Patents by Inventor Felicia Williams

Felicia Williams 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).

  • User focus controlled directional user input
    Patent number: 9710130
    Abstract: A user input for a near-eye, see-through display device is disclosed. Hands-free user input in an augmented reality environment is provided for. A user can provide input by moving the orientation of their head. For example, the user could rotate their head. In one aspect, a user can provide input by moving their eye gaze along a direction. In one aspect, when the user directs their attention at a user interface symbol, a handle extends away from the user interface symbol. The handle may serve as a type of selection device such that if the user directs their attention along the handle, away from the user interface symbol, a selection can be made. “As one example, the selection causes a spoke menu to appear which the user can select by rotating their head such that the system determines the user is looking along the spoke away from a central hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen Mulcahy, Aaron Burns, Todd Omotani, Felicia Williams, Jeff Cole, Tim Psiaki
  • USER FOCUS CONTROLLED DIRECTIONAL USER INPUT
    Publication number: 20140372944
    Abstract: A user input for a near-eye, see-through display device is disclosed. Hands-free user input in an augmented reality environment is provided for. A user can provide input by moving the orientation of their head. For example, the user could rotate their head. In one aspect, a user can provide input by moving their eye gaze along a direction. In one aspect, when the user directs their attention at a user interface symbol, a handle extends away from the user interface symbol. The handle may serve as a type of selection device such that if the user directs their attention along the handle, away from the user interface symbol, a selection can be made. “As one example, the selection causes a spoke menu to appear which the user can select by rotating their head such that the system determines the user is looking along the spoke away from a central hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kathleen Mulcahy, Aaron Burns, Todd Omotani, Felicia Williams, Jeff Cole, Tim Psiaki