Adam J Carriuolo

US Patent:

8444464, May 21, 2013

Filed:

Sep 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/250322

Inventors:

Matthew C. Boch - Somerville MA, US
Kasson D. Crooker - Arlington MA, US
Dean N. Tate - Cambridge MA, US
Adam Carriuolo - Rehoboth MA, US
Isaac Adams - Revere MA, US
Eitan Glinert - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 7

Abstract:

Presented herein are methods, apparatuses, programs, and systems for prompting a player to perform a series of dance moves. A player is prompted to perform a series of dance moves by providing a timeline comprising at least a first time interval associated with a first dance move, and a second time interval associated with a second dance move; displaying an icon representing the first dance move at a first location on the display for the duration of the first time interval; and displaying an icon representing the second dance move at the first location on the display for the duration of the second time interval, wherein the icon representing the first dance move includes one or more representations of a body and indicates on the one or more representations of the body at least one body part whose position is important during the performance of the first dance move.

US Patent:

D689902, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Jun 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/393967

Inventors:

Adam Carriuolo - Rehoboth MA, US
Matthew C. Boch - Somerville MA, US
Isaac Adams - Revere MA, US
Dean N. Tate - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

1404

US Classification:

D14489

US Patent:

8562403, Oct 22, 2013

Filed:

Jun 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/158050

Inventors:

Matthew C. Boch - Somerville MA, US
Kasson D. Crooker - Arlington MA, US
Dean N. Tate - Cambridge MA, US
Isaac Adams - Revere MA, US
Adam Carriuolo - Rehoboth MA, US
Eitan Glinert - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 7, 463 9

Abstract:

Presented herein are methods, apparatuses, programs, and systems for prompting a player to perform a series of dance moves. A player is prompted to perform a series of dance moves by providing a timeline comprising at least a first time interval associated with a first dance move, and a second time interval associated with a second dance move; displaying an icon representing the first dance move at a first location on the display for the duration of the first time interval; and displaying an icon representing the second dance move at the first location on the display for the duration of the second time interval, wherein the icon representing the first dance move includes one or more representations of a body and indicates on the one or more representations of the body at least one body part whose position is important during the performance of the first dance move.

US Patent:

20110306396, Dec 15, 2011

Filed:

Nov 5, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/940794

Inventors:

Marc Albert Flury - Cambridge MA, US
Kasson D. Crooker - Arlington MA, US
Matthew Christopher Boch - Somerville MA, US
Eran B. Egozy - Brookline MA, US
Dean Nicholas Tate - Cambridge MA, US
Seth Goldstein - Exeter NH, US
Isaac Adams - Revere MA, US
Adam Carriuolo - Rehoboth MA, US

Assignee:

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

A63F 9/24
A63F 13/00

US Classification:

463 7, 463 32

Abstract:

Presented herein are methods, apparatuses, programs, and systems for scoring a player performance comprising one or more poses in a dance-based video game. a performance 3D skeleton is received that indicates a pose of the player. A score is calculated by comparing a position, a timing, or both, associated with one or more joints of the performance 3D skeleton to a position, a timing, or both, associated with one or more joints of a target pose and altering one or more characteristics of the dance-based video game based on the score.

US Patent:

D673582, Jan 1, 2013

Filed:

Jun 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/393968

Inventors:

Adam Carriuolo - Rehoboth MA, US
Dare Matheson - Providence RI, US
Matthew C. Boch - Somerville MA, US
Kasson D. Crooker - Arlington MA, US
Isaac Adams - Revere MA, US
Dean N. Tate - Cambridge MA, US
Joshua Randall - Cambridge MA, US
Ryan Lesser - Jamaica Plain MA, US
Matthew Moore - Jamaica Plain MA, US

Assignee:

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

1404

US Classification:

D14492