Patents by Inventor Evan Meaney

Evan Meaney 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).

  • Virtual reality platform with haptic interface for interfacing with media items having metadata
    Patent number: 11269419
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for interacting with media items in a virtual reality environment are provided. An apparatus is provided that includes processing circuitry configured to control a display of a virtual reality interface to render representations of media items in the virtual reality environment. The processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to render metadata links between a metadata attribute and the representations of the media items, detect, from a haptic interface, a haptic gesture to bundle and pull the metadata links into a foreground, and control the display to render representations of the media items having the metadata attribute in the foreground for selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Simon Tarr, Evan Meaney
  • VIRTUAL REALITY PLATFORM WITH HAPTIC INTERFACE FOR INTERFACING WITH MEDIA ITEMS HAVING METADATA
    Publication number: 20200348759
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for interacting with media items in a virtual reality environment are provided. An apparatus is provided that includes processing circuitry configured to control a display of a virtual reality interface to render representations of media items in the virtual reality environment. The processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to render metadata links between a metadata attribute and the representations of the media items, detect, from a haptic interface, a haptic gesture to bundle and pull the metadata links into a foreground, and control the display to render representations of the media items having the metadata attribute in the foreground for selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Simon Tarr, Evan Meaney
  • Virtual reality platform with haptic interface for interfacing with media items having metadata
    Patent number: 10747331
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for interacting with media items in a virtual reality environment are provided. An apparatus is provided that includes processing circuitry configured to control a display of a virtual reality interface to render representations of media items returned from a query in the virtual reality environment. The processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to render metadata links between the selected metadata attribute and the representations of the media items that have the selected metadata attribute, detect, from a haptic interface, a haptic gesture to bundle and pull the metadata links to a foreground, and control the display to render representations of the media items having the selected metadata attribute in the foreground for selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
    Inventors: Simon Tarr, Evan Meaney
  • VIRTUAL REALITY PLATFORM WITH HAPTIC INTERFACE FOR INTERFACING WITH MEDIA ITEMS HAVING METADATA
    Publication number: 20200033950
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for interacting with media items in a virtual reality environment are provided. An apparatus is provided that includes processing circuitry configured to control a display of a virtual reality interface to render representations of media items returned from a query in the virtual reality environment. The processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to render metadata links between the selected metadata attribute and the representations of the media items that have the selected metadata attribute, detect, from a haptic interface, a haptic gesture to bundle and pull the metadata links to a foreground, and control the display to render representations of the media items having the selected metadata attribute in the foreground for selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Simon Tarr, Evan Meaney