Patents by Inventor Erik Hill

Erik Hill 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).

  • Publication number: 20240146146
    Abstract: An electrical machine which includes a housing defining a cavity and a drain port. The housing is configured to retain a cooling fluid within the cavity. The electrical machine further includes a dual-purpose connector which includes both a drain plug configured to seal the drain port and an electrical connector configured to transfer electrical power or information to the electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mathew Hill, Daniel Lawrence Phelps, Erik A. Munevar
  • Publication number: 20230020112
    Abstract: A data analysis and processing method includes forming an initial assembly of datasets comprising multiple entities, where each entity is a collection of variables and relationships that define how entities interact with each other, simulating an evolution of the initial assembly by performing multiple iterations in which a first iteration uses the initial assembly as a starting assembly, and querying, during the simulating, the evolution of the initial assembly, for datasets that meet an optimality criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Erik Hill, Sheldon Brown, Wesley Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20220415088
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are examples of gesture-based extended reality (XR) with object recognition and tracking. A method, implemented by an extended reality (XR) device can include recognizing and tracking one or more objects in the image data, recognizing a gesture in the image data, analyzing the image data to determine whether a condition is satisfied, the condition indicating a recognized and tracked object of the one or more objects proximate which the recognized gesture is to be made, and in response to determining that the condition is satisfied, performing an augmentation of the image data based on satisfaction of the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Erik A. HILL
  • Publication number: 20220353099
    Abstract: An example method for managing access to a VR platform includes causing presentation of a virtual room including display of a plurality of user identifiers corresponding to users using a non-VR mobile application and users using the VR platform. The plurality of user identifiers are sorted on a wait list based on an elapsed wait time associated with each user. The example method also includes causing display of a graphical assistance pod, and responsive to its activation, displaying a user interface to present tools usable selectable by a support representative for managing interactions with the plurality of users. The example method further includes establishing a secure communication channel between the support representative and the at least one of the plurality of users using the non-VR mobile application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Alex Howland, Scott Petronis, Erik Hill, Wesley Hawkins
  • Patent number: 11467939
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes recording data representative of a user experience sensed by a mixed reality device during a mixed reality experience of a user in a space, processing the recorded data to infer one or more actions performed by the user in the space during the mixed reality experience, and creating an augmented replay of the mixed reality experience based on the recorded data and inferred actions performed by the user during the mixed reality experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erik A. Hill, Jonathan Gustav Paulovich, Michael William Schultz, Dylan Edmund Pierpont, Gabriel Robert Maricich, Charles L. Harrison, Todd A Omotani, Kathleen Carol Heasley
  • Patent number: 11418357
    Abstract: An example method for managing access to a VR platform includes causing presentation of a virtual room including display of a plurality of user identifiers corresponding to users using a non-VR mobile application and users using the VR platform. The plurality of user identifiers are sorted on a wait list based on an elapsed wait time associated with each user. The example method also includes causing display of a graphical assistance pod, and responsive to its activation, displaying a user interface to present tools usable selectable by a support representative for managing interactions with the plurality of users. The example method further includes establishing a secure communication channel between the support representative and the at least one of the plurality of users using the non-VR mobile application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: eXp World Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Howland, Scott Petronis, Erik Hill, Wesley Hawkins
  • Patent number: 11379731
    Abstract: A data analysis and processing method includes forming an initial assembly of datasets comprising multiple entities, where each entity is a collection of variables and relationships that define how entities interact with each other, simulating an evolution of the initial assembly by performing multiple iterations in which a first iteration uses the initial assembly as a starting assembly, and querying, during the simulating, the evolution of the initial assembly, for datasets that meet an optimality criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Erik Hill, Sheldon Brown, Wesley Hawkins
  • Patent number: 11275629
    Abstract: Multiple sound systems are used to provide a realistic audio MR audio experience for one or more users. In one example, an MR space sound system has one or more speakers distributed within an MR space. MR device sound systems for users provides sound directly to the users wearing the MR devices. Audio signals representative of sound in the MR experience are mixed by each sound system to provide sounds that complement each other. Both sound systems provide sound to the users based on events occurring in the MR experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erik A. Hill, Xiao Bai Lu, Brandon Kasey Harper, Dylan Edmund Pierpont, Travis Joseph Fodor
  • Publication number: 20210406094
    Abstract: Multiple sound systems are used to provide a realistic audio MR audio experience for one or more users. In one example, an MR space sound system has one or more speakers distributed within an MR space. MR device sound systems for users provides sound directly to the users wearing the MR devices. Audio signals representative of sound in the MR experience are mixed by each sound system to provide sounds that complement each other. Both sound systems provide sound to the users based on events occurring in the MR experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Erik A. Hill, Xiao Bai Lu, Brandon Kasey Harper, Dylan Edmund Pierpont, Travis Joseph Fodor
  • Publication number: 20210397533
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes recording data representative of a user experience sensed by a mixed reality device during a mixed reality experience of a user in a space, processing the recorded data to infer one or more actions performed by the user in the space during the mixed reality experience, and creating an augmented replay of the mixed reality experience based on the recorded data and inferred actions performed by the user during the mixed reality experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Erik A. Hill, Jonathan Gustav Paulovich, Michael William Schultz, Dylan Edmund Pierpont, Gabriel Robert Maricich, Charles L. Harrison, Todd A. Omotani, Kathleen Carol Heasley
  • Publication number: 20200328908
    Abstract: An example method for managing access to a VR platform includes causing presentation of a virtual room including display of a plurality of user identifiers corresponding to users using a non-VR mobile application and users using the VR platform. The plurality of user identifiers are sorted on a wait list based on an elapsed wait time associated with each user. The example method also includes causing display of a graphical assistance pod, and responsive to its activation, displaying a user interface to present tools usable selectable by a support representative for managing interactions with the plurality of users. The example method further includes establishing a secure communication channel between the support representative and the at least one of the plurality of users using the non-VR mobile application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Alex Howland, Scott Petronis, Erik Hill, Wesley Hawkins