Patents by Inventor Maxwell Sills

Maxwell Sills 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).

  • Publication number: 20200004403
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to using virtual attraction between hand or other control object in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space and a virtual object in a virtual space. In particular, it relates to defining a virtual attraction zone of a hand or other control object that is tracked in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space and generating one or more interaction forces between the control object and a virtual object in a virtual space that cause motion of the virtual object responsive to proximity of the control object to the virtual object and escalation with a virtual pinch or grasp action of the control object directed to a manipulation point of the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: David S HOLZ, Raffi BEDIKIAN, Adrian GASINSKI, Hua YANG, Maxwell SILLS, Gabriel HARE
  • Publication number: 20200004344
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to automatically interpreting a gesture of a control object in a three dimensional sensor space by sensing a movement of the control object in the three dimensional sensor space, sensing orientation of the control object, defining a control plane tangential to a surface of the control object and interpreting the gesture based on whether the movement of the control object is more normal to the control plane or more parallel to the control plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Isaac COHEN, David S. HOLZ, Maxwell SILLS
  • Patent number: 10452154
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to automatically interpreting a gesture of a control object in a three dimensional sensor space by sensing a movement of the control object in the three dimensional sensor space, sensing orientation of the control object, defining a control plane tangential to a surface of the control object and interpreting the gesture based on whether the movement of the control object is more normal to the control plane or more parallel to the control plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Isaac Cohen, David S. Holz, Maxwell Sills
  • Patent number: 10416834
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to using virtual attraction between hand or other control object in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space and a virtual object in a virtual space. In particular, it relates to defining a virtual attraction zone of a hand or other control object that is tracked in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space and generating one or more interaction forces between the control object and a virtual object in a virtual space that cause motion of the virtual object responsive to proximity of the control object to the virtual object and escalation with a virtual pinch or grasp action of the control object directed to a manipulation point of the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: David S Holz, Raffi Bedikian, Adrian Gasinski, Hua Yang, Maxwell Sills, Gabriel Hare
  • Publication number: 20190265803
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to creating user-defined interaction spaces and modalities in a three dimensional (3D) sensor space in response to control gestures. It also relates to controlling virtual cameras in the 3D sensor space using control gestures and manipulating controls of the virtual cameras through the control gestures. In particular, it relates to defining one or more spatial attributes of the interaction spaces and modalities in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture. It also particularly relates to defining one or more visual parameters of a virtual camera in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac COHEN, Maxwell SILLS, Paul DURDIK
  • Publication number: 20190250719
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to creating user-defined interaction spaces and modalities in a three dimensional (3D) sensor space in response to control gestures. It also relates to controlling virtual cameras in the 3D sensor space using control gestures and manipulating controls of the virtual cameras through the control gestures. In particular, it relates to defining one or more spatial attributes of the interaction spaces and modalities in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture. It also particularly relates to defining one or more visual parameters of a virtual camera in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac COHEN, Maxwell SILLS
  • Publication number: 20190155394
    Abstract: Embodiments of display control based on dynamic user interactions generally include capturing a plurality of temporally sequential images of the user, or a body part or other control object manipulated by the user, and computationally analyzing the images to recognize a gesture performed by the user. In some embodiments, a scale indicative of an actual gesture distance traversed in performance of the gesture is identified, and a movement or action is displayed on the device based, at least in part, on a ratio between the identified scale and the scale of the displayed movement. In some embodiments, a degree of completion of the recognized gesture is determined, and the display contents are modified in accordance therewith. In some embodiments, a dominant gesture is computationally determined from among a plurality of user gestures, and an action displayed on the device is based on the dominant gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffi BEDIKIAN, Jonathan MARSDEN, Keith MERTENS, David HOLZ, Maxwell SILLS, Matias PEREZ, Gabriel HARE, Ryan JULIAN
  • Publication number: 20190146660
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to providing simplified manipulation of virtual objects by detected hand motions. In particular, it relates to a detecting hand motion and positions of the calculation points relative to a virtual object to be manipulated, dynamically selecting at least one manipulation point proximate to the virtual object based on the detected hand motion and positions of one or more of the calculation points, and manipulating the virtual object by interaction between the detected hand motion and positions of one or more of the calculation points and the dynamically selected manipulation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. HOLZ, Raffi BEDIKIAN, Adrian GASINSKI, Hua YANG, Gabriel A. HARE, Maxwell SILLS
  • Patent number: 10281992
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to creating user-defined interaction spaces and modalities in a three dimensional (3D) sensor space in response to control gestures. It also relates to controlling virtual cameras in the 3D sensor space using control gestures and manipulating controls of the virtual cameras through the control gestures. In particular, it relates to defining one or more spatial attributes of the interaction spaces and modalities in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture. It also particularly relates to defining one or more visual parameters of a virtual camera in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac Cohen, Maxwell Sills, Paul Durdik
  • Patent number: 10275039
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to creating user-defined interaction spaces and modalities in a three dimensional (3D) sensor space in response to control gestures. It also relates to controlling virtual cameras in the 3D sensor space using control gestures and manipulating controls of the virtual cameras through the control gestures. In particular, it relates to defining one or more spatial attributes of the interaction spaces and modalities in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture. It also particularly relates to defining one or more visual parameters of a virtual camera in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac Cohen, Maxwell Sills
  • Publication number: 20190113980
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to automatically interpreting a gesture of a control object in a three dimensional sensor space by sensing a movement of the control object in the three dimensional sensor space, sensing orientation of the control object, defining a control plane tangential to a surface of the control object and interpreting the gesture based on whether the movement of the control object is more normal to the control plane or more parallel to the control plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac COHEN, David S. HOLZ, Maxwell SILLS
  • Publication number: 20190079594
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to creating user-defined interaction spaces and modalities in a three dimensional (3D) sensor space in response to control gestures. It also relates to controlling virtual cameras in the 3D sensor space using control gestures and manipulating controls of the virtual cameras through the control gestures. In particular, it relates to defining one or more spatial attributes of the interaction spaces and modalities in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture. It also particularly relates to defining one or more visual parameters of a virtual camera in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac COHEN, Maxwell SILLS
  • Publication number: 20190042957
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to manipulating a virtual object. In particular, it relates to detecting a hand in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space and generating a predictive model of the hand, and using the predictive model to track motion of the hand. The predictive model includes positions of calculation points of fingers, thumb and palm of the hand. The technology disclosed relates to dynamically selecting at least one manipulation point proximate to a virtual object based on the motion tracked by the predictive model and positions of one or more of the calculation points, and manipulating the virtual object by interaction between at least some of the calculation points of the predictive model and the dynamically selected manipulation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. HOLZ, Raffi BEDIKIAN, Adrian GASINSKI, Maxwell SILLS, Hua YANG, Gabriel HARE
  • Patent number: 10168873
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to providing simplified manipulation of virtual objects by detected hand motions. In particular, it relates to a detecting hand motion and positions of the calculation points relative to a virtual object to be manipulated, dynamically selecting at least one manipulation point proximate to the virtual object based on the detected hand motion and positions of one or more of the calculation points, and manipulating the virtual object by interaction between the detected hand motion and positions of one or more of the calculation points and the dynamically selected manipulation point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: LEAP MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: David S Holz, Raffi Bedikian, Adrian Gasinski, Maxwell Sills, Hua Yang, Gabriel Hare
  • Patent number: 10152136
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to automatically interpreting a gesture of a control object in a three dimensional sensor space by sensing a movement of the control object in the three dimensional sensor space, sensing orientation of the control object, defining a control plane tangential to a surface of the control object and interpreting the gesture based on whether the movement of the control object is more normal to the control plane or more parallel to the control plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: LEAP MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Isaac Cohen, David S Holz, Maxwell Sills
  • Patent number: 10139918
    Abstract: Embodiments of display control based on dynamic user interactions generally include capturing a plurality of temporally sequential images of the user, or a body part or other control object manipulated by the user, and computationally analyzing the images to recognize a gesture performed by the user. In some embodiments, a scale indicative of an actual gesture distance traversed in performance of the gesture is identified, and a movement or action is displayed on the device based, at least in part, on a ratio between the identified scale and the scale of the displayed movement. In some embodiments, a degree of completion of the recognized gesture is determined, and the display contents are modified in accordance therewith. In some embodiments, a dominant gesture is computationally determined from among a plurality of user gestures, and an action displayed on the device is based on the dominant gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffi Bedikian, Jonathan Marsden, Keith Mertens, David Samuel Holz, Maxwell Sills, Matias Perez, Gabriel A. Hare, Ryan Christopher Julian
  • Patent number: 10126822
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to creating user-defined interaction spaces and modalities in a three dimensional (3D) sensor space in response to control gestures. It also relates to controlling virtual cameras in the 3D sensor space using control gestures and manipulating controls of the virtual cameras through the control gestures. In particular, it relates to defining one or more spatial attributes of the interaction spaces and modalities in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture. It also particularly relates to defining one or more visual parameters of a virtual camera in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac Cohen, Maxwell Sills
  • Publication number: 20180253150
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to creating user-defined interaction spaces and modalities in a three dimensional (3D) sensor space in response to control gestures. It also relates to controlling virtual cameras in the 3D sensor space using control gestures and manipulating controls of the virtual cameras through the control gestures. In particular, it relates to defining one or more spatial attributes of the interaction spaces and modalities in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture. It also particularly relates to defining one or more visual parameters of a virtual camera in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac Cohen, Maxwell Sills, Paul Durdik
  • Patent number: 9996797
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to manipulating a virtual object. In particular, it relates to detecting a hand in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space and generating a predictive model of the hand, and using the predictive model to track motion of the hand. The predictive model includes positions of calculation points of fingers, thumb and palm of the hand. The technology disclosed relates to dynamically selecting at least one manipulation point proximate to a virtual object based on the motion tracked by the predictive model and positions of one or more of the calculation points, and manipulating the virtual object by interaction between at least some of the calculation points of the predictive model and the dynamically selected manipulation point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: LEAP MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: David S Holz, Raffi Bedikian, Adrian Gasinski, Maxwell Sills, Hua Yang, Gabriel Hare
  • Patent number: 9891712
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to creating user-defined interaction spaces and modalities in a three dimensional (3D) sensor space in response to control gestures. It also relates to controlling virtual cameras in the 3D sensor space using control gestures and manipulating controls of the virtual cameras through the control gestures. In particular, it relates to defining one or more spatial attributes of the interaction spaces and modalities in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture. It also particularly relates to defining one or more visual parameters of a virtual camera in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: LEAP MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Isaac Cohen, Maxwell Sills, Paul Durdik