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US 10,852,832 B2Granted
Systems and methods for positional tracking in a virtual reality system
AssigneeJANUS Research Group, Inc.
InventorsJoseph S. Martin, Rodney Roeber
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a wearable virtual reality positional tracking device. Embodiments may include a wearable glove and a plurality of inertial measurement unit (IMU)/microcontroller unit (MCU) pairs wherein each pair is located on the wearable glove. Each IMU/MCU pair may include a sensor configured to obtain positional information and provide that positional information to an inverse kinematics (IK) solver.
Claims17
A virtual reality positional tracking method comprising:
- providing a wearable glove;
- attaching a plurality of inertial measurement unit (IMU)/microcontroller unit (MCU) pairs on the wearable glove, wherein each IMU/MCU pair includes a sensor;
- obtaining positional information using the sensor;
- providing that positional information to an inverse kinematics (IK) solver;
- and
- controlling one or more operations using a microcontroller including an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) communications module and at least one general purpose input/output (GPIO) pin, wherein the microcontroller utilizes a communications protocol configured to enable exception processing, fault recovery, and device hot-swapping.
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A wearable virtual reality positional tracking device comprising:
- a wearable glove;
- and
- a plurality of inertial measurement unit (IMU)/microcontroller unit (MCU) pairs wherein each pair is located on the wearable glove, wherein each IMU/MCU pair includes a sensor configured to obtain positional information and provide that positional information to an inverse kinematics (IK) solver, wherein three IMU/MCU pairs are located on each digit of the wearable glove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.