Patents by Inventor Michael Scott Kipfer

Michael Scott Kipfer 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).

  • INTERACTIVE DESIGN TOOL FOR REAL-TIME ARCHITECTURAL ADAPTATION
    Publication number: 20240095415
    Abstract: An interactive design tool may be configured for real-time architectural adaptation. This may include a user device including a hardware processor, physical memory and a user interface. The user device may provide operations to generate a virtual reality (VR) architectural session including a toolbelt with a virtual selection tool for adaptation of at least one of an environment, an object and an avatar. The operations may further include to receive or select a selection spot on the object by a projection between the virtual selection tool and the object, receive or select an adaptation relative to at least one of the object, the environment and the avatar; and display the adaptation to the at least one of the object, the environment and the avatar in real-time during the VR architectural session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Christian Daniel Giordano, Michael Scott Kipfer, Jeffrey Anderson, Ahmad Y. Tabbakh
  • Interactive design tool for real-time architectural adaptation
    Patent number: 11861267
    Abstract: An interactive design tool may be configured for real-time architectural adaptation. This may include a user device including a hardware processor, physical memory and a user interface. The user device may provide operations to generate a virtual reality (VR) architectural session including a toolbelt with a virtual selection tool for adaptation of at least one of an environment, an object and an avatar. The operations may further include to receive or select a selection spot on the object by a projection between the virtual selection tool and the object, receive or select an adaptation relative to at least one of the object, the environment and the avatar; and display the adaptation to the at least one of the object, the environment and the avatar in real-time during the VR architectural session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HALSEY, MCCORMACK & HELMER, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Daniel Giordano, Michael Scott Kipfer, Jeffrey Anderson, Ahmad Y Tabbakh
  • INTERACTIVE DESIGN TOOL FOR REAL-TIME ARCHITECTURAL ADAPTATION
    Publication number: 20220156417
    Abstract: An interactive design tool may be configured for real-time architectural adaptation. This may include a user device including a hardware processor, physical memory and a user interface. The user device may provide operations to generate a virtual reality (VR) architectural session including a toolbelt with a virtual selection tool for adaptation of at least one of an environment, an object and an avatar. The operations may further include to receive or select a selection spot on the object by a projection between the virtual selection tool and the object, receive or select an adaptation relative to at least one of the object, the environment and the avatar; and display the adaptation to the at least one of the object, the environment and the avatar in real-time during the VR architectural session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Daniel Giordano, Michael Scott Kipfer, Jeffrey Anderson, Ahmad Y. Tabbakh