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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2016
Applicant:

The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael E. Depies, Lawndale, CA (US);

Vikash Sharma, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);

Aaron L. Goldstein, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Charles W. Beeson, La Mirada, CA (US);

Assignee:

The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/41 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/478 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); H04N 21/21805 (2013.01);
Abstract

A virtual reality (VR) system including a head mounted display (HMD), a sensor or input device, and options, selection, and display modules. The HMD displays a VR environment including sports content of a live game, a prerecorded game, or a sports channel. The options module generates an options signal to show viewing options in the VR environment. The viewing options define viewing aspects for viewing the sports content within the VR environment. The sensor or input device generates signals based on detection of movement of the HMD, movement of an eyeball of a user, user voice communication, or user contact with the input device. The selection module, based on the signals: selects the sports content and a viewing option; and generates a selection signal. The display module displays the sports content in the VR environment based on the selection signal.


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