Patents by Inventor Jean-Noel Fehr
Jean-Noel Fehr 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).
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Publication number: 20180249079Abstract: A wearable camera systems according to examples of the present disclosure may include a camera and a mobile charging unit. The camera may include onboard power, memory and control for capturing and storing an image without being connected to the mobile charging unit and the camera body may have a width or a height that is smaller than the length of the camera body. The camera body may include a trigger for initiating image capture. The wearable camera may be attachable to an eyewear temple and the mobile charging unit is configured to recharge the wearable camera without being connected to an external power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: POGOTEC, INC.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Amitava Gupta, William Kokonaski, Richard Clompus, MASSIMO PINAZZA, Claudio DALLA LONGA, Stefan Bauer, JEAN-NOEL FEHR, Walter Dannhardt
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Publication number: 20180249078Abstract: A wearable camera systems according to examples of the present disclosure may include a camera and a mobile charging unit. The camera may include onboard power, memory and control for capturing and storing an image without being connected to the mobile charging unit and the camera body may have a width or a height that is smaller than the length of the camera body. The camera body may include a trigger for initiating image capture. The wearable camera may be attachable to an eyewear temple and the mobile charging unit is configured to recharge the wearable camera without being connected to an external power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: POGOTEC, INC.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Amitava Gupta, William Kokonaski, Richard Clompus, Massimo Pinazza, Claudio Dalla Longa, Stefan Bauer, Jean-Noel Fehr, Walter Dannhardt
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Publication number: 20180131847Abstract: Auxiliary units, in some instances implemented as a case for a wearable electronic device such as a wearable camera are described. The auxiliary units may include one or more electronic components typically included in the camera. By offloading an electronic component and the corresponding function (e.g., extended power capacity, memory capacity, wireless or other communication capabilities, etc.) to a removable auxiliary unit, the size of the wearable device can be advantageously further reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: POGOTEC, INC.Inventors: William Kokonaski, Amitava Gupta, Joshua A. Schoenbart, Ronald D. Blum, Stefan Bauer, Jean-Noel Fehr, Richard Clompus
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Publication number: 20180116384Abstract: A connector assembly configured for attaching an item to eyewear may include a base having an adapter and a retainer, the adapter configured to detachably couple the base to the item using a magnet, ferromagnetic material, or a combination thereof, and an elastic member coupled to the retainer, the elastic member including a first loop portion adjacent a first end of the retainer, a second loop portion adjacent a second end of the retainer, and a tab connected to least one of the first loop portion and the second loop portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: POGOTEC, INC.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Walter Dannhardt, Richard Clompus, William Kokonaski, Jean-Noel Fehr, Stefan Bauer, Amitava Gupta
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Publication number: 20180115691Abstract: Examples of system architectures for cameras are described herein. Described architectures may facilitate small form-factor cameras which may be devoid of a viewfinder. In some example architectures, external RAM may not be provided. In some example architectures, an image signal processing (ISP) chip and a separate processing unit (e.g., a microcontroller unit (MCU) may be provided. The MCU may have sufficient internal memory so that little or no external volatile memory or RAM is used, for example, for image data buffering.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: POGOTEC, INC.Inventors: AMITAVA GUPTA, STEFAN BAUER, JEAN- NOEL FEHR, WILLIAM KOKONASKI
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Patent number: 9930257Abstract: A wearable camera systems according to examples of the present disclosure may include a camera and a mobile charging unit. The camera may include onboard power, memory and control for capturing and storing an image without being connected to the mobile charging unit and the camera body may have a width or a height that is smaller than the length of the camera body. The camera body may include a trigger for initiating image capture. The wearable camera may be attachable to an eyewear temple and the mobile charging unit is configured to recharge the wearable camera without being connected to an external power source.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: PogoTec, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Amitava Gupta, William Kokonaski, Richard Clompus, Massimo Pinazza, Claudio Dalla Longa, Stefan Bauer, Jean-Noel Fehr, Walter Dannhardt
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Publication number: 20180063433Abstract: A wearable camera systems according to examples of the present disclosure may include a camera and a mobile charging unit. The camera may include onboard power, memory and control for capturing and storing an image without being connected to the mobile charging unit and the camera body may have a width or a height that is smaller than the length of the camera body. The camera body may include a trigger for initiating image capture. The wearable camera may be attachable to an eyewear temple and the mobile charging unit is configured to recharge the wearable camera without being connected to an external power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: PogoTec, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Amitava Gupta, William Kokonaski, Richard Clompus, Massimo Pinazza, Claudio Dalla Longa, Stefan Bauer, Jean-Noel Fehr, Walter Dannhardt
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Publication number: 20180042369Abstract: A connector assembly comprising a base having an adapter and a retainer, the adapter configured to reversibly couple to a wearable device using a magnet, ferromagnetic material, or combinations thereof; an elastic member partially positioned within the retainer, the elastic member having a first loop portion adjacent a first end of the retainer and a second loop portion adjacent a second end of the retainer; and wherein the elastic member is configured to stretchably move with respect to the base such that, responsive to a force pulling the first loop portion over a portion of an eyewear frame, the second loop portion changes in size.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: POGOTEC, INC.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Walter Dannhardt, Richard Clompus, William Kokonaski, Jean-Noel Fehr, Stefan Bauer, Amitava Gupta
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Publication number: 20170363885Abstract: Examples described herein include methods and systems for adjusting images which may be captured, for example, by a wearable camera. The wearable camera may be devoid of a viewfinder. Accordingly, it may be desirable to adjust images captured by the wearable camera prior to display to a user. Image adjustment techniques may employ physical wedges, calibration techniques, and/or machine learning techniques as described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: POGOTEC, INC.Inventors: RONALD D. BLUM, WILLIAM KOKONASKI, AMITAVA GUPTA, STEFAN BAUER, JEAN-NOEL FEHR, RICHARD CLOMPUS, MASSIMO PINAZZA, CLAUDIO DALLA LONGA, WALTER DANNHARDT, LINZI BERRY, PAUL CHANG, ANDY LEE
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Patent number: 9723984Abstract: A contact lens shaped measuring device comprises a sensor having a protrusion towards the cornea. The measuring device is flexible to a degree that it is flattened by a closing eye lid and the protrusion creates an indentation of the cornea. The force on the protrusion is measured by the sensor. Applying a constant lid acceleration/deceleration model to the movement of the lid and a mechanical model to the cornea, the tension of the cornea is determined and deduced from the force measured with the lid closed, yielding the true intraocular pressure. In an alternative, the protrusion is characterized by a discontinuity in its shape, or the sensor is subdivided, each subsensor being characterized by a protrusion of different shape. With the values obtained as extrema and at the discontinuity or with different protrusions, the tension of the cornea can be obtained by a (linear) extrapolation.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: TISSOT MEDICAL RESEARCH SAInventors: Alain Saurer, Jean-Noël Fehr
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Publication number: 20170183223Abstract: The invention relates to method for bonding at least two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, by using an intermediate thin film metal layer for providing the bonding, said method comprising the following steps of: a) providing said two substrates; b) depositing said thin film metal layer on at least a part of a surface of a first substrate of the two substrates; c) bringing a surface of the second substrate into contact with said thin film metal layer on said surface of the first substrate such that a bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate is provided; and d) at least locally strengthening the bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate. The invention also relates to a device comprising two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, and an intermediate thin film metal layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Ronny VAN 'T OEVER, Marko Theodoor BLOM, Jeroen HANEVELD, Johannes OONK, Marinus Bernardus OLDE RIEKERINK, Peter TIJSSEN, Hendrik Jan Hildebrand TIGELAAR, Jean-Noël FEHR, Jean-Christophe ROULET, Amitava GUPTA
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Patent number: 9675444Abstract: Many modern implantable ophthalmic devices include electronic components, such as electro-active cells, that can leak harmful substances into the eye and/or surrounding tissue. In the implantable ophthalmic devices disclosed herein, electronic components are hermetically sealed within cavities formed by bonding together two or more glass wafers. Bonding the glass wafers together with laser fusion bonding, pressure bonding, or anodic bonding creates a seal that leaks at a rate of less than about 5×10?12 Pa m3s?1 when subjected to a helium leak test. Hermetically sealed feedthroughs formed of conductive material running through channels in the wafers provide electrical connections to components inside the sealed cavities. In some cases, the conductive material has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is roughly equal to (e.g., within 10% of) the CTE of the glass wafers to minimize leakage due to thermally induced expansion and contraction of the conductive material and the glass wafer.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: ELENZA, INC.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Amitava Gupta, Jean-Noel Fehr, Jean-Christophe Roulet, Urban Schnell, Walter Doll, Roland Michaely
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Publication number: 20170150049Abstract: Camera systems and methods configured to receive power wirelessly are described. A wireless energy transfer system according to some examples includes a transmitter of wireless energy located within a communication device, such as a mobile phone, or attached to the communication device and a distance separated receiver located within an electronic wearable device other than the communication device, such as a wearable camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: POGOTEC, INC.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Amitava Gupta, William Kokonaski, Richard Clompus, Massimo Pinazza, Claudio Dalla Longa, Stefan Bauer, Jean-Noel Fehr, Walter Dannhardt
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Publication number: 20170127196Abstract: A hearing aid system according to some examples includes a hearing aid which includes a microphone, amplifier, speaker, and a telecoil. In some examples, the hearing aid may include a battery or a capacitor for storing power wirelessly received from a distance separated wireless power transfer unit. The telecoil may be configured to receive audio signals and couple the audio signals to audio processing circuitry of the hearing aid. The telecoil may be further configured to receive power signals from the base unit and couple the power signals to power supply circuitry of the hearing aid, for example for charging the battery of the hearing aid. Examples of transmitter and receiver coils, and of distance and orientation optimization are described. Examples of wireless charging systems that may be used with hearing aids or other medical assistance devices are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: PogoTec, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, William Kokonaski, Stefan Bauer, Jean-Noel Fehr, Amitava Gupta, Richard Clompus
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Patent number: 9628707Abstract: Camera systems and methods configured to receive power wirelessly are described. A wireless energy transfer system according to some examples includes a transmitter of wireless energy located within a communication device, such as a mobile phone, or attached to the communication device and a distance separated receiver located within an electronic wearable device other than the communication device, such as a wearable camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: PogoTec, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Amitava Gupta, William Kokonaski, Richard Clompus, Massimo Pinazza, Claudio Dalla Longa, Stefan Bauer, Jean-Noel Fehr, Walter Dannhardt
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Publication number: 20170079771Abstract: Adjustable vision modification using various systems, devices, and processes are provided. Adjustable vision modification may include sensing ocular related physiological activities of a user and making adjustments in an ocular device or ocular system to change the vision of the user. Various sensors and sensor locations may be employed in embodiments to sense or otherwise obtain these physiological activities. Likewise, various ocular devices, ocular processes, and ocular systems may be employed for improving vision.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Vista Ocular, LLCInventors: Philip C. Roholt, William Kokonaski, Jean-Noël Fehr, Randolph McDonald
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Patent number: 9572996Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the stimulation of thermal receptors in the skin of a patient by means of thermal stimuli. The device comprises a plurality of noninvasive stimulation units for irradiating the skin of the patient with electromagnetic radiation, wherein thermal stimuli are produced by absorption of the electromagnetic radiation in the skin of the patient and the wavelength range of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the stimulation units can be adjusted. The device also comprises a control unit for controlling the stimulation units.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbHInventors: Peter Alexander Tass, Jean-Christophe Roulet, Thomas Von Bueren, Jean-Noel Fehr, Urban Schnell
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Patent number: 9573804Abstract: The invention relates to method for bonding at least two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, by using an intermediate thin film metal layer for providing the bonding, said method comprising the following steps of: a) providing said two substrates; b) depositing said thin film metal layer on at least a part of a surface of a first substrate of the two substrates; c) bringing a surface of the second substrate into contact with said thin film metal layer on said surface of the first substrate such that a bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate is provided; and d) at least locally strengthening the bonding between the second substrate and the thin film metal layer on the first substrate. The invention also relates to a device comprising two substrates, for example made from glass, silicon, ceramic, aluminum, or boron, and an intermediate thin film metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Micronit Microfluidics B.V.Inventors: Ronny Van 'T Oever, Marko Theodoor Blom, Jeroen Haneveld, Johannes Oonk, Marinus Bernardus Olde Riekerink, Peter Tijssen, Hendrik Jan Hildebrand Tigelaar, Jean-Noël Fehr, Jean-Christophe Roulet, Amitava Gupta
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Publication number: 20160324628Abstract: Described herein is an implantable intraocular lens that can automatically adjust its optical power based on the eye's natural response for accommodation of targets at varying distances. The implantable intraocular lens includes a physiological sensor for detecting a physiological response of an eye associated with an ocular accommodation, and an electro-optical element configured to adjust optical power based on the detected physiological response of the eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Elenza ,Inc.Inventors: Amitava GUPTA, Rudy MAZZOCCHI, Roel TRIP, Urban SCHNELL, Jean-Noel FEHR
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Publication number: 20160294225Abstract: Base units, systems and methods for wireless energy transfer are described. A wireless energy transfer system according to some examples includes a transmitter of wireless energy and a distance separated receiver. Examples of transmitter and receiver coils are described. Examples of distance and orientation optimization are described. Examples of wireless charging systems that may be include helmets, body worn units, and/or light sockets are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: POGOTEC, INC.Inventors: RONALD D. BLUM, AMITAVA GUPTA, WILLIAM KOKONASKI, STEFAN BAUER, JEAN-NOEL FEHR