Microsoft had ten patents in robotics during Q1 2024. Microsoft Corp’s patents filed in Q1 2024 focus on technologies for transmitting map data to display shared holograms in a physical environment, as well as determining minimal controllable latent states and operating models based on sensor observations and actions performed by agents. GlobalData’s report on Microsoft gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Microsoft had no grants in robotics as a theme in Q1 2024.
Recent Patents
Application: Sharing neighboring map data across devices (Patent ID: US20240094975A1)
The patent filed by Microsoft describes a computing device and method for transmitting a relevant subset of map data, called a neighborhood, to enable multiple display devices to show a shared hologram in the same physical location at the same time. The computing device includes a processor, memory, and an anchor transfer program. The claims detail the server computing device's ability to receive and transmit neighboring map data to autonomous vehicles, incorporate this data into local maps, align movements between vehicles, and create a virtual model with instructed and prohibited movement spaces. The method involves receiving transfer requests, stitching together pose graphs, determining vehicle poses, and incorporating feature matching data to align movements in a shared coordinate space.
The patent also covers the transmission of neighboring map data in serialized format, the world-locked positions of virtual locations, the use of keyframes and pose graphs to describe vehicle motion, and the incorporation of sensor measurements from visual and inertial sensors. Additionally, the claims outline the generation of virtual place-located anchors at target virtual locations, the creation of integrated map data with feature matching data, and the alignment of movements between autonomous vehicles based on this data. Overall, the patent focuses on enabling mutual spatial understanding between multiple display devices around a target virtual location to display a shared hologram in the same physical environment at the same moment in time.
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