Patents by Inventor Kasson Crooker

Kasson Crooker 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: 10176820
    Abstract: A visualization system with audio capability includes one or more display devices, one or more microphones, one or more speakers, and audio processing circuitry. While a display device displays an image to a user, a microphone inputs an utterance of the user, or a sound from the user's environment, and provides it to the audio processing circuitry. The audio processing circuitry processes the utterance (or other sound) in real-time to add an audio effect associated with the image to increase realism, and outputs the processed utterance (or other sound) to the user via the speaker in real-time, with very low latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Frederick Muehlhausen, Matthew Johnston, Kasson Crooker
  • Publication number: 20170117002
    Abstract: A visualization system with audio capability includes one or more display devices, one or more microphones, one or more speakers, and audio processing circuitry. While a display device displays an image to a user, a microphone inputs an utterance of the user, or a sound from the user's environment, and provides it to the audio processing circuitry. The audio processing circuitry processes the utterance (or other sound) in real-time to add an audio effect associated with the image to increase realism, and outputs the processed utterance (or other sound) to the user via the speaker in real-time, with very low latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Frederick Muehlhausen, Matthew Johnston, Kasson Crooker
  • Patent number: 9558760
    Abstract: A visualization system with audio capability includes one or more display devices, one or more microphones, one or more speakers, and audio processing circuitry. While a display device displays a holographic image to a user, a microphone inputs an utterance of the user, or a sound from the user's environment, and provides it to the audio processing circuitry. The audio processing circuitry processes the utterance (or other sound) in real-time to add an audio effect associated with the image to increase realism, and outputs the processed utterance (or other sound) to the user via the speaker in real-time, with very low latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Frederick Muehlhausen, Matthew Johnston, Kasson Crooker
  • Publication number: 20160260441
    Abstract: A visualization system with audio capability includes one or more display devices, one or more microphones, one or more speakers, and audio processing circuitry. While a display device displays a holographic image to a user, a microphone inputs an utterance of the user, or a sound from the user's environment, and provides it to the audio processing circuitry. The audio processing circuitry processes the utterance (or other sound) in real-time to add an audio effect associated with the image to increase realism, and outputs the processed utterance (or other sound) to the user via the speaker in real-time, with very low latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Frederick Muehlhausen, Matthew Johnston, Kasson Crooker
  • Patent number: 8663013
    Abstract: Described are methods, systems, apparatuses, computer program products embodied in a computer-readable storage medium and means for providing online challenges between bands in a musical video game. Typically the invention is executed on a game server in signal communication with a game platform and involves receiving, by the game server, musical game input data representing a musical performance of a band. Then, the game server calculates a composite score from the input data based on a gameplay challenge. Then the composite score is compared to a composite score of a second band's performance for the same gameplay challenge. In some embodiments, the comparison is displayed as a real-time representation of the two bands, even though score of the second band is based on a stored performance of the second band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eran B. Egozy, Daniel Teasdale, Brian Thomas Stephens, Daniel Schmidt, John R. Eskew, Rafael Baptista, Kasson Crooker
  • Publication number: 20100009750
    Abstract: Described are methods, systems, apparatuses, computer program products embodied in a computer-readable storage medium and means for providing online challenges between bands in a musical video game. Typically the invention is executed on a game server in signal communication with a game platform and involves receiving, by the game server, musical game input data representing a musical performance of a band. Then, the game server calculates a composite score from the input data based on a gameplay challenge. Then the composite score is compared to a composite score of a second band's performance for the same gameplay challenge. In some embodiments, the comparison is displayed as a real-time representation of the two bands, even though score of the second band is based on a stored performance of the second band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eran B. Egozy, Daniel Teasdale, Brian Thomas Stephens, Daniel Schmidt, John R. Eskew, Rafael Baptista, Kasson Crooker