Patents by Inventor Bergen E. Fessenmaier

Bergen E. Fessenmaier 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).

  • Mixed reality remote control toy and methods therfor
    Patent number: 8882559
    Abstract: A tablet computer using motion sensors controls a remote controlled toy. A camera of the tablet computer acquires an image of the toy and the environment in which the toy is played with. The tablet computer then substitutes the image of the environment with a virtual environment, wherein the virtual environment is continuously adjusted using a parameter of the environment. For example, where the environment is a room with a wall and a doorway, the virtual environment may be a battlefield having a forest in place of the wall and a road through the forest in place of the doorway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventor: Bergen E. Fessenmaier
  • Mixed reality remote control toy and methods therfor
    Publication number: 20140057527
    Abstract: A tablet computer using motion sensors controls a remote controlled toy. A camera of the tablet computer acquires an image of the toy and the environment in which the toy is played with. The tablet computer then substitutes the image of the environment with a virtual environment, wherein the virtual environment is continuously adjusted using a parameter of the environment. For example, where the environment is a room with a wall and a doorway, the virtual environment may be a battlefield having a forest in place of the wall and a road through the forest in place of the doorway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventor: Bergen E. Fessenmaier