Patents by Inventor Jonathan R. Christen

Jonathan R. Christen 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: 10373392
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for transitioning views presented via a head-mounted display device. One example method for operating a head-mounted display device includes displaying a virtual model at a first position in a coordinate frame of the head-mounted display device, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the head-mounted display device, and determining a line of sight of the user that intersects the virtual model to identify a location the user is viewing. The example method further includes, responsive to a trigger, moving the virtual model to a second position in the coordinate frame of the head-mounted display device corresponding to the location the user is viewing and simultaneously scaling the virtual model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Christen, Robert Courtney Memmott, Benjamin John Sugden, James L. Nance, Marcus Tanner, Daniel Joseph McCulloch
  • Patent number: 10025102
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to editing holograms by extending real world interfaces are disclosed. One embodiment includes a computing device configured to communicatively couple to a head mounted display device having an at least partially see-through display. The computing device includes a non-see-through display, a user input device, and a processor configured to determine whether a user focus is on an image or a hologram, if a determination is made that the user focus is on the image, map the user input to a first coordinate space of the non-see-through display, and if a determination is made that the user focus is the on the hologram, map the user input to a second coordinate space of the head mounted display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina
  • Publication number: 20170351097
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to editing holograms by extending real world interfaces are disclosed. One embodiment includes a computing device configured to communicatively couple to a head mounted display device having an at least partially see-through display. The computing device includes a non-see-through display, a user input device, and a processor configured to determine whether a user focus is on an image or a hologram, if a determination is made that the user focus is on the image, map the user input to a first coordinate space of the non-see-through display, and if a determination is made that the user focus is the on the hologram, map the user input to a second coordinate space of the head mounted display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina
  • Patent number: 9740011
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to editing holograms by extending real world interfaces are disclosed. One embodiment includes a computing device configured to communicatively couple to a head mounted display device having an at least partially see-through display. The computing device includes a non-see-through display, a user input device, and a processor configured to determine whether a user focus is on an image or a hologram, if a determination is made that the user focus is on the image, map the user input to a first coordinate space of the non-see-through display, and if a determination is made that the user focus is the on the hologram, map the user input to a second coordinate space of the head mounted display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina
  • Publication number: 20170061702
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for transitioning views presented via a head-mounted display device. One example method for operating a head-mounted display device includes displaying a virtual model at a first position in a coordinate frame of the head-mounted display device, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the head-mounted display device, and determining a line of sight of the user that intersects the virtual model to identify a location the user is viewing. The example method further includes, responsive to a trigger, moving the virtual model to a second position in the coordinate frame of the head-mounted display device corresponding to the location the user is viewing and simultaneously scaling the virtual model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Christen, Robert Courtney Memmott, Benjamin John Sugden, James L. Nance, Marcus Tanner, Daniel Joseph McCulloch
  • Publication number: 20170053042
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes accessing a building information modeling database comprising building information data of a structure. A position of a head-mounted display device with respect to the structure may be tracked, with the head-mounted display device comprising an at least partially see-through display. In response to a portal user input, a world-locked holographic portal may be displayed via the device on a surface of the structure, where the portal comprises a world-locked holographic representation of a portion of the structure otherwise hidden from view by the surface. In response to an operation user input, a virtual operation is performed on the structure, and the building information modeling database is updated based on the virtual operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin John Sugden, James L. Nance, John Charles Howard, Marcus Tanner, James T. Reichert, Jr., Jonathan R. Christen
  • Publication number: 20170052373
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to editing holograms by extending real world interfaces are disclosed. One embodiment includes a computing device configured to communicatively couple to a head mounted display device having an at least partially see-through display. The computing device includes a non-see-through display, a user input device, and a processor configured to determine whether a user focus is on an image or a hologram, if a determination is made that the user focus is on the image, map the user input to a first coordinate space of the non-see-through display, and if a determination is made that the user focus is the on the hologram, map the user input to a second coordinate space of the head mounted display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina
  • Publication number: 20120304073
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a unified and organized Web browser navigational experience that draws potential navigable pages from multiple different sources and presents the pages in an easily-explorable user interface. Presentation of these potentially navigable pages occurs automatically, in a contextually relevant manner, based upon an implied user intent to navigate away from a current page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Mirko Mandic, Alexandra M. Feldman, Jane T. Kim, Aaron M. Butcher, Rodger W. Benson, Zachary J. Shallcross, Jonathan R. Christen, Joon K. Chang, Eli B. Goldberg, Mary-Lynne Williams, Jess S. Holbrook, Lindsey R. Barcheck