Patents by Inventor Eric Malafeew

Eric Malafeew 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).

  • Patent number: 12321534
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) control method includes displaying, by a VR device, a VR environment. The VR environment is presented from a perspective in the VR environment that is defined with respect to a reference frame in the VR environment. A graphical indicator of a current real-world position of the VR device with respect to a real-world reference position is displayed. The graphical indicator tracks the perspective during movement of the perspective to remain displayed during the movement of the perspective. The method includes determining a velocity of the reference frame based on a displacement between the current real-world position and the real-world reference position; and translating the reference frame in the VR environment at the velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Virzoom, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Malafeew, Jason Warburg
  • Publication number: 20240077957
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) control method includes displaying, by a VR device, a VR environment. The VR environment is presented from a perspective in the VR environment that is defined with respect to a reference frame in the VR environment. A graphical indicator of a current real-world position of the VR device with respect to a real-world reference position is displayed. The graphical indicator tracks the perspective during movement of the perspective to remain displayed during the movement of the perspective. The method includes determining a velocity of the reference frame based on a displacement between the current real-world position and the real-world reference position; and translating the reference frame in the VR environment at the velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Malafeew, Jason Warburg
  • Patent number: 11144116
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a virtual reality exercise game. One of the methods includes determining a head rotation of the user and a head lean of the user on an exercise device based on data from one or more sensors. The method includes presenting a virtual reality environment on a virtual reality headset, wherein the perspective of the user in the virtual world is determined by a vehicle that defines the velocity of the perspective, a body which defines a reference view point of the perspective (with the head looking forward), and a head which defines the view point of the perspective. The method also includes determining to apply rotation to the body in response to determining that a direction of the head rotation is in a direction of the lean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Virzoom, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Malafeew
  • Publication number: 20200150756
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a virtual reality exercise game. One of the methods includes determining a head rotation of the user and a head lean of the user on an exercise device based on data from one or more sensors. The method includes presenting a virtual reality environment on a virtual reality headset, wherein the perspective of the user in the virtual world is determined by a vehicle that defines the velocity of the perspective, a body which defines a reference view point of the perspective (with the head looking forward), and a head which defines the view point of the perspective. The method also includes determining to apply rotation to the body in response to determining that a direction of the head rotation is in a direction of the lean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Eric Malafeew
  • Patent number: 10379604
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a virtual reality exercise game. One of the methods includes determining a head rotation of the user and a head lean of the user on an exercise device based on data from one or more sensors. The method includes presenting a virtual reality environment on a virtual reality headset, wherein the perspective of the user in the virtual world is determined by a vehicle that defines the velocity of the perspective, a body which defines a reference view point of the perspective (with the head looking forward), and a head which defines the view point of the perspective. The method also includes determining to apply rotation to the body in response to determining that a direction of the head rotation is in a direction of the lean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Virzoom, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Malafeew
  • Publication number: 20160300390
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a virtual reality exercise game. One of the methods includes determining a head rotation of the user and a head lean of the user on an exercise device based on data from one or more sensors. The method includes presenting a virtual reality environment on a virtual reality headset, wherein the perspective of the user in the virtual world is determined by a vehicle that defines the velocity of the perspective, a body which defines a reference view point of the perspective (with the head looking forward), and a head which defines the view point of the perspective. The method also includes determining to apply rotation to the body in response to determining that a direction of the head rotation is in a direction of the lean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventor: Eric Malafeew