Patents by Inventor Melissa HELLMUND VEGA

Melissa HELLMUND VEGA 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).

  • INTELLIGENT KEYBOARD ATTACHMENT FOR MIXED REALITY INPUT
    Publication number: 20240004545
    Abstract: Systems and methods for attaching a virtual input device to a virtual object in a mixed reality (MR) environment are provided. The system includes a memory, a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, and a display device. The display device is configured to display a MR environment provided by at least one application implemented by the processor. The mixed reality environment includes a virtual object corresponding to an application, and a virtual input device. The at least one application docks the virtual input device to the virtual object with an offset relative to the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Jackson KLEIN, Hendry EFFENDY, Ethan Harris ARNOWITZ, Jonathon Burnham COBB, Melissa HELLMUND VEGA, Stuart John MAYHEW, Jeremy Bruce KERSEY
  • Intelligent keyboard attachment for mixed reality input
    Patent number: 11797175
    Abstract: Systems and methods for attaching a virtual input device to a virtual object in a mixed reality (MR) environment are provided. The system includes a memory, a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, and a display device. The display device is configured to display a MR environment provided by at least one application implemented by the processor. The mixed reality environment includes a virtual object corresponding to an application, and a virtual input device. The at least one application docks the virtual input device to the virtual object with an offset relative to the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Jackson Klein, Hendry Effendy, Ethan Harris Arnowitz, Jonathon Burnham Cobb, Melissa Hellmund Vega, Stuart John Mayhew, Jeremy Bruce Kersey
  • INTELLIGENT KEYBOARD ATTACHMENT FOR MIXED REALITY INPUT
    Publication number: 20230138952
    Abstract: Systems and methods for attaching a virtual input device to a virtual object in a mixed reality (MR) environment are provided. The system includes a memory, a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, and a display device. The display device is configured to display a MR environment provided by at least one application implemented by the processor. The mixed reality environment includes a virtual object corresponding to an application, and a virtual input device. The at least one application docks the virtual input device to the virtual object with an offset relative to the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Jackson KLEIN, Hendry EFFENDY, Ethan Harris ARNOWITZ, Jonathon Burnham COBB, Melissa HELLMUND VEGA, Stuart John MAYHEW, Jeremy Bruce KERSEY
  • Localization and visualization of sound
    Patent number: 11543242
    Abstract: A method of and system for visualizing a sound source is disclosed. The method may include analyzing an audio signal received by a sound transducer to determine a positional direction of the sound source, determining whether the positional direction of the sound source falls outside a field of view of a user, and in response to determining that the positional direction of the sound source falls outside the field of view of the user, rendering on a display unit a visual representation of the sound source. The visual representation of the source is rendered on a virtual surface at a location within the field of view of the user, the location corresponding to at least one of a distance of the source from the user and a positional direction of the source with respect to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott David Petill, Oscar E. Murillo, Rebecca Sundling Haruyama, Melissa Hellmund Vega
  • LOCALIZATION AND VISUALIZATION OF SOUND
    Publication number: 20210364281
    Abstract: A method of and system for visualizing a sound source is disclosed. The method may include analyzing an audio signal received by a sound transducer to determine a positional direction of the sound source, determining whether the positional direction of the sound source falls outside a field of view of a user, and in response to determining that the positional direction of the sound source falls outside the field of view of the user, rendering on a display unit a visual representation of the sound source. The visual representation of the source is rendered on a virtual surface at a location within the field of view of the user, the location corresponding to at least one of a distance of the source from the user and a positional direction of the source with respect to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Scott David PETILL, Oscar E. MURILLO, Rebecca Sundling HARUYAMA, Melissa HELLMUND VEGA