Patents by Inventor Jason Victor Tsai
Jason Victor Tsai 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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Patent number: 11947125Abstract: Optical assemblies may include a projector assembly, a waveguide, and a mounting mechanism. The projector assembly may be configured for generating an image, and the waveguide may be configured for transmitting the image to a location in front of a user's eye. The mounting mechanism may removably couple the waveguide to an underlying frame. The mounting mechanism may include a detachable coupling, at least one flexure secured to a peripheral edge of the waveguide, and at least one flexure support coupled to the at least one flexure. The flexure support may be removably secured to the detachable coupling by a removable retainer. Various other related systems, methods, and devices are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Chandrashekar Subba, Shobhit Verma, Jason Victor Tsai
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Publication number: 20230185097Abstract: Optical assemblies may include a projector assembly, a waveguide, and a mounting mechanism. The projector assembly may be configured for generating an image, and the waveguide may be configured for transmitting the image to a location in front of a user's eye. The mounting mechanism may removably couple the waveguide to an underlying frame. The mounting mechanism may include a detachable coupling, at least one flexure secured to a peripheral edge of the waveguide, and at least one flexure support coupled to the at least one flexure. The flexure support may be removably secured to the detachable coupling by a removable retainer. Various other related systems, methods, and devices are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Chandrashekar Subba, Shobhit Verma, Jason Victor Tsai
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Publication number: 20220066069Abstract: In one example, an apparatus comprises: a lens assembly comprising one or more polymer layers, each layer including a lens portion and an extension portion and an image sensor positioned below the lens assembly and bonded to the lens assembly via a bonding layer and configured to sense light that passes through the lens portion of the one or more polymer layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Jason Victor TSAI, Michael Patrick SCHAUB
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Patent number: 11181667Abstract: In one example, an apparatus comprises: a lens assembly comprising one or more polymer layers, each layer including a lens portion and an extension portion and an image sensor positioned below the lens assembly and bonded to the lens assembly via a bonding layer and configured to sense light that passes through the lens portion of the one or more polymer layers.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Jason Victor Tsai, Michael Patrick Schaub
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Publication number: 20210255427Abstract: A lens assembly includes a plurality of optical elements. A stop of the lens assembly is positioned in front of a second optical element in the plurality of optical elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Minhua Liang, Chih-Yu Huang, Jason Victor Tsai
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Publication number: 20210018657Abstract: In one example, an apparatus comprises: a lens assembly comprising one or more polymer layers, each layer including a lens portion and an extension portion and an image sensor positioned below the lens assembly and bonded to the lens assembly via a bonding layer and configured to sense light that passes through the lens portion of the one or more polymer layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Jason Victor TSAI, Michael Patrick SCHAUB
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Patent number: 10860842Abstract: A system includes at least two base stations that emit light beams to illuminate an area for positional tracking objects in the area. A base station emits at least two light beams that rotate around a rotation axis at a rotational speed unique to the base station. Responsive to being illuminated by the light beams emitted by the at least two base stations, an object being tracked generates illumination data. The system determines which illumination data corresponds to one of multiple base stations by analyzing the illumination data over time. The system analyzes the illumination data corresponding to one base station to determine an orientation and/or position of the object relative to that base station.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: David Maurice Moore, Evan Paul Gander, Jason Victor Tsai, Zhaoming Zhu, Richard Andrew Newcombe, Renzo De Nardi, Nicholas Daniel Trail
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Patent number: 10859702Abstract: Systems described herein use outside-in positional tracking. A base station emits one or more rotational light beams to illuminate a local area. The rotational light beams rotate around a rotation axis and are used for positional tracking one or more objects in the local area. The one or more rotational light beams retroreflect from the one or more objects in the local area. The one or more objects include retroreflectors that retroreflect light beams incident on them. The base station detects the retroreflected light beams. The base station generates illumination data in response to the detected light beams. A system analyzes the illumination to determine an orientation and/or a location of an object.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: David Maurice Moore, Evan Paul Gander, Jason Victor Tsai, Zhaoming Zhu, Richard Andrew Newcombe, Renzo De Nardi, Nicholas Daniel Trail
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Patent number: 10835812Abstract: A game controller includes a grip, one or more finger-actuatable controls on the grip, and a rim located on the grip. The rim defines an aperture. The game controller further includes a paddle-actuatable sensor accessible through the aperture and a pivot spaced apart from the aperture. The pivot is configured to removably affix a selected paddle accessory to the game controller and to translate a touch applied to the selected paddle accessory outside of the aperture to an actuation of the paddle-actuatable sensor inside the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Aaron Schmitz, Jason Victor Tsai, Christopher H. Kujawski
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Patent number: 10799790Abstract: A paddle accessory includes a blade, a sensor-activation feature extending from the blade, and a mounting interface spaced apart from the sensor-activation feature. The blade is sized and shaped for manual manipulation by a finger. The mounting interface is configured to selectively mate with a pivot of a game controller to removably affix the paddle accessory to the game controller. The paddle accessory is configured to rotate relative to the pivot to translate a touch force applied to the blade into an actuation force applied by the sensor-activation feature to a paddle-actuatable sensor interior an aperture of the game controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Aaron Schmitz, Jason Victor Tsai, Christopher H. Kujawski
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Patent number: 10746854Abstract: Systems described herein use outside-in positional tracking. A base station emits one or more rotational light beams to illuminate a local area. The rotational light beams rotate around a rotation axis and are used for positional tracking of one or more objects in the local area. A beam waist of a source light beam for generating the rotational light beams is positioned to be within a distance range from a center of rotation of the rotational light beams. An apparent frequency of the particular rotational light beam can be constant or substantially constant throughout a local area. Because the apparent frequency of the particular rotational light beam is constant or substantially constant throughout the local area, the frequency response of a detector in response to the illumination by the rotational light beam is within a limited range of values irrespective of the detector's location within the local area.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: David Maurice Moore, Evan Paul Gander, Jason Victor Tsai, Zhaoming Zhu, Richard Andrew Newcombe, Renzo De Nardi, Nicholas Daniel Trail
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Patent number: 10685796Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for a user input device, such as a game controller. The user input device includes a finger depressible trigger button, a trigger travel path adjustment assembly that resides in an internal cavity of a housing of the user input device, and a finger switch configured to be switched between a plurality of selectable positions in real-time (e.g., during game play). A first selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a first distance. A second selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a second distance that is greater than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jason Victor Tsai, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Jonathan Shea Robinson, Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway
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Publication number: 20190393006Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for a user input device, such as a game controller. The user input device includes a finger depressible trigger button, a trigger travel path adjustment assembly that resides in an internal cavity of a housing of the user input device, and a finger switch configured to be switched between a plurality of selectable positions in real-time (e.g., during game play). A first selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a first distance. A second selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a second distance that is greater than the first distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Jason Victor Tsai, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Jonathan Shea Robinson, Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway
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Patent number: 10446344Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for a user input device, such as a game controller. The user input device includes a finger depressible trigger button, a trigger travel path adjustment assembly that resides in an internal cavity of a housing of the user input device, and a finger switch configured to be switched between a plurality of selectable positions in real-time (e.g., during game play). A first selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a first distance. A second selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a second distance that is greater than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jason Victor Tsai, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Jonathan Shea Robinson, Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway
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Publication number: 20190176031Abstract: A paddle accessory includes a blade, a sensor-activation feature extending from the blade, and a mounting interface spaced apart from the sensor-activation feature. The blade is sized and shaped for manual manipulation by a finger. The mounting interface is configured to selectively mate with a pivot of a game controller to removably affix the paddle accessory to the game controller. The paddle accessory is configured to rotate relative to the pivot to translate a touch force applied to the blade into an actuation force applied by the sensor-activation feature to a paddle-actuatable sensor interior an aperture of the game controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Aaron Schmitz, Jason Victor Tsai, Christopher H. Kujawski
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Publication number: 20190083883Abstract: A game controller includes a grip, one or more finger-actuatable controls on the grip, and a rim located on the grip. The rim defines an aperture. The game controller further includes a paddle-actuatable sensor accessible through the aperture and a pivot spaced apart from the aperture. The pivot is configured to removably affix a selected paddle accessory to the game controller and to translate a touch applied to the selected paddle accessory outside of the aperture to an actuation of the paddle-actuatable sensor inside the aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Aaron Schmitz, Jason Victor Tsai, Christopher H. Kujawski
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Patent number: 10232255Abstract: A paddle accessory includes a blade, a sensor-activation feature extending from the blade, and a mounting interface spaced apart from the sensor-activation feature. The blade is sized and shaped for manual manipulation by a finger. The mounting interface is configured to selectively mate with a pivot of a game controller to removably affix the paddle accessory to the game controller. The paddle accessory is configured to rotate relative to the pivot to translate a touch force applied to the blade into an actuation force applied by the sensor-activation feature to a paddle-actuatable sensor interior an aperture of the game controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Aaron Schmitz, Jason Victor Tsai, Christopher H. Kujawski
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Patent number: 10232254Abstract: A game controller includes a grip, one or more finger-actuatable controls on the grip, and a rim located on the grip. The rim defines an aperture. The game controller further includes a paddle-actuatable sensor accessible through the aperture and a pivot spaced apart from the aperture. The pivot is configured to removably affix a selected paddle accessory to the game controller and to translate a touch applied to the selected paddle accessory outside of the aperture to an actuation of the paddle-actuatable sensor inside the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Aaron Schmitz, Jason Victor Tsai, Christopher H. Kujawski
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Patent number: 9868058Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for a user input device, such as a game controller, that includes a thumbstick having adjustable tilt tension. The user input device includes a housing, a joystick assembly, a thumbstick cap, and an adjustment mechanism. The housing defines an internal cavity of the user input device and includes an aperture. The joystick assembly is disposed within the internal cavity. The joystick assembly comprises a tilt-able post and is operable to generate an analog input control signal based on a position of the tilt-able post in relation to a default position. The thumbstick cap is mounted through the aperture to an end of the tilt-able post. The adjustment mechanism is configured to enable a tilt tension of the tilt-able post to be changed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Joshua P. Weiher, Eph John Evans, Benjamin Michael Finney, Jason Victor Tsai, Jonathan Shea Robinson, Aaron Schmitz, Dustin Tiffany
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Publication number: 20170001106Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for a user input device, such as a game controller, that includes a thumbstick having adjustable tilt tension. The user input device includes a housing, a joystick assembly, a thumbstick cap, and an adjustment mechanism. The housing defines an internal cavity of the user input device and includes an aperture. The joystick assembly is disposed within the internal cavity. The joystick assembly comprises a tilt-able post and is operable to generate an analog input control signal based on a position of the tilt-able post in relation to a default position. The thumbstick cap is mounted through the aperture to an end of the tilt-able post. The adjustment mechanism is configured to enable a tilt tension of the tilt-able post to be changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Joshua P. Weiher, Eph John Evans, Benjamin Michael Finney, Jason Victor Tsai, Jonathan Shea Robinson, Aaron Schmitz, Dustin Tiffany