Patents by Inventor Young-Cheol Yu

Young-Cheol Yu 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: 11960685
    Abstract: A virtual trackpad and method for using the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises: projecting a virtual trackpad on one hand of a user using hand tracking position data from an extend reality (XR) device; detecting, via hand tracking, movements of one or more fingers as the one or more fingers are being moved across the virtual trackpad projected on the one hand; and controlling a user interface (UI) being displayed on a display by the XR device based on the movements of the one or more fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Young-Cheol Yu, Yuya Tanaka, Yoji Osako
  • Publication number: 20240036683
    Abstract: A virtual trackpad and method for using the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises: projecting a virtual trackpad on one hand of a user using hand tracking position data from an extend reality (XR) device; detecting, via hand tracking, movements of one or more fingers as the one or more fingers are being moved across the virtual trackpad projected on the one hand; and controlling a user interface (UI) being displayed on a display by the XR device based on the movements of the one or more fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Young-Cheol Yu, Yuya Tanaka, Yoji Osako
  • Publication number: 20240036646
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for controlling a user interface with a wearable device, such as a smart watch, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes detecting, by an extend reality (XR) device, a wearable device, communicably connecting the XR device to the wearable device, and manipulating a user interface in a virtual environment displayed on a display in the XR device with the wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Young-Cheol Yu, Yuya Tanaka, Yoji Osako
  • Publication number: 20240036698
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling objects being displayed in a user interface (UI) in a virtual environment generated by an XR device using a wearable device are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Young-Cheol Yu, Yuya Tanaka, Yoji Osako
  • Publication number: 20240037865
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing multi-window control in a user interface are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes displaying the user interface in a display of an extend reality (XR) device, where the user interface includes a graphical user interface (GUI) element and a number of objects. The method can also include detecting selection of the GUI element in the UI; moving a set of objects being displayed on the display into a window on the display; detecting a selection of one or more of objects in the set of objects by tracking movement of a user; and displaying selected objects of the one or more objects in front of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Young-Cheol Yu, Yuya Tanaka, Yoji Osako