Patents by Inventor Martin Shetter
Martin Shetter 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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Patent number: 11036782Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for capturing, organizing, sharing, and/or displaying media. For example, using embodiments of the disclosed technology, a unified playback and browsing experience for a collection of media can be created automatically. For instance, heuristics and metadata can be used to assemble and add narratives to the media data. Furthermore, this representation of media can recompose itself dynamically as more media is added to the collection. While a collection may use a single user's content, sometimes media that is desirable to include in the collection is captured by friends and/or others at the same event. In certain embodiments, media content related to the event can be automatically collected and shared among selected groups. Further, in some embodiments, new media can be automatically incorporated into a media collection associated with the event, and the playback experience dynamically updated.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Udiyan Padmanabhan, William Messing, Joseph H. Matthews, III, Martin Shetter, Tatiana Gershanovich, Michael J. Ricker, Jannes Paul Peters
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Patent number: 9892565Abstract: Methods for generating and displaying images associated with one or more virtual objects within an augmented reality environment at a frame rate that is greater than a rendering frame rate are described. The rendering frame rate may correspond with the minimum time to render images associated with a pose of a head-mounted display device (HMD). In some embodiments, the HMD may determine a predicted pose associated with a future position and orientation of the HMD, generate a pre-rendered image based on the predicted pose, determine an updated pose associated with the HMD subsequent to generating the pre-rendered image, generate an updated image based on the updated pose and the pre-rendered image, and display the updated image on the HMD. The updated image may be generated via a homographic transformation and/or a pixel offset adjustment of the pre-rendered image by circuitry within the display.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Calvin Chan, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Andrew Pearson, Martin Shetter, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Barry Corlett
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Patent number: 9874932Abstract: One embodiment provides a method to display video such as computer-rendered animation or other video. The method includes assembling a sequence of video frames featuring a moving object, each video frame including a plurality of subframes sequenced for display according to a schedule. The method also includes determining a vector-valued differential velocity of the moving object relative to a head of an observer of the video. At a time scheduled for display of a first subframe of a given frame, first-subframe image content transformed by a first transform is displayed. At a time scheduled for display of the second subframe of the given frame, second-subframe image content transformed by a second transform is displayed. The first and second transforms are computed based on the vector-valued differential velocity to mitigate artifacts.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Matthew Calbraith Crisler, Robert Thomas Held, Stephen Latta, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Martin Shetter, Arthur Tomlin
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Publication number: 20170345217Abstract: Methods for generating and displaying images associated with one or more virtual objects within an augmented reality environment at a frame rate that is greater than a rendering frame rate are described. The rendering frame rate may correspond with the minimum time to render images associated with a pose of a head-mounted display device (HMD). In some embodiments, the HMD may determine a predicted pose associated with a future position and orientation of the HMD, generate a pre-rendered image based on the predicted pose, determine an updated pose associated with the HMD subsequent to generating the pre-rendered image, generate an updated image based on the updated pose and the pre-rendered image, and display the updated image on the HMD. The updated image may be generated via a homographic transformation and/or a pixel offset adjustment of the pre-rendered image by circuitry within the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Calvin Chan, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Andrew Pearson, Martin Shetter, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Barry Corlett
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Patent number: 9747726Abstract: Methods for generating and displaying images associated with one or more virtual objects within an augmented reality environment at a frame rate that is greater than a rendering frame rate are described. The rendering frame rate may correspond with the minimum time to render images associated with a pose of a head-mounted display device (HMD). In some embodiments, the HMD may determine a predicted pose associated with a future position and orientation of the HMD, generate a pre-rendered image based on the predicted pose, determine an updated pose associated with the HMD subsequent to generating the pre-rendered image, generate an updated image based on the updated pose and the pre-rendered image, and display the updated image on the HMD. The updated image may be generated via a homographic transformation and/or a pixel offset adjustment of the pre-rendered image.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Oliver Michael Christian Williams, Paul Barham, Michael Isard, Tuan Wong, Kevin Woo, Georg Klein, Douglas Kevin Service, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Andrew Pearson, Martin Shetter, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Nathan Ackerman, Calvin Chan, Arthur C. Tomlin
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Patent number: 9721395Abstract: Methods for generating and displaying images associated with one or more virtual objects within an augmented reality environment at a frame rate that is greater than a rendering frame rate are described. The rendering frame rate may correspond with the minimum time to render images associated with a pose of a head-mounted display device (HMD). In some embodiments, the HMD may determine a predicted pose associated with a future position and orientation of the HMD, generate a pre-rendered image based on the predicted pose, determine an updated pose associated with the HMD subsequent to generating the pre-rendered image, generate an updated image based on the updated pose and the pre-rendered image, and display the updated image on the HMD. The updated image may be generated via a homographic transformation and/or a pixel offset adjustment of the pre-rendered image by circuitry within the display.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Calvin Chan, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Andrew Pearson, Martin Shetter, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Barry Corlett
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Patent number: 9514571Abstract: Methods for generating and displaying images associated with one or more virtual objects within an augmented reality environment at a frame rate that is greater than a rendering frame rate are described. The rendering frame rate may correspond with the minimum time to render images associated with a pose of a head-mounted display device (HMD). In some embodiments, the HMD may determine a predicted pose associated with a future position and orientation of the HMD, generate a pre-rendered image based on the predicted pose, determine an updated pose associated with the HMD subsequent to generating the pre-rendered image, generate an updated image based on the updated pose and the pre-rendered image, and display the updated image on the HMD. The updated image may be generated via a homographic transformation and/or a pixel offset adjustment of the pre-rendered image.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Oliver Michael Christian Williams, Paul Barham, Michael Isard, Tuan Wong, Kevin Woo, Georg Klein, Douglas Kevin Service, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Andrew Pearson, Martin Shetter, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Nathan Ackerman, Calvin Chan, Arthur C. Tomlin
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Publication number: 20160343172Abstract: Methods for generating and displaying images associated with one or more virtual objects within an augmented reality environment at a frame rate that is greater than a rendering frame rate are described. The rendering frame rate may correspond with the minimum time to render images associated with a pose of a head-mounted display device (HMD). In some embodiments, the HMD may determine a predicted pose associated with a future position and orientation of the HMD, generate a pre-rendered image based on the predicted pose, determine an updated pose associated with the HMD subsequent to generating the pre-rendered image, generate an updated image based on the updated pose and the pre-rendered image, and display the updated image on the HMD. The updated image may be generated via a homographic transformation and/or a pixel offset adjustment of the pre-rendered image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Oliver Michael Christian Williams, Paul Barham, Michael Isard, Tuan Wong, Kevin Woo, Georg Klein, Douglas Kevin Service, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Andrew Pearson, Martin Shetter, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Nathan Ackerman, Calvin Chan, Arthur C. Tomlin
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Publication number: 20160335806Abstract: Methods for generating and displaying images associated with one or more virtual objects within an augmented reality environment at a frame rate that is greater than a rendering frame rate are described. The rendering frame rate may correspond with the minimum time to render images associated with a pose of a head-mounted display device (HMD). In some embodiments, the HMD may determine a predicted pose associated with a future position and orientation of the HMD, generate a pre-rendered image based on the predicted pose, determine an updated pose associated with the HMD subsequent to generating the pre-rendered image, generate an updated image based on the updated pose and the pre-rendered image, and display the updated image on the HMD. The updated image may be generated via a homographic transformation and/or a pixel offset adjustment of the pre-rendered image by circuitry within the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Calvin Chan, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Andrew Pearson, Martin Shetter, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Barry Corlett
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Publication number: 20160299567Abstract: One embodiment provides a method to display video such as computer-rendered animation or other video. The method includes assembling a sequence of video frames featuring a moving object, each video frame including a plurality of subframes sequenced for display according to a schedule. The method also includes determining a vector-valued differential velocity of the moving object relative to a head of an observer of the video. At a time scheduled for display of a first subframe of a given frame, first-subframe image content transformed by a first transform is displayed. At a time scheduled for display of the second subframe of the given frame, second-subframe image content transformed by a second transform is displayed. The first and second transforms are computed based on the vector-valued differential velocity to mitigate artifacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2015Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Matthew Calbraith Crisler, Robert Thomas Held, Stephen Latta, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Martin Shetter, Arthur Tomlin
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Patent number: 9443355Abstract: Methods for generating and displaying images associated with one or more virtual objects within an augmented reality environment at a frame rate that is greater than a rendering frame rate are described. The rendering frame rate may correspond with the minimum time to render images associated with a pose of a head-mounted display device (HMD). In some embodiments, the HMD may determine a predicted pose associated with a future position and orientation of the HMD, generate a pre-rendered image based on the predicted pose, determine an updated pose associated with the HMD subsequent to generating the pre-rendered image, generate an updated image based on the updated pose and the pre-rendered image, and display the updated image on the HMD. The updated image may be generated via a homographic transformation and/or a pixel offset adjustment of the pre-rendered image by circuitry within the display.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Calvin Chan, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Andrew Pearson, Martin Shetter, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Barry Corlett
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Patent number: 9430038Abstract: Embodiments that relate to communicating to a user of a head-mounted display device an estimated quality level of a world-lock display mode are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a sensor data is received from one or more sensors of the device. Using the sensor data, an estimated pose of the device is determined. Using the estimated pose, one or more virtual objects are displayed via the device in either the world-lock display mode or in a body-lock display mode. One or more of input uncertainty values of the sensor data and pose uncertainty values of the estimated pose are determined. The input uncertainty values and/or pose uncertainty values are mapped to the estimated quality level of the world-lock display mode. Feedback of the estimated quality level is communicated to a user via device.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Michael John Ebstyne, Frederik Schaffalitzky, Drew Steedly, Ethan Eade, Martin Shetter, Michael Grabner
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Patent number: 9280545Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for capturing, organizing, sharing, and/or displaying media. For example, using embodiments of the disclosed technology, a unified playback and browsing experience for a collection of media can be created automatically. For instance, heuristics and metadata can be used to assemble and add narratives to the media data. Furthermore, this representation of media can recompose itself dynamically as more media is added to the collection. While a collection may use a single user's content, sometimes media that is desirable to include in the collection is captured by friends and/or others at the same event. In certain embodiments, media content related to the event can be automatically collected and shared among selected groups. Further, in some embodiments, new media can be automatically incorporated into a media collection associated with the event, and the playback experience dynamically updated.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Udiyan Padmanabhan, William Messing, Joseph H. Matthews, III, Martin Shetter, Tatiana Gershanovich, Michael J. Ricker, Jannes Paul Peters
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Publication number: 20160057188Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for capturing, organizing, sharing, and/or displaying media. For example, using embodiments of the disclosed technology, a unified playback and browsing experience for a collection of media can be created automatically. For instance, heuristics and metadata can be used to assemble and add narratives to the media data. Furthermore, this representation of media can recompose itself dynamically as more media is added to the collection. While a collection may use a single user's content, sometimes media that is desirable to include in the collection is captured by friends and/or others at the same event. In certain embodiments, media content related to the event can be automatically collected and shared among selected groups. Further, in some embodiments, new media can be automatically incorporated into a media collection associated with the event, and the playback experience dynamically updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Udiyan Padmanabhan, William Messing, Joseph H. Matthews, III, Martin Shetter, Tatiana Gershanovich, Michael J. Ricker, Jannes Paul Peters
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Publication number: 20150382167Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for capturing, organizing, sharing, and/or displaying media. For example, using embodiments of the disclosed technology, a unified playback and browsing experience for a collection of media can be created automatically. For instance, heuristics and metadata can be used to assemble and add narratives to the media data. Furthermore, this representation of media can recompose itself dynamically as more media is added to the collection. While a collection may use a single user's content, sometimes media that is desirable to include in the collection is captured by friends and/or others at the same event. In certain embodiments, media content related to the event can be automatically collected and shared among selected groups. Further, in some embodiments, new media can be automatically incorporated into a media collection associated with the event, and the playback experience dynamically updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Udiyan Padmanabhan, William Messing, Martin Shetter, Tatiana Gershanovich, Michael J. Ricker, Jannes Paul Peters, Raman Sarin, Joseph H. Matthews, III, Monica Gonzalez, Jae Pum Park
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Publication number: 20150317832Abstract: Embodiments that relate to communicating to a user of a head-mounted display device an estimated quality level of a world-lock display mode are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a sensor data is received from one or more sensors of the device. Using the sensor data, an estimated pose of the device is determined. Using the estimated pose, one or more virtual objects are displayed via the device in either the world-lock display mode or in a body-lock display mode. One or more of input uncertainty values of the sensor data and pose uncertainty values of the estimated pose are determined. The input uncertainty values and/or pose uncertainty values are mapped to the estimated quality level of the world-lock display mode. Feedback of the estimated quality level is communicated to a user via device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Michael John Ebstyne, Frederik Schaffalitzky, Drew Steedly, Ethan Eade, Martin Shetter, Michael Grabner
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Patent number: 9143601Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for capturing, organizing, sharing, and/or displaying media. For example, using embodiments of the disclosed technology, a unified playback and browsing experience for a collection of media can be created automatically. For instance, heuristics and metadata can be used to assemble and add narratives to the media data. Furthermore, this representation of media can recompose itself dynamically as more media is added to the collection. While a collection may use a single user's content, sometimes media that is desirable to include in the collection is captured by friends and/or others at the same event. In certain embodiments, media content related to the event can be automatically collected and shared among selected groups. Further, in some embodiments, new media can be automatically incorporated into a media collection associated with the event, and the playback experience dynamically updated.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Udiyan Padmanabhan, William Messing, Martin Shetter, Tatiana Gershanovich, Michael J. Ricker, Jannes Paul Peters, Raman Kumar Sarin, Joseph H. Matthews, III, Monica Gonzalez, Jae Pum Park
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Publication number: 20150029218Abstract: Methods for generating and displaying images associated with one or more virtual objects within an augmented reality environment at a frame rate that is greater than a rendering frame rate are described. The rendering frame rate may correspond with the minimum time to render images associated with a pose of a head-mounted display device (HMD). In some embodiments, the HMD may determine a predicted pose associated with a future position and orientation of the HMD, generate a pre-rendered image based on the predicted pose, determine an updated pose associated with the HMD subsequent to generating the pre-rendered image, generate an updated image based on the updated pose and the pre-rendered image, and display the updated image on the HMD. The updated image may be generated via a homographic transformation and/or a pixel offset adjustment of the pre-rendered image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Oliver Michael Christian Williams, Paul Barham, Michael Isard, Tuan Wong, Kevin Woo, Georg Klein, Douglas Kevin Service, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Andrew Pearson, Martin Shetter, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Nathan Ackerman, Calvin Chan, Arthur C. Tomlin
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Publication number: 20150002542Abstract: Methods for generating and displaying images associated with one or more virtual objects within an augmented reality environment at a frame rate that is greater than a rendering frame rate are described. The rendering frame rate may correspond with the minimum time to render images associated with a pose of a head-mounted display device (HMD). In some embodiments, the HMD may determine a predicted pose associated with a future position and orientation of the HMD, generate a pre-rendered image based on the predicted pose, determine an updated pose associated with the HMD subsequent to generating the pre-rendered image, generate an updated image based on the updated pose and the pre-rendered image, and display the updated image on the HMD. The updated image may be generated via a homographic transformation and/or a pixel offset adjustment of the pre-rendered image by circuitry within the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Calvin Chan, Jeffrey Neil Margolis, Andrew Pearson, Martin Shetter, Ashraf Ayman Michail, Barry Corlett
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Publication number: 20130117692Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for capturing, organizing, sharing, and/or displaying media. For example, using embodiments of the disclosed technology, a unified playback and browsing experience for a collection of media can be created automatically. For instance, heuristics and metadata can be used to assemble and add narratives to the media data. Furthermore, this representation of media can recompose itself dynamically as more media is added to the collection. While a collection may use a single user's content, sometimes media that is desirable to include in the collection is captured by friends and/or others at the same event. In certain embodiments, media content related to the event can be automatically collected and shared among selected groups. Further, in some embodiments, new media can be automatically incorporated into a media collection associated with the event, and the playback experience dynamically updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Udiyan Padmanabhan, William Messing, Joseph H. Matthews, III, Martin Shetter, Tatiana Gershanovich, Michael J. Ricker, Jannes Paul Peters