Patents by Inventor John Bernard Ardisana
John Bernard Ardisana 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: 20220181896Abstract: A case for an eyewear device includes a body defining an opening leading to a storage chamber that is sized for retaining the eyewear device. A cover depends from the body and is movable between an open position, in which the opening is exposed, and a closed position, in which the opening is covered by the cover. A battery is mounted to the body for charging the eyewear device. A detector is positioned on either the body or the cover for detecting when the cover is in the open position or the closed position. A display displays a charge state of the battery when the cover is in the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Emily Lauren Clopp, Teodor Dabov, Mathias Hintermann, Jinwoo Kim, Jun Lin, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Patent number: 11353725Abstract: An electronic assembly including eyewear and/or an eyewear case having a support structure and a conductive contact surface supported by the support structure. The eyewear case includes electronic components, an electrical contact surface adapted to engage the conductive contact surface of the eyewear, a first magnet attached to the electrical contact surface, and a second magnet that is positioned to attract or repel the first magnet.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Yoav Ben-Haim
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Patent number: 11322959Abstract: A case for an electronics-enabled eyewear device includes a body defining an opening leading to a storage chamber that is sized for retaining the eyewear device. A cover depends from the body and is movable between an open position, in which the opening is exposed, and a closed position, in which the opening is covered by the cover. A battery is mounted to the body for charging the electronics-enabled eyewear device. A detector is positioned on either the body or the cover for detecting when the cover is in the open position or the closed position. A display displays a charge state of the battery when the cover is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Emily Lauren Clopp, Teodor Dabov, Mathias Hintermann, Jinwoo Kim, Jun Lin, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20220060675Abstract: Three-dimensional image calibration and presentation for eyewear including a pair of image capture devices is described. Calibration and presentation includes obtaining a calibration offset to accommodate flexure in the support structure for the eyewear, adjusting a three-dimensional rendering offset by the obtained calibration offset, and presenting the stereoscopic images using the three-dimension rendering offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: JOHN BERNARD ARDISANA, II, DAVID BEN EZRA, NIR DAUBE, MATHIAS HINTERMANN, SAGI KATZ, NATI KLIGLER, MICHAEL CHRISTIAN RYNER, ASHUTOSH Y. SHUKLA
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Patent number: 11212509Abstract: Three-dimensional image calibration and presentation for eyewear including a pair of image capture devices is described. Calibration and presentation includes obtaining a calibration offset to accommodate flexure in the support structure for the eyewear, adjusting a three dimensional rendering offset by the obtained calibration offset, and presenting the stereoscopic images using the three dimension rendering offset.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, David Ben Ezra, Nir Daube, Mathias Hintermann, Sagi Katz, Nati Kligler, Michael Ryner, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20210399405Abstract: An antenna system comprises a combination of a loop antenna and a non-loop antenna. The loop antenna and the non-loop antenna is connected in common to a transceiver mechanism or signal feed mechanism. The non-loop antenna is in some embodiments provided by a dipole conductor. An eye-wear device incorporates the antenna system, a loop conductor and a dipole conductor of the antenna system being integrated in a body of the eyewear device. The loop conductor may be provided by a lens ring that extends around a lens held by the body. The lens ring may serve both as loop conductor and as a lens retention mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Mathias Andreas Hintermann, Pat Kusbel, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ugur Olgun, Russell Douglas Patton, Patrick Timothy McSweene Simons, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20210294120Abstract: An eyewear device has a lens retention mechanism that establishes electrical contact between onboard electronics and a lens ring by a resiliently compressible electrical contact member, such as a spring washer, located within a housing defined by a body of the eyewear device. The retention mechanism can further include a lock screw that is selectively engageable with the lens ring to allow disposal between retention and release of a lens by the lens ring, the lock ring being captured in the housing such as to resist removal of the lock screw from the housing when the lens ring is released for lens removal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Mathias Andreas Hintermann, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Patent number: 11063338Abstract: An antenna system comprises a combination of a loop antenna and a non-loop antenna. The loop antenna and the non-loop antenna is connected in common to a transceiver mechanism or signal feed mechanism. The non-loop antenna is in some embodiments provided by a dipole conductor. An eyewear device incorporates the antenna system, a loop conductor and a dipole conductor of the antenna system being integrated in a body of the eyewear device. The loop conductor may be provided by a lens ring that extends around a lens held by the body. The lens ring may serve both as loop conductor and as a lens retention mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mathias Andreas Hintermann, Pat Kusbel, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ugur Olgun, Russell Douglas Patton, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20210048691Abstract: Eyewear devices including a tether and methods for identifying proper installation of the tether are disclosed. An eyewear device includes transmission lines extending through the temples to electrical and electronic components positioned adjacent to edges of a frame. A tether is attached to the temples to enable power and communication flow between the electrical and electronic components rather than through the frame. Proper installation is identified based on communications passing between the electrical and electronic components via the tether.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Yoav Ben-Haim, Varun Sehrawat, Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana
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Patent number: 10877293Abstract: An eyewear device has a lens retention mechanism that establishes electrical contact between onboard electronics and a lens ring by a resiliently compressible electrical contact member, such as a spring washer, located within a housing defined by a body of the eyewear device. The retention mechanism can further include a lock screw that is selectively engageable with the lens ring to allow disposal between retention and release of a lens by the lens ring, the lock ring being captured in the housing such as to resist removal of the lock screw from the housing when the lens ring is released for lens removal.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Mathias Andreas Hintermann, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20200271961Abstract: Eyewear that includes a frame supporting an optical element. The frame has a first side and a second side. The eyewear also includes a temple adjacent the first side of the frame. The temple includes a first portion adjacent the frame and a second portion releasably connected to the first portion. An electronic device is provided in the releasable second portion. The electronic device may be passive or active, such as a battery configured to power the eyewear. The electronic device may communicate with an electronic component in the first portion, and may also operate independently when the second portion is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: John Bernard ARDISANA, II, Yoav BEN-HAIM, Teodor DABOV, Varun Sehrawat
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Publication number: 20200233238Abstract: Eyewear that includes a frame supporting an optical element. The frame has a first side and a second side. The eyewear also includes a temple adjacent the first side of the frame. The temple includes a first portion adjacent the frame and a second portion releasably connected to the first portion. The eyewear also includes an electrical connector embedded within the first portion of the temple. The second portion conceals the electrical connector from an exterior of the eyewear when the second portion connects to the first portion in a concealed state, and exposes the electrical connector from the exterior of the eyewear when disconnected from the first portion in an exposed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Yoav Ben-Haim, Teodor Dabov, Varun Sehrawat
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Patent number: 10695852Abstract: An assembly of mechanical components includes a solder joint between two metal components. A mounted component is retained on one side of a support structure by a solder joint on the other side of the support structure between a retainer and a connector that is fast with the mounted component and extends through the support structure. The retainer is of sheet metal construction, so that a height of the solder joint is no more than the thickness of the retainer, thus providing a low-profile joint.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20200204787Abstract: Three-dimensional image calibration and presentation for eyewear including a pair of image capture devices is described. Calibration and presentation includes obtaining a calibration offset to accommodate flexure in the support structure for the eyewear, adjusting a three dimensional rendering offset by the obtained calibration offset, and presenting the stereoscopic images using the three dimension rendering offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: JOHN BERNARD ARDISANA, II, DAVID BEN EZRA, NIR DAUBE, MATHIAS HINTERMANN, SAGI KATZ, NATI KLIGLER, MICHAEL RYNER, ASHUTOSH Y. SHUKLA
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Publication number: 20200187613Abstract: A case has an interior space for stowing an article. The case includes a structural support member that provides rigidity to the case and is composed of an RF transparent material to permit the passage of wireless signals through the case. The structural support member may be a hinge for moving the case between a stowed configuration and an expanded configuration. The RF transparent material may be flexible sheet composed of a fiber reinforced resin, for example. Also described is an assembly including the case and an electronics-enabled eyewear device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: TEODOR DABOV, JOHN BERNARD ARDISANA, II, YOAV BEN-HAIM
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Publication number: 20200147708Abstract: An assembly of mechanical components includes a solder joint between two metal components. A mounted component is retained on one side of a support structure by a solder joint on the other side of the support structure between a retainer and a connector that is fast with the mounted component and extends through the support structure. The retainer is of sheet metal construction, so that a height of the solder joint is no more than the thickness of the retainer, thus providing a low-profile joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Patent number: 10543547Abstract: An assembly of mechanical components includes a solder joint between two metal components. A mounted component is retained on one side of a support structure by a solder joint on the other side of the support structure between a retainer and a connector that is fast with the mounted component and extends through the support structure. The retainer is of sheet metal construction, so that a height of the solder joint is no more than the thickness of the retainer, thus providing a low-profile joint. The assembly may be in the form of a movable push button for control of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20190229395Abstract: An antenna system comprises a combination of a loop antenna and a non-loop antenna. The loop antenna and the non-loop antenna is connected in common to a transceiver mechanism or signal feed mechanism. The non-loop antenna is in some embodiments provided by a dipole conductor. An eyewear device incorporates the antenna system, a loop conductor and a dipole conductor of the antenna system being integrated in a body of the eyewear device. The loop conductor may be provided by a lens ring that extends around a lens held by the body. The lens ring may serve both as loop conductor and as a lens retention mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Mathias Andreas Hintermann, Pat Kusbel, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ugur Olgun, Russell Douglas Patton, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20190193179Abstract: An assembly of mechanical components includes a solder joint between two metal components. A mounted component is retained on one side of a support structure by a solder joint on the other side of the support structure between a retainer and a connector that is fast with the mounted component and extends through the support structure. The retainer is of sheet metal construction, so that a height of the solder joint is no more than the thickness of the retainer, thus providing a low-profile joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Patent number: 10300545Abstract: An assembly of mechanical components includes a solder joint between two metal components. A mounted component is retained on one side of a support structure by a solder joint on the other side of the support structure between a retainer and a connector that is fast with the mounted component and extends through the support structure. The retainer is of sheet metal construction, so that a height of the solder joint is no more than the thickness of the retainer, thus providing a low-profile joint. The assembly may be in the form of a movable push button for control of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Ashutosh Y. Shukla