152 patents
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Utility
Electrostatic brake for peripheral device buttons
18 Jan 22
A peripheral device for a computing system comprises an electrical switch and a user depressible button.
Victor Faraut, Jan Stoeckli
Filed: 30 Apr 20
Utility
Wireless charging for an input device
11 Jan 22
An apparatus including a removable modular insert disposed within a housing of a host device, the housing including one or more magnets, and one or more conductive contacts disposed on the removable modular insert to magnetically couple to the one or more magnets and secure the modular insert within the housing of the host device, and electrically couple the modular insert to the host device.
Fabrice Sauterel, Christopher Pate, Laurent Plancherel
Filed: 18 Mar 20
Utility
Input device for VR/AR applications
11 Jan 22
In some embodiments, an input device for interfacing within an VR/AR environment can include a processor, one or more motion tracking sensors to track a motion of the input device in three-dimensional (3D) space, where a cursor in the VR/AR environment moves based on the tracked motion of the input device in 3D space and is limited to tracked motion having three degrees of freedom (DOF).
Padraig Murphy, Andreas Connellan, Olivier Riviere, Fergal Corcoran, Pierce O'Bradaigh, Jan Findlater, Philip Waldron, Gavin McGlynn, Denis O'Keeffe, Jerry Ahern, Marcel Twohig
Filed: 15 Sep 20
Utility
Dominant hand usage for an augmented/virtual reality device
28 Dec 21
In some embodiments, a stylus device can be configured for use in an augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) environment.
Remy Zimmermann, Andreas Connellan, Mario Gutierrez, Zhantao Deng
Filed: 30 Jul 20
Utility
Operating system agnostic wireless multimedia dongle
14 Dec 21
Disclosed are techniques pertaining to wireless dongles that can wirelessly transfer multimedia data (e.g., video and/or audio) between two computer devices.
Shelly Chen, Yuzheng Lu, Wayne Zhang
Filed: 10 Jul 20
Utility
Method and system for object segmentation in a mixed reality environment
23 Nov 21
Methods and systems for providing a mixed reality (MR) interaction are provided.
Mario Gutierrez, Thomas Rouvinez, Sidney Bovet, Helmut Grabner, Mathieu Meisser
Filed: 4 Feb 19
Utility
Multi-peripheral position-based synchronous lighting
16 Nov 21
A method can include: determining a physical location of each of a plurality of peripheral devices communicatively coupled to a host computing device; generating a lighting sequence configured to activate visual output elements on the each of the plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the lighting sequence is a time based sequence that traverses the plurality of peripheral devices; and modifying a timing parameter of the lighting sequence based on the respective physical location of each of the plurality of peripheral devices.
Mark Starrett, Jacob Kottage, Andrew Durrer, Andrew Coonrad, Curtis Brown
Filed: 21 Feb 20
Utility
Power efficiency based on a dynamic report rate
16 Nov 21
A method and system configured to receive a first report from a computer peripheral device by a receiver, determine that the first report is corrupted or received at a rate slower than the first report rate, compute a current trajectory of the computer peripheral device based on one or more intervals of movement data in the first report, compute a predicted trajectory of the computer peripheral device based on the first report, compute an incremental displacement of the computer peripheral device based on the predicted trajectory.
Nicolas Chauvin, Philippe Chazot, Myriam Douvé
Filed: 29 May 20
Utility
Method and apparatus for recording audio information
9 Nov 21
A method and apparatus for recording audio information are provided.
Anthony Mattana
Filed: 18 Sep 20
Utility
Earphone device support and case
9 Nov 21
Embodiments described herein relate to earphone device supports and earphone support cases.
Navi Cohen, Jose Froilan P Lomotan, Jonathan Thuot
Filed: 7 Jan 20
Utility
Slider structure for a mechanical keyboard
2 Nov 21
A slider structure for a keyboard comprising a housing, a depressible actuator disposed in the housing, and a chambered track configured to receive a balance bar structure, the balance bar structure operable to provide a structural support that resists a key cap coupled to the frame from tilting as a force applied at any point on the top surface of the key cap.
Feng-Hao Lin, Kuan Chieh Liang, Yu-Chun Sun
Filed: 29 Dec 20
Utility
User recognition and gaze tracking in a video system
2 Nov 21
Some embodiments include a computer-implemented method for tracking a gaze of a user that can include receiving image data that includes a plurality of eye landmarks that identify a perimeter of a user's eye, applying dynamic thresholding to the image data, determining a convex hull based on the dynamically thresholded and image data, computing and fitting an ellipse along a boundary of the convex hull, the ellipse corresponding to an iris of the user's eye, updating the image data with the computed ellipse, computing a refined ellipse by reapplying the dynamic thresholding and determining the convex hull using the updated image data, and determining a gaze direction of the user based in part on a position of the refined ellipse relative to the perimeter of the user's eye.
Ludovico Novelli, Arnaud Hennig, Mathieu Salzmann
Filed: 31 Dec 19
Utility
Earphone device support and case
2 Nov 21
Embodiments described herein relate to earphone device supports and earphone support cases.
Navi Cohen, Jose Froilan P Lomotan, Jonathan Thuot
Filed: 22 Nov 19
Utility
Adaptive scroll wheel
26 Oct 21
A peripheral device with an adaptive scroll wheel can be used to provide additional control of a host computing device.
Jean-Claude Dunant, Jan Stoeckli, Maxim Vlasov, Nicolas Ramond
Filed: 9 Apr 20
Utility
Method and apparatus for controlling portable audio devices
26 Oct 21
Embodiments of the disclosure may provide an apparatus and method of controlling and altering the acoustic output of audio devices that are used in conjunction with a computing device.
Stephen Dusse, Doug Ebert, Dudley Guy Kiang Wong, Biqing (becky) Wu, Jon Albert Howell, Kelly Lane
Filed: 17 May 19
Utility
Keyboard having remapping and administrative functions
19 Oct 21
A keyboard includes a communication module configured to communicatively couple the keyboard to a host computer.
Andrew Coonrad, Jacob Kottage
Filed: 26 Jun 20
Utility
Hybrid switch for an input device
19 Oct 21
An input device comprises a depressible element with two switches including a first switch configured to generate a first signal when the depressible element is depressed by a threshold distance and a second switch configured to generate a second signal indicating when the depressible element is depressed by the threshold distance and the second switch is in an active state.
Jan Stoeckli, Nicolas Ramond, Olivier Egloff, Regis Croisonnier, Laurent Plancherel
Filed: 10 Nov 20
Utility
Input device with haptic interface
28 Sep 21
Aspects of the invention include an input device comprising a housing having a region, a haptic element coupled to the housing, the haptic element configured to generate a haptic feedback and couple the haptic feedback to the region of the housing, and a force-sensitive element coupled to the housing, the force-sensitive element configured to detect a threshold input force applied-to and removed-from the region of the housing, the force-sensitive element being different from the haptic element.
Daniel Bonanno, Florent Berney, Nicolas Ramond, Olivier Theytaz, Jan Stoeckli, Jean-Claude Dunant
Filed: 14 Sep 18
Utility
Transition between virtual and augmented reality
7 Sep 21
In an embodiment there is provided a user interface device for interfacing a user with a computer, the computer comprising at least one processor to generate instructions for display of a graphical environment of a virtual reality simulation.
Thomas Rouvinez, Aidan Kehoe, Mario Gutierrez, Vincent Jalil, Damien O'Sullivan, Mathieu Meisser, Nicolas Ramond, Regis Croisonnier
Filed: 23 May 19
Utility
Gaming pedal assembly
17 Aug 21
In certain embodiments, a gaming pedal assembly comprises a base platform and a pedal arm rotatably coupled to the base platform at a first mounting location that provides a first axis of rotation for the pedal arm relative to the base platform.
Simon Baumgartner, Jan Stoeckli, Cian Connolly, Davin O'Mahony, Cheng Hao Chiu, Ping Hao Chang
Filed: 31 Dec 19