frankie_baby
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There's lawyers all over GAF! I had no idea
..... and how do you know this?
i looked at the patent
There's lawyers all over GAF! I had no idea
..... and how do you know this?
http://www.google.com/patents/US7417664?printsec=drawing#v=onepage&q&f=false
^ The patent in question. Cursory reading makes this sound like a bad jury decision, rather than Nintendo infringing, but I guess that's why I'm not a lawyer.
It still seems kinda bullshit that they're infringing on a patent that relies on a means of automatically detecting the viewer's position to set the screen for the stereoscopic image, though. Hell, Nintendo probably wouldn't have been found to infringe at all if they'd left the camera off.
But they had Luigi's Mansion working in 3D before the Gamecube launched. One would think that Nintendo had the proper documentation for a long time. .__.
But they had Luigi's Mansion working in 3D before the Gamecube launched. One would think that Nintendo had the proper documentation for a long time. .__.
I love love LOVE the 3D on the 3DS -- it's one of my favorite features, and other portables, past and present, feel super-flat without it. If the guy really invented it, or if his ideas shaped the 3D on the 3DS, then he deserves the money.
Obviously, but them looking into the technology precedes their meeting with this guy. There's no reason they would decide to rip him off to achieve the effect.This is the screen technology, not 3D gaming itself.
That isn't glassless 3D technology.
There's lawyers all over GAF! I had no idea
If you read the thread instead of rushing to call people out for being salty, you'd realize that this question has been already been raised.
Maybe I did read the thread and was posing the question in sarcasm to the person who responded to me. You know what happens when you assume right?
Maybe I did read the thread and was posing the question in sarcasm to the person who responded to me. You know what happens when you assume right?
look at his patent, its nothing like how the 3ds works
actually nintendo planned a glassesless 3d screen for the gamecube
bro no way lol
I got myself a college education in sarcasm. What you said earlier was nowhere close to sarcasm.
That's the worst sarcasm I've ever seen.
Are people actually upset this guy got his just rewards or just salty at the revelation that the idea for glassless 3D wasn't Nintendo's?
Except Nintendo did not invent or create the 3D screen used in the 3DS. SHARP did. So why isn't he going after sharp who is manufacturing this 3D screen for numerous devices.
I love love LOVE the 3D on the 3DS -- it's one of my favorite features, and other portables, past and present, feel super-flat without it. If the guy really invented it, or if his ideas shaped the 3D on the 3DS, then he deserves the money.
actually nintendo planned a glassesless 3d screen for the gamecube
Can someone actually explain to me why he didn't go after HTC for the evo 3d or against sharp for their screen technology? I've nothing against seeing a guy rewarded for good ideas or invention, it just seems selective to go after the 3DS when the exact same tech is used elsewhere. I find the reward odd too. If it infringes why aren't they made to license and give the guy back pay and future payments?
The Sony blood still boils in this inventor =PCan someone actually explain to me why he didn't go after HTC for the evo 3d or against sharp for their screen technology? I've nothing against seeing a guy rewarded for good ideas or invention, it just seems selective to go after the 3DS when the exact same tech is used elsewhere. I find the reward odd too. If it infringes why aren't they made to license and give the guy back pay and future payments?
If I'm understanding it correctly, it is using a camera to detect where the person's eyes are and displays the 3D accordingly?
Yea, just searched this up. It was too expensive back then.
Did anyone tell the court that no one really uses 3D on the 3DS anymore?
nothing, considering nintendo will pretty certainly win on appeal and he'll be left with a big legal bill
It's weird because the patent indicates "Prior Art" and at one point in that section explains how a glassless 3d screen would work. What I get from this is that the patent is for a device that captures a 3d image with 2 cameras, send the image to a reciever, that reciever will output the glassless 3d image and somehow adjust the distance of the 2 images acording to the position of the viewer. Nothing like the 3ds, it even admits that 3d screens like the one on the 3ds exists in the prior art section.
yeah sounds like his patent is pretty cool but definitely nothing like the 3ds
would've been a cool little add on, shame it never saw the light of day
Probably would've been too bulky for portable displays at this point.yeah sounds like his patent is pretty cool but definitely nothing like the 3ds
would've been a cool little add on, shame it never saw the light of day
He deserved it.
Great for him, it is not that often thing to happen.
nintendoomed?
Clearly you've never heard of contingency fees.
This right here is a good example of why people who aren't lawyers shouldn't talk about the law as if they have any idea what they are talking about.
There's a reason it takes 3 years extra of schooling and the passing of a huge exam to become a lawyer.
Nintendo having to pay a Sony employee for using an idea patented by them?
that's just fucking RICH
Doesn't the 3DS take 3D pictures/video? Wouldn't that be the patent infringement?
Didn't someone display a prototype for a game on the 3DS that gave you different views of a panorama scene depending on the angle you were looking at the camera or am I confused?
Sir Tim Berners Lee will ride in on you with his mighty steed and javelin you.I need to find something to patent, one of these days.
Is the internet patented?
Are you thinking of Rittai Kakushi, the game that often used to troll people into thinking it was a video of the 3DS before it was first shown?Didn't someone display a prototype for a game on the 3DS that gave you different views of a panorama scene depending on the angle you were looking at the camera or am I confused?
maybe you should reread the details...
like, FORMER sony employee. And it was patented under his own companies name. Tomita Technologies
Sony has nothing to do with this at all.
...it's an option. Keep it turned off and move on with your life.does this mean they will abandon 3d
thank fuck
I need to find something to patent, one of these days.
Is the internet patented?
A prototype is recommended but the creator needs to document everything they did to come up with the idea and how it works.This now has me wondering what someone has to do to get a patent like this one. Like, do you have to prove that your invention actually works or do you just need to come up with a concept to qualify for one?