Patents by Inventor Matthew Sammis Ashman

Matthew Sammis Ashman 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: 10504232
    Abstract: Mixed-reality systems are provided for using anchor data structures, such as anchor graphs, within a mixed-reality environment. These systems utilize anchor components, such as anchor vertexes, that comprise at least one first key frame, a first mixed-reality element, and at least one first transform connecting the at least one first key frame to the first mixed-reality element. Anchor connecting components, such as anchor edges, comprise transformations that connect the anchor components (e.g., anchor vertexes).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy K. Ard, Gabriel Takacs, David M. Gedye, James Fletcher, Matthew Sammis Ashman
  • Publication number: 20190180457
    Abstract: Mixed-reality systems are provided for using anchor data structures, such as anchor graphs, within a mixed-reality environment. These systems utilize anchor components, such as anchor vertexes, that comprise at least one first key frame, a first mixed-reality element, and at least one first transform connecting the at least one first key frame to the first mixed-reality element. Anchor connecting components, such as anchor edges, comprise transformations that connect the anchor components (e.g., anchor vertexes).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Tracy K. Ard, Gabriel Takacs, David M. Gedye, James Fletcher, Matthew Sammis Ashman
  • Patent number: 10217231
    Abstract: Mixed-reality systems are provided for using anchor graphs within a mixed-reality environment. These systems utilize anchor vertexes that comprise at least one first key frame, a first mixed-reality element, and at least one first transform connecting the at least one first key frame to the first mixed-reality element. Anchor edges comprising transformations connect the anchor vertexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy K. Ard, Gabriel Takacs, David M. Gedye, James Fletcher, Matthew Sammis Ashman
  • Publication number: 20180053315
    Abstract: Mixed-reality systems are provided for using anchor graphs within a mixed-reality environment. These systems utilize anchor vertexes that comprise at least one first key frame, a first mixed-reality element, and at least one first transform connecting the at least one first key frame to the first mixed-reality element. Anchor edges comprising transformations connect the anchor vertexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Tracy K. Ard, Gabriel Takacs, David M. Gedye, James Fletcher, Matthew Sammis Ashman
  • Publication number: 20170345167
    Abstract: Mixed-reality systems are provided for using anchor graphs within a mixed-reality environment. These systems utilize anchor vertexes that comprise at least one first key frame, a first mixed-reality element, and at least one first transform connecting the at least one first key frame to the first mixed-reality element. Anchor edges comprising transformations connect the anchor vertexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tracy K. Ard, Gabriel Takacs, David M. Gedye, James Fletcher, Matthew Sammis Ashman
  • Patent number: 9485601
    Abstract: A method for performing a surround audio compatibility assessment on a plurality of original surround channels is described herein. A surround audio compatibility assessment system accepting original surround signals is also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: XFRM Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard C. Cabot, Matthew Sammis Ashman
  • Patent number: 9304003
    Abstract: A computing device includes a location sensor system including sensor(s) configured to measure one or more parameters of a surrounding environment, a pose-tracking engine configured to determine a current pose of the computing device based on the one or more measured parameters of the surrounding environment, a graphing engine configured to access a traversability graph including a plurality of vertices each having a local coordinate system, a navigation engine configured to identify a nearby vertex of the traversability graph to the current pose, and configured to determine a path of traversable edges between the nearby vertex and a destination vertex of the traversability graph, and a display configured to visually present as an overlay to the environment a navigation visualization corresponding to the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sammis Ashman, Ethan Eade, Arthur Tomlin, Tony Ambrus
  • Patent number: 8774417
    Abstract: A method for performing a surround audio compatibility assessment on a plurality of original surround channels is described herein. A surround audio compatibility assessment system accepting original surround signals is also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: XFRM Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard C. Cabot, Matthew Sammis Ashman