Manipulation of virtual object in augmented reality via thought

A system and method for manipulating a virtual object based on thought is described. A reference identifier from a physical object is captured. Brain activity data of a user is received to obtain a brain activity data. The reference identifier and the brain activity data are communicated via a network to a remote server. The remote server selects a virtual object based on the reference identifier and the brain activity data. A communication from the server identifying the virtual object is received. The virtual object is displayed in a virtual landscape.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US2014354534A1. 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 (G02B2027/014, G06F2203/011, G06F3/011, G06F3/013, G06F3/015). 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 13 times in 6 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

• United StatesUS2014354534A14 Dec 2014US9354702B231 May 2016 · grantUS2016246371A125 Aug 2016US9996155B212 Jun 2018 · grant
• International (PCT)a route to several countries, not a countryWO2014197392A111 Dec 2014
• AustraliaAU2014275189A121 Jan 2016AU2014275189B222 Dec 2016
• South KoreaKR20160016948A15 Feb 2016KR101694089B16 Jan 2017 · grant
• European Patent Officea route to several countries, not a countryEP3005037A113 Apr 2016EP3005037A48 Feb 2017
• JapanJP2016521881A25 Jul 2016JP6040342B27 Dec 2016 · grant

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 US2014354534A1: assignment; owner named: DAQRI, LLC, CALIFORNIA.
4. 4 Dec 2014First publicationUS2014354534A1, United States.
5. 2 May 2016ApplicationFiled at United States.
6. 7 Jun 2016Office recordJapan, on JP2016521881A: notification of reasons for refusal.
7. 16 Aug 2016Office recordSouth Korea, on KR20160016948A: notification of reason for refusal.
8. 7 Dec 2016Grant publishedJP6040342B2, Japan.
9. 6 Jan 2017Grant publishedKR101694089B1, South Korea.
10. 7 Feb 2018Office recordEuropean Patent Office, on EP3005037A1: application deemed to be withdrawn.
11. 12 Jun 2018Grant publishedUS9996155B2, United States.
12. 5 Aug 2020Owner recordedUnited States, on US2014354534A1: assignment; owner named: RPX CORPORATION, CALIFORNIA.
13. 22 Oct 2020Owner recordedAustralia, on AU2014275189A1: assignment registered; owner named: RPX CORPORATION.
14. 2 Jun 2021Owner recordedUnited States, on US2014354534A1: assignment; owner named: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, CALIFORNIA.
15. 10 Jun 2021Owner recordedAustralia, on AU2014275189A1: assignment registered; owner named: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES LLC.
16. 3 Aug 2022Owner recordedUnited States, on US2014354534A1: assignment; owner named: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, CALIFORNIA.
17. 2 Jan 2025Office recordAustralia, on AU2014275189A1: patent ceased section 143(a) (annual fees not paid) or expired.

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: US2014354534A1 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