Patents by Inventor Ralph F. Osterhout

Ralph F. Osterhout 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: 10963025
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to thermal management systems for head-worn computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, Robert Michael Lohse, Michael Van Huynh
  • Publication number: 20210089129
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to providing see-through computer display optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ralph F. OSTERHOUT, Robert Michael LOHSE, Nima SHAMS, John D. HADDICK, John N. BORDER
  • Patent number: 10860100
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes predictive control of external device based on an event input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, John D. Haddick, Robert Michael Lohse
  • Patent number: 10850116
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a head-worn apparatus, comprising: a frame adapted to be mounted to a head of a user; a light emitting system positioned within the frame to provide light to an eye of the user; a sound system adapted to provide audio to the user; a haptic system positioned within the frame to provide haptic feedback to the user; and a processor adapted to control the lighting system, audio system and haptic system in a coordinated pattern of light, sound and haptics that causes a mental-health therapeutic stimulus provided to the user, whereby the user experiences an improvement in mental performance based on the coordinated pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, Ed Riehle, Robert Michael Lohse
  • Patent number: 10853589
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to language translation systems for head-worn computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventor: Ralph F. Osterhout
  • Patent number: 10852540
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes event and user action control of external applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, John D. Haddick, Robert Michael Lohse, Charles Cella, Robert J. Nortrup, Edward H. Nortrup
  • Patent number: 10824253
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relates to user interface systems and methods for use in head-worn computing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventor: Ralph F. Osterhout
  • Publication number: 20200333599
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to external user interfaces used in connection with head-worn computers (HWC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph F. OSTERHOUT, Robert Michael LOHSE, Manuel Antonio SANCHEZ
  • Publication number: 20200329292
    Abstract: Head-worn computers include a front frame mechanically adapted to secure a see-through computer display and an arm, secured to the front frame, mechanically adapted to secure the front frame to a head of a user. The arm includes an internal speaker system, enclosed by the arm, wherein the internal speaker system comprises a speaker having a first side and an opposing second side and a first cavity positioned along the first side of the speaker, the arm further comprising a vent positioned to vent the first cavity and a second cavity positioned along the second side of the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph F. OSTERHOUT, Robert Michael LOHSE
  • Publication number: 20200301154
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for presenting digital content in a field of a view of a head-worn computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph F. OSTERHOUT, John D. Haddick, Robert Michael Lohse, John N. Border, Nina L. Shams
  • Publication number: 20200292833
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and devices for receiving and presenting content. In an example method, content is received, the content to be delivered to a plurality of recipients. Each recipient of the plurality of recipients has a preference for a respective first physical location at which the content is to be presented on a display of a wearable head device associated with the recipient. A sender of the content has a preference for a second physical location at which the content is to be presented to the respective recipient of the plurality of recipients. A respective final physical location for the presentation of the content for the respective recipient of the plurality of recipients is identified. The respective final physical location is based on the respective recipient's preference and the sender's preference. It is determined whether the respective recipient is proximate to a zone associated with the respective final physical location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph F. OSTERHOUT, John D. HADDICK, Robert Michael LOHSE, John N. BORDER, Nima L. SHAMS
  • Patent number: 10768500
    Abstract: A removable lens for glasses includes an electrochromic layer adapted to transition between at least two states of a transparency level dependent on an electrical condition applied to the electrochromatic layer and an electrical connection element physically adapted to make an electrical connection with the electrochromic layer, wherein the electrical connection element is positioned to align with a variable-power electrode mounted on the glasses such that, when the removable lens is mounted on the glasses, the variable-power electrode and the electrical connection element make the electrical connection between the variable-power electrode and an electrically conductive layer of the electrochromic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventor: Ralph F. Osterhout
  • Patent number: 10757495
    Abstract: Head-worn computers include a front frame mechanically adapted to secure a see-through computer display and an arm, secured to the front frame, mechanically adapted to secure the front frame to a head of a user. The arm includes an internal speaker system, enclosed by the arm, wherein the internal speaker system comprises a speaker having a first side and an opposing second side and a first cavity positioned along the first side of the speaker, the arm further comprising a vent positioned to vent the first cavity and a second cavity positioned along the second side of the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, Robert Michael Lohse
  • Publication number: 20200257488
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate presentation of digital content, in a see-through display, representing a known location in an environment proximate to a head worn computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, Robert Michael Lohse
  • Publication number: 20200257123
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to haptic feedback systems and methods for use in head-worn computing systems. A head worn computer includes a frame adapted to hold a computer display in front of a user's eye, a processor adapted to present digital content in the computer display and to produce a haptic signal in coordination with the digital content display, and a haptic system including a plurality of haptic segments, wherein each of the haptic segments is individually controlled in coordination with the haptic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Ralph F. OSTERHOUT
  • Publication number: 20200249733
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to thermal management systems for head-worn computers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph F. OSTERHOUT, Robert Michael LOHSE, Michael Van HUYNH
  • Patent number: 10732434
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a head-worn computer having a see-through computer display, a frame mechanically adapted to hold the see-through computer, a first side arm pivotally attached to the frame and adapted to hold the head-worn computer in place on a head of the user, wherein the first side arm comprises a temple section and an ear horn section and the temple section further comprising a compartment adapted to contain a battery, wherein the battery powers the see-through computer display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, Greg Hires, Nima L. Shams, John D. Haddick, Joseph Rejhon Duggan, Patrick John William Casey, Nicholas Polinko
  • Publication number: 20200241302
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a computer display stray-light suppression system for a head-worn computer comprising an eye cover including a flexible material with a perimeter, wherein the perimeter is formed to substantially encapsulate an eye of a person, and the eye cover including an attachment system adapted to removably and replaceably attach to a perimeter of the head-worn computer to suppress light emitted from a computer display in the head-worn computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, John N. BORDER, Edward H. NORTRUP
  • Publication number: 20200234504
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the see-through computer display systems with an extended field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: John D. HADDICK, Ralph F. Osterhout
  • Publication number: 20200233221
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to speaker assemblies for head worn computers, including speaker assemblies in a temple portion of a head-worn computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: John D. HADDICK, Robert Michael LOHSE, Nima L. SHAMS, Ralph F. OSTERHOUT