Patents by Inventor Ken Lobb

Ken Lobb 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).

  • Controlling hardware in an environment
    Patent number: 9740187
    Abstract: An instruction-storage machine holds instructions that, when executed by a logic machine, cause the logic machine to find a human subject in depth data acquired with one or more depth cameras arranged to image an environment, and to compute an aspect of the human subject from the depth data. Based on the computed aspect, the logic machine determines a change to be made in the environment and actuates appropriate hardware in the environment to make the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ken Lobb, Andrew Wilson, Stephen Edward Hodges
  • CONTROLLING HARDWARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140142729
    Abstract: An instruction-storage machine holds instructions that, when executed by a logic machine, cause the logic machine to find a human subject in depth data acquired with one or more depth cameras arranged to image an environment, and to compute an aspect of the human subject from the depth data. Based on the computed aspect, the logic machine determines a change to be made in the environment and actuates appropriate hardware in the environment to make the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Lobb, Andrew Wilson, Stephen Edward Hodges