Patents by Inventor Amar S. Vattakandy

Amar S. Vattakandy 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: 8619167
    Abstract: A method for displaying or capturing an image comprises directing an illumination beam onto a mirror of a highly resonant, mirror-mount system and applying a drive signal to a transducer to deflect the mirror. In this method, the drive signal has a pulse frequency approaching a resonance frequency of the mirror-mount system. The method further comprises reflecting the illumination beam off the mirror so that the illumination beam scans through an area where the image is to be displayed or captured, and, addressing each pixel of the image in synchronicity with the drive signal to display or capture the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Westhues, Amar S. Vattakandy, Randall Crane, John R. Lewis, Steven Bathiche
  • Patent number: 8601184
    Abstract: Various embodiments related to a host computing device for rendering and sending image data to a peripheral device for display at the peripheral device. For example, one embodiment comprises a host computing device, the host computing device comprising a data storage subsystem and a logic subsystem. The host computing device further comprises instructions stored in the data storage subsystem and executable by the logic subsystem to output to the peripheral device a frame of image data representing a difference between a currently rendered image and an (N?1)-th previously rendered image, N being an integer and having a value of 3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Fleegal, Chris Whitman, Xianfeng Tian, Amar S. Vattakandy, Jim Belesiu, Robert D. Young
  • Publication number: 20130106884
    Abstract: Various embodiments related to a host computing device for rendering and sending image data to a peripheral device for display at the peripheral device. For example, one embodiment comprises a host computing device, the host computing device comprising a data storage subsystem and a logic subsystem. The host computing device further comprises instructions stored in the data storage subsystem and executable by the logic subsystem to output to the peripheral device a frame of image data representing a difference between a currently rendered image and an (N?1)-th previously rendered image, N being an integer and having a value of 3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Fleegal, Chris Whitman, Xianfeng Tian, Amar S. Vattakandy, Jim Belesiu, Robert D. Young
  • Patent number: 8364865
    Abstract: Various embodiments related to a host computing device for rendering and sending image data to a peripheral device for display at the peripheral device. For example, one embodiment comprises a host computing device, the host computing device comprising a data storage subsystem and a logic subsystem. The host computing device further comprises instructions stored in the data storage subsystem and executable by the logic subsystem to output to the peripheral device a frame of image data representing a difference between a currently rendered image and an (N?1)-th previously rendered image, N being an integer and having a value of 3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Fleegal, Chris Whitman, Xianfeng Tian, Amar S. Vattakandy, Jim Belesiu, Robert D. Young
  • Publication number: 20120079142
    Abstract: Various embodiments related to a host computing device for rendering and sending image data to a peripheral device for display at the peripheral device. For example, one embodiment comprises a host computing device, the host computing device comprising a data storage subsystem and a logic subsystem. The host computing device further comprises instructions stored in the data storage subsystem and executable by the logic subsystem to output to the peripheral device a frame of image data representing a difference between a currently rendered image and an (N?1)-th previously rendered image, N being an integer and having a value of 3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Fleegal, Chris Whitman, Xianfeng Tian, Amar S. Vattakandy, Jim Belesiu, Robert D. Young
  • Publication number: 20110267501
    Abstract: A method for displaying or capturing an image comprises directing an illumination beam onto a mirror of a highly resonant, mirror-mount system and applying a drive signal to a transducer to deflect the mirror. In this method, the drive signal has a pulse frequency approaching a resonance frequency of the mirror-mount system. The method further comprises reflecting the illumination beam off the mirror so that the illumination beam scans through an area where the image is to be displayed or captured, and, addressing each pixel of the image in synchronicity with the drive signal to display or capture the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Westhues, Amar S. Vattakandy, Randall Crane, John R. Lewis, Steven Bathiche
  • Publication number: 20100265107
    Abstract: Methods and systems for self-description of an adaptive input device to a host computing device are herein provided. One exemplary adaptive keyboard includes one or more depressible keys and one or more touch regions, where each touch region is configured to positionally recognize a touch directed to that touch region. The adaptive keyboard may also include an adaptive imager to dynamically change a visual appearance of the one or more depressible keys and the one or more touch regions. Further, the adaptive keyboard may include firmware holding an adaptive descriptor to self-describe to the host computing device a renderable location of each of the one or more depressible keys and each of the one or more touch regions. The adaptive keyboard may further include a data link for communicating the adaptive descriptor to the host computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Whitman, Robert D. Young, Christopher M. Dreher, Amar S. Vattakandy, Alain L. Michaud