Granted Patent B2

US 12,573,100 · App. 17/697,425 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Inventor: Edmund Graves Brown (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: SNAP INC.

G06T11/00G06T7/62G06T19/006G06V20/20G06T2200/24

Abstract

Claims (96)

1 . A method comprising:

accessing, by one or more processors, an image from a computing device, the image comprising a view of a physical space;

receiving, from the computing device, a first input associated with a virtual boundary of a first portion of the physical space, the virtual boundary being defined by two first points in the first portion of the physical space;

determining a position of a camera unit coupled to the computing device;

determining a first virtual volume of the first portion of the physical space based on at least two vectors generated based on at most the two first points;

causing presentation of a representation of the volume on a display of the computer device;

receiving a change in position of the computing device;

modifying the presentation of the representation of the volume on the display in real time as the change in position is being received;

receiving first data associated with the first portion of the physical space, the first data comprising a first room identification, a first set of room dimensions, and first user room preferences;

associating a set of augmented reality content items with the first portion of the physical space based on the first user room preferences, the set of augmented reality content items satisfying a threshold frequency of use by a user of the computing device; and

storing the first virtual volume in association with the first data

identifying an object within the first portion of the physical space;

determining a location of the identified object;

causing display of the set of augmented reality content items on a display of the computing device;

receiving a selection of a singular augmented reality content item from the set of augmented reality content items;

based on a category of the singular augmented reality content item and the location of the identified object, determining a display location for the singular augmented reality content item; and

causing display of the singular augmented reality content item at the display location.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is a head-wearable apparatus comprising a camera.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the first virtual volume further comprises:

generating a first vector representing a distance between the two first points;

generating a second vector representing a gravitational force;

generating a third vector based on an average of heights of the two first points; and

determining the first virtual volume using the first vector, the second vector and the third vector.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the virtual boundary is displayed as an augmented reality content item on a display coupled to the head-wearable apparatus.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein receiving the first data associated with the first portion of the physical space comprises:

receiving a user input including the first data from the head-wearable apparatus.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a second input associated with a second virtual boundary of a second portion of the physical space, the second virtual boundary being defined by two second points in the second portion of the physical space;

determining a second virtual volume of the second portion of the physical space based on the second input; and

receiving a second data associated with the second portion of the physical space, the second data comprising a second room identification, a second set of room dimensions, and second user room preferences.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting a placement for an augmented reality content item of the set of augmented reality content items in the first portion of the physical space at a location identified by a machine learning model, the machine learning model identifying the location based on a category of the augmented reality content item.

8 . A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the system to perform operations comprising:

accessing an image from a computing device, the image comprising a view of a physical space;

receiving, from the computing device, a first input associated with a virtual boundary of a first portion of the physical space, the virtual boundary being defined by two first points in the first portion of the physical space;

determining a position of a camera unit coupled to the computing device;

determining a first virtual volume of the first portion of the physical space based on at least two vectors generated based on at most the two first points;

causing presentation of a representation of the volume on a display of the computer device;

receiving a change in position of the computing device;

modifying the presentation of the representation of the volume on the display in real time as the change in position is being received;

receiving first data associated with the first portion of the physical space, the first data comprising a first room identification, a first set of room dimensions, and first user room preferences;

associating a set of augmented reality content items with the first portion of the physical space based on the first user room preferences, the set of augmented reality content items satisfying a threshold frequency of use by a user of the computing device; and

storing the first virtual volume in association with the first data

identifying an object within the first portion of the physical space;

determining a location of the identified object;

causing display of the set of augmented reality content items on a display of the computing device;

receiving a selection of a singular augmented reality content item from the set of augmented reality content items;

based on a category of the singular augmented reality content item and the location of the identified object, determining a display location for the singular augmented reality content item; and

causing display of the singular augmented reality content item at the display location.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the computing device is a head-wearable apparatus comprising a camera.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein determining the first virtual volume further comprises:

generating a first vector representing a distance between the two first points;

generating a second vector representing a gravitational force;

generating a third vector based on an average of heights of the two first points; and

determining the first virtual volume using the first vector, the second vector and the third vector.

11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the virtual boundary is displayed as an augmented reality content item on a display coupled to the head-wearable apparatus.

12 . The system of claim 9 , wherein receiving the first data associated with the first portion of the physical space comprises:

receiving a user input including the first data from the head-wearable apparatus.

13 . The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving a second input associated with a second virtual boundary of a second portion of the physical space, the second virtual boundary being defined by two second points in the second portion of the physical space;

determining a second virtual volume of the second portion of the physical space based on the second input; and

receiving a second data associated with the second portion of the physical space, the second data comprising a second room identification, a second set of room dimensions, and second user room preferences.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the first user room preferences comprise:

a first set of augmented reality content items associated with the first portion.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

accessing an image from a computing device, the image comprising a view of a physical space;

receiving, from the computing device, a first input associated with a virtual boundary of a first portion of the physical space, the virtual boundary being defined by two first points in the first portion of the physical space;

determining a position of a camera unit coupled to the computing device;

determining a first virtual volume of the first portion of the physical space based on at least two vectors generated based on at most the two first points;

causing presentation of a representation of the volume on a display of the computer device;

receiving a change in position of the computing device;

modifying the presentation of the representation of the volume on the display in real time as the change in position is being received;

receiving first data associated with the first portion of the physical space, the first data comprising a first room identification, a first set of room dimensions, and first user room preferences;

associating a set of augmented reality content items with the first portion of the physical space based on the first user room preferences, the set of augmented reality content items satisfying a threshold frequency of use by a user of the computing device; and

storing the first virtual volume in association with the first data

identifying an object within the first portion of the physical space;

determining a location of the identified object;

causing display of the set of augmented reality content items on a display of the computing device;

receiving a selection of a singular augmented reality content item from the set of augmented reality content items;

based on a category of the singular augmented reality content item and the location of the identified object, determining a display location for the singular augmented reality content item; and

causing display of the singular augmented reality content item at the display location.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the computing device is a head-wearable apparatus comprising a camera.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein determining the first virtual volume further comprises:

generating a first vector representing a distance between the two first points;

generating a second vector representing a gravitational force;

generating a third vector based on an average of heights of the two first points; and

determining the first virtual volume using the first vector, the second vector and the third vector.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the virtual boundary is displayed as an augmented reality content item on a display coupled to the head-wearable apparatus.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein receiving the first data associated with the first portion of the physical space comprises:

receiving a user input including the first data from the head-wearable apparatus.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving a second input associated with a second virtual boundary of a second portion of the physical space, the second virtual boundary being defined by two second points in the second portion of the physical space;

determining a second virtual volume of the second portion of the physical space based on the second input; and

receiving a second data associated with the second portion of the physical space, the second data comprising a second room identification, a second set of room dimensions, and second user room preferences.

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