US 12,272,092 B2
Self-tracked controller
Samuel Redmond D'Amico, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/523,102.
Application 18/523,102 is a continuation of application No. 18/069,873, filed on Dec. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,847,794.
Application 18/069,873 is a continuation of application No. 16/994,329, filed on Aug. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,568,562, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/888,432, filed on Aug. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0095948 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 7/73 (2017.01) [G06T 7/97 (2017.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more sensors;
a plurality of cameras mounted to a support structure; and
at least one processor configured to:
capture, using the plurality of cameras mounted to the support structure, a plurality of images of a surrounding environment;
identify one or more features of the surrounding environment from the captured plurality of images;
determine, based on the one or more identified features, a current pose of at least a portion of a user that is located in the surrounding environment; and
upon determining the current pose of the portion of the user, transition to capturing images using a single camera of the plurality of cameras, wherein a subsequent images taken by the single camera is used to determine a subsequent pose of the portion of the user in the surrounding environment.