ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,508, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Electronic Arts Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Motion-inferred player characteristics" was invented by Victor York Win Ng (Vancouver, Canada) and Thomas Caleffi Scaletscky (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed that is able to combine motion capture data with volumetric capture data to capture player style information for a player. This player style information or player style data may be used to modify animation models used by a video game to create a more realistic look and feel for a player being emulated by the video game. This more realistic look and feel can ...