Patents by Inventor Michael Ebert

Michael Ebert 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: 10915162
    Abstract: A varifocal head mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic display, an optical system, and the guidance system. The electronic display presents content. The optical system includes one or more optical elements and provides the content to an eyebox of the HMD. The guidance system is a flexure based guidance system that includes an actuator and a first and second flexure elements (e.g., parallel beam, dual Roberts, etc.) guiding movement of the electronic display along an optical axis of the optical system in order to adjust a location of one or moveable elements in the optical system and, thereby, control a location of an image plane. The first and second flexure elements are able to flex or bend with movement of the actuator to adjust the location of the one or moveable elements that includes the electronic display and/or one or more optical elements of the optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Ebert, David C. Lindberg, Seth Robert Moczydlowski, Clinton Smith
  • Patent number: 10871627
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes one or more lenses and a display configured to provide visual data through the one or more lenses. The head-mounted display device also includes a direct-current (DC) motor mechanically coupled to the display, and the DC motor is configured to move the display along an axis by rotating a rotatable component of the DC motor. The head-mounted display device further includes: position sensor(s) configured to determine a position of the display, and electronic controller(s) in communication with the position sensor(s). The electronic controller(s) are configured to: (i) receive, from the position sensor(s), the determined position of the display as a first position of the display, (ii) receive information identifying a second position of the display, and (iii) generate electrical signal(s) that cause the DC motor to move the display from the first position to the second position along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joyce Fang, Nicholas Colonnese, Bruce A. Cleary, Ryan Michael Ebert, Douglas Robert Lanman
  • Publication number: 20200371782
    Abstract: An artifact lifecycle management on a cloud computing system and methods of managing are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes providing an integrated development environment for developing an artifact to be deployed in a productive environment of the cloud computing system; generating an artifact package associated with the artifact based on inputs received via the integrated development environment; performing one or more tests on the artifact package using the integrated development environment based on or more test cases; performing one or more validation checks on the artifact to be deployed in the productive environment; deploying the validated artifact in the productive environment; provisioning the deployed artifact to one or more tenants of the cloud computing system; and providing access to the artifact to the one or more tenants based on a role and permissions assigned to each of the tenants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Baierlein, Maik Boche, Stefan Burger, Michael Ebert, Christina Gallinat, Preeti Koka, Riccardo Riedl, Alexander Wahl
  • Publication number: 20200271865
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fiber holder system (1) comprising a base (2) provided for arrangement on a positioning device, the base (2) comprising at least three contact surfaces (3) arranged perpendicular to one another, and a fiber holder (4) with a arrangement section (5), an arm section (6) and a holding section (7), and a holding device (8) for arrangement of the fiber holder (4) on the base (2) with a defined force in a positionally stable and releasable manner, wherein the arrangement section (5) also comprises three mutually perpendicular arrangement surfaces (9), and wherein the holding device (8) comprises magnets or magnetic sections in order to use the corresponding magnetic forces to press the arrangement surfaces (9) against the contact surfaces (3) with a defined force and thereby to realize the positionally stable and releasable arrangement of the fiber holder (4) on the base (2), and wherein a distal end (10) of the arm portion (6) is connected to the abutment portion (5) and wherein at the o
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Michael EBERT, Antje BOGNER, Richard MONTBRUN
  • Publication number: 20200264380
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fiber clamp with a base plate and at least two clamping bodies arranged parallel to one another on the base plate, the clamping bodies being pressed towards one another in one direction by means of a tensioning device, so that a fiber that can be arranged between the base plate and the clamping bodies is between the base plate and the clamping bodies can be pinched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Michael EBERT
  • Patent number: 10701350
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus may include a left display subsystem and a right display subsystem, and the left and right display subsystems may each have a display screen and a lens configured to focus light from the display screen at an exit pupil of the head-mounted display apparatus. The head-mounted display system may also include an actuation subsystem configured to change relative positioning of the left and right display subsystems based on received data indicative of an inter-pupillary distance of a user. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Michael Ebert
  • Patent number: 10670283
    Abstract: A desiccant wheel for a dehumidifier includes a band of material around an outer circumference of the desiccant wheel and a plurality of sprocket holes formed in the band of material. The plurality of sprocket holes are configured for coupling the desiccant wheel to a sprocket. The desiccant wheel is configured to rotate when the sprocket is rotated by a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Therma-Stor LLC
    Inventors: Laurence A. Carlson, Jeremy Daniel Coyne, Todd R. DeMonte, Steven S. Dingle, Sean Michael Ebert, Richard G. Giallombardo, Michael J. Steffes, Joshua Alexander Trumm
  • Publication number: 20200150443
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving control inputs at a controller. The controller may be part of an optical subassembly that is connected to a combiner lens via a connecting member. The method may also include determining a current position of the combiner lens relative to a frame. The combiner lens may be at least partially transmissive to visible light, and may be configured to direct image data provided by the optical subassembly to a user's eye. The method may further include actuating an actuator that may move the optical subassembly and connected combiner lens according to the received control inputs. The actuator may move the optical subassembly and connected combiner lens independently of the frame. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Ryan Michael Ebert
  • Patent number: 10610775
    Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic display configured to display a virtual scene to a user, an optics block, an eye tracking system, and a varifocal actuation that mechanically changes a distance between the optics block and the electronic display. The varifocal actuation block is configured to change a focal length of the HMD based on the eye position of the user and includes a motor, a power screw coupled to the actuating motor configured to turn responsive to actuation of the motor, and a nut sled on the power screw that is coupled to the electronic display. The nut sled is configured to move back and forth along a length of the power screw responsive to the power screw being turned by the motor that results in movement of the electronic display relative to the optics block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Michael Ebert
  • Publication number: 20190384378
    Abstract: A varifocal head mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic display, an optical system, and the guidance system. The electronic display presents content. The optical system includes one or more optical elements and provides the content to an eyebox of the HMD. The guidance system is a flexure based guidance system that includes an actuator and a first and second flexure elements (e.g., parallel beam, dual Roberts, etc.) guiding movement of the electronic display along an optical axis of the optical system in order to adjust a location of one or moveable elements in the optical system and, thereby, control a location of an image plane. The first and second flexure elements are able to flex or bend with movement of the actuator to adjust the location of the one or moveable elements that includes the electronic display and/or one or more optical elements of the optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Ebert, David C. Lindberg, Seth Robert Moczydlowski, Clinton Smith
  • Publication number: 20190361248
    Abstract: A method for providing images to a wearer using a head-mounted display device that includes a light projector and a beam shifter includes projecting, with the light projector, light for rendering images based at least on virtual reality contents and/or augmented reality contents. The method also includes changing, with a beam shifter, a path of the light projected from the light projector based on a position of a pupil of an eye of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Douglas Robert LANMAN, Ryan Michael EBERT
  • Publication number: 20190320594
    Abstract: A system includes a latent exchanger and first and second fans. The latent exchanger includes first and second chambers and one or more membranes separating the first chamber from the second chamber. The one or more membranes are gas-impervious. The first fan generates a greenhouse airflow that flows from a greenhouse, into the first chamber, and then back to the greenhouse. The second fan generates an outside airflow that flows from an outside environment, into the second chamber, and then back to the outside environment. The one or more membranes are configured to permit moisture to flow through the one or more membranes from the greenhouse airflow to the outside airflow through the one or more membranes and to prevent carbon dioxide from flowing through the one or more membranes from the greenhouse airflow to the outside airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Todd R. DeMonte, Sean Michael Ebert, Weizhong Yu
  • Patent number: 10401053
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a desiccant, first and second fans, and a bracket. The first fan generates a process airflow through a first portion of the desiccant as it rotates in order to provide dehumidification. The second fan generates a reactivation airflow through a second portion of the desiccant as it rotates in order to dry the desiccant. The bracket is configured to mount the first fan within the dehumidifier. The bracket includes a first portion coupled to the first fan that supports weight of the first fan when the dehumidifier is in an upright position. The bracket also includes a support member coupled to the first portion and a side of the dehumidifier. The side member supports weight of the first fan when the dehumidifier is in a horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Therma-Stor LLC
    Inventors: Laurence A. Carlson, Jeremy Daniel Coyne, Todd R. DeMonte, Steven S. Dingle, Sean Michael Ebert, Richard G. Giallombardo, Michael J. Steffes, Joshua Alexander Trumm
  • Patent number: 10359203
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a wheel-shaped desiccant, a first fan, and a second fan. The wheel-shaped desiccant is configured to rotate in a clockwise direction when viewed from above. The first fan is configured to generate a process airflow that flows through a first portion of the wheel-shaped desiccant in order to provide dehumidification. The process airflow enters a first side of the wheel-shaped desiccant and exits a second side of the wheel-shaped desiccant, the first being opposite from the second side. The second fan is configured to generate a reactivation airflow that flows through a second portion of the wheel-shaped desiccant in order to dry the wheel-shaped desiccant. The reactivation airflow enters the second side of the wheel-shaped desiccant and exits the first side of the wheel-shaped desiccant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Therma-Stor LLC
    Inventors: Laurence A. Carlson, Jeremy Daniel Coyne, Todd R. DeMonte, Steven S. Dingle, Sean Michael Ebert, Richard G. Giallombardo, Michael J. Steffes, Joshua Alexander Trumm
  • Patent number: 10318711
    Abstract: A system and method for printing, at a POS of a retail store, information relating to a pharmacy prescription ordered in a pharmacy of said retail store, comprises determining in a PM CS of the pharmacy a payloadiD to associate with a prescription order and printing by the PM CS information associated with said first prescription order. Then, a POS CS reading the printing at a POS of the retail store resulting in said POS CS printing a payload associated with the payloadiD in the memory of the POS CS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Catalina Marketing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Roberts, Michael Ebert
  • Publication number: 20190120535
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the pressure-based determining of a product parameter in a freeze dryer, in particular a product temperature. In a method of this type at a point in time tSTART a closing element as an intermediate valve between an ice chamber and a drying chamber of the freeze dryer is closed. Then, during a pressure rise occurring due to the sublimation pressure values (P1, P2, . . . ) are measured in the drying chamber. At a point in time tEND then the closing element is opened. From the measured pressure values (P1, P2, . . . ) an approximation of a product parameter, in particular a product temperature TAPPROX, is determined. According to the invention the point in time tEND is determined specifically for the measured pressure values (P1, P2, . . . ) such that the time span for which the closing element is closed and the pressure rising occurs depends on the determined pressure values and such that the time span is variable during a drying process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Harms, Michael Ebert, Sven Ostermeier
  • Patent number: 10260769
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a desiccant, a cabinet, a first fan, and a second fan. The cabinet comprises a process airflow inlet, a process airflow outlet, a reactivation airflow inlet, and a reactivation airflow outlet that is located adjacent to the desiccant. The first fan generates a process airflow through a first portion of the desiccant as it rotates in order to provide dehumidification. The process airflow enters the cabinet through the process airflow inlet and exits the cabinet through the process airflow outlet. The second fan generates a reactivation airflow through a second portion of the desiccant as it rotates in order to dry the desiccant. The reactivation airflow enters the cabinet through the reactivation airflow inlet and exits the cabinet through the reactivation airflow outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Therma-Stor LLC
    Inventors: Laurence A. Carlson, Jeremy Daniel Coyne, Todd R. DeMonte, Steven S. Dingle, Sean Michael Ebert, Richard G. Giallombardo, Michael J. Steffes, Joshua Alexander Trumm
  • Patent number: 10241569
    Abstract: A virtual reality headset displays a three-dimensional (3D) virtual scene and includes a varifocal element to dynamically adjust a focal length of an optics block included in the virtual reality headset based on a location in the virtual scene where the user is looking. The headset tracks a user's eyes to approximate gaze lines and determines a plane of focus for a frame of the virtual scene as the intersection of the gaze lines. The varifocal element adjusts the focal length of the optics block so the optics block is focused at the plane of focus, which keeps the user's eyes in a zone of comfort as vergence and accommodation change. Based on the plane of focus, the virtual reality headset may provide depth cues, such as depth of field blur, to planes in the virtual scene deeper in the user's field of view than the plane of focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Lanman, Ryan Michael Ebert, Alexander Jobe Fix, William Aaron Nicholls, Michael Sean Mounier, Robert Dale Cavin
  • Publication number: 20180372346
    Abstract: A desiccant wheel for a dehumidifier includes a band of material around an outer circumference of the desiccant wheel and a plurality of sprocket holes formed in the band of material. The plurality of sprocket holes are configured for coupling the desiccant wheel to a sprocket. The desiccant wheel is configured to rotate when the sprocket is rotated by a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Laurence A. Carlson, Jeremy Daniel Coyne, Todd R. DeMonte, Steven S. Dingle, Sean Michael Ebert, Richard G. Giallombardo, Michael J. Steffes, Joshua Alexander Trumm
  • Publication number: 20180372358
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a desiccant, a first fan, a second fan, and a circuit. The first fan generates a process airflow through a first portion of the desiccant as it rotates to provide dehumidification. The process airflow enters the dehumidifier through a process airflow inlet and exits through a process airflow outlet. The second fan generates a reactivation airflow through a second portion of the desiccant to dry the desiccant. The reactivation airflow enters the dehumidifier through a reactivation airflow inlet and exits through a reactivation airflow outlet. The circuit includes a power setting switch that controls whether the dehumidifier operates in a low or high power setting. In the low power setting, the dehumidifier operates on power from a first electrical outlet type. In the high power setting, the dehumidifier operates on power from a second electrical outlet type that is different from the first electrical outlet type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Laurence A. Carlson, Jeremy Daniel Coyne, Todd R. DeMonte, Steven S. Dingle, Sean Michael Ebert, Richard G. Giallombardo, Michael J. Steffes, Joshua Alexander Trumm