US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Sept. 23 for "Techniques for 3-D scene decomposition, interoperability and cross-device compatibility for mixed reality experiences" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,937, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Techniques for 3-D scene decomposition, interoperability and cross-device compatibility for mixed reality experiences" was invented by Matthew C. Crisler (Redmond, Wash.) and Yaying Zhang (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Interactive methods and systems for converting three-dimensional (3-D) mixed-reality experiences into two-dimensional (2-D) representations are disclosed. A system comprises a 3-D-to-2-D decomposition engine that analyzes a data model of a 3-D environment to ascertain the positions, orientations, and activiti...