Patents by Inventor Andy Wilson

Andy Wilson 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).

  • Patent number: 9468848
    Abstract: Techniques for assigning a gesture dictionary in a gesture-based system to a user comprise capturing data representative of a user in a physical space. In a gesture-based system, gestures may control aspects of a computing environment or application, where the gestures may be derived from a user's position or movement in a physical space. In an example embodiment, the system may monitor a user's gestures and select a particular gesture dictionary in response to the manner in which the user performs the gestures. The gesture dictionary may be assigned in real time with respect to the capture of the data representative of a user's gesture. The system may generate calibration tests for assigning a gesture dictionary. The system may track the user during a set of short gesture calibration tests and assign the gesture dictionary based on a compilation of the data captured that represents the user's gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Oscar E. Murillo, Andy Wilson, Alex A. Kipman, Janet Galore
  • Publication number: 20140109023
    Abstract: Techniques for assigning a gesture dictionary in a gesture-based system to a user comprise capturing data representative of a user in a physical space. In a gesture-based system, gestures may control aspects of a computing environment or application, where the gestures may be derived from a user's position or movement in a physical space. In an example embodiment, the system may monitor a user's gestures and select a particular gesture dictionary in response to the manner in which the user performs the gestures. The gesture dictionary may be assigned in real time with respect to the capture of the data representative of a user's gesture. The system may generate calibration tests for assigning a gesture dictionary. The system may track the user during a set of short gesture calibration tests and assign the gesture dictionary based on a compilation of the data captured that represents the user's gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Oscar E. Murillo, Andy Wilson, Alex A. Kipman, Janet Galore
  • Patent number: 8631355
    Abstract: Techniques for assigning a gesture dictionary in a gesture-based system to a user comprise capturing data representative of a user in a physical space. In a gesture-based system, gestures may control aspects of a computing environment or application, where the gestures may be derived from a user's position or movement in a physical space. In an example embodiment, the system may monitor a user's gestures and select a particular gesture dictionary in response to the manner in which the user performs the gestures. The gesture dictionary may be assigned in real time with respect to the capture of the data representative of a user's gesture. The system may generate calibration tests for assigning a gesture dictionary. The system may track the user during a set of short gesture calibration tests and assign the gesture dictionary based on a compilation of the data captured that represents the user's gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Oscar E. Murillo, Andy Wilson, Alex A. Kipman, Janet Galore
  • Publication number: 20120299837
    Abstract: A touch sensor provides frames of touch sensor data, as the touch sensor is sampled over time. Spatial and temporal features of the touch sensor data from a plurality of frames, and contacts and attributes of the contacts in previous frames, are processed to identify contacts and attributes of the contacts in a current frame. Attributes of the contacts can include, whether the contact is reliable, shrinking, moving, or related to a fingertip touch. The characteristics of contacts can include information about the shape and rate of change of the contact, including but not limited to a sum of its pixels, its shape, size and orientation, motion, average intensities and aspect ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hrvoje Benko, John Miller, Shahram Izadi, Andy Wilson, Peter Ansell, Steve Hodges
  • Publication number: 20110173204
    Abstract: Techniques for assigning a gesture dictionary in a gesture-based system to a user comprise capturing data representative of a user in a physical space. In a gesture-based system, gestures may control aspects of a computing environment or application, where the gestures may be derived from a user's position or movement in a physical space. In an example embodiment, the system may monitor a user's gestures and select a particular gesture dictionary in response to the manner in which the user performs the gestures. The gesture dictionary may be assigned in real time with respect to the capture of the data representative of a user's gesture. The system may generate calibration tests for assigning a gesture dictionary. The system may track the user during a set of short gesture calibration tests and assign the gesture dictionary based on a compilation of the data captured that represents the user's gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Oscar E. Murillo, Andy Wilson, Alex A. Kipman, Janet Galore
  • Patent number: 7753329
    Abstract: A universal mount for mounting equipment to a surface in a desired orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Rosen Sunvisor Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Niles Hanson, Andy Wilson, Jon Gilbert, Gary Hanson
  • Publication number: 20060237608
    Abstract: A universal mount for mounting equipment to a surface in a desired orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Niles Hanson, Andy Wilson, Jon Gilbert, Gary Hanson