Troy Hieda

Title: Troy Hieda and Modular Virtual Reality Tracking

Introduction

Troy Hieda is an inventor associated with Los Angeles, California, and Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. His work includes a patent for a modular system designed to track objects in a virtual reality game-console play area.

Latest Patents

Hieda is listed as an inventor on 1 patent, titled “Modular Virtual Reality Tracking System for a Game Console Play Area.” The invention describes a system that uses tracking modules positioned in different locations to capture images of a play area and determine an object’s coordinates relative to each module. A processing unit receives the coordinate data and continuously tracks the object while it remains within the boundaries covered by at least one module’s image.

Career Highlights

Hieda’s patent work is associated with Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. The disclosed tracking approach uses multiple modules to support object tracking across a virtual reality play area.

Collaborations

Hieda’s listed coworkers include Kevin Murphy and Stephen Burns. The patent’s modular design describes how multiple tracking modules can contribute coordinate information to a shared processing unit.

Conclusion

Troy Hieda’s patent describes a modular approach to tracking objects in virtual reality, combining image capture and coordinate data from multiple locations to maintain tracking within a game-console play area.