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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Carl Jagnow, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robbie Tilton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/003 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to navigate within virtual-reality (VR) environments are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes defining a reachable portion of a VR environment, defining an unreachable portion of the VR environment separate from the reachable portion, and translating a physical hand location in the reachable portion into a virtual hand location in the unreachable portion.