Patents by Inventor Bradley D. Ford
Bradley D. Ford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230397270Abstract: Devices, methods, and non-transitory program storage devices are disclosed to enable the automatic establishment of a secure audio/video data streaming connection between electronic devices. For example, a first electronic device may enter into a first state of a peer device advertising protocol, and then, based on a determination that the first electronic device meets a first set of device state criteria (e.g., including at least an orientation state criterion), the first electronic device may enter into a second (e.g., enhanced) state of the peer device advertising protocol. In response to detecting a presence of a second electronic device in its proximity, the first electronic device may connect to the second electronic device via a secure peer-to-peer connection protocol and then send one or more images captured by a first image capture device of the first electronic device to the connected second electronic device via the secure wireless peer-to-peer connection protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Christopher M. Garrido, Bradley D. Ford, Gurtej Singh G. Chandok, Justin R. Etzine, Karthick Santhanam, Luciano M. Verger, Padmavathy Bhooma
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Publication number: 20230319413Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for managing camera sharing between devices. In some embodiments, a first computer system displays a system interface with a set of camera options for a second computer system and an option to select a camera of a second computer system for generating a video feed at the first computer system. In some embodiments, a first computer system is in a first mode of operation in which video information is provided to a second computer system, and the first computer system receives an input and switches to a second mode of operation and ceases providing the video information to the second computer system. In some embodiments, a first computer system determines whether or not to automatically set a camera of a second computer system as a system camera for the first computer system based on device proximity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Behkish J. MANZARI, JaeWoo CHANG, Brandon J. COREY, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Bradley D. FORD, Aaron MORING, Fiona P. O'LEARY
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Patent number: 8854491Abstract: This disclosure pertains to devices, methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating and/or interpreting image metadata to determine input parameters for various image processing routines, e.g., filters that distort or enhance an image, in a way that provides an intuitive experience for both the user and the software developer. Such techniques may attach the metadata to image frames and then send the image frames down an image processing pipeline to one or more image processing routines. Image metadata may include face location information, and the image processing routine may include an image filter that processes the image metadata in order to keep the central focus (or foci) of the image filter substantially coincident with one or more of the faces represented in the face location information. The generated and/or interpreted metadata may also be saved to a metadata track for later application to unfiltered image data.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bradley D. Ford, Garrett M. Johnson, Cédric Bray, Avi Cieplinski, May-Li Khoe, B. Michael Victor, Bianca Cheng Costanzo, Jeffrey Trær Bernstein
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Patent number: 8515566Abstract: An audio context object gathers multiple channels of audio data from an audio device and stores each channel of data separately in a ring buffer. Clients of the audio context can request any number of channels of data at any interval from the audio context. Multiple clients can share the same audio device. The ring buffer used by the audio context object stores the channels of audio data in a two-dimensional array such that each channel of audio data is stored in contiguous memory.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Bradley D. Ford
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Publication number: 20120307096Abstract: This disclosure pertains to devices, methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating and/or interpreting image metadata to determine input parameters for various image processing routines, e.g., filters that distort or enhance an image, in a way that provides an intuitive experience for both the user and the software developer. Such techniques may attach the metadata to image frames and then send the image frames down an image processing pipeline to one or more image processing routines. Image metadata may include face location information, and the image processing routine may include an image filter that processes the image metadata in order to keep the central focus (or foci) of the image filter substantially coincident with one or more of the faces represented in the face location information. The generated and/or interpreted metadata may also be saved to a metadata track for later application to unfiltered image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bradley D. Ford, Garrett M. Johnson, Cedric Bray, Avi Cieplinski, May-Li Khoe, B. Michael Victor, Bianca Cheng Costanzo, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein
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Patent number: 7917892Abstract: A method for responding to changes to properties of component instances is disclosed. A routine, that is to be informed of changes that occur to a particular property of a plurality of properties of a component instance, is registered. The value of the particular property is detected as changed when the value of the particular property changes because of a change to another property of the plurality of properties. A call is made to the routine to indicate that the particular property has changed.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2009Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Bradley D. Ford
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Publication number: 20100318206Abstract: An audio context object gathers multiple channels of audio data from an audio device and stores each channel of data separately in a ring buffer. Clients of the audio context can request any number of channels of data at any interval from the audio context. Multiple clients can share the same audio device. The ring buffer used by the audio context object stores the channels of audio data in a two-dimensional array such that each channel of audio data is stored in contiguous memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventor: Bradley D. Ford
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Patent number: 7774077Abstract: An audio context object gathers multiple channels of audio data from an audio device and stores each channel of data separately in a ring buffer. Clients of the audio context can request any number of channels of data at any interval from the audio context. Multiple clients can share the same audio device. The ring buffer used by the audio context object stores the channels of audio data in a two-dimensional array such that each channel of audio data is stored in contiguous memory.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Bradley D. Ford
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Publication number: 20090217239Abstract: A method for responding to changes to properties of component instances is disclosed. A routine, that is to be informed of changes that occur to a particular property of a plurality of properties of a component instance, is registered. The value of the particular property is detected as changed when the value of the particular property changes because of a change to another property of the plurality of properties. A call is made to the routine to indicate that the particular property has changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventor: Bradley D. Ford
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Patent number: 7533368Abstract: A method for responding to changes to properties of component instances is disclosed. A routine, that is to be informed of changes that occur to a particular property of a plurality of properties of a component instance, is registered. The value of the particular property is detected as changed when the value of the particular property changes because of a change to another property of the plurality of properties. A call is made to the routine to indicate that the particular property has changed.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Bradley D. Ford