US 11,989,809 B2
Coded vision system
Ebony James Charlton, Los Angeles, CA (US); Omer Cansizoglu, Mercer Island, WA (US); Kirk Ouimet, Orem, UT (US); and Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to SNAP INC., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/146,878.
Application 18/146,878 is a continuation of application No. 16/740,386, filed on Jan. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,544,883.
Application 16/740,386 is a continuation of application No. 16/277,684, filed on Feb. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,559,107.
Application 16/277,684 is a continuation of application No. 15/667,345, filed on Aug. 2, 2017, granted, now 10,242,477.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/446,753, filed on Jan. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139857 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 11/60 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/352 (2014.01); A63F 13/58 (2014.01); A63F 13/65 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 11/60 (2013.01) [A63F 13/00 (2013.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/352 (2014.09); A63F 13/58 (2014.09); A63F 13/65 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying an image feature in a live feed from an image sensor of a device of a second user;
identifying a first user based on the image feature, the image feature being an identifier of a first user account on a social network application, the first user account belonging to the first user;
accessing image post data of the first user, the image post data comprising a plurality of images from ephemeral messages published by the first user account on the social network application; and
generating an animation sequence of a plurality of virtual objects emanating from the image feature, each virtual object populated with one of the plurality of images.