Manipulation of virtual object in augmented reality via intent

A system and method for manipulating a virtual object based on intent is described. A reference identifier from a physical object is captured. The reference identifier is communicated via a network to a remote server. The remote server includes virtual object data associated with the reference identifier. The virtual object data is received at the computing device. The virtual image is displayed in a virtual landscape using the virtual object data. In response to relative movement between the computing device and the physical object caused by a user, the virtual image is modified. Brain activity data of the user is received. A state of the virtual object in the virtual landscape is changed based on the brain activity data.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US2014354532A1. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

• Application

  Assistive and control applications

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (G06F16/9537, G06F2200/1637, G06F2203/011, G06F3/011, G06F3/013). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Application

A decoded signal is useful only when it operates something a person wants to use, every day, without an engineer in the room. The problem behind it: dependable everyday use outside the laboratory, with set-up a user or carer can manage.

Why the layer matters to the field, not a judgement of this filing. A patent family shows that protection was sought. It does not show that the technology was built, is used in a product, or works in people. The whole stack

One invention, published 15 times in 6 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

• United StatesUS2014354532A14 Dec 2014US9383819B25 Jul 2016 · grantUS2016275726A122 Sep 2016US9996983B212 Jun 2018 · grant
• International (PCT)a route to several countries, not a countryWO2014197387A111 Dec 2014
• AustraliaAU2014275184A121 Jan 2016AU2014275184B223 Jun 2016
• South KoreaKR20160016955A15 Feb 2016KR101730759B111 May 2017 · grant
• European Patent Officea route to several countries, not a countryEP3005682A113 Apr 2016EP3005682A48 Feb 2017EP3005682B19 Dec 2020 · grantEP3863276A111 Aug 2021
• JapanJP5985116B16 Sep 2016 · grantJP2016529581A23 Sep 2016

1. 3 Jun 2013First filingEarliest priority, at United States. The family is counted in this year.
2. 2 Jun 2014ApplicationsFiled at International (PCT), Australia, South Korea, European Patent Office, Japan.
3. 2 Jun 2014Owner recordedUnited States, on US2014354532A1: assignment; owner named: DAQRI, LLC, CALIFORNIA.
4. 4 Dec 2014First publicationUS2014354532A1, United States.
5. 2 Jun 2016ApplicationFiled at United States.
6. 30 Aug 2016Office recordSouth Korea, on KR20160016955A: notification of reason for refusal.
7. 6 Sep 2016Grant publishedJP5985116B1, Japan.
8. 11 May 2017Grant publishedKR101730759B1, South Korea.
9. 12 Jun 2018Grant publishedUS9996983B2, United States.
10. 5 Aug 2020Owner recordedUnited States, on US2014354532A1: assignment; owner named: RPX CORPORATION, CALIFORNIA.
11. 22 Oct 2020Owner recordedAustralia, on AU2014275184A1: assignment registered; owner named: RPX CORPORATION.
12. 4 Nov 2020Owner recordedEuropean Patent Office, on EP3005682A1: party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred); owner named: RPX CORPORATION.
13. 9 Dec 2020Grant publishedEP3005682B1, European Patent Office.
14. 2 Jun 2021Owner recordedUnited States, on US2014354532A1: assignment; owner named: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, CALIFORNIA.
15. 10 Jun 2021Owner recordedAustralia, on AU2014275184A1: assignment registered; owner named: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES LLC.
16. 4 Aug 2021Owner recordedEuropean Patent Office, on EP3005682A1: reference to a national code; owner named: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, MENLO PARK, US.
17. 4 Aug 2021Owner recordedEuropean Patent Office, on EP3005682A1: reference to a national code; owner named: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, MENLO PARK, US.
18. 1 Sep 2021Owner recordedEuropean Patent Office, on EP3863276A1: party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred); owner named: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
19. 3 Aug 2022Owner recordedUnited States, on US2016275726A1: assignment; owner named: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, CALIFORNIA.
20. 12 Aug 2023Office recordJapan, on JP5985116B1: cancellation because of no payment of annual fees.
21. 2 Jan 2025Office recordAustralia, on AU2014275184A1: patent ceased section 143(a) (annual fees not paid) or expired.
22. 20 Apr 2026Office recordEuropean Patent Office, on EP3005682A1: lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR).

Dates as the offices published them. Office records are in the offices' own words and are a selection: refusals, lapses and withdrawals, and records that name an owner. Each concerns one member of the family, not the family as a whole, and another member in the same office may stand. Whether a patent is in force today is not assessed.

Organisation

Meta Reality Labs · 2 families identified

Use case

Consumer

• Bibliographic data, family members and office records: European Patent Office, Open Patent Services (the DOCDB and INPADOC databases), read 7 Oct 2026.
• The record itself, with its claims and description: US2014354532A1 in Espacenet
• Counted as a BCI patent family: classified G06F3/015 (input arrangements based on nervous-system activity); filed by FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, an organisation already in the graph; describes neural hardware or methods without naming the field; cites a family already accepted. How families are found and judged