Patents Issued in March 21, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240091608
    Abstract: The golf club head described herein can have a metal body and a non-metal insert. The insert forms an entire toe end of the club head. The insert can have an offset surface, located behind the strike face of the body, wherein the insert and strike face form a gap therebetween. The insert offset surface can comprise a backstop that temporarily restricts bending of a center of the strike face during a golf ball impact. The gap between the strike face and the insert allows the strike face to flex while the backstop prevents the strike face from over flexing. In one embodiment, the golf club head can comprise a body having an interior cavity that opens towards a toe end. The insert can form an outermost surface of the toe end and fill a portion of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Clayson C. Spackman
  • Publication number: 20240091609
    Abstract: A hockey stick is provided with two blades, each of which presents a cradling profile to the puck, for both forehand and backhand shots. In one embodiment, the two blades are joined to one another with a joining member, which in some embodiments can be a concave curved structural component providing an internal curved cavity conforming to the diameter of the puck so that a player can push the puck down the ice in a shuffleboard-like manner by cradling the puck within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Jerry MOSCOVITCH
  • Publication number: 20240091610
    Abstract: A method of golf club fitting comprises providing a fitting system including a computing device that is in communication with a blockchain over a communication network, at least one sensor, and at least one golf club. Further, the method comprises collecting fit data associated with the at least one golf club, generating a non-fungible token including metadata and a digital object, configuring the non-fungible token to include at least one function, minting the non-fungible token to the blockchain network, and triggering the at least one function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Michael T. McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20240091611
    Abstract: A headcover for a golf club includes a body formed layer by layer upon a build plane during an additive manufacturing process. The body defines a chamber adapted to receive a golf club head and includes a heel end, a toe end, and a plurality of sidewalls. The headcover further includes a lattice structure formed unitarily on a portion of the body during the additive manufacturing process. The lattice structure extends over at least a portion of each of the plurality of sidewalls and the toe end of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan L. Roach, Cameron J. Day
  • Publication number: 20240091612
    Abstract: A ball tossing device for use in playing a ball tossing game includes a rod, which is substantially rigid, a basket, which is attached to a front face of the rod proximate to an upper end of the rod, and a cup, which is positioned in the basket and which is attached to a bottom of the basket. The cup is sized complementarily to a portion of a ball to be used in a ball tossing game, allowing the portion of the ball to be inserted into and retained by the cup when the rod is substantially vertical. A rear sight is attached to and extends from the upper end of the rod. The rod can be grasped in a hand of a user, positioning the user to align the rear sight with a target and to launch the ball at the target by one or both of a flick of a wrist or an extension of a forearm of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald Hayes
  • Publication number: 20240091613
    Abstract: The present invention is a sport played on a circular field. In the center of the field is a target member, common to both teams. The target member has nineteen sections referred to as scoring receptacles, wherein the scoring receptacles have numerical values. The present invention deploys a rugby style ball and the object of the game is for each team to place the ball, via kicking, throwing or a combination thereof into the various scoring receptacles that comprise the field and target. While various combinations of player could be utilized to comprise the two teams, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention the two teams comprise of nine players each. The target member is a specifically designed apparatus required to play the game of so as to facilitate receipt of the ball. The players will wear protective equipment that is soft sided having no metal or hard plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Gregory Gordon Dawson
  • Publication number: 20240091614
    Abstract: A cornhole airmail practice apparatus for installing in a gameplay hole on a top flat panel of a cornhole board. The cornhole airmail practice apparatus includes an airmail tube having a first tube end engageable with the gameplay hole and a second tube end opposite the first tube end. The airmail tube includes male threads disposed adjacent the first tube end and a tube angled opening disposed on the second tube end. The airmail tube includes a tube lip adjacent the male threads wherein the male threads are positioned between the lip and the first tube end. The gameplay hole has a gameplay hole diameter, a portion of the tube lip has a lip diameter larger than the gameplay hole diameter and the male threads are extendable through the gameplay hole. The airmail tube includes a securing ring having female threads engageable with the cylindrical tube male threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Cody M. Rodgers, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20240091615
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting object such that the object can be hit by a hitting device from the apparatus includes a base configured to contact the ground and a tee assembly pivotally coupled to the base and configured to support the object. A string tethers the object to the apparatus, and a return system is activated to retract the string and thereby return the object to the tee assembly after the object is hit from the tee assembly. A lift assembly is coupled to the tee assembly, and the lift assembly is configured to change length of the tee assembly such that the ball is in a position to be hit from the tee assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Timothy John Lindsley
  • Publication number: 20240091616
    Abstract: An apparatus for sports training on a playing surface, the apparatus comprising: a first holder defining a first receiving port for receiving a first lateral bar, the first holder being operable to hold the first lateral bar at a height selected from a plurality of selectable heights above the playing surface; and a second holder engaged with the first holder and defining a second receiving port for receiving a receiving end of the second lateral bar, the second holder being operable to hold the receiving end of the second lateral bar above the playing surface, the first lateral bar and the second lateral bar space apart from each other around an axis normal to the playing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: 1248441 B.C. LTD.
    Inventors: Kristopher BEECH, Jaroslav SVEJKOVSKY, Winfield FISHER, Mehdi TALWERDI
  • Publication number: 20240091617
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an adjustable-incline climbing wall. The climbing wall comprises one or more climbing panels supported by a frame and a system for adjusting the incline of the frame to provide a climbing wall of a desired incline. The incline of the climbing wall may be adjusted by activating an actuator, which extends the upper portion of the frame a distance from a support wall, tilting the climbing wall to a desired incline. When the climbing wall is substantially vertically oriented, the system for adjusting the incline of the climbing wall may extend only a small distance from the support wall so that the adjustable-incline climbing wall has a relatively small footprint. In some embodiments, the climbing wall may also comprise one or more fitness accessories that can brought to an optimal height for a particular user through adjustment of the climbing wall incline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Shawn Sudeith, Sarah Mae Howard, Benjamin Tiffin, Joel Greenblatt, Joseph Sweeney, Aaron Jon Baumgartner, Justin Lee
  • Publication number: 20240091618
    Abstract: A golf swing training device attachable to a golfer's wrist. A rigid hand stop prevents the golfer's hand from bending beyond a pre-established distance or angle during a golf backswing. The rigid hand stop is configured and positioned to not interfere with, or restrict, the golfer's address of the golf ball or the early part of the backswing. The rigid hand stop allows desired movement of, and prevents undesired movement of, the golfer's rear hand (i.e., right hand for right-handed golfers and left hand for left-handed golfers) as the golfer moves from ball address through the backswing to the downswing to the impact position and finally the follow through. A wedge member may be integral with, or removably attachable to, the golf swing training device to maintain wrists of the user in a spaced relationship through a golf swing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: David Woods
  • Publication number: 20240091619
    Abstract: A sports tetrahedron and related systems and methods of use are disclosed herein. The sports tetrahedron is generally constructed by the connection of six bars or edges that form a four-side shape. The tetrahedron may be combined with an electronic system to surprisingly provide an immersive improvement or entertainment experience for a combination of diverse sports, including, but not limited to, boxing, baseball, golf, and soccer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Ruggiero
  • Publication number: 20240091620
    Abstract: A processing device includes an operation circuit that determines based on a first signal a swing start time, the first signal being acquired from a sensor that is attached to a striking member for striking a to-be-struck object by being swung and that detects deformation of the striking member when the striking member is swung. An absolute value of a difference between a reference value and a value of the first signal is defined as a first difference value. The operation circuit executes a first determination step in which an impact time is determined based on one or more times at which the first difference value becomes greater than or equal to a first determination value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Takehiko IIZUKA, Tomoshige FURUHI, Koji KAWANO, Jun MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20240091621
    Abstract: A golf system includes a striking area; a target area including a plurality of physical targets positioned at different locations relative to the striking area; and at least one sensing device for sensing one or more parameters regarding the travel of a physical golf ball. A processor is configured to: access a database including golf hole data, the golf hole data defining relative positions of a tee-off location and a pin location for a virtual golf hole; based on the one or more parameters regarding the travel of the physical golf ball struck from the striking area, update a virtual location of a virtual golf ball on the virtual golf hole; and generate signals to provide an indication of which of the plurality of physical targets represents a direction of the pin location based on the virtual location of the virtual golf ball and the locations of the physical targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Arthur Neil KORPACH
  • Publication number: 20240091622
    Abstract: A storage bag for sports equipment includes a main compartment defined at least partially by one or more main compartment panels, a sub-compartment including one or more flexible sub-compartment walls, the sub-compartment having a smaller maximum internal volume than the main compartment and having at least one sub-compartment opening configured to be selectively opened and closed, in use, by a user. The sub compartment is releasably coupled to at least one of the main compartment panels and at least one of the sub-compartment walls is perforated with a plurality of apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Andrew HACKING
  • Publication number: 20240091623
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system for providing client-side physiological condition estimations during a live video session. In some embodiments, the system includes a first client computer system that is caused to: (i) store a neural network on one or more computer-readable storage media of the first client computer system, (ii) obtain a live video stream of an individual via a camera of the first client computer system during a video streaming session between the first client computer system and a second client computer system, (iii) provide, during the video streaming session, video data of the live video stream as input to the neural network to obtain physiological condition information from the neural network, and (iv) provide, during the video streaming session, the physiological condition information for presentation at the second client computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Louis Nicolas Atallah, Josheph James Frassica, Minnan Xu
  • Publication number: 20240091624
    Abstract: A system (200) comprising: a display screen (102; 300) associated with an exercise device (100); a sensor module (112; 304) associated with the display screen (102; 300); and a controller (110; 302) having a processor (116; 308) and memory (118; 310) for storing instructions, the processor (116; 308) executing the instructions to: based on output of the sensor module (112; 304), detect any one or more of position or proximity of the display screen (102; 300) in relation to the exercise device (100); and selectively change content displayed on the display screen (102) based on any one or more of the position and/or the proximity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Massimiliano Casoni, Filippo Casalini, Alessandro Pasini, Enrico Macrelli
  • Publication number: 20240091625
    Abstract: A protective oral appliance for protecting the teeth and jaws of a user from injuries during physical activity or sports. The oral appliance includes an upper mouthpiece coupled to a lower mouthpiece, and holes passing through the upper mouthpiece and/or through the lower mouthpiece to allow air to pass through the upper and/or lower mouthpieces and into the user's mouth. The oral appliance also may include an open airway positioned between the upper and lower mouthpieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Lorich
  • Publication number: 20240091626
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adjustment mechanism for an electric power-driven shoe, the mechanism comprising a shoe sole (1), wherein a plurality of rolling wheels (2) are arranged below the shoe sole (1); a foot-positioning mechanism is arranged above the shoe sole (1) and is provided with an angle-adjusting mechanism for adjusting an angle between the foot-positioning mechanism and a lengthwise direction of the shoe sole (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Shift Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiancheng ZHANG, Bojie XU, Jianjun LI, Dongliang SONG
  • Publication number: 20240091627
    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 therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: James Reed
  • Publication number: 20240091628
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable system(s) and method(s) for creating and deploying an electronic skill-based activity, including implementing a matchup tool to determine a projected performance score for participants in real-world events based at least in part on historical performance data of each participant. The matchup tool creates suggested matchups for inclusion in a skill-based game by selecting, for each suggested matchup, at least two components, formed from one or more participants, expected to produce substantially similar scores in the skill-based game based on the projected performance score of each participant. The matchup tool renders for display to a game operator the suggested matchups to enable the game operator to interactively select suggested matchups for inclusion within the skill-based game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel K. Orlow
  • Publication number: 20240091629
    Abstract: A die, or sets thereof, with at least twelve sides, displaying indicia from two sets of indicia; one indicium from a set of six indicia, together with another indicium from a set of four indicia. In the preferred embodiment, the die, or sets thereof, is a twelve-sided dodecahedron-shaped die and the indicia consists of ranks and suits, respectively. The ranks are displayed twice on each die, and the suits are displayed thrice on each die. Further, in the preferred embodiment, there are four kinds of this die. These kinds display different configurations of rank-suit indicia, which allows for a variety of scores to be formed, across sets of said dice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240091630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel dice game device. The device is a modified dice game in which players roll different combinations of dice to enter into different areas of a scoresheet. Players earn points based on the combinations they roll to try and win the game. The game introduces the concept that five-of-a-kind numbers, (i.e., 2 thru 5), can be five-of-a-kind and/or a player can split the difference to achieve five-of-a-kind. The game introduces the concept that four-of-a-kind numbers (2 thru 6) with three of the same number can add the two remaining dice together to equal the same number as the three-of-a-kind number already scored to equal four-of-a kind. The game introduces the concept of wild cards that can be entered in any available score area for the maximum point available in that score area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Wright, Mahala Carol Wright
  • Publication number: 20240091631
    Abstract: An animated puzzle and/or animated puzzle kit comprising at least two puzzle pieces and at least one animated component. The at least two puzzle pieces being configured into shapes that fit together to form an assembled puzzle. The assembled puzzle having at least one pre-determined pre-cut section for placement of the at least one animated component. At least one animating device being connected to the at least one animated component, whereby operation of the at least one animating device animates the at least one animated component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Bradley N Litwin, Roger Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20240091632
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the apparatus of the present invention includes one or more artificial fish which are removably placed on a support member and which can be engaged and removed by an operation which is similar to the action of fishing. An artificial lure is positioned over the support member and pulled toward the user in an attempt to engage the lure with one of the fish. If the lure engages such a fish, the fish is considered to be caught and can be drawn away from the support member toward the user. Additionally, one or more of the fish may be secured to the back side of the support member by way of an elastic bungee that extends when fish is pulled away from the support and then retracts to pull the fish back to the support after the fish has been released from the lure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Arlen J. Lowrance
  • Publication number: 20240091633
    Abstract: Handheld location based games are provided in which a user's physical location correlates to the virtual location of a virtual character on a virtual playfield. Augmented Reality (AR) systems are provided in which video game indicia are overlaid onto a user's physical environment. A landscape detector is provided that may obtain information about the user's landscape, in addition to the user's location, in order to provide overlaying information to an AR head-mounted display and control information to non-user controlled video game characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Jeffrey David Mullen
  • Publication number: 20240091634
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that performs operations including receiving an actuation profile comprising one or more actuation thresholds responsive to a detection of a triggering event during a gaming session of a video game, configuring the sensor according to the one or more actuation thresholds, receiving, from the sensor, a signal indicating a depression range of the button, comparing the depression range to the one or more actuation thresholds of the actuation profile, and generating an actuation state when the depression range exceeds an actuation threshold of the one or more actuation thresholds. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Tino Soelberg, Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Thane Kurt Woidan, Thomas J. Panfil
  • Publication number: 20240091635
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a force feedback hand training method including: providing a training game content and adjusting the training game content based on predetermined parameters; displaying the training game content on a display; determining whether an input button position of at least one input signal from a hand training device matches a predetermined input button position; and storing a determination result in a storage module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Fong-Chin Su, Li-Chieh Kuo, Hsiao-Feng Chieh, Chien-Ju Lin, Hsiu-Yun Hsu
  • Publication number: 20240091636
    Abstract: A game processing apparatus displays an image of virtual space on a display that displays an image by using a sensor for identifying the position and direction of a certain body part of a player and the display. A controller in the game processing apparatus displays the image of the virtual space on the display in accordance with the position and direction of the certain body part of the player, and, when an information providing condition regarding the position and direction of the certain body part of the player is satisfied, outputs to-be-provided information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Masashi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240091637
    Abstract: Apparatus and method related to projections and/or computing devices are described. Projections may be made from multiple computing devices to create a presentation. Various other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Miller
  • Publication number: 20240091638
    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: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Raphaël Greff, Vincenzo Giamundo, Timothée Pourbaix
  • Publication number: 20240091639
    Abstract: The interactive theater system is executed on an interactive gaming computer (IG PC) configured to execute an interactive multi-player video game. The IG PC outputs a video stream to a display system, such as a projector and screen, which allows the players to view the multi-player video game. Each player sits in a multi-sensory seat for providing multi-sensory feedback to each player during execution of the interactive multi-player video game. The player provides input using an input device having an infrared camera and motion sensors. The infrared camera is used to image an infrared light arrangement positioned above-the multi-sensory seats. Infrared camera data and motion sensor data is used by the IG PC to accurately determine the real time position of each input device. Players in a first interactive theater system can compete with players in a second interactive theater system in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: CECIL D. MAGPURI, SYED SAHAM ALI, DAVID CONSOLO
  • Publication number: 20240091640
    Abstract: An approach is provided for a gaming overlay application to provide automatic in-game subtitles and/or closed captions for video game applications. The overlay application accesses an audio stream and a video stream generated by an executing game application. The overlay application processes the audio stream through a text conversion engine to generate at least one subtitle. The overlay application determines a display position to associate with the at least one subtitle. The overlay application generates a subtitle overlay comprising the at least one subtitle located at the associated display position. The overlay application causes a portion of the video stream to be displayed with the subtitle overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Liang, Ilia Blank, Patrick Fok, Le Zhang, Michael Schmit
  • Publication number: 20240091641
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for acquiring position information about a head-mounted display; performing information processing using the position information about the head-mounted display; generating and outputting data of an image to be displayed as a result of the information processing; and generating and outputting data of an image of a user guide indicating position information about a user in a real space using the position information about the head-mounted display, where the image of the user guide represents a state of the real space in which the user is physically located, as viewed obliquely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi Ikenoue, Tatsuo Tsuchie, Tetsugo Inada, Masaki Uchida, Hirofumi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20240091642
    Abstract: A method of mixing audio segments from audio clips to generate a unique stream of non-repeating sound, by: (a) inputting a plurality of audio source clips into an audio system; (b) applying a transfer function system to the plurality of audio source clips to select audio segments of the plurality of audio source clips, or applying a scheduling function system to the plurality of audio source clips to select playback times for the plurality of audio source clips; (c) applying a timeline renderer system to arrange the order of the selected audio segments; (d) applying a track renderer system to generate a plurality of audio playback clip tracks; (e) cross-fading the selected audio segments, thereby generating an audio playback having a unique sound stream; and (f) playing the audio playback having the unique sound stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SYNAPTICATS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik ROGERS, Mark ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20240091643
    Abstract: An in-game virtual object control method including: providing, by a first terminal, a virtual object residence area on a graphical user interface of the first terminal, where a plurality of virtual objects to be selected are displayed in the virtual object resident area according to a trigger instruction; in response to a selection instruction for the plurality of virtual objects to be selected, selecting a target number of target virtual objects from the plurality of virtual objects to be selected, and adding the target number of target virtual objects into a virtual city; generating a demand task associated with at least one unselected virtual object to be selected, and displaying, on the graphical user interface, task information corresponding to the demand task; and completing the demand task, increasing the a preset duration for the virtual object to be selected to leave the virtual object residence area corresponding to the demand task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Chao LUO, Yuanyuan HOU
  • Publication number: 20240091644
    Abstract: This application discloses a virtual object control method performed by a computer device. The method includes: displaying a first virtual object and a second virtual object, the first virtual object having a first skill; selecting the second virtual object located within a skill cast range of the first skill based on a preset rule associated with the first virtual object; displaying a skill indicator of the first skill between the first virtual object and the second virtual object; when at least one of the first virtual object and the second virtual object moves, updating the display of the skill indicator; and in response to a skill cast operation, controlling the first virtual object to cast the first skill to the second virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jiazhi JIANG, Siming ZHANG, Zhen QIAO
  • Publication number: 20240091645
    Abstract: A virtual object control method is provided. When there is a need to trigger a skill, a terminal determines a to-be-cast range of a skill and a target virtual object in the to-be-cast range, and displays a cast indication pattern of the skill according to positions of a controlled virtual object and the target virtual object. The terminal adjusts, in response to a position of either virtual object of the controlled virtual object and the target virtual object being changed, the displaying of the cast indication pattern in real time. Thus, it is ensured that the terminal automatically adjusts a pointing direction of the cast indication pattern with the change in the position of the virtual object, so that the cast indication pattern may be associated with the position of the target virtual object. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Xun HU, Yulin WAN, Shandong SU, Jianmiao WENG
  • Publication number: 20240091646
    Abstract: A method of playing golf in a virtual environment. The method includes the step of providing an online platform that is displayed on a user interface of a user device. The online platform presents a virtual golf course in the virtual environment. The method also includes the step of providing access to a virtual golf club in the virtual golf course that corresponds to a physical golf club. The method further includes receiving performance data captured by a user controller, generating a digital response in the virtual golf course based on the performance data captured by at least one sensor in communication with the user controller, generating a non-fungible token associated with metadata and a digital object based on the performance data captured by at least one sensor in communication with the user controller, and minting the non-fungible token to a blockchain network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Michael T. McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20240091647
    Abstract: This application discloses a map generation method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: randomly placing first M sub-level maps of N sub-level maps in a predetermined map region, N>M, and the first M sub-level maps not overlapping with each other and at least one of the first M sub-level maps is not connected to the others of the first M sub-level maps; selecting, among the remaining N?M sub-level maps, one or more to-be-placed sub-level maps; and iteratively placing the to-be-placed sub-level maps at target candidate regions adjacent the at least one of the first M sub-level maps in accordance with a predetermined condition to obtain a target map, wherein the predetermined condition comprises: after a to-be-placed sub-level map is placed at one of the target candidate regions, the sub-level map is connected to the at least one of the first M sub-level maps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jianquan LI, Zaixing CHENG, Gang LI
  • Publication number: 20240091648
    Abstract: A method of controlling the complexity levels of dialogues in a video game, includes the steps of: loading a first dialogue from a game database according to a parameter related to complexity level of dialogue in user settings; outputting the first dialogue; accepting a user operation of in response to the first dialogue; adjusting the parameter related to complexity level of dialogues in user settings based on the user operation; loading a second dialogue from the game database according to the adjusted parameter related to complexity level of dialogue; and outputting the second dialogue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Danjeli Schembri
  • Publication number: 20240091649
    Abstract: An example of an information processing apparatus acquires action data based on an output of a sensor according to a fitness action performed by a player, and executes a game event. In the game event, the information processing apparatus designates at least one type of fitness event from among a plurality of types of fitness events. Each fitness event causes the player to perform a fitness action. During the game event, the information processing apparatus executes a fitness event that causes the player to perform a fitness action corresponding to the designated fitness event until an ending condition is satisfied. The information processing apparatus determines whether or not the achievement condition has been satisfied, based on the action data acquired during the fitness event. The information processing apparatus repeats designation and execution of the fitness event until it is determined that the achievement condition has been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ryosuke SUZUKI, Masaki Wada
  • Publication number: 20240091650
    Abstract: A method for modifying user sentiment is described. The method includes analyzing behavior of a group of players during a play of a game. The behavior of the group of players is indicative of a sentiment of the group of players during the play of the game. The method includes accessing a non-player character (NPC) during the play of the game. The NPC has a characteristic that influences a change in the sentiment of the group of players. The method includes placing the NPC into one or more scenes of the game during the play of the game for a period of time until the change in the sentiment of the group of players is determined. The change in the sentiment of the group of players is determined by analyzing of the behavior of the group of players during said play of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Jorge Arroyo Palacios
  • Publication number: 20240091651
    Abstract: Systems and methods that employ a cloud-based central determination server to provide predetermined game outcomes displayed at a game presentation device operating with a remote game server and a balance management server in association with funds transacted at a point-of-sale terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony Baerlocher, Luigi Cacciapuoti
  • Publication number: 20240091652
    Abstract: Methods and systems for tracking a game asset used in a video game includes receiving game inputs provided by a player during gameplay of the video game. The game inputs are analyzed to determine when the game inputs result in the occurrence of a significant event in the video game. A digital asset is awarded to the player providing the game inputs for the significant event. A non-fungible token is generated for the digital asset earned by the player and a value indicative of intrinsic value of the significant event is computed and associated with the digital asset. The non-fungible token is used to monitor use of the digital asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Warren Benedetto, Matthew Tomczek, Steven Trombetta
  • Publication number: 20240091653
    Abstract: An anonymous leaderboard for a monitored computing environments is provided. In response to an entity registering with the monitored computing environment (MCE), an encrypted identity and a dynamic non-fungible token (NFT) are generated for the registered entity, where the dynamic NFT has an associated blockchain technology data structure. The blockchain technology data structure is associated with the encrypted identity. A progress element notification is received from the MCE in response to the entity satisfying criteria for a predefined progress element associated with the MCE. In response, a static NFT, corresponding to the predefined progress element, is generated and stored as a block in the blockchain technology data structure. An entry in an anonymous leaderboard output is generated based on the blockchain technology data structure, where the entry identifies the entity by the encrypted identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sneha Kanaujia, Al Chakra, Bryan Childs, GREGORY C. CREMINS, Travis Biro, Andrew C. M. Hicks, Cecilia Carranza Lewis, Peter G. Spera
  • Publication number: 20240091654
    Abstract: A virtual scene display method, includes obtaining, an adsorption region of a target virtual object in response to detection of a viewing-angle adjustment operation. The method further includes obtaining, in response to a determination that an aiming point is located in the adsorption region of the target virtual object, a target rotation speed of a viewing angle of a virtual scene according to a location of the aiming point, a location of the target virtual object, and the viewing-angle adjustment operation. Further, the method includes displaying, with the circuitry of the electronic device, a target virtual scene based on the target rotation speed of the viewing angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Shuohuan WU, Zhihong LIU
  • Publication number: 20240091655
    Abstract: This application provides a method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium for game data processing. The method includes: in response to a sharing instruction on a first page of a game application, obtaining data to be shared generated in the game application; jumping to a first target application and presenting a second page of the first target application, a preview of the data to be shared being displayed on the second page; adding a sticker to the data to be shared, the sticker being used to, after being triggered, perform a predetermined processing in a second target application on a terminal device that triggers the sticker; in response to an editing instruction performed on the sticker, editing the sticker; and publishing the data to be shared with the sticker in the first target application for sharing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Xuancheng ZHOU, Shangyong DONG, Yaotian LIN, Muyang LI, Bin QIU, Xuliu YAN, Fang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240091656
    Abstract: A therapeutic interactive doll system may be provided utilizing a doll body having a head, a torso, two arms and two legs. Each of the head, the torso, the two arms and the two legs may have an exterior surface enclosing an interior cavity. Each exterior surface may have a closable opening formed therein allowing access to the interior cavity. The system may utilize a central control module disposed within the doll body and a plurality of simulation elements disposed within the doll body. At least some of the plurality of simulation elements may be in electronic communication with the central control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Adrienne Mazzetti
  • Publication number: 20240091657
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bobblehead key chain. In one aspect, the bobblehead key chain includes a head having a top opening on an upper surface of the head, a bottom opening on a lower surface of the head, and a mounting feature located within an interior space of the head. The bobblehead key chain also includes a pivot mechanism disposed through the interior space of the head, where the pivot mechanism includes a spine that extends through the top opening of the head and an axle that extends from the spine. The axle is retained by the mounting feature. The bobblehead key chain may also include a connection feature at the top of the pivot mechanism to allow key rings, keys, or other objects to be attached to the bobblehead key chain. The bobblehead key chain may also include a body connected to the pivot mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Bobbleheads.com, LLC
    Inventors: Rachael Royal, Brandon Royal, Warren Royal