Patents by Inventor Erin M. Bosch

Erin M. Bosch 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: 20240103287
    Abstract: A removable facial interface for a head-mountable device (HMD) is disclosed. In an example, an HMD includes a display; a facial interface frame at least partially surrounding the display; a removable facial interface attached to the facial interface frame; a first attachment mechanism attached to one of the facial interface frame or the removable facial interface; and a second attachment mechanism attached to the other of the facial interface frame or the removable facial interface, the removable facial interface being attached to the facial interface frame by the first attachment mechanism and the second attachment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Erin M. Bosch, Darshan R. Kasar, Timon A. Wright, Nicholas R. Trincia, Jonathan M. Anderson, Liam R. Martinez, Ian A. Guy, Paul X. Wang, Samuel G. Smith, Jeffrey A. Griffis, Andrew Gallaher
  • Publication number: 20240085949
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a display, a facial interface, and a connector between the display and the facial interface. The facial interface can at least translate or rotate relative to the display via the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Darshan R. Kasar, Samuel G. Smith, Jonathan M. Anderson, Erin M. Bosch, Muhammad F. Hossain, Liam R. Martinez, Andrew Gallaher, Ian A. Guy, Brian Baillargeon, Keith W. Kirkwood, Timothy J. Rasmussen
  • Publication number: 20240028282
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, a facial interface, a sensor attached to the facial interface, and at least one of a communication interface or a power interface coupled to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Darshan R. Kasar, Grant H. Mulliken, Javier Mendez, Erin M. Bosch
  • Publication number: 20240012496
    Abstract: A system may include an electronic device such as a head-mounted device and a handheld controller for controlling the electronic device. The handheld controller may have a housing with an elongated shaft extending between first and second tip portions. The handheld controller may include a touch sensor for gathering touch input, a button, rotating scroll wheel, or other input device for gathering other user input, a force sensor for gathering force input, an inertial measurement unit for gathering motion data, a camera for capturing images of the environment, and/or one or more haptic output devices such as an actuator for providing haptic output. The control circuitry may send control signals to the head-mounted device based on the sensor data and user input (e.g., force input, touch input, motion input, voice input, etc.) gathered with the handheld controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen E Dey, Erin M Bosch, Yuhao Pan, Ian P Colahan, Christopher K Ewy
  • Patent number: 11714495
    Abstract: A finger device may be worn on a user's finger and may serve as a controller for a head-mounted device or other electronic device. The finger device may have a housing having an upper housing portion that extends across a top of the finger and first and second side housing portions that extend down respective first and second sides of the finger. Sensors in the side housing portions may measure movements of the sides of the finger as the finger contacts an external surface. To ensure that the sensors are appropriately positioned relative to the sides of the finger, the housing may include one or more adjustable structures such as an elastomeric band, a drawstring, a ratchet mechanism, a scissor mechanism, and/or other adjustable structures for adjusting the position of the first and second side housing portions and associated sensors relative to the upper housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erin M. Bosch, Stephen E. Dey, Jeffrey A. Griffis, Alex J. Lehmann, Yuhao Pan, Paul X. Wang
  • Publication number: 20230233929
    Abstract: Controller devices can provide a user with multiple modes of operation. For example, the user can hold and operate the controller device in a first configuration for control of a first device and/or first mode of a device (e.g. augmented reality or virtual reality programming), and the user can hold and operate controller segments of the controller device in a second configuration for control of a second device and/or second mode of a device (e.g. navigating an interface). The controller segments can be selectively engaged and disengaged to facilitate user operation in the different modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Erin M. BOSCH, Stephen E. DEY, Fletcher R. ROTHKOPF, Sakoon JHAMB
  • Patent number: 11709554
    Abstract: A finger device may be worn on a user's finger and may serve as a controller for a head-mounted device or other electronic device. The finger device may have a housing having an upper housing portion that extends across a top of the finger and first and second side housing portions that extend down respective first and second sides of the finger. Sensors in the side housing portions may measure movements of the sides of the finger as the finger contacts an external surface. To ensure that the sensors are appropriately positioned relative to the sides of the finger, the housing may include one or more adjustable structures such as an elastomeric band, a drawstring, a ratchet mechanism, a scissor mechanism, and/or other adjustable structures for adjusting the position of the first and second side housing portions and associated sensors relative to the upper housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erin M. Bosch, Stephen E. Dey, Jeffrey A. Griffis, Alex J. Lehmann, Yuhao Pan, Paul X. Wang
  • Publication number: 20220413626
    Abstract: A finger device may be worn on a user's finger and may serve as a controller for a head-mounted device or other electronic device. The finger device may have a housing having an upper housing portion that extends across a top of the finger and first and second side housing portions that extend down respective first and second sides of the finger. Sensors in the side housing portions may measure movements of the sides of the finger as the finger contacts an external surface. To ensure that the sensors are appropriately positioned relative to the sides of the finger, the housing may include one or more adjustable structures such as an elastomeric band, a drawstring, a ratchet mechanism, a scissor mechanism, and/or other adjustable structures for adjusting the position of the first and second side housing portions and associated sensors relative to the upper housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Erin M. Bosch, Stephen E. Dey, Jeffrey A. Griffis, Alex J. Lehmann, Yuhao Pan, Paul X. Wang