Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Andrew R Campbell

Daniel Joseph McCulloch

Brian James Mount

Shawn Crispin Wright

Anthony James Ambrus

Kyungsuk David Lee

Nahil Tawfik Sharkasi

Daniel Lee Osborn

David C Haley, Jr

Albert Robles

Dave Hill

Alexandru Octavian Balan

Jeffrey Jesus Evertt

Dan Osborn

Justin Avram Clark

David M Hill

Mark Mihelich

Zachary Tyler Middleton

Matthew J Puls

Charles Everett Martin

Mark Thomas Mihelich

Systems, methods, and computer media for generating an avatar reflecting a player's current appearance. Data describing the player's current appearance is received. The data includes a visible spectrum image of the player, a depth image including both the player and a current background, and skeletal data for the player. The skeletal data indicates an outline of the player's skeleton. Based at least in part on the received data, one or more of the following are captured: a facial appearance of the player; a hair appearance of the player; a clothing appearance of the player; and a skin color of the player. A 3D avatar resembling the player is generated by combining the captured facial appearance, hair appearance, clothing appearance, and/or skin color with predetermined avatar features.

Generation of avatar reflecting player appearance

A system and method are disclosed relating to a pipeline for generating a computer model of a target user, including a hand model of the user's hands, captured by an image sensor in a NUI system. The computer model represents a best estimate of the position of a user's hand or hands and whether the hand or hand is in an open or closed state. The generated hand model may be used by a gaming or other application to determine such things as user gestures and control actions.

System for recognizing an open or closed hand

A system and method are disclosed relating to a pipeline for generating a computer model of a target user, including a hand model of the user's hands and fingers, captured by an image sensor in a NUI system. The computer model represents a best estimate of the position and orientation of a user's hand or hands. The generated hand model may be used by a gaming or other application to determine such things as user gestures and control actions.

System for finger recognition and tracking

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Andrew R Campbell