Companies are already patenting DNA sequences, so we're halfway there now.
Well fuck, I was too late I guess.
Mmhh... Hey... How about patenting the idea of 'patenting' something?
Companies are already patenting DNA sequences, so we're halfway there now.
because
...so not only does the patent not seem applicable to what the wii was doing, it also was filed 2 years after it was released.
Why not go even higher and patent the idea of a "living organism". Basically every person, dog, cat and whatever what breaths and shits in this planet would have to pay up.
Companies are already patenting DNA sequences, so we're halfway there now.
The perspective on that Escher doorway on the right hand side is doing bad things to my eyes and brain. And why does that woman (?) in the foreground appear to be melting? I mean, I know these diagrams just have to be functional and not particularly pretty, but I'm sure they could've found someone on staff who uses their hands to draw instead of holding the pen between their toes.
What kind of monsters have we become...
So much history behind this that it needs to be explained.
Fuck. I really hope this doesn't cripple the WiiU's momentum.
Considering how it's still selling more than the Xbox One....
Not sure if serious...
Sounds more like the PS Move. The Wii/U doesn't use a camera, does it?
What a beautiful drawing. Truly, a masterpiece of our time.
The patents are also very vague, but it's not like that's made much of a difference in the past.
So much history behind this that it needs to be explained.
A virtual body modelling apparatus and method models a users body in a virtual environment and animated to follow physical movements of the user. Stores (30,32) hold data defining the virtual environment as well as features of the virtual body representation, including sequences of virtual body motions (for example a walking sequence for the legs of the virtual body) which sequences are initiated in response to one or more predetermined physical movements by the user, and animated by a display generator (28) providing images of the virtual environment to the user. Various forms of feedback to the user are provided, including force feedback where the users physical movements are constrained in dependence on conditions within the virtual environment, visual feedback where the users viewpoint of the virtual world is modified as a sequence of body motions is executed, and audio feedback (62) such as the sound of footsteps triggered at predetermined points in the sequence of motions
1. Virtual body modeling apparatus operable to generate and animate under user direction a representation of a body in a virtual environment, said apparatus comprising:a first data store, holding data defining the virtual environment;a second data store, holding data related to features of a virtual body representation;user motion detector to detect user body motion; anda processor arranged to generate a representation of the virtual environment based on data from the first data store, to generate the virtual body representation within the virtual environment based on data from the second data store, and to periodically modify the generated virtual body representation in response to the detected user body motion,said second data store holding sequence data defining at least one sequence of virtual body motions; andsaid processor being arranged to call said sequence data and translate the detected user body motion using said sequence data, wherein the generated virtual body representation is modified to follow the detected user body motion.
This seems to be the patent in question.
Filed in 2009, issued on Sept. 17th, 2013.
Don't really know what to make of it. The patent basically claims that its a universal remote.
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Philips still exists?
This seems to be the patent in question.
Filed in 2009, issued on Sept. 17th, 2013.
Don't really know what to make of it. The patent basically claims that its a universal remote.
Gotta love how vague these patents are.
They make okay TV's, audio equipment.
Philips claimed breach of 2 patents, the one that got linked before and also this one which got filed in 1996
I assume it's more about this one
There are three moves attached to 160. Sony is so fucked!! Philips isn't gonna let that slide!!
Am I missing something? When did nintendo become poor?Phillips apparently has a dire need for a couple old sticks of gum, lint, cookie crumbs, a couple nickels, and whatever else is wedged between the cushions of Nintendo's couches.
lmaoThis seems to be the patent in question.
Filed in 2009, issued on Sept. 17th, 2013.
Don't really know what to make of it. The patent basically claims that its a universal remote.
Sounds more like the PS Move. The Wii/U doesn't use a camera, does it?
The vague patent business is booming.
My head hurts.
They make okay TV's, audio equipment.
This patent trolling shit is getting out of hand. I don't care what company it is its just so tiring.
Apparently it also affects Wii and Wii Remote not the Wii U in particular. Why did Philips wait 8 years after those were released?
I originally thought patents were just about technology like blue prints, I'm rather surprised that vague concepts like this can be patented too as it's obvious it's unworkable and open to interpretation.
Great system for lawyers and judges, and probably why it'l never get fixed
Companies are already patenting DNA sequences, so we're halfway there now.