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).

  • Patent number: 11609431
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: VR COASTER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Faul
  • Publication number: 20210173217
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas FAUL
  • Patent number: 9795876
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOMATIC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • Patent number: 9728035
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOMATIC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • Patent number: 9090410
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: NOVOMATIC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • Publication number: 20150206385
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • Publication number: 20150187167
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • Publication number: 20140326579
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Faul, Michael Rudolph Luft
  • Publication number: 20140256440
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas Faul
  • Patent number: 4224760
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Assignee: Mego Corp.
    Inventors: John Birdsall, Thomas Fauls
  • Patent number: D269046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Assignee: Barclay Rothschild Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas Faul