Patents by Inventor Scott Robert Ramsby
Scott Robert Ramsby 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: 11715331Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method may include directing a display device included in a head-mounted display worn by a user to illuminate, via a projection of a line at an illumination time, a portion of a cornea of the user. The method may further include detecting, via an image sensor at a detection time, a portion of the projection of the line reflected by the portion of the cornea of the user and identifying a distortion of the projection of the line reflected by the portion of the cornea of the user. The method may also include determining a shape of the cornea of the user based on the illumination time, the detection time, and the distortion of the projection of the line reflected by the portion of the cornea. Various other methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Alexander Jobe Fix, Dmitri Model, Mohammadhossein Daraeihajitooei, Javier San Agustin Lopez, Mohamed Hegazy, Scott Robert Ramsby, Sebastian Sztuk
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Patent number: 11662812Abstract: The disclosed eye-tracking systems may include a visible light display having visible light pixels, at least one infrared pixel positioned within bounds of the visible light display, and an infrared sensor positioned and configured to detect infrared light originating from the at least one infrared pixel and reflected from an eye of the user. Related head-mounted display systems and methods for eye tracking are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Alexander Jobe Fix, Andrew Wyman MacDonald, Dmitri Model, Mohammadhossein Daraeihajitooel, Javier San Agustin Lopez, Kirk Erik Burgess, Mohamed Hegazy, Scott Robert Ramsby, Sebastian Sztuk, Robert Dale Cavin
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Publication number: 20210397255Abstract: The disclosed eye-tracking systems may include a visible light display having visible light pixels, at least one infrared pixel positioned within bounds of the visible light display, and an infrared sensor positioned and configured to detect infrared light originating from the at least one infrared pixel and reflected from an eye of the user. Related head-mounted display systems and methods for eye tracking are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Alexander Jobe Fix, Andrew Wyman MacDonald, Dmitri Model, Mohammadhossein Daraeihajitooei, Javier San Agustin Lopez, Kirk Erik Burgess, Mohamed Hegazy, Scott Robert Ramsby, Sebastian Sztuk, Robert Dale Cavin
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Patent number: 11176367Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method may include directing an illumination source, positioned at a predetermined position relative to an event camera positioned to receive light from the illumination source reflected by a portion of a cornea of a user during an illumination sequence, to illuminate the portion of the cornea of the user in accordance with the illumination sequence. The method may also include detecting, via the event camera, a set of events, each event in the set of events comprising a change in an intensity of light from the illumination source received by a pixel included in the event camera over a sampling period of the event camera. The method may further include determining a shape of the portion of the cornea of the user based on the predetermined position, the illumination sequence, and the set of events. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Alexander Jobe Fix, Andrew Wyman MacDonald, Dmitri Model, Mohammadhossein Daraeihajitooei, Javier San Agustin Lopez, Mohamed Hegazy, Scott Robert Ramsby, Sebastian Sztuk
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Patent number: 11120258Abstract: A disclosed apparatus may include a line source configured to produce a line of light and a scanning device configured to scan the line of light across a scanning field in a scanning direction. The scanning field may include a receiving portion configured to receive an eye. The apparatus may also include a reflector positioned within the scanning field. During a primary period of a scan, the line of light may scan the receiving portion in a primary direction. During a secondary period of the scan, the reflector may reflect the line of light such that a reflection of the line of light scans the receiving portion in a secondary direction. The apparatus may also include a photodetector positioned to receive (1) an initial reflection during the primary period, and (2) a subsequent reflection during the secondary period. Various other methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Alexander Jobe Fix, Andrew Wyman MacDonald, Dmitri Model, Mohammadhossein Daraeihajitooei, Javier San Agustin Lopez, Kirk Erik Burgess, Mohamed Hegazy, Thomas Scott Murdison, Scott Robert Ramsby, Sebastian Sztuk, Evan Gander
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Patent number: 11112865Abstract: The disclosed eye-tracking systems may include a visible light display having visible light pixels, at least one infrared pixel positioned within bounds of the visible light display, and an infrared sensor positioned and configured to detect infrared light originating from the at least one infrared pixel and reflected from an eye of the user. Related head-mounted display systems and methods for eye tracking are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Alexander Jobe Fix, Andrew Wyman MacDonald, Dmitri Model, Mohammadhossein Daraeihajitooei, Javier San Agustin Lopez, Kirk Erik Burgess, Mohamed Hegazy, Scott Robert Ramsby, Sebastian Sztuk, Robert Cavin
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Patent number: 10990816Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method may include directing a display device included in a head-mounted display worn by a user to illuminate, via a projection of a line at an illumination time, a portion of a cornea of the user. The method may further include detecting, via an image sensor at a detection time, a portion of the projection of the line reflected by the portion of the cornea of the user and identifying a distortion of the projection of the line reflected by the portion of the cornea of the user. The method may also include determining a shape of the cornea of the user based on the illumination time, the detection time, and the distortion of the projection of the line reflected by the portion of the cornea. Various other methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Alexander Jobe Fix, Dmitri Model, Mohammadhossein Daraeihajitooei, Javier San Agustin Lopez, Mohamed Hegazy, Scott Robert Ramsby, Sebastian Sztuk
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Patent number: 10409443Abstract: A head mounted display device and method for contextual cursors comprising a camera configured to capture a series of images, a display, and a processor configured to: display, to a user of the head mounted display device, a virtual cursor on display so as to appear at a location in a three dimensional environment, determine whether motion of a hand of the user in the images is trackable, and in response to at least determining that motion of the hand is trackable, modify a visual appearance of the virtual cursor to indicate that motion of the hand is trackable, and in response to at least determining that motion of the hand is not trackable, modify the visual appearance of the virtual cursor to indicate that motion of the hand is not trackable.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Shawn Crispin Wright, Dan Osborn, Joe Thompson, Scott Robert Ramsby, Forest Woodcroft Gouin, Megan Saunders, Aaron David Cottle
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Publication number: 20160378294Abstract: A head mounted display device and method for contextual cursors comprising a camera configured to capture a series of images, a display, and a processor configured to: display, to a user of the head mounted display device, a virtual cursor on display so as to appear at a location in a three dimensional environment, determine whether motion of a hand of the user in the images is trackable, and in response to at least determining that motion of the hand is trackable, modify a visual appearance of the virtual cursor to indicate that motion of the hand is trackable, and in response to at least determining that motion of the hand is not trackable, modify the visual appearance of the virtual cursor to indicate that motion of the hand is not trackable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Shawn Crispin Wright, Dan Osborn, Joe Thompson, Scott Robert Ramsby, Forest Woodcroft Gouin, Megan Saunders, Aaron David Cottle