Patents by Inventor Jonathan David Browder

Jonathan David Browder 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).

  • Patent number: 11397467
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) presenting, using a visual display, an artificial environment to a user, (2) determining whether a virtual contact is being initiated between a virtual object in the artificial environment and a surface location of the user served by a vibrotactile stimulator coupled to the user, and (3) actuating, in response to determining that a virtual contact is being initiated between the virtual object and the surface location, the vibrotactile stimulator to generate a vibrotactile signal to simulate initiation of the virtual contact at the surface location, where the vibrotactile signal includes a magnitude-varying signal having a frequency that is constant relative to a simulated rigidity of the virtual object as presented by the visual display. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Serena Bochereau, Jonathan David Browder, Femke Elise van Beek, Raymond King