Patents by Inventor Anthony Ernst
Anthony Ernst 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: 10902683Abstract: Controlling a mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), or augmented reality (AR) (collectively, MR) environment visualization may involve obtaining a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of data sources; processing the obtained plurality of sensor data using a plurality of data analyzers to identify at least one feature; generating a plurality of annotated data sets, wherein the annotated data sets contain an annotation of the at least one feature; aggregating the plurality of annotated data sets to correlate the at least one feature as a common feature across different annotated data sets of the plurality of annotated data sets; and based at least on the common feature, providing a visualization output representing the MR (VR, AR, or specifically mixed-reality) environment. Disclosed examples enable utilizing of disparate data types from different data sources, localizing the different data a common space, and aggregating results for visualization and/or further analysis.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anthony Ernst, George O. Johnston, Valeriy Trofimov, Gregory Smith
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Publication number: 20200294318Abstract: Controlling a mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), or augmented reality (AR) (collectively, MR) environment visualization may involve obtaining a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of data sources; processing the obtained plurality of sensor data using a plurality of data analyzers to identify at least one feature; generating a plurality of annotated data sets, wherein the annotated data sets contain an annotation of the at least one feature; aggregating the plurality of annotated data sets to correlate the at least one feature as a common feature across different annotated data sets of the plurality of annotated data sets; and based at least on the common feature, providing a visualization output representing the MR (VR, AR, or specifically mixed-reality) environment. Disclosed examples enable utilizing of disparate data types from different data sources, localizing the different data a common space, and aggregating results for visualization and/or further analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Anthony ERNST, George O. JOHNSTON, Valeriy TROFIMOV, Gregory SMITH
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Patent number: 10650603Abstract: Controlling a mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), or augmented reality (AR) (collectively, MR) environment visualization may involve obtaining a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of data sources; processing the obtained plurality of sensor data using a plurality of data analyzers to identify at least one feature; generating a plurality of annotated data sets, wherein the annotated data sets contain an annotation of the at least one feature; aggregating the plurality of annotated data sets to correlate the at least one feature as a common feature across different annotated data sets of the plurality of annotated data sets; and based at least on the common feature, providing a visualization output representing the MR (VR, AR, or specifically mixed-reality) environment. Disclosed examples enable utilizing of disparate data types from different data sources, localizing the different data a common space, and aggregating results for visualization and/or further analysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anthony Ernst, George O. Johnston, Valeriy Trofimov, Gregory Smith
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Patent number: 10645525Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Kenneth Liam Kiemele, Donna Katherine Long, Bryant Daniel Hawthorne, Anthony Ernst, Kendall Clark York, Jeffrey Sipko, Janet Lynn Schneider, Christian Michael Sadak, Stephen G. Latta
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Publication number: 20190349706Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth Liam KIEMELE, Donna Katherine LONG, Bryant Daniel HAWTHORNE, Anthony ERNST, Kendall Clark YORK, Jeffrey SIPKO, Janet Lynn SCHNEIDER, Christian Michael SADAK, Stephen G. LATTA
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Publication number: 20190340822Abstract: Controlling a mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), or augmented reality (AR) (collectively, MR) environment visualization may involve obtaining a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of data sources; processing the obtained plurality of sensor data using a plurality of data analyzers to identify at least one feature; generating a plurality of annotated data sets, wherein the annotated data sets contain an annotation of the at least one feature; aggregating the plurality of annotated data sets to correlate the at least one feature as a common feature across different annotated data sets of the plurality of annotated data sets; and based at least on the common feature, providing a visualization output representing the MR (VR, AR, or specifically mixed-reality) environment. Disclosed examples enable utilizing of disparate data types from different data sources, localizing the different data a common space, and aggregating results for visualization and/or further analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Anthony ERNST, George O. JOHNSTON, Valeriy TROFIMOV, Gregory SMITH
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Publication number: 20190342696Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth Liam KIEMELE, Donna Katherine LONG, Bryant Daniel HAWTHORNE, Anthony ERNST, Kendall Clark YORK, Jeffrey SIPKO, Janet Lynn SCHNEIDER, Christian Michael SADAK, Stephen G. LATTA
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Publication number: 20190340567Abstract: A wearable computing device is provided, comprising a camera and a microphone operatively coupled to a processor. Using both camera image data and speech recognition data, an object is detected and classified as an inventory item and inventory event. The inventory item and inventory event are subsequently recorded into an inventory database. Classifiers used to determine the inventory item and inventory event from the image data and speech may be cross trained based on the relative confidence values associated with each.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Donna Katherine LONG, Kenneth Liam KIEMELE, Jennifer Jean CHOI, Jamie R. CABACCANG, John Benjamin HESKETH, Bryant Daniel HAWTHORNE, George Oliver JOHNSTON, Anthony ERNST
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Patent number: 10455351Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Kenneth Liam Kiemele, Donna Katherine Long, Bryant Daniel Hawthorne, Anthony Ernst, Kendall Clark York, Jeffrey Sipko, Janet Lynn Schneider, Christian Michael Sadak, Stephen G. Latta