Patents by Inventor Dustin Sutherland

Dustin Sutherland 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).

  • World prediction within a game application environment
    Patent number: 12268964
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide systems and methods for world prediction within a game application environment. The systems and methods can include a world prediction module for predicting collisions between virtual objects in the game application environment. The world prediction module can use game state data to simulate the virtual objects into future instances. The world prediction module can parse the future instances to find collisions in a farfield representation of the virtual objects and collisions in a nearfield representation of the virtual objects. The world prediction module can use collision information to update a game engine of the game application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Sutherland, Toru Tokuhara
  • WORLD PREDICTION WITHIN A GAME APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20240325916
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide systems and methods for world prediction within a game application environment. The systems and methods can include a world prediction module for predicting collisions between virtual objects in the game application environment. The world prediction module can use game state data to simulate the virtual objects into future instances. The world prediction module can parse the future instances to find collisions in a farfield representation of the virtual objects and collisions in a nearfield representation of the virtual objects. The world prediction module can use collision information to update a game engine of the game application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Dustin Sutherland, Toru Tokuhara