Patents by Inventor Robert T. Held

Robert T. Held 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).

  • Publication number: 20250106582
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for dynamically updating simulated source locations of audio sources within spatialized audio content based on detection of a change in the location and/or orientation of an audio output device (e.g., earbuds or speakers that are optionally worn by a user and are optionally included in a headset). In some examples, the simulated source locations are updated if the change in the location and/or orientation of the audio output device is greater than a threshold amount of change, and the simulated source locations are not updated if the change in the location and/or orientation of the audio output device is not greater than the threshold amount of change. In some examples, a simulated source location is identified in a three-dimensional environment. In some examples, a mode of outputting audio is changed in response to movement of an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory LUTTER, Robert T. HELD, Luis R. DELIZ CENTENO, Sam D. SMITH, Sylvain J. CHOISEL, Shai MESSINGHER LANG
  • Publication number: 20250106581
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for dynamically updating simulated source locations of audio sources within spatialized audio content based on detection of a change in the location and/or orientation of an audio output device (e.g., earbuds or speakers that are optionally worn by a user and are optionally included in a headset). In some examples, the simulated source locations are updated if the change in the location and/or orientation of the audio output device is greater than a threshold amount of change, and the simulated source locations are not updated if the change in the location and/or orientation of the audio output device is not greater than the threshold amount of change. In some examples, a simulated source location is identified in a three-dimensional environment. In some examples, a mode of outputting audio is changed in response to movement of an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Gregory LUTTER, Robert T. HELD, Luis R. DELIZ CENTENO
  • Publication number: 20240402798
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an electronic device using the gaze of a user. Movement of the gaze of the user to activation regions within a gaze field of view may activate a function of the electronic device. The activation regions may be dynamically modified to prevent accidental triggering of functions associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Elena J Nattinger, Devin W. Chalmers, Trent A. Greene, Luis R. Deliz Centeno, Robert T. Held, Allison W. Dryer
  • Patent number: 11076147
    Abstract: Stereoscopic display technologies are provided. A computing device generates a stereoscopic display of an object by coordinating a first image and a second image. To reduce discomfort or to reduce diplopic content, the computing device may adjust at least one display property of the first image and/or the second image depending on one or more factors. The factors may include a time period associated with the display of the object, the vergence distance to the object, the distance to the focal plane of the display, contextual data interpreted from the images and/or any combination of these and other factors. Adjustments to the display properties can include a modification of one or more contrast properties and/or other modifications to the images. The adjustment to the display properties may be applied with varying levels of intensity and/or be applied at different times depending on one or more factors and/or contextual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. MacKenzie, Anatolie Gavriliuc, Robert T. Held
  • Publication number: 20190052871
    Abstract: Stereoscopic display technologies are provided. A computing device generates a stereoscopic display of an object by coordinating a first image and a second image. To reduce discomfort or to reduce diplopic content, the computing device may adjust at least one display property of the first image and/or the second image depending on one or more factors. The factors may include a time period associated with the display of the object, the vergence distance to the object, the distance to the focal plane of the display, contextual data interpreted from the images and/or any combination of these and other factors. Adjustments to the display properties can include a modification of one or more contrast properties and/or other modifications to the images. The adjustment to the display properties may be applied with varying levels of intensity and/or be applied at different times depending on one or more factors and/or contextual information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin J. MACKENZIE, Anatolie GAVRILIUC, Robert T. HELD
  • Patent number: 10136124
    Abstract: Stereoscopic display technologies are provided. A computing device generates a stereoscopic display of an object by coordinating a first image and a second image. To reduce discomfort or to reduce diplopic content, the computing device may adjust at least one display property of the first image and/or the second image depending on one or more factors. The factors may include a time period associated with the display of the object, the vergence distance to the object, the distance to the focal plane of the display, contextual data interpreted from the images and/or any combination of these and other factors. Adjustments to the display properties can include a modification of one or more contrast properties and/or other modifications to the images. The adjustment to the display properties may be applied with varying levels of intensity and/or be applied at different times depending on one or more factors and/or contextual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. MacKenzie, Anatolie Gavriliuc, Robert T. Held
  • Publication number: 20160316196
    Abstract: Stereoscopic display technologies are provided. A computing device generates a stereoscopic display of an object by coordinating a first image and a second image. To reduce discomfort or to reduce diplopic content, the computing device may adjust at least one display property of the first image and/or the second image depending on one or more factors. The factors may include a time period associated with the display of the object, the vergence distance to the object, the distance to the focal plane of the display, contextual data interpreted from the images and/or any combination of these and other factors. Adjustments to the display properties can include a modification of one or more contrast properties and/or other modifications to the images. The adjustment to the display properties may be applied with varying levels of intensity and/or be applied at different times depending on one or more factors and/or contextual information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin J. MacKenzie, Anatolie Gavriliuc, Robert T. Held