Patents by Inventor Michelle Lynn BROOK

Michelle Lynn BROOK 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: 11017595
    Abstract: Improved techniques for performing object segmentation are disclosed. Surface reconstruction (SR) data corresponding to an environment is accessed. This SR data is used to generate a detailed three-dimensional (3D) representation of the environment. The SR data is also used to infer a high-level 3D structural representation of the environment. The high-level 3D structural representation is inferred using machine learning that is performed on the surface reconstruction data to identify a structure of the environment. The high-level 3D structural representation is then cut from the detailed 3D representation. This cutting process generates a clutter mesh comprising objects that remain after the cut and that are distinct from the structure. Object segmentation is then performed on the remaining objects to identify those objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Yuri Pekelny, Rahul Sawhney, Muhammad Jabir Kapasi, Szymon P. Stachniak, Michelle Lynn Brook
  • Publication number: 20210125407
    Abstract: Improved techniques for performing object segmentation are disclosed. Surface reconstruction (SR) data corresponding to an environment is accessed. This SR data is used to generate a detailed three-dimensional (3D) representation of the environment. The SR data is also used to infer a high-level 3D structural representation of the environment. The high-level 3D structural representation is inferred using machine learning that is performed on the surface reconstruction data to identify a structure of the environment. The high-level 3D structural representation is then cut from the detailed 3D representation. This cutting process generates a clutter mesh comprising objects that remain after the cut and that are distinct from the structure. Object segmentation is then performed on the remaining objects to identify those objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Yuri Pekelny, Rahul Sawhney, Muhammad Jabir Kapasi, Szymon P. Stachniak, Michelle Lynn Brook
  • Publication number: 20200304375
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for generating a digital twin of a physical environment. Depth data for the physical environment is received from a depth sensing device. A three-dimensional map of the physical environment is then generated based at least on the received depth data, and a digital twin of the physical environment is then generated based on the generated three-dimensional map. Information is received regarding the location of one or more networked devices within the generated three-dimensional map. Each of the one or more networked devices is associated with a digital twin of the networked device. Coordinate locations are established in the generated three-dimensional map for each networked device. Each established coordinate location is associated with a device identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Selvi S. CHENNAI, Matthew Evan VOGEL, Michelle Lynn BROOK, William Douglas GUYMAN
  • Patent number: 10607083
    Abstract: A computer-implemented technique is described herein for discriminatively apprising the user of the existence of some, but not necessarily all, physical objects in a physical environment in the course of the user's interaction with a virtual environment. In operation, the technique allows the user to selectively identify one or more objects-of-interest, such as people, walls, computing devices, etc. The technique then uses a scene analysis component to automatically detect the presence of the selected objects-of-interest in the physical environment, while the user interacts with the virtual environment. The technique provides alert information which notifies the user of the existence of any objects-of-interest that it detects. By virtue of the above-summarized strategy, the technique can apprise the user of objects-of-interest in the user's vicinity without cluttering the user's virtual experience with extraneous information pertaining to the physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yuri Pekelny, Michael Bleyer, Michelle Lynn Brook
  • Publication number: 20200026922
    Abstract: A computer-implemented technique is described herein for discriminatively apprising the user of the existence of some, but not necessarily all, physical objects in a physical environment in the course of the user's interaction with a virtual environment. In operation, the technique allows the user to selectively identify one or more objects-of-interest, such as people, walls, computing devices, etc. The technique then uses a scene analysis component to automatically detect the presence of the selected objects-of-interest in the physical environment, while the user interacts with the virtual environment. The technique provides alert information which notifies the user of the existence of any objects-of-interest that it detects. By virtue of the above-summarized strategy, the technique can apprise the user of objects-of-interest in the user's vicinity without cluttering the user's virtual experience with extraneous information pertaining to the physical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yuri PEKELNY, Michael BLEYER, Michelle Lynn BROOK