Patents by Inventor Kristi E. Bauerly

Kristi E. Bauerly 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).

  • Head-Mounted Display With Facial Interface For Sensing Physiological Conditions
    Publication number: 20200233220
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display unit and a facial interface. The display unit displays graphical content to the user. The facial interface is removably coupleable to the display unit and engages a facial engagement region of a face of the user whereby the display unit is supported on the face of the user. The facial interface includes a physiological sensor for sensing a physiological condition of the user in the facial engagement region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel M. Strongwater, Kristi E. Bauerly, Dustin A. Hatfield
  • Head-Mounted Display and Facial Interface Thereof
    Publication number: 20200233453
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display unit and a facial interface. The display unit includes a display for displaying graphical content to a user. The facial interface is coupled to the display unit and configured to engage a face of the user to support the display unit thereon. The facial interface includes an upper portion that engages a forehead of the user and side portions that engage temple regions of the user. The facial interface converts forward force applied to the upper portion by the forehead into inward force applied by side portions to the temple regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Dustin A. Hatfield, Daniel M. Strongwater, Kristi E. Bauerly
  • Methodology for determining an improved form of headphones
    Patent number: 9460238
    Abstract: A method for determining a form for a headphone part using a representative model includes receiving data for at least one ear model. The ear model may be oriented within a coordinate system based on the data, where orienting is focused on the alignment with respect to one or more areas of the ear. A representative model is determined from a plurality of oriented ear models, where the representative model is a representation for a volume determined to be common to at least two oriented ear models. The size and/or shape for the headphone part is determined based upon the representative model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: M. Evans Hankey, Jonathan S. Aase, Matthew D. Rohrbach, Daniele G. De Iuliis, Kristi E. Bauerly
  • METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING AN IMPROVED FORM OF HEADPHONES
    Publication number: 20140072140
    Abstract: A method for determining a form for a headphone part using a representative model includes receiving data for at least one ear model. The ear model may be oriented within a coordinate system based on the data, where orienting is focused on the alignment with respect to one or more areas of the ear. A representative model is determined from a plurality of oriented ear models, where the representative model is a representation for a volume determined to be common to at least two oriented ear models. The size and/or shape for the headphone part is determined based upon the representative model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: M. Evans HANKEY, Jonathan S. Aase, Matthew D. Rohrbach, Daniele G. De Iuliis, Kristi E. Bauerly