Patents by Inventor Benjamin John Drakes

Benjamin John Drakes 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: 20240005609
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating a walkable 360-degree video or virtual reality (VR) environment. 360-degree video data is obtained for a real-world environment and comprises a plurality of chronologically ordered frames captured by traversing a first path through the real-world environment. One or more processing operations are applied to generate a processed 360-degree video, which can be displayed to a user of an omnidirectional treadmill. Locomotion information is received from one or more sensors of the omnidirectional treadmill, wherein the locomotion information is generated based on a physical movement on or within the omnidirectional treadmill. Using the received locomotion information, one or more playback commands for controlling playback of the processed 360-degree video are generated. One or more selected frames of the processed 360-degree video are rendered for presentation and display to the user, based on the one or more playback commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Virtuix Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jan GOETGELUK, Benjamin John DRAKES
  • Patent number: 11823334
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating a walkable 360-degree video or virtual reality (VR) environment. 360-degree video data is obtained for a real-world environment and comprises a plurality of chronologically ordered frames captured by traversing a first path through the real-world environment. One or more processing operations are applied to generate a processed 360-degree video, which can be displayed to a user of an omnidirectional treadmill. Locomotion information is received from one or more sensors of the omnidirectional treadmill, wherein the locomotion information is generated based on a physical movement on or within the omnidirectional treadmill. Using the received locomotion information, one or more playback commands for controlling playback of the processed 360-degree video are generated. One or more selected frames of the processed 360-degree video are rendered for presentation and display to the user, based on the one or more playback commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Virtuix Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Goetgeluk, Benjamin John Drakes
  • Publication number: 20230154112
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating a walkable 360-degree video or virtual reality (VR) environment. 360-degree video data is obtained for a real-world environment and comprises a plurality of chronologically ordered frames captured by traversing a first path through the real-world environment. One or more processing operations are applied to generate a processed 360-degree video, which can be displayed to a user of an omnidirectional treadmill. Locomotion information is received from one or more sensors of the omnidirectional treadmill, wherein the locomotion information is generated based on a physical movement on or within the omnidirectional treadmill. Using the received locomotion information, one or more playback commands for controlling playback of the processed 360-degree video are generated. One or more selected frames of the processed 360-degree video are rendered for presentation and display to the user, based on the one or more playback commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Virtuix Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jan GOETGELUK, Benjamin John DRAKES
  • Patent number: 11557094
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating a walkable 360-degree video or virtual reality (VR) environment. 360-degree video data is obtained for a real-world environment and comprises a plurality of chronologically ordered frames captured by traversing a first path through the real-world environment. One or more processing operations are applied to generate a processed 360-degree video, which can be displayed to a user of an omnidirectional treadmill. Locomotion information is received from one or more sensors of the omnidirectional treadmill, wherein the locomotion information is generated based on a physical movement on or within the omnidirectional treadmill. Using the received locomotion information, one or more playback commands for controlling playback of the processed 360-degree video are generated. One or more selected frames of the processed 360-degree video are rendered for presentation and display to the user, based on the one or more playback commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Virtuix Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Goetgeluk, Benjamin John Drakes
  • Publication number: 20210366193
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating a walkable 360-degree video or virtual reality (VR) environment. 360-degree video data is obtained for a real-world environment and comprises a plurality of chronologically ordered frames captured by traversing a first path through the real-world environment. One or more processing operations are applied to generate a processed 360-degree video, which can be displayed to a user of an omnidirectional treadmill. Locomotion information is received from one or more sensors of the omnidirectional treadmill, wherein the locomotion information is generated based on a physical movement on or within the omnidirectional treadmill. Using the received locomotion information, one or more playback commands for controlling playback of the processed 360-degree video are generated. One or more selected frames of the processed 360-degree video are rendered for presentation and display to the user, based on the one or more playback commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Virtuix Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Goetgeluk, Benjamin John Drakes
  • Patent number: D863737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Virtuix Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Goetgeluk, Ronald Kurt Bender, James Douglas Shuffield, Benjamin John Drakes
  • Patent number: D863738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Virtuix Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Goetgeluk, Ronald Kurt Bender, James Douglas Shuffield, Benjamin John Drakes
  • Patent number: D879417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Virtuix Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Goetgeluk, Ronald Kurt Bender, James Douglas Shuffield, Benjamin John Drakes
  • Patent number: D887684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Virtuix Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Goetgeluk, Ronald Kurt Bender, James Douglas Shuffield, Benjamin John Drakes
  • Patent number: D878012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Virtuix Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Goetgeluk, Ronald Kurt Bender, James Douglas Shuffield, Benjamin John Drakes