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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
May. 30, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Thomas Faulkner, Seattle, WA (US);
Sandhya Rajendra Rao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kathleen Patricia Mulcahy, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy David Kviz, Seattle, WA (US);
Bogdan Berg, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An improved human-computer interface for placing and sizing virtual objects in a three-dimensional ('3D') representation of a real-world environment is disclosed herein. The disclosed HCI can determine a location, size, and orientation of virtual objects in a 3D representation of a real-world environment based on simplified user gestures. In some embodiments, based on the timing and direction of an input gesture, a computing device can utilize (1) an automated mode that determines a position and orientation of a virtual object or utilize (2) a manual mode that determines position, orientation, and size of the virtual object. A computing device capable of 3D spatial mapping generates mesh data defining a 3D representation of a real-world environment and images of the real-world environment. The size of the virtual object can be based on a computed depth of real-world objects related to the virtual object.