US Patent Issued to Adeia Guides on June 17 for "Systems and methods for automatic configuration of a virtual reality play area and physical harm avoidance" (Colorado, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,049, issued on June 17, 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: "Depth sensing measurements are performed for an area in all directions surrounding a user. Based on the depth sensing measurements, a horizontal plane the area, as well as a plurality of obstructions in the area are identified. A three-dimensional shape representing the maximum volume of contiguous open space is generated based on the horizo...