Patents by Inventor Ryan Field

Ryan Field 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: 20220279267
    Abstract: An illustrative system includes a hearing device configured to be worn by a user, the hearing device comprising an output transducer configured to present audio content to the user and an optical measurement system configured to output optical measurement data representative of one or more optical measurements performed with respect to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Bryan Johnson, Ryan Field
  • Publication number: 20220276509
    Abstract: An illustrative system includes a wearable glasses assembly configured to be worn by a user and comprising a viewing lens assembly configured to provide the user with a visual experience in which the user sees a real-world environment through the viewing lens assembly and an optical measurement system configured to output optical measurement data representative of one or more optical measurements performed with respect to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Bryan Johnson, Ryan Field
  • Publication number: 20220265174
    Abstract: An illustrative optical measurement device includes a light source configured to emit light pulses directed at a target of a user. The optical measurement device further includes a detector configured to detect arrival times for photons of the light pulses after the photons are scattered by the target. The optical measurement device further includes a processing unit configured to determine, while the optical measurement device is being worn by the user, an instrument response function (IRF) associated with the optical measurement device. The processing unit is further configured to generate, based on the arrival times of the photons at the detector, histogram data associated with the target. The processing unit is further configured to determine, based on the IRF and the histogram data, a property of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Henninger, Ryan Field, Han Yong Ban
  • Publication number: 20220246783
    Abstract: An illustrative system may include a component configured to be worn on a body of a user, the component comprising a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to: receive, during a predetermined event detection time window that commences in response to an application of a light pulse to a target within the body, a signal triggered by an event in which a photodetector detects a photon of the light pulse after the light pulse reflects from the target; and measure, based on the receiving the signal, a time interval between when the event occurred and an end of the predetermined event detection time window. The system may further include a processor configured to determine, based on the time interval and the predetermined event detection time window, an arrival time of the photon at the photodetector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Jacob Dahle, Ryan Field, Bruno Do Valle, Rong Jin
  • Patent number: 11398578
    Abstract: An illustrative wearable system includes a head-mountable component configured to be worn on a head of a user and a processor. The head-mountable component includes a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to receive, during a predetermined event detection time window that commences in response to an application of a light pulse to a target, a signal triggered by an event in which a photodetector detects a photon of the light pulse after the light pulse reflects from the target, the signal configured to enable a GRO of the TDC. The TDC is further configured to measure, using the GRO, a time interval between when the event occurred and an end of the predetermined event detection time window. The processor is configured to determine, based on the time interval and the predetermined event detection time window, an arrival time of the photon at the photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Jacob Dahle, Ryan Field, Bruno Do Valle, Rong Jin
  • Publication number: 20220211300
    Abstract: An illustrative optical measurement device includes a light source configured to emit light pulses directed at a target. The optical measurement device further includes a detector configured to detect arrival times for photons of the light pulses after the photons are scattered by the target. The optical measurement device further includes a processing unit configured to generate, based on the arrival times of the photons at the detector, histogram data associated with the target. The processing unit is further configured to determine, based on the histogram data, an absolute optical property associated with the target. The processing unit is further configured to determine, based on the absolute optical property, a blood oxygenation level of the user, and perform an operation based on the blood oxygenation level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan Field, Michael Henninger, Katherine Perdue, Isai Olvera, Hamid Dehghani, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Antonio H. Lara, Bryan Johnson, Victoria A. Poissant
  • Publication number: 20220116048
    Abstract: An exemplary system includes a PLL circuit and a precision timing circuit connected to the PLL circuit. The PLL circuit has a PLL feedback period defined by a reference clock and includes a voltage controlled oscillator configured to lock to the reference clock and having a plurality of stages configured to output a plurality of fine phase signals each having a different phase, and a feedback divider configured to be clocked by a single fine phase signal included in the plurality of fine phase signals and have a plurality of feedback divider states during the PLL feedback period. The precision timing circuit is configured to generate a timing pulse and set, based on a first combination of one of the fine phase signals and one of the feedback divider states, a temporal position of the timing pulse within the PLL feedback period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob Dahle, Bruno Do Valle, Rong Jin, Ryan Field, Sebastian Sorgenfrei
  • Publication number: 20220091671
    Abstract: An illustrative system may include an extended reality system and a brain interface system configured to be concurrently worn by a user. The extended reality system may be configured to provide the user with an extended reality experience (e.g., an immersive virtual reality experience or a non-immersive augmented reality experience). The brain interface system may be configured to acquire one or more brain activity measurements while the extended reality experience is being provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan Field, Bryan Johnson, Gabriel Lerner, Antonio H. Lara
  • Publication number: 20220091672
    Abstract: An illustrative system includes an extended reality system and a brain interface system configured to be concurrently worn by a user. The extended reality system is configured to provide the user with an extended reality experience and output a timing signal while the extended reality experience is being provided to the user, the timing signal representing a plurality of timing events that occur during the extended reality experience. The brain interface system is configured to receive the timing signal from the extended reality system while the extended reality experience is being provided to the user, acquire brain activity measurements while the extended reality experience is being provided to the user, and output measurement timestamp data representative of a temporal association of the brain activity measurements with the timing events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan Field, Bryan Johnson, Gabriel Lerner, Antonio H. Lara
  • Publication number: 20220050198
    Abstract: An illustrative optical measurement system includes a light source configured to emit a light pulse directed at a target. The optical measurement system further includes a plurality of photodetectors configured to operate in accordance with an input bias voltage. The optical measurement system further includes a control circuit configured to identify a photodetector subset included in the plurality of photodetectors and that detects, while the input bias voltage has a first value, photons of the light pulse after the light pulse is scattered by the target. The control circuit is further configured to determine, based on the identifying of the photodetector subset, an overvoltage associated with the photodetector subset. The control circuit is further configured to update, based on the overvoltage, the input bias voltage for the plurality of photodetectors to have a second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Rong Jin, Ryan Field, Jacob Dahle, Bruno Do Valle
  • Publication number: 20220042843
    Abstract: An illustrative optical measurement system may include a wearable assembly comprising a plurality of modules each configured to fit within a different slot of the wearable assembly. The plurality of modules may include a module that comprises first and second light sources each configured to emit light directed at a target and a set of detectors configured to detect arrival times for photons of the light emitted by the first and second light sources. A ratio of a total number of the detectors to a total number of the light sources is at least two to one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan Field, Husam Katnani, Katherine Perdue
  • Patent number: 11245404
    Abstract: An exemplary system includes a PLL circuit and a precision timing circuit connected to the PLL circuit. The PLL circuit has a PLL feedback period defined by a reference clock and includes a voltage controlled oscillator configured to lock to the reference clock and having a plurality of stages configured to output a plurality of fine phase signals each having a different phase, and a feedback divider configured to be clocked by a single fine phase signal included in the plurality of fine phase signals and have a plurality of feedback divider states during the PLL feedback period. The precision timing circuit is configured to generate a timing pulse and set, based on a first combination of one of the fine phase signals and one of the feedback divider states, a temporal position of the timing pulse within the PLL feedback period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Dahle, Bruno Do Valle, Rong Jin, Ryan Field, Sebastian Sorgenfrei
  • Publication number: 20210383277
    Abstract: A system for training a neurome that emulates a brain of a user comprises a non-invasive brain interface assembly configured for detecting neural activity of the user in response to analog instances of a plurality of stimuli peripherally input into the brain of the user from at least one source of content, memory configured for storing a neurome configured for outputting a plurality of determined brain states of an avatar in response to inputs of the digital instances of the plurality of stimuli, and a neurome training processor configured for determining a plurality of brain states of the user based on the detected neural activity of the user, and modifying the neurome based on the plurality of determined brain states of the user and the plurality of determined brain states of the avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Johnson, Ethan Pratt, Jamu Alford, Husam Katnani, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Ryan Field, Gabriel Lerner, Antonio H. Lara
  • Publication number: 20210374458
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes accessing, by a computing device, a model simulating light scattered by a simulated target, the model comprising a plurality of parameters. The method further includes generating, by the computing device, a set of possible histogram data using the model with a plurality of values for the parameters. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, a set of components that represent the set of possible histogram data, the set of components having a reduced dimensionality from the set of possible histogram data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hamid Dehghani, Ryan Field, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Viktoria Rojkova, Ashutosh Chaturvedi
  • Patent number: 11187575
    Abstract: An illustrative optical measurement system may include a wearable assembly configured to be worn by a user and comprising a plurality of light sources each configured to emit light directed at a target and a plurality of detectors configured to detect arrival times for photons of the light after the light is scattered by the target, wherein a ratio of a total number of the detectors to a total number of the light sources is at least two to one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Field, Husam Katnani, Katherine Perdue
  • Publication number: 20210341280
    Abstract: The source light having a range of optical wavelengths is split into sample light and reference light. The sample light is delivered into a sample, such that the sample light is scattered by the sample, resulting in signal light that exits the sample. The signal light and the reference light are combined into an interference light pattern having optical modes having oscillation frequency components respectively corresponding to optical pathlengths extending through the sample. Different sets of the optical modes of the interference light pattern are respectively detected, and high-bandwidth analog signals representative of the optical modes of the interference light pattern are output. The high-bandwidth analog signals are parallel processed, and mid-bandwidth digital signals are output. The mid-bandwidth digital signals are processed over an i number of iterations, and a plurality of low-bandwidth digital signals are output on the ith iteration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Hooman Mohseni, Haowen Ruan, Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Ryan Field
  • Patent number: 11161181
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an industrial high speed micro drill that is made to access remote and inaccessible locations in order to blend, grind, polish and cut materials and parts as determined by visual inspection powered via a pneumatic power source. The high speed drill is deployed by a controlled, articulating guide tube that acts in a multidirectional fashion to direct the action of the assemblage and allow for discrete manipulation of the pneumatically powered drill while harboring a channel and pneumatic power source carrying rubber tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Gary Ryan Fielding
  • Publication number: 20210321931
    Abstract: A wearable module assembly for an optical measurement system includes a first wearable module, a second wearable module, and a connector. The first and second wearable modules each include a light source configured to emit a light pulse toward a target within a body of a user, a housing that houses the light source and the plurality of detectors and includes a substantially hexagonal surface that faces a surface of the body of the user when the wearable module assembly is worn by the user, and a plurality of detectors each positioned at a fixed distance from the first light source and each configured to detect a set of photons included in the light pulse after the set of photons are scattered by the target. The connector directly connects the first wearable module and the second wearable module at mutually-facing side surfaces of the respective housings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Scott Jeremy Seidman, Ryan Field, Husam Katnani, Katherine Perdue, Isai Olvera, Alan Millman, Zachary Phillip Sheldon
  • Patent number: 11132625
    Abstract: A system for training a neurome that emulates a brain of a user comprises a non-invasive brain interface assembly configured for detecting neural activity of the user in response to analog instances of a plurality of stimuli peripherally input into the brain of the user from at least one source of content, memory configured for storing a neurome configured for outputting a plurality of determined brain states of an avatar in response to inputs of the digital instances of the plurality of stimuli, and a neurome training processor configured for determining a plurality of brain states of the user based on the detected neural activity of the user, and modifying the neurome based on the plurality of determined brain states of the user and the plurality of determined brain states of the avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Johnson, Ethan Pratt, Jamu Alford, Husam Katnani, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Ryan Field, Gabriel Lerner, Antonio H. Lara
  • Publication number: 20210290147
    Abstract: An illustrative optical measurement system includes a light source configured to emit light directed at a target. The optical measurement system further includes a photodetector configured to detect a photon of the light after the light is scattered by the target. The optical measurement system further includes a control circuit configured to arm the photodetector by applying a bias voltage to a first terminal of the photodetector and applying, for a predetermined amount of time using a current source, a current to a second terminal of the photodetector to produce a predetermined voltage difference across the photodetector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Field, Bruno Do Valle