Patents by Inventor Peter Sarrett

Peter Sarrett 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).

  • Altering a view perspective within a display environment
    Patent number: 9498718
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for altering a view perspective within a display environment. For example, gesture data corresponding to a plurality of inputs may be stored. The input may be input into a game or application implemented by a computing device. Images of a user of the game or application may be captured. For example, a suitable capture device may capture several images of the user over a period of time. The images may be analyzed and processed for detecting a user's gesture. Aspects of the user's gesture may be compared to the stored gesture data for determining an intended gesture input for the user. The comparison may be part of an analysis for determining inputs corresponding to the gesture data, where one or more of the inputs are input into the game or application and cause a view perspective within the display environment to be altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen G. Latta, Gregory N. Snook, Justin McBride, Arthur Charles Tomlin, Peter Sarrett, Kevin Geisner, Relja Markovic, Christopher Vuchetich
  • First person shooter control with virtual skeleton
    Patent number: 8385596
    Abstract: A virtual skeleton includes a plurality of joints and provides a machine readable representation of a human target observed with a three-dimensional depth camera. A relative position of a hand joint of the virtual skeleton is translated as a gestured aiming vector control, and a virtual weapon is aimed in proportion to the gestured aiming vector control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Latta, Darren Bennett, Kevin Geisner, Relja Markovic, Kudo Tsunoda, Greg Snook, Christopher H. Willoughby, Peter Sarrett, Daniel Lee Osborn
  • FIRST PERSON SHOOTER CONTROL WITH VIRTUAL SKELETON
    Publication number: 20120155705
    Abstract: A virtual skeleton includes a plurality of joints and provides a machine readable representation of a human target observed with a three dimensional depth camera. A relative position of a hand joint of the virtual skeleton is translated as a gestured aiming vector control, and a virtual weapon is aimed in proportion to the gestured aiming vector control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Latta, Darren Bennett, Kevin Geisner, Relja Markovic, Kudo Tsunoda, Greg Snook, Christopher H. Willoughby, Peter Sarrett, Daniel Lee Osborn
  • ALTERING A VIEW PERSPECTIVE WITHIN A DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20100281438
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for altering a view perspective within a display environment. For example, gesture data corresponding to a plurality of inputs may be stored. The input may be input into a game or application implemented by a computing device. Images of a user of the game or application may be captured. For example, a suitable capture device may capture several images of the user over a period of time. The images may be analyzed and processed for detecting a user's gesture. Aspects of the user's gesture may be compared to the stored gesture data for determining an intended gesture input for the user. The comparison may be part of an analysis for determining inputs corresponding to the gesture data, where one or more of the inputs are input into the game or application and cause a view perspective within the display environment to be altered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen G. Latta, Gregory N. Snook, Justin McBride, Arthur Charles Tomlin, Peter Sarrett, Kevin Geisner, Relja Markovic, Christopher Vuchetich