Patents by Inventor Kyle Kinkade

Kyle Kinkade 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: 12223614
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and associated methods for the generative drawing and customization of three-dimensional (“3D”) objects in 3D space using hand gestures. The system adapts the hand gestures as intuitive controls for rapidly creating and customizing the 3D objects to have a desired artistic effect or a desired look. The system selects a 3D model of a particular object in response to a first user input, sets a position in a virtual space at which to generate the particular object in response to a mapped position of a first hand gesture tracked in a physical space, and generates a first state representation of the particular object at the position in the virtual space in response to a second hand gesture. The first state representation presents the particular object at one of different modeled stages of the particular object lifecycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Kinkade
  • Patent number: 12198244
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system that streams true three-dimensional (“3D”) image data over a data network in a manner that preserves the dimensionality and detail of a dynamic and changing 3D scene. The system generates the 3D image data to represent the 3D scene, and streams different set of the 3D image data that are within different viewing frustums requested by different devices. The system generates updates to the 3D image data based on changes occurring at different parts of the 3D scene. The system streams a first update to the first device in response to image data updated by the first update being within the first device's viewing frustum, and streams a second update to the second device in response to image data updated by the second update being within the second device's viewing frustum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Kinkade, Dwayne Elahie, Nolan Taeksang Yoo
  • Patent number: 12197650
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (“3D”) interactive system uses the positional data of the point cloud points to identify exactly where user input contacts part of a 3D object represented by the point cloud points, and to generate precise haptic feedback based on the haptic characteristics of the contacted points. Specifically, the system determines that coordinates of the user input match or are within a threshold distance of a particular data point from a set of data points that form the 3D object. The system retrieves the haptic characteristics of the particular data point, and generates the haptic response on a haptic input device based on the haptic characteristics of the particular data point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Kinkade
  • Patent number: 12141354
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computing system and associated methods that use changes in eye focus or the depth at which a user is looking to modify a user interface. The computing system presents a three-dimensional (“3D”) environment with different user interface (“UI”) elements that are positioned in a foreground or near plane of the 3D environment and that partially or wholly obscure a background or far plane of the 3D environment. The computing system detects a change in user eye focus from the foreground to the background by using a sensor to track changes to the pupil or the amount of light reflecting off the user's eye. The computing system produces an unobstructed view to all or part of the background by adjusting positioning, opacity, or other properties of the UI elements in the foreground in response to detecting the change in the user eye focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Kinkade
  • Publication number: 20240310905
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computing system and associated methods that use changes in eye focus or the depth at which a user is looking to modify a user interface. The computing system presents a three-dimensional (“3D”) environment with different user interface (“UI”) elements that are positioned in a foreground or near plane of the 3D environment and that partially or wholly obscure a background or far plane of the 3D environment. The computing system detects a change in user eye focus from the foreground to the background by using a sensor to track changes to the pupil or the amount of light reflecting off the user's eye. The computing system produces an unobstructed view to all or part of the background by adjusting positioning, opacity, or other properties of the UI elements in the foreground in response to detecting the change in the user eye focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Kinkade
  • Publication number: 20240310916
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (“3D”) interactive system uses the positional data of the point cloud points to identify exactly where user input contacts part of a 3D object represented by the point cloud points, and to generate precise haptic feedback based on the haptic characteristics of the contacted points. Specifically, the system determines that coordinates of the user input match or are within a threshold distance of a particular data point from a set of data points that form the 3D object. The system retrieves the haptic characteristics of the particular data point, and generates the haptic response on a haptic input device based on the haptic characteristics of the particular data point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Kinkade
  • Publication number: 20240312168
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and associated methods for the generative drawing and customization of three-dimensional (“3D”) objects in 3D space using hand gestures. The system adapts the hand gestures as intuitive controls for rapidly creating and customizing the 3D objects to have a desired artistic effect or a desired look. The system selects a 3D model of a particular object in response to a first user input, sets a position in a virtual space at which to generate the particular object in response to a mapped position of a first hand gesture tracked in a physical space, and generates a first state representation of the particular object at the position in the virtual space in response to a second hand gesture. The first state representation presents the particular object at one of different modeled stages of the particular object lifecycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Kinkade
  • Publication number: 20240192825
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spatial computing system and associated methods that provide multi-modality interactions for precise and imprecise interactions with two-dimensional (“2D”) and three-dimensional (“3D”) user interfaces (“UI”) that are presented in a 3D interactive space. The multi-modality interactions are provided by a dynamic spatial pointer. The dynamic spatial pointer has a first 3D representation for navigating the 3D interactive space and selecting one of the presented UI elements. The dynamic spatial pointer converts from the first 3D representation to a different second 3D representation in response to attaching to one of the 3D UI elements, and converts to a first 2D representation in response to attaching to one of the 2D UI elements. The second 3D representation remains attached to and tracks the 3D form of the 3D UI element, and the first 2D representation remains attached to and tracks the 2D plane of the 2D UI element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Kinkade
  • Patent number: 11816262
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computing system and associated methods that use changes in eye focus or the depth at which a user is looking to modify a user interface. The computing system presents a three-dimensional (“3D”) environment with different user interface (“UI”) elements that are positioned in a foreground or near plane of the 3D environment and that partially or wholly obscure a background or far plane of the 3D environment. The computing system detects a change in user eye focus from the foreground to the background by using a sensor to track changes to the pupil or the amount of light reflecting off the user's eye. The computing system produces an unobstructed view to all or part of the background by adjusting positioning, opacity, or other properties of the UI elements in the foreground in response to detecting the change in the user eye focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Kinkade
  • Patent number: 11804022
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and associated methods for the generative drawing and customization of three-dimensional (“3D”) objects in 3D space using hand gestures. The system adapts the hand gestures as intuitive controls for rapidly creating and customizing the 3D objects to have a desired artistic effect or a desired look. The system selects a 3D model of a particular object in response to a first user input, sets a position in a virtual space at which to generate the particular object in response to a mapped position of a first hand gesture tracked in a physical space, and generates a first state representation of the particular object at the position in the virtual space in response to a second hand gesture. The first state representation presents the particular object at one of different modeled stages of the particular object lifecycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Kinkade
  • Patent number: 11768581
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spatial computing system and associated methods that provide multi-modality interactions for precise and imprecise interactions with two-dimensional (“2D”) and three-dimensional (“3D”) user interfaces (“UI”) that are presented in a 3D interactive space. The multi-modality interactions are provided by a dynamic spatial pointer. The dynamic spatial pointer has a first 3D representation for navigating the 3D interactive space and selecting one of the presented UI elements. The dynamic spatial pointer converts from the first 3D representation to a different second 3D representation in response to attaching to one of the 3D UI elements, and converts to a first 2D representation in response to attaching to one of the 2D UI elements. The second 3D representation remains attached to and tracks the 3D form of the 3D UI element, and the first 2D representation remains attached to and tracks the 2D plane of the 2D UI element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Kinkade
  • Publication number: 20220305378
    Abstract: A user can create and customize a digital character, for instance an avatar, a playable video game character, or a rendering of a character. The user can likewise define characteristics of the character, including a physical appearance of the character, statistics associated with the character, accessories of the character, and the like. The digital character can be manufactured, producing a physical figurine, which can include an RFID device. An NFT can be generated based on the digital character, for based on one or more characteristics of the character, the user, or any other factor. The NFT can be associated with the figurine, with the user, with a user account of the user, with an identifier associated with the RFID device, and with the digital character. The figurine can be used to unlock one or more features of a gaming system, a game, an entertainment platform, or any other system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: James Ward, Zuhair Abdul Hadi, John Vifian, Kyle Kinkade, Gilman Louie, Joseph E. Scott, Jason Clyde, Sherman Meredith