Patents by Inventor Bryant Hawthorne

Bryant Hawthorne 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).

  • Patent number: 9972119
    Abstract: A method to display a virtual object includes receiving virtual-object data representing a virtual object, a first rendering of the virtual object being displayed on a display screen during a first interval. The method also includes receiving display-screen data indicating a physical size, position, and orientation of the display screen, and receiving display-device data indicating a position and orientation of a near-eye display device. The method includes composing a second, 3D rendering of the virtual object based on the virtual-object data and on the relative position and orientation of the display screen versus the near-eye display device, as indicated by the display-screen and display-device data, and, displaying the second rendering binocularly on the near-eye display device during a subsequent second interval, such that the second rendering coincides with the first rendering in an augmented field of view of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Donna Long, Matthew Johnson, Aaron Mackay Burns, Benjamin John Sugden, Bryant Hawthorne
  • Publication number: 20180047202
    Abstract: A method to display a virtual object includes receiving virtual-object data representing a virtual object, a first rendering of the virtual object being displayed on a display screen during a first interval. The method also includes receiving display-screen data indicating a physical size, position, and orientation of the display screen, and receiving display-device data indicating a position and orientation of a near-eye display device. The method includes composing a second, 3D rendering of the virtual object based on the virtual-object data and on the relative position and orientation of the display screen versus the near-eye display device, as indicated by the display-screen and display-device data, and, displaying the second rendering binocularly on the near-eye display device during a subsequent second interval, such that the second rendering coincides with the first rendering in an augmented field of view of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Donna Long, Matthew Johnson, Aaron Mackay Burns, Benjamin John Sugden, Bryant Hawthorne
  • Publication number: 20180046352
    Abstract: A method for moving a virtual cursor on a virtual reality computing device including a display comprises presenting a virtual cursor at a first screen-space position that occludes a world-space position of a first object, the virtual cursor having a first world-space position based on the first screen-space position and the world-space position of the first object. Based on receiving an input, the method includes moving the virtual cursor from the first screen-space position to a second screen-space position that occludes a world-space position of a second object, the virtual cursor having a second world-space position based on the second screen-space position and the world-space position of the second object. While the virtual cursor is presented at an intermediate screen-space position, the method includes assigning an intermediate world-space position based on the intermediate screen-space position and simulated attractive forces for each of the first and second objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Johnson, Aaron Mackay Burns, Donna Long, Benjamin John Sugden, Bryant Hawthorne