Patents by Inventor Dong Back KIM

Dong Back KIM 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: 11361518
    Abstract: The construction of virtual reality environments can be made more efficient with enhancements directed to the sizing of objects to be utilized in the construction of virtual reality environments, enhancements directed to the simultaneous display of multiple thumbnails, or other like indicators, of virtual reality environments being constructed, enhancements directed to controlling the positioning of a view of a virtual reality environment, enhancements directed to conceptualizing the virtual reality environment as perceived through different types of three-dimensional presentational hardware, and enhancements directed to the exchange of objects between multiple virtual reality environments being constructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Back Kim, Ricardo Acosta Moreno, Jia Wang, Joshua Benjamin Eiten, Stefan Landvogt
  • Publication number: 20210183156
    Abstract: The construction of virtual reality environments can be made more efficient with enhancements directed to the sizing of objects to be utilized in the construction of virtual reality environments, enhancements directed to the simultaneous display of multiple thumbnails, or other like indicators, of virtual reality environments being constructed, enhancements directed to controlling the positioning of a view of a virtual reality environment, enhancements directed to conceptualizing the virtual reality environment as perceived through different types of three-dimensional presentational hardware, and enhancements directed to the exchange of objects between multiple virtual reality environments being constructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Back KIM, Ricardo Acosta MORENO, Jia WANG, Joshua Benjamin EITEN, Stefan LANDVOGT
  • Patent number: 10937244
    Abstract: The construction of virtual reality environments can be made more efficient with enhancements directed to the sizing of objects to be utilized in the construction of virtual reality environments, enhancements directed to the simultaneous display of multiple thumbnails, or other like indicators, of virtual reality environments being constructed, enhancements directed to controlling the positioning of a view of a virtual reality environment, enhancements directed to conceptualizing the virtual reality environment as perceived through different types of three-dimensional presentational hardware, and enhancements directed to the exchange of objects between multiple virtual reality environments being constructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Back Kim, Ricardo Acosta Moreno, Jia Wang, Joshua Benjamin Eiten, Stefan Landvogt
  • Patent number: 10885715
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selectively controlling a carry mode for holograms presented in mixed-reality environments and for providing leashing buffers for the holograms. The carry mode enables holograms to be functionally moved within a single mixed-reality environment, and out into one or more different mixed-reality environments. The carry mode can be automatically applied to holograms created within the mixed-reality environment. The carry mode can also be applied responsive to user input applied to world-locked holograms, which triggers a switch from the world-locked mode to the carry mode from. Holograms can also be leashed for persistently displaying holograms associated with or linked to a user in the mixed-reality environment to provide the user increased accessibility to the hologram while navigating within and without a particular mixed-reality environment. Selectable options are presented with a hologram in carry mode for switching from the carry mode to the world-locked mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Alon Farchy, Jenny Kam, Dong Back Kim, Alton Kwok, James Leslie Humphrey, III
  • Publication number: 20200226835
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selectively controlling a carry mode for holograms presented in mixed-reality environments and for providing leashing buffers for the holograms. The carry mode enables holograms to be functionally moved within a single mixed-reality environment, and out into one or more different mixed-reality environments. The carry mode can be automatically applied to holograms created within the mixed-reality environment. The carry mode can also be applied responsive to user input applied to world-locked holograms, which triggers a switch from the world-locked mode to the carry mode from. Holograms can also be leashed for persistently displaying holograms associated with or linked to a user in the mixed-reality environment to provide the user increased accessibility to the hologram while navigating within and without a particular mixed-reality environment. Selectable options are presented with a hologram in carry mode for switching from the carry mode to the world-locked mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Alon Farchy, Jenny Kam, Dong Back Kim, Alton Kwok, James Leslie Humphrey, III
  • Publication number: 20200126301
    Abstract: The construction of virtual reality environments can be made more efficient with enhancements directed to the sizing of objects to be utilized in the construction of virtual reality environments, enhancements directed to the simultaneous display of multiple thumbnails, or other like indicators, of virtual reality environments being constructed, enhancements directed to controlling the positioning of a view of a virtual reality environment, enhancements directed to conceptualizing the virtual reality environment as perceived through different types of three-dimensional presentational hardware, and enhancements directed to the exchange of objects between multiple virtual reality environments being constructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Dong Back KIM, Ricardo Acosta MORENO, Jia WANG, Joshua Benjamin EITEN, Stefan LANDVOGT
  • Publication number: 20200125235
    Abstract: The construction of virtual-reality environments is more efficient with adjustable virtual user input devices that accommodate user physical limitations. Adjustable virtual user input devices can be adjusted along pre-established channels, which can be anchored to specific points in virtual space, including a user's position. Adjustable virtual user input devices can be bent in a vertical direction, bent along a horizontal plane, or other like bending, skewing, or warping adjustments. Elements, such as individual keys of a virtual keyboard, can be anchored to specific points on a host virtual user input device, such as the virtual keyboard itself, and can be bent, skewed, or warped in accordance with the adjustment being made to the host virtual user input device. The adjustability of virtual user input devices can be controlled through handles, which can be positioned to appear as if they are protruding from designated extremities of virtual user input devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua Benjamin EITEN, Dong Back KIM, Ricardo Acosta MORENO