Patents by Inventor Rob Rydberg

Rob Rydberg 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).

  • Power management for optical position tracking devices
    Patent number: 11044402
    Abstract: Devices and techniques for managing power consumption of a position tracking device. The position tracking device may be a virtual reality (VR) controller having multiple optical sensors oriented to receive optical signals from different directions. A stationary optical emitter projects a laser line into a space and repeatedly scans the laser line through the space. For a given scan, some of the sensors may detect the laser line and some of the sensors may not detect the laser line. When an individual sensor fails to detect a laser scan, that sensor is disabled for at least a portion of one or more subsequent laser scans in order to reduce power consumption of the VR controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventor: Rob Rydberg
  • Power management for optical position tracking devices
    Patent number: 10554886
    Abstract: Described herein are devices and techniques for managing power consumption of a position tracking device. The position tracking device may be a virtual reality (VR) controller having multiple optical sensors oriented to receive optical signals from different directions. A stationary optical emitter projects a laser line into a space and repeatedly scans the laser line through the space. For any given scan, some of the sensors may detect the laser line and some of the sensors may not detect the laser line because they are oriented away from the emitter or because of a blocking object. When an individual sensor fails to detect a laser scan, that sensor is disabled for one or more subsequent laser scans in order to reduce power consumption of the VR controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventor: Rob Rydberg
  • Power Management for Optical Position Tracking Devices
    Publication number: 20190356848
    Abstract: Described herein are devices and techniques for managing power consumption of a position tracking device. The position tracking device may be a virtual reality (VR) controller having multiple optical sensors oriented to receive optical signals from different directions. A stationary optical emitter projects a laser line into a space and repeatedly scans the laser line through the space. For any given scan, some of the sensors may detect the laser line and some of the sensors may not detect the laser line because they are oriented away from the emitter or because of a blocking object. When an individual sensor fails to detect a laser scan, that sensor is disabled for one or more subsequent laser scans in order to reduce power consumption of the VR controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Rob Rydberg