Patents Assigned to Micorsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
  • Patent number: 9898870
    Abstract: Techniques to present location information using augmented reality are described. An apparatus may comprise an augmentation system operative to augment an image with information for an individual, the image having a virtual object representing a real object. The augmentation system may comprise a location component operative to determine location information for the real object, a virtual information component operative to retrieve location information for an individual, and a proximity component operative to determine whether location information for the real object substantially matches location information for the individual. The augmentation system may further comprise an augmentation component operative to augment the virtual object with information for the individual to form an augmented object when the location information for the real object substantially matches the location information for the individual. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: MICORSOFT TECHNOLOGIES LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Harishkumar Narayanan
  • Patent number: 9450452
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which magnetic flux is used to provide backup power. A transformer has a line power source controllably coupled to a first input winding, and secondary power source controllably coupled to a second input winding. A controller monitors the line power and switches to the secondary power source if the line power voltage drops too low, or uses the secondary power source to augment the line power source if the line power current gets too high. Also described is incrementally transitioning from the secondary power source back to the line power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Micorsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shaun L. Harris, Eric C. Peterson