Patents by Inventor Eric VanWyk

Eric VanWyk 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).

  • Patent number: 12616404
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include measuring one or more electrical properties from a plurality of electrodes for biosignal measurement, determining, based on the measured one or more electrical properties, an impedance mismatch between at least a first electrode and a second electrode of the plurality of electrodes, and reducing the impedance mismatch by modulating an impedance of the first electrode. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric VanWyk, Brendan Patrick Flynn, Pinghung Wei, Filipp Demenschonok
  • Publication number: 20260044213
    Abstract: A wrist-wearable device for sensing biopotential signals is provided. The device includes a biopotential-signal sensor configured to contact a user's skin at a sensor-skin interface and to sense biopotential signals of a user, and an impedance-stabilizing component configured to direct a stimulation to the sensor-skin interface associated with the biopotential-signal sensor. The device is configured to, in accordance with a determination that a first application is active, direct the stimulation to the sensor-skin interface until an impedance value at the sensor-skin interface is within a first range associated with the first application, and in accordance with a determination that a second application is active, direct the stimulation to the sensor-skin interface until the impedance value at the sensor-skin interface is within a second range associated with the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Eric VanWyk, Filipp Demenschonok, Pinghung Wei, Brendan Patrick Flynn, Zidong Li
  • Patent number: 12531567
    Abstract: A circuit comprising (1) one or more input devices configured to sense analog inputs, (2) at least one analog-to-digital converter communicatively coupled to the input devices and configured to convert the analog inputs into digital inputs, (3) at least one filter component communicatively coupled to the analog-to-digital converter and configured to output digital feedback based at least in part on the digital inputs, and (4) a digital-to-analog converter communicatively coupled to the filter component and configured to (A) convert the digital feedback into analog feedback and (B) output the analog feedback to facilitate removing the analog feedback from the analog inputs. Various other apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric VanWyk, Matthew Sherwood
  • Publication number: 20250387570
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric VanWyk
  • Publication number: 20250373238
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include techniques and apparatuses for multi-channel biopotential signal acquisition, biopotential signal pre-processing, and adaptive signal conditioning. In one aspect, an analog frontend circuit includes an instrumentation amplifier (INA) and an analog-to-digital circuit (ADC) in a forward signal path. A digital circuit receives input from the ADC. An adaptive baseline tracking and compensation circuit tracks and compensates moving motion artifact driven changes. A power line interference (PLI) detection and compensation circuit tracks a desired number of PLI harmonics, and magnitude, phase and frequency for the PLI harmonics in real time. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit combines output of the adaptive baseline tracking and compensation circuit and the PLI detection and compensation circuit to output an analog output. A passive filter receives the analog output and drives an analog compensation signal at an input of the INA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Filipp Demenschonok, Sayyed Mahdi Kashmiri, Baolin Yi, Emrah Adamey, Eric VanWyk
  • Patent number: 12449899
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method of reducing and controlling values of at least one characteristic (e.g., impedance) associated with biopotential-signal sensors is provided. The apparatus, system, and method includes monitoring—based on data from a wearable device that includes a biopotential-signal sensor, a characteristic-stabilizing component, and a characteristic monitor—a characteristic at the sensor-skin interface that impacts the biopotential-signal sensor's ability to sense biopotential signals. In accordance with selecting a biopotential-signal sensitivity need, provide an adjustment (e.g., stimulation) to the characteristic in accordance with a sensitivity-stabilizing mode until the characteristic satisfies the first biopotential-signal sensitivity need. The adjustments may be provided in various methods to achieve desired results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric VanWyk, Filipp Demenschonok, Pinghung Wei, Brendan Patrick Flynn, Zidong Li
  • Patent number: 12343506
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Portal Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric VanWyk
  • Publication number: 20250076671
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a filter that at least partially blocks light emitted from a light source. In some examples, the light source may be a liquid crystal display that emits polarized light, and the filter may be a polarizing component. Using the filter, the head-mounted display may filter out the light source directed to the head-mounted display. The filtered out region may appear as a grayscale region or a blacked out region mixed with a real-world environment. When the head-mounted display takes the form of an augmented reality device, the head-mounted display may use a display to project visual content onto the filtered out region, while permitting a view of a real-world environment. The visual content may include images, video(s), and/or text, with the images, video(s), and/or text being relevant to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Eric VanWyk, Grace Elizabeth Kuo
  • Patent number: 12115353
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Portal Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric VanWyk
  • Publication number: 20240211045
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method of reducing and controlling values of at least one characteristic (e.g., impedance) associated with biopotential-signal sensors is provided. The apparatus, system, and method includes monitoring—based on data from a wearable device that includes a biopotential-signal sensor, a characteristic-stabilizing component, and a characteristic monitor—a characteristic at the sensor-skin interface that impacts the biopotential-signal sensor's ability to sense biopotential signals. In accordance with selecting a biopotential-signal sensitivity need, provide an adjustment (e.g., stimulation) to the characteristic in accordance with a sensitivity-stabilizing mode until the characteristic satisfies the first biopotential-signal sensitivity need. The adjustments may be provided in various methods to achieve desired results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Eric VanWyk, Filipp Demenschonok, Pinghung Wei, Brendan Patrick Flynn, Zidong Li
  • Publication number: 20220313918
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Robert J. Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric VanWyk
  • Publication number: 20210077730
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Robert J. Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric VanWyk
  • Patent number: 10898797
    Abstract: An electronic controller includes a controller body having a head that adjoins a handle at a neck region, and that includes at least one thumb-operated control. The controller includes a hand retainer that in a closed position is configured to physically bias the user's palm against an outer surface of the handle. The hand retainer includes a resilient member that biases the hand retainer towards an open position. An adjustment mechanism couples the resilient member to the head and permits the resilient member to be adjusted betweena plurality of discrete positions to adjust the resilient member towards or away from the user's purlicue. The adjustment mechanism may include an anchor that is movable peripherally about the head between the plurality of discrete positions and is pivotably attached to the resilient member with a two-part fastener, with a friction member interposed between the resilient member and the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Walter Petersen, Philip Bryan, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Jeffrey Walter Mucha, Scott Douglas Nietfeld, Eric VanWyk, Michael Baseflug, Jeffrey George Leinbaugh, Lawrence Yang, Jeremy Slocum
  • Patent number: 10857298
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Portal Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric VanWyk
  • Patent number: 10857297
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Portal Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric VanWyk
  • Patent number: 10850038
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Portal Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric VanWyk
  • Publication number: 20200246691
    Abstract: An electronic controller includes a controller body having a head that adjoins a handle at a neck region, and that includes at least one thumb-operated control. The controller includes a hand retainer that in a closed position is configured to physically bias the user's palm against an outer surface of the handle. The hand retainer includes a resilient member that biases the hand retainer towards an open position. An adjustment mechanism couples the resilient member to the head and permits the resilient member to be adjusted betweena plurality of discrete positions to adjust the resilient member towards or away from the user's purlicue. The adjustment mechanism may include an anchor that is movable peripherally about the head between the plurality of discrete positions and is pivotably attached to the resilient member with a two-part fastener, with a friction member interposed between the resilient member and the anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Walter Petersen, Philip Bryan, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Jeffrey Walter Mucha, Scott Douglas Nietfeld, Eric VanWyk, Michael Baseflug, Jeffrey George Leinbaugh, Lawrence Yang, Jeremy Slocum
  • Publication number: 20200078522
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Robert J. Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric Vanwyk
  • Publication number: 20200078520
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Robert J. Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric VanWyk
  • Publication number: 20200078521
    Abstract: An apparatus for injectate delivery includes a cartridge, a linear actuator, a rotary motor mechanically coupled the actuator, and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller controls a linear motion of the actuator by controlling an electrical input supplied to the motor in a first interval during which the motor is stationary with the linear actuator engaged with the cartridge to displace an injectate in the cartridge, a second interval following the first interval during which the controller accelerates the motor from stationary to a first speed selected to create a jet of the injectate from the cartridge with a velocity sufficient to pierce human tissue to a subcutaneous depth, a third interval during which the controller maintains the motor at or above the first speed, and a fourth interval during which the controller decelerates the motor to a second speed to deliver the injectate at the subcutaneous depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Robert J. Dyer, Carl Tappan, Eric VanWyk