Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Pombo
Stephen A. Pombo 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).
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Publication number: 20240255991Abstract: A wireless hands-free portable headset computer with a micro display arranged near but below a wearer's eye in a peripheral vision area not blocking the wearer's main line of sight. The headset computer can display an image or portions of an image, wherein the portions can be enlarged. The headset computer also can be equipped with peripheral devices, such as light sources and cameras that can emit and detect, respectively, visible light and invisible radiation, such as infrared radiation and ultraviolet radiation. The peripheral devices are controllable by the wearer by voice command or by gesture. The headset computer also can be broken down into component parts that are attachable to another article worn by an individual, such as a helmet or respirator mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Jeffrey J. Jacobsen, Christopher Parkinson, Stephen A. Pombo
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Patent number: 11947387Abstract: A wireless hands-free portable headset computer with a micro display arranged near but below a wearer's eye in a peripheral vision area not blocking the wearer's main line of sight. The headset computer can display an image or portions of an image, wherein the portions can be enlarged. The headset computer also can be equipped with peripheral devices, such as light sources and cameras that can emit and detect, respectively, visible light and invisible radiation, such as infrared radiation and ultraviolet radiation. The peripheral devices are controllable by the wearer by voice command or by gesture. The headset computer also can be broken down into component parts that are attachable to another article worn by an individual, such as a helmet or respirator mask.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Kopin CorporationInventors: Jeffrey J. Jacobsen, Christopher Parkinson, Stephen A. Pombo
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Patent number: 11677103Abstract: A battery system for a head-mounted display is provided. A first arm member has one or more interior walls defining a first chamber, wherein one or more first batteries are positioned in the first chamber of the first arm member. A second arm member has one or more interior walls defining a second chamber, wherein one or more second batteries are positioned in the second chamber of the second arm member. A base member is coupled to the first arm member and the second arm member. The base member has a base member power connector positioned along an exterior surface. A first auxiliary battery removably couples to the exterior surface of the base member via a first fastener, the first auxiliary battery having a first side and a second side. A first auxiliary battery power connector is positioned on the first side and aligns with the base member power connector.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: RealWear, Inc.Inventors: Stephen A. Pombo, Sanjay Subir Jhawar, Nima Lahijani Shams
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Patent number: 11668944Abstract: The invention is directed towards a wearable platform system (e.g., head-mounted computing device) that allows for various modular peripheral devices to be interchangeably attached and detached, as well as methods and systems for transitioning an operational mode of the wearable platform between a hard connection mode and a wireless connection mode when a peripheral device is attached to or removed from the wearable platform. Specifically, the wearable platform may include a base member coupled to one or more arm members. A variety of modular peripheral devices may be attached at a hardware interface of the wearable platform to provide varied functionality to the wearable platform. As a user begins to remove a peripheral device, the wearable platform system may determine the peripheral device is being removed from the wearable platform and may transition from a hard connection mode to a wireless connection mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: RealWear, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Iain Parkinson, Sanjay Subir Jhawar, Stephen A. Pombo, George Henry Hines, Nima Lahijani Shams
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Patent number: 11506905Abstract: Systems and methods for a flexible, modular head-mounted display is provided. The head-mounted display system may comprise a base member and one or more arm members that are coupled to the base member. The arm member(s) may be coupled to the base member via a hinge system that allows the arm member(s) to move with respect to the base member. Interior walls of the hinge system may define a passage therethrough such that wiring may extend throughout the head-mounted display system. The head-mounted display system may further include a cover that encloses at least a portion of the hinge. The cover may overlap with the base member or the one or more arm members.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: RealWear, Inc.Inventors: Stephen A. Pombo, Nima Lahijani Shams, George Henry Hines
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Patent number: 11340465Abstract: A head-mounted display that is modular and configured for securement to an item of headwear is provided. The head-mounted display may comprise a selection of components that are desired for a particular application, such as a display boom, camera, microphone, position-tracking component, etc., and may include an attachment mechanism for securing the selection of components to the item of headwear. The head-mounted display may include a display module having a corresponding display characteristic that provides a visual display and/or display functionality that is appropriate for a particular application. The display module may include a micro display that is non-transparent and/or a waveguide optic that is at least partially transparent, and may be configured to provide an augmented reality display for a user.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: RealWear, Inc.Inventors: Stephen A. Pombo, George Henry Hines, Christopher Iain Parkinson, Sanjay Subir Jhawar, Kenneth Lustig
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Publication number: 20220057831Abstract: A wireless hands-free portable headset computer with a micro display arranged near but below a wearer's eye in a peripheral vision area not blocking the wearer's main line of sight. The headset computer can display an image or portions of an image, wherein the portions can be enlarged. The headset computer also can be equipped with peripheral devices, such as light sources and cameras that can emit and detect, respectively, visible light and invisible radiation, such as infrared radiation and ultraviolet radiation. The peripheral devices are controllable by the wearer by voice command or by gesture. The headset computer also can be broken down into component parts that are attachable to another article worn by an individual, such as a helmet or respirator mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey J. Jacobsen, Christopher Parkinson, Stephen A. Pombo
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Patent number: 11237594Abstract: A wireless hands-free portable headset computer with a micro display arranged near but below a wearer's eye in a peripheral vision area not blocking the wearer's main line of sight. The headset computer can display an image or portions of an image, wherein the portions can be enlarged. The headset computer also can be equipped with peripheral devices, such as light sources and cameras that can emit and detect, respectively, visible light and invisible radiation, such as infrared radiation and ultraviolet radiation. The peripheral devices are controllable by the wearer by voice command or by gesture. The headset computer also can be broken down into component parts that are attachable to another article worn by an individual, such as a helmet or respirator mask.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Kopin CorporationInventors: Jeffrey J. Jacobsen, Christopher Parkinson, Stephen A. Pombo
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Patent number: 11137611Abstract: A head mounted display mounting assembly for casual headwear is provided. The assembly comprises a resilient support band that is employed to secure a head-mounted display unit to a piece of casual headwear worn by a user. The head mounted display mounting assembly can be supported by pre-existing structures (e.g., sweat band) of a piece of casual headwear, and further supported and/or secured to temple regions of the casual headwear. Once seated within and secured to the piece of casual headwear, the head-mounted display unit can be secured to the head mounted display mounting assembly, providing a comfortable and integrated wearable experience for the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: REALWEAR, INC.Inventor: Stephen A. Pombo
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Patent number: 11061527Abstract: The invention is directed towards wearable devices and operating wearable devices in a visual mode when a display device of the wearable device is within a line-of-sight (LOS) of a user and operating the wearable device in an audible mode when the wearable device is outside the LOS of the user. The position of the display device, relative to the user's LOS, is automatically determined. The operational mode of the wearable device is automatically transitioned when a transition of position of the display device is detected. The wearable device may be a head-mounted display (HMD) device. A visual mode provides visual-based presentations of UIs, content, information, and data, via the display device. In contrast to a visual mode, an audible mode provides audio-based presentations of UIs, content, information, and data, via one or more audible speakers included in the wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: REALWEAR, INC.Inventors: Christopher Iain Parkinson, Sanjay Subir Jhawar, Stephen A. Pombo, Kenneth Lustig
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Publication number: 20200400961Abstract: The invention is directed towards a wearable platform system (e.g., head-mounted computing device) that allows for various modular peripheral devices to be interchangeably attached and detached, as well as methods and systems for transitioning an operational mode of the wearable platform between a hard connection mode and a wireless connection mode when a peripheral device is attached to or removed from the wearable platform. Specifically, the wearable platform may include a base member coupled to one or more arm members. A variety of modular peripheral devices may be attached at a hardware interface of the wearable platform to provide varied functionality to the wearable platform. As a user begins to remove a peripheral device, the wearable platform system may determine the peripheral device is being removed from the wearable platform and may transition from a hard connection mode to a wireless connection mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Christopher Iain Parkinson, Sanjay Subir Jhawar, Stephen A. Pombo, George Henry Hines, Nima Lahijani Shams
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Publication number: 20200400947Abstract: A battery system for a head-mounted display is provided. A first arm member has one or more interior walls defining a first chamber, wherein one or more first batteries are positioned in the first chamber of the first arm member. A second arm member has one or more interior walls defining a second chamber, wherein one or more second batteries are positioned in the second chamber of the second arm member. A base member is coupled to the first arm member and the second arm member. The base member has a base member power connector positioned along an exterior surface. A first auxiliary battery removably couples to the exterior surface of the base member via a first fastener, the first auxiliary battery having a first side and a second side. A first auxiliary battery power connector is positioned on the first side and aligns with the base member power connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: STEPHEN A. POMBO, SANJAY SUBIR JHAWAR, NIMA LAHIJANI SHAMS
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Publication number: 20200400960Abstract: Systems and methods for a flexible, modular head-mounted display is provided. The head-mounted display system may comprise a base member and one or more arm members that are coupled to the base member. The arm member(s) may be coupled to the base member via a hinge system that allows the arm member(s) to move with respect to the base member. Interior walls of the hinge system may define a passage therethrough such that wiring may extend throughout the head-mounted display system. The head-mounted display system may further include a cover that encloses at least a portion of the hinge. The cover may overlap with the base member or the one or more arm members.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: STEPHEN A. POMBO, NIMA LAHIJANI SHAMS, GEORGE HENRY HINES
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Patent number: 10774986Abstract: A head mounted display mounting assembly for casual headwear is provided. The assembly comprises a resilient support band that is employed to secure a head-mounted display unit to a piece of casual headwear worn by a user. The head mounted display mounting assembly can be supported by pre-existing structures (e.g., sweat band) of a piece of casual headwear, and further supported and/or secured to temple regions of the casual headwear. Once seated within and secured to the piece of casual headwear, the head-mounted display unit can be secured to the head mounted display mounting assembly, providing a comfortable and integrated wearable experience for the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: REALWEAR, INC.Inventors: Stephen A. Pombo, Kenneth Hepburn
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Publication number: 20200225808Abstract: The invention is directed towards wearable devices and operating wearable devices in a visual mode when a display device of the wearable device is within a line-of-sight (LOS) of a user and operating the wearable device in an audible mode when the wearable device is outside the LOS of the user. The position of the display device, relative to the user's LOS, is automatically determined. The operational mode of the wearable device is automatically transitioned when a transition of position of the display device is detected. The wearable device may be a head-mounted display (HMD) device. A visual mode provides visual-based presentations of UIs, content, information, and data, via the display device. In contrast to a visual mode, an audible mode provides audio-based presentations of UIs, content, information, and data, via one or more audible speakers included in the wearable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: CHRISTOPHER IAIN PARKINSON, SANJAY SUBIR JHAWAR, STEPHEN A. POMBO, KENNETH LUSTIG
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Patent number: 10715746Abstract: Enhanced telestrators are presented. Such enhanced telestrators provide visual elements (e.g. annotations and/or visual cues) to a user of a wearable device, such as a head-mounted display device. The visual elements may be superimposed, combined, composited, blended, and/or layered over image data displayed by a display device included in the wearable device. The visual elements may also be projected (by a projection system included in the wearable device), onto physical surfaces of the user's environment. Such projection systems may include lasers and/or light emitting diodes for photon source. The projection systems are enabled to project the visual elements onto surfaces of the environment of the user of the wearable device. More particularly, the various embodiments herein provide annotations and/or visual cues superimposed over image data viewed by the user and/or projected onto (and reflected by) physical surfaces the user's environment, via a photon-emitter.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Realwear, Inc.Inventors: Sanjay Subir Jhawar, Christopher Iain Parkinson, Stephen A. Pombo
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Publication number: 20200159283Abstract: A wireless hands-free portable headset computer with a micro display arranged near but below a wearer's eye in a peripheral vision area not blocking the wearer's main line of sight. The headset computer can display an image or portions of an image, wherein the portions can be enlarged. The headset computer also can be equipped with peripheral devices, such as light sources and cameras that can emit and detect, respectively, visible light and invisible radiation, such as infrared radiation and ultraviolet radiation. The peripheral devices are controllable by the wearer by voice command or by gesture. The headset computer also can be broken down into component parts that are attachable to another article worn by an individual, such as a helmet or respirator mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey J. Jacobsen, Christopher Parkinson, Stephen A. Pombo
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Patent number: 10627860Abstract: A wireless hands-free portable headset computer with a micro display arranged near but below a wearer's eye in a peripheral vision area not blocking the wearer's main line of sight. The headset computer can display an image or portions of an image, wherein the portions can be enlarged. The headset computer also can be equipped with peripheral devices, such as light sources and cameras that can emit and detect, respectively, visible light and invisible radiation, such as infrared radiation and ultraviolet radiation. The peripheral devices are controllable by the wearer by voice command or by gesture. The headset computer also can be broken down into component parts that are attachable to another article worn by an individual, such as a helmet or respirator mask.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Kopin CorporationInventors: Jeffrey J. Jacobsen, Christopher Parkinson, Stephen A. Pombo
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Patent number: 10606439Abstract: The invention is directed towards wearable devices and operating wearable devices in a visual mode when a display device of the wearable device is within a line-of-sight (LOS) of a user and operating the wearable device in an audible mode when the wearable device is outside the LOS of the user. The position of the display device, relative to the user's LOS, is automatically determined. The operational mode of the wearable device is automatically transitioned when a transition of position of the display device is detected. The wearable device may be a head-mounted display (HMD) device. A visual mode provides visual-based presentations of UIs, content, information, and data, via the display device. In contrast to a visual mode, an audible mode provides audio-based presentations of UIs, content, information, and data, via one or more audible speakers included in the wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Realwear, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Iain Parkinson, Sanjay Subir Jhawar, Stephen A. Pombo, Kenneth Lustig
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Patent number: D931278Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: REALWEAR, INC.Inventors: Stephen A. Pombo, Nima Lahijani Shams, George Henry Hines, Sanjay Subir Jhawar