Patents by Inventor Robert Courtney Memmott

Robert Courtney Memmott 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).

  • Transitioning views of a virtual model
    Patent number: 10373392
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for transitioning views presented via a head-mounted display device. One example method for operating a head-mounted display device includes displaying a virtual model at a first position in a coordinate frame of the head-mounted display device, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the head-mounted display device, and determining a line of sight of the user that intersects the virtual model to identify a location the user is viewing. The example method further includes, responsive to a trigger, moving the virtual model to a second position in the coordinate frame of the head-mounted display device corresponding to the location the user is viewing and simultaneously scaling the virtual model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Christen, Robert Courtney Memmott, Benjamin John Sugden, James L. Nance, Marcus Tanner, Daniel Joseph McCulloch
  • Mapping input to hologram or two-dimensional display
    Patent number: 10025102
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to editing holograms by extending real world interfaces are disclosed. One embodiment includes a computing device configured to communicatively couple to a head mounted display device having an at least partially see-through display. The computing device includes a non-see-through display, a user input device, and a processor configured to determine whether a user focus is on an image or a hologram, if a determination is made that the user focus is on the image, map the user input to a first coordinate space of the non-see-through display, and if a determination is made that the user focus is the on the hologram, map the user input to a second coordinate space of the head mounted display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina
  • MAPPING INPUT TO HOLOGRAM OR TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20170351097
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to editing holograms by extending real world interfaces are disclosed. One embodiment includes a computing device configured to communicatively couple to a head mounted display device having an at least partially see-through display. The computing device includes a non-see-through display, a user input device, and a processor configured to determine whether a user focus is on an image or a hologram, if a determination is made that the user focus is on the image, map the user input to a first coordinate space of the non-see-through display, and if a determination is made that the user focus is the on the hologram, map the user input to a second coordinate space of the head mounted display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina
  • Mapping input to hologram or two-dimensional display
    Patent number: 9740011
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to editing holograms by extending real world interfaces are disclosed. One embodiment includes a computing device configured to communicatively couple to a head mounted display device having an at least partially see-through display. The computing device includes a non-see-through display, a user input device, and a processor configured to determine whether a user focus is on an image or a hologram, if a determination is made that the user focus is on the image, map the user input to a first coordinate space of the non-see-through display, and if a determination is made that the user focus is the on the hologram, map the user input to a second coordinate space of the head mounted display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina
  • TRANSITIONING VIEWS OF A VIRTUAL MODEL
    Publication number: 20170061702
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for transitioning views presented via a head-mounted display device. One example method for operating a head-mounted display device includes displaying a virtual model at a first position in a coordinate frame of the head-mounted display device, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the head-mounted display device, and determining a line of sight of the user that intersects the virtual model to identify a location the user is viewing. The example method further includes, responsive to a trigger, moving the virtual model to a second position in the coordinate frame of the head-mounted display device corresponding to the location the user is viewing and simultaneously scaling the virtual model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Christen, Robert Courtney Memmott, Benjamin John Sugden, James L. Nance, Marcus Tanner, Daniel Joseph McCulloch
  • MAPPING INPUT TO HOLOGRAM OR TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20170052373
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to editing holograms by extending real world interfaces are disclosed. One embodiment includes a computing device configured to communicatively couple to a head mounted display device having an at least partially see-through display. The computing device includes a non-see-through display, a user input device, and a processor configured to determine whether a user focus is on an image or a hologram, if a determination is made that the user focus is on the image, map the user input to a first coordinate space of the non-see-through display, and if a determination is made that the user focus is the on the hologram, map the user input to a second coordinate space of the head mounted display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Courtney Memmott, Jonathan R. Christen, Benjamin John Sugden, Marcus Tanner, Jonathan Paton Gallina