Patents by Inventor Chris Slaughter

Chris Slaughter 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: 10679378
    Abstract: A system configured to determine a six-degree of freedom pose of a physical object in a physical environment and to utilize the six-degree of freedom pose as an within a virtual environment or mixed reality environment. In some cases, the system may utilize one or more cameras on a headset device to track the pose of a controller or other objects and one or more cameras on the controller itself to track the pose of the headset device or the user. In one example, the system may capture image data of a physical object having a constellation or pattern on the external source. The system may analyze the image data to identify image points associated with the constellation or pattern and to determine the pose of the object based on a location of the points in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Occipital, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas M. Reddy, Jeffrey Roger Powers, Paul Jakob Schroeder, Chris Slaughter, Ganesh Mallya
  • Patent number: 10664993
    Abstract: A system configured to determine a pose of a physical object in a physical environment and to utilize the pose as an input to control or manipulate a virtual environment or mixed reality environment. In some cases, the system may be capture image data of a physical object having a constellation or pattern on the external source. The system may analyze the image data to identify points associated with the constellation or pattern and to determine the pose based on the identified points and a stored object model associated with the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Occipital, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas M. Reddy, Jeffrey Roger Powers, Paul Jakob Schroeder, Chris Slaughter, Ganesh Mallya
  • Patent number: 10636170
    Abstract: A virtual environment or mixed reality environment system including a physical tracking enhancement tag that may be identified by the system to assist with localization of the system with respect to the physical environment. The tracking enhancement tags may be encoded or coded in a high frequency and low frequency that is readable by the system to provide different types of information related the environment. For example, the encoded information may include a unique identifier of the tag and a relative direction with regards to the physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Occipital, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas M. Reddy, Jeffrey Roger Powers, Paul Jakob Schroeder, Chris Slaughter, Ganesh Mallya
  • Patent number: 10565731
    Abstract: A virtual environment or mixed reality environment system including a headset device and controller. Both the headset device and the controller are configured to access and update a shared scene map. In some cases, the headset device may implement pose tracking with respect to the headset device and the controller and the controller may also implement pose tracking with respect to the headset device and the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Occipital, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas M. Reddy, Jeffrey Roger Powers, Paul Jakob Schroeder, Chris Slaughter, Ganesh Mallya
  • Patent number: 10012353
    Abstract: A two-component luminaire for illuminating an architectural space includes a housing with a panel that faces the architectural space. A peripheral edge of the housing, having first and second edge segments, forms an output aperture that faces the architectural space. A plane bisecting the output aperture defines a boundary between an indirect lighting region and a direct lighting region. The luminaire includes a primary optical subsystem arranged within the housing so as to be hidden from the direct lighting region by the first panel section, and configured to generate and emit light, through the output aperture, solely into the indirect lighting region, and a secondary optical subsystem, disposed within the housing and configured to generate and emit light through the output aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Carl Gould, Peter K. Nelson, Chris Sorensen, Chris Slaughter, Kevin F. Leadford
  • Patent number: 9927079
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to wall recessed two-component luminaires. The two components can include a primary optical subsystem and a secondary optical subsystem. The primary optical subsystem can provide indirect lighting, illuminate an architectural space upward toward a ceiling, and/or have greater luminous flux than the secondary optical subsystem. The secondary optical subsystem can provide direct lighting, illuminate an architectural space horizontally and/or downward, provide lit appearance, provide direct view color and/or color gradients, provide direct view luminance and/or luminous gradients, and/or provide lighting for ambience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Carl Gould, Peter K. Nelson, Chris Sorensen, Chris Slaughter, Kevin F. Leadford
  • Publication number: 20150226392
    Abstract: A two-component luminaire for illuminating an architectural space includes a housing with a panel that faces the architectural space. A peripheral edge of the housing, having first and second edge segments, forms an output aperture that faces the architectural space. A plane bisecting the output aperture defines a boundary between an indirect lighting region and a direct lighting region. The luminaire includes a primary optical subsystem arranged within the housing so as to be hidden from the direct lighting region by the first panel section, and configured to generate and emit light, through the output aperture, solely into the indirect lighting region, and a secondary optical subsystem, disposed within the housing and configured to generate and emit light through the output aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Carl Gould, Peter K. Nelson, Chris Sorensen, Chris Slaughter, Kevin F. Leadford
  • Publication number: 20140070724
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to wall recessed two-component luminaires. The two components can include a primary optical subsystem and a secondary optical subsystem. The primary optical subsystem can provide indirect lighting, illuminate an architectural space upward toward a ceiling, and/or have greater luminous flux than the secondary optical subsystem. The secondary optical subsystem can provide direct lighting, illuminate an architectural space horizontally and/or downward, provide lit appearance, provide direct view color and/or color gradients, provide direct view luminance and/or luminous gradients, and/or provide lighting for ambience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Carl Gould, Peter K. Nelson, Chris Sorensen, Chris Slaughter, Kevin F. Leadford
  • Publication number: 20140071673
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to wall recessed two-component luminaires. The two components can include a primary optical subsystem and a secondary optical subsystem. The primary optical subsystem can provide indirect lighting, illuminate an architectural space upward toward a ceiling, and/or have greater luminous flux than the secondary optical subsystem. The secondary optical subsystem can provide direct lighting, illuminate an architectural space horizontally and/or downward, provide lit appearance, provide direct view color and/or color gradients, provide direct view luminance and/or luminous gradients, and/or provide lighting for ambience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Carl Gould, Peter K. Nelson, Chris Sorensen, Chris Slaughter, Kevin F. Leadford
  • Publication number: 20130335528
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method to create a 3D representation of an observed scene by combining multiple views from a moving image capture device. The output is a point cloud or a mesh model. Models can be captured at arbitrary scales varying from small objects to entire buildings. The visual fidelity of produced models is comparable to that of a photograph when rendered using conventional graphics rendering. Despite offering fine-scale accuracies, the mapping results are globally consistent, even at large scales.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Sriram Vishwanath, Chris Slaughter