Patents by Inventor Robert Sheldon Walker

Robert Sheldon Walker 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).

  • Virtual space mapping of a variable activity region
    Patent number: 9399167
    Abstract: An electronic game system and a method of its operation are provided for virtual space mapping of a variable activity region in physical space. A calibration input may be received from a positioning device of a game controller that indicates waypoints that define an activity region in physical space. A scale factor may be identified between the activity region and an interactive game region in virtual space based on the calibration input. Positioning information may be received from the positioning device that indicates a position of the positioning device within the activity region. The position of the positioning device within the activity region may be mapped to a corresponding virtual position within the interactive game region based on the scale factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Russell Glaser, Steven Michael Beeman, Peter Glenn Sarrett, Scott Henson, Robert Sheldon Walker, John Clavin
  • VIRTUAL SPACE MAPPING OF A VARIABLE ACTIVITY REGION
    Publication number: 20100093435
    Abstract: An electronic game system and a method of its operation are provided for virtual space mapping of a variable activity region in physical space. A calibration input may be received from a positioning device of a game controller that indicates waypoints that define an activity region in physical space. A scale factor may be identified between the activity region and an interactive game region in virtual space based on the calibration input. Positioning information may be received from the positioning device that indicates a position of the positioning device within the activity region. The position of the positioning device within the activity region may be mapped to a corresponding virtual position within the interactive game region based on the scale factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Russell Glaser, Steven Michael Beeman, Peter Glenn Sarrett, Scott Henson, Robert Sheldon Walker, John Clavin