Patents by Inventor Jonathan Plumb

Jonathan Plumb 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: 10788673
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for displaying virtual content. When a user is settled in a given geographic area, a full version of the content may be displayed at user-defined or processor-defined location. When the user is moving, for example leaving the geographic area, a mobile version of the content may be displayed at a body-locked position peripheral to the user's view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Scott, Evan Michael Keibler, Arthur Charles Tomlin, Jonathan Paulovich, Ron Amador-Leon, Jonathan Plumb, Nicholas Gervase Fajt
  • Publication number: 20190107721
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for displaying virtual content. When a user is settled in a given geographic area, a full version of the content may be displayed at user-defined or processor-defined location. When the user is moving, for example leaving the geographic area, a mobile version of the content may be displayed at a body-locked position peripheral to the user's view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Jason SCOTT, Evan Michael KEIBLER, Arthur Charles TOMLIN, Jonathan PAULOVICH, Ron AMADOR-LEON, Jonathan PLUMB, Nicholas Gervase FAJT
  • Patent number: 10156721
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for displaying virtual content. When a user is settled in a given geographic area, a full version of the content may be displayed at user-defined or processor-defined location. When the user is moving, for example leaving the geographic area, a mobile version of the content may be displayed at a body-locked position peripheral to the user's view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Scott, Evan Michael Keibler, Arthur Charles Tomlin, Jonathan Paulovich, Ron Amador-Leon, Jonathan Plumb, Nicholas Gervase Fajt
  • Publication number: 20160266386
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for displaying virtual content. When a user is settled in a given geographic area, a full version of the content may be displayed at user-defined or processor-defined location. When the user is moving, for example leaving the geographic area, a mobile version of the content may be displayed at a body-locked position peripheral to the user's view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Scott, Evan Michael Keibler, Arthur Charles Tomlin, Jonathan Paulovich, Ron Amador-Leon, Jonathan Plumb, Nicholas Gervase Fajt
  • Patent number: 9442567
    Abstract: Methods for enabling hands-free selection of virtual objects are described. In some embodiments, a gaze swipe gesture may be used to select a virtual object. The gaze swipe gesture may involve an end user of a head-mounted display device (HMD) performing head movements that are tracked by the HMD to detect whether a virtual pointer controlled by the end user has swiped across two or more edges of the virtual object. In some cases, the gaze swipe gesture may comprise the end user using their head movements to move the virtual pointer through two edges of the virtual object while the end user gazes at the virtual object. In response to detecting the gaze swipe gesture, the HMD may determine a second virtual object to be displayed on the HMD based on a speed of the gaze swipe gesture and a size of the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Scott, Arthur C. Tomlin, Mike Thomas, Matthew Kaplan, Cameron G. Brown, Jonathan Plumb, Nicholas Gervase Fajt, Daniel J. McCulloch, Jeremy Lee
  • Publication number: 20160210780
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for scaled viewing, experiencing and interacting with a virtual workpiece in a mixed reality. The system includes an immersion mode, where the user is able to select a virtual avatar, which the user places somewhere in or adjacent a virtual workpiece. The view then displayed to the user may be that from the perspective of the avatar. The user is, in effect, immersed into the virtual content, and can view, experience, explore and interact with the workpiece in the virtual content on a life-size scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Paulovich, Johnathan Robert Bevis, Cameron G. Brown, Jonathan Plumb, Daniel J. McCulloch, Nicholas Gervase Fajt
  • Publication number: 20160048204
    Abstract: Methods for enabling hands-free selection of virtual objects are described. In some embodiments, a gaze swipe gesture may be used to select a virtual object. The gaze swipe gesture may involve an end user of a head-mounted display device (HMD) performing head movements that are tracked by the HMD to detect whether a virtual pointer controlled by the end user has swiped across two or more edges of the virtual object. In some cases, the gaze swipe gesture may comprise the end user using their head movements to move the virtual pointer through two edges of the virtual object while the end user gazes at the virtual object. In response to detecting the gaze swipe gesture, the HMD may determine a second virtual object to be displayed on the HMD based on a speed of the gaze swipe gesture and a size of the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Scott, Arthur C. Tomlin, Mike Thomas, Matthew Kaplan, Cameron G. Brown, Jonathan Plumb, Nicholas Gervase Fajt, Daniel J. McCulloch, Jeremy Lee
  • Patent number: 9201578
    Abstract: Methods for enabling hands-free selection of virtual objects are described. In some embodiments, a gaze swipe gesture may be used to select a virtual object. The gaze swipe gesture may involve an end user of a head-mounted display device (HMD) performing head movements that are tracked by the HMD to detect whether a virtual pointer controlled by the end user has swiped across two or more edges of the virtual object. In some cases, the gaze swipe gesture may comprise the end user using their head movements to move the virtual pointer through two edges of the virtual object while the end user gazes at the virtual object. In response to detecting the gaze swipe gesture, the HMD may determine a second virtual object to be displayed on the HMD based on a speed of the gaze swipe gesture and a size of the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Scott, Arthur C. Tomlin, Mike Thomas, Matthew Kaplan, Cameron G. Brown, Jonathan Plumb, Nicholas Gervase Fajt, Daniel J. McCulloch, Jeremy Lee
  • Publication number: 20150205494
    Abstract: Methods for enabling hands-free selection of virtual objects are described. In some embodiments, a gaze swipe gesture may be used to select a virtual object. The gaze swipe gesture may involve an end user of a head-mounted display device (HMD) performing head movements that are tracked by the HMD to detect whether a virtual pointer controlled by the end user has swiped across two or more edges of the virtual object. In some cases, the gaze swipe gesture may comprise the end user using their head movements to move the virtual pointer through two edges of the virtual object while the end user gazes at the virtual object. In response to detecting the gaze swipe gesture, the HMD may determine a second virtual object to be displayed on the HMD based on a speed of the gaze swipe gesture and a size of the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Jason Scott, Arthur C. Tomlin, Mike Thomas, Matthew Kaplan, Cameron G. Brown, Jonathan Plumb, Nicholas Gervase Fajt, Daniel J. McCulloch, Jeremy Lee