Autodesk, Inc.

Silicon Graphics, Incorporated

Nvidia Corporation

Alias Systems Corp.

George William Fitzmaurice

Tovi Samuel Grossman

Justin Frank Matejka

Gordon P Kurtenbach

Fraser Anderson

Gord Kurtenbach

Azam Khan

Ravin Balakrishnan

Igor Mordatch

Wei Li

Benjamin LaFreniere

Marsha Leverock

Ryan Michael Schmidt

Rubaiat Habib Kazi

Qian Zhou

Paul D Vaters

Francois Guimbretiere

Hyunyoung Song

Daniel John Wigdor

Xiaojun Bi

Maneesh Agrawala

Thomas White

Jarrod Knibbe

Bjoern Hartmann

Robert J Pieke

Fanny Chevalier

Madeline Gannon

Stelian Coros

Michael Glueck

William A Buxton

William Buxton

Ruta P Desai

Xiang Anthony Chen

Ali Baradaran Hashemi

Hsiang-Ting Chen

Wei Li-Yi

Natalia Bogdan

Jo Karel Vermeulen

Xing-Dong Yang

Anderson Nogueira

Shengdong Zhao

Mark Thomas Davis

Hyunmin Cheong

Nobuyuki Umetani

William Arthur Stewart Buxton

Ramtin Attar

Haijun Xia

Jun Gong

Ara Danielyan

William C Sabram

Michael Chen

Benjamin Lafreniere

Barrett Ens

Ruslana Steininger

Nicolas Alexandre Burtnyk

Howard R Swearer

Raf Ramakers

Adam L Menter

Jaime A Perkins

Alexandra R Bergin

Frederik Brudy

Damien Paul Andre Masson

Thomas P Baudel

Rubiait Habib

Christian Holz

Danil Nagy

Evan Patrick Atherton

Heather Kerrick

William A S Buxton

Maurice Ugo Conti

David Thomasson

Karan Singh

Pourang Polad Irani

Luc Robert

Erin Marie Bradner

Jose Madeira De Freitas Garcia

Jos Stam

Jennifer Ellen Fernquist

Karansher Singh

Todd Christopher Nicol

Nicholas Chi-yuen Kong

Seongkook Heo

Beverly L Harrison

Emmanuel Gallo

James La Fleur

Jeff Kowalski

Arthur Harsuvanakit

Michelle Annett

Kendra Ann Wannamaker

Juho Kim

Valkyrie Savage

Björn Hartmann

Anne Agur

Kimberly Whinna Cottrell

Barbara Balents

Gord Kurenbach

Michael Rooke

Gerard Julian Lepinski

Michael D Ekstrand

Jessica Lo

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for searching through spatial recordings by constructing queries. One of the methods include constructing a query based on input received at a three-dimensional (3D) space displayed at a visual programming interface, wherein the input includes positioning of objects at 3D positions within the 3D space over time, wherein the input defines at least one spatial orientation between at least two objects from the objects in the 3D space; executing the query to search a database of 3D recordings to find at least one segment from at least one 3D recording that includes the at least two objects and matches the spatial orientation between the at least two objects, as defined in the input, at a specific point in time; and presenting the at least one segment from the at least one 3D recording via the visual programming interface.

Active and passive querying of spatial recordings

A workstation enables operation of a 2D input device with a 3D interface. A cursor position engine determines the 3D position of a cursor controlled by the 2D input device as the cursor moves within a 3D scene displayed on a 3D display. The cursor position engine determines the 3D position of the cursor for a current frame of the 3D scene based on a current user viewpoint, a current mouse movement, a CD gain value, a Voronoi diagram, and an interpolation algorithm, such as the Laplacian algorithm. A CD gain engine computes CD gain optimized for the 2D input device operating with the 3D interface. The CD gain engine determines the CD gain based on specifications for the 2D input device and the 3D display. The techniques performed by the cursor position engine and the techniques performed by the CD gain engine can be performed separately or in conjunction.

Integration of a two-dimensional input device into a three-dimensional computing environment

One embodiment of a computer-implemented method for executing software application commands on practice data comprises identifying a command demonstration that is stored in a database based on a current command being interacted with in a graphical user interface, wherein the command demonstration is associated with sample application data; receiving a selection of whether to execute the command demonstration on the sample application data or current application data; causing the command demonstration to be executed on either the sample application data or a copy of current application data to generate modified data; and causing the modified data to be output within the graphical user interface.

Techniques for trial-and-error learning in complex application environments

Techniques are disclosed for determining users, tasks, and levels of expertise in fabrication environments. Sensors may be placed in a fabrication environment, instrumented in tools, and/or worn on users. Given labeled features extracted from sensor data, machine learning techniques are used to train models to recognize users, tasks, and levels of expertise. The trained models may then be deployed to determine the users, tasks, and levels of expertise in a fabrication environment based on features extracted from new sensor data. In turn, actions such as displaying guidance or instructional materials, or locking a user out of using certain tools or parts of the fabrication environment, may be taken.

Techniques for tailoring fabrication environments based on user, task, and expertise

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for collaboration and view sharing between users when performing editing operations over a shared document. A first portion of a shared document is displayed to a first user in a user interface of a first instance of a collaboration application of a first user. The displayed first portion comprises a first location of the first user within the shared document. In the user interface, an indication specifying a relative locational direction from the first location towards a second location of a second user within the shared document is provided. A second portion of the shared document is being displayed to the second user through a second instance of the collaboration application during a conference call between a set of users, where the displayed second portion includes the second location of the second user within the shared document.

Navigation and view sharing system for remote collaboration

One embodiment of a computer-implemented method for analyzing human motion data includes receiving a set of motion data that indicates one or more movements of a first person within a real-world environment; generating a virtual avatar corresponding to the first person based on the set of motion data; determining a position of the virtual avatar within an extended reality (ER) scene based on the one or more movements; and displaying the virtual avatar in the ER scene according to the determined position.

Immersive analysis environment for human motion data

A command map GUI that illustrates command usage patterns of one or more entities. A server receives and stores command usage data from a plurality of users/clients, each user/client executing a software application having a set of commands. A current user/client displays, via a GUI, graphical representations of the command usage data received from the server. The server receives new command usage data from a user/client included in the one or more entities. In response, the server automatically updates command usage data for the one or more entities, pushes the updated command usage data to the current user/client, and causes the GUI to display graphical representations of the updated command usage data. Thus, the command usage data of the one or more entities is automatically updated and displayed in the GUI in real-time or near real-time as new commands are continually invoked by users in the one or more entities.

Techniques for analyzing the proficiency of users of software applications in real-time

A command map GUI that illustrates command usage patterns of a first entity and/or a comparison between the first entity and a second entity. A server receives and stores command usage data from a plurality of clients, each client executing a software application that enables a set of commands. A client displays the GUI based on command usage data received from the server. The GUI displays a circle chart comprising a plurality of segments representing various command categories, each segment including a wedge that represents the amount of usage of the corresponding command category. The GUI also displays a plurality of data points, each data point representing a command, wherein the distance from the center of the circle chart represents the amount of usage of the corresponding command. The GUI may display a certification and/or an unused command recommended for a user based on command usage patterns of the user.

Techniques for analyzing the proficiency of users of software applications

A feedback mechanism that reports software issues between users of software applications and the developers of the software applications. The feedback mechanism generates feedback logs that capture moments of user frustration at the moment a user encounters issues with using a particular software application executing on a client device. The feedback mechanism is triggered to generate a feedback log by the user via a predetermined set of user inputs. Once generated, the feedback log captures an associated importance level, a user description, and/or context information (such as application and command activity information) for the particular software application and one or more other software applications that interacted with the particular software application executing on the client device. The feedback log can also capture multimedia content such as audio, images, and videos. The feedback log is then transmitted to a server of a developer of the particular software application.

User feedback mechanism for software applications

Techniques for analyzing command usage of software applications

One embodiment of a computer-implemented method for automatically generating command recommendations for a software workflow comprises identifying a plurality of command sequences stored in a database based on a current command being interacted with in a graphical user interface; computing a score for each command sequence included in the plurality of command sequences based on one or more commands included in the command sequence and one or more commands included in a command history; determining at least one command sequence included in the plurality of command sequences to output based on the scores; and outputting the at least one command sequence for display.

A subtask assignment system for assisting groups of workers to complete a task more efficiently. The task may comprise a physical assembly task of an object. The physical assembly task comprises a plurality of subtasks that must each be completed to complete the physical assembly task. The subtask assignment system may include an assignment server connected to a plurality of user devices via a network, each user device being operated by a particular worker. The assignment server may execute an assignment engine that receives inputs describing the overall task and group of workers, generates a task model representing the task based on the inputs, populates a parameters table based on the inputs, and automatically determines subtask assignments for the group of workers based on the task model and the parameters table. The assignment server determines an optimal subtask to assign to each worker based on the parameters.

Automated distribution of subtask assignments to user devices

One embodiment of the invention disclosed herein provides a system that includes a mirror apparatus with a first surface to which a half-silvered mirror film is applied, where the mirror apparatus transmits a transmitted image from a second surface to the first surface. The system further includes a servo-controlled dimmer that adjusts a level of ambient light associated with the mirror apparatus. The system further includes a motion sensing device that tracks positions of a plurality of points associated with an object; wherein the object is situated on the half-silvered mirror film side of the mirror apparatus. The system further includes a computing device including a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by a processor included in the computing device, cause the processor to control the servo-controlled dimmer to adjust the ambient light such that both the transmitted image and a reflected image is visible on the first surface.

Reflection-based target selection on large displays with zero latency feedback

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George William Fitzmaurice