Patents by Inventor Carlos Fernando Faria Costa

Carlos Fernando Faria Costa 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: 11257292
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for augmenting a real-world object using a mixed reality device, involving capturing image data for a real-world object included in a physical space observed by the mixed reality device; automatically classifying the real-world object as being associated with an object classification based on the image data; automatically identifying a software application based on the real-world object being associated with the object classification; associating the software application with the real-world object; and executing the software application on the mixed reality device in association with the real-world object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Carlos Fernando Faria Costa
  • Patent number: 10930075
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for interacting with a three-dimensional virtual environment, including receiving an input associated with a change in pose of a user's hand; estimating, based on at least the input, a first pose in the virtual environment for an input source associated with the hand; identifying a surface of a virtual object in the virtual environment; rendering a frame depicting elements of the virtual environment, the frame including a pixel rendered for a position on the surface; determining a distance between the position and a virtual input line extending through a position of the first pose and in a direction of the first pose; changing a pixel color rendered for the pixel based on the distance between the position and the virtual input line; and displaying the frame including the pixel with the changed pixel color to the user via a head-mounted display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Fernando Faria Costa, Mathew Julian Lamb, Brian Thomas Merrell
  • Patent number: 10573085
    Abstract: A mixed-reality display device comprises an input system, a display, and a graphics processor. The input system is configured to receive a parameter value, the parameter value being one of a plurality of values of a predetermined range receivable by the input system. The display is configured to display virtual image content that adds an augmentation to a real-world environment viewed by a user of the mixed-reality display device. The graphics processor is coupled operatively to the input system and to the display; it is configured to render the virtual image content so as to variably change the augmentation, to variably change a perceived realism of the real world environment in correlation to the parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Kipman, Purnima M. Rao, Rebecca Haruyama, Shih-Sang Carnaven Chiu, Stuart Mayhew, Oscar E. Murillo, Carlos Fernando Faria Costa
  • Publication number: 20190304198
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for augmenting a real-world object using a mixed reality device, involving capturing image data for a real-world object included in a physical space observed by the mixed reality device; automatically classifying the real-world object as being associated with an object classification based on the image data; automatically identifying a software application based on the real-world object being associated with the object classification; associating the software application with the real-world object; and executing the software application on the mixed reality device in association with the real-world object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Carlos Fernando Faria COSTA
  • Publication number: 20190197784
    Abstract: A mixed-reality display device comprises an input system, a display, and a graphics processor. The input system is configured to receive a parameter value, the parameter value being one of a plurality of values of a predetermined range receivable by the input system. The display is configured to display virtual image content that adds an augmentation to a real-world environment viewed by a user of the mixed-reality display device. The graphics processor is coupled operatively to the input system and to the display; it is configured to render the virtual image content so as to variably change the augmentation, to variably change a perceived realism of the real world environment in correlation to the parameter value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Kipman, Purnima M. Rao, Rebecca Haruyama, Shih-Sang Carnaven Chiu, Stuart Mayhew, Oscar E. Murillo, Carlos Fernando Faria Costa
  • Patent number: 10325409
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for augmenting a real-world object using a mixed reality device, involving capturing image data for a real-world object included in a physical space observed by the mixed reality device; automatically classifying the real-world object as being associated with an object classification based on the image data; automatically identifying a software application based on the real-world object being associated with the object classification; associating the software application with the real-world object; and executing the software application on the mixed reality device in association with the real-world object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Carlos Fernando Faria Costa
  • Publication number: 20190114835
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for interacting with a three-dimensional virtual environment, including receiving an input associated with a change in pose of a user's hand; estimating, based on at least the input, a first pose in the virtual environment for an input source associated with the hand; identifying a surface of a virtual object in the virtual environment; rendering a frame depicting elements of the virtual environment, the frame including a pixel rendered for a position on the surface; determining a distance between the position and a virtual input line extending through a position of the first pose and in a direction of the first pose; changing a pixel color rendered for the pixel based on the distance between the position and the virtual input line; and displaying the frame including the pixel with the changed pixel color to the user via a head-mounted display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Fernando Faria COSTA, Mathew Julian LAMB, Brian Thomas MERRELL
  • Patent number: 10169922
    Abstract: A mixed-reality display device comprises an input system, a display, and a graphics processor. The input system is configured to receive a parameter value, the parameter value being one of a plurality of values of a predetermined range receivable by the input system. The display is configured to display virtual image content that adds an augmentation to a real-world environment viewed by a user of the mixed-reality display device. The graphics processor is coupled operatively to the input system and to the display; it is configured to render the virtual image content so as to variably change the augmentation, to variably change a perceived realism of the real world environment in correlation to the parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Kipman, Purnima M. Rao, Rebecca Haruyama, Shih-Sang Carnaven Chiu, Stuart Mayhew, Oscar E. Murillo, Carlos Fernando Faria Costa
  • Publication number: 20180365898
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for augmenting a real-world object using a mixed reality device, involving capturing image data for a real-world object included in a physical space observed by the mixed reality device; automatically classifying the real-world object as being associated with an object classification based on the image data; automatically identifying a software application based on the real-world object being associated with the object classification; associating the software application with the real-world object; and executing the software application on the mixed reality device in association with the real-world object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Carlos Fernando Faria COSTA
  • Publication number: 20170236332
    Abstract: A mixed-reality display device comprises an input system, a display, and a graphics processor. The input system is configured to receive a parameter value, the parameter value being one of a plurality of values of a predetermined range receivable by the input system. The display is configured to display virtual image content that adds an augmentation to a real-world environment viewed by a user of the mixed-reality display device. The graphics processor is coupled operatively to the input system and to the display; it is configured to render the virtual image content so as to variably change the augmentation, to variably change a perceived realism of the real world environment in correlation to the parameter value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Alex Kipman, Purnima M. Rao, Rebecca Haruyama, Shih-Sang Carnaven Chiu, Stuart Mayhew, Oscar E. Murillo, Carlos Fernando Faria Costa