Patents by Inventor Henric Jentz

Henric Jentz 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: 11874966
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include a substructure configured to support various components, an actuator configured to provide substantially linear motion along a specified axis in response to an electrical input, an input component hingedly coupled to the substructure, where the input component is configured to receive input from a user, and a mechanical linkage coupled to the input component and to at least a portion of the actuator. The mechanical linkage may be configured to translate the substantially linear motion provided by the actuator to a rotary force applied to the input component via the mechanical linkage. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Tu, Lorenz Henric Jentz, Khaled Boulos, Derrick Readinger, Robert Carey Leonard
  • Publication number: 20230400926
    Abstract: As disclosed herein, a system may comprise a handheld device in electronic communication with a controller. The handheld device may comprise a housing defining an internal cavity and an orifice providing access to the internal cavity. A trigger may comprise an external and an internal surface. The trigger may be oriented to cover the orifice. A transfer member may be oriented in the internal cavity and coupled to the internal surface of the trigger. A force sensor may be oriented in the internal cavity and may engage a distal end of the transfer member and the internal surface of the trigger. A transfer roller may be oriented in the internal cavity and coupled to the distal end of the transfer member. A cam may be oriented in the internal cavity and may engage the transfer member. A motor may be oriented in the internal cavity and coupled to the cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Michelle Warner, Madeline Blair Aby, Rémy O'Leary Pieron, Tzu-Yuan Wang, Lorenz Henric Jentz, Jason Andrew Higgins, Walker Robb
  • Patent number: 11275443
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include a substructure configured to support various components, an actuator configured to provide substantially linear motion along a specified axis in response to an electrical input, an input component hingedly coupled to the substructure, where the input component is configured to receive input from a user, and a mechanical linkage coupled to the input component and to at least a portion of the actuator. The mechanical linkage may be configured to translate the substantially linear motion provided by the actuator to a rotary force applied to the input component via the mechanical linkage. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Tu, Lorenz Henric Jentz, Khaled Boulos, Derrick Readinger, Robert Carey Leonard
  • Patent number: 11231791
    Abstract: The disclosed handheld controllers may include a multi-degree of freedom sensor module, a mouse module, and a switch. The mouse module may include a mouse sensor and a proximity sensor. The switch may be configured to activate the mouse sensor and deactivate the multi-degree of freedom sensor module when the proximity sensor indicates that the mouse sensor is proximate to a physical surface and to deactivate the mouse sensor and activate the multi-degree of freedom sensor when the proximity sensor indicates that the mouse sensor is not proximate to the physical surface. Various other related methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Chunli Chen, Khaled Boulos
  • Patent number: 10845895
    Abstract: The disclosed handheld controllers may include a multi-degree of freedom sensor module, a mouse module, and a switch. The mouse module may include a mouse sensor and a proximity sensor. The switch may be configured to activate the mouse sensor and deactivate the multi-degree of freedom sensor module when the proximity sensor indicates that the mouse sensor is proximate to a physical surface and to deactivate the mouse sensor and activate the multi-degree of freedom sensor when the proximity sensor indicates that the mouse sensor is not proximate to the physical surface. Various other related methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Chun Li Chen, Khaled Boulos
  • Publication number: 20190302903
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to a six degree-of-freedom (DOF) input device. An example provides an input device comprising a body, a sensor system configured to sense motion of the input device with six DOF, a communication interface and a controller. The controller is configured to transmit output based on sensor data from the sensor system for use in controlling an application in a first mode in which each of the six degrees-of-freedom is used as input, the application being controlled in the first mode in response to detecting a first condition, and transmit output based on sensor data from the sensor system for use in controlling the application in a second mode in which one or more of the six degrees-of-freedom is not used as input, the application being controlled in the second mode in response to detecting a second condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Charlene Mary ATLAS, Ishac BERTRAN, Benjamin Hunter BOESEL, Lorenz Henric JENTZ, Nikolai Michael FAALAND, Christian KLEIN, Xin Xian LIANG, Orr SROUR
  • Patent number: 10126553
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device may display a holographic element with a portable control device. Image data of a physical environment including the control device may be received and used to generate a three dimensional model of at least a portion of the environment. Using position information of the control device, a holographic element is displayed with the control device. Using the position information, it is determined that the control device is within a predetermined proximity of either a holographic object or a physical object. Based on determining that the control device is within the predetermined proximity, the displayed holographic element is modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Poulos, Lorenz Henric Jentz, Cameron Brown, Anthony Ambrus, Arthur Tomlin, James Dack, Jeffrey Kohler, Eric Scott Rehmeyer, Edward Daniel Parker, Nicolas Denhez, Benjamin Boesel
  • Patent number: 10108016
    Abstract: A headband is disclosed for supporting a head-worn device with a comfortable and non-intrusive fit. In examples, the headband includes first and second loops supporting the headband on a wearer's head, and an adjustment mechanism for tightening the first and second loops. The adjustment mechanism tightens down the loops to a desired fit, at which point further actuation of the adjustment mechanism has no effect on the loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Bosveld, Philip Andrew Frank, Henric Jentz, Nicolas Denhez, Travis Justin Hosler, Errol Mark Tazbaz, Aditha May Adams, William Dieter, Simon Quay
  • Patent number: 10063958
    Abstract: Devices for attaching earpiece to a user's ear are described herein. In one embodiment, an earpiece that is removably attachable to an ear of a user can include a housing that has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A transducer may be positioned, for example, at the proximal portion of the housing, and a retention member can be elastically coupled to the distal portion of the housing. The retention member and the housing can be configured to compress a portion of the user's ear therebetween in a manner that positions the proximal end portion of the housing in a vestibule of the ear adjacent an entrance to the auditory canal of the user's ear when the earpiece is attached to the user's ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Philip Bryan, Monika Romana Wolf, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Kory Gunnerson, Emron J. Henry, Karl William Vanderbeek, Richard James Wattles
  • Patent number: 10034508
    Abstract: A head-worn assembly is disclosed including a head-worn device supported on a headband. The headband may include a first loop positioned around the head, and possibly a second loop affixed to the first loop and positioned over the head. Weight distribution and comfort of the head-worn assembly may be optimized by mounting the head-worn device at an approximate center (front to back) of the headband, and further balancing the weight of the head-worn device (front to back) over the mounting point. The weight distribution and comfort of the head-worn assembly may be further optimized by providing several user-customizable adjustments to the head-worn assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Frank, Aditha May Adams, Henric Jentz, Errol Mark Tazbaz, Nicolas Denhez, Paul Bosveld, Travis Justin Hosler, YeongKyu Yoo
  • Publication number: 20170363867
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device may display a holographic element with a portable control device. Image data of a physical environment including the control device may be received and used to generate a three dimensional model of at least a portion of the environment. Using position information of the control device, a holographic element is displayed with the control device. Using the position information, it is determined that the control device is within a predetermined proximity of either a holographic object or a physical object. Based on determining that the control device is within the predetermined proximity, the displayed holographic element is modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Adam Poulos, Lorenz Henric Jentz, Cameron Brown, Anthony Ambrus, Arthur Tomlin, James Dack, Jeffrey Kohler, Eric Scott Rehmeyer, Edward Daniel Parker, Nicolas Denhez, Benjamin Boesel
  • Publication number: 20170287219
    Abstract: A mixed reality system may comprise a head-mounted display (HMD) device with a location sensor from which the HMD device determines a location of the location sensor in space and a base station mounted a predetermined offset from the location sensor and configured to emit an electromagnetic field (EMF). An EMF sensor affixed to an object may be configured to sense a strength of the EMF. The HMD device may determine a location of the EMF sensor relative to the base station based on the sensed strength and determine a location of the EMF sensor in space based on the relative location, the predetermined offset, and the location of the location sensor in space. In some aspects, the HMD device may comprise a see-through display configured to display augmented reality images and overlay a hologram that corresponds to the location of the EMF sensor in space over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Adam G. Poulos, Daniel Joseph McCulloch, Nicholas Gervase Fajt, Arthur Tomlin, Brian Mount, Lev Cherkashin, Lorenz Henric Jentz
  • Patent number: D789364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Nicolas Denhez
  • Patent number: D789365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Nicolas Denhez
  • Patent number: D789366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Nicolas Denhez
  • Patent number: D789367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Nicolas Denhez
  • Patent number: D795256
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Nicolas Denhez, Young duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo
  • Patent number: D795870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Nicolas Denhez, Young duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo
  • Patent number: D795871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Nicolas Denhez, Young duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo
  • Patent number: D995485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yi-yaun Chen, Lorenz Henric Jentz, Jason Andrew Higgins, Scott Andrew Dallmeyer