US 11,833,427 B2
Graphical marker generation system for synchronizing users
Yu Jiang Tham, Los Angeles, CA (US); Ava Robinson, Solana Beach, CA (US); Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Princeton, NJ (US); and Rajan Vaish, Beverly Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,486.
Application 17/946,486 is a continuation of application No. 17/027,397, filed on Sep. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,452,939.
Prior Publication US 2023/0019561 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/537 (2014.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 13/20 (2011.01)
CPC A63F 13/537 (2014.09) [G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 13/20 (2013.01); A63F 2300/636 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
capturing an animation of an interactive graphical marker, the interactive graphical marker comprising a first region with a first indicator and a second region with a second indicator, the second region being around a circumference of the first region, and the animation of the interactive graphical marker comprising a rotation of the first region in a first direction around a rotational axis of the interactive graphical marker;
monitoring the animation of the interactive graphical marker to detect when the first indicator and the second indicator are aligned at a predetermined angle of rotation; and
in response to detecting that the first indicator and the second indicator are aligned, causing an initiation of an interactive application.