Inventor · San Mateo, CA, US

Xiaodong Mao

48Patents
12h-index
15Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 30, 2000 → May 23, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8825482B2 Audio, video, simulation, and user interface paradigms Physics 36 Active
US6765574B1 Methods of hierarchical static scene simplification and polygon budgeting for 3D models Physics 34 Expired
US8797260B2 Inertially trackable hand-held controller Human Necessities 33 Active
US8419541B2 Smart shell to a game controller Human Necessities 29 Active
US8160265B2 Method and apparatus for enhancing the generation of three-dimensional sound in headphone devices Electricity 22 Active
US8348760B2 Systems and methods for determining controller functionality based on position, orientation or motion Human Necessities 20 Active
US9818225B2 Synchronizing multiple head-mounted displays to a unified space and correlating movement of objects in the unified space Physics 19 Active
US8686939B2 System, method, and apparatus for three-dimensional input control Human Necessities 15 Active
US10173129B2 Methods for rendering interactive content to a head mounted display Physics 15 Active
US9630098B2 Head mounted display Physics 14 Active
US9908048B2 Systems and methods for transitioning between transparent mode and non-transparent mode in a head mounted display Human Necessities 13 Active
US8947347B2 Controlling actions in a video game unit Electricity 12 Active
US9405363B2 Audio, video, simulation, and user interface paradigms Physics 12 Active
US7376897B1 Method, apparatus, and system for determining information representations and modalities based on user preferences and resource consumption Physics 12 Expired
US7533014B2 Method and system for concurrent use of two or more closely coupled communication recognition modalities Physics 9 Expired
US8228255B2 Printed circuit board (PCB) antenna assembly with radio frequency (RF) shroud Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US9990774B2 Sensory stimulus management in head mounted display Physics 8 Active
US10296086B2 Dynamic gloves to convey sense of touch and movement for virtual objects in HMD rendered environments Physics 8 Active
US10086282B2 Tracking device for use in obtaining information for controlling game program execution Physics 7 Expired
US10220302B2 Method and apparatus for tracking three-dimensional movements of an object using a depth sensing camera Physics 5 Active
US9682320B2 Inertially trackable hand-held controller Human Necessities 3 Active
US8327048B2 Using USB suspend/resume to communicate information through a USB device Physics 2 Active
US10010792B2 Head mounted displays (HMDs) with front facing cameras for transitioning between non-transparent modes to transparent modes Human Necessities 2 Active
US8830329B2 3-D glasses with camera based head tracking Electricity 2 Active
US10376785B2 Audio, video, simulation, and user interface paradigms Physics 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.