Patents by Inventor Kenneth E. Hoff, III

Kenneth E. Hoff, III 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).

  • Real world acoustic and lighting modeling for improved immersion in virtual reality and augmented reality environments
    Patent number: 11270498
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling acoustic and lighting to provide improved immersion in a virtual reality and/or augmented reality environment are provided. In one aspect, systems and methods are provided to promote “improved augmented reality” which increases the realism and/or presence of virtual objects in the user's real environment. In some embodiments, changes in the user's actual room lighting are modeled in the virtual world to have a similar effect. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided to promote immersion of a user in a virtual environment by extending the virtual world into the user's real world room. In this embodiment, lighting and/or sound from the virtual world is used to simulate the same or similar properties in the users actual, or real world environment, thereby improving virtual reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Hoff, III
  • REAL WORLD ACOUSTIC AND LIGHTING MODELING FOR IMPROVED IMMERSION IN VIRTUAL REALITY AND AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20140132628
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling acoustic and lighting to provide improved immersion in a virtual reality and/or augmented reality environment are provided. In one aspect, systems and methods are provided to promote “improved augmented reality” which increases the realism and/or presence of virtual objects in the user's real environment. In some embodiments, changes in the user's actual room lighting are modeled in the virtual world to have a similar effect. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided to promote immersion of a user in a virtual environment by extending the virtual world into the user's real world room. In this embodiment, lighting and/or sound from the virtual world is used to simulate the same or similar properties in the users actual, or real world environment, thereby improving virtual reality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Hoff, III