Patents by Inventor Tracy K. Ard

Tracy K. Ard 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).

  • Sharing of sparse slam coordinate systems
    Patent number: 10504232
    Abstract: Mixed-reality systems are provided for using anchor data structures, such as anchor graphs, within a mixed-reality environment. These systems utilize anchor components, such as anchor vertexes, that comprise at least one first key frame, a first mixed-reality element, and at least one first transform connecting the at least one first key frame to the first mixed-reality element. Anchor connecting components, such as anchor edges, comprise transformations that connect the anchor components (e.g., anchor vertexes).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy K. Ard, Gabriel Takacs, David M. Gedye, James Fletcher, Matthew Sammis Ashman
  • SHARING OF SPARSE SLAM COORDINATE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190180457
    Abstract: Mixed-reality systems are provided for using anchor data structures, such as anchor graphs, within a mixed-reality environment. These systems utilize anchor components, such as anchor vertexes, that comprise at least one first key frame, a first mixed-reality element, and at least one first transform connecting the at least one first key frame to the first mixed-reality element. Anchor connecting components, such as anchor edges, comprise transformations that connect the anchor components (e.g., anchor vertexes).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Tracy K. Ard, Gabriel Takacs, David M. Gedye, James Fletcher, Matthew Sammis Ashman
  • Systems and methods for utilizing anchor graphs in mixed reality environments
    Patent number: 10217231
    Abstract: Mixed-reality systems are provided for using anchor graphs within a mixed-reality environment. These systems utilize anchor vertexes that comprise at least one first key frame, a first mixed-reality element, and at least one first transform connecting the at least one first key frame to the first mixed-reality element. Anchor edges comprising transformations connect the anchor vertexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy K. Ard, Gabriel Takacs, David M. Gedye, James Fletcher, Matthew Sammis Ashman
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING ANCHOR GRAPHS IN MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20180053315
    Abstract: Mixed-reality systems are provided for using anchor graphs within a mixed-reality environment. These systems utilize anchor vertexes that comprise at least one first key frame, a first mixed-reality element, and at least one first transform connecting the at least one first key frame to the first mixed-reality element. Anchor edges comprising transformations connect the anchor vertexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Tracy K. Ard, Gabriel Takacs, David M. Gedye, James Fletcher, Matthew Sammis Ashman
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING ANCHOR GRAPHS IN MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20170345167
    Abstract: Mixed-reality systems are provided for using anchor graphs within a mixed-reality environment. These systems utilize anchor vertexes that comprise at least one first key frame, a first mixed-reality element, and at least one first transform connecting the at least one first key frame to the first mixed-reality element. Anchor edges comprising transformations connect the anchor vertexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tracy K. Ard, Gabriel Takacs, David M. Gedye, James Fletcher, Matthew Sammis Ashman