Patents by Inventor Keenan MAYFIELD

Keenan MAYFIELD 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).

  • Systems, methods, and devices for providing virtual-reality or mixed-reality experiences with special effects to a user in or under water
    Patent number: 11714483
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing VR/MR experiences to users in water through a headset and at least one special-effects device. During a VR/MR experience, a controller may send commands to a special-effects device at particular times to cause the special-effects device to create effects in synchronism with the visual portion of the VR/MR experience. A headset application that provides the visual portion of the VR/MR experience may communicate with the controller before the experience begins to establish the identity of the experience and the start time. The VR/MR experience may be selected by reading a storage medium (e.g., a near-field communication (NFC) card) that identifies the experience and/or the controller. Some information on the storage medium may be included in a metadata file transferred to the application. The application may send information read from the storage medium to the controller via an over-the-air network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Ballast Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ananda Shah, Alkis Roufas, Stephen Greenwood, Jim Mayfield, Kyle Mayfield, Hannah De Bie, Keenan Mayfield
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL-REALITY OR MIXED-REALITY EXPERIENCES WITH SPECIAL EFFECTS TO A USER IN OR UNDER WATER
    Publication number: 20220083128
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing VR/MR experiences to users in water through a headset and at least one special-effects device. During a VR/MR experience, a controller may send commands to a special-effects device at particular times to cause the special-effects device to create effects in synchronism with the visual portion of the VR/MR experience. A headset application that provides the visual portion of the VR/MR experience may communicate with the controller before the experience begins to establish the identity of the experience and the start time. The VR/MR experience may be selected by reading a storage medium (e.g., a near-field communication (NFC) card) that identifies the experience and/or the controller. Some information on the storage medium may be included in a metadata file transferred to the application. The application may send information read from the storage medium to the controller via an over-the-air network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Ballast Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ananda SHAH, Alkis ROUFAS, Stephen GREENWOOD, Jim MAYFIELD, Kyle MAYFIELD, Hannah DE BIE, Keenan MAYFIELD