Patents by Inventor Erik Walton

Erik Walton 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: 20230393659
    Abstract: Techniques for sending and receiving tactile messages (e.g., haptic emojis) in an extended reality environment to facilitate touch communication between users. In one particular aspect, an extended reality system is provided having a head-mounted device with a display to display content to a first user, sensors to capture input data, processors, and memories accessible to the processors, the memories storing instructions executable by the processors to perform processing including: capturing, using the one or more sensors, the input data from the first user, extracting features from the input data that correspond to an electronic communication, identifying an emoji from a lexicon of emojis based on the extracted features, obtaining digital assets for the emoji, where the digital assets comprise a haptic signal configured with parameter information to generate patterns for haptic output, and transmitting the digital assets to a device of a second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Erik WALTON, Nitzan BARTOV, Sarah SYKES, Austin LEE
  • Patent number: 10409444
    Abstract: Computing devices, head-mounted display devices and methods for processing spatial input signals from a pointing device are disclosed. In one example, a pointer is displayed within a desktop window that represents an operating system shell generated by a computing device. The desktop window and the pointer are displayed via a head-mounted display device within a three-dimensional environment. Spatial input signals are received from the pointing device and are translated into two-dimensional motion of the pointer within the desktop window. Based on determining that a location of the pointer moves outside the desktop window, the spatial input signals are translated into three-dimensional motion of the pointer within the three-dimensional environment displayed via the head-mounted display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jiashi Zhang, Alexandre Alberto Coelho, Daniel Vincent Draper, Christopher M. Weidman, Christopher Michael Becker, Robert James Jarrett, Nazeeh Amin Eldirghami, Joshua Erik Walton
  • Publication number: 20190073109
    Abstract: Computing devices, head-mounted display devices and methods for processing spatial input signals from a pointing device are disclosed. In one example, a pointer is displayed within a desktop window that represents an operating system shell generated by a computing device. The desktop window and the pointer are displayed via a head-mounted display device within a three-dimensional environment. Spatial input signals are received from the pointing device and are translated into two-dimensional motion of the pointer within the desktop window. Based on determining that a location of the pointer moves outside the desktop window, the spatial input signals are translated into three-dimensional motion of the pointer within the three-dimensional environment displayed via the head-mounted display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jiashi ZHANG, Alexandre Alberto COELHO, Daniel Vincent DRAPER, Christopher M. WEIDMAN, Christopher Michael BECKER, Robert James JARRETT, Nazeeh Amin ELDIRGHAMI, Joshua Erik WALTON
  • Publication number: 20180130214
    Abstract: The mobile, wearable, automated target tracking system is designed to enable an image and/or sound recording device, such as a video camera or directional microphone, to automatically follow a subject (or target) in order to keep that subject within the image frame or sound range that is being recorded. The automated target tracking system makes it possible to capture both the action and subject simultaneously without requiring a cameraman to manually operate the equipment. The indoor/outdoor, automated tracking system is designed to be independent of the video/sound recording device and may utilize a smartphone for location sensing and control. Both the target (or subject) and the tracking device may be moving, so the tracking device is designed to adjust position on 3 axes, azimuth (pan), elevation (tilt) and horizon (roll).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Frank DeMartin, Erik Walton, Ricardo Peregrino
  • Publication number: 20170132795
    Abstract: The mobile, wearable, automated target tracking system is designed to enable an image and/or sound recording device, such as a video camera or directional microphone, to automatically follow a subject (or target) in order to keep that subject within the image frame or sound range that is being recorded. The automated target tracking system makes it possible to capture both the action and subject simultaneously without requiring a cameraman to manually operate the equipment. The indoor/outdoor, automated tracking system is designed to be independent of the video/sound recording device and may utilize a smartphone for location sensing and control. Both the target (or subject) and the tracking device may be moving, so the tracking device is designed to adjust position on 3 axes, azimuth (pan), elevation (tilt) and horizon (roll).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Frank DeMartin, Erik Walton, Ricardo Peregrino
  • Patent number: 9495759
    Abstract: The mobile, wearable, automated target tracking system is designed to enable an image and/or sound recording device, such as a video camera or directional microphone, to automatically follow a subject (or target) in order to keep that subject within the image frame or sound range that is being recorded. The automated target tracking system makes it possible to capture both the action and subject simultaneously without requiring a cameraman to manually operate the equipment. The indoor/outdoor, automated tracking system is designed to be independent of the video/sound recording device and may utilize a smartphone for location sensing and control. Both the target (or subject) and the tracking device may be moving, so the tracking device is designed to adjust position on 3 axes, azimuth (pan), elevation (tilt) and horizon (roll).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: APEIROS, LLC
    Inventors: Frank DeMartin, Erik Walton, Ricardo Peregrino
  • Publication number: 20160189391
    Abstract: The mobile, wearable, automated target tracking system is designed to enable an image and/or sound recording device, such as a video camera or directional microphone, to automatically follow a subject (or target) in order to keep that subject within the image frame or sound range that is being recorded. The automated target tracking system makes it possible to capture both the action and subject simultaneously without requiring a cameraman to manually operate the equipment. The indoor/outdoor, automated tracking system is designed to be independent of the video/sound recording device and may utilize a smartphone for location sensing and control. Both the target (or subject) and the tracking device may be moving, so the tracking device is designed to adjust position on 3 axes, azimuth (pan), elevation (tilt) and horizon (roll).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Frank Demartin, Erik Walton, Ricardo Peregrino