Patents by Inventor BENJAMIN ISAAC VAUGHT
BENJAMIN ISAAC VAUGHT 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: 10754379Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for calibrating user-mounted devices are provided. An external device capable of providing calibration data to a user-mounted device worn by a user is identified. An identification acknowledgement is received from the external device. A device calibration mode is entered in which calibration data describing the user-mounted device is received by the user-mounted device. The calibration data is based at least in part on sensor data acquired and normalized by the external device. The calibration data is then received. The calibration data includes at least one determined pose or body measurement of the user and a calculated alignment of the user-mounted device relative to the user. The user-mounted device is calibrated using the received calibration data.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: James Chia-Ming Liu, Benjamin Isaac Vaught, Paolo Malabuyo
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Publication number: 20170115690Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for calibrating user-mounted devices are provided. An external device capable of providing calibration data to a user-mounted device worn by a user is identified. An identification acknowledgement is received from the external device. A device calibration mode is entered in which calibration data describing the user-mounted device is received by the user-mounted device. The calibration data is based at least in part on sensor data acquired and normalized by the external device. The calibration data is then received. The calibration data includes at least one determined pose or body measurement of the user and a calculated alignment of the user-mounted device relative to the user. The user-mounted device is calibrated using the received calibration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: JAMES CHIA-MING LIU, BENJAMIN ISAAC VAUGHT, PAOLO MALABUYO
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Patent number: 9588935Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for calibrating user-mounted devices are provided. An external device capable of providing calibration data to a user-mounted device worn by a user is identified. An identification acknowledgement is received from the external device. A device calibration mode is entered in which calibration data describing the user-mounted device is received by the user-mounted device. The calibration data is based at least in part on sensor data acquired and normalized by the external device. The calibration data is then received. The calibration data includes at least one determined pose or body measurement of the user and a calculated alignment of the user-mounted device relative to the user. The user-mounted device is calibrated using the received calibration data.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: James Chia-Ming Liu, Benjamin Isaac Vaught, Paolo Malabuyo
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Patent number: 9245501Abstract: Virtual objects are located for display in a head-mounted display (HMD) to provide an augment reality view to an HMD wearer. An HMD wearer's total field of view (TFOV) is classified into two or more regions. Additionally, a field of view (FOV) for the HMD wearer is determined. The FOV is compared with the two or more regions of the HMD wearer's TFOV. Responsive to this comparison, virtual objects are determined for display based on a location of the FOV relative to the two or more regions of the HMD wearer's TFOV. The virtual objects may then be displayed by the HMD at an appropriate location.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: James Chia-Ming Liu, Stephen Gilchrist Latta, Anton Andrews, Benjamin Isaac Vaught, Christopher Michael Novak, Sheridan Leigh Martin
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Patent number: 9135508Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for estimating user eye gaze are provided. A plurality of images of a user's eye are acquired. At least one image of at least part of the user's field of view is acquired. At least one gaze target area in the user's field of view is determined based on the plurality of images of the user's eye. An enhanced user eye gaze is then estimated by narrowing a database of eye information and corresponding known gaze lines to a subset of the eye information having gaze lines corresponding to a gaze target area. User eye information derived from the images of the user's eye is then compared with the narrowed subset of the eye information, and an enhanced estimated user eye gaze is identified as the known gaze line of a matching eye image.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.Inventors: Benjamin Isaac Vaught, Robert L. Crocco, Jr., John Lewis, Jian Sun, Yichen Wei
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Publication number: 20150235632Abstract: Virtual objects are located for display in a head-mounted display (HMD) to provide an augment reality view to an HMD wearer. An HMD wearer's total field of view (TFOV) is classified into two or more regions. Additionally, a field of view (FOV) for the HMD wearer is determined. The FOV is compared with the two or more regions of the HMD wearer's TFOV. Responsive to this comparison, virtual objects are determined for display based on a location of the FOV relative to the two or more regions of the HMD wearer's TFOV. The virtual objects may then be displayed by the HMD at an appropriate location.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: JAMES CHIA-MING LIU, STEPHEN GILCHRIST LATTA, ANTON ANDREWS, BENJAMIN ISAAC VAUGHT, CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL NOVAK, SHERIDAN LEIGH MARTIN
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Patent number: 9041623Abstract: Virtual images are located for display in a head-mounted display (HMD) to provide an augment reality view to an HMD wearer. Sensor data may be collected from on-board sensors provided on an HMD. Additionally, other day may be collected from external sources. Based on the collected sensor data and other data, the position and rotation of the HMD wearer's head relative to the HMD wearer's body and surrounding environment may be determined. After resolving the HMD wearer's head position, the HMD wearer's total field of view (TFOV) may be classified into regions. Virtual images may then be located in the classified TFOV regions to locate the virtual images relative to the HMD wearer's body and surrounding environment.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: James Chia-Ming Liu, Stephen Gilchrist Latta, Anton Andrews, Benjamin Isaac Vaught, Christopher Michael Novak, Sheridan Leigh Martin
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Publication number: 20130174213Abstract: A system for automatically sharing virtual objects between different mixed reality environments is described. In some embodiments, a see-through head-mounted display device (HMD) automatically determines a privacy setting associated with another HMD by inferring a particular social relationship with a person associated with the other HMD (e.g., inferring that the person is a friend or acquaintance). The particular social relationship may be inferred by considering the distance to the person associated with the other HMD, the type of environment (e.g., at home or work), and particular physical interactions involving the person (e.g., handshakes or hugs). The HMD may subsequently transmit one or more virtual objects associated with the privacy setting to the other HMD. The HMD may also receive and display one or more other virtual objects from the other HMD based on the privacy setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Inventors: James Liu, Stephen Latta, Anton O.A. Andrews, Benjamin Isaac Vaught, Sheridan Martin Small
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Publication number: 20130154918Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for estimating user eye gaze are provided. A plurality of images of a user's eye are acquired. At least one image of at least part of the user's field of view is acquired. At least one gaze target area in the user's field of view is determined based on the plurality of images of the user's eye. An enhanced user eye gaze is then estimated by narrowing a database of eye information and corresponding known gaze lines to a subset of the eye information having gaze lines corresponding to a gaze target area. User eye information derived from the images of the user's eye is then compared with the narrowed subset of the eye information, and an enhanced estimated user eye gaze is identified as the known gaze line of a matching eye image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventors: BENJAMIN ISAAC VAUGHT, ROBERT L. CROCCO, JR., JOHN LEWIS, JIAN SUN, YICHEN WEI
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Publication number: 20130093789Abstract: Virtual images are located for display in a head-mounted display (HMD) to provide an augment reality view to an HMD wearer. Sensor data may be collected from on-board sensors provided on an HMD. Additionally, other day may be collected from external sources. Based on the collected sensor data and other data, the position and rotation of the HMD wearer's head relative to the HMD wearer's body and surrounding environment may be determined. After resolving the HMD wearer's head position, the HMD wearer's total field of view (TFOV) may be classified into regions. Virtual images may then be located in the classified TFOV regions to locate the virtual images relative to the HMD wearer's body and surrounding environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventors: JAMES CHIA-MING LIU, STEPHEN GILCHRIST LATTA, ANTON ANDREWS, BENJAMIN ISAAC VAUGHT, CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL NOVAK, SHERIDAN LEIGH SMALL
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Publication number: 20130096863Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for calibrating user-mounted devices are provided. An external device capable of providing calibration data to a user-mounted device worn by a user is identified. An identification acknowledgement is received from the external device. A device calibration mode is entered in which calibration data describing the user-mounted device is received by the user-mounted device. The calibration data is based at least in part on sensor data acquired and normalized by the external device. The calibration data is then received. The calibration data includes at least one determined pose or body measurement of the user and a calculated alignment of the user-mounted device relative to the user. The user-mounted device is calibrated using the received calibration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventors: JAMES CHIA-MING LIU, BENJAMIN ISAAC VAUGHT, PAOLO MALABUYO
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Publication number: 20120323515Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for calibrating user-mounted devices are provided. An external device capable of providing calibration data to a user-mounted device worn by a user is identified. An identification acknowledgement is received from the external device. A device calibration mode is entered in which calibration data describing the user-mounted device is received by the user-mounted device. The calibration data is based at least in part on sensor data acquired and normalized by the external device. The calibration data is then received. The calibration data includes at least one determined pose or body measurement of the user and a calculated alignment of the user-mounted device relative to the user. The user-mounted device is calibrated using the received calibration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: JAMES CHIA-MING LIU, BENJAMIN ISAAC VAUGHT, PAOLO MALABUYO