Patents by Inventor Gavin Gear

Gavin Gear 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: 10373475
    Abstract: Methods and a computing device are disclosed. A computing device may aggregate a number of inputs indicative of a presence or an absence of a human being within a proximity of the computing device. A source of at least one of the inputs may be a human presence sensor. A source of other inputs may provide an indication of the presence of a human being with corresponding estimated probabilities or corresponding estimated reliabilities which may provide an estimate of an accuracy of respective indications. In some embodiments, if any of the number of inputs indicate the presence of a human being, the computing device may determine that a human being is present. In other embodiments, if a corresponding estimated probability or reliability of an input is less than a predetermined value, then the input may be discarded when determining whether a human being is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gavin Gear, Nikhil Subramanian, Kevin Paulson, Jason Scott, Milos Petrbok
  • Publication number: 20180089986
    Abstract: Methods and a computing device are disclosed. A computing device may aggregate a number of inputs indicative of a presence or an absence of a human being within a proximity of the computing device. A source of at least one of the inputs may be a human presence sensor. A source of other inputs may provide an indication of the presence of a human being with corresponding estimated probabilities or corresponding estimated reliabilities which may provide an estimate of an accuracy of respective indications. In some embodiments, if any of the number of inputs indicate the presence of a human being, the computing device may determine that a human being is present. In other embodiments, if a corresponding estimated probability or reliability of an input is less than a predetermined value, then the input may be discarded when determining whether a human being is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Gavin Gear, Nikhil Subramanian, Kevin Paulson, Jason Scott, Milos Petrbok
  • Patent number: 9852602
    Abstract: Methods and a computing device are disclosed. A computing device may aggregate a number of inputs indicative of a presence or an absence of a human being within a proximity of the computing device. A source of at least one of the inputs may be a human presence sensor. A source of other inputs may provide an indication of the presence of a human being with corresponding estimated probabilities or corresponding estimated reliabilities which may provide an estimate of an accuracy of respective indications. In some embodiments, if any of the number of inputs indicate the presence of a human being, the computing device may determine that a human being is present. In other embodiments, if a corresponding estimated probability or reliability of an input is less than a predetermined value, then the input may be discarded when determining whether a human being is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gavin Gear, Nikhil Subramanian, Kevin Paulson, Jason Scott, Milos Petrbok
  • Publication number: 20170213442
    Abstract: Methods and a computing device are disclosed. A computing device may aggregate a number of inputs indicative of a presence or an absence of a human being within a proximity of the computing device. A source of at least one of the inputs may be a human presence sensor. A source of other inputs may provide an indication of the presence of a human being with corresponding estimated probabilities or corresponding estimated reliabilities which may provide an estimate of an accuracy of respective indications. In some embodiments, if any of the number of inputs indicate the presence of a human being, the computing device may determine that a human being is present. In other embodiments, if a corresponding estimated probability or reliability of an input is less than a predetermined value, then the input may be discarded when determining whether a human being is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Gavin Gear, Nikhil Subramanian, Kevin Paulson, Jason Scott, Milos Petrbok
  • Patent number: 9652967
    Abstract: Methods and a computing device are disclosed. A computing device may aggregate a number of inputs indicative of a presence or an absence of a human being within a proximity of the computing device. A source of at least one of the inputs may be a human presence sensor. A source of other inputs may provide an indication of the presence of a human being with corresponding estimated probabilities or corresponding estimated reliabilities which may provide an estimate of an accuracy of respective indications. In some embodiments, if any of the number of inputs indicate the presence of a human being, the computing device may determine that a human being is present. In other embodiments, if a corresponding estimated probability or reliability of an input is less than a predetermined value, then the input may be discarded when determining whether a human being is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC.
    Inventors: Gavin Gear, Nikhil Subramanian, Kevin Paulson, Jason Scott, Milos Petrbok
  • Publication number: 20160117911
    Abstract: Methods and a computing device are disclosed. A computing device may aggregate a number of inputs indicative of a presence or an absence of a human being within a proximity of the computing device. A source of at least one of the inputs may be a human presence sensor. A source of other inputs may provide an indication of the presence of a human being with corresponding estimated probabilities or corresponding estimated reliabilities which may provide an estimate of an accuracy of respective indications. In some embodiments, if any of the number of inputs indicate the presence of a human being, the computing device may determine that a human being is present. In other embodiments, if a corresponding estimated probability or reliability of an input is less than a predetermined value, then the input may be discarded when determining whether a human being is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Gavin Gear, Nikhil Subramanian, Kevin Paulson, Jason Scott, Milos Petrbok
  • Patent number: 8508553
    Abstract: A system may allow an initial viewing adjustment curve set at a factory to be adjusted by a user, and the adjustment may pull the viewing adjustment curve in a particular direction, but may not result in a multistep, jerky viewing adjustment curve. The curve of the viewing adjustment curve may remain a curve, but, through the use of regions and smoothing, the viewing adjustment curve may retain its curve design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven P. Dodge, Zheng Wang, Xu Chen, Gavin Gear
  • Publication number: 20100295873
    Abstract: A system may allow an initial viewing adjustment curve set at a factory to be adjusted by a user, and the adjustment may pull the viewing adjustment curve in a particular direction, but may not result in a multistep, jerky viewing adjustment curve. The curve of the viewing adjustment curve may remain a curve, but, through the use of regions and smoothing, the viewing adjustment curve may retain its curve design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven P. Dodge, Zheng Wang, Xu Chen, Gavin Gear
  • Publication number: 20090320143
    Abstract: A sensor application programming interface (API) is capable of restricting an application's access to sensor data measured by a sensor, while at the same time providing access to sensor properties of the sensor, even if access has not been granted to the application for the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gavin Gear, Gregory Parks, Daniel Polivy, Trevor Armstrong, Frank Chen, Prasanna Kumar Padmanabhan
  • Publication number: 20060212802
    Abstract: A system and process for enabling updates of an ink analysis document model are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jamie Wakeam, Subha Bhattacharyay, Gavin Gear, Timothy Kannapel, Todd Landstad, Sebastian Poulose, Zoltan Szilagyi, Jerome Turner, Haiyong Wang
  • Publication number: 20060210173
    Abstract: A system and method for assisting with analysis and recognition of ink is described. Analysis hints may be associated with a field. The field may receive electronic ink. Based on the identity of the field and the analysis hint associated with it, at least one of analysis and recognition of ink may be assisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benoit Jurion, Gavin Gear, Jamie Wakeam, Timothy Kannapel, Todd Landstad, Sebastian Poulose, Zoltan Szilagyi, Lidia Schwarz, Roman Snytsar, Sashi Raghupathy, Subha Bhattacharyay, Richard Duncan, Terri Chudzik, Amber Race, Jerome Turner, Haiyong Wang, Herry Sutanto
  • Publication number: 20060147117
    Abstract: An application programming interface instantiates an ink analyzer object that receives document data for a document containing electronic ink content from a software application hosting the document and running on a first processing thread. The ink analyzer object then employs the first thread to make a copy of the document data, provides the copy of the document data to an electronic ink analysis process, and returns control of the first processing thread to the analysis process. After the analysis process has analyzed the electronic ink, the ink analyzer object reconciles the results of the analysis process with current document data for the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jamie Wakeam, Gavin Gear, Jerome Turner, Sebastian Poulose, Subha Bhattacharyay, Todd Landstad, Roman Snystar, Timothy Kannapel, Jennifer Teed, Erin Devoy