Patents by Inventor Parker C. STEBBINS

Parker C. STEBBINS 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).

  • Changing a camera view in an electronic game
    Patent number: 10967267
    Abstract: The camera view of an avatar traversing in a three-dimensional (3D) world in an electronic game may be changed to avoid occlusion of the avatar by a graphical object that in the camera view. The camera view may be moved forward towards the avatar to avoid the occlusion, and the camera view may then be moved backward away from the avatar after the avatar has passed the graphical object. Graphical objects that do not significantly occlude the avatar in the camera view may not trigger a change in the camera view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Roblox Corporation
    Inventor: Parker C. Stebbins
  • CHANGING A CAMERA VIEW IN AN ELECTRONIC GAME
    Publication number: 20210038985
    Abstract: The camera view of an avatar traversing in a three-dimensional (3D) world in an electronic game may be changed to avoid occlusion of the avatar by a graphical object that in the camera view. The camera view may be moved forward towards the avatar to avoid the occlusion, and the camera view may then be moved backward away from the avatar after the avatar has passed the graphical object. Graphical objects that do not significantly occlude the avatar in the camera view may not trigger a change in the camera view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Roblox Corporation
    Inventor: Parker C. STEBBINS