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).
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Patent number: 10679378Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Occipital, Inc.Inventors: Vikas M. Reddy, Jeffrey Roger Powers, Paul Jakob Schroeder, Chris Slaughter, Ganesh Mallya
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Patent number: 10664993Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Occipital, Inc.Inventors: Vikas M. Reddy, Jeffrey Roger Powers, Paul Jakob Schroeder, Chris Slaughter, Ganesh Mallya
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Patent number: 10636170Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Occipital, Inc.Inventors: Vikas M. Reddy, Jeffrey Roger Powers, Paul Jakob Schroeder, Chris Slaughter, Ganesh Mallya
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Patent number: 10565731Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Occipital, Inc.Inventors: Vikas M. Reddy, Jeffrey Roger Powers, Paul Jakob Schroeder, Chris Slaughter, Ganesh Mallya
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Patent number: 10012353Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Carl Gould, Peter K. Nelson, Chris Sorensen, Chris Slaughter, Kevin F. Leadford
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Patent number: 9927079Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Carl Gould, Peter K. Nelson, Chris Sorensen, Chris Slaughter, Kevin F. Leadford
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Publication number: 20150226392Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Carl Gould, Peter K. Nelson, Chris Sorensen, Chris Slaughter, Kevin F. Leadford
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Publication number: 20140070724Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Carl Gould, Peter K. Nelson, Chris Sorensen, Chris Slaughter, Kevin F. Leadford
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Publication number: 20140071673Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Carl Gould, Peter K. Nelson, Chris Sorensen, Chris Slaughter, Kevin F. Leadford
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Publication number: 20130335528Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventors: Sriram Vishwanath, Chris Slaughter