Facebook Technologies, LLC

Oculus, Vr, LLC

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

David R Perek

Jacques Gollier

Ying Geng

Summer L Schneider

Ralf Groene

Tristan Thomas Trutna

Sean Jason Keller

Nicholas Roy Corson

Bruce A Cleary, Iii

Hrvoje Benko

Hua Wang

Timothy Carlyle Shaw

Bruce A Cleary

Yanjun Ma

Christopher Harry Stoumbos

Robert Dale Cavin

Kabir Siddiqui

Karsten Aagaard

Paul Henry Dietz

Thomas Charles Oliver

Raymond King

Brian Michael Scally

Garett Andrew Ochs

Ravish Mehra

Vincenzo Casasanta, Iii

Eric Joseph Wahl

Sharon Drasnin

William Thomas Blank

Panos Costa Panay

James Alec Ishihara

Riccardo DeSalvo

Warren Andrew Hunt

Todd David Pleake

Nathan C Sherman

Matthew David Mickelson

David Michael Lane

Jack Lindsay

Joel Lawrence Pelley

Christopher Andrew Whitman

Rob Huala

David Carter Vandervoort

Robert D Young

Gene Robert Obie

Wolf Kienzle

Joseph Minh Tien

Daniele Piazza

James Charles Marshall

Erik Samuel Roby

Moshe Randall Lutz

Jim Tom Belesiu

Darryl I Jensen

Eric Michael Whitmire

Matthew Robert Schwab

Michael A Schwager

Mark J Seilstad

Charles Stewart

Ke-Yu Chen

John Lawrence Miller

Peter John Ansell

Selso Luanava

Harold F Mantooth

Camilo Leon

Robert W Young

Marshall Thomas DePue

Hiroo Umeno

Chun Beng Goh

Dennis J Mathias

Andrew N Cady

James H Wise

Christoph Omid Hohnerlein

Elia Gatti

Stephan Alexander Cummings

Slava Karulin

Neil Weiss

Adam Ahne

Dustin Jeffery Gordon Krogstad

Ian Andreas Marquez

Van Winston Oler

Matthew G Pedersen

Hakon Strande

Yu-Te Wang

Oyvind Haehre

Sabrina Monique Sandoval

David Neff

Jose R Sousa

Cleveland-Joel Chavez Wilcox

Richard Peter Spooner

Garrett Andrew Ochs

Scott Mitchel Mail

Edward C Iii Giaimo

Robyn Rebecca Reed Mclaughlin

Rajesh Manohar Dighde

Edward C Giaimo Iii

David Otto Iii Whitt

Bernard Maurice Schultz

Anthony Christian Reed

Jay Scott Kassels

Shane Aaron Sykes

Scott K Gibson

Marshall Thomas Depue

The disclosed haptic vibrotactile actuator may include a textile comprising a first major surface and a second, opposite major surface, an electrode coupled to the first major surface of the textile across at least a majority of a surface area of a first surface of the electrode, and a flexible electroactive material electrically coupled to a second, opposite surface of the electrode. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.

Vibrotactile actuators on textiles and related systems and methods

A virtual reality system enables a user to interact with virtual objects. The system includes a fiducial ring, an imaging device and a console. The fiducial ring includes a ring body that includes a plurality of fiducial markers that each correspond to a different location on the ring body. An imaging device is configured to capture one or more images of the fiducial ring. The console receives the images that include an image of one or more fiducial markers. Based on the received images of the fiducial markers, the console determines a location on the fiducial ring that corresponds to the imaged fiducial marker. The console determines a position of the fiducial ring based on the determined location of the fiducial marker on the fiducial ring. The console provides content to a head mounted display (HMD) based on the determined position of the fiducial ring.

Fiducial rings in virtual reality

The disclosed flexible vibrotactile devices may include a dielectric support material, at least one flexible electroactive element coupled to the dielectric support material, a first conductive electrode material, and a second conductive electrode material. The dielectric support material may include at least one hole therethrough for securing the flexible vibrotactile device to a textile by threading at least one fiber through the at least one hole. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.

Vibrotactile devices, systems, and related methods

A system for vibration-driven sensing may include a wearable dimensioned to be donned by a user of an artificial reality system. The system may also include a vibration sensor that is incorporated into the wearable and generates an electrical response that corresponds to a vibration detected at the wearable. The system may further include at least one processing device communicatively coupled to the vibration sensor. The processing device may determine, based at least in part on the electrical response generated by the vibration sensor, that the user has made a specific gesture with at least one body part. In response to this determination, the processing device may generate an input command for the artificial reality system based at least in part on the specific gesture made by the user. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for sensing gestures via vibration-sensitive wearables donned by users of artificial reality systems

A system may include a wearable dimensioned to be donned by a user of an artificial reality system. The system may also include an energy measuring device incorporated into the wearable. The energy measuring device may measure an electrical energy differential between a body of the user and a surface. The system may further include at least one processing device communicatively coupled to the energy measuring device. The processing device may detect, based at least in part on the electrical energy differential measured by the energy measuring device, an interaction between the user and the surface. In response to this detection, the processing device may generate an input command for the artificial reality system based at least in part on the interaction detected between the user and the surface. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for electric discharge-based sensing via wearables donned by users of artificial reality systems

A fluidic device comprises a channel, a gate, and one or more additional elements. The channel is configured to transport a fluid from a source to a drain. The gate includes a chamber with an adjustable volume that affects fluid flow within the channel by displacing a wall of the channel toward an opposite wall of the channel based in part on fluid pressure within the chamber exceeding a threshold pressure. A high pressure state of the gate corresponds to a first chamber size and a first flow rate of the fluid. A low pressure state of the gate corresponds to a second chamber size that is smaller than the first chamber size and a second flow rate that is greater than the first flow rate. The additional elements are configured to reduce the threshold pressure past which the chamber decreases the cross-sectional area of the channel.

Fluidic devices and related methods and wearable devices

An eye tracking unit that includes one or more transmitters that transmit a signal (e.g., a radar signal or an ultrasonic sound) at an eye, one or more receivers that receive a reflection of the signal generated by interaction of the signal with the eye, and an eye orientation estimation module that estimates an orientation of the eye based on the reflected signal received by the one or more ultrasonic receivers and based on a model of the eye. The eye tracking unit may be part of a head-mounted display (HMD) that includes a display element configured to display content to a user wearing the HMD. The model of the eye may be trained by displaying a visual indicator on the electronic element and detecting a reflected signal corresponding to the eye looking at the visual indicator.

Ultrasound/radar for eye tracking

A wearable device comprises one or more deformable signaling pathways wherein each deformable signaling pathway is configured to enable an electrical connection between two devices electrically connected to each other via the deformable signaling pathway. Deformable signaling pathways enable the conduction of electrical signals between various circuit elements similar to one or more circuit elements such as electronic traces or wires. A deformable signaling pathway includes one or more conductive elements surrounded by a conductive gel. Both the conductive gel and the one or more conductive elements are encased in an elastomeric shell. The elastomeric shell is attached to terminals (e.g., one on either end). The one or more connectors are attached to one another such that the one or more connectors span the length of the elastomeric shell and form a low resistance contact between the terminals of the deformable signaling pathway.

Deformable signaling pathways

Co-casted fluidic devices

An apparatus for directional acoustic sensing may include a wearable dimensioned to be donned by a user of an artificial reality system. The wearable may include a signal generator that propagates an acoustic wave via a body of the user toward a specific body part. The wearable may also include an acoustic sensor that detects an acoustic reflection of the acoustic wave propagated by the signal generator. The wearable may further include at least one processing device that is communicatively coupled to the acoustic sensor. The processing device may determine that the specific body part has made physical contact with an object based at least in part on the acoustic reflection. In response, the processing device may generate an input command for the artificial reality system that accounts for the specific body part making physical contact with the object. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Apparatus, system, and method for directional acoustic sensing via wearables donned by users of artificial reality systems

Wearable device with fiducial markers in virtual reality

A wearable device (such as a glove or other control adapted to be worn on a portion of a body) includes multiple magnetic field generators at various locations on the wearable device and a magnetic flux sensor at a predetermined position relative to the wearable device. A position determines spatial positions of locations of the wearable device based on magnetic fields generated by various magnetic field generators and detected by the magnetic flux sensor. In some embodiments, the magnetic field generators have known positions relative to each other. Additionally, each magnetic field generator may generate a magnetic field in response to an input signal having a particular attribute, allowing the magnetic flux sensor to identify magnetic fields generated by different magnetic field generators.

Detecting positions of magnetic flux sensors having particular locations on a device relative to a magnetic field generator located at a predetermined position on the device

A deformation sensing apparatus comprises an elastic substrate, a first strain-gauge element formed on a first surface of the elastic substrate, and configured to output a first signal in response to a strain applied in a first direction, and a second strain-gauge element formed on a second surface of the elastic substrate opposite to the first surface, and configured to output a second signal in response to a strain applied in the same first direction.

Resistive-capacitive deformation sensor

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David R Perek