Patents by Inventor Benjamin Nicholas Jones

Benjamin Nicholas Jones 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: 20230085063
    Abstract: A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) chip includes a structured light (SL) VCSEL array, and a fill VCSEL array. The SL VCSEL array includes a plurality of first VCSELs on a substrate. The fill VCSEL array includes a plurality of second VCSELs on the substrate. The fill VCSEL array is positioned orthogonal to the SL VCSEL array on the substrate. Light emitted from the SL VCSEL array may be used to form a bar pattern, and light from the SL VCSEL array and the fill VCSEL array together may be used to form flood illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jonatan Ginzburg, Benjamin Nicholas Jones, Arun Kumar Nallani Chakravartula, Jun Li, Lawrence Chang-Yung Wang
  • Patent number: 11482162
    Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently driving visual displays via light-emitting devices may include (1) at least one light-emitting device, (2) a buck driver circuit electrically coupled to the light-emitting device, wherein the buck driver circuit includes an inductor, and (3) a boost circuit electrically coupled between the buck driver circuit and a power source, wherein the boost circuit includes an additional inductor. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yuming Liu, Xiaobei Li, Lawrence Chang-Yung Wang, Sam Sarmast, Phillip Freeman King, Benjamin Nicholas Jones
  • Patent number: 11333895
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include (1) a diffractive optical element (DOE) stack including one or more DOEs, where the DOE stack generates, in response to incoming light received at a first side of the DOE stack, structured light from a second side of the DOE stack opposite the first side, (2) a primary light source that emits the incoming light toward the first side of the DOE stack, and (3) at least one photodetector that detects light emitted from an edge of each of at least one of the DOEs of the DOE stack, where the edge is located between the first side and the second side of the DOE stack. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonatan Ginzburg, Mark Timothy Sullivan, Benjamin Nicholas Jones
  • Publication number: 20210383745
    Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently driving visual displays via light-emitting devices may include (1) at least one light-emitting device, (2) a buck driver circuit electrically coupled to the light-emitting device, wherein the buck driver circuit includes an inductor, and (3) a boost circuit electrically coupled between the buck driver circuit and a power source, wherein the boost circuit includes an additional inductor. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yuming Liu, Xiaobei Li, Lawrence Chang-Yung Wang, Sam Sarmast, Phillip Freeman King, Benjamin Nicholas Jones
  • Patent number: 11145242
    Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently driving visual displays via light-emitting devices may include (1) at least one light-emitting device, (2) a buck driver circuit electrically coupled to the light-emitting device, wherein the buck driver circuit includes an inductor, and (3) a boost circuit electrically coupled between the buck driver circuit and a power source, wherein the boost circuit includes an additional inductor. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yuming Liu, Xiaobei Li, Lawrence Chang-Yung Wang, Sam Sarmast, Phillip Freeman King, Benjamin Nicholas Jones
  • Publication number: 20210125542
    Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently driving visual displays via light-emitting devices may include (1) at least one light-emitting device, (2) a buck driver circuit electrically coupled to the light-emitting device, wherein the buck driver circuit includes an inductor, and (3) a boost circuit electrically coupled between the buck driver circuit and a power source, wherein the boost circuit includes an additional inductor. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Yuming Liu, Xiaobei Li, Lawrence Chang-Yung Wang, Sam Sarmast, Phillip Freeman King, Benjamin Nicholas Jones