Patents by Inventor Blake Carlton Farmer

Blake Carlton Farmer 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).

  • Tracking core for providing input to peripherals in mixed reality environments
    Patent number: 10486060
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-contained, pluggable tracking system that monitors six degree of freedom (“6DoF”) without external apparatus, e.g., visual tracking or magnetic. The tracking core can communicate with a host device and with an external computing device. The external computing device can display a virtual (“VR”) or augmented reality (“AR”) world. The VR or AR world may be supplemented by overlay displays positioned according to the shape of the host device as tracked by the tracking core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Shawn Crispin Wright, Jeffrey Alan Kohler, Blake Carlton Farmer
  • TRACKING CORE FOR PROVIDING INPUT TO PERIPHERALS IN MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20180140942
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-contained, pluggable tracking system that monitors six degree of freedom (“6DoF”) without external apparatus, e.g., visual tracking or magnetic. The tracking core can communicate with a host device and with an external computing device. The external computing device can display a virtual (“VR”) or augmented reality (“AR”) world. The VR or AR world may be supplemented by overlay displays positioned according to the shape of the host device as tracked by the tracking core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Quentin Simon Charles MILLER, Shawn Crispin WRIGHT, Jeffrey Alan KOHLER, Blake Carlton FARMER
  • Custom Media Channels
    Publication number: 20160227279
    Abstract: A user-specified custom channel includes media content programs having any number of respective program sources. The custom channel has an associated lineup that defines the date/time at which individual media content programs are available via the custom channel. A custom channel may be represented in an electronic program guide, and a custom channel may be published by the user that created the custom channel to make the custom channel available to other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Fang, William Brandon Blazer, Blake Carlton Farmer, Thomas A. Langan, Andrew Thomas Rich, Ashley C. Speicher