公开(公告)号：US20220342443A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17863189

申请日：2022-07-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Raymond S. Sepulveda ,  Chun Kin Minor Wong ,  Patrick L. Coffman ,  Dylan R. Edwards ,  Eric Lance Wilson ,  Gregg S. Suzuki ,  Christopher I. Wilson ,  Lawrence Y. Yang ,  Andre Souza Dos Santos ,  Jeffrey T. Bernstein ,  Duncan R. Kerr ,  John B. Morrell

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: An example method is performed at a device with a display and a biometric sensor. While the device is in a locked state, the method includes displaying a log-in user interface that is associated with logging in to a first and second user account. While displaying the log-in user interface, the method includes, receiving biometric information, and in response to receiving the biometric information: when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the first user account and the first user account does not have an active session, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the first user account; and when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the second user account and the second user account does not have an active session on the device, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the second user account.

公开(公告)号：US11321041B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-03

申请号：US17086248

申请日：2020-10-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Traer Bernstein ,  Duncan R. Kerr ,  John B. Morrell ,  Lawrence Y. Yang ,  Eric Lance Wilson ,  Adam S. Meyer

IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/04845 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G09G5/12

Abstract: An example method of indicating to a user that a biometric input was authenticated. The method is performed at a computing system comprising a processor, memory, a first housing that includes a primary display, and a second housing containing a physical keyboard, a touch-sensitive secondary display, and a biometric input device. The method includes displaying, at the primary display, a web page that identifies items for purchasing, and detecting a selection of an affordance displayed on the web page. In response, displaying, on touch-sensitive secondary display, an alert prompting a user to provide a biometric input to the biometric input device, and detecting a biometric input on the biometric input device that is in second housing. In response to detecting the biometric input, and in accordance with a determination that the biometric input has been authenticated, displaying on the display an indication that purchase of the items has been validated.

公开(公告)号：US11159932B1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US15705143

申请日：2017-09-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Adam S. Meyer ,  Peter C. Tsoi ,  Stuart J. Wood ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Martha Evans Hankey ,  John B. Morrell

IPC: H04W8/00 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04M1/725 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04W4/80 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  H04M1/724

Abstract: An electronic device may use information about the location of nearby devices to make sharing with those devices more intuitive for a user. When two devices are pointed towards one another, each device may automatically present the option to share information with the other device. When a user wishes to share information with one or more devices in a group of users, an array of icons representing the nearby users may be positioned on the display according to the locations of the nearby users so that the sharing user can easily select which user he or she wishes to share with. A sharing user may broadcast a signal and nearby users may elect to receive the signal by pointing their devices towards the sharing user. A user of two devices may share information between the two devices and may use one device to manipulate the information on the other device.

公开(公告)号：US20210325202A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-21

申请号：US17359124

申请日：2021-06-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Adam S. Meyer ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Martha Evans Hankey ,  Peter C. Tsoi ,  John B. Morrell ,  James H. Foster

IPC: G01C21/36 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G08B21/24

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry for locating lost items. The control circuitry may determine where an item is located and may use the display or other output device to guide a user to the item. The display may display a visual guide such as an arrow, a sphere, a circle, a compass, or other visual aid that points the user in the direction of the item. The control circuitry may change the size or other characteristic of the visual aid on the display as the distance between the electronic device and the object changes. The control circuitry may change the location of the visual aid on the display as the orientation of the electronic device relative to the object changes. The display may overlay the visual aid onto live images of the user's surroundings as they are captured by a camera.

公开(公告)号：US20210181682A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17187317

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  John B. Morrell ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Camille Moussette

IPC: G04B27/00 ,  H01H25/06 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  H01H3/12 ,  H01H9/16 ,  H01H25/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.

公开(公告)号：US20210035435A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-04

申请号：US16900440

申请日：2020-06-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Lawrence Yang ,  Jonathan R. Dascola ,  Camille Moussette ,  Hugo D. Verweij ,  Jonah A. Harley ,  John B. Morrell

IPC: G08B23/00 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M19/04 ,  H04W52/02

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for providing an output for an electronic device. In certain embodiments, an alert is output in accordance with a current alert mode, which are selected based on one or more environmental conditions. The environmental conditions may be detected using one or more environmental sensors. The alert can optionally include one or more of: an audio component, a haptic component and a visual component. One or more of alert components correspond to an aspect of the environmental condition detected by the one or more environmental sensors.

公开(公告)号：US10908864B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US16835096

申请日：2020-03-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Traer Bernstein ,  Duncan R. Kerr ,  John B. Morrell ,  Lawrence Y. Yang ,  Eric Lance Wilson ,  Adam S. Meyer

IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G09G5/12

Abstract: A method is performed at a computing system with a first housing that includes a primary display and a second housing at least partially containing (i) a physical keyboard and a touch-sensitive secondary display (“TSSD”) that is distinct from the primary display. The method includes: displaying, on the primary display, a first user interface for an application and displaying, on the TSSD, a first set of affordances corresponding to a first portion of the application. The method further includes: detecting a swipe gesture on the TSSD. If the swipe gesture was performed in a first direction, the method includes: displaying a second set of affordances corresponding to the first portion on the TSSD. If the swipe gesture was performed in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the method includes: displaying a third set of affordances corresponding to a second portion of the application on the TSSD.

公开(公告)号：US10901513B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US16553064

申请日：2019-08-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Camille Moussette ,  Brian T. Gleeson ,  John B. Morrell

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: An electronic device receives a first set of one or more inputs corresponding to user interface elements displayed on the display and a first set of one or more tactile outputs, and also receives a second set of one or more inputs corresponding to one or more hardware elements and a second set of one or more tactile outputs. In response, in accordance with a determination that the first set of one or more tactile outputs and the second set of one or more tactile outputs overlap, the device outputs, with one or more tactile output generators, a modified tactile output sequence that is modified so as to emphasize the second set of one or more tactile outputs relative to the first set of one or more tactile outputs.

公开(公告)号：US10732571B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-04

申请号：US16422722

申请日：2019-05-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  John B. Morrell ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Camille Moussette

IPC: G04B27/00 ,  H01H25/06 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  H01H3/12 ,  H01H9/16 ,  H01H25/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.

公开(公告)号：US10609677B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US16259645

申请日：2019-01-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thayne M. Miller ,  Hung A. Pham ,  John B. Morrell ,  Brian T. Gleeson

IPC: H04W68/02 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M19/04 ,  G08B6/00

Abstract: An electronic device that provides situationally-aware alerts determines to provide an alert output (such as haptic, audio, visual, and so on) via an output device, determines a movement pattern based on one or more signals from one or more sensors indicating information relating at least to movement of the electronic device, and adjusts the alert output to account for the movement pattern. In some implementations, the electronic device may adjust the alert output by delaying the alert output. In other implementations, the electronic device may adjust the alert output by altering the alert output to be discernible despite the movement pattern based on a cadence of the movement pattern. In still other implementations, the electronic device may determine to provide the alert output in response to receiving an incoming communication and may adjust the alert output differently based on a priority associated with the incoming communication.