Patents by Inventor David Lakatos

David Lakatos 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for actuated 3D surface with gestural interactivity
    Patent number: 9298264
    Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, an array of linear actuators can be used to form a segmented surface. The surface can resemble a low relief sculpture. A user may control the shape of the surface by direct touch manipulation or by making freehand gestures at a distance from the surface. For example, the freehand gestures may comprise input instructions for selecting, translating, and rotating the shape of an object. A projector may augment the rendered shapes by projecting graphics on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Daniel Leithinger, David Lakatos, Anthony DeVincenzi, Matthew Blackshaw, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Methods and apparatus for actuated 3D surface with gestural interactivity
    Publication number: 20120293411
    Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, an array of linear actuators can be used to form a segmented surface. The surface can resemble a low relief sculpture. A user may control the shape of the surface by direct touch manipulation or by making freehand gestures at a distance from the surface. For example, the freehand gestures may comprise input instructions for selecting, translating, and rotating the shape of an object. A projector may augment the rendered shapes by projecting graphics on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Daniel Leithinger, David Lakatos, Anthony DeVincenzi, Matthew Blackshaw, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Three-dimensional printer
    Patent number: D783693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoav Reches, Jason Livingston, Konstantinos Oikonomopoulos, Craig Broady, Colin B. Raney, Jeffery Morin, Ian Ferguson, Maxim Lobovsky, Natan Linder, Dávid Lakatos