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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Joe Thompson, Seattle, WA (US);

Dan Osborn, Woodinville, WA (US);

Tarek Hefny, Redmond, WA (US);

Stephen G. Latta, Seattle, WA (US);

Forest Woodcroft Gouin, Seattle, WA (US);

James Nakashima, Kirkland, WA (US);

Megan Saunders, Kirkland, WA (US);

Anatolie Gavriliuc, Kirkland, WA (US);

Alberto E. Cerriteno, Bothell, WA (US);

Shawn Crispin Wright, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06T 11/203 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0174 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2012 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating a computing device is described herein. The method includes determining a user's gaze direction based on a gaze input, determining an intersection between the user's gaze direction and an identified environmental surface in a 3-dimensional environment, and generating a drawing surface based on the intersection within a user interface on a display.


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