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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Sang Choe, Redmond, WA (US);
Sathyanarayanan Karivaradaswamy, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mei Wilson, Redmond, WA (US);
Fabin Shen, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yin Li, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Technology related to virtualizing sensors is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method can be used to allocate resources of a computing system. The method can include enumerating hardware sensors and software modules that are capable of interacting with one another. A topology can be negotiated that is compatible with capabilities of the enumerated hardware sensors and software modules. A first request can be received from a first requestor to configure at least one of the enumerated hardware sensors and software modules. The at least one of the enumerated hardware sensors and software modules can be configured in response to the received first request.