Patents by Inventor Phil W. Hobson

Phil W. Hobson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240103301
    Abstract: A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have displays that produce images. Positioners may be used to move the displays relative to the eye positions of a user's eyes. An adjustable optical system may include tunable lenses such as tunable cylindrical liquid crystal lenses. The displays may be viewed through the lenses when the user's eyes are at the eye positions. A sensor may be incorporated into the head-mounted display to measure refractive errors in the user's eyes. The sensor may include waveguides and volume holograms, and a camera for gathering light that has reflected from the retinas of the user's eyes. Viewing comfort may be enhanced by adjusting display positions relative to the eye positions and/or by adjusting lens settings based on the content being presented on the display and/or measured refractive errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Victoria C. Chan, Christina G. Gambacorta, Graham B. Myhre, Hyungryul Choi, Nan Zhu, Phil M. Hobson, William W. Sprague, Edward A. Valko, Qiong Huang, Branko Petljanski, Paul V. Johnson, Brandon E. Clarke, Elijah H. Kleeman
  • Publication number: 20020147694
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for retraining a trainable data classifier (for example, a neural network). Data provided for retraining the classifier is compared with training data previously used to train the classifier, and a measure of the degree of conflict between the new and old training data is calculated. This measure is compared with a predetermined threshold to determine whether the new data should be used in retraining the data classifier. New training data which is found to conflict with earlier data may be further reviewed manually for inclusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Derek M. Dempsey, Kate Butchart, Phil W. Hobson