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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:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
David Sawyer, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kenneth Birdwell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kenneth Barnett, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tristan Reidford, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aaron Leiby, Seattle, WA (US);
Emily Ridgway, Bellevue, WA (US);
Alexander C. Vlachos, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0167 (2013.01);
Abstract
Sensory feedback ('chaperoning') systems and methods for guiding users in virtual/augmented reality environments such as walk-around virtual reality environments are described. Exemplary implementations assist with preventing collisions with objects in the physical operating space in which the user acts, among other potential functions and/or uses.