the first data package from the host application comprises receiving the first data package from a host application executing via a second one or more processors of a computer system remote to the wearable device and in communication with the wearable device,

the virtual content comprises a 3D model,

identifying virtual content based on the first data comprises identifying the 3D model in a 3D model library, and

presenting the view of the virtual content comprises presenting a view of the 3D model identified in the 3D model library.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the host application comprises a computer-aided drawing application.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving second user input; and

modifying the view of the virtual content based on the second user input.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein:

the first data corresponds to a first state of the 3D model, and

the host application is configured to modify the first state of the 3D model based on the second data.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein:

the first data comprises data representing a change between a first state of the 3D model and an earlier state of the 3D model.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein receiving the first data package from the host application comprises receiving the first data package via a first helper application configured to execute via the second one or more processors of the computer system remote to the wearable device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wearable device comprising a transmissive display, cause the one or more processors to execute a method comprising:

receiving, from a host application via the wearable device, a first data package comprising first data;

identifying virtual content based on the first data;

presenting a view of the virtual content via the transmissive display;

receiving, via an input device of the wearable device, first user input directed at the virtual content;

generating second data based on the first data and the first user input;

sending, to the host application via the wearable device, a second data package comprising the second data,

wherein:

receiving the first data package from the host application comprises receiving the first data package from a host application to executing via a second one or more processors of a computer system remote to the wearable device and in communication with the wearable device,

the virtual content comprises a 3D model,

identifying virtual content based on the first data comprises identifying the 3D model in a 3D model library, and

presenting the view of the virtual content comprises presenting a view of the 3D model identified in the 3D model library.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the method further comprising:

receiving second user input; and

modifying the view of the virtual content based on the second user input.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the first data corresponds to a first state of the 3D model, and

the host application is configured to modify the first state of the 3D model based on the second data.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the first data comprises data representing a change between a first state of the 3D model and an earlier state of the 3D model.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein receiving the first data package from the host application comprises receiving the first data package via a first helper application configured to execute via the second one or more processors of the computer system remote to the wearable device.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: MAGIC LEAP, INC.; MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC; MOLECULAR IMPRINTS, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062681/0065 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2022
From: MOLECULAR IMPRINTS, INC.; MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC; MAGIC LEAP, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 060338/0665 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2022
From: BAILEY, RICHARD ST. CLAIR; FONG, CHUN-IP; BRIDGEWATER, ERLE ROBERT
To: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
Reel/Frame 059226/0123 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62976995 · Feb 14, 2020
Related Publication 20210256175A1 · Aug 19, 2021
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