公开(公告)号：US20180326286A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15975242

申请日：2018-05-09

Applicant: GOOGLE LLC

Inventor： Nidhi Rathi ,  Maksim Ratner

IPC: A63B71/06 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63B22/20

CPC classification number: A63B71/0622 ,  A43B3/0005 ,  A43B5/1641 ,  A63B22/20 ,  A63B2071/0644 ,  A63C17/12 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F2203/012

Abstract: A physical position of motorized footwear in a physical environment may be tracked, and movement of the footwear may be translated into corresponding movement in a virtual environment. When a distance between the motorized footwear and a boundary of an operational zone defined in the physical environment is less than or equal to a threshold distance, a motor of the motorized shoe may be actuated. Actuation of the motor may in turn actuate a locomotion device of the motorized footwear, to move the motorized footwear back into a return zone defined within the operational zone. This may allow the user to walk, seemingly endlessly in the virtual environment, while remaining within a defined physical space in the physical environment.