David H Mccoy

US Patent:

6999093, Feb 14, 2006

Filed:

Jan 8, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/338940

Inventors:

Mikey S. Wetzel - Redmond WA, US
David Scott McCoy - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 17/00
G09G 5/00
H04N 9/66
H04N 9/65
H04N 9/74

US Classification:

345581, 345428, 345582, 345586, 345589, 345630, 345633, 348586, 348638, 348642

Abstract:

A background (sky box) in a video game or other virtual reality environment dynamically changes as a function of a parameter, producing a more realistic display. Luminance-only texture and color texture data are employed to create the background. The color texture data are provided as a lookup table in which one axis of the lookup table corresponds to time or another variable, and the other axis indicates the colors of pixels in the display as a function of the altitude or azimuth of the pixels. The luminance-only texture data are thus modulated by the chrominance values from the color texture data for pixels in the background. Optionally, one of a plurality of two-dimensional color textures can be selected as a function of the variable and applied to the luminance-only texture data.

US Patent:

7423645, Sep 9, 2008

Filed:

Jun 1, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/141027

Inventors:

Michael Alan Dougherty - Issaquah WA, US
David Scott McCoy - Bellevue WA, US
Michael Sean Mounier - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 15/50
G06T 15/60
G06T 15/00

US Classification:

345426, 345419

Abstract:

A graphics rendering system and method is disclosed, in which color values for certain pixels appearing on the screen may be adjusted to create a blurring effect. A pixel-by-pixel comparison may be used to compare differences in depth, as noted in a depth buffer, and if pixel depths are sufficiently close, the pixel's color may be softened to take into account color values of neighboring pixels.

US Patent:

20190287217, Sep 19, 2019

Filed:

Mar 27, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/936782

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
David Scott McCOY - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

G06T 3/40
H04B 1/66

Abstract:

A decoder network is trained to regenerate content based upon latent vectors associated with the content. The trained decoder network is pre-deployed to a device. The device can make a request to a second device for the content. Responsive to receiving such a request, the decoder network is utilized to create a first version of the original content using the latent vectors for the content. A delta, or residual, can also be computed between the first version of the content and the original content. The latent vectors and delta are transmitted to the device. The decoder network on the device utilizes the latent vectors to generate another first version of the original content. The delta is applied to the first version of the original content to generate a second version of the original content having a higher quality than the version of the original content generated by the decoder network.