Patents by Inventor Matthias Buhlmann

Matthias Buhlmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10620720
    Abstract: A technique may include determining a cumulative movement of an input controller in a physical environment, determining a scaling factor based on the cumulative movement of the input controller in the physical environment, determining a current movement of the input controller in the physical environment for a time period, and registering, in a virtual environment, only a portion of the current movement of the input controller based on the scaling factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Per Karlsson, Matthew Seegmiller, Adam Glazier, Evan Hardesty Parker, Matthias Buhlmann, Dominik Philemon Kaeser
  • Patent number: 10359863
    Abstract: In a system for moving, or dragging, a virtual reality environment, a user wearing a head mounted display (HMD) device may be at a first physical position in a physical space, corresponding to a first virtual position in the virtual environment. The user may select a second virtual position in the virtual environment by, for example, manipulation of a handheld electronic device operably coupled to the HMD. The system may construct a three dimensional complex proxy surface based on the first and second virtual positions, and may move the virtual elements of the virtual environment along the proxy surface. This movement of the virtual environment may be perceived by the user as a move from the first virtual position to the second virtual position, although the user may remain at the first physical position within the physical space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Seegmiller, Adam Glazier, Dominik Philemon Kaeser, Per Karlsson, Evan Hardesty Parker, Chun-Po Wang, Matthias Buhlmann
  • Patent number: 10083539
    Abstract: In a control system for navigating in a virtual reality environment, a user may select a virtual feature in the virtual environment, and set an anchor point on the selected feature. The user may then move, or adjust position, relative to the feature, and/or move and/or scale the feature in the virtual environment, maintaining the portions of the feature at the set anchor point within the user's field of view of the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Buhlmann, Dominik Philemon Kaeser, Chun-Po Wang, Matthew Seegmiller, Evan Hardesty Parker
  • Publication number: 20180136743
    Abstract: In a system for moving, or dragging, a virtual reality environment, a user wearing a head mounted display (HMD) device may be at a first physical position in a physical space, corresponding to a first virtual position in the virtual environment. The user may select a second virtual position in the virtual environment by, for example, manipulation of a handheld electronic device operably coupled to the HMD. The system may construct a three dimensional complex proxy surface based on the first and second virtual positions, and may move the virtual elements of the virtual environment along the proxy surface. This movement of the virtual environment may be perceived by the user as a move from the first virtual position to the second virtual position, although the user may remain at the first physical position within the physical space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Seegmiller, Adam Glazier, Dominik Philemon Kaeser, Per Karlsson, Evan Hardesty Parker, Chun-Po Wang, Matthias Buhlmann
  • Publication number: 20180136744
    Abstract: A technique may include determining a cumulative movement of an input controller in a physical environment, determining a scaling factor based on the cumulative movement of the input controller in the physical environment, determining a current movement of the input controller in the physical environment for a time period, and registering, in a virtual environment, only a portion of the current movement of the input controller based on the scaling factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Per Karlsson, Matthew Seegmiller, Adam Glazier, Evan Hardesty Parker, Matthias Buhlmann, Dominik Philemon Kaeser
  • Publication number: 20170228921
    Abstract: In a control system for navigating in a virtual reality environment, a user may select a virtual feature in the virtual environment, and set an anchor point on the selected feature. The user may then move, or adjust position, relative to the feature, and/or move and/or scale the feature in the virtual environment, maintaining the portions of the feature at the set anchor point within the user's field of view of the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Matthias Buhlmann, Dominik Philemon Kaeser, Chun-Po Wang, Matthew Seegmiller, Evan Hardesty Parker