Patents by Inventor Martin Douglas Sawtell
Martin Douglas Sawtell 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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Patent number: 11960783Abstract: An extended reality (XR) head-mounted display (HMD) device includes a processor, a memory device, a battery, an HMD video display to present to a user an extended reality image of an environment, an HMD shield formed to be fitted around a user's eyes and to house the HMD video display, an HMD hood comprising a fabric shroud formed over a shroud frame operatively coupled to the HMD shield, and a head strap operatively coupled to the HMD shield via a shield hinge to secure the HMD device to the user's head.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LPInventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Loo Shing Tan, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell
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Patent number: 11935201Abstract: An information handling system operating an HMD device may include a video display device to display application images or a fiducial image when the HMD device is worn by a user; the HMD device including: a display device in the HMD device to present to a user an XR (XR) image of a surrounding XR environment; a pass-through camera to detect the fiducial image displayed by the video display device; and an HMD processor to receive data from an HMD wearing sensor indicating that the user is wearing the HMD device and execute computer readable program code to display an XR environment to the user including an XR image version of the application images presented to the user via the video display device; wherein detection of the fiducial image triggers an API with the XR image version of the video display application images via the video display device.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Dell Products LPInventors: Loo Shing Tan, Michiel Knoppert, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell
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Patent number: 11816263Abstract: A handheld controller to operate with a head-mounted display (HMD) and information handling system may include a data storage device; the HMD having an HMD processor and an HMD display device to present to a user an extended reality extended reality image of an environment; and the handheld controller, including: a handheld controller processor executing code instructions of a strap fit adjustment system to activate a strap tensioner mechanism to tighten a strap across a user's hand until a tightness threshold level has been achieved; a strap tightness measurement system to measure a tightness level of the strap across a user's hand as the strap tensioner mechanism tightens the strap across the user's hand; and the tightness level of the strap being set to the tightness threshold level by the user and accessible at a data storage device.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Loo Shing Tan, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell
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Publication number: 20230350213Abstract: An extended reality (XR) head-mounted display (HMD) device may include a processor, a memory device, a power management unit, an HMD video display to present to a user an extended reality image of an environment, and an HMD housing fitted to be formed around a user's eyes. The HMD housing includes an HMD shield, an HMD hood comprising a fabric shroud operatively coupled to a shroud frame and a face mask operatively coupled to the shroud frame to interface with a suer's face and the HMD hood operatively coupled to the HMD shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Dell Products, LPInventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Loo Shing Tan, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell
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Publication number: 20230351702Abstract: An information handling system operating an HMD device may include a video display device to display application images or a fiducial image when the HMD device is worn by a user; the HMD device including: a display device in the HMD device to present to a user an XR (XR) image of a surrounding XR environment; a pass-through camera to detect the fiducial image displayed by the video display device; and an HMD processor to receive data from an HMD wearing sensor indicating that the user is wearing the HMD device and execute computer readable program code to display an XR environment to the user including an XR image version of the application images presented to the user via the video display device; wherein detection of the fiducial image triggers an API with the XR image version of the video display application images via the video display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Dell Products, LPInventors: Loo Shing Tan, Michiel Knoppert, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell
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Publication number: 20230350490Abstract: A handheld controller to operate with a head-mounted display (HMD) and information handling system may include a data storage device; the HMD having an HMD processor and an HMD display device to present to a user an extended reality extended reality image of an environment; and the handheld controller, including: a handheld controller processor executing code instructions of a strap fit adjustment system to activate a strap tensioner mechanism to tighten a strap across a user's hand until a tightness threshold level has been achieved; a strap tightness measurement system to measure a tightness level of the strap across a user's hand as the strap tensioner mechanism tightens the strap across the user's hand; and the tightness level of the strap being set to the tightness threshold level by the user and accessible at a data storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Dell Products, LPInventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Loo Shing Tan, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell
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Publication number: 20230350620Abstract: An extended reality (XR) head-mounted display (HMD) device includes a processor, a memory device, a battery, an HMD video display to present to a user an extended reality image of an environment, an HMD shield formed to be fitted around a user's eyes and to house the HMD video display, an HMD hood comprising a fabric shroud formed over a shroud frame operatively coupled to the HMD shield, and a head strap operatively coupled to the HMD shield via a shield hinge to secure the HMD device to the user's head.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Dell Products, LPInventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Loo Shing Tan, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell
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Publication number: 20230350224Abstract: An extended reality (XR) head-mounted display (HMD) device may include a processor; a memory device; a power management unit; an HMD video display to present to a user an extended reality image of an environment; an HMD housing fitted to be formed around a user's eyes; and a swappable nose bridge, including: a nose bridge extension to fit within a nose bridge slot formed into the HMD housing; and a nose bridge magnet formed at the nose bridge extension to magnetically engage within the nose bridge slot formed in the HMD housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Dell Products, LPInventors: Loo Shing Tan, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell
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Patent number: 11662841Abstract: An extended reality (XR) handheld controller to operate with a head-mounted display (HMD) device and information handling system includes the HMD device having an HMD processor, a data storage device, and an HMD display device to present to a user an XR image of an environment and the XR handheld controller may include a handheld controller microcontroller, a handle portion, a multimodal joystick, and a fingerprint reader formed into the multimodal joystick, wherein the multimodal joystick provides directional input when the fingerprint reader detects a user's fingerprint and the user tilts the multimodal joystick in a direction, and wherein the multimodal joystick provides push-button input when the fingerprint reader does not detect the user's fingerprint and the user presses a side of the multimodal joystick.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Loo Shing Tan, Gerald Rene Pelissier, Martin Douglas Sawtell