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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12400389 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2023

Animated expressive icon

Applicant:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Newar Husam Al Majid, New York, NY (US);

Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Sheldon Chang, Venice, CA (US);

Chamal Samaranayake, Venice, CA (US);

Jeremy Voss, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Abderrahim Merouan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04M 1/72427 (2021.01); H04M 1/7243 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 40/168 (2022.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04M 1/72427 (2021.01); H04M 1/7243 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); H04M 2201/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein include an expressive icon system to present an animated graphical icon, wherein the animated graphical icon is generated by capture facial tracking data at a client device. In some embodiments, the system may track and capture facial tracking data of a user via a camera associated with a client device (e.g., a front facing camera, or a paired camera), and process the facial tracking data to animate a graphical icon.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Al Majid, Newar. (2025). Animated expressive icon (U.S. Patent No. 12400389). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12400389

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