Patents by Inventor Marcus Tanner
Marcus Tanner 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).
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Publication number: 20240250955Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Michael James LEBEAU, Manuel Ricardo FREIRE SANTOS, Aleksejs ANPILOGOVS, Alexander SORKINE HORNUNG, Björn WANBO, Connor TREACY, Fangwei LEE, Federico RUIZ, Jonathan MALLINSON, Jonathan Richard MAYOH, Marcus TANNER, Panya INVERSIN, Sarthak RAY, Sheng SHEN, William Arthur Hugh STEPTOE, Alessia MARRA, Gioacchino NORIS, Derrick READINGER, Jeffrey Wai-King LOCK, Jeffrey WITTHUHN, Jennifer Lynn SPURLOCK, Larissa Heike LAICH, Javier Alejandro SIERRA SANTOS
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Publication number: 20240211093Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure can allow users to participate in artificial reality (XR) coworking spaces on two-dimensional (2D) interfaces, such as computers, mobile devices, etc. Users can join a “quiet” virtual coworking space in which they can see representations of other users within the space (including XR users), but without sound. From the virtual coworking space, a user can request to start a conversation with another user, which can send a non-audible notification to the other user, thus being less intrusive to the other user. The other user can join the conversation at their convenience, and be transported to a virtual conference room with the requesting user to engage in audio and/or video discussion. Other users within the virtual coworking space can see the attendees within the virtual conference room, and join the virtual conference room by being invited, or simply clicking to join, without permission needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: James Anthony HUGHES, Michael James LEBEAU, Håvard Alnes BOLAND, Monica ESCRIBANO PERUCHA, Petra ZHIVKOVA, Thomas ACTMAN, Marcus TANNER
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Publication number: 20240212290Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure can map a virtual desk corresponding to a user's real-world desk into a virtual working space. The virtual working space can include pods of individual workspaces with each user seeing into their coworkers' individual workspaces in virtual reality (VR). Some implementations can allow users to merge their individual virtual workspaces into a shared virtual workspace, such as a shared virtual meeting table in the virtual workspace. For example, a user can invite another user to merge workspaces, and, upon acceptance, some implementations can map each user's real-world desk to the shared virtual meeting table in VR. Once the shared virtual meeting table is formed, other users can join, causing the shared virtual meeting table to further expand into the virtual workspace.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: James Anthony HUGHES, Michael James LEBEAU, Håvard Alnes BOLAND, Monica ESCRIBANO PERUCHA, Petra ZHIVKOVA, Thomas ACTMAN, Marcus TANNER
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Patent number: 11902288Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael James Lebeau, Manuel Ricardo Freire Santos, Aleksejs Anpilogovs, Alexander Sorkine Hornung, Björn Wanbo, Connor Treacy, Fangwei Lee, Federico Ruiz, Jonathan Mallinson, Jonathan Richard Mayoh, Marcus Tanner, Panya Inversin, Sarthak Ray, Sheng Shen, William Arthur Hugh Steptoe, Alessia Marra, Gioacchino Noris, Derrick Readinger, Jeffrey Wai-King Lock, Jeffrey Witthuhn, Jennifer Lynn Spurlock, Larissa Heike Laich, Javier Alejandro Sierra Santos
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Patent number: 11770384Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael James Lebeau, Manuel Ricardo Freire Santos, Aleksejs Anpilogovs, Alexander Sorkine Hornung, Björn Wanbo, Connor Treacy, Fangwei Lee, Federico Ruiz, Jonathan Mallinson, Jonathan Richard Mayoh, Marcus Tanner, Panya Inversin, Sarthak Ray, Sheng Shen, William Arthur Hugh Steptoe, Alessia Marra, Gioacchino Noris, Derrick Readinger, Jeffrey Wai-King Lock, Jeffrey Witthuhn, Jennifer Lynn Spurlock, Larissa Heike Laich, Javier Alejandro Sierra Santos
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Publication number: 20230188533Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael James LEBEAU, Manuel Ricardo FREIRE SANTOS, Aleksejs ANPILOGOVS, Alexander SORKINE HORNUNG, Björn WANBO, Connor TREACY, Fangwei LEE, Federico RUIZ, Jonathan MALLINSON, Jonathan Richard MAYOH, Marcus TANNER, Panya INVERSIN, Sarthak RAY, Sheng SHEN, William Arthur Hugh STEPTOE, Alessia MARRA, Gioacchino NORIS, Derrick READINGER, Jeffrey Wai-King LOCK, Jeffrey WITTHUHN, Jennifer Lynn SPURLOCK, Larissa Heike LAICH, Javier Alejandro Sierra SANTOS
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Patent number: 11606364Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael James LeBeau, Manuel Ricardo Freire Santos, Aleksejs Anpilogovs, Alexander Sorkine Hornung, Bjorn Wanbo, Connor Treacy, Fangwei Lee, Federico Ruiz, Jonathan Mallinson, Jonathan Richard Mayoh, Marcus Tanner, Panya Inversin, Sarthak Ray, Sheng Shen, William Arthur Hugh Steptoe, Alessia Marra, Gioacchino Noris, Derrick Readinger, Jeffrey Wai-King Lock, Jeffrey Witthuhn, Jennifer Lynn Spurlock, Larissa Heike Laich, Javier Alejandro Sierra Santos
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Patent number: 11582245Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael James LeBeau, Manuel Ricardo Freire Santos, Aleksejs Anpilogovs, Alexander Sorkine Hornung, Bjorn Wanbo, Connor Treacy, Fangwei Lee, Federico Ruiz, Jonathan Mallinson, Jonathan Richard Mayoh, Marcus Tanner, Panya Inversin, Sarthak Ray, Sheng Shen, William Arthur Hugh Steptoe, Alessia Marra, Gioacchino Noris, Derrick Readinger, Jeffrey Wai-King Lock, Jeffrey Witthuhn, Jennifer Lynn Spurlock, Larissa Heike Laich, Javier Alejandro Sierra Santos
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Publication number: 20220345537Abstract: In one embodiment, an AR/VR system includes a social-networking application installed on the AR/VR system, which allows a user to access on online social network, including communicating with the user's social connections and interacting with content objects on the online social network. The AR/VR system also includes an AR/VR application, which allows the user to interact with an AR/VR platform by providing user input to the AR/VR application via various modalities. Based on the user input, the AR/VR platform generates responses and sends the generated responses to the AR/VR application, which then presents the responses to the user at the AR/VR system via various modalities.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Safiya Samms, Ioana Adriana Vlad, Marcus Tanner, Pieter De Baets, Nicole Lundblad, Gregory Francis Mazurek, Nicholas Ferianc Kamuda, Kimberly Arnette, Azam Jiva, Anshul Raizada, Chandra Shekar Chetty, Bhabani Panda
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Publication number: 20220172444Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael James LEBEAU, Manuel Ricardo FREIRE SANTOS, Aleksejs ANPILOGOVS, Alexander SORKINE HORNUNG, Björn WANBO, Connor TREACY, Fangwei LEE, Federico RUIZ, Jonathan MALLINSON, Jonathan Richard MAYOH, Marcus TANNER, Panya INVERSIN, Sarthak RAY, Sheng SHEN, William Arthur Hugh STEPTOE, Alessia MARRA, Gioacchino NORIS, Derrick READINGER, Jeffrey Wai-King LOCK, Jeffrey WITTHUHN, Jennifer Lynn SPURLOCK, Larissa Heike LAICH, Javier Alejandro Sierra SANTOS
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Patent number: 11302085Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael James LeBeau, Manuel Ricardo Freire Santos, Aleksejs Anpilogovs, Alexander Sorkine Hornung, Bjorn Wanbo, Connor Treacy, Fangwei Lee, Federico Ruiz, Jonathan Mallinson, Jonathan Richard Mayoh, Marcus Tanner, Panya Inversin, Sarthak Ray, Sheng Shen, William Arthur Hugh Steptoe, Alessia Marra, Gioacchino Noris, Derrick Readinger, Jeffrey Wai-King Lock, Jeffrey Witthuhn, Jennifer Lynn Spurlock, Larissa Heike Laich, Javier Alejandro Sierra Santos
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Publication number: 20220086167Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Michael James LeBeau, Manuel Ricardo Freire Santos, Aleksejs Anpilogovs, Alexander Sorkine Hornung, Bjorn Wanbo, Connor Treacy, Fangwei Lee, Federico Ruiz, Jonathan Mallinson, Jonathan Richard Mayoh, Marcus Tanner, Panya Inversin, Sarthak Ray, Sheng Shen, William Arthur Hugh Steptoe, Alessia Marra, Gioacchino Noris, Derrick Readinger, Jeffrey Wai-King Lock, Jeffrey Witthuhn, Jennifer Lynn Spurlock, Larissa Heike Laich, Javier Alejandro Sierra Santos
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Publication number: 20220084288Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Michael James LeBeau, Manuel Ricardo Freire Santos, Aleksejs Anpilogovs, Alexander Sorkine Hornung, Bjorn Wanbo, Connor Treacy, Fangwei Lee, Federico Ruiz, Jonathan Mallinson, Jonathan Richard Mayoh, Marcus Tanner, Panya Inversin, Sarthak Ray, Sheng Shen, William Arthur Hugh Steptoe, Alessia Marra, Gioacchino Noris, Derrick Readinger, Jeffrey Wai-King Lock, Jeffrey Witthuhn, Jennifer Lynn Spurlock, Larissa Heike Laich, Javier Alejandro Sierra Santos
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Publication number: 20220086205Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to creating and administering artificial reality collaborative working environments and providing interaction modes for them. An XR work system can provide and control such artificial reality collaborative working environments to enable, for example, A) links between real-world surfaces and XR surfaces; B) links between multiple real-world areas to XR areas with dedicated functionality; C) maintaining access, while inside the artificial reality working environment, to real-world work tools such as the user's computer screen and keyboard; D) various hand and controller modes for different interaction and collaboration modalities; E) use-based, multi-desk collaborative room configurations; and F) context-based auto population of users and content items into the artificial reality working environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Michael James LeBeau, Manuel Ricardo Freire Santos, Aleksejs Anpilogovs, Alexander Sorkine Hornung, Bjorn Wanbo, Connor Treacy, Fangwei Lee, Federico Ruiz, Jonathan Mallinson, Jonathan Richard Mayoh, Marcus Tanner, Panya Inversin, Sarthak Ray, Sheng Shen, William Arthur Hugh Steptoe, Alessia Marra, Gioacchino Noris, Derrick Readinger, Jeffrey Wai-King Lock, Jeffrey Witthuhn, Jennifer Lynn Spurlock, Larissa Heike Laich, Javier Alejandro Sierra Santos
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Patent number: 10373392Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Jonathan R. Christen, Robert Courtney Memmott, Benjamin John Sugden, James L. Nance, Marcus Tanner, Daniel Joseph McCulloch
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Patent number: 10055888Abstract: A computing system and method for producing and consuming metadata within multi-dimensional data is provided. The computing system comprising a see-through display, a sensor system, and a processor configured to: in a recording phase, generate an annotation at a location in a three dimensional environment, receive, via the sensor system, a stream of telemetry data recording movement of a first user in the three dimensional environment, receive a message to be recorded from the first user, and store, in memory as annotation data for the annotation, the stream of telemetry data and the message, and in a playback phase, display a visual indicator of the annotation at the location, receive a selection of the visual indicator by a second user, display a simulacrum superimposed onto the three dimensional environment and animated according to the telemetry data, and present the message via the animated simulacrum.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Jonathan Christen, John Charles Howard, Marcus Tanner, Ben Sugden, Robert C. Memmott, Kenneth Charles Ouellette, Alex Kipman, Todd Alan Omotani, James T. Reichert, Jr.
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Patent number: 10025102Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina
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Publication number: 20170351097Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina
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Patent number: 9740011Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina
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Publication number: 20170061702Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Jonathan R. Christen, Robert Courtney Memmott, Benjamin John Sugden, James L. Nance, Marcus Tanner, Daniel Joseph McCulloch