Patents by Inventor Peter Glenn Sarrett

Peter Glenn Sarrett 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).

  • Controlling objects in a virtual environment
    Patent number: 9724600
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-storage media having computer-usable instructions embodied thereon, for controlling objects in a virtual environment are provided. Real-world objects may be received into a virtual environment. The real-world objects may be any non-human object. An object skeleton may be identified and mapped to the object. A user skeleton of the real-world user may also be identified and mapped to the object skeleton. By mapping the user skeleton to the object skeleton, movements of the user control the movements of the object in the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Harley Willoughby, Jeffrey Jesus Evertt, Justin Avram Clark, Ben John Hindle, Peter Glenn Sarrett, Joel Deaguero
  • Virtual space mapping of a variable activity region
    Patent number: 9399167
    Abstract: An electronic game system and a method of its operation are provided for virtual space mapping of a variable activity region in physical space. A calibration input may be received from a positioning device of a game controller that indicates waypoints that define an activity region in physical space. A scale factor may be identified between the activity region and an interactive game region in virtual space based on the calibration input. Positioning information may be received from the positioning device that indicates a position of the positioning device within the activity region. The position of the positioning device within the activity region may be mapped to a corresponding virtual position within the interactive game region based on the scale factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Russell Glaser, Steven Michael Beeman, Peter Glenn Sarrett, Scott Henson, Robert Sheldon Walker, John Clavin
  • CONTROLLING OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120306924
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-storage media having computer-usable instructions embodied thereon, for controlling objects in a virtual environment are provided. Real-world objects may be received into a virtual environment. The real-world objects may be any non-human object. An object skeleton may be identified and mapped to the object. A user skeleton of the real-world user may also be identified and mapped to the object skeleton. By mapping the user skeleton to the object skeleton, movements of the user control the movements of the object in the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER HARLEY WILLOUGHBY, JEFFREY JESUS EVERTT, JUSTIN AVRAM CLARK, BEN JOHN HINDLE, PETER GLENN SARRETT, JOEL DEAGUERO
  • VIRTUAL SPACE MAPPING OF A VARIABLE ACTIVITY REGION
    Publication number: 20100093435
    Abstract: An electronic game system and a method of its operation are provided for virtual space mapping of a variable activity region in physical space. A calibration input may be received from a positioning device of a game controller that indicates waypoints that define an activity region in physical space. A scale factor may be identified between the activity region and an interactive game region in virtual space based on the calibration input. Positioning information may be received from the positioning device that indicates a position of the positioning device within the activity region. The position of the positioning device within the activity region may be mapped to a corresponding virtual position within the interactive game region based on the scale factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Russell Glaser, Steven Michael Beeman, Peter Glenn Sarrett, Scott Henson, Robert Sheldon Walker, John Clavin