公开(公告)号：US20250113171A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18977666

申请日：2024-12-11

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：US11930267B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

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: H04N23/63 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04W4/02

CPC classification number: H04N23/63 ,  G06F3/005 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04W4/023 ,  H04W4/026

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：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：US10510317B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-17

申请号：US15274616

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Arthur L. Spence ,  Jeremy T. Sandmel ,  David M. Chan ,  Chendi Zhang ,  Peter C. Tsoi

IPC: H04N7/01 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G09G5/36 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G09G5/12

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a display system to generate and display data on a display device, the display system comprising one or more graphics processors to generate one or more frames of data for display on the display device; display logic to receive a request to display the one or more frames of data, the request including a requested presentation time in which the one or more frames of data are to be displayed; and a display engine to present the one or more frames of data to the display device for display at a target presentation time, the target presentation time derived from the requested presentation time, wherein the display engine is to adjust a refresh rate of the display device based on the target presentation time of the one or more frames of data.

公开(公告)号：US20170352325A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-07

申请号：US15274689

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Arthur L. Spence ,  Jeremy T. Sandmel ,  David M. Chan ,  Chendi Zhang ,  Peter C. Tsoi

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/393 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06T13/80

CPC classification number: G06T13/80 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G09G3/3618 ,  G09G5/003 ,  G09G5/18 ,  G09G5/36 ,  G09G5/393 ,  G09G2310/08 ,  G09G2320/0252 ,  G09G2320/10 ,  G09G2330/021 ,  G09G2340/0435 ,  G09G2350/00 ,  G09G2360/06 ,  G09G2360/12

Abstract: Embodiments provide for a method of generating and displaying data on a display device, the method comprising receiving an input to interact with an image presented via the display; generating a sequence of frames having an animation frame rate independent of a current refresh rate of the display device; presenting configuration data to the display engine at a display time based on the requested presentation time; and dynamically refreshing the display device based on the display time to display the sequence of frames.

公开(公告)号：US20250013328A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18889260

申请日：2024-09-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brian T. Gleeson ,  Brigit E. Lamberson ,  Camille Moussette ,  Madeleine S. Cordier ,  Megan A. McClain ,  Michael J. Beyhs ,  Thayne M. Miller ,  Jacob L. Matlick ,  Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux ,  David H. Bloom ,  Miao He ,  Peter C. Tsoi ,  Max L. McCarthy

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display and a first input region that is separate from the display. In response to detecting a substantially stationary input on the first input region, the electronic device displays selectable options on the display. While displaying the selectable options on the display, the device detects a movement input on the first input region. In response to detecting the movement input on the first input region, the device selects different selectable options from the displayed selectable options based on the characteristic values of the movement input on the first input region.

公开(公告)号：US12073025B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US18167762

申请日：2023-02-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Camille Moussette ,  James H. Foster ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Adam S. Meyer ,  Per Haakan Linus Persson ,  Peter C. Tsoi ,  Stuart J. Wood

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/044

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: An electronic device may include touch input components and associated haptic output components. The control circuitry may provide haptic output in response to touch input on the touch input components and may send wireless signals to the external electronic device based on the touch input. The haptic output components may provide local and global haptic output. Local haptic output may be used to guide a user to the location of the electronic device or to provide a button click sensation to the user in response to touch input. Global haptic output may be used to notify the user that the electronic device is aligned towards the external electronic device and is ready to receive user input to control or communicate with the external electronic device. Control circuitry may switch a haptic output component into an inactive mode to inform the user that a touch input component is inactive.

公开(公告)号：US11653148B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US16916738

申请日：2020-06-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Peter C. Tsoi ,  Adam S. Meyer ,  Karlin Y. Bark ,  Matthew W. Brown ,  Sean B. Kelly

IPC: H04R3/12 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S7/00 ,  H04L65/60

CPC classification number: H04R3/12 ,  H04L65/60 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S7/303 ,  H04S7/307 ,  H04R2430/01 ,  H04S2400/13

Abstract: Certain embodiments relate generally to modifying audio playing on a first device based on detection of that audio by a second device. Other embodiments relate to transferring audio between a first device and a second device. More particularly, audio playing from a first device may be muted, stopped, or adjusted in volume based on detection of that audio by, or interaction with, a second device. Likewise, audio may be transferred from a first device to a second device based on communications between the first and second devices, proximity of the first and second devices relative to one another, proximity of a user to either the first or second device, and so on.

公开(公告)号：US20220252689A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17728786

申请日：2022-04-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tunc Ertan ,  Brent M. Ledvina ,  Robert W. Brumley ,  Adam S. Meyer ,  Peter C. Tsoi

IPC: G01S3/48 ,  G01S3/04

Abstract: An electronic device may use information about the location of nearby devices to make sharing with those devices more intuitive for a user. The electronic device may include control circuitry, wireless circuitry including first and second antennas, and motion sensor circuitry. The control circuitry may determine the location of a nearby electronic device by calculating the angle of arrival of signals that are transmitted by the nearby electronic device. To obtain a complete, unambiguous angle of arrival solution, the electronic device may be moved into different positions during angle of arrival measurement operations. At each position, the control circuitry may calculate a phase difference associated with the received signals. Motion sensor circuitry may gather motion data as the electronic device is moved into the different positions. The control circuitry may use the received antenna signals and the motion data to determine the complete angle of arrival solution.