Patents by Inventor James Tichenor

James Tichenor 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: 20170220119
    Abstract: Examples of mixed reality computing devices that utilize remote sensors and local sensors as input devices are disclosed. In one example, a mixed reality computing device comprises an image sensor, a remote input device, a processor, and storage comprising stored instructions. The stored instructions are executable by the processor to perform object motion tracking and environmental tracking based on output from the image sensor, and in response to detecting that the remote input device is in use, adjust a parameter of the motion tracking while maintaining the environmental tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Lori Ann Potts, Lev Cherkashin, David Rohn, Steven James Velat, Andrew C. Goris, Scott Francis Fullam, Travis Scott Legg, Craig Haskins, James Tichenor
  • Patent number: 9563270
    Abstract: A gaze vector of a human subject is translated to a targeting vector that defines focus within a graphical user interface. Sensor data is received from a sensor system indicating pitch angle of a head of the human subject defining the gaze vector. The pitch angle is translated to a scaled pitch angle according to a pitch scaling function that increases amplification of the pitch angle in one or more directions as the pitch angle exceeds a start angle threshold in each of the one or more directions. The scaled pitch angle is output as a component of the targeting vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: James Tichenor, Aaron Mackay Burns, Jamie Marconi, Bharat Ahluwalia, Bede Jordan
  • Publication number: 20160187971
    Abstract: A gaze vector of a human subject is translated to a targeting vector that defines focus within a graphical user interface. Sensor data is received from a sensor system indicating pitch angle of a head of the human subject defining the gaze vector. The pitch angle is translated to a scaled pitch angle according to a pitch scaling function that increases amplification of the pitch angle in one or more directions as the pitch angle exceeds a start angle threshold in each of the one or more directions. The scaled pitch angle is output as a component of the targeting vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: James Tichenor, Aaron Mackay Burns, Jamie Marconi, Bharat Ahluwalia, Bede Jordan