Patents by Inventor Duncan J. McKay

Duncan J. McKay 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).

  • ROBOTIC CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240042601
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, under the control of a robotic control system, a gripper on a robot is positioned to grasp a 3-dimensional object. In at least one embodiment, the relative position of the object and the gripper is determined, at least in part, by using a camera mounted on the gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Shariq Iqbal, Jonathan Tremblay, Thang Hong To, Jia Cheng, Erik Leitch, Duncan J. McKay, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Robotic control system
    Patent number: 11833681
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, under the control of a robotic control system, a gripper on a robot is positioned to grasp a 3-dimensional object. In at least one embodiment, the relative position of the object and the gripper is determined, at least in part, by using a camera mounted on the gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Shariq Iqbal, Jonathan Tremblay, Thang Hong To, Jia Cheng, Erik Leitch, Duncan J. McKay, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • ROBOTIC CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200061811
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, under the control of a robotic control system, a gripper on a robot is positioned to grasp a 3-dimensional object. In at least one embodiment, the relative position of the object and the gripper is determined, at least in part, by using a camera mounted on the gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Shariq Iqbal, Jonathan Tremblay, Thang Hong To, Jia Cheng, Erik Leitch, Duncan J. McKay, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Audio application programming interface
    Patent number: 7746803
    Abstract: An audio application programming interface (API) enables an audio processing graph to be modified during processing. If they are received while the audio graph is playing or paused, graph modifying commands may be inserted into either an asynchronous command queue or a deferred command queue. The audio API may also include a clock manager for synchronizing clocks from a number of different connected audio rendering devices, applications, processors, functions, operations, modules, or other resources. The clock manager may provide an interface that enables a number of control groups to be defined. Each such control group may include a master clock, a slave clock, and a control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashutosh V. Tatake, Dugan O. Porter, Duncan J. McKay, Robert S. Williams, Stephen R. Handley