Patents by Inventor Freddy Abnousi
Freddy Abnousi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240028294Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to quantitatively tracking food intake using smart glasses and/or other wearable devices. In some implementations, the smart glasses can include an image capture device, such as a camera, that can seamlessly capture images of food being eaten by the user. A computing device in communication with the smart glasses (or the smart glasses themselves) can identify the type and volume of food being eaten by applying object recognition and volume estimation techniques to the images. Additionally or alternatively, the smart glasses and/or other wearable devices can track a user's eating patterns through the number of bites taken throughout the day by capturing and analyzing hand-to-mouth motions and chewing. The computing device can log the type of food, volume of food, and/or number of bites taken and compute statistics that can be displayed to the user on the smart glasses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Wen LI, John RUMSFELD, Liam GOUDGE, Freddy ABNOUSI
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Patent number: 11696783Abstract: The devices and method described herein allow for therapeutic damage to increase volume in these hyperdynamic hearts to allow improved physiology and ventricular filling and to reduce diastolic filling pressure by making the ventricle less stiff.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: CORDYNAMIX, INC.Inventors: Michael D. Laufer, Freddy Abnousi
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Patent number: 11011075Abstract: A haptic calibration device comprises a signal generator configured to receive the subjective force value and the force location from a subjective magnitude input device. The signal generator also receives from at least one of a plurality of haptic sensors a sensor voltage value, with the at least one of the plurality of haptic sensors corresponding to the force location. The signal generator stores the subjective force value and the corresponding sensor voltage value in a data store. The signal generator generates a calibration curve indicating a correspondence between subjective force values and sensor voltage values for the location where the subjective force was experienced using the data from the data store, wherein the calibration curve is used to calibrate a haptic feedback device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Ali Israr, Frances Wing Yee Lau, Freddy Abnousi, Keith Klumb
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Patent number: 10987164Abstract: The devices and method described herein allow for therapeutic damage to increase volume in these hyperdynamic hearts to allow improved physiology and ventricular filling and to reduce diastolic filling pressure by making the ventricle less stiff. For example, improving a diastolic heart function in a heart by creating at least one incision in cardiac muscle forming an interior heart wall of the interior chamber where the at least one incision extends into one or more layers of the interior heart wall without puncturing through the interior heart wall and the incision is sufficient to reduce a stiffness of the interior chamber to increase volume of the chamber and reduce diastolic filling pressure.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Inventors: Michael D. Laufer, Freddy Abnousi
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Patent number: 10943503Abstract: A haptic communication device includes a speech signal generator configured to receive speech sounds or a textual message and generate speech signals corresponding to the speech sounds or the textual message. An envelope encoder is operably coupled to the speech signal generator to extract a temporal envelope from the speech signals. The temporal envelope represents changes in amplitude of the speech signals. Carrier signals having a periodic waveform are generated. Actuator signals are generated by encoding the changes in the amplitude of the speech signals from the temporal envelope into the carrier signals. One or more cutaneous actuators are operably coupled to the envelope encoder to generate haptic vibrations representing the speech sounds or the textual message using the actuator signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Robert Turcott, Ali Israr, Brian Alexander Knott, Freddy Abnousi
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Publication number: 20210007773Abstract: The devices and method described herein allow for therapeutic damage to increase volume in these hyperdynamic hearts to allow improved physiology and ventricular filling and to reduce diastolic filling pressure by making the ventricle less stiff.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: CORDYNAMIX, INC.Inventors: Michael D. LAUFER, Freddy ABNOUSI
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Patent number: 10867526Abstract: A haptic communication device includes an array of cutaneous actuators to generate haptic sensations corresponding to actuator signals received by the array. The haptic sensations include at least a first haptic sensation and a second haptic sensation. The array includes at least a first cutaneous actuator to begin generating the first haptic sensation at a first location on a body of a user at a first time. A second cutaneous actuator begins generating the second haptic sensation at a second location on the body of the user at a second time later than the first time.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Ali Israr, Freddy Abnousi, Frances Wing Yee Lau
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Patent number: 10854108Abstract: A haptic device comprises a signal generator that is configured to receive an input word that is a unit of a language. The signal generator converts the input word into one or more phonemes of the input word. The signal generator further converts the one or more phonemes into a sequence of actuator signals. The sequence of actuator signals is formed from a concatenation of sub-sequences of actuator signals. Each phoneme corresponding to a unique sub-sequence of actuator signals. The haptic device further comprises a two dimensional array of cutaneous actuators configured to receive the sequence of actuator signals from the signal generator, each of the actuator signals mapped to a cutaneous actuator of the two dimensional array of cutaneous actuators.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Chen, Frances Wing Yee Lau, Ali Israr, Venkatasiva Prasad Chakkabala, Robert Turcott, Siyan Zhao, Freddy Abnousi
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Patent number: 10772678Abstract: The devices and method described herein allow for therapeutic damage to increase volume in these hyperdynamic hearts to allow improved physiology and ventricular filling and to reduce diastolic filling pressure by making the ventricle less stiff.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventors: Michael D. Laufer, Freddy Abnousi
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Patent number: 10765447Abstract: The devices and method described herein allow for therapeutic damage to increase volume in these hyperdynamic hearts to allow improved physiology and ventricular filling and to reduce diastolic filling pressure by making the ventricle less stiff.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: CORDYNAMIX, INC.Inventors: Michael D. Laufer, Freddy Abnousi
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Patent number: 10551926Abstract: A haptic calibration device comprises a signal generator configured to receive the subjective force value and the force location from a subjective magnitude input device. The signal generator also receives from at least one of a plurality of haptic sensors a sensor voltage value, with the at least one of the plurality of haptic sensors corresponding to the force location. The signal generator stores the subjective force value and the corresponding sensor voltage value in a data store. The signal generator generates a calibration curve indicating a correspondence between subjective force values and sensor voltage values for the location where the subjective force was experienced using the data from the data store, wherein the calibration curve is used to calibrate a haptic feedback device.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Ali Israr, Frances Wing Yee Lau, Freddy Abnousi, Keith Klumb
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Patent number: 10388186Abstract: A haptic communication device includes one or more cutaneous actuators to generate haptic vibrations corresponding to actuator signals received by the one or more cutaneous actuators. A dampening member, proximate to a body of a user wearing the haptic communication device, focuses the haptic vibrations at one or more distinct locations on the body. The dampening member has one or more first openings, wherein the one or more cutaneous actuators transmit the haptic vibrations to the one or more distinct locations through the one or more first openings. A spacing member contacts the dampening member and is separated from the body by the dampening member. The spacing member has one or more second openings dimensioned to receive and secure the one or more cutaneous actuators.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Ali Israr, Pablo Castillo Canales, Frances Wing Yee Lau, Robert Turcott, Freddy Abnousi
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Publication number: 20190110834Abstract: The devices and method described herein allow for therapeutic damage to increase volume in these hyperdynamic hearts to allow improved physiology and ventricular filling and to reduce diastolic filling pressure by making the ventricle less stiff. For example, improving a diastolic heart function in a heart by creating at least one incision in cardiac muscle forming an interior heart wall of the interior chamber where the at least one incision extends into one or more layers of the interior heart wall without puncturing through the interior heart wall and the incision is sufficient to reduce a stiffness of the interior chamber to increase volume of the chamber and reduce diastolic filing pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Michael D. LAUFER, Freddy ABNOUSI
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Patent number: 10255825Abstract: A haptic calibration device comprises a signal generator configured to receive the subjective force value and the force location from a subjective magnitude input device. The signal generator also receives from at least one of a plurality of haptic sensors a sensor voltage value, with the at least one of the plurality of haptic sensors corresponding to the force location. The signal generator stores the subjective force value and the corresponding sensor voltage value in a data store. The signal generator generates a calibration curve indicating a correspondence between subjective force values and sensor voltage values for the location where the subjective force was experienced using the data from the data store, wherein the calibration curve is used to calibrate a haptic feedback device.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Ali Israr, Frances Wing Yee Lau, Freddy Abnousi, Keith Klumb
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Patent number: 10154879Abstract: The devices and method described herein allow for therapeutic damage to increase volume in these hyperdynamic hearts to allow improved physiology and ventricular filling and to reduce diastolic filling pressure by making the ventricle less stiff. For example, improving a diastolic heart function in a heart by creating at least one incision in cardiac muscle forming an interior heart wall of the interior chamber where the at least one incision extends into one or more layers of the interior heart wall without puncturing through the interior heart wall and the incision is sufficient to reduce a stiffness of the interior chamber to increase volume of the chamber and reduce diastolic filing pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Inventors: Michael D. Laufer, Freddy Abnousi
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Publication number: 20180301060Abstract: A haptic calibration device comprises a signal generator configured to receive the subjective force value and the force location from a subjective magnitude input device. The signal generator also receives from at least one of a plurality of haptic sensors a sensor voltage value, with the at least one of the plurality of haptic sensors corresponding to the force location. The signal generator stores the subjective force value and the corresponding sensor voltage value in a data store. The signal generator generates a calibration curve indicating a correspondence between subjective force values and sensor voltage values for the location where the subjective force was experienced using the data from the data store, wherein the calibration curve is used to calibrate a haptic feedback device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Ali Israr, Frances Wing Yee Lau, Freddy Abnousi, Keith Klumb
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Publication number: 20180301140Abstract: A haptic communication device includes a speech signal generator configured to receive speech sounds or a textual message and generate speech signals corresponding to the speech sounds or the textual message. An envelope encoder is operably coupled to the speech signal generator to extract a temporal envelope from the speech signals. The temporal envelope represents changes in amplitude of the speech signals. Carrier signals having a periodic waveform are generated. Actuator signals are generated by encoding the changes in the amplitude of the speech signals from the temporal envelope into the carrier signals. One or more cutaneous actuators are operably coupled to the envelope encoder to generate haptic vibrations representing the speech sounds or the textual message using the actuator signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Robert Turcott, Ali Israr, Brian Alexander Knott, Freddy Abnousi
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Publication number: 20180300998Abstract: A haptic communication device includes one or more cutaneous actuators to generate haptic vibrations corresponding to actuator signals received by the one or more cutaneous actuators. A dampening member, proximate to a body of a user wearing the haptic communication device, focuses the haptic vibrations at one or more distinct locations on the body. The dampening member has one or more first openings, wherein the one or more cutaneous actuators transmit the haptic vibrations to the one or more distinct locations through the one or more first openings. A spacing member contacts the dampening member and is separated from the body by the dampening member. The spacing member has one or more second openings dimensioned to receive and secure the one or more cutaneous actuators.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Ali Israr, Pablo Castillo, Frances Wing Yee Lau, Robert Turcott, Freddy Abnousi
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Publication number: 20180300997Abstract: A haptic device comprises a signal generator that is configured to receive an input word that is a unit of a language. The signal generator converts the input word into one or more phonemes of the input word. The signal generator further converts the one or more phonemes into a sequence of actuator signals. The sequence of actuator signals is formed from a concatenation of sub-sequences of actuator signals. Each phoneme corresponding to a unique sub-sequence of actuator signals. The haptic device further comprises a two dimensional array of cutaneous actuators configured to receive the sequence of actuator signals from the signal generator, each of the actuator signals mapped to a cutaneous actuator of the two dimensional array of cutaneous actuators.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Jennifer Chen, Frances Wing Yee Lau, Ali Israr, Venkatasiva Prasad Chakkabala, Robert Turcott, Siyan Zhao, Freddy Abnousi
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Publication number: 20180300999Abstract: A haptic communication device includes an array of cutaneous actuators to generate haptic sensations corresponding to actuator signals received by the array. The haptic sensations include at least a first haptic sensation and a second haptic sensation. The array includes at least a first cutaneous actuator to begin generating the first haptic sensation at a first location on a body of a user at a first time. A second cutaneous actuator begins generating the second haptic sensation at a second location on the body of the user at a second time later than the first time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Ali Israr, Freddy Abnousi, Frances Wing Yee Lau