Patents by Inventor Gregory G. Snook

Gregory G. Snook 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).

  • Mapping a natural input device to a legacy system
    Patent number: 8448094
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mapping natural input devices to legacy system inputs are disclosed. One example system may include a computing device having an algorithmic preprocessing module configured to receive input data containing a natural user input and to identify the natural user input in the input data. The computing device may further include a gesture module coupled to the algorithmic preprocessing module, the gesture module being configured to associate the natural user input to a gesture in a gesture library. The computing device may also include a mapping module to map the gesture to a legacy controller input, and to send the legacy controller input to a legacy system in response to the natural user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Kipman, R. Stephen Polzin, Kudo Tsunoda, Darren Bennett, Stephen Latta, Mark Finocchio, Gregory G. Snook, Relja Markovic
  • MAPPING A NATURAL INPUT DEVICE TO A LEGACY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100199229
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mapping natural input devices to legacy system inputs are disclosed. One example system may include a computing device having an algorithmic preprocessing module configured to receive input data containing a natural user input and to identify the natural user input in the input data. The computing device may further include a gesture module coupled to the algorithmic preprocessing module, the gesture module being configured to associate the natural user input to a gesture in a gesture library. The computing device may also include a mapping module to map the gesture to a legacy controller input, and to send the legacy controller input to a legacy system in response to the natural user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Kipman, Stephen Polzin, Kudo Tsunoda, Darren Bennett, Stephen Latta, Mark Finocchio, Gregory G. Snook, Relja Markovic