Patents by Inventor Jeremy Swerdlow

Jeremy Swerdlow 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).

  • Low-power semi-passive relative six-degree-of-freedom tracking
    Patent number: 11567329
    Abstract: A system for tracking a position and an orientation of an external device such as a smart watch or a handheld controller relative to a head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. A combination of active markers and passive markers on the external device may be detected by a point tracking camera of the HMD to collect position data for the external device relative to the HMD. Acceleration and/or orientation data of the external device relative to the HMD may be collected from an inertial measurement unit(s) (IMU(s)) of the external device and/or the HMD. The fusion of the position data with the data collected by the IMU(s) may allow for tracking of the external device relative to the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ian Muldoon, Clayton Kimber, Jeremy Swerdlow, Srivatsan Ravindran
  • Low-power semi-passive relative six-degree-of- freedom tracking
    Patent number: 11340460
    Abstract: A system for tracking a position and an orientation of an external device such as a smart watch or a handheld controller relative to a head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. A combination of active markers and passive markers on the external device may be detected by a point tracking camera of the HMD to collect position data for the external device relative to the HMD. Acceleration and/or orientation data of the external device relative to the HMD may be collected from an inertial measurement unit(s) (IMU(s)) of the external device and/or the HMD. The fusion of the position data with the data collected by the IMU(s) may allow for tracking of the external device relative to the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ian Muldoon, Clayton Kimber, Jeremy Swerdlow, Srivatsan Ravindran
  • LOW-POWER SEMI-PASSIVE RELATIVE SIX-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM TRACKING
    Publication number: 20220011580
    Abstract: A system for tracking a position and an orientation of an external device such as a smart watch or a handheld controller relative to a head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. A combination of active markers and passive markers on the external device may be detected by a point tracking camera of the HMD to collect position data for the external device relative to the HMD. Acceleration and/or orientation data of the external device relative to the HMD may be collected from an inertial measurement unit(s) (IMU(s)) of the external device and/or the HMD. The fusion of the position data with the data collected by the IMU(s) may allow for tracking of the external device relative to the HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Muldoon, Clayton Kimber, Jeremy Swerdlow, Srivatsan Ravindran
  • LOW-POWER SEMI-PASSIVE RELATIVE SIX-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM TRACKING
    Publication number: 20210356743
    Abstract: A system for tracking a position and an orientation of an external device such as a smart watch or a handheld controller relative to a head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. A combination of active markers and passive markers on the external device may be detected by a point tracking camera of the HMD to collect position data for the external device relative to the HMD. Acceleration and/or orientation data of the external device relative to the HMD may be collected from an inertial measurement unit(s) (IMU(s)) of the external device and/or the HMD. The fusion of the position data with the data collected by the IMU(s) may allow for tracking of the external device relative to the HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ian Muldoon, Clayton Kimber, Jeremy Swerdlow, Srivatsan Ravindran