Patents by Inventor Thomas Faul
Thomas Faul 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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Patent number: 11609431Abstract: The invention relates to a head-mounted display (HMD) (1), comprising a housing (10) having an interior (11), at least one optical lens (15, 17) having a focal plane (5) located at the focal point (16, 18), which focal plane is arranged within the housing (10); at least one first polarizing filter (21) having a first polarization direction and one second polarizing filter (22) having a second polarization direction, and at least one LCD unit (25), wherein the at least one LCD unit (25) is arranged in the area of the focal plane (5) between the first polarizing filter (21) and the second polarizing filter (22); the first polarizing filter (21) and/or the second polarizing filter (22) is or are arranged at a distance from the focal plane (5). The invention further relates to an amusement device (2), in particular an open-air amusement ride, a roller coaster or a carousel, comprising an HMD (1).Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: VR COASTER GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Thomas Faul
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Publication number: 20210173217Abstract: The invention relates to a head-mounted display (HMD) (1), comprising a housing (10) having an interior (11), at least one optical lens (15, 17) having a focal plane (5) located at the focal point (16, 18), which focal plane is arranged within the housing (10); at least one first polarizing filter (21) having a first polarization direction and one second polarizing filter (22) having a second polarization direction, and at least one LCD unit (25), wherein the at least one LCD unit (25) is arranged in the area of the focal plane (5) between the first polarizing filter (21) and the second polarizing filter (22); the first polarizing filter (21) and/or the second polarizing filter (22) is or are arranged at a distance from the focal plane (5). The invention further relates to an amusement device (2), in particular an open-air amusement ride, a roller coaster or a carousel, comprising an HMD (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventor: Thomas FAUL
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Patent number: 9795876Abstract: A gaming machine includes a housing, in which a game sequence controller, at least one display device for displaying a gaming unit and at least one switching element, actuatable by a user and in contact with the game sequence controller, are arranged. At least one electromagnetic device coupled to the game sequence controller is associated with the switching element and, if the switching element is actuated, generates information that can be detected tactilely by the user in the form of a change of position and/or shape depending on the course of the game.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: NOVOMATIC AGInventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
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Patent number: 9728035Abstract: A gaming machine including housing in which a game sequence controller, at least one display device for displaying a gaming unit and at least one switching element, actuatable by a user and in contact with the game sequence controller, are arranged. At least one electromagnetic device coupled to the game sequence controller is associated with the switching element and, if the switching element is actuated, generates information that can be detected tactilely by the user in the form of a vibration and/or a change of the actuating resistance depending on the course of the game.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: NOVOMATIC AGInventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
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Patent number: 9090410Abstract: A conveyor device for coins, having a mechanism for moving at least one coin in a predetermined movement direction which differs from the effective direction of gravity, under a force uninfluenced by a moved mechanical component, the conveyor device being coupled to a detection device which identifies the presence of the coin, in order to accelerate the coins in the predetermined movement direction in accordance with requirements.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: NOVOMATIC AGInventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
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Publication number: 20150206385Abstract: A gaming machine includes a housing, in which a game sequence controller, at least one display device for displaying a gaming unit and at least one switching element, actuatable by a user and in contact with the game sequence controller, are arranged. At least one electromagnetic device coupled to the game sequence controller is associated with the switching element and, if the switching element is actuated, generates information that can be detected tactilely by the user in the form of a change of position and/or shape depending on the course of the game.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
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Publication number: 20150187167Abstract: A gaming machine including housing in which a game sequence controller, at least one display device for displaying a gaming unit and at least one switching element, actuatable by a user and in contact with the game sequence controller, are arranged. At least one electromagnetic device coupled to the game sequence controller is associated with the switching element and, if the switching element is actuated, generates information that can be detected tactilely by the user in the form of a vibration and/or a change of the actuating resistance depending on the course of the game.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
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Publication number: 20140326579Abstract: A conveyor device for coins, having a mechanism for moving at least one coin in a predetermined movement direction which differs from the effective direction of gravity, under a force uninfluenced by a moved mechanical component, the conveyor device being coupled to a detection device which identifies the presence of the coin, in order to accelerate the coins in the predetermined movement direction in accordance with requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
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Publication number: 20140256440Abstract: A gaming machine including at least one computer-controlled game device, which is connected to a game progress controlling device, wherein a device is provided for controlling the input and output elements. The device has a control device which is coupled to the game progress controller and is in communication with a master, which communicates in real time via a two-wire connection with input and output elements designed as slaves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventor: Thomas Faul
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Patent number: 4224760Abstract: A bubble-blowing doll has a body which includes a trunk, two arms and two legs movably connected to the trunk, and a head also connected to the trunk and having a mouth opening. One of the arms rotates a ratchet wheel of a ratchet mechanism which, in turn, rotates a pulley about which a rope is wound during the operation of the ratchet mechanism. A bellows is mounted in the trunk, its upper end being stationary and its lower end being movable toward and away from the upper end, and the rope is connected to the lower end of the bellows, while a spring biases the lower end away from the upper end of the bellows. A conduit communicates the interior of the bellows with the interior of a balloon an open end of which is mounted on a reed and a distensible end of which is located at a free end of the reed and at the mouth opening of the head in a deflated condition, and at the exterior of the head next to the mouth opening in the inflated condition of the bellows.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1979Date of Patent: September 30, 1980Assignee: Mego Corp.Inventors: John Birdsall, Thomas Fauls
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Patent number: D269046Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1980Date of Patent: May 17, 1983Assignee: Barclay Rothschild Manufacturing Ltd.Inventor: Thomas Faul