Patents by Inventor Mark Shintaro Ando
Mark Shintaro Ando 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: 20230400361Abstract: Provided is a method of estimating temperature in a device including a main printed circuit board (PCB), a protection and control module (PCM), and one or more batteries electrically connected to the PCM. The method includes sensing a temperature of the PCB, via a PCB temperature sensor and sensing a temperature of the PCM via a PCM temperature sensor. The method also includes estimating a temperature of at least one of the batteries based on (i) the temperature determined via the PCB temperature sensor and (ii) the temperature determined via the PCM temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Rajat Mittal, Ethan Chen, Samvit Monga, Mark Shintaro Ando, Adam Alan Mudrick, Jason Howard
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Publication number: 20230276595Abstract: A device includes a micro-organic light emitting diode (µ-OLED) display panel and an electronic component. An electrical connector electrically couples the µ-OLED display panel and the electronic component. An air duct is physically coupled to the µ-OLED display panel and the electronic component. The air duct functions to cool the µ-OLED display panel when air flows through the air duct. A system fan provides air flow to the air duct and dissipates heat away from the display panel. A system fan can be located disconnected from the µ-OLED display panel and can provide air flow to the air duct to dissipate heat away from the display panel. The device can be implemented with a single fan solution or a multiple fan solution (e.g., two or more fans).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Giti Karimi Moghaddam, Douglas Moskowitz, Kyung Won Park, Ryan Fleming, Alexander Klement, Donghee Nam, Yi-Chen Kuo, Mark Shintaro Ando
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Publication number: 20230247811Abstract: A device includes a micro-organic light emitting diode (µ-OLED) display panel and an electronic component. An electrical connector electrically couples the µ-OLED display panel and the electronic component. A standoff is disposed between the electronic component and the µ-OLED display panel. The standoff physically couples the electronic component and the µ-OLED display panel with a gap therebetween. The gap thermally decouples the electronic component from the µ-OLED display panel. A fan that is integrated with the µ-OLED display panel is placed in the standoff and actively cools the display panel. When the fan provides air flow over the µ-OLED display panel, heat generated by the µ-OLED display is mitigated by cooling air.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Giti Karimi Moghaddam, Douglas Moskowitz, Kyung Won Park, Ryan Fleming, Alexander Klement, Donghee Nam, Yi-Chen Kuo, Mark Shintaro Ando
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Publication number: 20230247861Abstract: A device includes a micro-organic light emitting diode (?-OLED) display panel and an electronic component. An electrical connector electrically couples the ?-OLED display panel and the electronic component. A standoff is disposed between the electronic component and the ?-OLED display panel. The standoff physically couples the electronic component and the ?-OLED display panel with a gap therebetween. The gap thermally decouples the electronic component from the ?-OLED display panel. A U-shaped heat sink can be disposed in the standoff, and heat generated by the ?-OLED display can be mitigated by a system fan when a U-shaped heat sink is disposed in the standoff.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Giti Karimi Moghaddam, Douglas Moskowitz, Kyung Won Park, Ryan Fleming, Alexander Klement, Donghee Nam, Yi-Chen Kuo, Mark Shintaro Ando
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Patent number: 10989890Abstract: A heat management device able to be manufactured using 3-D printing and corresponding to a body of a head mounted display system having an outer wall that partially encloses a chamber. The outer wall of the heat management device comprises a plurality of channels that traverse a thickness of the outer wall, each channel shaped to allow air to flow between the interior and exterior of the chamber, while preventing light from outside the chamber from entering the chamber. In some embodiments, each channel may be shaped to comprise a first portion and a second portion connected at an acute angle, the connection between the first and second portions serving to block a direct path for light to traverse between the ends of the channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark Shintaro Ando, Kurt Jenkins
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Patent number: 10606373Abstract: A hand-held controller is enables a user to manipulate objects in a VR environment with hand movement. The hand-held controller includes a handle, a ring attached to an end of the handle and one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The handle has appropriate shape and dimensions so that it can be grasped by the user's hand. The ring has an outer body that includes an inner surface that is formed with one or more concave dome and an outer surface facing away from the inner surface. Each of the one or more LED is mounted under a concaved dome. Light emitted from the LED spreads at the concaved dome to form uniform illuminous intensity. The light transmits out of the body through the outer surface of the outer body. The light can be captured by a camera for tracking the hand-held controller.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Boyd Drew Allin, Mark Shintaro Ando, Glen Jason Tompkins, Andrew Melim, Robert Carey Leonard
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Patent number: 10579111Abstract: A head mounted display system (HMD) includes an eyecup, an optical assembly, a backlit electronic display, and a heat management device. The heat management device couples to the eyecup on a first side and couples to the electronic display on a second side. The heat management device includes a heat dissipation structure to dissipate heat generated by the electronic display, as well as an insulating structure to thermally insulate the eyecup from the electronic display and the optical assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Kurt Jenkins, Mark Shintaro Ando
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Patent number: 10409392Abstract: A hand-held controller is enables a user to manipulate objects in a VR environment with hand movement. The hand-held controller includes a handle, a ring attached to an end of the handle and one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The handle has appropriate shape and dimensions so that it can be grasped by the user's hand. The ring has an outer body that includes an inner surface that is formed with one or more concave dome and an outer surface facing away from the inner surface. Each of the one or more LED is mounted under a concaved dome. Light emitted from the LED spreads at the concaved dome to form uniform illuminous intensity. The light transmits out of the body through the outer surface of the outer body. The light can be captured by a camera for tracking the hand-held controller.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Boyd Drew Allin, Mark Shintaro Ando, Glen Jason Tompkins, Andrew Melim, Robert Carey Leonard
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Patent number: 10343059Abstract: Handheld controllers having flexible thumbstick guards are disclosed herein for use with a handheld controller having a thumbstick or other pivotal control member. A representative guard has a tubular neck that sealably connects to a shaft portion of the thumbstick, and a skirt that sealably connects to an interior portion of the handheld controller around the control opening. The guard has a flexible joint portion interconnecting the neck and the skirt to allow the neck to move relative to the skirt upon pivoting the control member relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Benjamin Elliot Tunberg Rogoza, Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Yi-yaun Chen, Jason Andrew Higgins, Peter Wesley Bristol, Mark Shintaro Ando, Blake Francis Andersen
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Patent number: 10258280Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a composite band, a touch-sensor display, a skin sensor, and a course of electrical conductors. The composite band forms a loop having two or more rigid segments and a flexible segment coupled between the rigid segments. The touch-sensor display is arranged in a first of the rigid segments, and a skin sensor is arranged in a second of the rigid segments. The course of electrical conductors runs between the first and second rigid segments, inside the flexible segment.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Gregory Kim Justice, Vinod L. Hingorani, Farah Shariff, Stephen John Minarsch, Thomas E. McCue, Jr., Amish Patel, Mark Shintaro Ando, Scott F. Williams, Mohammad Shakeri, Byung J. Cho
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Patent number: 10182284Abstract: A connector assembly mountable to a head strap comprises a connector plate with an engagement portion and a threaded attachment member projecting therefrom. Two cylindrical bosses are adjacent to the attachment member and project away from the engagement portion. Spring-biased pin connectors extend through the bosses and connect electrical line coupled to the engagement portion. The pin connectors have retractable tips projecting from their respective boss for engagement with an electrical contact.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Tao
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Patent number: 10123108Abstract: An earbud assembly with separate, flexible overmold sections configured to cover a seam between adjacent portions of an underling earbud housing. The earbud assembly includes a first housing member and a second housing member attached to the first housing member and forming enclosure with the first housing member that houses an audio transducer. A first flexible overmold is formed on an first exterior surface of the first housing member, and a second flexible overmold is formed on an exterior surface of the second housing member. The flexible overmolds each include an edge portion along their perimeters. Each edge portion is configured to abut the other and thereby cover the seam of the earbud housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Oculus VR, LLCInventors: Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Tao, Daniel James Faulkner
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Patent number: 9832561Abstract: A detachable audio system with an interface plate mounted on a head strap, and a mounting plate assembly removably attachable to the interface plate with a portion of the strap between the plates to provide independent electrical and mechanical connections between the plates. The mounting plate assembly connects to an earbud assembly via a flexible audio cable. The mounting plate assembly has a threaded attachment member that mates with a threaded attachment member on the interface plate. A pair of electrical connectors on opposing sides of the threaded attachment member protrude from spaced apart cylindrical bosses, such that when the mounting plate is attached to the interlace plate, independent mechanical and electrical connections are provided for detachable retention and operation of the earbud assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Oculus VR, LLCInventors: Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Tao
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Publication number: 20170195775Abstract: A connector assembly mountable to a head strap comprises a connector plate with an engagement portion and a threaded attachment member projecting therefrom. Two cylindrical bosses are adjacent to the attachment member and project away from the engagement portion. Spring-biased pin connectors extend through the bosses and connect electrical line coupled to the engagement portion. The pin connectors have retractable tips projecting from their respective boss for engagement with an electrical contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Tao
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Publication number: 20170195773Abstract: An earbud assembly with separate, flexible overmold sections configured to cover a seam between adjacent portions of an underling earbud housing. The earbud assembly includes a first housing member and a second housing member attached to the first housing member and forming enclosure with the first housing member that houses an audio transducer. A first flexible overmold is formed on an first exterior surface of the first housing member, and a second flexible overmold is formed on an exterior surface of the second housing member. The flexible overmolds each include an edge portion along their perimeters. Each edge portion is configured to abut the other and thereby cover the seam of the earbud housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Tao, Daniel James Faulkner
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Patent number: D787480Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Oculus VR, LLCInventors: Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Tao
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Patent number: D817300Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Oculus VR, LLCInventors: Peter Wesley Bristol, Yi-Yaun Chen, Glen Jason Tompkins, Robert Carey Leonard, Mark Shintaro Ando
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Patent number: D819604Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Oculus VR, LLCInventors: Peter Wesley Bristol, Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, David Tao, Daniel James Faulkner
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Patent number: D834561Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Oculus VR, LLCInventors: Peter Wesley Bristol, Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, David Tao
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Patent number: D840979Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Quintin Morris, James Stocker Webb, Mark Shintaro Ando, Peter Wesley Bristol, David Tao