Eric D Hope

US Patent:

20210080996, Mar 18, 2021

Filed:

Sep 15, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/021822

Inventors:

- Bellevue WA, US
Clement Gallois - Seattle WA, US
Montgomery Vincent Goodson - Kirkland WA, US
Eric James Hope - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

Abstract:

A head-mounted display including a front, a back, a first actuator, a second actuator, a first adjustable member extending between the front and the back and operably engaging the first actuator, and a second adjustable member extending between the front and the back and operably engaging the second actuator. The first adjustable member and the second adjustable member may be adjustable in length via the second actuator to vary a gap distance between the front and the back. In some embodiments, the head-mounted display may include a wire routing assembly for routing wire(s) between the front and the back of the head-mounted display. Additionally, in some embodiments, the head-mounted display may include a harness for engaging a user.

US Patent:

20190344173, Nov 14, 2019

Filed:

Jul 23, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/520201

Inventors:

- Bellevue WA, US
Jeffrey George Leinbaugh - Kirkland WA, US
Eric James Hope - Bellevue WA, US
Philip Bryan - Bellevue WA, US
Scott Richard Britt - Kirkland WA, US
Scott Nietfeld - Bellevue WA, US
Claire Michelle Gottschalk - Bellevue WA, US
Jeremy Slocum - Sammamish WA, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/428
G06F 3/01
A63F 13/24

Abstract:

A controller for an electronic system includes a controller body having a handle portion, a tracking arc that is fixed to the controller body, and a hand retainer configured to physically bias a user's palm against an outside surface of the handle portion. A plurality of tracking sensors is disposed in the tracking arc, and are responsive to electromagnetic radiation emitted by the electronic system. An array of proximity sensors are spatially distributed around the outer surface of the handle portion, and are responsive to a proximity of the user's fingers to the outside surface of the handle portion.

US Patent:

20190299094, Oct 3, 2019

Filed:

Apr 22, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/391059

Inventors:

- Bellevue WA, US
Claire Michelle Gottschalk - Bellevue WA, US
Eric James Hope - Bellevue WA, US
Jeffrey Scott Keyzer - Redmond WA, US
Scott Dalton - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/285
A63F 13/2145
A63F 13/24
A63F 13/214

Abstract:

Various game controller hardware and user interface configurations are disclosed. Some configurations may comprise two circular trackpads, driven by the player's thumbs, which may be clickable, allowing the entire surface to act as a button. Haptic feedback may be based on dual linear resonant actuators (e.g., by means of strong, weighted electro-magnets attached to each of the dual trackpads), capable of delivering a wide range of force and vibration, allowing control over frequency, amplitude, and direction of movement. The haptics-related components in certain implementations may also play audio waveforms and thereby function as speakers. In the center of the controller according to certain configurations may be another touch-enabled surface, this one backed by a display screen. In some configurations this entire screen itself may also be clickable, like a large single button. A variety of other exemplary implementations and configurations are described.

US Patent:

20180361234, Dec 20, 2018

Filed:

Jun 15, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/010385

Inventors:

- Bellevue WA, US
Jeffrey George Leinbaugh - Kirkland WA, US
Eric James Hope - Duvall WA, US
Philip Bryan - Bellevue WA, US
Scott Richard Britt - Kirkland WA, US
Jeffrey Walter Mucha - Sammamish WA, US
Claire Michelle Gottschalk - Bellevue WA, US
Jeremy Slocum - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

VALVE CORPORATION - Bellevue WA

International Classification:

A63F 13/245
A63F 13/21
A63F 13/42

Abstract:

A controller includes a body having a handle, and an array of proximity sensors spatially distributed on, in, beneath, or near the outer surface of the handle, responsive to a proximity of a user's fingers to that outer surface. A finger tracker converts the output of the array of proximity sensors to a set of joint angles corresponding to a plurality of the user's fingers. The controller may include a renderer for processing the joint angles to deform a hand mesh that is rendered for display. Values may be calculated to facilitate normalization of the output of the proximity sensor array and thereby generate a set of normalized finger detection data. This data may be processed through curl logic to produce a linear estimate of gross finger curl with respect to the user and thereby generate a set of estimates for a plurality of finger joint angles for the user.

US Patent:

20150105152, Apr 16, 2015

Filed:

Oct 14, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/513703

Inventors:

- BELLEVUE WA, US
Scott Dalton - Bellevue WA, US
Claire Michelle Gottschalk - Bellevue WA, US
Eric James Hope - Duvall WA, US
Jeffrey Keyzer - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/285
A63F 13/2145

US Classification:

463 31

Abstract:

Various game controller hardware and user interface configurations are disclosed. Some configurations may comprise two circular trackpads, driven by the player's thumbs, which may be clickable, allowing the entire surface to act as a button. Haptic feedback may be based on dual linear resonant actuators (e.g., by means of strong, weighted electro-magnets attached to each of the dual trackpads), capable of delivering a wide range of force and vibration, allowing control over frequency, amplitude, and direction of movement. The haptics-related components in certain implementations may also play audio waveforms and thereby function as speakers. In the center of the controller according to certain configurations may be another touch-enabled surface, this one backed by a display screen. In some configurations this entire screen itself may also be clickable, like a large single button. A variety of other exemplary implementations and configurations are described.