IP Library Granted Patent US 10,101,588
Granted Patent B2
US 10,101,588 · App. 15/488,210 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Speaker assembly for headworn computer

Inventors: John D. Haddick (Corte Madera, CA); Robert Michael Lohse (Palo Alto, CA); Nima L. Shams (San Jose, CA); Ralph F. Osterhout (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Osterhout Group, Inc.
G02B27/0176H04R1/1016G02B2027/0169G02B2027/0178G06F3/016H04R2460/13H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 10,101,588
App. No.
15/488,210
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to speaker assemblies for head worn computers.

Claims (10)

1. A head-worn computer, comprising:

a temple portion mechanically secured to a computer display and adapted to position the computer display in front of an eye of a user;

the temple portion including a speaker securely positioned in the temple portion and electrically associated with electronics internal to the head-worn computer; and

a haptics vibration system mounted in the temple portion adapted to be controlled by the head-worn computer, wherein the vibration system includes a piezo circuit.

2. The head-worn computer of claim 1 , wherein the haptic feedback is associated with a game being presented in the computer display.

3. The head-worn computer of claim 1 , wherein the haptic feedback is associated with an application executing on the head-worn computer.

4. The head-worn computer of claim 1 , wherein a second vibration system is provided proximate a second ear of the user.

5. The head-worn computer of claim 1 , further comprising an ear horn portion, wherein the ear horn portion is mechanically adapted to be positioned on top of an ear of the user, wherein the ear horn portion is mounted on the temple portion and user removable from the temple portion.

6. The head-worn computer of claim 5 , wherein the ear horn section is secured to the temple section with a position lockable fastener.

7. The head-worn computer of claim 6 , wherein the position lockable fastener comprises a rotatable fastener.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Nov 7, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050967/0138 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 22, 2019
From: MAGIC LEAP, INC.; MOLECULAR IMPRINTS, INC.; MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC
To: JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050138/0287 →
SECURED PARTY BILL OF SALE Recorded Apr 18, 2019
From: OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC.
To: JGB COLLATERAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 051018/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Apr 18, 2019
From: JGB COLLATERAL, LLC
To: MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC
Reel/Frame 048945/0939 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2018
From: OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC.
To: JGB COLLATERAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 045606/0295 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2017
From: OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC.
To: O-FILM GLOBAL (HK) TRADING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 044127/0501 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2017
From: OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC.
To: 21ST CENTURY FOX AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 044052/0367 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2017
From: HADDICK, JOHN D.; LOHSE, ROBERT MICHAEL; SHAMS, NIMA L.; OSTERHOUT, RALPH F.
To: OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 042017/0419 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14307465 · Jun 17, 2014
Continuation In Part 14262615 · Apr 25, 2014
Related Publication 20170219831A1 · Aug 3, 2017
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