Patents by Inventor Greg Snook

Greg Snook 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).

  • First person shooter control with virtual skeleton
    Patent number: 8385596
    Abstract: A virtual skeleton includes a plurality of joints and provides a machine readable representation of a human target observed with a three-dimensional depth camera. A relative position of a hand joint of the virtual skeleton is translated as a gestured aiming vector control, and a virtual weapon is aimed in proportion to the gestured aiming vector control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Latta, Darren Bennett, Kevin Geisner, Relja Markovic, Kudo Tsunoda, Greg Snook, Christopher H. Willoughby, Peter Sarrett, Daniel Lee Osborn
  • FIRST PERSON SHOOTER CONTROL WITH VIRTUAL SKELETON
    Publication number: 20120155705
    Abstract: A virtual skeleton includes a plurality of joints and provides a machine readable representation of a human target observed with a three dimensional depth camera. A relative position of a hand joint of the virtual skeleton is translated as a gestured aiming vector control, and a virtual weapon is aimed in proportion to the gestured aiming vector control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Latta, Darren Bennett, Kevin Geisner, Relja Markovic, Kudo Tsunoda, Greg Snook, Christopher H. Willoughby, Peter Sarrett, Daniel Lee Osborn