Patents by Inventor Aaron Fritz

Aaron Fritz 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).

  • Sports simulation system
    Patent number: 11103783
    Abstract: A sports simulation system comprises a projectile tracking apparatus configured to detect a projectile traveling through a projectile tracking region towards a display surface, a controller comprising one or more actuatable buttons, each actuatable button configured to communicate one or more control signals in response to actuation thereof, and at least one processing stage configured to receive data from the projectile tracking apparatus and determine three-dimensional positions, velocity and acceleration of a detected launched projectile traveling through said projectile tracking region, the three-dimensional positions, velocity and acceleration used by said at least one processing stage to calculate a trajectory of said launched projectile into a three-dimensional sports scene, receive one or more control signals from the controller and determine one or more control commands of one or more animated objects based on the one or more control signals, and use said calculated trajectory and said one or more co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: INTERACTIVE SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Dawe, Silviu Druma, Aaron Fritz, Zuqiang Zhao, Yijun Tang
  • SPORTS SIMULATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180318715
    Abstract: A sports simulation system comprises a projectile tracking apparatus configured to detect a projectile traveling through a projectile tracking region towards a display surface, a controller comprising one or more actuatable buttons, each actuatable button configured to communicate one or more control signals in response to actuation thereof, and at least one processing stage configured to receive data from the projectile tracking apparatus and determine three-dimensional positions, velocity and acceleration of a detected launched projectile traveling through said projectile tracking region, the three-dimensional positions, velocity and acceleration used by said at least one processing stage to calculate a trajectory of said launched projectile into a three-dimensional sports scene, receive one or more control signals from the controller and determine one or more control commands of one or more animated objects based on the one or more control signals, and use said calculated trajectory and said one or more co
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Wayne Dawe, Silviu Druma, Aaron Fritz, Zuqiang Zhao, Yijun Tang