Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Facebook, Inc.

Ce Zhang

Geng Ye

Bruno Cendon Martin

Jennifer Ellen Davis-Wilson

Jungtao Liu

Koohyun Um

Yonghua Wei

Peruvemba Ranganathan Sai Ananthanarayanan

Kyle Marcolini

Vitaliy Alexeev

Jen Davis-Wilson

Jiang Zhu

Liang Han

Ming Zheng

Javier Rodriguez De Luis

Anuj Dron

Dong Chen

Andriy Pletenetskyy

Brian Toleno

Yasuo Morimoto

Peter Eli Renner

Meijiao Li

Celalettin Umit Bas

Chilin Hsu

Brandon Potens

Weihong Melissa Zhang

Danyang Huang

Nengxiu Deng

An AR device comprising (1) a frame dimensioned to be worn on a head of a user and (2) a lens stack coupled to the frame and positioned in an optical path of the user such that the user is able to see through at least a portion of the lens stack, wherein the lens stack comprises (A) a lens, (B) an optical waveguide that (I) is configured to display computer-generated content to the user and (II) is at least partially aligned with the lens, and (C) a radio-frequency antenna disposed on the lens. Various other apparatuses, devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Tunable transparent antennas implemented on lenses of augmented-reality devices

The disclosed system may include a support structure having a top portion and a first bottom portion. The system may also include at least one wireless communication device positioned on the top portion of the support structure. The system may further include at least one antenna positioned in the first bottom portion of the support structure. The antenna in the first bottom portion of the support structure may be electrically connected to the wireless communication device positioned on the top portion of the support structure. Various other wearable devices, apparatuses, and methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.

Antenna for wearable electronic devices

A disclosed apparatus may include at least one touch sensor and an integrated film that includes at least one antenna, wherein the integrated film is at least partially disposed on the at least one touch sensor such that the at least one touch sensor operates as a radiating element for the at least one antenna. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Touch sensor and integrated antenna integrated film

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a hinge feed antenna of eyewear, are disclosed. One apparatus includes a front frame, a temple arm, and a hinge rotatably connecting the front frame and the temple arm. For an embodiment, the temple arm includes a circuit assembly including at least a radio. For an embodiment, the front frame includes one or more antennas traces, wherein the hinge conductively connects the circuit assembly to the one or more antenna traces. The apparatus further includes an antenna tuner located between the circuit assembly and the hinge, wherein a rotation position of the temple arm is sensed, wherein the rotation position is dependent on an orientation of the front frame relative to the temple arm; and wherein the antenna tuner includes an impedance tuner for adaptively adjusting an input impedance of the impedance tuner based on the sensed rotation position of temple arm.

Hinge feed antenna of eyewear

The disclosed wearable electronic device may include an enclosure, an antenna positioned within the enclosure and configured to radiate electromagnetic signals, a non-conductive substrate positioned within the enclosure, a first surface of the non-conductive substrate being in a position to face a user of the wearable electronic device and a second, opposite surface of the non-conductive substrate facing the antenna, and a patterned conductive material disposed on the second, opposite surface of the non-conductive substrate, wherein the patterned conductive material has a shape and configuration to reduce electromagnetic signals radiated in a direction towards the user of the wearable electronic device. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.

Wearable device antenna shields and related systems and methods

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a modular eyewear antenna assembly, are disclosed. One modular eyewear antenna assembly includes an eyewear housing including a front frame and a pair of eyewear temple arms, wherein a physical size and shape of each of the temple arms is selectable from a plurality eyewear assembly SKU sizes and shapes, a printed circuit board (PCB) including a controller and a radio, wherein the PCB extends along at least one of the temple arms, wherein the PCB has a fixed size that is adapted for placement within one of the temple arms, and a modular antenna structure including a planar antenna, wherein the modular antenna structure interfaces with the PCB for providing a wireless propagation path for the radio, wherein the modular antenna structure has a fixed size that is adapted for placement along with the PCB within one of the temple arms.

Modular eyewear antenna assembly

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a hinge feed antenna of eyewear, are disclosed. One apparatus includes a front frame, a temple arm, and a hinge rotatably connecting the front frame and the temple arm. For an embodiment, the temple arm includes a circuit assembly including at least a radio that supports wireless communication. For an embodiment, the front frame includes one or more antennas traces, wherein the hinge conductively connects the circuit assembly to the one or more antenna traces, and wherein the hinge in combination with the one or more antenna traces form one or more antennas for supporting the wireless communication.

A system that can determine states of human activity and transitions between those states using wireless signal data. A machine learning model such as a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) may be trained to determine transitions between states of human activity (e.g., static, slow movement, fast movement) using information from wireless signal data, such as channel state information gathered from Wi-Fi signal beacons. Depending on the state of the human activity the system may then cause certain commands to be executed corresponding to the human activity such as turning on a certain configuration of lights, playing certain music, or the like.

Human activity and transition detection

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for touch pad sensors that are further operative as antennas, are disclosed. One apparatus includes a plurality of touch sensors, a controller, and a radio. The controller is operative to receive sensed signals of the plurality of touch sensors, and provide controls of the apparatus in response to the receive sensed signals of the plurality of touch sensors. The radio is operative to wirelessly communicate with an external wireless device. One or more conductive lines electrically connect the radio with one or more of the plurality of touch sensors, wherein the plurality of touch sensors operate as one or more antennas for facilitating the wireless communication.

Touch pad sensors operative as a plurality of antennas

Touch pad sensors operative as antennas

A method includes receiving, by a first wireless device, first data indicative of channel properties of a first communication link between the first wireless device and a second wireless device, the first wireless device and the second wireless device being located in a same vicinity. The method further includes detecting, using a supervised machine learning (ML) model applied to the first data, human movement and presence of stationary objects within the same vicinity and activating, by the first wireless device in response to detection of the human movement, an ultrasonic signal. The method further includes receiving, by the first wireless device, a reflected component of the ultrasonic signal and confirming, by the first wireless device using the reflected component, presence of a human in the same vicinity.

Presence detection using wireless signals confirmed with ultrasound and/or audio

A system and method include processing logic receiving, from a wireless transceiver of a first device, first data indicative of channel state information (CSI) of a first communication link between the wireless transceiver and a wireless transmitter of a second device, the first device and the second device being located in a building. The logic pre-preprocesses the first data to generate input vectors composed of statistical parameter values derived from sets of discrete samples of the first data. The logic processes, through a long short-term memory (LSTM) layer of a neural network, the input vectors to generate multiple hidden state values of the neural network. The logic processes, through a set of additional layers of the neural network, respective hidden state values of the multiple hidden state values to determine that a human is present in the building.

Coexistence-insensitive presence detection

In a disclosed method, a computing device receiver, from a wireless receiver (RX), first data indicative of channel properties of a first communication link between the wireless receiver (RX) in a first device and a wireless transmitter (TX) in a second device. The first device and the second device are located in a building. The computing device further executes a neural network to process the first data to distinguish humans from stationary objects within the building and detect presence of the human in the building. The computing device transmits result data indicative of the presence to at least one of the first device or the second device.

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Ce Zhang