Patents by Inventor Aaron David Cottle

Aaron David Cottle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Contextual cursor display based on hand tracking
    Patent number: 10409443
    Abstract: A head mounted display device and method for contextual cursors comprising a camera configured to capture a series of images, a display, and a processor configured to: display, to a user of the head mounted display device, a virtual cursor on display so as to appear at a location in a three dimensional environment, determine whether motion of a hand of the user in the images is trackable, and in response to at least determining that motion of the hand is trackable, modify a visual appearance of the virtual cursor to indicate that motion of the hand is trackable, and in response to at least determining that motion of the hand is not trackable, modify the visual appearance of the virtual cursor to indicate that motion of the hand is not trackable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Crispin Wright, Dan Osborn, Joe Thompson, Scott Robert Ramsby, Forest Woodcroft Gouin, Megan Saunders, Aaron David Cottle
  • CONTEXTUAL CURSOR DISPLAY BASED ON HAND TRACKING
    Publication number: 20160378294
    Abstract: A head mounted display device and method for contextual cursors comprising a camera configured to capture a series of images, a display, and a processor configured to: display, to a user of the head mounted display device, a virtual cursor on display so as to appear at a location in a three dimensional environment, determine whether motion of a hand of the user in the images is trackable, and in response to at least determining that motion of the hand is trackable, modify a visual appearance of the virtual cursor to indicate that motion of the hand is trackable, and in response to at least determining that motion of the hand is not trackable, modify the visual appearance of the virtual cursor to indicate that motion of the hand is not trackable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Shawn Crispin Wright, Dan Osborn, Joe Thompson, Scott Robert Ramsby, Forest Woodcroft Gouin, Megan Saunders, Aaron David Cottle