Sharing neighboring map data across devices

US11360731B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ethan Eade · Pittsburgh, US
• Jeroen Vanturennout · Snohomish, US
• Jonathan Lyons · Kirkland, US
• David Fields · Kirkland, US
• Gavin Dean Lazarow · Redmond, US
• Tushar Cyril Bhatnagar · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S901/01
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A computing device and method are provided for transmitting a relevant subset of map data, called a neighborhood, to enable mutual spatial understanding by multiple display devices around a target virtual location to display a shared hologram in the same exact location in the physical environment at the same moment in time. The computing device may comprise a processor, a memory operatively coupled to the processor, and an anchor transfer program stored in the memory and executed by the processor.