Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Sharpe

Nathaniel Sharpe 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: 10330566
    Abstract: In illustrative implementations of this invention, a lensometer includes a small aperture camera for capturing an image of light that travels from a display surface, through a subject lens and to the camera. One or more computers are programmed to perform calculations that take the image as an input and that compute, for each respective region in a set of regions of the subject lens, a refractive attribute of the respective region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: EYENETRA, INC.
    Inventors: Matthias Hofmann, Vitor Pamplona, Nathaniel Sharpe, Monica Mitiko Soares Matsumoto, Guilherme de Moraes Uzejka, Meng Yang
  • Publication number: 20180263488
    Abstract: A refractive measurement tool measures refractive aberrations of the human eye. The tool includes a variable lens system. One or more refractive attributes of the variable lens system—such as spherical power, cylindrical power, cylindrical axis, prism or base—are adjustable. The user holds the tool up to his or her eyes, and looks through the tool at a near or far scene. Iterative vision tests are performed, in which refractive properties of the variable lens system are changed from iteration to iteration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Vitor PAMPLONA, Nathaniel SHARPE, Matthias HOFMANN, Monica Mitiko Soares MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180038768
    Abstract: In illustrative implementations of this invention, a lensometer includes a small aperture camera for capturing an image of light that travels from a display surface, through a subject lens and to the camera. One or more computers are programmed to perform calculations that take the image as an input and that compute, for each respective region in a set of regions of the subject lens, a refractive attribute of the respective region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Matthias Hofmann, Vitor Pamplona, Nathaniel Sharpe, Monica Mitiko Soares Matsumoto, Guilherme de Moraes Uzejka, Meng Yang
  • Publication number: 20170172406
    Abstract: In illustrative implementations of this invention, a human user mechanically moves one or more moveable parts in a handheld controller, and thereby optically controls a mobile computing device. In illustrative implementations, the optical control is implemented as follows: A camera onboard the mobile computing device captures images. The images show the motion of the moveable parts in the handheld controller. A camera onboard the mobile computing device analyzes these images to detect the motion, maps the motion to a control signal, and outputs a control signal that controls a feature or operation of the mobile computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Vitor Pamplona, Matthias Hofmann, Nathaniel Sharpe
  • Patent number: 8635731
    Abstract: A full mouth toothbrush for simultaneously brushing the facial, lingual, occlusal and incisal surfaces of all the maxillary and mandibular teeth is provided. The full mouth toothbrush can include a handle, a power source, a motor assembly, and a drive assembly. The full mouth toothbrush can further include a mouthpiece configured to collectively contact multiple surfaces of multiple teeth simultaneously that brushes and, thus, cleans the teeth and gums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Garner, Heather Brundage, Nathaniel Sharpe, Alexis Hornstein, James Brewster
  • Patent number: 8631531
    Abstract: A device and method for brushing all surfaces of all of a user's teeth simultaneously. The device comprises bristle strip surfaces that envelope all of a user's teeth, the bristle strips comprising bristle bundles that scrub all surfaces of a user's teeth due to a reciprocating motion of the bristle strips. To use the device, a user inserts the toothbrush bristle strips into their mouth so to engage the user's teeth. A power source, motor, and drive assembly are utilized to cause the bristles to reciprocate, cleaning all a user's teeth surfaces simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Garner, Heather Brundage, Nathaniel Sharpe, Alexis Hornstein, James Brewster
  • Publication number: 20130014332
    Abstract: A device and method for brushing all surfaces of all of a user's teeth simultaneously. The device comprises bristle strip surfaces that envelope all of a user's teeth, the bristle strips comprising bristle bundles that scrub all surfaces of a user's teeth due to a reciprocating motion of the bristle strips. To use the device, a user inserts the toothbrush bristle strips into their mouth so to engage the user's teeth. A power source, motor, and drive assembly are utilized to cause the bristles to reciprocate, cleaning all a user's teeth surfaces simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Robert GARNER, Heather BRUNDAGE, Nathaniel SHARPE, Alexis HORNSTEIN, James BREWSTER
  • Publication number: 20130014331
    Abstract: A full mouth toothbrush for simultaneously brushing the facial, lingual, occlusal and incisal surfaces of all the maxillary and mandibular teeth is provided. The full mouth toothbrush can include a handle, a power source, a motor assembly, and a drive assembly. The full mouth toothbrush can further include a mouthpiece configured to collectively contact multiple surfaces of multiple teeth simultaneously that brushes and, thus, cleans the teeth and gums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Garner, Heather Brundage, Nathaniel Sharpe, Alexis Hornstein, James Brewster