Patents by Inventor Benjamin Bagley

Benjamin Bagley 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: 12651395
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to full body or partial body tracking in a multiuser extended reality (XR) application. In one aspect, a client device that is participating in the multiuser XR application and may be configured to determine a position of a first elbow associated with an arm of an avatar in the virtual world based on at least a position associated with a wrist or hand of a user; determine whether the position of the elbow is inside a boundary associated with an opposing shoulder; adjust the position of the elbow to be outside of the boundary associated with the opposing shoulder; and render the arm of the avatar based on the position of the elbow outside of the boundary. Additional aspects include compound motion tracking and rendering of a shoulder in an XR application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: VRCHAT INC.
    Inventor: Benjamin Bagley
  • Patent number: 12429941
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to full body or partial body tracking in a multiuser extended reality (XR) application. A client device executing in the multiuser XR application may be configured to determine a plurality of zones associated with the wearer; map a first motion sensor from the at least one motion sensor to a corresponding zone, wherein the first motion sensor corresponds to a first zone; determine a first measured offset based on a distance from a position of the first motion sensor within the first zone to a fixed point within the first zone; receive first motion data of the wearer from the first motion sensor; map the first motion data to an avatar within a virtual world based on the first measured offset; and render the avatar within the virtual world based on the first motion data associated with the first zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: VRChat Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Bagley
  • Publication number: 20240329727
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to full body or partial body tracking in a multiuser extended reality (XR) application. A client device executing in the multiuser XR application may be configured to determine a plurality of zones associated with the wearer; map a first motion sensor from the at least one motion sensor to a corresponding zone, wherein the first motion sensor corresponds to a first zone; determine a first measured offset based on a distance from a position of the first motion sensor within the first zone to a fixed point within the first zone; receive first motion data of the wearer from the first motion sensor; map the first motion data to an avatar within a virtual world based on the first measured offset; and render the avatar within the virtual world based on the first motion data associated with the first zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: Benjamin Bagley
  • Publication number: 20240303893
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to full body or partial body tracking in a multiuser extended reality (XR) application. In one aspect, a client device that is participating in the multiuser XR application and may be configured to determine a position of a first elbow associated with an arm of an avatar in the virtual world based on at least a position associated with a wrist or hand of a user; determine whether the position of the elbow is inside a boundary associated with an opposing shoulder; adjust the position of the elbow to be outside of the boundary associated with the opposing shoulder; and render the arm of the avatar based on the position of the elbow outside of the boundary. Additional aspects include compound motion tracking and rendering of a shoulder in an XR application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventor: Benjamin Bagley
  • Patent number: 12019793
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to shoulder positioning with body tracking in a multiuser virtual reality (VR) application. In one aspect, a client device that is participating in the multiuser VR application and may be configured to: determine a shoulder position based on a height of a user, wherein the shoulder position is mapped to an avatar in a virtual world; receive sensor data from an arm motion sensor attached to the user, wherein the sensor data identifies motion of an arm of the user; determine a movement vector of the shoulder position of the user using the sensor data; determine a shoulder avatar movement vector for a shoulder of the avatar from the movement vector; and render the avatar with the shoulder positioned based on the shoulder avatar movement vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: VRChat Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Bagley
  • Publication number: 20240168541
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to shoulder positioning with body tracking in a multiuser virtual reality (VR) application. In one aspect, a client device that is participating in the multiuser VR application and may be configured to: determine a shoulder position based on a height of a user, wherein the shoulder position is mapped to an avatar in a virtual world; receive sensor data from an arm motion sensor attached to the user, wherein the sensor data identifies motion of an arm of the user; determine a movement vector of the shoulder position of the user using the sensor data; determine a shoulder avatar movement vector for a shoulder of the avatar from the movement vector; and render the avatar with the shoulder positioned based on the shoulder avatar movement vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Benjamin Bagley
  • Publication number: 20240148536
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to shoulder positioning with full body tracking a multiuser virtual reality (VR) application. In one aspect, a client device that is participating in the multiuser VR application and may be configured to: receive sensor data from an arm motion sensor attached to a wearer; determine a first shoulder position of a shoulder of an avatar based on the sensor data; determine a shoulder inversion factor based on the first shoulder position; if the shoulder inversion factor exceeds a threshold, determine a second shoulder position based on the shoulder inversion factor; determine a third shoulder position based on the shoulder inversion factor; and render the avatar with the shoulder located at the third shoulder position. The determination of the third shoulder position may comprise blending the first shoulder position and the second shoulder position based on the shoulder inversion factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Benjamin Bagley