Patents by Inventor Yair ALPEM

Yair ALPEM 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).

  • Controlling a near eye display
    Patent number: 10019843
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling a near eye display using a virtual navigation space are provided herein. The system may include: a wearable near eye display; a sensor having a field of view, attached to the wearable near eye display and configured to capture a scene; a transmitter attached to the wearable near eye display said transmitter is configured to transmit a structured light pattern onto a navigation space, wherein the sensor is configured to capture reflections of the specified pattern coming from the navigation space; and a computer processor configured to analyze said reflections and control a visual indicator presented to a user over the wearable near eye display. The method implements the aforementioned logic without being limited to the architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Nadav Grossinger, Yair Alpem
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A NEAR EYE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20150042680
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling a near eye display using a virtual navigation space are provided herein. The system may include: a wearable near eye display; a sensor having a field of view, attached to the wearable near eye display and configured to capture a scene; a transmitter attached to the wearable near eye display said transmitter is configured to transmit a structured light pattern onto a navigation space, wherein the sensor is configured to capture reflections of the specified pattern coming from the navigation space; and a computer processor configured to analyze said reflections and control a visual indicator presented to a user over the wearable near eye display. The method implements the aforementioned logic without being limited to the architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Nadav GROSSINGER, Yair ALPEM