Patents by Inventor John Benjamin Hesketh

John Benjamin Hesketh 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: 10339700
    Abstract: A hinged multi-screen computing device is provided that includes a housing having first and second parts coupled by a hinge, each part including a display, a sensor mounted in the housing and configured to detect a hinge angle between the first and second parts, and processor configured to render and display a three-dimensional representation of a virtual object on the first display, the three-dimensional view of the virtual object being rendered based upon the detected hinge angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Bryant Daniel Hawthorne, Mario Emmanuel Maltezos, Christian Michael Sadak, Adolfo Hernandez Santisteban, John Benjamin Hesketh, Timothy D. Kviz
  • Patent number: 10317216
    Abstract: A wearable device is configured with various sensory devices that recurrently monitor and gather data for a physical environment surrounding a user to help locate and track real-world objects. The various heterogeneous sensory devices digitize objects and the physical world. Each sensory device is configured with a threshold data change, in which, when the data picked up by one or more sensory devices surpasses the threshold, a query is performed on each sensor graph or sensory device. The queried sensor graph data is stored within a node in a spatial graph, in which nodes are connected to each other using edges to create spatial relationships between objects and spaces. Objects can be uploaded into an object graph associated with the spatial graph, in which the objects are digitized with each of the available sensors. This digital information can be subsequently used to, for example, locate the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sipko, Kendall Clark York, John Benjamin Hesketh, Hubert Van Hoof
  • Publication number: 20190122381
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods for automated tracking and counting of objects in a set of image frames using a resource-constrained device based on analysis of a selected subset of image frames, and based on selectively timing when resource-intensive operations are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Donna Katherine LONG, Arthur Charles TOMLIN, Kenneth Liam KIEMELE, John Benjamin HESKETH
  • Publication number: 20180329522
    Abstract: A mobile computing device including a housing including a first display and a second display mounted to face away from each other, an orientation sensor mounted in the housing, the orientation sensor being configured to detect flip motions indicating that the mobile computing device has been flipped in a direction from a first side to a second side, and a processor mounted in the housing, the processor being configured to display a first application program on the first display, based on detecting a rightward flip motion from the first display to the second display, display a second application program on the second display, and based on detecting a leftward flip motion from the first display to the second display, display a third application program on the second display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bryant Daniel HAWTHORNE, Mario Emmanuel MALTEZOS, Charlene JEUNE, Matthew JOHNSON, John Benjamin HESKETH
  • Publication number: 20180329667
    Abstract: A computing system is provided, including a first display device having a first hardware configuration including a first display and a second display device having a second hardware configuration different from the first hardware configuration and including a second display. The computing system may further include a processor configured to receive an input including instructions to launch an application program on the first display device. The application program may include application program hardware specifications indicating hardware used by the application program. Based on the first hardware configuration, the second hardware configuration, and the application program hardware specifications, the processor may be further configured to determine that the second hardware configuration matches the application program hardware specifications more closely than the first hardware configuration. The processor may be further configured to launch the application program on the second display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Michael SADAK, Mario Emmanuel MALTEZOS, Adolfo HERNANDEZ SANTISTEBAN, John Benjamin HESKETH, Donna Katherine LONG, Timothy D. KVIZ, Arthur Charles TOMLIN, Jeffrey R. SIPKO
  • Publication number: 20180332205
    Abstract: To address issues of capturing and processing images, a mobile computing device is provided. The mobile computing device may include a two-part housing coupled by a hinge, with first and second parts that include first and second displays, respectively. The hinge may permit the displays to rotate throughout a plurality of angular orientations. The mobile computing device may include one or more sensor devices, processor, first camera, and second camera mounted in the housing. The one or more sensor devices may be configured to measure the relative angular displacement of the housing, and the processor may be configured to process images captured by the first and second cameras according to a selected function based upon the relative angular displacement measured by the one or more sensor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bryant Daniel HAWTHORNE, Mario Emmanuel MALTEZOS, Christian Michael SADAK, John Benjamin HESKETH, Andrew Austin JACKSON, Adolfo HERNANDEZ SANTISTEBAN, Kenneth Liam KIEMELE, Charlene JEUNE, Jeffrey R. SIPKO
  • Publication number: 20180330535
    Abstract: A hinged multi-screen computing device is provided that includes a housing having first and second parts coupled by a hinge, each part including a display, a sensor mounted in the housing and configured to detect a hinge angle between the first and second parts, and processor configured to render and display a three-dimensional representation of a virtual object on the first display, the three-dimensional view of the virtual object being rendered based upon the detected hinge angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bryant Daniel HAWTHORNE, Mario Emmanuel MALTEZOS, Christian Michael SADAK, Adolfo HERNANDEZ SANTISTEBAN, John Benjamin HESKETH, Timothy D. KVIZ
  • Publication number: 20180329521
    Abstract: To address the issues of presentation display, a mobile computing device is provided. The mobile computing device may include a two-part housing coupled by a hinge, with first and second parts that include first and second displays, respectively. The displays may rotate around the hinge throughout a plurality of angular orientations. The mobile computing device may include an angle sensor, one or more inertial measurement units, and a processor mounted in the housing. The angle sensor may detect a relative angular orientation of the first and second displays, and the inertial measurement unit may measure a spatial orientation of the device, which together define a posture of the device. The processor may be configured to execute an application program and, based on the posture of the device, select a display mode of the application program that defines a layout of graphical user interface elements displayed on the displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Benjamin HESKETH, Mario Emmanuel MALTEZOS, Kenneth Liam KIEMELE, Aaron D. KRAUSS, Charles W. LAPP, III, Charlene JEUNE, Bryant Daniel HAWTHORNE, Jeffrey R. SIPKO
  • Patent number: 10015442
    Abstract: A mobile computing device is provided that includes a processor, an accelerometer, and a housing with two parts, the first part including a first camera and a first display device, and the second part including a second camera and a second display device. When a predetermined trigger condition is satisfied, the processor is configured to cause the first and second display devices to each simultaneously display image data captured by the second camera, and image data received from a remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Mario Emmanuel Maltezos, Christian Michael Sadak, Bryant Daniel Hawthorne, John Benjamin Hesketh, Andrew Austin Jackson, Adolfo Hernandez Santisteban