Patents by Inventor Daniel Sternfeld

Daniel Sternfeld 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).

  • Tracking of location and orientation of a virtual controller in a virtual reality system
    Patent number: 10386938
    Abstract: In at least one aspect, a method can include determining a location of a head mounted display (HMD) of a user, defining a location of a joint based on the location of the HMD, defining a segment from the joint to an end of the segment, defining an initial virtual location of a virtual controller within a virtual reality (VR) environment based on a location of the end of the segment, and defining a virtual location and a virtual orientation of the virtual controller within the VR environment, based on the segment and the joint, in response to an orientation movement of a physical controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Samantha Raja, Manuel Christian Clement, Shanee Nishry, Daniel Sternfeld, Stefan Welker, Kevin Horowitz, Corentin Fatus
  • TRACKING OF LOCATION AND ORIENTATION OF A VIRTUAL CONTROLLER IN A VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190087019
    Abstract: In at least one aspect, a method can include determining a location of a head mounted display (HMD) of a user, defining a location of a joint based on the location of the HMD, defining a segment from the joint to an end of the segment, defining an initial virtual location of a virtual controller within a virtual reality (VR) environment based on a location of the end of the segment, and defining a virtual location and a virtual orientation of the virtual controller within the VR environment, based on the segment and the joint, in response to an orientation movement of a physical controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Samantha Raja, Manuel Christian Clement, Shanee Nishry, Daniel Sternfeld, Stefan Welker, Kevin Horowitz, Corentin Fatus