Patents by Inventor Joshua Benjamin EITEN

Joshua Benjamin EITEN 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: 11361518
    Abstract: The construction of virtual reality environments can be made more efficient with enhancements directed to the sizing of objects to be utilized in the construction of virtual reality environments, enhancements directed to the simultaneous display of multiple thumbnails, or other like indicators, of virtual reality environments being constructed, enhancements directed to controlling the positioning of a view of a virtual reality environment, enhancements directed to conceptualizing the virtual reality environment as perceived through different types of three-dimensional presentational hardware, and enhancements directed to the exchange of objects between multiple virtual reality environments being constructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Back Kim, Ricardo Acosta Moreno, Jia Wang, Joshua Benjamin Eiten, Stefan Landvogt
  • Patent number: 11194438
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices, head-mounted display devices, and methods for displaying a capture indicator within a virtual world. In one example, a method comprises displaying, via a display subsystem, a virtual world; receiving, from a sensor, location data defining a user pose; using the user pose to define a camera pose; generating a capture indicator corresponding to the camera pose; and displaying the capture indicator within the virtual world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Hunter Boesel, Joshua Benjamin Eiten
  • Publication number: 20210183156
    Abstract: The construction of virtual reality environments can be made more efficient with enhancements directed to the sizing of objects to be utilized in the construction of virtual reality environments, enhancements directed to the simultaneous display of multiple thumbnails, or other like indicators, of virtual reality environments being constructed, enhancements directed to controlling the positioning of a view of a virtual reality environment, enhancements directed to conceptualizing the virtual reality environment as perceived through different types of three-dimensional presentational hardware, and enhancements directed to the exchange of objects between multiple virtual reality environments being constructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Back KIM, Ricardo Acosta MORENO, Jia WANG, Joshua Benjamin EITEN, Stefan LANDVOGT
  • Patent number: 10937244
    Abstract: The construction of virtual reality environments can be made more efficient with enhancements directed to the sizing of objects to be utilized in the construction of virtual reality environments, enhancements directed to the simultaneous display of multiple thumbnails, or other like indicators, of virtual reality environments being constructed, enhancements directed to controlling the positioning of a view of a virtual reality environment, enhancements directed to conceptualizing the virtual reality environment as perceived through different types of three-dimensional presentational hardware, and enhancements directed to the exchange of objects between multiple virtual reality environments being constructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Back Kim, Ricardo Acosta Moreno, Jia Wang, Joshua Benjamin Eiten, Stefan Landvogt
  • Patent number: 10928975
    Abstract: Techniques for interacting with a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment including receiving a first user input for selecting a first virtual object; identifying, in response to the first user input, the first virtual object as a currently selected virtual object; receiving a second user input for activating an object reorientation mode; activating, in response to the second user input, an object reorientation mode; receiving a third user input indicating changes in pose of a hand; receiving, while the first virtual object has remained a currently selected virtual object the object reorientation mode has remained active, a fourth user input; identifying a first orientation of a reference virtual object; and changing, in response to receiving the fourth user input, an object space orientation of the first virtual object to having the first orientation from a different second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jia Wang, Joshua Benjamin Eiten
  • Publication number: 20210019036
    Abstract: Techniques for interacting with a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment including receiving a first user input for selecting a first virtual object; identifying, in response to the first user input, the first virtual object as a currently selected virtual object; receiving a second user input for activating an object reorientation mode; activating, in response to the second user input, an object reorientation mode; receiving a third user input indicating changes in pose of a hand; receiving, while the first virtual object has remained a currently selected virtual object the object reorientation mode has remained active, a fourth user input; identifying a first orientation of a reference virtual object; and changing, in response to receiving the fourth user input, an object space orientation of the first virtual object to having the first orientation from a different second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jia WANG, Joshua Benjamin EITEN
  • Publication number: 20200356233
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices, head-mounted display devices, and methods for displaying a capture indicator within a virtual world. In one example, a method comprises displaying, via a display subsystem, a virtual world; receiving, from a sensor, location data defining a user pose; using the user pose to define a camera pose; generating a capture indicator corresponding to the camera pose; and displaying the capture indicator within the virtual world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Hunter BOESEL, Joshua Benjamin EITEN
  • Publication number: 20200125235
    Abstract: The construction of virtual-reality environments is more efficient with adjustable virtual user input devices that accommodate user physical limitations. Adjustable virtual user input devices can be adjusted along pre-established channels, which can be anchored to specific points in virtual space, including a user's position. Adjustable virtual user input devices can be bent in a vertical direction, bent along a horizontal plane, or other like bending, skewing, or warping adjustments. Elements, such as individual keys of a virtual keyboard, can be anchored to specific points on a host virtual user input device, such as the virtual keyboard itself, and can be bent, skewed, or warped in accordance with the adjustment being made to the host virtual user input device. The adjustability of virtual user input devices can be controlled through handles, which can be positioned to appear as if they are protruding from designated extremities of virtual user input devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua Benjamin EITEN, Dong Back KIM, Ricardo Acosta MORENO
  • Publication number: 20200126301
    Abstract: The construction of virtual reality environments can be made more efficient with enhancements directed to the sizing of objects to be utilized in the construction of virtual reality environments, enhancements directed to the simultaneous display of multiple thumbnails, or other like indicators, of virtual reality environments being constructed, enhancements directed to controlling the positioning of a view of a virtual reality environment, enhancements directed to conceptualizing the virtual reality environment as perceived through different types of three-dimensional presentational hardware, and enhancements directed to the exchange of objects between multiple virtual reality environments being constructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Dong Back KIM, Ricardo Acosta MORENO, Jia WANG, Joshua Benjamin EITEN, Stefan LANDVOGT