Patents by Inventor James Dack

James Dack 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: 10789779
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to providing a location-based holographic experience. One example provides a head-mounted display device comprising a see-through display, one or more position sensors, a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to obtain data representing a plurality of holographic objects, acquire sensor data via the one or more position sensors to monitor a position of the head-mounted display device along a path of a holographic experience, detect that the position of the head-mounted display device meets a first position-based condition regarding a first holographic object, and display the first holographic object at a corresponding location for the first holographic object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kohler, Shawn Crispin Wright, Michael W. McManus, Anthony Ambrus, James Dack, Craig Lee Hoffman, Alexander James Hogan, Korey Krauskopf, Andrew Zibits, Todd Alan Omotani, Jason Bradley Scott
  • Patent number: 10572133
    Abstract: Technologies described herein provide a mixed environment display of attached control elements. The techniques disclosed herein enable users of a first computing device to interact with a remote computing device configured to control an object, such as a light, appliance, or any other suitable object. Configurations disclosed herein enable the first computing device to cause one or more actions, such as a selection of the object or the display of a user interface, by capturing and analyzing input data defining the performance of one or more gestures, such as a user looking at the object controlled by the second computing device. Rendered graphical elements configured to enable the control of the object can be displayed with a real-world view of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Hill, Andrew William Jean, Jeffrey J. Evertt, Alan M. Jones, Richard C. Roesler, Charles W. Carlson, Emiko V. Charbonneau, James Dack
  • Publication number: 20190180513
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to providing a location-based holographic experience. One example provides a head-mounted display device comprising a see-through display, one or more position sensors, a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to obtain data representing a plurality of holographic objects, acquire sensor data via the one or more position sensors to monitor a position of the head-mounted display device along a path of a holographic experience, detect that the position of the head-mounted display device meets a first position-based condition regarding a first holographic object, and display the first holographic object at a corresponding location for the first holographic object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kohler, Shawn Crispin Wright, Michael W. McManus, Anthony Ambrus, James Dack, Craig Lee Hoffman, Alexander James Hogan, Korey Krauskopf, Andrew Zibits, Todd Alan Omotani, Jason Bradley Scott
  • Patent number: 10210661
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to providing a location-based holographic experience. One example provides a head-mounted display device comprising a see-through display, one or more position sensors, a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to obtain data representing a plurality of holographic objects, acquire sensor data via the one or more position sensors to monitor a position of the head-mounted display device along a path of a holographic experience, detect that the position of the head-mounted display device meets a first position-based condition regarding a first holographic object, and display the first holographic object at a corresponding location for the first holographic object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kohler, Shawn Crispin Wright, Michael W. McManus, Anthony Ambrus, James Dack, Craig Lee Hoffman, Alexander James Hogan, Korey Krauskopf, Andrew Zibits, Todd Alan Omotani, Jason Bradley Scott
  • Publication number: 20180349012
    Abstract: Technologies described herein provide a mixed environment display of attached control elements. The techniques disclosed herein enable users of a first computing device to interact with a remote computing device configured to control an object, such as a light, appliance, or any other suitable object. Configurations disclosed herein enable the first computing device to cause one or more actions, such as a selection of the object or the display of a user interface, by capturing and analyzing input data defining the performance of one or more gestures, such as a user looking at the object controlled by the second computing device. Rendered graphical elements configured to enable the control of the object can be displayed with a real-world view of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: David M. HILL, Andrew William JEAN, Jeffrey J. EVERTT, Alan M. JONES, Richard C. ROESLER, Charles W. CARLSON, Emiko V. CHARBONNEAU, James DACK
  • Patent number: 10126553
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device may display a holographic element with a portable control device. Image data of a physical environment including the control device may be received and used to generate a three dimensional model of at least a portion of the environment. Using position information of the control device, a holographic element is displayed with the control device. Using the position information, it is determined that the control device is within a predetermined proximity of either a holographic object or a physical object. Based on determining that the control device is within the predetermined proximity, the displayed holographic element is modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Poulos, Lorenz Henric Jentz, Cameron Brown, Anthony Ambrus, Arthur Tomlin, James Dack, Jeffrey Kohler, Eric Scott Rehmeyer, Edward Daniel Parker, Nicolas Denhez, Benjamin Boesel
  • Patent number: 10031718
    Abstract: Methods and systems for augmenting an audio signal are provided for herein. In some embodiments, a method can be performed by a sound processing system of a computing device. In such embodiments, the sound processing system can receive a captured audio signal from a microphone coupled with the sound processing system. The sound processing system can then produce an augmented audio signal by selectively filtering the captured audio signal based on a physical location of the computing device. This resulting augmented audio signal can reflect an effect associated with the physical location of the computing device. The augmented audio signal can then be output, by the sound processing system, to a speaker coupled with the computing device to enable consumption of the augmented audio signal by a user of the computing device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: James Dack, Jeffrey Kohler, Shawn Wright, Denise Ng
  • Patent number: 10007413
    Abstract: Technologies described herein provide a mixed environment display of attached control elements. The techniques disclosed herein enable users of a first computing device to interact with a remote computing device configured to control an object, such as a light, appliance, or any other suitable object. Configurations disclosed herein enable the first computing device to cause one or more actions, such as a selection of the object or the display of a user interface, by capturing and analyzing input data defining the performance of one or more gestures, such as a user looking at the object controlled by the second computing device. Rendered graphical elements configured to enable the control of the object can be displayed with a real-world view of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Hill, Andrew William Jean, Jeffrey J. Evertt, Alan M. Jones, Richard C. Roesler, Charles W. Carlson, Emiko V. Charbonneau, James Dack
  • Publication number: 20170363867
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device may display a holographic element with a portable control device. Image data of a physical environment including the control device may be received and used to generate a three dimensional model of at least a portion of the environment. Using position information of the control device, a holographic element is displayed with the control device. Using the position information, it is determined that the control device is within a predetermined proximity of either a holographic object or a physical object. Based on determining that the control device is within the predetermined proximity, the displayed holographic element is modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Adam Poulos, Lorenz Henric Jentz, Cameron Brown, Anthony Ambrus, Arthur Tomlin, James Dack, Jeffrey Kohler, Eric Scott Rehmeyer, Edward Daniel Parker, Nicolas Denhez, Benjamin Boesel
  • Publication number: 20170357476
    Abstract: Methods and systems for augmenting an audio signal are provided for herein. In some embodiments, a method can be performed by a sound processing system of a computing device. In such embodiments, the sound processing system can receive a captured audio signal from a microphone coupled with the sound processing system. The sound processing system can then produce an augmented audio signal by selectively filtering the captured audio signal based on a physical location of the computing device. This resulting augmented audio signal can reflect an effect associated with the physical location of the computing device. The augmented audio signal can then be output, by the sound processing system, to a speaker coupled with the computing device to enable consumption of the augmented audio signal by a user of the computing device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: James Dack, Jeffrey Kohler, Shawn Wright, Denise Ng
  • Publication number: 20170307888
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to providing a location-based holographic experience. One example provides a head-mounted display device comprising a see-through display, one or more position sensors, a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to obtain data representing a plurality of holographic objects, acquire sensor data via the one or more position sensors to monitor a position of the head-mounted display device along a path of a holographic experience, detect that the position of the head-mounted display device meets a first position-based condition regarding a first holographic object, and display the first holographic object at a corresponding location for the first holographic object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kohler, Shawn Crispin Wright, Michael W. McManus, Anthony Ambrus, James Dack, Craig Lee Hoffman, Alexander James Hogan, Korey Krauskopf, Andrew Zibits, Todd Alan Omotani, Jason Bradley Scott
  • Publication number: 20160313902
    Abstract: Technologies described herein provide a mixed environment display of attached control elements. The techniques disclosed herein enable users of a first computing device to interact with a remote computing device configured to control an object, such as a light, appliance, or any other suitable object. Configurations disclosed herein enable the first computing device to cause one or more actions, such as a selection of the object or the display of a user interface, by capturing and analyzing input data defining the performance of one or more gestures, such as a user looking at the object controlled by the second computing device. Rendered graphical elements configured to enable the control of the object can be displayed with a real-world view of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: David M. Hill, Andrew William Jean, Jeffrey J. Evertt, Alan M. Jones, Richard C. Roesler, Charles W. Carlson, Emiko V. Charbonneau, James Dack