Patents by Inventor Simon Johansson

Simon Johansson 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: 12351125
    Abstract: The invention is related to a buckle housing (1; 1?) for a safety belt in a child safety seat. The buckle housing (1; 1?) comprises a recess (2; 2?) adapted to receive a tongue (3; 3?) of the safety belt, a magnet (4; 4?) 5 arranged within the housing (1; 1?) to be movable between a first position (P1) and a second position (P2) thereof, and a magnet sensor (5; 5?) arranged in the housing (1, 1?) and adapted to detect when the magnet (4, 4?) is in the second position (P2). The invention also relates to a method for indicating the presence of a tongue (3; 3?) in a belt buckle housing (1; 1?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: HOLMBERGS SAFETY SYSTEM HOLDING AB
    Inventors: Simon Johansson, Rickard Bengtsson, Yuk Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: 12250463
    Abstract: The invention is related to a method and arrangement for calibrating the camera of an eye tracking device and compensate for a potential angular offset of the camera. The method comprises: the steps of capturing an eye image of a user, wherein the eye image contains a plurality of glints created by a plurality of illuminators in the eye tracking system; detecting glints in the eye image; projecting illuminator positions onto the eye image to determine expected glint positions; determining an angular offset between expected glint positions and detected glint positions for corresponding pairs of expected and detected glint positions; determining the angular correction for the eye tracking camera using the determined angular offset angle; and applying the angular correction for the eye tracking camera to an eye tracker camera model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Simon Johansson, Mikael Rosell
  • Publication number: 20240424343
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining spin of a golf ball in flight. At least a portion of an observed trajectory of the golf ball and one or more parameters associated with the trajectory are obtained. The parameters are selected from launch angle, ball speed, club speed and ball carry. Two or more spin candidates are obtained for the golf ball. Each spin candidate has an associated probability. A most probable used golf club for launching the golf ball into the observed trajectory is determined by matching the observed parameters with parameters for two or more different golf clubs. Ball spin probability data are obtained for the most probable used golf club. The spin of the golf ball is the most probable spin candidate, based on the ball spin probability data and the observed trajectory. The determined spin of the golf ball is displayed on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Topgolf Sweden AB
    Inventors: Ludvig Jansson, Simon Johansson, Kent Bertilsson
  • Publication number: 20240320853
    Abstract: A method for determining a gaze convergence function for a user of an eye tracking system. The method comprising presenting a first calibration object to the user on one or more display screens, wherein the first calibration object appears to be at a known first object distance from the user. While the first calibration object is being presented, the method: captures a calibration images of the user's eyes and calculates a first interpupillary distance, IPD, value. The method performs similar processing steps for a second calibration object to calculate a second IPD value. The method then determines a gaze convergence function which defines a relationship between IPD values and gaze convergence distances based on: i) the first IPD value and the associated first object distance; and ii) the second IPD value and the associated second object distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: SIMON JOHANSSON, MIKAEL ROSELL, ERIK LJUNGZELL, RICKARD LUNDAHL, PRAVIN KUMAR RANA, SHANKER KESHAVDAS, NEDA ZAMANI, HANWEI WU
  • Patent number: 12047229
    Abstract: It is provided a method for configuring a target device. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a configuration request message to the target device, the configuration request message comprising a configuration request and a request signature, wherein the request signature is based on the configuration request; receiving a configuration response message from the target device, the configuration response message comprising a configuration response and a response signature, wherein the response signature is based on the configuration response and the request signature; verifying the response signature to determine whether the configuration response message is valid, based on the configuration response, the request signature and a public key for the target device; and transmitting a configuration commit message to the target device only when the configuration response message is valid, the configuration commit message comprising a configuration commit indicator and a commit signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventors: Simon Johansson, Felix Grape
  • Publication number: 20240190633
    Abstract: A tool accessory packaging for at least one tool accessory, in particular a drill bit, includes a packaging base body which forms a receiving pocket, in particular a folded pocket, for receiving the tool accessory and which is intended for receiving tool accessories with different geometries in the receiving pocket. The receiving pocket adapts to a geometry of the tool accessory, at least in sections, due to its material-specific restoring force when the tool accessory is arranged in the receiving pocket and fixes the tool accessory in a receiving region, in particular in a non-slip manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Faeht, Florian Beck, Pedro Costa, Thomas Reissig, Tim Hoffmann, Simon Johansson
  • Patent number: 11854213
    Abstract: An eye tracking system comprises at least one illuminator and at least one image sensor configured to produce an image of an eye of a user, the image including illuminator light reflected from the eye of a user. A Fresnel lens is positioned between the image sensor and the eye of the user, through which the image sensor views the eye. Processing circuitry receives an image from the image sensor, identifies glints in the image, assigns an angular position to each glint based on an angular relationship between each glint and a centre of the Fresnel lens and determines how many glints have the same angular position. Glints are classified as false glints if more than a predetermined number of glints have the same angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Joakim Zachrisson, Simon Johansson, Mikael Rosell
  • Patent number: 11823413
    Abstract: An eye tracking system configured to: receive a plurality of right eye images of a right eye of a user; receive a plurality of left eye images of a left eye of a user, each left eye image corresponding to a right eye image in the plurality of right eye images; detect a pupil and determine an associated pupil signal, for each of the plurality of right eye images and each of the plurality of left eye images; calculate a right eye pupil variation of the pupil signals for the plurality of right eye images and a left eye pupil variation of the pupil signals for the plurality of left eye images; and determine a right eye weighting and a left eye weighting based on the right eye pupil variation and the left eye pupil variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Mikael Rosell, Simon Johansson, Pravin Kumar Rana, Yimu Wang, Gilfredo Remon Salazar
  • Patent number: 11785967
    Abstract: A process for reducing the monosaccharide and/or disaccharide content in a food material, the process comprising contacting the food material with a glucosyltransferase that comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Christina Vafeiadi, Simon Johansson, Juan Sanz-Valero, Pu-Sheng Cheng, Charlotte Gancel, Sean Christopher Austin, Gilles Bourdin
  • Publication number: 20230319417
    Abstract: The invention is related to a method and arrangement for calibrating the camera of an eye tracking device and compensate for a potential angular offset of the camera. The method comprises: the steps of capturing an eye image of a user, wherein the eye image contains a plurality of glints created by a plurality of illuminators in the eye tracking system; detecting glints in the eye image; projecting illuminator positions onto the eye image to determine expected glint positions; determining an angular offset between expected glint positions and detected glint positions for corresponding pairs of expected and detected glint positions; determining the angular correction for the eye tracking camera using the determined angular offset angle; and applying the angular correction for the eye tracking camera to an eye tracker camera model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: SIMON JOHANSSON, MIKAEL ROSELL
  • Patent number: 11681371
    Abstract: An eye tracking system comprising a controller configured to receive a reference image of an eye of a user and a current image of the eye of the user. The controller is also configured to determine a difference between the reference image and the current image to define a differential image. The differential image has a two dimensional pixel array of pixel locations that are arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Each pixel location has a differential intensity value. The controller is further configured to calculate a plurality of row values by combining the differential intensity values in corresponding rows of the differential image and to determine eyelid data based on the plurality of row values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Joakim Zachrisson, Simon Johansson, Mikael Rosell, Daniel Wrang
  • Publication number: 20230108738
    Abstract: A method for determining if a head-mounted device for extended reality is correctly positioned and performing a position correction procedure if the head-mounted device is determined to be incorrectly positioned, including performing eye tracking by estimating, based on a first image of a first eye of a user, a position of a pupil in two dimensions. The method also includes determining whether the estimated position of the pupil of the first eye is within a predetermined allowable area in the first image. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the estimated position of the pupil of the first eye is inside the predetermined allowable area, that the head-mounted device is correctly positioned on the user, or, responsive to determining that the position of the pupil of the first eye is outside the predetermined allowable area, that the head-mounted device is incorrectly positioned on the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Joakim ZACHRISSON, Mikael ROSELL, Carlos PEDREIRA, Mark RYAN, Simon JOHANSSON
  • Patent number: 11619990
    Abstract: There is provided a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for classifying glints using an eye tracking system of a head-mounted device, by obtaining the position of any glint present in a current image of the first eye; obtaining a dataset indicative of the respective position of at least one glint detected in one or more previously captured images of the first eye; and, for each glint present in current image, determining if the position of the glint corresponds to the position of a glint in the dataset and, if the positions correspond, classify the glint as a static glint. The static glints may be excluded from further processing in the eye tracking system. If there has been a movement of an eye of the user of the head-mounted device, embodiments may further comprise updating the dataset based on the current image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOBII AB
    Inventors: Mikael Rosell, Simon Johansson, Johannes Kron, Macarena Garcia Romero
  • Patent number: 11593962
    Abstract: An eye tracking system configured to: receive a plurality of right-eye-images of a right eye of a user; receive a plurality of left-eye-images of a left eye of a user, each left-eye-image corresponding to a right-eye-image in the plurality of right-eye-images; detect a pupil and determine an associated pupil-signal, for each of the plurality of right-eye-images and each of the plurality of left-eye-images; calculate a right-eye-pupil-variation of the pupil-signals for the plurality of right-eye-images and a left-eye-pupil-variation of the pupil-signals for the plurality of left-eye-images; and determine a right-eye-weighting and a left-eye-weighting based on the right-eye-pupil-variation and the left-eye-pupil-variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOBII AB
    Inventors: Mikael Rosell, Simon Johansson, Pravin Kumar Rana, Yimu Wang, Gilfredo Remon Salazar
  • Publication number: 20230022040
    Abstract: The invention is related to a buckle housing (1; 1?) for a safety belt in a child safety seat. The buckle housing (1; 1?) comprises a recess (2; 2?) adapted to receive a tongue (3; 3?) of the safety belt, a magnet (4; 4?) 5 arranged within the housing (1; 1?) to be movable between a first position (P1) and a second position (P2) thereof, and a magnet sensor (5; 5?) arranged in the housing (1, 1?) and adapted to detect when the magnet (4, 4?) is in the second position (P2). The invention also relates to a method for indicating the presence of a tongue (3; 3?) in a belt buckle housing (1; 1?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Holmbergs Safety System Holding AB
    Inventors: Simon Johansson, Rickard Bengtsson, Yuk Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: 11551376
    Abstract: There is provided a method and system for determining if a head-mounted device for extended reality (XR) is correctly positioned on a user, and optionally performing a position correction procedure if the head-mounted device is determined to be incorrectly positioned on the user. Embodiments include: performing eye tracking by estimating, based on a first image of a first eye of the user, a position of a pupil in two dimensions; determining whether the estimated position of the pupil of the first eye is within a predetermined allowable area in the first image; and, if the determined position of the pupil of the first eye is inside the predetermined allowable area, concluding that the head-mounted device is correctly positioned on the user; or, if the determined position of the pupil of the first eye is outside the predetermined allowable area, concluding that the head-mounted device is incorrectly positioned on the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOBII AB
    Inventors: Joakim Zachrisson, Mikael Rosell, Carlos Pedreira, Mark Ryan, Simon Johansson
  • Publication number: 20230004223
    Abstract: An eye tracking system comprising a controller configured to receive a reference image of an eye of a user and a current image of the eye of the user. The controller is also configured to determine a difference between the reference image and the current image to define a differential image. The differential image has a two dimensional pixel array of pixel locations that are arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Each pixel location has a differential intensity value. The controller is further configured to calculate a plurality of row values by combining the differential intensity values in corresponding rows of the differential image and to determine eyelid data based on the plurality of row values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Joakim ZACHRISSON, Simon JOHANSSON, Mikael ROSELL, Daniel WRANG
  • Publication number: 20230005180
    Abstract: An eye tracking system provides a quality measure of a calculated gaze of a user. The eye tracking system receives gaze data including left eye gaze data associated with a left eye of the user and right eye gaze data associated with a right eye of the user. The eye tracking system compares the left eye gaze data and the right eye gaze data to determine a gaze difference value. The eye tracking system provides a gaze quality value of the gaze data based on the gaze difference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Joakim ZACHRISSON, Mikael ROSELL, Ylva BJORK, Simon JOHANSSON
  • Publication number: 20220417089
    Abstract: It is provided a method for configuring a target device. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a configuration request message to the target device, the configuration request message comprising a configuration request and a request signature, wherein the request signature is based on the configuration request; receiving a configuration response message from the target device, the configuration response message comprising a configuration response and a response signature, wherein the response signature is based on the configuration response and the request signature; verifying the response signature to determine whether the configuration response message is valid, based on the configuration response, the request signature and a public key for the target device; and transmitting a configuration commit message to the target device only when the configuration response message is valid, the configuration commit message comprising a configuration commit indicator and a commit signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Simon JOHANSSON, Felix GRAPE
  • Publication number: 20220207768
    Abstract: An eye tracking system configured to: receive a plurality of right-eye-images of a right eye of a user; receive a plurality of left-eye-images of a left eye of a user, each left-eye-image corresponding to a right-eye-image in the plurality of right-eye-images; detect a pupil and determine an associated pupil-signal, for each of the plurality of right-eye-images and each of the plurality of left-eye-images; calculate a right-eye-pupil-variation of the pupil-signals for the plurality of right-eye-images and a left-eye-pupil-variation of the pupil-signals for the plurality of left-eye-images; and determine a right-eye-weighting and a left-eye-weighting based on the right-eye-pupil-variation and the left-eye-pupil-variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Mikael Rosell, Simon Johansson, Pravin Kumar Rana, Yimu Wang, Gilfredo Remon Salazar