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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ebony James Charlton, London, GB;

Maxwell Goedjen, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Micah D. Jackson, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Benjamin Lo, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Arash Pessian, Topanga, CA (US);

Christopher Cavins, Santa Clarita, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for augmenting live video feeds with augmented reality (AR) effects. A live video feed comprising a plurality of video frames is received and the format of the video frames is determined. The video frames are converted to a format compatible with an AR software development kit (SDK). One or more AR effects from the AR SDK are applied to the converted frames. This can include detecting depictions of objects in the frames and applying effects to the detected objects. The effects can be selected based on detected object types. The frames are then re-converted back to the original format. If the frame rate differs between the video feed and AR SDK, frame rate conversion is performed before and after applying the AR effects. The augmented video frames including the AR effects are provided as output, such as for broadcast or display.


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