Patents by Inventor Nicholas Streets

Nicholas Streets 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).

  • Publication number: 20240168311
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. The wearable device can comprise a frame, an elongate temple and an articulated joint. The frame can define one or more optical element holders configured to hold respective optical elements for viewing by a user in a viewing direction. The temple can be moveably connected to the frame for holding the frame in position when the device is worn by the user. The articulated joint can connect the temple and the frame to permit movement of the temple relative to the frame between a wearable position in which the temple is generally aligned with the viewing direction, and a collapsed position in which the temple extends generally transversely to the viewing direction. The articulated joint can include a base foot fixed to the frame and oriented transversely to the viewing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Streets, Jun Lin, Stephen Steger
  • Patent number: 11921357
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. The wearable device can comprise a frame, an elongate temple and an articulated joint. The frame can define one or more optical element holders configured to hold respective optical elements for viewing by a user in a viewing direction. The temple can be moveably connected to the frame for holding the frame in position when the device is worn by the user. The articulated joint can connect the temple and the frame to permit movement of the temple relative to the frame between a wearable position in which the temple is generally aligned with the viewing direction, and a collapsed position in which the temple extends generally transversely to the viewing direction. The articulated joint can include abase foot fixed to the frame and oriented transversely to the viewing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Streets, Jun Lin, Stephen Steger
  • Publication number: 20230395341
    Abstract: A slide switch with an elastomer web for eliminating slide backlash and rattle. The elastomer web is disposed in the motion path of a mechanical slider and biases the slider to contact a switch nub. The biased slider eliminates a loose translational motion of the mechanical slider and therefore a user's perception of loose motion or backlash when actuating the switch. The elastomer web improves the user's perception of the mechanical slider's quality. Additionally, the elastomer web allows for larger assembly tolerances between the mechanical slider and the switch nub. An increased assembly tolerance improves yield for mechanical parts and reduces the cost of manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew Steger, Jordan Wakser, Nicholas Streets
  • Publication number: 20230131070
    Abstract: An electronic eyewear device having a thermal management device including a vapor chamber in the temples. The temples may have a sheet metal portion thermally connected to heat generating electronics, wherein the vapor chamber is thermally coupled to the sheet metal along a length thereof to disperse heat generated by the electronics. The sheet metal and the vapor chamber may be encompassed by a non-thermally conducting material, such as being over molded by a silicone material, to prevent user contact with the heated sheet metal and vapor chamber. The sheet metal and the vapor chamber are generally planar and lightweight, and they are bent to bias the temples against a user's head when worn to provide preloading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: John Bernard ARDISANA, Scott Myers, David Fliszar, Nicholas Streets, Andrea Ashwood
  • Publication number: 20210149217
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. The wearable device can comprise a frame, an elongate temple and an articulated joint. The frame can define one or more optical element holders configured to hold respective optical elements for viewing by a user in a viewing direction. The temple can be moveably connected to the frame for holding the frame in position when the device is worn by the user. The articulated joint can connect the temple and the frame to permit movement of the temple relative to the frame between a wearable position in which the temple is generally aligned with the viewing direction, and a collapsed position in which the temple extends generally transversely to the viewing direction. The articulated joint can include abase foot fixed to the frame and oriented transversely to the viewing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Streets, Jun Lin, Stephen Steger
  • Patent number: 10928649
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. The wearable device can comprise a frame, an elongate temple and an articulated joint. The frame can define one or more optical element holders configured to hold respective optical elements for viewing by a user in a viewing direction. The temple can be moveably connected to the frame for holding the frame in position when the device is worn by the user. The articulated joint can connect the temple and the frame to permit movement of the temple relative to the frame between a wearable position in which the temple is generally aligned with the viewing direction, and a collapsed position in which the temple extends generally transversely to the viewing direction. The articulated joint can include a base foot fixed to the frame and oriented transversely to the viewing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Streets, Jun Lin, Stephen Steger
  • Publication number: 20190285909
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. The wearable device can comprise a frame, an elongate temple and an articulated joint. The frame can define one or more optical element holders configured to hold respective optical elements for viewing by a user in a viewing direction. The temple can be moveably connected to the frame for holding the frame in position when the device is worn by the user. The articulated joint can connect the temple and the frame to permit movement of the temple relative to the frame between a wearable position in which the temple is generally aligned with the viewing direction, and a collapsed position in which the temple extends generally transversely to the viewing direction. The articulated joint can include a base foot fixed to the frame and oriented transversely to the viewing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Streets, Jun Lin, Stephen Steger
  • Publication number: 20190238729
    Abstract: A housing for a camera includes a housing body having four adjacent walls forming a band. The camera is compressibly secured within the band, each wall in an adjacent pair of walls is coupled via a rounded corner, and an opening is defined in one wall of the housing body. The opening is configured to allow a user of the camera to access a user interface of the camera when the camera is secured into the housing body. The housing includes a latching mechanism coupling two adjacent walls of the housing body and a mounting mechanism extending from a wall of the housing body and configured to secure the housing to a reciprocal mounting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert, Nicholas Streets
  • Patent number: 10345617
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. The wearable device can comprise a frame, an elongate temple and an articulated joint. The frame can define one or more optical element holders configured to hold respective optical elements for viewing by a user in a viewing direction. The temple can be moveably connected to the frame for holding the frame in position when the device is worn by the user. The articulated joint can connect the temple and the frame to permit movement of the temple relative to the frame between a wearable position in which the temple is generally aligned with the viewing direction, and a collapsed position in which the temple extends generally transversely to the viewing direction. The articulated joint can include a base foot fixed to the frame and oriented transversely to the viewing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Streets, Jun Lin, Stephen Steger
  • Patent number: 10306115
    Abstract: A square camera housing accommodates a square camera with a substantially square profile. The square camera housing includes a latching mechanism to secure the camera in the housing, a mounting mechanism to secure the housing to a mounting device, and multiple openings in the housing body to accommodate the camera interface. These features allow the square camera to be inserted and secured in the square camera housing in one of a plurality of orientations relative to the square camera housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert, Nicholas Streets
  • Publication number: 20170289413
    Abstract: A square camera housing accommodates a square camera with a substantially square profile. The square camera housing includes a latching mechanism to secure the camera in the housing, a mounting mechanism to secure the housing to a mounting device, and multiple openings in the housing body to accommodate the camera interface. These features allow the square camera to be inserted and secured in the square camera housing in one of a plurality of orientations relative to the square camera housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert, Nicholas Streets
  • Publication number: 20170248799
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. The wearable device can comprise a frame, an elongate temple and an articulated joint. The frame can define one or more optical element holders configured to hold respective optical elements for viewing by a user in a viewing direction. The temple can be moveably connected to the frame for holding the frame in position when the device is worn by the user. The articulated joint can connect the temple and the frame to permit movement of the temple relative to the frame between a wearable position in which the temple is generally aligned with the viewing direction, and a collapsed position in which the temple extends generally transversely to the viewing direction. The articulated joint can include a base foot fixed to the frame and oriented transversely to the viewing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas Streets, Jun Lin, Stephen Steger
  • Patent number: 9746692
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. The wearable device can comprise a frame, an elongate temple and an articulated joint. The frame can define one or more optical element holders configured to hold respective optical elements for viewing by a user in a viewing direction. The temple can be moveably connected to the frame for holding the frame in position when the device is worn by the user. The articulated joint can connect the temple and the frame to permit movement of the temple relative to the frame between a wearable position in which the temple is generally aligned with the viewing direction, and a collapsed position in which the temple extends generally transversely to the viewing direction. The articulated joint can include a base foot fixed to the frame and oriented transversely to the viewing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Streets, Jun Lin, Stephen Steger
  • Patent number: 9635226
    Abstract: A square camera housing accommodates a square camera with a substantially square profile. The square camera housing includes a latching mechanism to secure the camera in the housing, a mounting mechanism to secure the housing to a mounting device, and multiple openings in the housing body to accommodate the camera interface. These features allow the square camera to be inserted and secured in the square camera housing in one of a plurality of orientations relative to the square camera housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert, Nicholas Streets
  • Patent number: 9521302
    Abstract: A camera system including a camera with a front face and a rear face each having a substantially square cross-section. The front face includes a camera lens centered on the front face, and the rear face includes a communicative interface. The camera also includes a top face, a bottom face, a left face, and a right face each having a substantially rectangular cross-section. The top face includes a user interface configured to allow a user of the camera to interact with the camera. The camera system also includes a housing with a housing body having four adjacent walls forming a band. The camera fits flush within an interior of the band when the camera is compressibly secured within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert, Nicholas Streets
  • Publication number: 20160330352
    Abstract: A camera system including a camera with a front face and a rear face each having a substantially square cross-section. The front face includes a camera lens centered on the front face, and the rear face includes a communicative interface. The camera also includes a top face, a bottom face, a left face, and a right face each having a substantially rectangular cross-section. The top face includes a user interface configured to allow a user of the camera to interact with the camera. The camera system also includes a housing with a housing body having four adjacent walls forming a band. The camera fits flush within an interior of the band when the camera is compressibly secured within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert, Nicholas Streets
  • Patent number: 9389491
    Abstract: A camera system is configured to detachably couple to a camera mount, which in turn can be attached to an apparatus. The camera mount is a spring clamp including two arms, each include a handle component and a jaw component. The spring clamp can be attached to an apparatus when the two jaw components are closed around the apparatus. A strap is adjustably coupled to the spring clamp and is tightened around the apparatus to further secure the apparatus. In some cases, a flexible neck is fastened to the camera mount, and the camera system is detachably coupled to the flexible neck. This allows a mounted camera system to be situated at any desired angle for taking photographs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Aaron Clearman, Nicholas Streets
  • Publication number: 20160077409
    Abstract: A square camera housing accommodates a square camera with a substantially square profile. The square camera housing includes a latching mechanism to secure the camera in the housing, a mounting mechanism to secure the housing to a mounting device, and multiple openings in the housing body to accommodate the camera interface. These features allow the square camera to be inserted and secured in the square camera housing in one of a plurality of orientations relative to the square camera housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert, Nicholas Streets
  • Patent number: D772969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Todd Druker, Mark Costa, Nicholas Streets, Richard Gioscia, William Duncan Webb, II, Quinn Jerome Odette Fitzgerald, Jae Pyung Lee
  • Patent number: D800823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Todd Druker, Mark E. Costa, Nicholas Streets, Richard Gioscia, William Duncan Webb, II, Quinn Jerome Odette Fitzgerald, Jae Pyung Lee