Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. Kocienda

Kenneth L. Kocienda 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).

  • Patent number: 10719225
    Abstract: While displaying one or more views of a first software application, an electronic device detects a sequence of touch inputs. The electronic device, in accordance with a determination that no gesture recognizer of the first software application recognizes a portion of the sequence of touch inputs, delivers the sequence of touch inputs to the second software application, and in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the second software application recognizes the sequence of touch inputs, processes the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the second software application that recognizes the sequence of touch inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Joshua H. Shaffer, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Imran Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 10599316
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modifying an appearance of a control based on detected changes in underlying content are disclosed. An example method includes: displaying a user interface on the display, the user interface including first content that is displayed at a respective region of the display using a first content-display value for a content-display property. The method also includes: displaying a control overlaying the first content, and the control having an appearance determined based on the first content-display value. The method additionally includes: detecting a change at the respective region that causes second content to be displayed at the respective region using a second content-display value for the content-display property. In response to detecting the change, the method includes: determining an updated appearance for the control based on the second content-display value for the content-display property; and displaying the control with the updated appearance overlaying the second content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Kocienda, Tiffany S. Jon, Chanaka G. Karunamuni
  • Publication number: 20190364194
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a representative image. While displaying the representative image, the device detects a first input. In response to the first input, the device transitions from displaying the representative image to displaying a respective image that was acquired by a camera before acquiring the representative image. After transitioning from displaying the representative image to displaying the respective image, the device displays, in sequence starting with the respective image, at least some images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image and at least some of images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image. The device detects termination of the first input. In response to detecting termination of the first input, the device displays the representative image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Henrique D. Penha, Sebastian J. Bauer, Imran A. Chaudhri, Graham R. Clarke, Alan C. Dye, Craig M. Federighi, Christopher P. Foss, Jonathan Ive, Nicholas V. King, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Behkish J. Manzari, Pavel Pivonka, Daniel T. Preston, Charles A. Mezak, Justin S. Titi, Daniel E. Gobera Rubalcava
  • Publication number: 20190212906
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modifying an appearance of a control based on detected changes in underlying content are disclosed. An example method includes: displaying a user interface on the display, the user interface including first content that is displayed at a respective region of the display using a first content-display value for a content-display property. The method also includes: displaying a control overlaying the first content, and the control having an appearance determined based on the first content-display value. The method additionally includes: detecting a change at the respective region that causes second content to be displayed at the respective region using a second content-display value for the content-display property. In response to detecting the change, the method includes: determining an updated appearance for the control based on the second content-display value for the content-display property; and displaying the control with the updated appearance overlaying the second content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Kocienda, Tiffany S. Jon, Chanaka G. Karunamuni
  • Patent number: 10338772
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts: displays an application launching user interface; detects a first touch input that includes detecting a first contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a first application icon for launching a first application that is associated with one or more corresponding quick actions; in response to detecting the first touch input, in accordance with a determination that the first touch input meets one or more application-launch criteria, launches the first application; and, in accordance with a determination that the first touch input meets one or more quick-action-display criteria, which include a criterion that is met when the characteristic intensity of the first contact increases above a respective intensity threshold, concurrently displays one or more quick action objects associated with the first application along with the first application icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Sebastian J. Bauer, Jonathan R. Dascola, Craig M. Federighi, Christopher P. Foss, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Nicholas V. King, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Adam J. Leonard, Camille Moussette, Lauren K. Trottier, Wan Si Wan, Lawrence Y. Yang, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: 10303252
    Abstract: An electronic device has a home button that is available in a plurality of different contexts to dismiss user interfaces in response a first type of input. The device detects a first input of the first type directed to a displayed first user interface. In response, the device determines whether user interface tactile outputs are enabled. If so, the device performs a first operation and provides a corresponding first tactile output. If not, the device performs the first operation and forgoes providing at least a portion of the corresponding first tactile output. After performing the first operation, the device detects a second input of the first type on the home button. In response, the device performs a second operation that is associated with the home button and provides tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, regardless of whether user interface tactile outputs are enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Sebastian J. Bauer, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gary I. Butcher, Camille Moussette, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Madeleine S. Cordier
  • Publication number: 20190146643
    Abstract: An application launching user interface that includes a plurality of application icons for launching corresponding applications is displayed. A first touch input is detected on a first application icon of the plurality of application icons. The first application icon is for launching a first application that is associated with one or more corresponding quick actions. If the first touch input meets one or more application-launch criteria which require that the first touch input has ended without having met a first input threshold, the first application is launched in response to the first touch input. If the first touch input meets one or more quick-action-display criteria which require that the first touch input meets the first input threshold, one or more quick action objects associated with the first application are concurrently displayed along with the first application icon without launching the first application, in response to the first touch input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Freddy A. Anzures, Sebastian J. Bauer, Jonathan R. Dascola, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Camille Moussette, Lauren K. Trottier, Nicholas V. King, Adam J. Leonard, Lawrence Y. Yang, Craig M. Federighi
  • Patent number: 10268341
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a device displays a user interface that includes user interface objects associated with respective object-specific operations that are triggered by changes in contact intensity. While displaying the user interface, the device detects a first input. In response to detecting the first input: if a focus selector is at a first location, the device performs a first operation associated with the first object; if a focus selector is at the second location, the device performs a second operation associated with the second object; and if a focus selector is at a location that is away from any objects that are associated with object-specific operations that are triggered by changes in contact intensity, perform a third operation that includes updating the user interface on the display to concurrently visually distinguish the first and second objects in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Kocienda, Chanaka G. Karunamuni
  • Patent number: 10268342
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface: displays a first user interface that includes a plurality of selectable objects; while a focus selector is at a location that corresponds to a respective selectable object, detects an input that includes detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to detecting the input: in accordance with a determination that detecting the input includes detecting an increase in intensity of the contact that meets intensity criteria, displays a menu that includes contact information for the respective selectable object overlaid on top of the first user interface; and in accordance with a determination that detecting the input includes detecting a liftoff of the contact without meeting the intensity criteria, replaces display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Sebastian J. Bauer, Jonathan R. Dascola, Stephen O. Lemay, Wan Si Wan, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gregory M. Apodaca, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan Ive, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Kenneth L. Kocienda
  • Patent number: 10203868
    Abstract: A device displays a user interface that includes a content area and a deletion control. The device detects an input that includes a contact on the deletion control. In response, the device deletes content in the content area based on a duration and intensity of the contact, including: when the contact was maintained for a first time period without the intensity increasing above a threshold, deleting a first-type of sub-units of the content at a rate that does not vary based on the intensity; when the contact was maintained for a second time period without the intensity increasing above the threshold, deleting a second-type of sub-units of the content at a rate that does not vary based on the intensity; and when the intensity of the contact increased above the threshold, deleting sub-units of the content at a rate that varies based on the characteristic intensity of the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian J. Bauer, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Matthew I. Brown, Jonathan R. Dascola, Afrooz Family, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Hugo D. Verweij, Morgan H. Winer
  • Patent number: 10180772
    Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts: displays a first user interface that includes objects of a first type and objects of a second type; detects a first portion of a first input that includes an increase in characteristic intensity of a first contact above an intensity threshold while a focus selector is over a respective user interface object; in response, displays supplemental information associated with the respective user interface object; while displaying the supplemental information, detects an end of the first input; and, in response: if the respective user interface object is the first type of object, ceases to display the supplemental information; and, if the respective user interface object is the second type of object, maintains display of the supplemental information after detecting the end of the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Freddy A. Anzures, Sebastian J. Bauer, Imran A. Chaudhri, Jonathan R. Dascola, Olivier D. R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Michael T. Jurewitz, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Stephen O. Lemay, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes, Kenneth L. Kocienda
  • Publication number: 20190012036
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a user interface on a display. The user interface includes one or more user interface objects. The device detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to a user interface object, including detecting a change in intensity of the input on the touch-sensitive surface from a first intensity to a second intensity. The device, in response to detecting the input, obtains a change in a value of a respective simulated physical parameter of a physics model that is driven by the change in intensity of the input on the touch-sensitive surface; and updates an appearance of the user interface by progressing an animation between a first state and a second state based on the change in the respective simulated physical parameter of the physics model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Sophia Teutschler, Stephen R. Breen, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Michael T. Turner
  • Patent number: 10175871
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display displays a user interface on the display. The device determines a first set of content-display values for one or more content-display properties of first content that corresponds to a respective region of the display. The device determines a first set of control-appearance values for one or more control-appearance parameters based on the first set of content-display values. The device displays a control in the respective region of the display, where an appearance of the control is determined based on the first content and the first set of control-appearance values, and displaying the control includes applying a blur operation to the first content to generate first blurred content and overlaying a translucent colored layer over the first blurred content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Kocienda, Tiffany S. Jon, Chanaka G. Karunamuni
  • Patent number: 10162452
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first software application, detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first user interface, and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, performs a first operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies a first intensity threshold, and performs a second operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies pan criteria including that the input has moved across the touch-sensitive surface by at least a predefined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Wayne C. Westerman, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Jonathan R. Dascola, Olivier D. R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Kevin E. Ridsdale, Sophia Teutschler, Nicole M. Wells
  • Patent number: 10152208
    Abstract: An electronic device displays, on a display, a user interface. While displaying the user interface, the device detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, and while detecting the input, in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies an activation intensity threshold, performs a first operation. The activation intensity threshold includes a first intensity threshold component that decreases from a first intensity value over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Nicole M. Wells, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gregory M. Apodaca, Alex Bijamov, Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher P. Foss, Olivier D. R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Michael T. Jurewitz, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Sophia Teutschler, Wayne C. Westerman
  • Patent number: 10095343
    Abstract: An electronic device detects a change in intensity of an input at a location corresponding to a first user interface element associated with a user-interaction behavior model; generates, with an application-independent software module, output associated with the first user interface element determined in accordance with the change in intensity of the input and the user-interaction behavior model, including a first user-interaction component behavior and a second user-interaction component behavior; detects a change in intensity of an input at a location corresponding to a second user interface element associated with a subset of the user-interaction component behaviors; obtains, from the application-independent software module, an indication of whether the change in intensity of the input has met conditions associated with the first user-interaction component behavior; and updates, based on the indication, an appearance of the second user interface element based on the first user-interaction component behavio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sophia Teutschler, Stephen R. Breen, Kenneth L. Kocienda
  • Patent number: 10067653
    Abstract: An electronic device displays, on a display, a user interface. While displaying the user interface, the device detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, and while detecting the input, in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies first timing criteria and first intensity input criteria, performs a first operation. The first timing criteria require that the input remain on the touch-sensitive surface while a first time period elapses. The first intensity input criteria require that the input satisfy a first intensity threshold at an end of or subsequent to the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Kocienda, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gregory M. Apodaca, Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher P. Foss, Olivier D. R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Michael T. Jurewitz, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Sophia Teutschler
  • Publication number: 20180181276
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a device displays content on a touch screen display and detects input by finger gestures. In response to the finger gestures, the device selects content, visually distinguishes the selected content, and/or updates the selected content based on detected input. In some embodiments, the device displays a command display area that includes one or more command icons; detects activation of a command icon in the command display arca; and, in response to detecting activation of the command icon in the command display area, performs a corresponding action with respect to the selected content. Exemplary actions include cutting, copying, and pasting content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Kocienda, Richard J. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20180088794
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a first user interface of a first application. The first application is a respective application of a plurality of applications, and the first user interface including first application content. While displaying the first user interface, and in response to detecting a first input, the device continues to display the first application content and displays an annotation layer over at least a first portion of the first user interface. The annotation layer is associated with a user application distinct from the plurality of applications. While displaying the annotation layer over at least the first portion, and in response to detecting a second input, the device adds a representation of at least a second portion of the first user interface to the annotation layer. While displaying the representation, the device detects a set of one or more additional inputs and, in response, adds annotations to the annotation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: David C. Graham, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Caelan G. Stack, Christopher P. Foss, Freddy A. Anzures
  • Publication number: 20180067555
    Abstract: An electronic device has a home button that is available in a plurality of different contexts to dismiss user interfaces in response a first type of input. The device detects a first input of the first type directed to a displayed first user interface. In response, the device determines whether user interface tactile outputs are enabled. If so, the device performs a first operation and provides a corresponding first tactile output. If not, the device performs the first operation and forgoes providing at least a portion of the corresponding first tactile output. After performing the first operation, the device detects a second input of the first type on the home button. In response, the device performs a second operation that is associated with the home button and provides tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, regardless of whether user interface tactile outputs are enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Sebastian J. Bauer, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gary I. Butcher, Camille Moussette, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Madeleine S. Cordier