Patents by Inventor Adam Michael O'Hern
Adam Michael O'Hern 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: 20250037404Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of intermingling stereoscopic and conforming virtual content to a bounded surface is performed at a device that includes one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes displaying a bounded surface within a native user computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, wherein the bounded surface is displayed based on a first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment. The method further includes displaying a first stereoscopic virtual object within a perimeter of a first side of the bounded surface, wherein the first stereoscopic virtual object is displayed in accordance with a second set of world coordinates that is different from the first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Clement P. Boissiere, Samuel L. Iglesias, Timothy Robert Oriol, Adam Michael O'Hern
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Patent number: 12148116Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of intermingling stereoscopic and conforming virtual content to a bounded surface is performed at a device that includes one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes displaying a bounded surface within a native user computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, wherein the bounded surface is displayed based on a first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment. The method further includes displaying a first stereoscopic virtual object within a perimeter of a first side of the bounded surface, wherein the first stereoscopic virtual object is displayed in accordance with a second set of world coordinates that is different from the first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Clement P. Boissiere, Samuel L Iglesias, Timothy Robert Oriol, Adam Michael O'Hern
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Publication number: 20240019982Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for indicating a distance to a selectable portion of a virtual surface. In various implementations, a device includes a display, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the display and the non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes displaying a graphical environment that includes a virtual surface, wherein at least a portion of the virtual surface is selectable. In some implementations, the method includes determining a distance between a collider object and the selectable portion of the virtual surface. In some implementations, the method includes displaying a depth indicator in association with the collider object. In some implementations, a visual property of the depth indicator is selected based on the distance between the collider object and the selectable portion of the virtual surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Adam Michael O'Hern, Mark Alan Ebbole, Justin Timothy Voss, Charles Magahern, Peter Louis Hajas, Michael E. Buerli
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Patent number: 11789584Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for indicating a distance to a selectable portion of a virtual surface. In various implementations, a device includes a display, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the display and the non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes displaying a graphical environment that includes a virtual surface, wherein at least a portion of the virtual surface is selectable. In some implementations, the method includes determining a distance between a collider object and the selectable portion of the virtual surface. In some implementations, the method includes displaying a depth indicator in association with the collider object. In some implementations, a visual property of the depth indicator is selected based on the distance between the collider object and the selectable portion of the virtual surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Adam Michael O'Hern, Mark Alan Ebbole, Justin Timothy Voss, Charles Magahern, Peter Louis Hajas, Michael E. Buerli
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Patent number: 11782571Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include a method performed by a device. While executing a CGR application, the method includes displaying a three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional space, wherein the three-dimensional space is defined by a three-dimensional coordinate system. The method also includes: detecting a first user input directed to the three-dimensional object; and in response to detecting the first user input, displaying a spatial manipulation user interface element including a set of spatial manipulation affordances respectively associated with a set of spatial manipulations of the three-dimensional object, wherein each of the set of spatial manipulations corresponds to a translational movement of the three-dimensional object along a corresponding axis of the three-dimensional space.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Gerald Louis Guyomard, Etienne H. Guerard, Adam Michael O'Hern, Michelle Chua, Robin-Yann Joram Storm, Adam James Bolton, Zachary Becker, Bradley Warren Peebler
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Patent number: 11748966Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of intermingling stereoscopic and conforming virtual content to a bounded surface is performed at a device that includes one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes displaying a bounded surface within a native user computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, wherein the bounded surface is displayed based on a first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment. The method further includes displaying a first stereoscopic virtual object within a perimeter of a first side of the bounded surface, wherein the first stereoscopic virtual object is displayed in accordance with a second set of world coordinates that is different from the first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Clement P. Boissiere, Samuel L. Iglesias, Timothy Robert Oriol, Adam Michael O'Hern
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Publication number: 20220350461Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include a method performed by a device. While executing a CGR application, the method includes displaying a three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional space, wherein the three-dimensional space is defined by a three-dimensional coordinate system. The method also includes: detecting a first user input directed to the three-dimensional object; and in response to detecting the first user input, displaying a spatial manipulation user interface element including a set of spatial manipulation affordances respectively associated with a set of spatial manipulations of the three-dimensional object, wherein each of the set of spatial manipulations corresponds to a translational movement of the three-dimensional object along a corresponding axis of the three-dimensional space.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Gerald Louis Guyomard, Etienne H. Guerard, Adam Michael O'Hern, Michelle Chua, Robin-Yann Joram Storm, Adam James Bolton, Zachary Becker, Bradley Warren Peebler
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Patent number: 11429246Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include a method performed by a device. The method includes displaying a three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional space. The method includes displaying a spatial manipulation user interface element including a set of spatial manipulation affordances respectively associated with a set of spatial manipulations of the three-dimensional object. Each of the set of spatial manipulations corresponds to a translational movement of the three-dimensional object along a corresponding axis of the three-dimensional space. The method includes detecting a first user input directed to a first spatial manipulation affordance of the spatial manipulation affordance. The first spatial manipulation affordance is associated with a first axis of the three-dimensional space.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gerald Louis Guyomard, Etienne H. Guerard, Adam Michael O'Hern, Michelle Chua, Robin-Yann Joram Storm, Adam James Bolton, Zachary Becker, Bradley Warren Peebler
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Publication number: 20220245913Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of intermingling stereoscopic and conforming virtual content to a bounded surface is performed at a device that includes one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes displaying a bounded surface within a native user computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, wherein the bounded surface is displayed based on a first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment. The method further includes displaying a first stereoscopic virtual object within a perimeter of a first side of the bounded surface, wherein the first stereoscopic virtual object is displayed in accordance with a second set of world coordinates that is different from the first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Clement P. Boissiere, Samuel L. Iglesias, Timothy Robert Oriol, Adam Michael O'Hern
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Patent number: 11328497Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of intermingling stereoscopic and conforming virtual content to a bounded surface is performed at a device that includes one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes displaying a bounded surface within a native user computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, wherein the bounded surface is displayed based on a first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment. The method further includes displaying a first stereoscopic virtual object within a perimeter of a first side of the bounded surface, wherein the first stereoscopic virtual object is displayed in accordance with a second set of world coordinates that is different from the first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Clement P. Boissiere, Samuel L. Iglesias, Timothy Robert Oriol, Adam Michael O'Hern
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Publication number: 20220019335Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include a method performed by a device. The method includes displaying a three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional space. The method includes displaying a spatial manipulation user interface element including a set of spatial manipulation affordances respectively associated with a set of spatial manipulations of the three-dimensional object. Each of the set of spatial manipulations corresponds to a translational movement of the three-dimensional object along a corresponding axis of the three-dimensional space. The method includes detecting a first user input directed to a first spatial manipulation affordance of the spatial manipulation affordance. The first spatial manipulation affordance is associated with a first axis of the three-dimensional space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Gerald Louis Guyomard, Etienne H. Guerard, Adam Michael O'Hern, Michelle Chua, Robin-Yann Joram Storm, Adam James Bolton, Zachary Becker, Bradley Warren Peebler
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Patent number: 11182044Abstract: A method includes displaying a spatial manipulation user interface element including a first set of spatial manipulation affordances respectively associated with a first set of spatial manipulations of a three-dimensional object. The first set of spatial manipulations is based on a first virtual camera perspective. The method includes, in response to detecting a user input changing the first virtual camera perspective to a second virtual camera perspective, changing display of the three-dimensional object from the first virtual camera perspective to the second virtual camera perspective, and displaying a second set of spatial manipulation affordances respectively associated with a second set of spatial manipulations. The second set of spatial manipulations is based on the second virtual camera perspective, and includes a spatial manipulation excluded from the first set of spatial manipulations.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Gerald Louis Guyomard, Etienne H. Guerard, Adam Michael O'Hern, Michelle Chua, Robin-Yann Joram Storm, Adam James Bolton, Zachary Becker, Bradley Warren Peebler
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Publication number: 20200379626Abstract: In one implementation, a method of spatially manipulating a three-dimension object includes displaying a three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional space from a first virtual camera perspective, wherein the three-dimensional space is defined by a three-dimensional coordinate system including three perpendicular axes. The method includes displaying a spatial manipulation user interface element including a first set of spatial manipulation affordances respectively associated with a first set of spatial manipulations of the three-dimensional object, wherein the first set of spatial manipulations is based on the first virtual camera perspective. The method includes detecting a user input changing the first virtual camera perspective to a second virtual camera perspective.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Gerald Louis Guyomard, Etienne H. Guerard, Adam Michael O'Hern, Michelle Chua, Robin-Yann Joram Storm, Adam James Bolton, Zachary Becker, Bradley Warren Peebler
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Publication number: 20200302698Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of intermingling stereoscopic and conforming virtual content to a bounded surface is performed at a device that includes one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes displaying a bounded surface within a native user computer-generated reality (CGR) environment, wherein the bounded surface is displayed based on a first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment. The method further includes displaying a first stereoscopic virtual object within a perimeter of a first side of the bounded surface, wherein the first stereoscopic virtual object is displayed in accordance with a second set of world coordinates that is different from the first set of world coordinates characterizing the native user CGR environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Clement P. Boissiere, Samuel L. Iglesias, Timothy Robert Oriol, Adam Michael O'Hern