Patents by Inventor Richard Wifall
Richard Wifall 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).
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Patent number: 10708704Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device is provided that includes a display, a position and orientation sensor, and speakers. The HMD device includes a processor configured to receive map data of a three-dimensional environment, receive a three-dimensional data set, detect a predefined feature in the three-dimensional data set, place a spatial audio emitter anchor in the three-dimensional environment in a location where the feature was detected, the spatial audio emitter having an emitter boundary, determine a current location of a user in the virtual environment based on a signal from the sensor, display the map data of the three-dimensional environment with a graphical representation of the three-dimensional data set based on the determined current location of the user, and responsive to determining that the location of the user is outside of the boundary, play the spatial audio emitter in a spatial audio mode via the near-ear speakers.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Diego E. Salume, Jason B. Scott, Charles Tatsuya Sinex, Richard Wifall
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Publication number: 20190239014Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device is provided that includes a display, a position and orientation sensor, and speakers. The HMD device includes a processor configured to receive map data of a three-dimensional environment, receive a three-dimensional data set, detect a predefined feature in the three-dimensional data set, place a spatial audio emitter anchor in the three-dimensional environment in a location where the feature was detected, the spatial audio emitter having an emitter boundary, determine a current location of a user in the virtual environment based on a signal from the sensor, display the map data of the three-dimensional environment with a graphical representation of the three-dimensional data set based on the determined current location of the user, and responsive to determining that the location of the user is outside of the boundary, play the spatial audio emitter in a spatial audio mode via the near-ear speakers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Diego E. SALUME, Jason B. SCOTT, Charles Tatsuya SINEX, Richard WIFALL
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Patent number: 10264380Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device is provided that includes a display, a position and orientation sensor, and speakers. The HMD device includes a processor configured to receive map data of a three-dimensional environment, receive a three-dimensional data set, detect a predefined feature in the three-dimensional data set, place a spatial audio emitter anchor in the three-dimensional environment in a location where the feature was detected, the spatial audio emitter having an emitter boundary, determine a current location of a user in the virtual environment based on a signal from the sensor, display the map data of the three-dimensional environment with a graphical representation of the three-dimensional data set based on the determined current location of the user, and responsive to determining that the location of the user is outside of the boundary, play the spatial audio emitter in a spatial audio mode via the near-ear speakers.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Diego E. Salume, Jason B. Scott, Charles Tatsuya Sinex, Richard Wifall
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Publication number: 20190102953Abstract: Examples disclosed relate to displaying virtual objects. One example provides, on a display device comprising a camera and a display, a method comprising acquiring, via the camera, image data imaging an environment, receiving a user input requesting display of a three-dimensional virtual object, comparing dimensional information for the three-dimensional virtual object to dimensional information for a field of view of the display device, modifying the three-dimensional virtual object based upon comparing the dimensional information for the three-dimensional virtual object to the dimensional information for the field of view to obtain a modified three-dimensional virtual object, and displaying the modified three-dimensional virtual object via the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Megan Ann Lindsay, Michael Scavezze, Aaron Daniel Krauss, Michael Thomas, Richard Wifall, Jeffrey David Smith, Cameron Brown, Charlene Jeune, Cheyne Rory Quin Mathey-Owens
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Patent number: 10176641Abstract: Examples disclosed relate to displaying virtual objects. One example provides, on a display device comprising a camera and a display, a method comprising acquiring, via the camera, image data imaging an environment, receiving a user input requesting display of a three-dimensional virtual object, comparing dimensional information for the three-dimensional virtual object to dimensional information for a field of view of the display device, modifying the three-dimensional virtual object based upon comparing the dimensional information for the three-dimensional virtual object to the dimensional information for the field of view to obtain a modified three-dimensional virtual object, and displaying the modified three-dimensional virtual object via the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Megan Ann Lindsay, Michael Scavezze, Aaron Daniel Krauss, Michael Thomas, Richard Wifall, Jeffrey David Smith, Cameron Brown, Charlene Jeune, Cheyne Rory Quin Mathey-Owens
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Publication number: 20180332420Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device is provided that includes a display, a position and orientation sensor, and speakers. The HMD device includes a processor configured to receive map data of a three-dimensional environment, receive a three-dimensional data set, detect a predefined feature in the three-dimensional data set, place a spatial audio emitter anchor in the three-dimensional environment in a location where the feature was detected, the spatial audio emitter having an emitter boundary, determine a current location of a user in the virtual environment based on a signal from the sensor, display the map data of the three-dimensional environment with a graphical representation of the three-dimensional data set based on the determined current location of the user, and responsive to determining that the location of the user is outside of the boundary, play the spatial audio emitter in a spatial audio mode via the near-ear speakers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Diego E. SALUME, Jason B. SCOTT, Charles Tatsuya SINEX, Richard WIFALL
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Publication number: 20170270715Abstract: Examples disclosed relate to displaying virtual objects. One example provides, on a display device comprising a camera and a display, a method comprising acquiring, via the camera, image data imaging an environment, receiving a user input requesting display of a three-dimensional virtual object, comparing dimensional information for the three-dimensional virtual object to dimensional information for a field of view of the display device, modifying the three-dimensional virtual object based upon comparing the dimensional information for the three-dimensional virtual object to the dimensional information for the field of view to obtain a modified three-dimensional virtual object, and displaying the modified three-dimensional virtual object via the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Megan Ann Lindsay, Michael Scavezze, Aaron Daniel Krauss, Michael Thomas, Richard Wifall, Jeffrey David Smith, Cameron Brown, Charlene Jeune, Cheyne Rory Quin Mathey-Owens