Patents by Inventor Mathias Hintermann
Mathias Hintermann 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: 20260050178Abstract: An electronic eyewear device having temples that are lightweight, aesthetically pleasant, and include thermal management. The temples each have a thermally conductive stiffener with a non-thermally conductive overmolded material forming a window. The window in each temple exposes interior components, such the stiffener to ambient air, and allows heat generated by electronic components to be released to ambient air to cool the components through convection. The windows also allow the stiffeners to be coupled to tooling and are easily overmolded. The windows provide both an aesthetic feature and a functional feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2025Publication date: February 19, 2026Inventors: Muye Guang, Stoyan Hristov, Mathias Hintermann, Nicholas Streets, Mark Kraz
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Patent number: 12535697Abstract: An eyewear device having a frame formed of an infrared (IR) transmissive material in a continuous piece without discrete openings. IR cameras are placed behind areas of the frame designated as optical surfaces. In an example, the optical surfaces are positioned at lower corners of the frame and are angled inwardly to prevent obstructions, e.g., due to scratches and smudges. The optical surfaces have uniform thickness, are smooth, and are angled such that IR light communicated to the cameras pass at an angle through the optical surfaces. The IR cameras are angled downwardly to view objects forward and below a user wearing the eyewear device, e.g., to detect hand gestures.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mathias Hintermann, Nicholas Streets, Choonshin You, Bo Ya Zhang
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Patent number: 12503239Abstract: A UAV including a shroud with cooling openings to cool electronics in the UAV. The shroud includes propeller openings surrounding respective propellers. The propeller openings include intake openings that draw air from outside the shroud into the shroud to cool UAV components. The propeller openings are formed at an interface between an upper portion of the shroud and a lower portion of the shroud. The UAV includes a selector, such as a dial, including exit openings under the selector that provide air outflow from the shroud.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: December 23, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: David G. Fliszar, Mathias Hintermann, Russell Douglas Patton
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Patent number: 12474596Abstract: An electronic eyewear device having temples that are lightweight, aesthetically pleasant, and include thermal management. The temples each have a thermally conductive stiffener with a non-thermally conductive overmolded material forming a window. The window in each temple exposes interior components, such the stiffener to ambient air, and allows heat generated by electronic components to be released to ambient air to cool the components through convection. The windows also allow the stiffeners to be coupled to tooling and are easily overmolded. The windows provide both an aesthetic feature and a functional feature.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2023Date of Patent: November 18, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Muye Guang, Stoyan Hristov, Mathias Hintermann, Nicholas Streets, Mark Kraz
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Publication number: 20250286270Abstract: Eyewear with a slot ring antenna generating orthogonal E-fields. The slot ring antenna has a first portion including an inner ring and an outer ring generating a first direction E-field, and a second portion having a respective inner ring and the outer ring generating a second direction E-field. The outer ring encompasses the respective inner rings, where a first slot is defined between the respective inner ring and the outer ring. A second slot is encompassed by the respective inner ring, which may be a cutout. The slot ring antenna encompasses eyewear optical assemblies. In one example, the first portion encompasses a first optical assembly, and the second portion encompasses a second optical assembly. A common ground plane of the outer ring may extend proximate a bridge of the eyewear.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2025Publication date: September 11, 2025Inventors: Mathias Hintermann, Ugur Olgun, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons
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Patent number: 12347926Abstract: Eyewear with a slot ring antenna generating orthogonal E-fields. The slot ring antenna has a first portion including an inner ring and an outer ring generating a first direction E-field, and a second portion having a respective inner ring and the outer ring generating a second direction E-field. The outer ring encompasses the respective inner rings, where a first slot is defined between the respective inner ring and the outer ring. A second slot is encompassed by the respective inner ring, which may be a cutout. The slot ring antenna encompasses eyewear optical assemblies. In one example, the first portion encompasses a first optical assembly, and the second portion encompasses a second optical assembly. A common ground plane of the outer ring may extend proximate a bridge of the eyewear.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2024Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mathias Hintermann, Ugur Olgun, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons
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Patent number: 12313853Abstract: An adjustable frame assembly for augmented reality eyewear. The frame assembly includes a face portion for supporting a first lens and a second lens, a support rest for supporting the face portion on a user, and at least one coupling for adjusting a position of at least one of the first lens and the second lens relative to the support rest. The frame assembly may further include at least one waveguide that creates an eye box in one of the first lens and the second lens. The at least one coupling enables movement of the eye box relative to the support rest to position the eye box in front of the wearer's eye.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2023Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Julio Cesar CastaƱeda, Mathias Hintermann, Kevin David Page, Samuel Bryson Thompson
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Publication number: 20240195052Abstract: Eyewear with a slot ring antenna generating orthogonal E-fields. The slot ring antenna has a first portion including an inner ring and an outer ring generating a first direction E-field, and a second portion having a respective inner ring and the outer ring generating a second direction E-field. The outer ring encompasses the respective inner rings, where a first slot is defined between the respective inner ring and the outer ring. A second slot is encompassed by the respective inner ring, which may be a cutout. The slot ring antenna encompasses eyewear optical assemblies. In one example, the first portion encompasses a first optical assembly, and the second portion encompasses a second optical assembly. A common ground plane of the outer ring may extend proximate a bridge of the eyewear.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Mathias Hintermann, Ugur Olgun, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons
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Patent number: 11947390Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: 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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Patent number: 11929548Abstract: Eyewear with a slot ring antenna generating E-fields that are orthogonal to each other at a frequency. The slot ring antenna has a first portion including an inner ring and an outer ring configured to generate a first E-field in a first direction, and a second portion having a respective inner ring and the outer right configured to generate a second E-field in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first E-field. The outer ring encompasses the respective inner rings, where a first slot is defined between the respective inner ring and the outer ring. A second slot is encompassed by the respective inner ring, and it may be a cutout. The slot ring antenna encompasses eyewear optical assemblies. In one example, the slot antenna first portion encompasses a first optical assembly, and the second portion encompasses the second optical assembly. The outer ring may comprise of a common ground plane, which ground plane may extend proximate a bridge of the eyewear.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mathias Hintermann, Ugur Olgun, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons
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Patent number: 11856179Abstract: 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: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Nir Daube, David Ben Ezra, Mathias Hintermann, Sagi Katz, Nati Kligler, Michael Ryner, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20230348067Abstract: A UAV including a shroud with cooling openings to cool electronics in the UAV. The shroud includes propeller openings surrounding respective propellers. The propeller openings include intake openings that draw air from outside the shroud into the shroud to cool UAV components. The propeller openings are formed at an interface between an upper portion of the shroud and a lower portion of the shroud. The UAV includes a selector, such as a dial, including exit openings under the selector that provide air outflow from the shroud.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: David G. Fliszar, Mathias Hintermann, Russell Douglas Patton
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Patent number: D1029756Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Mathias Hintermann, Kristina Marrero, Klaus Tritschler
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Patent number: D1035549Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Mathias Hintermann, Kristina Marrero, Klaus Tritschler
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Patent number: D1041886Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Jinwoo Kim, Mathias Hintermann, Kristina Marrero, Evan Spiegel
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Patent number: D1064042Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mathias Hintermann, Tanatip Arunanondchai, Jinwoo Kim, Evan Spiegel
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Patent number: D1101614Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 11, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Mathias Hintermann, Kristina Marrero, Klaus Tritschler
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Patent number: D1115182Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 24, 2026Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Mathias Hintermann, Kristina Marrero, Dinh Tu Huynh, Klaus Tritschler
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Patent number: D1124106Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2025Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mathias Hintermann, Tanatip Arunanondchai, Jinwoo Kim, Evan Spiegel
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Patent number: D1128437Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Kristina Marrero, Mathias Hintermann, Klaus Tritschler