Patents by Inventor Alan BROWNING

Alan BROWNING 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: 10334076
    Abstract: In a system for pairing a first device and a second device in a virtual reality environment, the first device may be a sending device, and the second device may be a receiving device. The sending device may transmit an electromagnetic signal that is received by the receiving device. The receiving device may process the electromagnetic signal to verify physical proximity of the receiving device and the transmitting device, and extract identification information related to the sending device for pairing. The receiving device may display one or more virtual pairing indicators to be manipulated to verify the user's intention to pair the first and second devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Chris McKenzie, Murphy Stein, Alan Browning
  • Publication number: 20170244811
    Abstract: In a system for pairing a first device and a second device in a virtual reality environment, the first device may be a sending device, and the second device may be a receiving device. The sending device may transmit an electromagnetic signal that is received by the receiving device. The receiving device may process the electromagnetic signal to verify physical proximity of the receiving device and the transmitting device, and extract identification information related to the sending device for pairing. The receiving device may display one or more virtual pairing indicators to be manipulated to verify the user's intention to pair the first and second devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Chris MCKENZIE, Murphy STEIN, Alan BROWNING
  • Publication number: 20140035805
    Abstract: A Spatial Operating Environment (SOE) with markerless gestural control includes a sensor coupled to a processor that runs numerous applications. A gestural interface application executes on the processor. The gestural interface application receives data from the sensor that corresponds to a hand of a user detected by the sensor, and tracks the hand by generating images from the data and associating blobs in the images with tracks of the hand. The gestural interface application detects a pose of the hand by classifying each blob as corresponding to an object shape. The gestural interface application generates a gesture signal in response to a gesture comprising the pose and the tracks, and controls the applications with the gesture signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: David MINNEN, Alan BROWNING, Peter HAWKES, Tobias RICK, Miguel Sanchez VALDES, Alessandro VALLI, Dan CHAK, Paul YARIN
  • Patent number: 8092727
    Abstract: The invention a method of forming complex shape of styrenic polymer foams in which a pressing surface is created, for example, by planing/machining a layer of an as formed extruded styrenic polymer plank, contacting said plank with a contoured die face and pressing the foam to form the complex shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Myron J. Maurer, Alain Michel Andre Sagnard, Dominicus L. Bindels, Michelle L. Boven, Byoung-Ho Choi, Robert J. Cleereman, Ryan S. Gaston, Joseph A. Langmaid, Curtis Alan Browning