Patents by Inventor Bryn LAFOLLETTE

Bryn LAFOLLETTE 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).

  • Method and system for reducing motion sickness in virtual reality ride systems
    Patent number: 10181212
    Abstract: A virtual reality ride system including a headset, a control unit, and a dynamic platform. The headset includes a display unit configured to display a video of an animated virtual environment. The control unit includes one or more processors configured to perform render processing that renders the video of the virtual environment; event motion processing that generates first data representing motions associated with events in the virtual environment; and low-frequency motion processing that generates second data representing low-frequency vibrations unrelated to the events in the virtual environment. The dynamic platform is configured to produce the motions associated with the events in the virtual environment based on the first data, and to produce the low-frequency vibrations based on the second data. The low-frequency vibrations include a frequency between about 5 Hz and 70 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.
    Inventors: Brad Kenneth Herman, Shiraz Akmal, Bryn Lafollette
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING MOTION SICKNESS IN VIRTUAL REALITY RIDE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20150325027
    Abstract: A virtual reality ride system including a headset, a control unit, and a dynamic platform. The headset includes a display unit configured to display a video of an animated virtual environment. The control unit includes one or more processors configured to perform render processing that renders the video of the virtual environment; event motion processing that generates first data representing motions associated with events in the virtual environment; and low-frequency motion processing that generates second data representing low-frequency vibrations unrelated to the events in the virtual environment. The dynamic platform is configured to produce the motions associated with the events in the virtual environment based on the first data, and to produce the low-frequency vibrations based on the second data. The low-frequency vibrations include a frequency between about 5 Hz and 70 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Brad Kenneth HERMAN, Shiraz AKMAL, Bryn LAFOLLETTE