Patents by Inventor Emmanuel John Athans
Emmanuel John Athans 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).
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Patent number: 10261742Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling functionality of a display based on visual focus of a user in a multiple display or multiple computational device environment. A particular display from a set of displays on which a user is visually focused is identified. The set of displays includes at least a first display and a second display. Moreover, a type of input receivable from the user via the first display and/or content rendered on the first display is controlled based on the visual focus of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Tyler Edward Gibson, Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 10035063Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 9865230Abstract: Visual inspection of alpha channel values is aided by displaying a partially transparent image rendered over an animated background pattern. The background pattern is user-specified or chosen automatically. The background pattern has colors, shapes, position, orientation, magnification, and distortion. The visual appearance of the background pattern is automatically altered, and the partially transparent image is redisplayed, this time rendered over the altered background pattern. The background pattern may scroll, rotate, change shape, pulse, morph shape, and/or change colors during animation. The background includes a checkerboard or another tessellation, a color gradient, a transparency heat map, a procedurally generated texture, and/or other patterns. A color identified in the partially transparent image may provoke use of a complementary color in the background. The image whose transparency is being visually inspected zooms independently of the background pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Scott Robert Marison, Jean-Pierre Joseph Duplessis, Justin Toshiyuki Goshi, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20170220308Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling functionality of a display based on visual focus of a user in a multiple display or multiple computational device environment. A particular display from a set of displays on which a user is visually focused is identified. The set of displays includes at least a first display and a second display. Moreover, a type of input receivable from the user via the first display and/or content rendered on the first display is controlled based on the visual focus of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Tyler Edward Gibson, Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 9658687Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling functionality of a display based on visual focus of a user in a multiple display or multiple computational device environment. A particular display from a set of displays on which a user is visually focused is identified. The set of displays includes at least a first display and a second display. Moreover, a type of input receivable from the user via the first display and/or content rendered on the first display is controlled based on the visual focus of the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tyler Edward Gibson, Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20160041717Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20160019240Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to voice directed context sensitive visual searching. Visual content can be rendered on a display, and a voice directed query related to the visual content can be received. Contextual information related to the visual content can also be identified. Moreover, a search word recognized from the voice directed query and/or the contextual information can be used to detect an object from the visual content, where the object can be a part of the visual content. Further, a search can be performed using the object detected from the visual content, and a result of the search can be rendered on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 9174124Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 9098533Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to voice directed context sensitive visual searching. Visual content can be rendered on a display, and a voice directed query related to the visual content can be received. Contextual information related to the visual content can also be identified. Moreover, a search word recognized from the voice directed query and/or the contextual information can be used to detect an object from the visual content, where the object can be a part of the visual content. Further, a search can be performed using the object detected from the visual content, and a result of the search can be rendered on the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20140155165Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 8678927Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20140002487Abstract: Visual inspection of alpha channel values is aided by displaying a partially transparent image rendered over an animated background pattern. The background pattern is user-specified or chosen automatically. The background pattern has colors, shapes, position, orientation, magnification, and distortion. The visual appearance of the background pattern is automatically altered, and the partially transparent image is redisplayed, this time rendered over the altered background pattern. The background pattern may scroll, rotate, change shape, pulse, morph shape, and/or change colors during animation. The background includes a checkerboard or another tessellation, a color gradient, a transparency heat map, a procedurally generated texture, and/or other patterns. A color identified in the partially transparent image may provoke use of a complementary color in the background. The image whose transparency is being visually inspected zooms independently of the background pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Scott Robert Marison, Jean-Pierre Joseph Duplessis, Justin Toshiyuki Goshi, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20130086105Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to voice directed context sensitive visual searching. Visual content can be rendered on a display, and a voice directed query related to the visual content can be received. Contextual information related to the visual content can also be identified. Moreover, a search word recognized from the voice directed query and/or the contextual information can be used to detect an object from the visual content, where the object can be a part of the visual content. Further, a search can be performed using the object detected from the visual content, and a result of the search can be rendered on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20130083025Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling functionality of a display based on visual focus of a user in a multiple display or multiple computational device environment. A particular display from a set of displays on which a user is visually focused is identified. The set of displays includes at least a first display and a second display. Moreover, a type of input receivable from the user via the first display and/or content rendered on the first display is controlled based on the visual focus of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tyler Edward Gibson, Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20130084980Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: D783041Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Graham Bury, Chad Michael Roberts, Stuart John Mayhew, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: D783672Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Sushanth Rajasankar, Graham Bury, Chad Michael Roberts, Stuart John Mayhew, Emmanuel John Athans