Patents Issued in February 29, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240066374
    Abstract: An apparatus for paddle training. The training teaches the student to limit their wrist motion while swinging their paddle. The paddle training apparatus with a wrist cuff that surrounds the wrist and forearm of the student, a connecting member with a cuff attachment element. The cuff attachment element is removably attachable to the wrist cuff and the cuff attachment element removably receives the connecting member. A paddle attachment element fixedly attached to the other end of the connecting member and the paddle attachment element facilitates removable attachment of the connecting member to the paddle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Donald Stuart COGAN
  • Publication number: 20240066375
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device to be fitted to a punching bag, including: a cover which can contain the punching bag and formed of two sheaths, an inner sheath and an outer sheath, placed on top of one another, and including a releasable fastener to the punching bag; a plurality of target elements attached between the sheaths, each element including at least one pressure sensor electrically connected to an electronic control unit which includes a unit receiving data from the pressure sensors and a unit for processing the data; and an external system including a unit for communicating with the electronic control unit, a unit for analyzing the received data and a recording unit, storing and outputting the data and analyses. The targets may include light emitters controlled by the external system. Also disclosed is a connected punching bag and an interactive assembly for assisting in combat sports training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Maryline HUC, Olivier HUC
  • Publication number: 20240066376
    Abstract: A system that analyzes motion of a putter and provides feedback to the golfer as a training aid to guide the golfer towards making better putting strokes. The putter may be equipped with an inertial motion sensor that captures data throughout a stroke; data may be transmitted to a processor, such as a mobile device or a server, for analysis, and feedback signals may be sent to the golfer throughout the stroke based on this analysis. For example, audio tones (generated for example by a mobile phone) may change depending on whether the putting stroke has the desired characteristics. The system may support different operating modes that provide feedback on different putting features. Illustrative modes may for example provide feedback on the putter orientation at address, on the timing of the backstroke, and on the changes in putter face orientation through the stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Blast Motion Inc.
    Inventors: Michael FITZPATRICK, Bhaskar BOSE
  • Publication number: 20240066377
    Abstract: Basketball backboard and rim covers are described. An example basketball backboard and rim cover includes a main body that has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a front, a back, and defines a recess and an opening. The recess extends from the back toward the front. The opening is defined on the front and provides access to the recess. The second portion contacts the first portion and extends away from the front of the first portion. The second portion has a first end, a second end, and defines a chamber that extends from the opening defined by the first portion toward the second end of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald Warner
  • Publication number: 20240066378
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for exercising. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an agility training and exercise device, and method of agility training, useful for improving overall body agility and coordination of the users. The present agility training and exercise device provides customized course configurations, which can be used by all levels of athletes—from professional to the average individual—wishing to improve overall body and mental agility. The present agility training and exercise device may also be useful for rehabilitation therapy or those with disabilities seeking to improve both physical and mental agility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Shawn True
  • Publication number: 20240066379
    Abstract: Information for displaying information representing rotation axes of balls seen from a first point side or a second point side in regard to one or more motions of the balls moving from the first point side to the second point side is output, and information for displaying information representing rotation axes of the balls seen from an outer side located in a direction that is orthogonal to a virtual straight line connecting the first point to the second point in regard to the motions is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dan MIKAMI, Takehiro FUKUDA, Naoki SAIJO, Masumi YAMAGUCHI, Makio KASHINO, Susumu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240066380
    Abstract: A system for remotely communicating sports instructions that includes a transmitter and an audio receiver. The transmitter includes a transmitter unit configured to transmit wireless signals, a first microcontroller coupled to the transmitter unit, the first microcontroller configured to provide the transmitter unit with a selection signal to wirelessly transmit, and a display screen with plurality of user actuatable input elements coupled to the transmitter unit. The user actuatable input elements respectively correspond to different sports instructions. The first microcontroller is configured to provide the transmitter unit with the selection signal to wirelessly transmit a prewritten text in accordance with actuation of the user actuatable input elements, the selection signal corresponding to a sports instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Craig Anthony FILICETTI, John Andrew HANKINS
  • Publication number: 20240066381
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for facilitating hand gripping in sporting and other manual activities. The device comprises a foldable substrate. The foldable substrate comprises a main section and a plurality of flaps extending from the main section. A lower surface of the foldable substrate comprises an adhesive configured to releasably stick to human skin. The device further comprises a releasable layer covering the adhesive, the releasable layer including a main portion opposite from the main section of the foldable substrate and a flap portion opposite from each of the plurality of flaps of the foldable substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Vincent AUBERT, Martin LABERGE, Bastien JOURDE, Philippe LEFEBVRE
  • Publication number: 20240066382
    Abstract: Disclosed is a configurable modular damping ice-skating blade assembly including a frame with a blade runner extending along a longitudinal axis and being removably mounted in relation to the frame. The modular damping ice-skating blade assembly is configurable with the use of modified blade runners so as to allow one or more configurations for damping the frame in relation to the blade runner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Ondrej SPIEGL
  • Publication number: 20240066383
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for fastening components of equipment, specifically a skateboard, among other types of sporting boards or sports apparatuses or wheeled sporting apparatuses. Fastening systems disclosed herein may be utilized to couple a deck of a skateboard to a truck of a skateboard. The fastening systems may reduce the need for a tool (e.g., a hex drive or other tool) that might typically be utilized to engage a head of a fastener to hold the fastener in place while a securement body (e.g., a nut) is coupled to the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Pulsifer, Yuche Su
  • Publication number: 20240066384
    Abstract: A skateboard accessory system may be provided including a base and at least one magnet. The base includes a leg. The base is adapted to receive an accessory. The leg includes a foot adapted to be positioned against a deck of a skateboard. The magnet is positioned within the foot of the leg. The magnet is adapted to magnetically couple the base to the heads of at least two truck bolts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: The Order Fulfillment Group Inc.
    Inventor: Edward D. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20240066385
    Abstract: A lighting system for a billiard table comprising a frame, a plurality of lights disposed in the frame, and at least one lens coupled to the frame. The at least one lens is configured to focus a light produced by at least one light disposed in the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Perceptive Lighting, Inc
    Inventor: Ira Lee
  • Publication number: 20240066386
    Abstract: A cooperative board game played by a group of players includes a customizable playhouse, a game board having a plurality of defined areas each defined by a shape on the game board, a plurality of activities including Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 activities, wherein each level corresponds to one of the defined areas, a plurality of decks of dramatic play cards, wherein each of the plurality of decks corresponds to one of the levels, and an online map that can be accessed after completing a final activity in Level 4. Each player in the group of players completes each of the Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 activities in order, wherein the game is complete after each player completes the Level 4 final activity. The unique value propositions include self-discovery, a bird's eye view of the world, flexible and repeatable activities for endless outcomes, and an online community providing hindsight learning and real-world connection with others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Jennifer Rachel Byrne
  • Publication number: 20240066387
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe including multiple independent card receiving and staging compartments having laterally adjacent openings thereto, with each compartment opening being positioned adjacent to another compartment opening at the front end of the card dealing shoe which is configured to, among other things, enable cards from each compartment to be manually withdrawn together at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: James Reed
  • Publication number: 20240066388
    Abstract: Toward the acquisition of many English words through appreciation of the historical formation of some English words from Latin prefixes and Latin verb stems, a game board or boards is printed in grid format with each square containing a unique Latin verb stem and Japanese meaning, played in concert with Latin prefix cards dealt to each player. A set of colored tiles is provided to each player by which they may claim a successfully player Latin verb stem square on the game board. The player with most tiles placed wins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Adam McLeod
  • Publication number: 20240066389
    Abstract: A gaming machine receives a first play input at a first gaming machine, determines a first quantity of play areas based on a first wager, generates at least one first play area based on the determined first quantity, and determines whether the at least one first play area satisfies a predetermined first threshold. At least a portion of the first wager associated with the first play input is allocated to a progressive jackpot. At least a first portion of the progressive jackpot is allocated to the first gaming machine when the at least one first play area satisfies the predetermined first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jon Yarbrough, Ryan Cuddy, Mike Oberberger
  • Publication number: 20240066390
    Abstract: A toss game has a pair of targets placed on a surface at a predetermined distance from one another and a plurality of game pieces that are tossed at the targets by a player. Each of the targets is in the form of a box with front and rear panels, an open top, an open bottom, and two open sides. The panels are connected by at least two rods. The panels are spaced from one another to define a target area between the panels and the rods. The plurality of game pieces are tossed at the targets by a player so the game pieces may land in one of the target area, against one of the rods, and outside the target area to indicate different points the player will receive during the toss of one of the game pieces. A target for a toss game has a front panel, a rear panel, and at least two rods extending between the front and rear panels so the panels are spaced to define an open top, an open bottom, and two open sides and to define a target area between the panels and rods for receiving at least one game piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Lee Levisay
  • Publication number: 20240066391
    Abstract: An accessibility computer game controller includes a central control button on a round base and peripheral control buttons on the base surrounding the central control button. The peripheral control buttons can have distinct sizes and shapes. Removable button labels can be applied on top of or underneath the buttons to aid in button identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Glenn Black
  • Publication number: 20240066392
    Abstract: A control assembly includes two controllers and a retractable and foldable mechanism, the retractable and foldable mechanism includes two retractable parts and a central part, and the two controllers are respectively movably connected to two opposite ends of the central part via the two retractable parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: DEXIN CORP.
    Inventors: Ho Lung LU, Chin-Lung LIN, Tzu-Hua TSENG
  • Publication number: 20240066393
    Abstract: A game controller for controlling electronic games comprising a controller chassis and an actuator system including: an actuator body pivotally mounted to the controller chassis; a strike plate coupled to the actuator body; a trigger adjustment system having an arm; and an actuator adjustment control screw received in a screw thread disposed within said arm. A portion of the actuator adjustment control screw may engage with a portion of the strike plate and said portion of the actuator adjustment control screw creates an end stop to limit movement of the actuator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Ironburg Inventions Limited
    Inventors: Simon Burgess, Duncan Ironmonger
  • Publication number: 20240066394
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including at least one processor that has hardware. The at least one processor generates a first content image in a three-dimensional virtual reality space to be displayed on a head-mounted display, generates a second content image to be displayed on a flat-screen display, and generates a third content image from the first content image and/or the second content image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: NODOKA TOKUNAGA, KIYOBUMI MATSUNAGA, MASAHIRO FUJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240066395
    Abstract: A controller for a multimedia entertainment system is provided. The controller comprises a weighted component connected to the controller, wherein the weighted component is rotationally movable relative to the controller. The controller is configured to rotate the weighted component from a start position to an end position to shift the centre of mass of the controller in response to a trigger event; wherein the weighted component stops moving at the end position. This movement of the weighted component provides directional haptic feedback to a user of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Calum Armstrong, Oliver Hume, Nima Karshenas
  • Publication number: 20240066396
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to obtain a user input that was inputted into a first accessory operably coupled with the computing device where the first accessory provides a user interface for user interaction with a video game, determine a language of an intended recipient of the user input based on an identity of the intended recipient, access a multi-lingual library comprising a plurality of words associated with the video game, match the user input to one or more words of the plurality of words of the multi-lingual library to generate a translated message in the determined language of the intended recipient, and provide the translated message to a second accessory for presentation to the intended recipient in real-time. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventor: Michael Aronzon
  • Publication number: 20240066397
    Abstract: The technology provides a computing device and method of operation that includes receiving, by the computing device, content from a remote service. The method identifies a latency issue associated with the content, and determines a set of diagnostic options based on information about the content and the latency issue. The set of diagnostic options identifies at least one of network information or display information. The method includes generating, for presentation on a display device via a graphical user interface, a notification indicating the latency issue and the set of diagnostic options. The notification includes an option to access the set of diagnostic options in order to address the latency issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Diego Rivas, Sanjay Nathwani, Zachary Daniel Alcorn
  • Publication number: 20240066398
    Abstract: A gaming headset, including a main body to be worn on a head of a user, a plurality of speakers disposed on at least a portion of the main body to emit at least one audio signal therefrom, and a control unit disposed within at least a portion of the main body to identify at least one foreign language from a voice of a player and translate the at least one foreign language to a preferred language of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Courtney Robinson
  • Publication number: 20240066399
    Abstract: Techniques are described for smooth switchover of computer game control. The current states of game input is communicated to a new player assuming control. The new player is allowed time to catch up to the game. New player control is detected, and any errors are communicated to the new player. If there are differences between the old control scheme and that of the new player, they are reconciled. The outgoing player is adjusted to the transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Osman, Olga Rudi, Mahdi Azmandian, Jorge Arroyo Palacios
  • Publication number: 20240066400
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a gaming system that cooperates with a graphical user interface to enable user modification and enhancement of one or more audio streams associated with the gaming system. In embodiments, the audio streams may include a game audio stream, a chat audio stream of conversation among players of a video game, and a microphone audio stream of a player of the video game. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: JEFFREY NICHOLAS MAHLMEISTER, Simon Duffy, Paul Allais, Raphaël Greff, Thomas J. Panfil, Cédric Demière, Battsengel Lopez, Vincenzo Giamundo, Hong Cong Tuyen Pham
  • Publication number: 20240066401
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a dynamic asynchronous choice system (DAX) for a plurality of different user computing devices are described herein. A first series of prompts may be generated and provided to a first user computing device as part of a first scene in a multiplayer interactive application. Based on a first set of responses received in response to that first series of prompts, a second series of prompts may be generated, the first scene might be modified, and the modified first scene might be provided to a second user computing device along with the second series of prompts. A second set of responses may be received in response to that second series of prompts. Based on the first set of responses and the second set of responses, a second scene may be selected and provided to the first user computing device and the second user computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Christian Keller
  • Publication number: 20240066402
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for implementation of gaming assets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) across save states of games is disclosed. The electronic device may track a gaming asset associated with a player in a first gaming application. First information associated with a first game save state of the first gaming application and meta-data associated with the tracked gaming asset may be received. The electronic device may create a non-fungible token (NFT) associated with the tracked gaming asset based on the received meta-data. Second information associated with a second game save state of a second gaming application of a set of gaming applications may be received. The electronic device may retrieve the created NFT associated with the gaming asset from a distributed ledger. A restoration of the gaming asset may be initiated for the player in the second gaming application, based on the second information and the retrieved NFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: JAMES R. MILNE, TRUE XIONG, CHARLES MCCOY
  • Publication number: 20240066403
    Abstract: A method for automatically applying the optimal configuration for each of a plurality of games to run in a three-dimensional (3D) mode is provided. The method is executed by a computer device. The method includes the step of copying a first configuration file of the game from a first location to a third location in response to a request for one of the games to be launched in the stereoscopic 3D mode. The method further includes the step of overwriting the first configuration file stored in the first location with a second configuration file from a second location. The method further includes the step of causing the game to launch in the stereoscopic 3D mode. The second set of parameter settings is the optimal configuration for the game to run in the stereoscopic 3D mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Mohammad FODA
  • Publication number: 20240066404
    Abstract: This application discloses a perspective rotation method in a virtual environment associated with a virtual player of an application performed by a terminal. The method includes: displaying a first perspective picture of the application observed in a first observation direction of the virtual player in the virtual environment; receiving a perspective rotation operation by a user of the terminal; determining a range within which a speed of the perspective rotation operation falls; and; and rotating from the first perspective picture to a third perspective picture observed in a third observation direction of the virtual player in the virtual environment, a second angular difference between the third observation direction and the first observation direction being proportional to an angular velocity corresponding to the range of the speed of the perspective rotation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Jin YANG
  • Publication number: 20240066405
    Abstract: A method includes generating one or more control signals configured to cause a user device displaying a video program to display an interactive bet tracking content overlay on a graphical user interface of a user device, the interactive bet tracking content overlay including one or more values associated with one or more active bets, the one or more interactive bet tracking content overlays further including an indication regarding a current state of the one or more active bets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: StreamLayer Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Ganschow, John Ganschow
  • Publication number: 20240066406
    Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining metrics relating to an extended reality experience and using the obtained metrics to perform remedial actions, such as managing user motion sickness, determining user performance relating to a designed game difficulty, and performing home automation are disclosed. The methods include determining a starting and ending checkpoint in an extended reality experience. Data from a plurality of users as they navigate between the determined checkpoints is obtained and used to determine a metric, such as a median, average, or other representative data. The current user's navigation through the same checkpoints is monitored and compared with the metric. The results from the comparison are used to enhance extended reality experience, which includes customizing the experience for motion sickness, game difficulty level, and home automation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Dhananjay Lal, Reda Harb
  • Publication number: 20240066407
    Abstract: A system for evaluating content, the system comprising a data obtaining unit configured to obtain data relating to one or more properties of the content, a processing unit configured to determine an expected contribution of one or more of the properties to a cognitive load for a user, an evaluation unit configured to determine an expected cognitive load associated with the content in dependence upon the expected contributions, and an image generation unit operable to generate an image for display in dependence upon the determined expected cognitive load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Cockram, Peter Garner
  • Publication number: 20240066408
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for implementation of super-fungible tokens for gaming is disclosed. The electronic device tracks a set of gaming assets associated with a player in a gaming application. Metadata associated with the set of gaming assets is received and a super-fungible token is created, based on a storage of the metadata to a distributed ledger associated with the gaming application. The creation of the super-fungible token corresponds to an ownership of a single gaming asset from the set of gaming assets by the player in the gaming application at a time instant. A first user input indicative of a selection of a first gaming asset is received. The selected first gaming asset is enabled and a set of second gaming assets are disabled in the gaming application. The disabled set of second gaming assets correspond to gaming assets other than the enabled first gaming asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: JAMES R MILNE, TRUE XIONG, CHARLES MCCOY
  • Publication number: 20240066409
    Abstract: We present a way of anti-sexual harassment in Virtual Reality. An avatar lets a region of its surface be clickable. When a second avatar touches the region, it goes to another VR site, playing disorienting images and cacophonous sound. The first avatar can be a stripper, lap dancer or taxi dancer. She can define her bra and panties as off limits. Or she defines her vagina, anus and mouth off limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Wesley John Boudville
  • Publication number: 20240066410
    Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining metrics relating to an extended reality experience and using the obtained metrics to perform remedial actions, such as managing user motion sickness, determining user performance relating to a designed game difficulty, and performing home automation are disclosed. The methods include determining a starting and ending checkpoint in an extended reality experience. Data from a plurality of users as they navigate between the determined checkpoints is obtained and used to determine a metric, such as a median, average, or other representative data. The current user's navigation through the same checkpoints is monitored and compared with the metric. The results from the comparison are used to enhance extended reality experience, which includes customizing the experience for motion sickness, game difficulty level, and home automation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Dhananjay Lal, Reda Harb
  • Publication number: 20240066411
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recommending video game content based on video game performance are disclosed. A level is identified from among a sequence of playable levels of a currently active video game. A video game performance metric for the identified level is determined. Based on the determined video game performance metric, a video of a performance of the identified level of the video game is selected for recommendation from among a plurality of videos stored in a database in association with corresponding video game performance metrics. An option, which is selectable to cause playback of the selected video, is transmitted for display via a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Govind Raveendranathan Nair, Sangeeta Parida, Rajendran Pichaimurthy, Amrit Srivastava, Prakash Viswanathan
  • Publication number: 20240066412
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein provide a gaming console and gaming controllers, including hardware and software features included on the hardware. For example, a game balancing system is described that can monitor and track performance data from one or more players of the gaming console. With the performance data, artificial intelligence and machine learning can be used to create one or more models that are applied to determine adjustments to games being played on the gaming console. The adjustments to the games can be implemented specifically to each game, player, or set of players to achieve more balanced gameplay as measured by game outcomes and other factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tommy Tallarico, Juan M. Alvarado, André LaMothe, Todd Linthicum, Nicholas P. Richards, David Slade Simpson
  • Publication number: 20240066413
    Abstract: A method is provided, including: executing a session of a video game; executing an artificial intelligence (AI) player that performs gameplay in the session of the video game; streaming video of the AI player's gameplay over a network to one or more spectator devices for viewing by one or more spectators respectively associated to the one or more spectator devices; receiving, over the network from the one or more spectator devices, feedback data indicating reactions of the one or more spectators to the video of the AI player's gameplay; adjusting the gameplay by the AI player based on the feedback data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Arimatsu
  • Publication number: 20240066414
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an interaction method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a readable storage medium, where a response is given to evaluation information sent by a first user in a game for a second user, and when it is determined that interference information disturbing the second user exists in the evaluation information, response effects of the evaluation information on a first virtual character controlled by the first user and/or a second virtual character controlled by the second user are determined; game performance parameters of the first virtual character and/or the second virtual character are adjusted according to the determined response effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Yuan XUE
  • Publication number: 20240066415
    Abstract: An apparatus, for assisting at least a first user in communicating with one or more other users via a network, includes: a storage unit configured to store: phrase data corresponding to one or more phrases, where each phrase comprises one or more words, tag data corresponding to one or more tags, where each tag comprises at least part of one word, and first association data corresponding to one or more associations between one or more of the phrases and one or more of the tags; an input unit configured to receive one or more audio signals from the at least first user; a recognition unit configured to recognise one or more spoken words included within the received audio signals; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate whether a given recognised spoken word corresponds to a given tag; and if so, a transmission unit configured to transmit one or more of the phrases associated with the given tag to one or more of the other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jesus Lucas Barcias, Christopher William Henderson, Lazaros Michailidis
  • Publication number: 20240066416
    Abstract: An prop of an attraction system includes a first plate, a second plate coupled to the first plate and configured to move relative to the first plate, and a biasing support coupled to and extending between the first plate and to the second plate. The biasing support includes a mesh structure and is configured to deform during relative movement between the first plate and the second plate, and the biasing support is configured to apply a force onto the first plate, the second plate, or both upon deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew DiDomenico, Aaron Chandler Jeromin
  • Publication number: 20240066417
    Abstract: A top launching device for launching a top includes a device body and an operating belt. The device body includes first and second input rotors to rotate, an output rotor configured to hold the top in a state with a central axis of the output rotor aligned with a central axis of the top and configured to rotate and impart the rotational force to the top, and a coupling rotor configured to transmit the rotational force from the input rotor to the output rotor. The operating belt is configured to be inserted in the device body, and to be engaged with either the first or the second input rotor. The output rotor is configured to rotate the top, impart the rotational force to the top, and release the top. The operating belt is configured to be selectively engaged with one of the first and second input rotors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto MURAKI, Kei NISHIZAWA, Takeaki MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20240066418
    Abstract: A folding toy theatre with characters that move using just one finger, comprising a theatre surround with side flaps which fold backwards allowing it to stand upright, the front face has a cut central aperture and a slot cut out at its bottom face edge. The characters have a long forward flap from the base of the body to action it and two flaps at the left and right sides of the body which fold backwards to keep the character upright. The character is placed inside the theatre surround the long forward flap passes through the bottom face slot of the theatre surround so the character can be moved from the front of the theatre. The theatre surround can have slots in its side flaps, a tabbed background can be added or the side flaps have a slot and latch to join directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Sam Joyce
  • Publication number: 20240066419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a two-piece stuffed animal device primarily comprised of a body with a first half and a second half that are internally fastened to one another via a middle seam, as well as a method of making the device. Both halves are made such that the fasteners used to form the perimeter seams and to attach both halves at the middle seam are positioned on the inside of the body when fully assembled. Therefore, the body does not contain any outward fasteners or other items that can be removed causing a choking hazard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Starry Bush-Rhoads
  • Publication number: 20240066420
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an autonomous moving object and an information processing method that make it possible to improve the ability in expression of the autonomous moving object. The autonomous moving object is an autonomous moving object that operates autonomously, and includes a light emission section that changes a color and brightness of a surface of the autonomous moving object, and a motion controlling section that controls a light emission pattern that is a pattern of the color and brightness of the light emission section, on the basis of a state of the autonomous moving object. The present technology can be applied, for example, to an autonomously movable robot that imitates a creature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: YUSUKE KAWABE, JUNNA IMAI, HITOSHI HASHIMOTO, TAKESHI KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240066421
    Abstract: An inflatable globe has a generally round shape and an attachment pin, plug or other closure mechanism coupled to the top of the inflatable globe. A topper is configured to fit over the attachment pin, plug or other closure mechanism. A hanger is threaded through the attachment pin, plug or closure mechanism and then through the topper. An electric light coupled to the plug is suspended inside the globe. The inflatable globe is made of a resilient polymer material and can be monochromatic or comprise a plurality of colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: HOLIBALL INC.
    Inventors: Kristy MOORE, Jennifer Leigh COUCH, Amberly HALL
  • Publication number: 20240066422
    Abstract: A playhouse assembly includes a playhouse which comprises a lower bowl and an upper bowl that is attached to the lower bowl such that the playhouse has the ornamental appearance of a flying saucer. The playhouse has a plurality of windows that is each integrated into the upper bowl to facilitate occupants of the playhouse to see through the windows. The playhouse has an entrance to facilitate the occupants of the playhouse to enter or exit the playhouse. A plurality of legs is each coupled to and extends downwardly from the playhouse thereby facilitating the legs to support the playhouse above a support surface. A pair of antenna is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the playhouse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Stan Kopunec
  • Publication number: 20240066423
    Abstract: Demonstration packaging for fidget toys and methods of assembling same are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Samuel K. Harwell, Jr., Craig Clark Williamson