公开(公告)号：US12171043B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-17

申请号：US17505530

申请日：2021-10-19

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 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  H04M1/724 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W76/14

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：US20230418230A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US18243257

申请日：2023-09-07

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

CPC classification number: G04B27/002 ,  H01H25/06 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  H01H3/122 ,  H01H9/16 ,  H01H25/008 ,  G06F1/163 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H01H2223/002 ,  H01H2209/006 ,  H01H2215/006 ,  H01H2221/01

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：US20220038883A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17505530

申请日：2021-10-19

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 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04W4/80 ,  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：US20210314493A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-07

申请号：US17352177

申请日：2021-06-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry, wireless transceiver circuitry, and a display. The electronic device may be used to provide information to a user in response to being pointed at a particular object. The control circuitry may determine when the electronic device is pointed at a particular object using wireless control circuitry and/or motion sensor circuitry. In response to determining that the electronic device is pointed at a particular object, the control circuitry may take suitable action. This may include, for example, displaying information about an object when the electronic device is pointed at the object, displaying control icons for electronic equipment when the electronic device is pointed at the electronic equipment, and/or displaying a virtual object when the electronic device is pointed at real world object.

公开(公告)号：US11047702B1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US15697350

申请日：2017-09-06

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 ,  G08B21/24 ,  H04W4/02

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：US11044405B1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US15696636

申请日：2017-09-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry, wireless transceiver circuitry, and a display. The electronic device may be used to provide information to a user in response to being pointed at a particular object. The control circuitry may determine when the electronic device is pointed at a particular object using wireless control circuitry and/or motion sensor circuitry. In response to determining that the electronic device is pointed at a particular object, the control circuitry may take suitable action. This may include, for example, displaying information about an object when the electronic device is pointed at the object, displaying control icons for electronic equipment when the electronic device is pointed at the electronic equipment, and/or displaying a virtual object when the electronic device is pointed at real world object.

公开(公告)号：US10962930B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US16912981

申请日：2020-06-26

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：US20210048967A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

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 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  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：US20200257403A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-13

申请号：US16862427

申请日：2020-04-29

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: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F1/16

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：US10719167B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-21

申请号：US16361109

申请日：2019-03-21

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: G06F3/041 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/042

Abstract: A method is performed at a computing system including: a first housing that includes a primary display, and a second housing at least partially containing (i) a physical keyboard and (ii) a touch-sensitive secondary display (TSSD) distinct from the primary display. The method includes: receiving a request to open a file associated with a content-editing application. The method further includes, in response to receiving the request: displaying, on the primary display, content from the file within the content-editing application; and also displaying, on the TSSD, a user interface including multiple user interface elements each associated with a content-display parameter for modifying presentation of content within the content-editing application.