Patents by Inventor Julian Michael Urbach

Julian Michael Urbach 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: 11921913
    Abstract: An immersive experience system provides interactive content to a user while isolating the user from external stimuli in an isolation chamber. The user floats in a high-density suspension liquid maintained at the user's body temperature while consuming the interactive content which can provide audio, video and tactile inputs to the user. The user can interact with the immersive experience system via different modalities such as eye movements or gestures or via providing thought input through a visual cortex thought recorder comprised in the immersive experience system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach
  • Patent number: 11882056
    Abstract: A token-based billing model for delivering server-side rendered applications to remote users. A token represents a right to access a server-side rendered application. Each remote user is associated with one or more tokens. When a given token expires, the set of tokens associated with a user is decremented. The rate at which tokens expire are modulated based on aggregate load across the resources of the server-side rendered application provider, as well as the individual loads attributable to each of the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach
  • Patent number: 11462940
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for drone-based recharging of a VR/AR wearable assembly. A system is disclosed comprising a wireless charging device; a wearable assembly; a light field capture VR/AR device comprising a first charging surface and a second connective surface, the first charging surface configured to be positioned on the wireless charging device, the second connective surface configured to be communicatively coupled to the wearable assembly; and a drone device including a network interface, the drone device configured to: receive notifications from the light field capture VR/AR device, the notification indicating that the light field capture VR/AR device is fully charged, remove the light field capture VR/AR device from the charging device, and attach the light field capture VR/AR device to the wearable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Michael Urbach, Clayton C. Sparks, Charles Wallace
  • Publication number: 20210357022
    Abstract: An immersive experience system provides interactive content to a user while isolating the user from external stimuli in an isolation chamber. The user floats in a high-density suspension liquid maintained at the user's body temperature while consuming the interactive content which can provide audio, video and tactile inputs to the user. The user can interact with the immersive experience system via different modalities such as eye movements or gestures or via providing thought input through a visual cortex thought recorder comprised in the immersive experience system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Julian Michael URBACH
  • Patent number: 11093024
    Abstract: An immersive experience system provides interactive content to a user while isolating the user from external stimuli in an isolation chamber. The user floats in a high-density suspension liquid maintained at the user's body temperature while consuming the interactive content which can provide audio, video and tactile inputs to the user. The user can interact with the immersive experience system via different modalities such as eye movements or gestures or via providing thought input through a visual cortex thought recorder comprised in the immersive experience system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach
  • Publication number: 20210083512
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for drone-based recharging of a VR/AR wearable assembly. A system is disclosed comprising a wireless charging device; a wearable assembly; a light field capture VR/AR device comprising a first charging surface and a second connective surface, the first charging surface configured to be positioned on the wireless charging device, the second connective surface configured to be communicatively coupled to the wearable assembly; and a drone device including a network interface, the drone device configured to: receive notifications from the light field capture VR/AR device, the notification indicating that the light field capture VR/AR device is fully charged, remove the light field capture VR/AR device from the charging device, and attach the light field capture VR/AR device to the wearable assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Julian Michael URBACH, Clayton C. SPARKS, Charles WALLACE
  • Patent number: 10817051
    Abstract: A powered contact lens is configured to receive rendered images and provide the rendered images to a user on a display screen built into it. The powered contact lens is also configured so that the position of the wearer's eyes can be precisely tracked and the images can be rendered at a likely resting position. A power source located on the contact lens powers the display screen and the communication module. The communication module receives the rendered images from a disparate image rendering device. An image system comprises the image rendering device, a pair of powered contact lenses which are configured to received and provide the rendered images to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach
  • Patent number: 10810797
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and animating virtual representations to a wearer of a HMD device are disclosed. A virtual representation associated with a real-world object is retrieved based on received input data. The retrieved virtual representation is rendered for display to the wearer. Sensor data tracking one or more of the real-world object and the wearer is also received. The rendered virtual representation can be further animated based on the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: OTOY, INC
    Inventors: Julian Michael Urbach, Nicolas Lazareff, Clay Sparks
  • Patent number: 10727685
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for drone-based recharging of a VR/AR wearable assembly. A system is disclosed comprising a wireless charging device; a wearable assembly; a light field capture VR/AR device comprising a first charging surface and a second connective surface, the first charging surface configured to be positioned on the wireless charging device, the second connective surface configured to be communicatively coupled to the wearable assembly; and a drone device including a network interface, the drone device configured to: receive notifications from the light field capture VR/AR device, the notification indicating that the light field capture VR/AR device is fully charged, remove the light field capture VR/AR device from the charging device, and attach the light field capture VR/AR device to the wearable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Michael Urbach, Clayton C. Sparks, Charles Wallace
  • Publication number: 20200153754
    Abstract: A token-based billing model for delivering server-side rendered applications to remote users. A token represents a right to access a server-side rendered application. Each remote user is associated with one or more tokens. When a given token expires, the set of tokens associated with a user is decremented. The rate at which tokens expire are modulated based on aggregate load across the resources of the server-side rendered application provider, as well as the individual loads attributable to each of the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Julian Michael URBACH
  • Patent number: 10613336
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device comprising a headband portion configured to fit atop a user's head; an ear piece portion physically and communicatively coupled to one end of the headband portion; a modular processing device communicatively coupled to the ear piece portion wherein the modular processing device is configured to be physically detached and attached from ear piece portion; an arm portion connected to the ear piece portion and configured to facilitate data communications between the modular processing device and a virtual reality or augmented reality display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Michael Urbach, Clayton C. Sparks, Charles Wallace
  • Patent number: 10579135
    Abstract: Disclosed is a VR/AR device. In one embodiment, a device is disclosed comprising a housing comprising a processor disposed within the housing; a telescopic member connected to the housing via a rotatable connector at a first end of the telescopic member; and a display device connected to a second end of the telescopic member, the display device communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to rotate about an axis of the telescopic member while displaying virtual or augment reality content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Michael Urbach, Clayton C. Sparks, Charles Wallace
  • Patent number: 10536395
    Abstract: A token-based billing model for delivering server-side rendered applications to remote users. A token represents a right to access a server-side rendered application. Each remote user is associated with one or more tokens. When a given token expires, the set of tokens associated with a user is decremented. The rate at which tokens expire are modulated based on aggregate load across the resources of the server-side rendered application provider, as well as the individual loads attributable to each of the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach
  • Publication number: 20190391636
    Abstract: An immersive experience system provides interactive content to a user while isolating the user from external stimuli in an isolation chamber. The user floats in a high-density suspension liquid maintained at the user's body temperature while consuming the interactive content which can provide audio, video and tactile inputs to the user. The user can interact with the immersive experience system via different modalities such as eye movements or gestures or via providing thought input through a visual cortex thought recorder comprised in the immersive experience system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventor: Julian Michael URBACH
  • Patent number: 10504276
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to using viewport state data objects (VSDO) to render a series of video frames according to render instructions to achieve video compression. In a particular implementation, the video compression format exposes the VSDO and render instructions to a video render client, allowing the video render client to finish rendering a sequence of video frames from different spatial locations and view transform parameters. Implementations of this video compression format further allow any arbitrary client with enough graphics processing power and bandwidth to retransmit novel, completely rendered viewports to thin clients without taxing the root remote render devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach
  • Patent number: 10481553
    Abstract: Lighting information comprising at least the reflectance data of a plurality of regions of an object surface is generated and printed out as a series of relightable holograms. Each of the printed holograms comprises the reflectance data of a corresponding region of the object. A model of the object is generated such that the model also comprises a plurality of portions corresponding to the regions of the object surface. The series of holograms are each affixed to a portion of the model such that a particular hologram of the series which encodes the reflectance data of a particular region of the object is affixed to the corresponding portion of the model. In an embodiment, the model of the object is generated from a metal. The series of holograms is engraved directly onto the metallic model such that a particular hologram of the series which encodes the reflectance data of a particular region of the object is engraved onto the corresponding portion of the metallic model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach
  • Patent number: 10477168
    Abstract: Disclosed is a VR/AR projection device. A device is disclosed comprising a housing comprising a processor disposed within the housing; a vapor projection component disposed within the center of the housing and communicatively coupled to the processor, the vapor projection component comprising: a water tank situated on the interior side of the vapor projection component, a set of tubes position on the exterior side of the vapor projection component, a transducer configured to nebulize water in the water tank, a movable belt comprising a plurality of apertures movable respective to the set of tubes, a variable speed fan configured to exert positive pressure on the nebulized water while the transducer nebulizes the water in the water tank and force the nebulized water through the apertures and the set of tubes, generating a set of nebulized vapor jets extending outward from the surface of the vapor projection component; and a projection device configured to display an image on the nebulized vapor jets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Michael Urbach, Clayton C. Sparks, Charles Wallace
  • Patent number: 10409361
    Abstract: An immersive experience system provides interactive content to a user while isolating the user from external stimuli in an isolation chamber. The user floats in a high-density suspension liquid maintained at the user's body temperature while consuming the interactive content which can provide audio, video and tactile inputs to the user. The user can interact with the immersive experience system via different modalities such as eye movements or gestures or via providing thought input through a visual cortex thought recorder comprised in the immersive experience system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach
  • Patent number: 10275926
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes distributing rendering tasks to connected client nodes having capable graphics processing units by transmitting viewport state data objects and a unique spatial location to each of the clients, performing path tracing at each of the clients from the starting point of their unique spatial locations, and transmitting their rendered output back to the server. The server generates a composite rendered output from the individual rendered outputs received by the participating clients, and then transmits the composite to all connected clients for display. Thus, as the number of client nodes increases, the scene is rendered more rapidly and at higher quality. In particular embodiments, the rendered output is a lightmap representing the diffuse lighting for the scene, and each client may render the scene's specular highlights from its own viewport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach
  • Patent number: 10230565
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to hosting, on a computer system, a plurality of application instances, each application instance corresponding to a remote client application; maintaining a network connection to each of the remote client applications for which an application instance is hosted; allocating resources of a graphics processing unit of the computer system between at least two of the remote client applications; concurrently rendering, utilizing the resources of the graphics processing unit of the computer system, the graphical output of the application instances corresponding to the at least two of the remote client applications; and transmitting the rendered graphical output to the at least two of the remote client applications over the respective network connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach