Joseph N Wheeler

US Patent:

20170083696, Mar 23, 2017

Filed:

Dec 2, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/368364

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Emily M. Yang - Seattle WA, US
Joseph Wheeler - Sammamish WA, US
Sergio Paolantonio - Seattle WA, US
Xiaoji Chen - Seattle WA, US
Eric C. Sanderson - Redmond WA, US
Calvin Kent Carter - Seattle WA, US
Christian Klein - Duvall WA, US
Mark D. Schwesinger - Bellevue WA, US
Rita A. Yu - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 21/32
G06K 9/00

Abstract:

Aspects of the subject disclosure are directed towards providing feedback to users of multi-user system that has biometric recognition capabilities, so that a user knows whether the system has correctly associated the user with his or her identity. The feedback may include a display of a current camera view, along with visible identity information that is associated with each user in the view. The feedback may include per-user icons (e.g., tiles, thumbnail images and so on) by which a user visually confirms that he or she is correctly recognized. Any misrecognition may be detected via the feedback and corrected. Feedback may convey other information, such as the current interaction state/capabilities of a user.

US Patent:

20150135308, May 14, 2015

Filed:

May 16, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/279819

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Emily M. Yang - Seattle WA, US
Joseph Wheeler - Sammamish WA, US
Sergio Paolantonio - Seattle WA, US
Xiaoji Chen - Seattle WA, US
Eric C. Sanderson - Redmond WA, US
Calvin Kent Carter - Seattle WA, US
Christian Klein - Duvall WA, US
Mark D. Schwesinger - Bellevue WA, US
Rita A. Yu - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 21/32

US Classification:

726 19

Abstract:

Aspects of the subject disclosure are directed towards providing feedback to users of multi-user system that has biometric recognition capabilities, so that a user knows whether the system has correctly associated the user with his or her identity. The feedback may include a display of a current camera view, along with visible identity information that is associated with each user in the view. The feedback may include per-user icons (e.g., tiles, thumbnail images and so on) by which a user visually confirms that he or she is correctly recognized. Any misrecognition may be detected via the feedback and corrected. Feedback may convey other information, such as the current interaction state/capabilities of a user.

US Patent:

20150039317, Feb 5, 2015

Filed:

Jul 31, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/956145

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Dennis Mooney, II - Bellevue WA, US
Thomas Soemo - Redmond WA, US
Leo Soong - Kirkland WA, US
Joseph Wheeler - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G10L 15/22

US Classification:

704275

Abstract:

A speech recognition system interprets both spoken system commands as well as application commands. Users may speak commands to an open microphone of a computing device that may be interpreted by at least two speech recognizers operating simultaneously. The first speech recognizer interprets operating system commands and the second speech recognizer interprets application commands. The system commands may include at least opening and closing an application and the application commands may include at least a game command or navigation within a menu. A reserve word may be used to identify whether the command is for the operation system or application. A user's cadence may also indicate whether the speech is a global command or application command. A speech recognizer may include a natural language software component located in a remote computing device, such as in the so-called cloud.