Patents by Inventor Clayton KIMBER

Clayton KIMBER 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: 20230418369
    Abstract: A wearable device, such as a head-wearable display (HWD), identifies a device pose based on a combination of angle-of-arrival (AOA) data generated by, for example, an ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning module, and inertial data generated by an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The HWD fuses the AOA data with the inertial data using data integration techniques such as one or more of stochastic estimation (e.g., a Kalman filter), a machine learning model, and the like, or any combination thereof. A computer device associated with the HWD can employ the fused data to identify a pose of the HWD (e.g., a six degree of freedom (6 DoF) pose) and can use the identified pose to modify virtual reality or augmented reality content implemented by the computer device, thereby providing an immersive and enjoyable experience for a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Benjamin Goldberg, Qiyue John Zhang, Dongeek Shin, Clayton Kimber
  • Patent number: 11567329
    Abstract: A system for tracking a position and an orientation of an external device such as a smart watch or a handheld controller relative to a head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. A combination of active markers and passive markers on the external device may be detected by a point tracking camera of the HMD to collect position data for the external device relative to the HMD. Acceleration and/or orientation data of the external device relative to the HMD may be collected from an inertial measurement unit(s) (IMU(s)) of the external device and/or the HMD. The fusion of the position data with the data collected by the IMU(s) may allow for tracking of the external device relative to the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ian Muldoon, Clayton Kimber, Jeremy Swerdlow, Srivatsan Ravindran
  • Patent number: 11340460
    Abstract: A system for tracking a position and an orientation of an external device such as a smart watch or a handheld controller relative to a head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. A combination of active markers and passive markers on the external device may be detected by a point tracking camera of the HMD to collect position data for the external device relative to the HMD. Acceleration and/or orientation data of the external device relative to the HMD may be collected from an inertial measurement unit(s) (IMU(s)) of the external device and/or the HMD. The fusion of the position data with the data collected by the IMU(s) may allow for tracking of the external device relative to the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ian Muldoon, Clayton Kimber, Jeremy Swerdlow, Srivatsan Ravindran
  • Patent number: 11308832
    Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) system includes a display for emitting light toward an eye-ward side of the system and which allows both ambient light and emitted light to reach an eye of a user. The system provides augmented reality (AR) based viewing and includes a rotatable substrate supporting a set of light emitting elements (301). Each light emitting element is oriented toward a world side of the HMD system. A rotatable reflective surface is positioned on the world side of the set of the light emitting elements. The reflective surface reflects emitted light toward a user eye. A motor, coupled to the rotatable substrate and the rotatable reflective surface, rotates these elements about a common axis and a display driver selectively activates the light emitting elements during this rotation in accordance with an illumination sequence so as to provide an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Valente, Konstantin Gromov, Kyle Skelton, John Fitch, Clayton Kimber, Ozan Cakmakci, Adrian Wong
  • Publication number: 20220011580
    Abstract: A system for tracking a position and an orientation of an external device such as a smart watch or a handheld controller relative to a head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. A combination of active markers and passive markers on the external device may be detected by a point tracking camera of the HMD to collect position data for the external device relative to the HMD. Acceleration and/or orientation data of the external device relative to the HMD may be collected from an inertial measurement unit(s) (IMU(s)) of the external device and/or the HMD. The fusion of the position data with the data collected by the IMU(s) may allow for tracking of the external device relative to the HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Muldoon, Clayton Kimber, Jeremy Swerdlow, Srivatsan Ravindran
  • Publication number: 20210356743
    Abstract: A system for tracking a position and an orientation of an external device such as a smart watch or a handheld controller relative to a head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. A combination of active markers and passive markers on the external device may be detected by a point tracking camera of the HMD to collect position data for the external device relative to the HMD. Acceleration and/or orientation data of the external device relative to the HMD may be collected from an inertial measurement unit(s) (IMU(s)) of the external device and/or the HMD. The fusion of the position data with the data collected by the IMU(s) may allow for tracking of the external device relative to the HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ian Muldoon, Clayton Kimber, Jeremy Swerdlow, Srivatsan Ravindran
  • Publication number: 20210005123
    Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) system includes a display for emitting light toward an eye-ward side of the system and which allows both ambient light and emitted light to reach an eye of a user. The system provides augmented reality (AR) based viewing and includes a rotatable substrate supporting a set of light emitting elements (301). Each light emitting element is oriented toward a world side of the HMD system. A rotatable reflective surface is positioned on the world side of the set of the light emitting elements. The reflective surface reflects emitted light toward a user eye. A motor, coupled to the rotatable substrate and the rotatable reflective surface, rotates these elements about a common axis and a display driver selectively activates the light emitting elements during this rotation in accordance with an illumination sequence so as to provide an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew VALENTE, Konstantin GROMOV, Kyle SKELTON, John FITCH, Clayton KIMBER, Ozan CAKMAKCI, Adrian WONG