Patents by Inventor Andrew Brian Raij

Andrew Brian Raij 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).

  • Publication number: 20240036335
    Abstract: An augmented reality, virtual reality, and/or mixed reality (AR/VR) system includes a wearable visualization assembly configured to be worn by a user and to display virtual features for visualization by the user during a ride stage of an attraction. The wearable visualization assembly includes a sensor configured to provide feedback indicative of an attachment status of the wearable visualization assembly on the user. The AR/VR system also includes a retraction assembly coupled to the wearable visualization assembly via a tether and configured to retrieve the tether. The AR/VR system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the retraction assembly and the sensor. The controller is configured to actuate the retraction assembly to retrieve the tether to transition the wearable visualization assembly to a storage configuration in response to the feedback indicating that the wearable visualization assembly is in a detached configuration during the ride stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Brian Raij, David Gerard Majdali
  • Patent number: 11803063
    Abstract: An augmented reality, virtual reality, and/or mixed reality (AR/VR) system includes a wearable visualization assembly configured to be worn by a user and to display virtual features for visualization by the user during a ride stage of an attraction. The wearable visualization assembly includes a sensor configured to provide feedback indicative of an attachment status of the wearable visualization assembly on the user. The AR/VR system also includes a retraction assembly coupled to the wearable visualization assembly via a tether and configured to retrieve the tether. The AR/VR system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the retraction assembly and the sensor. The controller is configured to actuate the retraction assembly to retrieve the tether to transition the wearable visualization assembly to a storage configuration in response to the feedback indicating that the wearable visualization assembly is in a detached configuration during the ride stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Brian Raij, David Gerard Majdali
  • Publication number: 20230071354
    Abstract: An interface device for a wearable visualization device includes a head strap assembly configured to couple to a head of a user to secure the interface device to the head. The interface device also includes an interface frame coupled to the head strap assembly and a magnet supported on the interface frame. The magnet enables the interface device to removably couple to the wearable visualization device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Evan Goodner, Christopher Wai Yin Chung, Andrew Brian Raij, Gregory Addison Hill, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220057639
    Abstract: An augmented reality, virtual reality, and/or mixed reality (AR/VR) system includes a wearable visualization assembly configured to be worn by a user and to display virtual features for visualization by the user during a ride stage of an attraction. The wearable visualization assembly includes a sensor configured to provide feedback indicative of an attachment status of the wearable visualization assembly on the user. The AR/VR system also includes a retraction assembly coupled to the wearable visualization assembly via a tether and configured to retrieve the tether. The AR/VR system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the retraction assembly and the sensor. The controller is configured to actuate the retraction assembly to retrieve the tether to transition the wearable visualization assembly to a storage configuration in response to the feedback indicating that the wearable visualization assembly is in a detached configuration during the ride stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Brian Raij, David Gerard Majdali
  • Publication number: 20220026723
    Abstract: An augmented reality, virtual reality, and/or mixed reality (AR/VR) system includes an interface device configured to be worn by a user. The interface device includes a frame supporting a reaction material. The AR/VR system also includes a visualization device configured to display virtual features for visualization by the user. The visualization device includes an electromagnet configured to magnetically couple to the reaction material. The AR/VR system further includes a controller electrically coupled to the electromagnet and configured to adjust operation of the electromagnet to modulate a magnetic coupling force between the electromagnet and the reaction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Brian Raij
  • Patent number: 11200655
    Abstract: A wearable visualization system that includes a wearable visualization device. The wearable visualization device includes a housing. A display couples to the housing that displays an image for a user. A camera couples to the housing and captures the image. A computer system receives the image from the camera and compares the image to a master image to determine if the image matches the master image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Brian Raij, Justin Allen Hare, Gregory Addison Hill, Jr., Patrick John Goergen, Tomas Manuel Trujillo, Martin Evan Graham
  • Publication number: 20210268392
    Abstract: An attraction system includes a fluid source configured to emit a fluid stream with a geometry that facilitates internal reflection, a transmitter configured to transmit a signal through the fluid stream such that the signal is enclosed in the fluid stream via internal reflection and the signal comprises a parameter, a sensor configured to receive the signal via the fluid stream and provide data indicative of the parameter, and a control system communicatively coupled to the sensor. The control system includes a processor and a memory, and the memory includes instructions that cause the processor to receive the data indicative of the parameter from the sensor, and operate the attraction system based on the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Chandler Jeromin, Akiva Meir Krauthamer, Elam Kevin Hertzler, Andrew Brian Raij, Victor Alexander Lugo
  • Patent number: 11103798
    Abstract: An attraction system includes a fluid source configured to emit a fluid stream with a geometry that facilitates internal reflection, a transmitter configured to transmit a signal through the fluid stream such that the signal is enclosed in the fluid stream via internal reflection and the signal comprises a parameter, a sensor configured to receive the signal via the fluid stream and provide data indicative of the parameter, and a control system communicatively coupled to the sensor. The control system includes a processor and a memory, and the memory includes instructions that cause the processor to receive the data indicative of the parameter from the sensor, and operate the attraction system based on the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Chandler Jeromin, Akiva Meir Krauthamer, Elam Kevin Hertzler, Andrew Brian Raij, Victor Alexander Lugo
  • Publication number: 20210216099
    Abstract: An interface device for a wearable visualization device includes a head strap assembly configured to couple to a head of a user to secure the interface device to the head. The interface device also includes an interface frame coupled to the head strap assembly and a magnet supported on the interface frame. The magnet enables the interface device to removably couple to the wearable visualization device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Evan Goodner, Christopher Wai Yin Chung, Andrew Brian Raij, Gregory Addison Hill, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200226738
    Abstract: A wearable visualization system that includes a wearable visualization device. The wearable visualization device includes a housing. A display couples to the housing that displays an image for a user. A camera couples to the housing and captures the image. A computer system receives the image from the camera and compares the image to a master image to determine if the image matches the master image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Brian Raij, Justin Allen Hare, Gregory Addison Hill, JR., Patrick John Goergen, Tomas Manuel Trujillo, Martin Evan Graham
  • Patent number: 10643487
    Abstract: A system for providing interaction between a virtual human and a user, the system comprising: a tangible interface providing a physical interface between the user and the virtual human, an imaging system directed towards the physical interface to provide images of the user interacting with the tangible interface; a tracking system tracking at least one position or the user; a microphone capturing speech from the user; a simulation system receiving inputs from the tangible interface, the imaging system, the tracking system and the microphone, the simulation system generating output signals corresponding to the virtual human; and a display presenting the output signals to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: August University Research Institute, Inc., University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Benjamin Chak Lum Lok, David Scott Lind, Juan Carlos Cendan, Andrew Brian Raij, Brent H. Rossen, Aaron Andrew Kotranza, Kyle John Johnsen
  • Publication number: 20180322800
    Abstract: A system for providing interaction between a virtual human and a user, the system comprising: a tangible interface providing a physical interface between the user and the virtual human, an imaging system directed towards the physical interface to provide images of the user interacting with the tangible interface; a tracking system tracking at least one position or the user; a microphone capturing speech from the user; a simulation system receiving inputs from the tangible interface, the imaging system, the tracking system and the microphone, the simulation system generating output signals corresponding to the virtual human; and a display presenting the output signals to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicants: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Augusta University Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Chak Lum Lok, David Scott Lind, Juan Carlos Cendan, Andrew Brian Raij, Brent H. Rossen, Aaron Andrew Kotranza, Kyle John Johnsen
  • Patent number: 9978288
    Abstract: A system for providing interaction between a virtual human and a user, the system comprising: a tangible interface providing a physical interface between the user and the virtual human, an imaging system directed towards the physical interface to provide images of the user interacting with the tangible interface; a tracking system tracking at least one position or the user; a microphone capturing speech from the user; a simulation system receiving inputs from the tangible interface, the imaging system, the tracking system and the microphone, the simulation system generating output signals corresponding to the virtual human; and a display presenting the output signals to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Augusta University Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Chak Lum Lok, David Scott Lind, Juan Carlos Cendan, Andrew Brian Raij, Brent H. Rossen, Aaron Andrew Kotranza, Kyle John Johnsen
  • Publication number: 20120139828
    Abstract: A system for providing interaction between a virtual human and a user, the system comprising: a tangible interface providing a physical interface between the user and the virtual human, an imaging system directed towards the physical interface to provide images of the user interacting with the tangible interface; a tracking system tracking at least one position or the user; a microphone capturing speech from the user; a simulation system receiving inputs from the tangible interface, the imaging system, the tracking system and the microphone, the simulation system generating output signals corresponding to the virtual human; and a display presenting the output signals to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: GEORGIA HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Chak Lum Lok, David Scott Lind, Juan Carlos Cendan, Andrew Brian Raij, Brent H. Rossen, Aaron Andrew Kotranza, Kyle John Johnsen