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).

  • Publication number: 20240012600
    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: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Ive, Julian Hoenig, Julian Jaede, Seung Wook Kim, Chris Wilson, William A. Sorrentino, III, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Publication number: 20240004530
    Abstract: An electronic device may display a first lap time representation, and may move the first lap time representation in accordance with a first amount of elapsed time. While moving the first lap time representation, the electronic device may detect a lap input. In response to the lap input, the electronic device may cease movement of the first lap time representation, display a second lap time representation, and move the second lap time representation in accordance with a second amount of elapsed time. A relative positioning of the first lap time representation and the second lap time representation may correspond to a difference between a first lap time and a second lap time. In some embodiments, the electronic device may update the timescales of lap time representation(s) in accordance with a rotational input. In some embodiments, the electronic device may update a timer duration setting in accordance with a rotational input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Lance WILSON, Christopher WILSON, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Imran CHAUDHRI, III, Alan C. DYE, Stephen O. LEMAY, Natalia MARIC, Lawrence Y. YANG
  • Patent number: 11861255
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Ive, Julian Hoenig, Julian Jaede, Seung Wook Kim, Chris Wilson, William A. Sorrentino, III, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 11853646
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data indicating a current media playback state of an external media playback device. The method includes, in response to receiving the data and in accordance with a determination that a set of external media playback device control criteria are met, displaying, via the display generation component, a user interface for controlling media playback at the external media playback device that includes one or more selectable user interface objects based on whether the data indicates that the external media playback device is currently performing a media playback operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L. Coffman, Alan C. Dye, Christopher P. Foss
  • Publication number: 20230409165
    Abstract: Techniques for displaying widgets are described. In some examples, concurrently displaying, via the display device, a wake screen of the electronic device that includes one or more notifications and a first set of one or more user interface elements. While concurrently displaying the wake screen and the first set of one or more user interface elements, detecting a first user input; and in response to detecting the first user input: if the first user input includes movement in a first direction, ceasing to display the first set of one or more user interface elements and displaying the one or more notifications; and in accordance with a determination that the first user input includes selection of a user interface element of the first set of one or more user interface elements and the electronic device is in an unlocked state, displaying an application user interface corresponding to the selected user interface element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Nathan DE VRIES, Heena KO, Richard R. DELLINGER, Alan C. DYE, Stephen O. LEMAY, Brandon WALKIN
  • Patent number: 11849255
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The device can display a live video communication user interface of a live video communication application that includes participant affordances corresponding to participants. In response to detecting an input that corresponds to a request to initiate a process of starting a new live communication session, the device can: in accordance with the input corresponding to selection of the first participant affordance, initiate a process of starting a new live communication session that includes a group of three or more participants; and in accordance with the input corresponding to selection of the new session affordance, initiate a process for selecting two or more participants and start a new live communication session that includes a participant associated with the device and the selected participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Lee S. Broughton, Peter Callaway, Pablo F. Caro, Jae Woo Chang, Allison Dryer, Craig M. Federighi, Robert Garcia, Stephen O. Lemay, John Louch, Hoan Pham, Alan C. Dye, Nicholas V. King
  • Patent number: 11835985
    Abstract: An electronic device having a camera, while displaying a live preview for the camera, detects activation of a shutter button at a first time. In response, the electronic device acquires, by the camera, a representative image that represents a first sequence of images, and a plurality of images after acquiring the representative image, and also displays an indication in the live preview that the camera is capturing images for the first sequence of images. The electronic device groups images acquired by the camera in temporal proximity to the activation of the shutter button at the first time into the first sequence of images, such that the first sequence of images includes a plurality of images acquired by the camera prior to detecting activation of the shutter button at the first time, the representative image, and the plurality of images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Henrique D. Penha, Sebastian J. Bauer, Imran A. Chaudhri, Graham R. Clarke, Alan C. Dye, Craig M. Federighi, Aurelio Guzman, Jonathan Ive, Nicholas V. King, Behkish J. Manzari, Charles A. Mezak, Justin S. Titi, Christopher I. Wilson, Elliott B. Harris, Emilie Kim
  • Patent number: D1006043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitri Cavander, Matthew Wagner Crowley, Allison W. Dryer, Alan C. Dye, Nicholas Felton, Charmian Naguit
  • Patent number: D1007574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume P. Barlier, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Nicolas V. Scapel, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1008281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Brian Andrew Schmitt, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: D1009054
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1009067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Richard D. Lyons, Pani Page, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1009908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Hanwen Fan, Aurelio Guzmán, Lauren Kim Trottier, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1009917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1009918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Gary Butcher, Joseph Chan, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Lawrence Yang, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D1009919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán
  • Patent number: D1009920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Bon Min, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1009921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Howard Bebbington, Lee Broughton, Gary Butcher, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Pedro Mari, Pani Page, Aled Williams, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D1009931
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Brian Andrew Schmitt
  • Patent number: D1009986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Christopher Wilson