Patents by Inventor Steven Philip Hoggarth

Steven Philip Hoggarth 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: 10502979
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sensor systems for electronic ophthalmic devices. In certain embodiments, the sensor systems may comprise a sensor such as an adjustable resistor configured in series with an eye of a user of the electronic ophthalmic device. The sensor systems may comprise a gain stage configured to amplify a signal indicative of a difference between a voltage drop across the eye and the adjustable resistor. The sensor systems may comprise an integrator configured to integrate the amplified signal. A resistance value of the adjustable resistor is configured to cancel a DC component of a resistance of the eye when an electrical current is caused to flow through the eye and the adjustable resistor. As such, the configured resistance value of the adjustable resistor is indicative of an impedance of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Corey Kenneth Barrows, Steven Philip Hoggarth, Scott Robert Humphreys, John Rocco Robillotto, Adam Toner, George A. Zikos
  • Publication number: 20180173012
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sensor systems for electronic ophthalmic devices. In certain embodiments, the sensor systems may comprise a sensor such as an adjustable resistor configured in series with an eye of a user of the electronic ophthalmic device. The sensor systems may comprise a gain stage configured to amplify a signal indicative of a difference between a voltage drop across the eye and the adjustable resistor. The sensor systems may comprise an integrator configured to integrate the amplified signal. A resistance value of the adjustable resistor is configured to cancel a DC component of a resistance of the eye when an electrical current is caused to flow through the eye and the adjustable resistor. As such, the configured resistance value of the adjustable resistor is indicative of an impedance of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Corey Kenneth Barrows, Steven Philip Hoggarth, Scott Robert Humphreys, John Rocco Robillotto, Adam Toner, George A. Zikos
  • Publication number: 20180173011
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sensor systems for electronic ophthalmic devices. In certain embodiments, the sensor systems may comprise a first electrode configured to be selectively overlaid by one or more of an upper eyelid and a lower eyelid of a user, a second electrode configured to be selectively overlaid by one or more of an upper eyelid and a lower eyelid of a user, and a system controller cooperatively associated with the first electrode and the second electrode to receive a capacitance measurement therefrom, the system controller configured to determine a position of one or more of the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid in spatial coordinates based on the capacitance measurement received from the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Corey Kenneth Barrows, John Michael Bush, Steven Philip Hoggarth, Adam Toner