Patents by Inventor Spencer Dean Perreault

Spencer Dean Perreault 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).

  • Patent number: 10055242
    Abstract: Systems and methods for virtualizing audio decoding hardware of a guest audio decoder are disclosed. A method may include storing received encoded audio in main memory of a host computing device. An operation to access a register or memory of the audio decoding hardware of the guest audio decoder may be intercepted. The register or memory has an associated address in the main memory of the host computing device. The intercepted operation can include a register WRITE operation, and can be translated into an operation associated with accessing dedicated decoder memory of a host audio decoder of the host computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Spencer Dean Perreault, Barry Clayton Bond, Jonathan David Morrison, Robert Binneweg Francis
  • Patent number: 9684370
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to reducing camera interference are disclosed. In one embodiment, an infrared image of a scene may be received from a camera that emits infrared light. An interference condition likely to degrade infrared performance of one or more proximate infrared devices may be recognized. Responsive to recognizing the interference condition, an instruction to mitigate the interference condition may be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Hall, Spencer Dean Perreault
  • Publication number: 20170110138
    Abstract: Systems and methods for virtualizing audio decoding hardware of a guest audio decoder are disclosed. A method may include storing received encoded audio in main memory of a host computing device. An operation to access a register or memory of the audio decoding hardware of the guest audio decoder may be intercepted. The register or memory has an associated address in the main memory of the host computing device. The intercepted operation can include a register WRITE operation, and can be translated into an operation associated with accessing dedicated decoder memory of a host audio decoder of the host computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Spencer Dean Perreault, Barry Clayton Bond, Jonathan David Morrison, Robert Binneweg Francis
  • Publication number: 20150326799
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to reducing camera interference are disclosed. In one embodiment, an infrared image of a scene may be received from a camera that emits infrared light. An interference condition likely to degrade infrared performance of one or more proximate infrared devices may be recognized. Responsive to recognizing the interference condition, an instruction to mitigate the interference condition may be output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Hall, Spencer Dean Perreault
  • Patent number: 8775916
    Abstract: Technology for testing a target recognition, analysis, and tracking system is provided. A searchable repository of recorded and synthesized depth clips and associated ground truth tracking data is provided. Data in the repository is used by one or more processing devices each including at least one instance of a target recognition, analysis, and tracking pipeline to analyze performance of the tracking pipeline. An analysis engine provides at least a subset of the searchable set responsive to a request to test the pipeline and receives tracking data output from the pipeline on the at least subset of the searchable set. A report generator outputs an analysis of the tracking data relative to the ground truth in the at least subset to provide an output of the error relative to the ground truth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jon D. Pulsipher, Parham Mohadjer, Nazeeh Amin ElDirghami, Shao Liu, Patrick Orville Cook, James Chadon Foster, Ronald Forbes, Szymon P. Stachniak, Tommer Leyvand, Joseph Bertolami, Michael Taylor Janney, Kien Toan Huynh, Charles Claudius Marais, Spencer Dean Perreault, Robert John Fitzgerald, Wayne Richard Bisson, Craig Carroll Peeper, Michael Johnson
  • Publication number: 20130251204
    Abstract: Technology for testing a target recognition, analysis, and tracking system is provided. A searchable repository of recorded and synthesized depth clips and associated ground truth tracking data is provided. Data in the repository is used by one or more processing devices each including at least one instance of a target recognition, analysis, and tracking pipeline to analyze performance of the tracking pipeline. An analysis engine provides at least a subset of the searchable set responsive to a request to test the pipeline and receives tracking data output from the pipeline on the at least subset of the searchable set. A report generator outputs an analysis of the tracking data relative to the ground truth in the at least subset to provide an output of the error relative to the ground truth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jon D. Pulsipher, Parham Mohadjer, Nazeeh Amin ElDirghami, Shao Liu, Patrick Orville Cook, James Chadon Foster, Ronald Omega Forbes, JR., Szymon P. Stachniak, Tommer Leyvand, Joseph Bertolami, Michael Taylor Janney, Kien Toan Huynh, Charles Claudius Marais, Spencer Dean Perreault, Robert John Fitzgerald, Wayne Richard Bisson, Craig Carroll Peeper, Michael Johnson
  • Patent number: 8448056
    Abstract: Technology for testing a target recognition, analysis, and tracking system is provided. A searchable repository of recorded and synthesized depth clips and associated ground truth tracking data is provided. Data in the repository is used by one or more processing devices each including at least one instance of a target recognition, analysis, and tracking pipeline to analyze performance of the tracking pipeline. An analysis engine provides at least a subset of the searchable set responsive to a request to test the pipeline and receives tracking data output from the pipeline on the at least subset of the searchable set. A report generator outputs an analysis of the tracking data relative to the ground truth in the at least subset to provide an output of the error relative to the ground truth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jon D. Pulsipher, Parham Mohadjer, Nazeeh Amin ElDirghami, Shao Liu, Patrick Orville Cook, James Chadon Foster, Ronald Omega Forbes, Jr., Szymon P. Stachniak, Tommer Leyvand, Joseph Bertolami, Michael Taylor Janney, Kien Toan Huynh, Charles Claudius Marais, Spencer Dean Perreault, Robert John Fitzgerald, Wayne Richard Bisson, Craig Carroll Peeper
  • Publication number: 20120159290
    Abstract: Technology for testing a target recognition, analysis, and tracking system is provided. A searchable repository of recorded and synthesized depth clips and associated ground truth tracking data is provided. Data in the repository is used by one or more processing devices each including at least one instance of a target recognition, analysis, and tracking pipeline to analyze performance of the tracking pipeline. An analysis engine provides at least a subset of the searchable set responsive to a request to test the pipeline and receives tracking data output from the pipeline on the at least subset of the searchable set. A report generator outputs an analysis of the tracking data relative to the ground truth in the at least subset to provide an output of the error relative to the ground truth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jon D. Pulsipher, Parham Mohadjer, Nazeeh Amin ElDirghami, Shao Liu, Patrick Orville Cook, James Chadon Foster, Ronald Omega Forbes, JR., Szymon P. Stachniak, Tommer Leyvand, Joseph Bertolami, Michael Taylor Janney, Kien Toan Huynh, Charles Claudius Marais, Spencer Dean Perreault, Robert John Fitzgerald, Wayne Richard Bisson, Craig Carroll Peeper