PROVIDING A COMMON VIRTUAL ITEM REPOSITORY IN A VIRTUAL SPACE
Granted: June 26, 2014
Application Number:
20140181062
Virtual items may be unlocked in a virtual space responsive to physical token detection. A common virtual item repository may be provided in the virtual space. Once unlocked, a given virtual item may be accessible to multiple characters in the virtual space via the virtual item repository. Customization of a virtual space may be facilitated. The customization may be based on the virtual items accessible via the virtual item repository.
PERCEPTUALLY GUIDED CAPTURE AND STYLIZATION OF 3D HUMAN FIGURES
Granted: June 26, 2014
Application Number:
20140180647
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of an individual. The technique involves receiving pose data that includes image data associated with the individual being in a pose, selecting from a database a morphable 3D generic human model based on a gender of the individual, adjusting a pose of the morphable 3D generic model based on the image data, identifying, based on the image data, one or more 3D appearance parameter…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR EFFECTUATING MODIFICATIONS TO CHARACTERS AND/OR VIRTUAL ITEMS WITHIN A VIRTUAL SPACE RESPONSIVE TO TOKEN DETECTION
Granted: June 26, 2014
Application Number:
20140179444
Exemplary implementations may facilitate modifications to characters and/or virtual items within a virtual space, or to the virtual space itself, made responsive to detection of a token. In some implementations, a physical accessory may depict a character in the virtual space. By way of non-limiting example, the physical accessory may include a toy figurine resembling the character. A detectable token (i.e., a physical object) may be removably attached to the physical accessory.…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR EFFECTUATING MODIFICATIONS TO A VIRTUAL SPACE RESPONSIVE TO TOKEN DETECTION
Granted: June 26, 2014
Application Number:
20140179443
Exemplary implementations may facilitate modifications to characters and/or virtual items within a virtual space, or to the virtual space itself, made responsive to detection of a token. In some implementations, a physical accessory may depict a character in the virtual space. By way of non-limiting example, the physical accessory may include a toy figurine resembling the character. A detectable token (i.e., a physical object) may be removably attached to the physical accessory.…
UNLOCKING VIRTUAL ITEMS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE RESPONSIVE TO PHYSICAL TOKEN DETECTION
Granted: June 26, 2014
Application Number:
20140179418
Virtual items may be unlocked in a virtual space responsive to physical token detection. A common virtual item repository may be provided in the virtual space. Once unlocked, a given virtual item may be accessible to multiple characters in the virtual space via the virtual item repository. Customization of a virtual space may be facilitated. The customization may be based on the virtual items accessible via the virtual item repository.
MANAGING OBJECTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH A VIRTUAL SPACE BASED ON CHARACTERS MADE ACCESSIBLE RESPONSIVE TO CORRESPONDING TOKENS BEING DETECTED
Granted: June 26, 2014
Application Number:
20140176534
Objectives, an environment, and/or a theme associated with a virtual space may be managed based on characters made accessible responsive to corresponding tokens being detected. Tokens, including a first token associated with a first character or a second token associated with a second character, may be detected based on signals received from one or more token readers. The first character may be made accessible in the virtual space responsive to the first token being detected and the…
LARGE AUDIENCE 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM WITHOUT GLASSES
Granted: June 19, 2014
Application Number:
20140168051
A three dimensional (3D) display apparatus for without 3D glasses. The display apparatus includes a display element operated to display left and right eye images. A back light assembly back lights the display element and includes light bars with a row of infrared (IR) light receivers that are each paired to a white light emitting diode (LED). Viewers in seats in tiered rows such that their heads are in known viewing locations. Left and right side illuminators illuminate the left and…
DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL USING AUDIO/VISUAL RECOGNITION
Granted: June 19, 2014
Application Number:
20140172623
Systems and methods are provided for providing a platform to provide virtual storefronts to consumers. Environmental elements are associated with specific consumer services on computer server. A user in the environment takes audio or visual recordings of an environmental element and uploads the recordings to the server. The server determines the appropriate consumer service associated with the recorded environmental element and provides the user with a reference to the service.…
ACOUSTIC DATA TRANSMISSION BASED ON GROUPS OF AUDIO RECEIVERS
Granted: June 19, 2014
Application Number:
20140172141
Techniques are disclosed for acoustic data reception. Playback of modified audio content is acoustically detected by a first receiving entity and a second receiving entity operatively connected to the first receiving entity via a network. The modified audio content is generated by encoding specified data into specified audio content such that the modified audio content satisfies a predefined signal constraint characterizing imperceptibility of any differences between playback of the…
Wireless Stylus Device with Interchangeable Tips and Eraser
Granted: June 19, 2014
Application Number:
20140168177
There is provided a method and system for a wireless stylus device with interchangeable tips and an eraser. The method comprises, detecting a tip connected to the stylus device from a plurality of tips, detecting a movement of the stylus device, determine a code representing a feature of an application of an interactive device based on the tip and the movement, and transmitting the code to an interactive device. The wireless stylus device may include an accelerometer, which may detect an…
FLYING ROLLER COASTER WITH VERTICAL LOAD AND LAUNCH
Granted: June 19, 2014
Application Number:
20140165868
A ride system for giving passengers a flying roller coaster experience. The ride system includes a train of vehicles, with each of the vehicles including seat assemblies that each has a seat and seat back for receiving a passenger. The vehicles are supported by the track to roll along a length of the track, and the ride path is adapted for gravity-based movement of the train of vehicles in at least portions of the ride path. The track includes a vertical segment, and the ride system…
Media Content Presentation In a Selected Language
Granted: June 12, 2014
Application Number:
20140163949
There is provided a method and system for providing a media content in a selected language. The method comprises receiving a first input selecting a language, receiving at least one available media content from a media content server, receiving a second input selecting the media content for display from the at least one available media content, transmitting the first input and the second input to a language management server, receiving a language content corresponding to the media…
REAL-TIME CAMERA VIEW THROUGH DRAWN REGION FOR IMAGE CAPTURE
Granted: June 5, 2014
Application Number:
20140152873
Apparatuses and methods related to custom view finders are disclosed. In one embodiment, for example, a method is disclosed which includes defining a view finder region within a first image and saving the image with the view finder into a non-transitory computer readable medium. Additionally, the method includes capturing a second image with a digital camera and compositing the second image into the view finder region of the first image to generate a composite image.
METHOD FOR THE TRANSLATION OF A WHITE LIGHT COLOR PALETTE TO A BLACK LIGHT COLOR PALETTE
Granted: June 5, 2014
Application Number:
20140152689
One implementation of the present disclosure is a computing device for identifying a translated color from a desired color. The computing device includes at least one memory component storing a translation chart. The translation chart includes information implementing a correspondence between each of a plurality of first colors and each of a plurality of second colors. The computing device also includes one or more processing elements in communication with the at least one memory…
CONTENT-ADAPTIVE LENTICULAR PRINTS
Granted: May 29, 2014
Application Number:
20140146388
A lenticular display device is described that is effective in increasing both perceived angular resolution and spatial resolution. These desirable results are achieved by modifying the lenslet array to better match the content of a given light field. An optimization algorithm or method (which may be implemented with software run on a computing device) is provided that analyzes an input light field and computes an optimal lenslet size, shape, and arrangement of sets of lenslets across the…
HIERARCHICAL MODEL FOR HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION
Granted: May 22, 2014
Application Number:
20140143183
The disclosure provides an approach for recognizing and analyzing activities. In one embodiment, a learning application trains parameters of a hierarchical model which represents human (or object) activity at multiple levels of detail. Higher levels of detail may consider more context, and vice versa. Further, learning may be optimized for a user-preferred type of inference by adjusting a learning criterion. An inference application may use the trained model to answer queries about…
CONTROLLING A USER'S TACTILE PERCEPTION IN A DYNAMIC PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Granted: May 22, 2014
Application Number:
20140139327
To maintain consistency in different environments with different impedances, a high voltage current driver may be used as a signal generator to output a tactile signal with a constant current. The constant current ensures that the voltage between the user's finger and the object's surface or electrode remains the same even if impedances in the electrical path change. Specifically, the current driver includes a current sensing circuit that determines the average current being generated.…
MUTLI-LAYER PLENOPTIC DISPLAYS THAT COMBINE MULTIPLE EMISSIVE AND LIGHT MODULATING PLANES
Granted: May 8, 2014
Application Number:
20140125894
A multi-planar plenoptic display assembly is provided that includes multiple spatially-varying light emitting and light modulating planes. The display assembly includes at least one light emitting device and may include, but does not require, a modulating device used in conjunction according to display methods taught herein to display light field data. A display assembly controller may be used to render a light field with depth into a multi-planar plenoptic display assembly by assigning…
System and Method for Optimized Filtered Data Feeds to Capture Data and Send to Multiple Destinations
Granted: May 8, 2014
Application Number:
20140129577
There is provided a system and method for optimized filtered data feeds to capture data and send to multiple destinations. There is provided a system comprising a memory and a processor. The memory has a database associating data feed patterns to one or more of a plurality of destinations. The processor captures data from a data feed having a data feed destination, stores the data in the memory, compares the data feed with the data feed patterns in the database to determine matched…
Smart Packaging Initiative (SPI) Scoring System
Granted: May 8, 2014
Application Number:
20140129280
A method is provided for the smart packaging initiative (SPI) scoring system, with particular relevance for the toy industry. The SPI scoring system may include at least four indicators, including carbon footprint of packaging on a life-cycle basis, materials health on a life-cycle basis, waste-to-landfill measurement, and cube utilization. By using a SPI classification system, products can be placed in classes with very similar functional packaging requirements, regardless of the…
