Patents by Inventor Anthony John Grant
Anthony John Grant 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: 10463954Abstract: User input devices, such as gaming controllers, are provided herein. In one example, a user input device includes a control stick mechanism configured to receive user manipulation in one or more axes. The user input device includes control circuitry configured to process movement data representative of the user manipulation to derive a mechanical center of the control stick mechanism from at least a sequence of qualified resting points associated with the control stick mechanism. The control circuitry is configured to at least re-center the movement data according to the mechanical center to establish calibrated movement data, and present the calibrated movement data for use in controlling one or more user interface elements with the control stick mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Curtis F. McClive, Aaron J. Schmitz, Ross A. Nelson, Anthony John Grant
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Patent number: 10108273Abstract: User input devices, such as gaming controllers, are provided herein. In one example, a user input device includes a control stick mechanism configured to receive user manipulation in one or more axes. The user input device includes control circuitry configured to process movement data representative of the user manipulation to determine mapped movement data over a normalized movement space according to at least one of a mechanical center associated with the control stick mechanism and cardinality data defining a measured movement space associated with the control stick mechanism. The control circuitry is configured to present the mapped movement data for use in controlling one or more user interface elements with the control stick mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Curtis F. McClive, Aaron J. Schmitz, Ross Anthony Nelson, Anthony John Grant
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Publication number: 20180259767Abstract: An adhesive material, or “getter,” is applied to one or more interior surfaces of a display module of a near-eye display (NED) device, to act as a trap for foreign particles or debris. The display module can include a frame, a housing, and one or more display elements each to generate an image to be conveyed to an eye of a user of the NED device. The frame can have at least one surface adjacent to the image-generation surface of each display element. The display module can include an exposed layer of adhesive material covering at least a portion of each said surface within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Jeb WU, Andrew FULLER, Anthony John GRANT, Richard A. JAMES
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Patent number: 9946293Abstract: Embodiments for a user input device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user input device comprises a body, an elongate directional control element having a first end projecting towards the body and a second end projecting away from the body and configured to be movable by a user, a magnet to hold the directional control element in one or more predetermined positions, and a sensor coupled to the body to detect a change in position of the directional control element.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Vasco Rubio, Eph John Evans, Bill Lawrence, Anthony John Grant, Gary Strowe
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Publication number: 20170252645Abstract: User input devices, such as gaming controllers, are provided herein. In one example, a user input device includes a control stick mechanism configured to receive user manipulation in one or more axes. The user input device includes control circuitry configured to process movement data representative of the user manipulation to derive a mechanical center of the control stick mechanism from at least a sequence of qualified resting points associated with the control stick mechanism. The control circuitry is configured to at least re-center the movement data according to the mechanical center to establish calibrated movement data, and present the calibrated movement data for use in controlling one or more user interface elements with the control stick mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2016Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Curtis F. McClive, Aaron J. Schmitz, Ross A. Nelson, Anthony John Grant
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Patent number: 9050529Abstract: A force feedback trigger includes an input device comprising a communication subsystem configured to provide bidirectional communication with a computing device. The input device further comprises a force feedback trigger assembly including a user-actuatable trigger configured to pivot about a trigger axis responsive to an applied external force. The input device further comprises a trigger vibrator directly coupled to the force feedback trigger assembly and communicatively coupled to the communication subsystem, the trigger vibrator configured to vibrate the user-actuatable trigger responsive to a vibration signal received from the computing device via the communication subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Anthony John Grant, Gary Strowe, Eph John Evans, Glen E. Tennison, Vasco Rubio, Loren Reas, Jeffrey Vah
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Patent number: 8894491Abstract: A multi-stage variable resistance triggers includes an input device comprising a communicative output configured to send control information to a computing device for controlling the computing device. The input device further comprises a multi-stage variable resistance trigger assembly configured to provide a first trigger resistance sub-profile throughout a first stage of a trigger pull and a second trigger resistance sub-profile throughout a second stage of the trigger pull.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Anthony John Grant, Gary Strowe, Vasco Rubio, Glen E. Tennison, Eph John Evans
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Publication number: 20130194085Abstract: A force feedback trigger includes an input device comprising a communication subsystem configured to provide bidirectional communication with a computing device. The input device further comprises a force feedback trigger assembly including a user-actuatable trigger configured to pivot about a trigger axis responsive to an applied external force. The input device further comprises a trigger vibrator directly coupled to the force feedback trigger assembly and communicatively coupled to the communication subsystem, the trigger vibrator configured to vibrate the user-actuatable trigger responsive to a vibration signal received from the computing device via the communication subsystem.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Anthony John Grant, Gary Strowe, Eph John Evans, Glen E. Tennison, Vasco Rubio, Loren Reas, Jeffrey Vah
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Publication number: 20130147642Abstract: Embodiments for a user input device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user input device comprises a body, an elongate directional control element having a first end projecting towards the body and a second end projecting away from the body and configured to be movable by a user, a magnet to hold the directional control element in one or more predetermined positions, and a sensor coupled to the body to detect a change in position of the directional control element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Vasco Rubio, Eph John Evans, Bill Lawrence, Anthony John Grant, Gary Strowe
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Publication number: 20130147610Abstract: A multi-stage variable resistance triggers includes an input device comprising a communicative output configured to send control information to a computing device for controlling the computing device The input device further comprises a multi-stage variable resistance trigger assembly configured to provide a first trigger resistance sub-profile throughout a first stage of a trigger pull and a second trigger resistance sub-profile throughout a second stage of the trigger pull.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Anthony John Grant, Gary Strowe, Vasco Rubio, Glen E. Tennison, Eph John Evans
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Publication number: 20130127738Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to dynamically scaling a mapping between a touch sensor and a display screen. One disclosed embodiment provides a method including setting a first user interface mapping that maps an area of the touch sensor to a first area of the display screen, receiving a user input from the user input device that changes a user interaction context of the user interface, and in response to the user input, setting a second user interface mapping that maps the area of the touch sensor to a second area of the display screen. The method further comprises providing to the display device an output of a user interface image representing the user input at a location based on the second user interface mapping.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Michael C. Miller, Mark Schwesinger, Hauke Gentzkow, Bryon Ashley, Jon Harris, Richard Hanks, Anthony John Grant, Raman Sarin
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Patent number: 5660769Abstract: There is disclosed a method for encapsulating a substance in a biocapsule comprising passing a solution into the biocapsule, then effecting a change in the biocapsule/solution system such that the substance remains encapsulated while a solvent escapes.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 1995Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Assignee: CPC International Inc.Inventors: Brian Frederick Sagar, Anthony John Grant Sagar, Samuel Gordon Graham, Reginald Trevor Wragg