Michael D Samples

US Patent:

20200333878, Oct 22, 2020

Filed:

Jul 7, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/922311

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Michael Edward SAMPLES - Redmond WA, US
Alexandru Octavian BALAN - Sammamish WA, US
William Douglas GUYMAN - Medina WA, US
Vuk JOVANOVIC - Belgrade, RS
Taras KHAPKO - Belgrade, RS
Ivan RAZUMENIC - Belgrade, RS
Vladimir CARAPIC - Belgrade, RS
Martin Thomas SHETTER - Bellevue WA, US
Jelena MOJASEVIC - Belgrade, RS
Andrew C. GORIS - Loveland CO, US
Marko BEZULJ - Belgrade, RS

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06T 7/73
G06T 7/285
G06T 7/246
G06T 7/80
A63F 13/53
A63F 13/213
A63F 13/211
A63F 13/235
A63F 13/80
A63F 13/92
G06F 3/033
G02B 27/01
G06F 3/03
G06F 3/0481
A63F 13/31
A63F 13/212
A63F 13/42
A63F 13/22
A63F 13/428
A63F 13/24
H04N 13/246
H04N 13/239
H04N 13/254
H05B 45/10
H05B 47/11
H05B 47/19
H05B 47/105
G01C 19/5776
G01J 1/44
F21V 23/04
G06F 3/0346
G06F 3/038
G01B 11/00
G01D 5/26

Abstract:

One disclosed example provides a head-mounted device configured to control a plurality of light sources of a handheld object and acquire image data comprising a sequence of environmental tracking exposures in which the plurality of light sources are controlled to have a lower integrated intensity and handheld object tracking exposures in which the plurality of light sources are controlled to have a higher integrated intensity. The instructions are further executable to detect, via an environmental tracking exposure, one or more features of the surrounding environment, determine a pose of the head-mounted device based upon the one or more features of the surrounding environment detected, detect via a handheld object tracking exposure the plurality of light sources of the handheld object, determine a pose of the handheld object relative to the head-mounted device based upon the plurality of light sources detected, and output the pose of the handheld object.

US Patent:

20190325274, Oct 24, 2019

Filed:

Apr 24, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/960988

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Michael Edward SAMPLES - Redmond WA, US
Ivan RAZUMENIC - Belgrade, RS

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06K 9/62
G06T 7/70
G06F 3/01

Abstract:

One disclosed example provides a method for determining a pose of a handheld object in a surrounding environment. Optical pose data is stored in an image queue of a first filter. IMU data is received from an IMU of the handheld object and stored in an IMU queue of the first filter. Using at least a portion of the optical pose data and the IMU data, an initial pose of the handheld object is determined and outputted. The method determines that either the image queue or the IMU queue is empty. A second filter comprising the one empty queue and the other non-empty queue is instantiated as a copy of the first filter. Using the data from the non-empty queue in the second filter, the initial pose of the handheld object is updated to an updated pose, and the updated pose is outputted.

US Patent:

20190012835, Jan 10, 2019

Filed:

Jul 7, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/643494

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Raymond Kirk PRICE - Redmond WA, US
Denis Claude Pierre DEMANDOLX - Bellevue WA, US
Michael SAMPLES - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

G06T 19/00
G02B 27/01
G06F 3/01
G06T 19/20

Abstract:

A technique is described herein that employs a resource-efficient image capture system. The image capture system includes an active illumination system for emitting electromagnetic radiation within a physical environment. The image capture system also includes a camera system that includes one or more cameras for detecting electromagnetic radiation received from the physical environment, to produce image information. In one implementation, the technique involves using the same image capture system to produce different kinds of image information for consumption by different respective image processing components. The technique can perform this task by allocating timeslots over a span of time for producing the different kinds of image information. In one case, the image processing components include: a pose tracking component; a controller tracking component; and a surface reconstruction component, etc., any subset of which may be active at any given time.

US Patent:

20180329484, Nov 15, 2018

Filed:

Nov 29, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/826560

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Michael Edward SAMPLES - Redmond WA, US
Alexandru Octavian BALAN - Sammamish WA, US
William Douglas GUYMAN - Medina WA, US
Vuk JOVANOVIC - Belgrade, RS
Taras KHAPKO - Belgrade, RS
Ivan RAZUMENIC - Belgrade, RS
Vladimir CARAPIC - Belgrade, RS
Martin Thomas SHETTER - Bellevue WA, US
Jelena MOJASEVIC - Belgrade, RS
Andrew C. GORIS - Loveland CO, US
Marko BEZULJ - Belgrade, RS

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06T 7/73
G06T 7/285
G06T 7/246
G06T 7/80
A63F 13/53
A63F 13/92
A63F 13/213
A63F 13/211
A63F 13/235
A63F 13/80

Abstract:

One disclosed example provides a head-mounted device configured to control a plurality of light sources of a handheld object and acquire image data comprising a sequence of environmental tracking exposures in which the plurality of light sources are controlled to have a lower integrated intensity and handheld object tracking exposures in which the plurality of light sources are controlled to have a higher integrated intensity. The instructions are further executable to detect, via an environmental tracking exposure, one or more features of the surrounding environment, determine a pose of the head-mounted device based upon the one or more features of the surrounding environment detected, detect via a handheld object tracking exposure the plurality of light sources of the handheld object, determine a pose of the handheld object relative to the head-mounted device based upon the plurality of light sources detected, and output the pose of the handheld object.

US Patent:

20180329516, Nov 15, 2018

Filed:

Nov 29, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/826452

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Michael Edward SAMPLES - Redmond WA, US
Alexandru Octavian BALAN - Sammamish WA, US
Salim SIRTKAYA - Redmond WA, US
William Douglas GUYMAN - Medina WA, US
Vuk JOVANOVIC - Belgrade, RS
Filip PANJEVIC - Belgrade, RS

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/03
G01B 11/00
G01D 5/26
G06F 3/01
G06F 3/0346
A63F 13/213

Abstract:

One disclosed example provides a computing device configured to receive from an image sensor of a head-mounted device environmental tracking exposures and handheld object tracking exposures, determine a pose of the handheld object with respect to the head-mounted device based upon the handheld object tracking exposures, determine a pose of the head-mounted device with respect to a surrounding environment based upon the environmental tracking exposures, derive a pose of the handheld object relative to the surrounding environment based upon the pose of the handheld object with respect to the head-mounted device and the pose of the head-mounted device with respect to the surrounding environment, and output the pose of the handheld object relative to the surrounding environment for controlling a user interface displayed on the head-mounted device.

US Patent:

20180164878, Jun 14, 2018

Filed:

Dec 12, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/376521

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Quentin Simon Charles Miller - Sammamish WA, US
Lev Cherkashin - Redmond WA, US
Michael Samples - Redmond WA, US
Drew Edward Steedly - Woodinville WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06F 3/00
G02B 27/01

Abstract:

An apparatus for dynamically determining a displacement of a target sensor in an electronic system is disclosed. The apparatus can comprise a non-line-of-sight sensor rigidly mounted on or proximate to the target sensor and configured to measure a parameter that varies with the displacement of the target sensor. The apparatus further can comprise at least one processor coupled to the non-line-of-sight sensor and configured to compute the displacement of the target sensor based on the parameter, and to compute an adjustment value based on the computed displacement.

US Patent:

20180074317, Mar 15, 2018

Filed:

Sep 12, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/263212

Inventors:

Steven John Robbins - Redmond WA, US
Drew Edward Steedly - Woodinville WA, US
Michael Edward Samples - Redmond WA, US
Zhiqiang Liu - Redmond WA, US
Andrew K. Juenger - Woodinville WA, US

International Classification:

G02B 27/01
G02B 6/42
G02B 6/293
G06T 11/00
G06T 7/00
G06T 3/00

Abstract:

A display system includes a display alignment tracker configured track the position of a first signal and the position of a second signal. The display alignment tracker optically multiplexes a portion of a first signal and a portion of the second signal into a combined optical signal and measures a differential between the first signal and the second signal.

US Patent:

20180074578, Mar 15, 2018

Filed:

Sep 12, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/263220

Inventors:

Steven John Robbins - Redmond WA, US
Drew Edward Steedly - Woodinville WA, US
Michael Edward Samples - Redmond WA, US
Zhiqiang Liu - Redmond WA, US
Andrew K. Juenger - Woodinville WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06T 11/60
G06T 11/00
G09G 3/00
G02B 27/01

Abstract:

A display system includes a display alignment tracker configured track the position of a first signal in a first waveguide and the position of a second signal in a second waveguide. The display alignment tracker optically multiplexes a portion of a first signal and a portion of the second signal into a combined optical signal and measures a differential between the first signal and the second signal. The differential is used to adjust the position, dimensions, or a color attribute of the first signal relative to the second signal.