ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,727, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for automatic configuration of a virtual reality play area and physical harm avoidance" was invented by Dhananjay Lal (Englewood, Colo.) and Reda Harb (Issaquah, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual reality play area is defined. Movement of an object in the vicinity of the play area may then be detected. Based on the movement of the object, it may be determined whether the object is projected to enter the play area. If the object is projected to enter the play area, a representation of the object is generated for display to th...