Patents by Inventor Xiaodong (Crusoe) Mao

Xiaodong (Crusoe) Mao 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).

  • Dynamic gloves to convey sense of touch and movement for virtual objects in HMD rendered environments
    Patent number: 10296086
    Abstract: A system and method of using a peripheral device for interfacing with a virtual reality scene generated by a computer for presentation on a head mounted display. The peripheral device includes a haptic device capable of being placed in contact with a user and a haptic feedback controller for processing instructions for outputting a haptic signal to the haptic device. The haptic feedback controller receiving the instructions from the computer so that haptic feedback of the haptic device changes to correspond to a user's virtual interactions with a virtual object in the virtual reality scene as presented on the head mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Noam Rimon, Xiaodong (Crusoe) Mao, Xiaoyong Ye
  • DYNAMIC GLOVES TO CONVEY SENSE OF TOUCH AND MOVEMENT FOR VIRTUAL OBJECTS IN HMD RENDERED ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20160274662
    Abstract: A system and method of using a peripheral device for interfacing with a virtual reality scene generated by a computer for presentation on a head mounted display. The peripheral device includes a haptic device capable of being placed in contact with a user and a haptic feedback controller for processing instructions for outputting a haptic signal to the haptic device. The haptic feedback controller receiving the instructions from the computer so that haptic feedback of the haptic device changes to correspond to a user's virtual interactions with a virtual object in the virtual reality scene as presented on the head mounted display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Noam Rimon, Xiaodong (Crusoe) Mao, Xiaoyong Ye