Patents by Inventor John M. Cooke

John M. Cooke 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: 11762130
    Abstract: The disclosed optical lens assemblies may include a deformable element, a structural support element, and a compliant interface material that is disposed between and couples at least a portion of the deformable element and the structural support element. The deformable element may, when deformed, alter an optical property of the optical lens assembly. The compliant interface material may be configured to compensate for a difference between a physical property of the deformable element and the structural support element. Related head-mounted displays and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Marie Smyth, John M. Cooke, Andrew John Ouderkirk
  • Patent number: 11209649
    Abstract: The disclosed optical lens assemblies may include a deformable optical element including a substantially transparent transducer configured to deform, and thus change at least one optical property of, the deformable optical element. At least a portion of the substantially transparent transducer may be positioned within a substantially transparent optical aperture of the optical lens assembly. Various head-mounted displays incorporating such an optical lens assembly, and methods of fabricating the same, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Marie Smyth, John M. Cooke, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Karol Constantine Hatzilias
  • Patent number: 10928558
    Abstract: The disclosed optical lens assemblies may include a deformable element, a structural support element, a substantially transparent deformable medium positioned between the deformable element and the structural support element, a compliant peripheral component positioned between peripheral portions of the deformable element and the structural support element, and an actuator configured to displace at least a portion of the compliant peripheral component to deform the deformable element and change at least one optical property of the optical lens assembly. Related head-mounted displays and methods of fabricating such optical lens assemblies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technolgies, LLC
    Inventors: John M. Cooke, Katherine Marie Smyth, Andrew John Ouderkirk
  • Patent number: 10754145
    Abstract: An apparatus may include an adjustable fluid lens that includes a deformable element and a fluid that is substantially transparent and that is contained at least in part by the deformable element. The apparatus may additionally include a sensor that detects a property of the fluid that indicates a viscosity of the fluid. The apparatus may further include a control element that regulates, based at least in part on the property of the fluid, a speed with which to apply a deforming force to the deformable element. Additionally, the apparatus may include an actuator that adjusts an optical property of the adjustable fluid lens by applying the deforming force to the deformable element at the regulated speed. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Katherine Marie Smyth, John M. Cooke, Matthew James Hancock, Karol Constantine Hatzilias, Lu Lu, Nagi H. Elabbasi, Robin Sharma, Behnam Bastani
  • Patent number: 10698224
    Abstract: The disclosed optical lens assemblies may include a deformable optical element, at least one primary actuator for deforming, and thus changing at least one optical property of, the deformable optical element, and at least one augmentation mechanism that may be configured to augment the deformation of the deformable optical element by the primary actuator. Various head-mounted displays incorporating such an optical lens assembly, and related methods, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John M. Cooke, Katherine Marie Smyth, Andrew John Ouderkirk