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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Adam Gabriel Poulos, Sammamish, WA (US);
Cameron Graeme Brown, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrew Austin Jackson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Cheyne Rory Quin Mathey-Owens, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Robert Thomas, Redmond, WA (US);
Arthur Tomlin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Motion and/or rotation of an input mechanism can be tracked and/or analyzed to determine limits on a user's range of motion and/or a user's range of rotation in three-dimensional space. The user's range of motion and/or the user's range of rotation in three-dimensional space may be limited by a personal restriction for the user (e.g., a broken arm). The user's range of motion and/or the user's range of rotation in three-dimensional space may additionally or alternatively be limited by an environmental restriction (e.g., a physical object in a room). Accordingly, the techniques described herein can take steps to accommodate the personal restriction and/or the environmental restriction thereby optimizing user interactions involving the input mechanism and a virtual object.