Patents by Inventor Karl D. D. Willis

Karl D. D. Willis 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: 10126123
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention are a system and method that use projected structured patterns of light and linear optical sensors for motion tracking. Sensors are capable of recovering two-dimensional location within the projection area, while several sensors can be combined for up to six degrees of freedom tracking. The structure patterns are based on m-sequences, in which any consecutive subsequence of m bits is unique. Both digital and static light sources can be used. The system and method of the present invention enables high-speed, high precision, and low-cost motion tracking for a wide range of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Harrison, Bo Robert Xiao, Scott E. Hudson, Ivan Poupyrev, Karl D. D. Willis
  • Publication number: 20160084960
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention are a system and method that use projected structured patterns of light and linear optical sensors for motion tracking. Sensors are capable of recovering two-dimensional location within the projection area, while several sensors can be combined for up to six degrees of freedom tracking. The structure patterns are based on m-sequences, in which any consecutive subsequence of m bits is unique. Both digital and static light sources can be used. The system and method of the present invention enables high-speed, high precision, and low-cost motion tracking for a wide range of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicants: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation, The Walt Disney Company
    Inventors: Christopher Harrison, Bo Robert Xiao, Scott E. Hudson, Ivan Poupyrev, Karl D.D. Willis
  • Publication number: 20150170013
    Abstract: The infrastruct fabrication and imaging technique described herein uses digital fabrication techniques to embed information inside objects and THz imaging to later decode this information. Information is encoded in a digital model to create structured transitions between materials. Digital fabrication is used to precisely manufacture the digital model with material transitions enclosed internally. A THz Time-Domain Spectroscopy (TDS) system is used to create a volumetric image of the object interior. The volumetric image is processed to decode the embedded structures into meaningful information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Wilson, Karl D.D. Willis
  • Patent number: 8814363
    Abstract: Techniques for presenting display frames projected using a handheld projector. Embodiments detect a marker embedded in a display surface. A first display frame is projected onto the display surface from the handheld projector, where the first display frame projects, on the display surface, one or more animated objects positioned relative to the detected marker embedded in the display surface. Embodiments generate one or more subsequent display frames projected from the handheld projector, where at least a first one of the animated objects in the one or more subsequent display frames is positioned relative to the detected marker embedded in the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl D. D. Willis, Takaaki Shiratori