Patents by Inventor Dennis Stewart Tansley

Dennis Stewart Tansley 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).

  • Free-space gesture musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) controller
    Patent number: 8618405
    Abstract: The free-space gesture MIDI controller technique described herein marries the technologies embodied in a free-space gesture controller with MIDI controller technology, allowing a user to control an infinite variety of electronic musical instruments through body gesture and pose. One embodiment of the free-space gesture MIDI controller technique described herein uses a human body gesture recognition capability of a free-space gesture control system and translates human gestures into musical actions. Rather than directly connecting a specific musical instrument to the free-space gesture controller, the technique generalizes its capability and instead outputs standard MIDI signals, thereby allowing the free-space gesture control system to control any MIDI-capable instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corp.
    Inventor: Dennis Stewart Tansley