Patents by Inventor Mark James Finocchio
Mark James Finocchio 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: 10861165Abstract: A method to identify one or more depth-image segments that correspond to a predetermined object type is enacted in a depth-imaging controller operatively coupled to an optical time-of-flight (ToF) camera; it comprises: receiving depth-image data from the optical ToF camera, the depth-image data exhibiting an aliasing uncertainty, such that a coordinate (X, Y) of the depth-image data maps to a periodic series of depth values {Zk}; and labeling, as corresponding to the object type, one or more coordinates of the depth-image data exhibiting the aliasing uncertainty.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Erroll William Wood, Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Michael Scott Fenton, Mark James Finocchio, John Albert Judnich
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Publication number: 20200226765Abstract: A method to identify one or more depth-image segments that correspond to a predetermined object type is enacted in a depth-imaging controller operatively coupled to an optical time-of-flight (ToF) camera; it comprises: receiving depth-image data from the optical ToF camera, the depth-image data exhibiting an aliasing uncertainty, such that a coordinate (X, Y) of the depth-image data maps to a periodic series of depth values {Zk}; and labeling, as corresponding to the object type, one or more coordinates of the depth-image data exhibiting the aliasing uncertainty.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Erroll William WOOD, Michael BLEYER, Christopher Douglas EDMONDS, Michael Scott FENTON, Mark James FINOCCHIO, John Albert JUDNICH
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Patent number: 10521026Abstract: Systems are provided that include a wireless hand-held inertial controller with passive optical and inertial tracking in a slim form-factor. These systems are configured for use with a head mounted virtual or augmented reality display device (HMD) that operates with six degrees of freedom by fusing (i) data related to the position of the controller derived from a forward-facing optical sensor located in the HMD with (ii) data relating to the orientation of the controller derived from an inertial measurement unit located in the controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexandru Octavian Balan, Constantin Dulu, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Mark James Finocchio
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Publication number: 20190087021Abstract: Systems are provided that include a wireless hand-held inertial controller with passive optical and inertial tracking in a slim form-factor. These systems are configured for use with a head mounted virtual or augmented reality display device (HMD) that operates with six degrees of freedom by fusing (i) data related to the position of the controller derived from a forward-facing optical sensor located in the HMD with (ii) data relating to the orientation of the controller derived from an inertial measurement unit located in the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Alexandru Octavian Balan, Constantin Dulu, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Mark James Finocchio
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Patent number: 10146335Abstract: A modular holding fixture for selectively coupling to a wireless hand-held inertial controller to provide passive optical and inertial tracking in a slim form-factor for use with a head mounted display that operates with six degrees of freedom by fusing (i) data related to the position of the controller derived from a forward-facing depth camera located in the head mounted display with (ii) data relating to the orientation of the controller derived from an inertial measurement unit located in the controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexandru Octavian Balan, Constantin Dulu, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Mark James Finocchio
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Patent number: 10146334Abstract: Apparatus and systems directed to a wireless hand-held inertial controller with passive optical and inertial tracking in a slim form-factor, for use with a head mounted virtual or augmented reality display device (HMD), that operates with six degrees of freedom by fusing (i) data related to the position of the controller derived from a forward-facing optical sensor located in the HMD with (ii) data relating to the orientation of the controller derived from an inertial measurement unit located in the controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexandru Octavian Balan, Constantin Dulu, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Mark James Finocchio
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Patent number: 10019076Abstract: Apparatus and systems directed to a wireless hand-held inertial controller with passive optical and inertial tracking in a slim form-factor, for use with a head mounted virtual or augmented reality display device (HMD), that operates with six degrees of freedom by fusing (i) data related to the position of the controller derived from a forward-facing optical sensor located in the HMD with (ii) data relating to the orientation of the controller derived from an inertial measurement unit located in the controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexandru Octavian Balan, Constantin Dulu, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Mark James Finocchio
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Publication number: 20170357334Abstract: A modular holding fixture for selectively coupling to a wireless hand-held inertial controller to provide passive optical and inertial tracking in a slim form-factor for use with a head mounted display that operates with six degrees of freedom by fusing (i) data related to the position of the controller derived from a forward-facing depth camera located in the head mounted display with (ii) data relating to the orientation of the controller derived from an inertial measurement unit located in the controllerType: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Alexandru Octavian Balan, Constantin Dulu, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Mark James Finocchio
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Publication number: 20170357333Abstract: Apparatus and systems directed to a wireless hand-held inertial controller with passive optical and inertial tracking in a slim form-factor, for use with a head mounted virtual or augmented reality display device (HMD), that operates with six degrees of freedom by fusing (i) data related to the position of the controller derived from a forward-facing optical sensor located in the HMD with (ii) data relating to the orientation of the controller derived from an inertial measurement unit located in the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Alexandru Octavian Balan, Constantin Dulu, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Mark James Finocchio
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Patent number: 7337401Abstract: A composite user interface element can be assembled from plural sub-elements. A simplified view of the representation of the user interface element can be provided wherein the composited user interface element appears to be a single element. When defined, various nodes for representing the user interface can be designated as selectively exposable. Such selectively exposable nodes can be ignored when performing operations via the simplified view. Accordingly, programmers can write code that need not take the complexity of the composite user interface element into account. Property determination can be done in light of the selectively exposable nodes. A simplified view can support nested user interface elements having respective selectively exposable nodes.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Peter Francis Ostertag, Mark James Finocchio, Michael Edward Dulac Winser, Benjamin Franklin Wang Jen-Shong Carter, Nicholas Kramer, Samuel Watkins Bent, Namita Gupta
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Publication number: 20040122789Abstract: A composite user interface element can be assembled from plural sub-elements. A simplified view of the representation of the user interface element can be provided wherein the composited user interface element appears to be a single element. When defined, various nodes for representing the user interface can be designated as selectively exposable. Such selectively exposable nodes can be ignored when performing operations via the simplified view. Accordingly, programmers can write code that need not take the complexity of the composite user interface element into account. Property determination can be done in light of the selectively exposable nodes. A simplified view can support nested user interface elements having respective selectively exposable nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Peter Francis Ostertag, Mark James Finocchio, Michael Edward Dulac Winser, Benjamin Franklin Wang Jen-Shong Carter, Nicholas Kramer, Samuel Watkins Bent, Namita Gupta