Patents by Inventor Peter Freese

Peter Freese 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: 20240090721
    Abstract: A robotic cleaner includes a housing, a suction conduit with an opening, and a leading roller mounted in front of a brush roll. An inter-roller air passageway may be defined between the leading roller and the brush roll wherein the lower portion of the leading roller is exposed to a flow path to the suction conduit and an upper portion of the leading roller is outside of the flow path. Optionally, a combing unit includes a plurality of combing protrusions extending into the leading roller and having leading edges not aligned with a center of the leading roller. Optionally, a sealing strip is located along a rear side of the opening and along a portion of left and right sides of the opening. The underside may define side edge vacuum passageways extending from the sides of the housing partially between the leading roller and the sealing strip towards the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Paul CARTER, Adam Udy, Catriona A. Sutter, Christopher Pinches, David S. Clare, Andre David Brown, John Freese, Patrick Cleary, Alexander J. Calvino, Lee Cottrell, Daniel Meyer, Daniel John Innes, David Jalbert, Jason B. Thorne, Peter Hutchinson, Gordon Howes, Wenxiu Gao, David Wu, David W. Poirier, Daniel R. Der Marderosian
  • Patent number: 11156843
    Abstract: A calibration system is described that includes a calibration target having one or more calibration objects, a head mounted display (HMD), and a rendering engine configured to render, based on an estimated pose of the HMD, respective virtual calibration objects in a viewing area of the HMD at respective locations corresponding to the one or more calibration objects visible in the viewing area, wherein the HMD is configured to output the virtual calibration targets. The calibration system further includes an image capture system configured to capture image data comprising images of the viewing area of the HMD, and a calibration engine configured to compute, from the image data, difference data comprising respective distances between the one or more calibration objects and the respective, corresponding virtual calibration objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Freese, Hauke Malte Strasdat, Renzo De Nardi
  • Publication number: 20210215940
    Abstract: A calibration system is described that includes a calibration target having one or more calibration objects, a head mounted display (HMD), and a rendering engine configured to render, based on an estimated pose of the HMD, respective virtual calibration objects in a viewing area of the HMD at respective locations corresponding to the one or more calibration objects visible in the viewing area, wherein the HMD is configured to output the virtual calibration targets. The calibration system further includes an image capture system configured to capture image data comprising images of the viewing area of the HMD, and a calibration engine configured to compute, from the image data, difference data comprising respective distances between the one or more calibration objects and the respective, corresponding virtual calibration objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Freese, Hauke Malte Strasdat, Renzo De Nardi