Patents by Inventor BEN JOHN HINDLE

BEN JOHN HINDLE 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).

  • Controlling objects in a virtual environment
    Patent number: 9724600
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-storage media having computer-usable instructions embodied thereon, for controlling objects in a virtual environment are provided. Real-world objects may be received into a virtual environment. The real-world objects may be any non-human object. An object skeleton may be identified and mapped to the object. A user skeleton of the real-world user may also be identified and mapped to the object skeleton. By mapping the user skeleton to the object skeleton, movements of the user control the movements of the object in the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Harley Willoughby, Jeffrey Jesus Evertt, Justin Avram Clark, Ben John Hindle, Peter Glenn Sarrett, Joel Deaguero
  • CONTROLLING OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120306924
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-storage media having computer-usable instructions embodied thereon, for controlling objects in a virtual environment are provided. Real-world objects may be received into a virtual environment. The real-world objects may be any non-human object. An object skeleton may be identified and mapped to the object. A user skeleton of the real-world user may also be identified and mapped to the object skeleton. By mapping the user skeleton to the object skeleton, movements of the user control the movements of the object in the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER HARLEY WILLOUGHBY, JEFFREY JESUS EVERTT, JUSTIN AVRAM CLARK, BEN JOHN HINDLE, PETER GLENN SARRETT, JOEL DEAGUERO