Patents by Inventor Frank Alexander

Frank Alexander 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: 11294461
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for interacting with content and updating the location and orientation of that content using a single controller. The system may allow a user to use the same controller for moving content around the room and interacting with that content by tracking a range of the motion of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day, Eric Norman Yiskis
  • Publication number: 20220100266
    Abstract: A wearable computing system that includes a head-mounted display implements a gaze timer feature for enabling the user to temporarily extend the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device. In one embodiment, when the user gazes at, or in the vicinity of, a handheld controller for a predetermined period of time, the functionality of one or more input elements (e.g., buttons) of the handheld controller is temporarily modified. For example, the function associated with a particular controller button may be modified to enable the user to open a particular menu using the button. The gaze timer feature may, for example, be used to augment the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device during mixed reality and/or augmented reality sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day
  • Publication number: 20220020218
    Abstract: A wearable system can comprise a display system configured to present virtual content in a three-dimensional space, a user input device configured to receive a user input, and one or more sensors configured to detect a user's pose. The wearable system can support various user interactions with objects in the user's environment based on contextual information. As an example, the wearable system can adjust the size of an aperture of a virtual cone during a cone cast (e.g., with the user's poses) based on the contextual information. As another example, the wearable system can adjust the amount of movement of virtual objects associated with an actuation of the user input device based on the contextual information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: James M. Powderly, Savannah Niles, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Marshal Ainsworth Fontaine, Paul Armistead Hoover
  • Patent number: 11226678
    Abstract: A wearable computing system that includes a head-mounted display implements a gaze timer feature for enabling the user to temporarily extend the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device. In one embodiment, when the user gazes at, or in the vicinity of, a handheld controller for a predetermined period of time, the functionality of one or more input elements (e.g., buttons) of the handheld controller is temporarily modified. For example, the function associated with a particular controller button may be modified to enable the user to open a particular menu using the button. The gaze timer feature may, for example, be used to augment the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device during mixed reality and/or augmented reality sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day
  • Patent number: 11195915
    Abstract: In some examples, a semiconductor device, comprises a semiconductor substrate; an epitaxial layer having a top side disposed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer has a source implant region, a drain implant region, a first doped region, and a second doped region, wherein the first doped region is adjacent to the source implant region and the second doped region is adjacent to the drain implant region, wherein the top side has a sloped surface over the second doped region; a gate electrode supported by the top side; a source electrode in contact with the source implant region; and a drain electrode in contact with the drain implant region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Haian Lin, Frank Alexander Baiocchi, Seetharaman Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20210275651
    Abstract: A nanoparticle construct includes a plurality of plant virus or virus-like particles electrostatically coupled to a plurality of nanoparticles having a different surface charge than the plant virus or virus-like particles. The nanoparticle construct upon delivery to a subject can provide a sustained release of the plant virus or virus-like particles and/or nanoparticles to a cell or tissue of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Nicole F. Steinmetz, Frank Alexander Veliz, Brylee David B. Tiu
  • Publication number: 20210232220
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for interacting with content and updating the location and orientation of that content using a single controller. The system may allow a user to use the same controller for moving content around the room and interacting with that content by tracking a range of the motion of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day, Eric Norman Yiskis
  • Publication number: 20210232212
    Abstract: A wearable computing system that includes a head-mounted display implements a gaze timer feature for enabling the user to temporarily extend the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device. In one embodiment, when the user gazes at, or in the vicinity of, a handheld controller for a predetermined period of time, the functionality of one or more input elements (e.g., buttons) of the handheld controller is temporarily modified. For example, the function associated with a particular controller button may be modified to enable the user to open a particular menu using the button. The gaze timer feature may, for example, be used to augment the functionality of a handheld controller or other user input device during mixed reality and/or augmented reality sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Karen Stolzenberg, Marc Alan McCall, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Cole Parker Heiner, John Austin Day
  • Patent number: 11049328
    Abstract: A wearable system can comprise a display system configured to present virtual content in a three-dimensional space, a user input device configured to receive a user input, and one or more sensors configured to detect a user's pose. The wearable system can support various user interactions with objects in the user's environment based on contextual information. As an example, the wearable system can adjust the size of an aperture of a virtual cone during a cone cast (e.g., with the user's poses) based on the contextual information. As another example, the wearable system can adjust the amount of movement of virtual objects associated with an actuation of the user input device based on the contextual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Powderly, Savannah Niles, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Marshal Ainsworth Fontaine, Paul Armistead Hoover
  • Patent number: 10826487
    Abstract: One example relates to a circuit that includes a first integrated circuit die and a second integrated circuit die. The first integrated circuit die has a power field effect transistor (FET) and a pull-down FET coupled to the power FET. The second integrated circuit die has a pull-up FET coupled to the power FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Haian Lin, Frank Alexander Baiocchi, Scott Edward Ragona, Jonathan Almeria Noquil
  • Patent number: 10812064
    Abstract: A device includes an epitaxial layer located over a semiconductor substrate, the epitaxial layer and the substrate both having a first conductivity type. A field-effect transistor (FET) includes source and drain regions having an opposite second conductivity type disposed in the epitaxial layer, and a gate structure over the substrate and between the source and drain regions. A diode includes first and second p-type regions and an n-type region all disposed in the epitaxial layer, the n-type region touching the first p-type region. A conductive plug electrically connects the first p-type region to the source region via the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Haian Lin, Frank Alexander Baiocchi, Masahiko Higashi, Namiko Hagane
  • Publication number: 20200328275
    Abstract: In some examples, a semiconductor device, comprises a semiconductor substrate; an epitaxial layer having a top side disposed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer has a source implant region, a drain implant region, a first doped region, and a second doped region, wherein the first doped region is adjacent to the source implant region and the second doped region is adjacent to the drain implant region, wherein the top side has a sloped surface over the second doped region; a gate electrode supported by the top side; a source electrode in contact with the source implant region; and a drain electrode in contact with the drain implant region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Haian LIN, Frank Alexander BAIOCCHI, Seetharaman SRIDHAR
  • Publication number: 20200327737
    Abstract: A wearable system can comprise a display system configured to present virtual content in a three-dimensional space, a user input device configured to receive a user input, and one or more sensors configured to detect a user's pose. The wearable system can support various user interactions with objects in the user's environment based on contextual information. As an example, the wearable system can adjust the size of an aperture of a virtual cone during a cone cast (e.g., with the user's poses) based on the contextual information. As another example, the wearable system can adjust the amount of movement of virtual objects associated with an actuation of the user input device based on the contextual information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: James M. Powderly, Savannah Niles, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Marshal Ainsworth Fontaine, Paul Armistead Hoover
  • Publication number: 20200295748
    Abstract: A device includes an epitaxial layer located over a semiconductor substrate, the epitaxial layer and the substrate both having a first conductivity type. A field-effect transistor (FET) includes source and drain regions having an opposite second conductivity type disposed in the epitaxial layer, and a gate structure over the substrate and between the source and drain regions. A diode includes first and second p-type regions and an n-type region all disposed in the epitaxial layer, the n-type region touching the first p-type region. A conductive plug electrically connects the first p-type region to the source region via the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Haian Lin, Frank Alexander Baiocchi, Masahiko Higashi, Namiko Hagane
  • Patent number: 10733806
    Abstract: A wearable system can comprise a display system configured to present virtual content in a three-dimensional space, a user input device configured to receive a user input, and one or more sensors configured to detect a user's pose. The wearable system can support various user interactions with objects in the user's environment based on contextual information. As an example, the wearable system can adjust the size of an aperture of a virtual cone during a cone cast (e.g., with the user's poses) based on the contextual information. As another example, the wearable system can adjust the amount of movement of virtual objects associated with an actuation of the user input device based on the contextual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Powderly, Savannah Niles, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, Marshal Ainsworth Fontaine, Paul Armistead Hoover
  • Patent number: 10581426
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first semiconductor die with a first FET having a drain connected to a switching node, a source connected to a reference node, and a gate connected to a first switch control node. The first die also includes a diode-connected bipolar transistor that forms a temperature diode next to the first FET. The temperature diode includes a cathode connected to the reference node, and an anode connected to a bias node. The electronic device also includes a second semiconductor die with a second FET, and a package structure that encloses the first and second semiconductor dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Haian Lin, Frank Alexander Baiocchi, Masahiko Higashi, Namiko Hagane
  • Patent number: D884737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, William Adams
  • Patent number: D925600
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, William Adams
  • Patent number: D926222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, William Adams
  • Patent number: D926223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV, William Adams