Patents by Inventor Alan C. Dye

Alan C. Dye 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: 12657815
    Abstract: While a representation of a three-dimensional environment is visible via the first display generation component, a computer system, displays, via a second display generation component, one or more graphical elements that provide a visual indication of a status associated with a user who is in a position to view the representation of the three-dimensional environment, including changing the one or more graphical elements to represent changes in the status associated with the user. In response to detecting a first event that corresponds to the start of media capture using the computer system, the computer system displays, via the second display generation component, a first visual alert that indicates the start of media capture, wherein the first visual alert is displayed concurrently with at least a portion of the one or more graphical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alfred B. Huergo Wagner, William A. Sorrentino, III, Peter D. Anton, Alan C. Dye
  • Patent number: 12659568
    Abstract: A head-mountable display device includes a housing defining a front opening and a rear opening, a display screen disposed in the front opening, a display assembly disposed in the rear opening, a first securement strap coupled to the housing, the first securement strap including a first electronic component, a second securement strap coupled to the housing, the second securement strap including a second electronic component, and a securement band extending between and coupled to the first securement strap and the second securement strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Rockwell, Oriel Y. Bergig, Geoffrey Stahl, Thibaut Weise, Peter Kaufmann, Branko Petljanski, Jason L. Slupeiks, Tom Sengelaub, Kathrin Berkner Cieslicki, Yanghai Tsin, Hesam Najafi, Arthur Y. Zhang, Cheng Chen, Graham B. Myhre, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Marinus Meursing, Phil M. Hobson, Jason C. Sauers, Jan K. Quijalvo, Jia Tao, Ivan S. Maric, Jeremy C. Franklin, Wey-Jiun Lin, William A. Sorrentino, III, Jonathan Ive, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 12638882
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to context-specific user interfaces. In some embodiments, methods are provided for displaying, via a display, a watch user interface including: a first graphical object at a first location on the display, wherein the first graphical object includes an analog indication of time, and a second graphical object at a second location on the display. In some embodiments, methods are further provided for, while displaying the watch user interface, detecting a first user input and in response to detecting the first user input: ceasing to display the first graphical object at the first location on the display and displaying a third graphical object at the first location on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzman, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 12638913
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for controlling and displaying representations of user in environments, such as during a live communication session and/or a live collaboration session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Rickwald, Andrew R. Bacon, Kristi E. Bauerly, Rupert Burton, Jordan A. Cazamias, Tong Chen, Shih-Sang Chiu, Stephen O. Lemay, Jonathan Perron, William A. Sorrentino, III, Giancarlo Yerkes, Alan C. Dye
  • Patent number: 12619345
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally describes user interfaces related to time. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for displaying and enabling an adjustment of a displayed time zone are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for initiating a measurement of time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface using a character are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface that includes an indication of a current time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of a background for a user interface are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of displayed applications on a user interface are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Guillaume Pierre André Barlier, Alan C. Dye, Lisa K. Forssell, JD Gardner, Aurelio Guzman, Kevin Lynch, Jason Rickwald, Christopher James Romney, Nicolas Scapel, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D1125209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Alan C. Dye, Chance Graham
  • Patent number: D1125210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Jonathan Dascola, Daniele De Iuliis, Lynne Devine, Markus Diebel, Alan C. Dye, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Tan, Clement Tissandier, William McMillan Tyler, Marcel van Os, Wan Si Wan, Eugene Antony Whang, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1125212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1125213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Nicholas Felton, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1125214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1125215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1125216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1125268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D1125269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Wan Si Wan, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1126235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1126244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D1126996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D1127845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Hanwen Fan, Aurelio Guzmán, Pani Page, Lauren Kim Trottier, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1128712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1130460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Molly Pray Wiebe, Aled Williams