Patents by Inventor Joe van den Heuvel

Joe van den Heuvel 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 HAND GESTURE GENERATION
    Publication number: 20210228978
    Abstract: A method including receiving at least one of touch data or force data representing a touch input received at the controller, determining one or more model(s), generating image data using the one or more models, the image data representing at least a hand gesture corresponding to the touch input received at the controller, and transmitting the image data to a virtual reality (VR) environment for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Scott Douglas Nietfeld, Joe van den Heuvel
  • Virtual reality hand gesture generation
    Patent number: 10987573
    Abstract: A method including receiving at least one of touch data or force data representing a touch input received at the controller, determining one or more model(s), generating image data using the one or more models, the image data representing at least a hand gesture corresponding to the touch input received at the controller, and transmitting the image data to a virtual reality (VR) environment for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Douglas Nietfeld, Joe van den Heuvel
  • VIRTUAL REALITY HAND GESTURE GENERATION
    Publication number: 20190138107
    Abstract: A method including receiving at least one of touch data or force data representing a touch input received at the controller, determining one or more model(s), generating image data using the one or more models, the image data representing at least a hand gesture corresponding to the touch input received at the controller, and transmitting the image data to a virtual reality (VR) environment for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Douglas Nietfeld, Joe van den Heuvel