Patents Assigned to Katmai Tech Holdings LLC
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Patent number: 11290688Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within the virtual environment. The system has a presented mode that allows for a presentation stream to be texture mapped to a presenter screen situated within the virtual environment. The relative left-right sound is adjusted to provide sense of an avatar's position in a virtual space. The sound is further adjusted based on the area where the avatar is located and where the virtual camera is located. Video stream quality is adjusted based on relative position in a virtual space. Three-dimensional modeling is available inside the virtual video conferencing environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Katmai Tech Holdings LLCInventors: Gerard Cornelis Krol, Erik Stuart Braund
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Patent number: 11184362Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method, system, device, and computer program product for securing private audio in a virtual conference. For each of the users in the virtual conference, a device of the speaking user or a server determines whether a respective user is able to hear the speaking user based on whether a respective sound volume at which the respective user is able to hear the speaking user exceeds a threshold amount. The speaking user's device or the server prevents the transmission of the audio stream to devices of the users determined not to be able to hear the speaking user.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Katmai Tech Holdings LLCInventors: Gerard Cornelis Krol, Erik Stuart Braund
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Patent number: 11140361Abstract: A method is disclosed for videoconferencing in a three-dimensional virtual environment. In the method, a position and direction, a specification of an emote, and a video stream are received. The position and direction specify a location and orientation in the virtual environment and are input by a first user. The specification of the emote is also input by the first user. The video stream is captured from a camera on a device of the first user that is positioned to capture photographic images of the first user. The video stream is mapped onto a three-dimensional model of an avatar. From a perspective of a virtual camera of a second user, the virtual environment is rendering for display to the second user. The rendered environment includes the mapped three-dimensional model of the avatar located at the position and oriented at the direction and the emote attached to the video stream-mapped avatar.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Katmai Tech Holdings LLCInventors: Gerard Cornelis Krol, Erik Stuart Braund
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Patent number: 11095857Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within the virtual environment. The system has a presented mode that allows for a presentation stream to be texture mapped to a presenter screen situated within the virtual environment. The relative left-right sound is adjusted to provide sense of an avatar's position in a virtual space. The sound is further adjusted based on the area where the avatar is located and where the virtual camera is located. Video stream quality is adjusted based on relative position in a virtual space. Three-dimensional modeling is available inside the virtual video conferencing environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Katmai Tech Holdings LLCInventors: Gerard Cornelis Krol, Erik Stuart Braund
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Patent number: 11076128Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within the virtual environment. The system has a presented mode that allows for a presentation stream to be texture mapped to a presenter screen situated within the virtual environment. The relative left-right sound is adjusted to provide sense of an avatar's position in a virtual space. The sound is further adjusted based on the area where the avatar is located and where the virtual camera is located. Video stream quality is adjusted based on relative position in a virtual space. Three-dimensional modeling is available inside the virtual video conferencing environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Katmai Tech Holdings LLCInventors: Gerard Cornelis Krol, Erik Stuart Braund
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Patent number: 11070768Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within the virtual environment. The system has a presented mode that allows for a presentation stream to be texture mapped to a presenter screen situated within the virtual environment. The relative left-right sound is adjusted to provide sense of an avatar's position in a virtual space. The sound is further adjusted based on the area where the avatar is located and where the virtual camera is located. Video stream quality is adjusted based on relative position in a virtual space. Three-dimensional modeling is available inside the virtual video conferencing environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Katmai Tech Holdings LLCInventors: Gerard Cornelis Krol, Erik Stuart Braund
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Patent number: 10979672Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within the virtual environment. The system has a presented mode that allows for a presentation stream to be texture mapped to a presenter screen situated within the virtual environment. The relative left-right sound is adjusted to provide sense of an avatar's position in a virtual space. The sound is further adjusted based on the area where the avatar is located and where the virtual camera is located. Video stream quality is adjusted based on relative position in a virtual space. Three-dimensional modeling is available inside the virtual video conferencing environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Katmai Tech Holdings LLCInventors: Gerard Cornelis Krol, Erik Stuart Braund
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Patent number: 10952006Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within the virtual environment. The system has a presented mode that allows for a presentation stream to be texture mapped to a presenter screen situated within the virtual environment. The relative left-right sound is adjusted to provide sense of an avatar's position in a virtual space. The sound is further adjusted based on the area where the avatar is located and where the virtual camera is located. Video stream quality is adjusted based on relative position in a virtual space. Three-dimensional modeling is available inside the virtual video conferencing environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Katmai Tech Holdings LLCInventors: Gerard Cornelis Krol, Erik Stuart Braund