Method and device for fantasy sports auction recommendations
Granted: March 9, 2021
Patent Number:
10940395
A device and method groups sport players into tiers for a fantasy sports auction and generates bid recommendations. The method includes receiving at least one parameter value for each of a plurality of sport players. The method includes determining a score value for each of the sport players as a function of the at least one parameter value. The method includes determining a corresponding tier value of a plurality of tier values for each of the sport players, each of the tier values…
Synchronized augmented reality gameplay across multiple gaming environments
Granted: March 9, 2021
Patent Number:
10940387
Various embodiments of the invention disclosed herein provide techniques for implementing augmented reality (AR) gameplay across multiple AR gaming environments. A synchronized AR gaming application executing on an AR gaming console detects that a first gaming console that is executing an AR gaming application has exited a first AR gaming environment and entered a second AR gaming environment. The synchronized AR gaming application connects to a communications network associated with the…
Image compensation using image enhancement effects
Granted: March 2, 2021
Patent Number:
10937242
There are provided systems and methods for performing image compensation using image enhancement effects. In one implementation, such a system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing an image compensation software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the image compensation software code to receive image data corresponding to an event being viewed by a viewer in a venue, the image data obtained by a wearable augmented reality (AR)…
Animation streaming for media interaction
Granted: March 2, 2021
Patent Number:
10937220
Embodiments provide for animation streaming for media interaction by receiving, at a generator, inputs from a target device presenting of a virtual environment; updating, based on the user inputs, a model of the virtual environment; determining network conditions between the generator and target device; generating a packet that includes a forecasted animation set for a virtual object in the updated model that comprises rig updates for the virtual object for at least two different states,…
Optimizing 3D printed large-scale structures under worst-case loads
Granted: March 2, 2021
Patent Number:
10933623
A 3D printer system with a structural optimization tool to generate 3D models optimized for build materials such as those used in binder jetting technology-based printers. The structural optimization tool uses a computational approach to optimize mechanical and mass properties of large-scale structures (i.e., objects to be 3D printed), and the computational approach is tailored for fabrication on binder jetting technologies. To spend a material budget for printing an object wisely, the…
Methods and systems of hybrid actuator-system control
Granted: March 2, 2021
Patent Number:
10933335
Systems and methods for hybrid actuator system control are disclosed herein. The system can include a simulation vehicle. The simulation vehicle can transit at least one passenger through a ride experience, can include a plurality of controls, and can be mounted on an actuator system controllable to move the simulation vehicle in connection with at least one ride event. The system can include a processor. The processor can: provide content to the at least one passenger; receive user…
Learning to schedule control fragments for physics-based character simulation and robots using deep Q-learning
Granted: February 23, 2021
Patent Number:
10929743
The disclosure provides an approach for learning to schedule control fragments for physics-based virtual character simulations and physical robot control. Given precomputed tracking controllers, a simulation application segments the controllers into control fragments and learns a scheduler that selects control fragments at runtime to accomplish a task. In one embodiment, each scheduler may be modeled with a Q-network that maps a high-level representation of the state of the simulation to…
System and method for providing landscape and portrait oriented images of a common scene on separate feeds with independent image controls
Granted: February 23, 2021
Patent Number:
10931889
A system and method for providing landscape (horizontal) and portrait (vertical) oriented images of a common scene on separate feeds with independent image controls includes a movable horizontal camera configured to provide a horizontal image on a horizontal image feed, a movable vertical camera configured to provide a vertical image on a vertical image feed, the horizontal and vertical cameras configured to be aligned along a camera axis and mounted to a common support, the horizontal…
Light transmitting wearable device with transparent and translucent components
Granted: February 23, 2021
Patent Number:
10931002
A wearable electronic device is described. The wearable electronic device uses a light within a housing of the electronic device to illuminate an optically connected band, such as a watch band which provides interactive displays and features to a user. The positioning of the light source within the housing allows for the interactive display in the connected band without increasing the size and/or complexity of the electronic device itself.
Prompting a user for feedback based on user experience
Granted: February 23, 2021
Patent Number:
10929897
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for prompting a user for feedback based on user experience. The technique includes detecting, via a processor, that a first application event has occurred and updating a score based on a first value assigned to the first application event. The technique further includes determining that the score exceeds a first threshold, and, in response, outputting a first prompt for display.
Distributed storytelling environment
Granted: February 23, 2021
Patent Number:
10928915
A method, computer-readable medium, and system are disclosed for an interactive storytelling environment. The method comprises identifying a plurality of storytelling devices available to participate in a storytelling experience, including a first storytelling device at a first physical location and a second storytelling device at a remote second physical location. The method further comprises receiving, based on user input during playback of a story, an instruction to perform a first…
Systems and methods to provide a sports-based interactive experience
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10918949
This disclosure presents systems and methods to provide sports-based interactive experiences. The interactive experiences may be facilitated by providing users' views of virtual content related to a particular sport. The systems and methods may utilize action sequence information and/or other information. The action sequence information may specify anticipated sequences of output signals generated by sensors coupled to real-world items of playing equipment. The output signals in the…
Cloud-based image rendering for video stream enrichment
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10924823
According to one implementation, a cloud-based system for performing cloud-based image rendering for video stream enrichment includes a video forwarding unit and a video enrichment unit. The video forwarding unit is configured to detect one or more non-interactive video player(s) linked to the video forwarding unit over a communication network, forward a video stream to the non-interactive video player(s), and forward the video stream to the video enrichment unit. The video enrichment…
System and method for polarization and wavelength gated transparent displays
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10924639
A transparent display system is provided where broadcast talent (or presenter) can see interactive content, tool palettes, prompts (and the like) as well as their own sketches and annotations, but a viewing audience sees only the broadcast talent and content intended for the viewing audience with the talent's annotation thereof. A transparent scattering screen together with optical filtering or gating of a first optical property of the light (e.g., polarization-based or wavelength-based)…
Systems and methods to provide a software benefit when a consumer object is recognized in an image
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10922700
According to some embodiments, it may be recognized that a consumer has placed a consumer object, such as a toy or action figure, into a field of view of a camera (e.g., a video camera incorporated into a portable computer). A software benefit associated with the consumer object may then be automatically determined, and, responsive to the recognition and determination, it may be arranged for the consumer to receive that software benefit (e.g., in a virtual world).
Stability controlled systems
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10921830
A stability controlled system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor, a memory storing a software code, a moveable component, and a tilt sensor. The hardware processor executes the software code to monitor the tilt sensor to determine whether the system is at a tilt with respect to a support surface for the system. When the tilt sensor is sensing the tilt with respect to the support surface: when the moveable component is off, the software code prevents the moveable…
Adaptive luminance/color correction for displays
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10921596
The systems described herein facilitate providing a virtual content with an intended appearance. The virtual content can be an interactive space. The interactive space may be presented on a display of a presentation device. The display can be a transparent display. The interactive space can be superimposed over a perspective of a physical real-world environment of a user. Environmental characteristics of the physical real-world environment can alter the intended appearance of the…
Compact perspectively correct occlusion capable augmented reality displays
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10921593
Embodiments herein describe AR systems that provide occluded AR content to a user while maintaining the perspective of the user. In one embodiment, the AR system includes an optical cloak that contains a mask display device and an AR display device and one or more focusing elements and a prism for focusing light captured from the user's environment. As the light enters the optical cloak, the mask display device occludes a portion of the user's view to generate a black silhouette. The AR…
Contextually changing guest messaging and experience
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10918961
Systems and methods for a customized amusement ride experience are disclosed herein. Such a system can include a simulation vehicle that can transit at least one passenger from a starting position to a terminating position of the amusement ride, a memory including a content database and a token database, and a sensor that can receive data identifying at least one token. The system can include a processor that can: receive data from the sensor identifying the at least one token; retrieve…
Systems and methods to provide a game based on common media consumption
Granted: February 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10918951
Systems and methods to provide a game based on common media consumption are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: obtain sets of consumption information for users of a game; identify common media content that has been consumed by two or more users from the sets of consumption information for the two or more users; responsive to requests from users to play the game together, obtain game information that corresponds to the common media content; effectuate presentation of the…
