IP Library Granted Patent US 12,737,053
Granted Patent B2
US 12,737,053 · App. 18/952,335 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Visual and audio wake commands

Inventors: Daniel Colascione (Melbourne Beach, FL); Matthew Hanover (Los Angeles, CA); Sergei Korolev (Playa Vista, CA); Michael David Marr (Monroe, WA); Scott Myers (Orange, CA); James Powderly (Venice, CA)
Assignee: SNAP INC.
G06F3/017G06F3/014G06T19/006G06V10/82G06V40/28
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Patent No.
US 12,737,053
App. No.
18/952,335
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gesture-based wake process for an AR system is described herein. The AR system places a hand-tracking input pipeline of the AR system in a suspended mode. A camera component of the hand-tracking input pipeline detects a possible visual wake command being made by a user of the AR system. On the basis of detecting the possible visual wake command, the AR system wakes the hand-tracking input pipeline and places the camera component in a fully operational mode. If the AR system, using the hand-tracking input pipeline, verifies the possible visual wake command as an actual wake command, the AR system initiates execution of an AR application.

Claims (49)

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:

detecting, by one or more processors using a microphone component of an Augmented Reality (AR) system, a possible audio wake command by a user while the AR system is in a low power state;

waking, by the one or more processors, the AR system from the low power state to a fully powered mode in response to detecting the possible audio wake command;

verifying, by the one or more processors using a machine learning model, the possible audio wake command is an audio wake command; and

initiating, by the one or more processors, an interactive AR application in response to verifying the possible audio wake command is the audio wake command.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the low power state comprises a suspended mode in which the one or more processors operate at a specified clock frequency.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the possible audio wake command further comprises:

recognizing the possible audio wake command using a neural network of the microphone component.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the low power state comprises:

one or more components of the AR system being in a suspended mode; and

a camera component being in a limited operational mode.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the limited operational mode of the camera component includes a limited frame rate.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing, by the one or more processors, based on failing to verify the possible audio wake command, operations comprising:

placing one or more components of the AR system in a suspended mode; and

placing a camera component in a limited operational mode.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the AR system comprises a head-worn device.

8 . A machine comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

detecting, by one or more processors using a microphone component of an Augmented Reality (AR) system, a possible audio wake command by a user while the AR system is in a low power state;

waking, by the one or more processors, the AR system from the low power state to a fully powered mode in response to detecting the possible audio wake command;

verifying, by the one or more processors using a machine learning model, the possible audio wake command is an audio wake command; and

initiating, by the one or more processors, an interactive AR application in response to verifying the possible audio wake command is the audio wake command.

9 . The machine of claim 8 , wherein the low power state comprises a suspended mode in which the one or more processors operate at a specified clock frequency.

10 . The machine of claim 8 , wherein detecting the possible audio wake command further comprises:

recognizing the possible audio wake command using a neural network of the microphone component.

11 . The machine of claim 8 , wherein the low power state comprises:

one or more components of the AR system being in a suspended mode; and

a camera component being in a limited operational mode.

12 . The machine of claim 11 , wherein the limited operational mode of the camera component includes a limited frame rate.

13 . The machine of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

performing, by the one or more processors, based on failing to verify the possible audio wake command, operations comprising:

placing one or more components of the AR system in a suspended mode; and

placing a camera component in a limited operational mode.

14 . The machine of claim 8 , wherein the AR system comprises a head-worn device.

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

detecting, by one or more processors using a microphone component of an Augmented Reality (AR) system, a possible audio wake command by a user while the AR system is in a low power state;

waking, by the one or more processors, the AR system from the low power state to a fully powered mode in response to detecting the possible audio wake command;

verifying, by the one or more processors using a machine learning model, the possible audio wake command is an audio wake command; and

initiating, by the one or more processors, an interactive AR application in response to verifying the possible audio wake command is the audio wake command.

16 . The machine-storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the low power state comprises a suspended mode in which the one or more processors operate at a specified clock frequency.

17 . The machine-storage medium of claim 15 , wherein detecting the possible audio wake command further comprises:

recognizing the possible audio wake command using a neural network of the microphone component.

18 . The machine-storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the low power state comprises:

one or more components of the AR system being in a suspended mode; and

a camera component being in a limited operational mode.

19 . The machine-storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the limited operational mode of the camera component includes a limited frame rate.

20 . The machine-storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the AR system comprises a head-worn device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2025
From: COLASCIONE, DANIEL; HANOVER, MATTHEW; KOROLEV, SERGEI; MARR, MICHAEL DAVID; MYERS, SCOTT; POWDERLY, JAMES
To: SNAP INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 18367278 · Sep 12, 2023
Continuation 17948004 · Sep 19, 2022
Related Publication 20250085786A1 · Mar 13, 2025
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