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Tom Salter — 18 Patents

Microsoft: 17 patents #2,212 of 40,388Top 6%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Tom Salter has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in March 2021. Tom Salter ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Tom Salter in Farnham, WA, GB.

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Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10955665 Concurrent optimal viewing of virtual objects Ben Sugden, Daniel Deptford, Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Brian E. Keane, Laura K. Massey +3 more 2021-03-23 $162,800,000
10955914 Gaze-based object placement within a virtual reality environment Aaron M. Burns, Ben Sugden, Laura K. Massey 2021-03-23 $162,800,000
10649212 Ground plane adjustment in a virtual reality environment Aaron M. Burns, Ben Sugden, Laura K. Massey, Alexandre Da Veiga, Greg Alt 2020-05-12 $80,014,000
10451875 Smart transparency for virtual objects Jeff Sutherland, Ben Sugden 2019-10-22 $47,074,000
10416760 Gaze-based object placement within a virtual reality environment Aaron M. Burns, Ben Sugden, Laura K. Massey 2019-09-17 $66,894,000
10175483 Hybrid world/body locked HUD on an HMD Ben Sugden, Daniel Deptford, Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Brian E. Keane, Laura K. Massey +3 more 2019-01-08 $55,256,000
10139623 Virtual object orientation and visualization Brian E. Keane, Ben Sugden, Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Daniel Deptford, Laura K. Massey +3 more 2018-11-27 $63,003,000
9904055 Smart placement of virtual objects to stay in the field of view of a head mounted display Aaron M. Burns, Ben Sugden 2018-02-27 $69,890,000
9865089 Virtual reality environment with real world objects Aaron M. Burns, Ben Sugden, Jeff Sutherland 2018-01-09 $35,614,000
9766460 Ground plane adjustment in a virtual reality environment Aaron M. Burns, Ben Sugden, Laura K. Massey, Alexandre Da Veiga, Greg Alt 2017-09-19 $23,823,000
9645397 Use of surface reconstruction data to identify real world floor Alexandre Da Veiga, Ben Sugden 2017-05-09 $28,083,000
9524436 Augmented reality camera registration Ben Sugden, Ben Woodhouse 2016-12-20 $47,770,000
9329682 Multi-step virtual object selection Brian E. Keane, Ben Sugden, Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Daniel Deptford, Laura K. Massey +3 more 2016-05-03 $30,562,000
9235051 Multi-space connected virtual data objects Ben Sugden, Daniel Deptford, Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Brian E. Keane, Laura K. Massey +3 more 2016-01-12 $67,891,000
9230368 Hologram anchoring and dynamic positioning Brian E. Keane, Ben Sugden, Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Daniel Deptford, Laura K. Massey +3 more 2016-01-05 $38,756,000
9116666 Gesture based region identification for holograms Alex Aben-Athar Kipman, Ben Sugden, Robert L. Crocco, Jr., Brian E. Keane, Christopher E. Miles +3 more 2015-08-25 $40,227,000
8976168 Mesh generation from depth images Ben Woodhouse, Ben Sugden 2015-03-10 $31,260,000
4948296 Swimming pool construction 1990-08-14