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: 12386482
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing electronic voice communications using an electronic device. In some embodiments, techniques for managing user contacts for electronic voice communications using an electronic device are described. In some embodiments, techniques for managing incoming and outgoing electronic voice communications using an electronic device are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Stephen O. Lemay, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Molly Pray Wiebe
  • Patent number: 12373079
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates managing display usage. In some embodiments, a device modifies various aspects of a displayed user interface as the device transitions from operating in a first device mode to operating in a second device mode. In some embodiments, the modifications involve altering the content included in a user interface and varying how the content is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aurelio Guzman, Gary Ian Butcher, Edward Chao, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Kevin Lynch, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Aled Hywel Williams, Christopher Wilson
  • Publication number: 20250238128
    Abstract: User interfaces integrating variable hardware inputs are described, including user interfaces that perform different operations in response to presses of different intensities with and without movement, user interfaces that perform different media capture operations based on presses of different lengths with and without movement, user interfaces with controls that can be customized by swiping near a hardware control, user interfaces for media playback with dynamic speed adjustments, and user interfaces that perform adjustments before and after contact with a hardware control ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Johnnie B. MANZARI, Alan C. DYE, Nathan DE VRIES, Marcos ALONSO, Adrian ZUMBRUNNEN, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Christopher P. FOSS, Michael S. SOETAERT, Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS
  • Publication number: 20250238114
    Abstract: A computing system displays, via a first display generation component, a computer-generated environment, and concurrently displays status information corresponding to the computing system via the second display generation component, including concurrently displaying: a visual representation of a portion of a user of the computing system who is in a position to view the computer-generated environment via the first display generation component, and one or more graphical elements that provide a visual indication of content in the computer-generated environment. The computing system detects a respective event; and in response, the computing system changes a level of immersion of the computer-generated environment displayed via the first display generation component, and changes the status information that is displayed via the second display generation component, including changing an appearance of the visual representation of the portion of the user of the computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay, Jonathan P. Ive, Alfred B. Huergo Wagner, Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Alan C. Dye, Gregg S. Suzuki, Peter D. Anton, Richard D. Lyons, Wan Si Wan, Pavel Pivonka, Seung Wook Kim, Kristi E.S. Bauerly
  • Publication number: 20250224909
    Abstract: Wearable head-mounted displays, such as virtual reality systems, present immersive experiences and environments to a wearer. However, the head-mounted displays, as well as the immersive environments that they produce, limit the wearer's ability to interact with outside observers. For example, a wearer may not be able to see outside observers, and outside observers may not have any insight to what the wearer is experiencing or where the wearer's attention is directed. Accordingly, a wearable electronic device may include an outward-facing display configured to display information to outside observers, such as images of the wearer's face or images that represent or indicate the state of the wearer and/or the head mounted display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Ive, Julian Hoenig, Julian Jaede, Seung Wook Kim, Chris Wilson, William A. Sorrentino, III, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 12353672
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device emphasizes and/or deemphasizes user interfaces based on the gaze of a user. In some embodiments, an electronic device defines levels of immersion for different user interfaces independently of one another. In some embodiments, an electronic device resumes display of a user interface at a previously-displayed level of immersion after (e.g., temporarily) reducing the level of immersion associated with the user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device allows objects, people, and/or portions of an environment to be visible through a user interface displayed by the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device reduces the level of immersion associated with a user interface based on characteristics of the electronic device and/or physical environment of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Gary Ian Butcher, Kristi E. Bauerly, Shih-Sang Chiu, Benjamin Hunter Boesel, David H. Huang, Dorian D. Dargan, Alan C. Dye
  • Patent number: 12347051
    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: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Rockwell, Geoffrey Stahl, Thibaut Weise, Peter Kaufmann, Branko Petljanski, Jason L. Slupeiks, Tom Sengelaub, Kathrin Berkner Cieslicki, Yanghai Tsin, Hesam Najafi, Arthur Y. Zhang, Julian Hoenig, Julian Jaede, Jason C. Sauers, James W. Vandyke, Yoonhoo Jo, Forrest C. Wang, Cheng Chen, Graham B. Myhre, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Marinus Meursing, Phil M. Hobson, Jan K. Quijalvo, Jia Tao, Ivan S. Maric, Jeremy C. Franklin, Wey-Jiun Lin, Bertrand Nepveu, Muhammad F. Hossain, William A. Sorrentino, III, Jonathan Ive, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: D1085139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Behkish Johnnie Manzari, Grant R. Paul, William A. Sorrentino, III, Andre Souza Dos Santos
  • Patent number: D1085155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume P. Barlier, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Nicolas V. Scapel, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1081718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Guiherme Sauerbronn Jacinto
  • Patent number: D1086192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Teofila Connor, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Vincenzo Vuono, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1086200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Richard D. Lyons, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1087114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Britt Nelson, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1087137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Gary Butcher, Joseph Chan, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Lawrence Yang, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D1087140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitri Cavander, Allison W. Dryer, Alan C. Dye, Eamon Francis Gilravi, Bradley William Griffin
  • Patent number: D1087147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Greg Apodaca, Sebastian Johannes Bauer, Jonathan Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Kenneth Kocienda, Lauren Trottier, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D1087159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Broughton, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Behkish Johnnie Manzari, Pani Page, Grant R. Paul, William A. Sorrentino, III, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D1087161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Richard D. Lyons, Dan Tobin Smith, Wan Si Wan, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1087999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán
  • Patent number: D1088012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Bradley William Griffin, Jonathan P. Ive, Tiffany Jon, Chanaka Karunamuni, Nicholas V. King, Daamun Mohseni, Hoan K. Pham, William McMillan Tyler, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes