Jason P Higgins

US Patent:

20110201944, Aug 18, 2011

Filed:

Feb 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/026961

Inventors:

Jason A. Higgins - Seattle WA, US
Michael Bland - Seattle WA, US
Kent W. Leyde - Sammamish WA, US
W. Douglas Sheffield - Seattle WA, US
John F. Harris - Medina WA, US
David M. Himes - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/0205
A61B 5/0476
A61N 1/36

US Classification:

600483, 600544, 607 45

Abstract:

A system for providing alerts of neurological events occurring in a human subject is provided. The system includes: a monitoring module adapted to detect and sample a neurological signal; an event detection module coupled to the monitoring module for detecting one or more types of predetermined reportable events based on the detected neurological signal; and an alert module coupled to the event detection module, wherein upon the detection of a reportable event by the event detection module, said alert module selects a first alert contact from a plurality of contacts contained in a contact list, and generates a first alert communication to the first alert contact.

US Patent:

20180173320, Jun 21, 2018

Filed:

Feb 9, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/893515

Inventors:

- Menlo Park CA, US
Jason Andrew Higgins - Seattle WA, US
Benjamin E. Tunberg Rogoza - Seattle WA, US
Sharvil Shailesh Talati - Seattle WA, US
Neil Warren Konzen - Hunts Point WA, US
James S. Webb - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06F 3/02
G02B 27/01
A63F 13/213
A63F 13/214
A63F 13/212
A63F 13/00
A63F 13/24

Abstract:

A method is performed in a virtual-reality system that includes a head-mounted display (HMD), a camera, and a hand-held controller having a plurality of illumination sources to provide light that is detectable by the camera. The method includes displaying, on the HMD, an image of a hand and using the camera to detect movement of the hand-held controller by tracking positions of respective illumination sources of the plurality of illumination sources. The method further includes displaying, on the HMD, motion of the image of the hand corresponding to the detected movement.

US Patent:

20170262048, Sep 14, 2017

Filed:

May 31, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/610436

Inventors:

- Menlo Park CA, US
Benjamin E. Tunberg Rogoza - Seattle WA, US
Peter Wesley Bristol - Seattle WA, US
Jason Andrew Higgins - Seattle WA, US
Sharvil Shailesh Talati - Seattle WA, US
Neil Warren Konzen - Hunts Point WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01

Abstract:

A hand-held controller includes a user-input surface, a grip coupled to the user-input surface, and a cage coupled to the user-input surface at two points without the grip interposed between the user-input surface and the cage. The hand-held controller includes may further include a plurality of illumination sources on an outer surface of the cage.

US Patent:

20170189798, Jul 6, 2017

Filed:

Jun 2, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/172099

Inventors:

- Menlo Park CA, US
Sharvil Shailesh Talati - Seattle WA, US
James Stocker Webb - Seattle WA, US
Jason Andrew Higgins - Seattle WA, US
Bradley Morris Johnson - Edmonds WA, US
Peter Wesley Bristol - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/24
G06F 3/02
G06F 3/0338
G06F 3/044
G06F 3/041

Abstract:

A handheld controller configured to be held by a user's hand. The handheld controller comprising a main body, and a handle extending from the main body, wherein the handle has a palm side and a finger side. A control button is positioned on the main body or handle, and a detection sensor is on the handle. The detection sensor is positioned to detect the presence of the finger or palm of a user's hand engaging the handle. The detection sensor can be a capacitive touch sensor, a proximity sensor or other detection sensor operative to detect the touch or spatial presence of the user's hand or fingers.

US Patent:

20170189802, Jul 6, 2017

Filed:

Jun 3, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/173474

Inventors:

- Menlo Park CA, US
Sharvil Shailesh Talati - Seattle WA, US
Jason Andrew Higgins - Seattle WA, US
Peter Wesley Bristol - Seattle WA, US
Mark Shinataro Ando - Seattle WA, US
Blake Francis Andersen - Snoqualmie WA, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/245

Abstract:

Handheld controllers having flexible thumbstick guards are disclosed herein for use with a handheld controller having a thumbstick or other pivotal control member. A representative guard has a tubular neck that sealably connects to a shaft portion of the thumbstick, and a skirt that sealably connects to an interior portion of the handheld controller around the control opening. The guard has a flexible joint portion interconnecting the neck and the skirt to allow the neck to move relative to the skirt upon pivoting the control member relative to the body.

US Patent:

20160357249, Dec 8, 2016

Filed:

Jun 3, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/729951

Inventors:

- Menlo Park CA, US
Benjamin E. Tunberg Rogoza - Seattle WA, US
Peter Wesley Bristol - Seattle WA, US
Jason Andrew Higgins - Seattle WA, US
Sharvil Shailesh Talati - Seattle WA, US
Neil Warren Konzen - Hunts Point WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06T 15/20
G02B 27/01
G06F 3/0488
H04N 5/225
H04N 7/18
G06F 3/0489
A63F 13/2145
G06T 19/00
A63F 13/24

Abstract:

There is provided a handheld controller for a virtual reality system. The hand-held controller includes a user-input surface and a grip coupled to the user-input surface. The user-input surface has a first user-input key. The hand-held controller further includes a cage coupled to the user-input surface. The cage includes a plurality of illumination sources on an outer surface of the cage, which provide light to be detected by a camera for sensing a position of the controller based on a user motion.

US Patent:

20160357261, Dec 8, 2016

Filed:

Jun 3, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/729954

Inventors:

- Menlo Park CA, US
Jason Andrew Higgins - Seattle WA, US
Benjamin E. Tunberg Rogoza - Seattle WA, US
Sharvil Shalesh Talati - Seattle WA, US
Neil Warren Konzen - Hunts Point WA, US
James S. Webb - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G02B 27/01
G06F 3/02
G06T 19/00

Abstract:

A virtual-reality system includes a head-mounted display (HMD), a forward-looking camera coupled to the HMD and a hand-held controller communicatively coupleable to the HMD. The hand-held controller includes a first user-input key, a grip, and an outward-facing surface coupled to the grip. The outward-facing surface includes a plurality of illumination sources which provide light that is detectable by the camera for sensing a position of the controller based on a user motion.