Patent ID: 11880945
Assignee: SILVER SPOON ANIMATION INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for rendering virtual or digital crowds in real-time, the system comprising:
a computing device comprising at least an application, a memory, a storage device and a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the application is configured to:
map a venue of a first location hosting an event in a three-dimensional (3D) view;
receive data from one or more cameras in a second location, wherein the data comprises tracking data of one or more users in the second location;
process the data; and
transmit the processed data to an augmented reality system;
the augmented reality system, being configured to:
receive the processed data;
combine the processed data with additional data to form digital crowd members; and
place the digital crowd members into the 3D view of the venue by;
dividing the venue into sections;
configuring the sections to have a specified number of rows of seats, a specified distance between rows; a specified distance between seats, and specified row offsets;
placing the tagged and configured venue sections using section placing modes including at least one of grid, quad, and spline modes; and
eliminating seats in the placed venue sections that do not have venue geometry beneath them;
tagging each of the venue sections to create positions into which the digital crowd members can be spawned;
replicating each of the sections in a 3D environment to create the 3D view;
spawning the digital crowd members into the tagged positions; and
receiving data from an operator via the GUI to manipulate the digital crowd members; and

a transmission control protocol (TCP) network configured to propagate commands of the operator to render machines in real-time.