Patents by Inventor Patrick Luke Olivier

Patrick Luke Olivier 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).

  • Wearable sensor for tracking articulated body-parts
    Patent number: 10234941
    Abstract: A wearable sensor for tracking articulated body parts is described such as a wrist-worn device which enables 3D tracking of fingers and optionally also the arm and hand without the need to wear a glove or markers on the hand. In an embodiment a camera captures images of an articulated part of a body of a wearer of the device and an articulated model of the body part is tracked in real time to enable gesture-based control of a separate computing device such as a smart phone, laptop computer or other computing device. In examples the device has a structured illumination source and a diffuse illumination source for illuminating the articulated body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Kim, Shahram Izadi, Otmar Hilliges, David Alexander Butler, Stephen Hodges, Patrick Luke Olivier, Jiawen Chen, Iason Oikonomidis
  • WEARABLE SENSOR FOR TRACKING ARTICULATED BODY-PARTS
    Publication number: 20140098018
    Abstract: A wearable sensor for tracking articulated body parts is described such as a wrist-worn device which enables 3D tracking of fingers and optionally also the arm and hand without the need to wear a glove or markers on the hand. In an embodiment a camera captures images of an articulated part of a body of a wearer of the device and an articulated model of the body part is tracked in real time to enable gesture-based control of a separate computing device such as a smart phone, laptop computer or other computing device. In examples the device has a structured illumination source and a diffuse illumination source for illuminating the articulated body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Kim, Shahram Izadi, Otmar Hilliges, David Alexander Butler, Stephen Hodges, Patrick Luke Olivier, Jiawen Chen, Iason Oikonomidis