Patents by Inventor Ali Ercan
Ali Ercan 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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Patent number: 12455621Abstract: Various implementations assess user interactions to trigger user interface responses. Some implementations associate user gaze with user interface elements using one or more criteria that enable interpreting the user's gaze in ways that are consistent with user intentions and/or expectations. In some implementations, a user's gaze is associated with a user interface element when the user gazes at the user interface element. When the gaze leaves the user interface element (e.g., intentionally or unintentionally), the association may be maintained or discontinued using one or more criteria to be consistent with user intentions and/or expectations. In some implementations, this involves determining whether to continue associating a user's gaze with a user interface element so that the gaze-to-element association is maintained in certain circumstances (e.g., blinks and saccades) but discontinued in other circumstances (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2024Date of Patent: October 28, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chase B Lortie, David J Meyer, Paul A Lacey, Julian K Shutzberg, Ali Ercan, Wei-Kang Hsu
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Patent number: 12394013Abstract: Various implementations identify user input based on the intended display frame rate and the adjusted user data. For example, an example process may include obtaining user data associated with an activity of a user via a sensor in a physical environment. The process may further include obtaining an intended display frame rate corresponding to one or more portions of a user interface being presented within an extended reality (XR) environment, where the intended display frame rate includes an irregular timing between frames. The process may further include adjusting the user data based on the irregular timing of the intended display frame rate. The process may further include identifying user input to the user interface based on the intended display frame rate and the adjusted user data.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2023Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ali Ercan, David M. Teitelbaum, David J. Meyer, Julian K. Shutzberg
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Publication number: 20250208701Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems, in some implementations, stabilize user interface element using a stabilization property that is determined based on assessing the user's movement, e.g., assessing a hand movement characteristic and a head movement characteristic. In one example, the stabilization property restricts movement of user interface elements in certain circumstances, e.g., based on based on head movement (e.g., angular speed), hand movement (e.g., pinch centroid angular speed), and/or hand translation (e.g., pinch centroid speed).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Inventors: Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Daniel J. Brewer
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Publication number: 20250199620Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes: determining a location for virtual content; detecting a user interaction with the virtual content; in response to detecting the user interaction with the virtual content, determining a position of a hand gesture during the user interaction with the virtual content; in accordance with a determination that the position of the hand gesture is within a threshold distance relative to the location of the virtual content, generating corrected hand tracking data associated with the user interaction with the virtual content; and in accordance with a determination that the position of the hand gesture is outside of the threshold distance relative to the location of the virtual content, generating uncorrected hand tracking data associated with the user interaction with the virtual content.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Inventors: Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf, Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Paul A. Lacey
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Publication number: 20250155988Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes: obtaining uncorrected hand tracking data; obtaining a depth map associated with a physical environment; identifying a position of a portion of the finger within the physical environment based on the depth map and the uncorrected hand tracking data; performing spatial depth smoothing on a region of the depth map adjacent to the position of the portion of the finger; and generating corrected hand tracking data by performing point of view (POV) correction on the uncorrected hand tracking data based on the spatially depth smoothed region of the depth map adjacent to the portion of the finger.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf, Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Paul A. Lacey
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Patent number: 12265665Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes: determining a location for virtual content; detecting a user interaction with the virtual content; in response to detecting the user interaction with the virtual content, determining a position of a hand gesture during the user interaction with the virtual content; in accordance with a determination that the position of the hand gesture is within a threshold distance relative to the location of the virtual content, generating corrected hand tracking data associated with the user interaction with the virtual content; and in accordance with a determination that the position of the hand gesture is outside of the threshold distance relative to the location of the virtual content, generating uncorrected hand tracking data associated with the user interaction with the virtual content.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf, Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Paul A. Lacey
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Patent number: 12223117Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes: obtaining uncorrected hand tracking data; obtaining a depth map associated with a physical environment; identifying a position of a portion of the finger within the physical environment based on the depth map and the uncorrected hand tracking data; performing spatial depth smoothing on a region of the depth map adjacent to the position of the portion of the finger; and generating corrected hand tracking data by performing point of view (POV) correction on the uncorrected hand tracking data based on the spatially depth smoothed region of the depth map adjacent to the portion of the finger.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf, Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Paul A. Lacey
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Patent number: 9947976Abstract: A system and method regulate the temperature of an electrochemical battery. The system can be incorporated in a hybrid or electric motor vehicle including at least two electrical-energy-accumulating elements, each element including at least one electrochemical cell. The system increases the intensity of the value of the current flowing through the battery up to a first threshold value and includes a module for disconnecting and connecting an electrical-energy-accumulating element.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Anh Linh Bui Van, Ali Ercan, Pierre Perichon, Sylvain Lallich
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Patent number: 9409493Abstract: A method for controlling an electric machine in a hybrid or electric motor vehicle fed by a battery by power electronics, the battery including an assembly of modules interconnected in series and the method realizes a module-commutation in which each module can be selectively disconnected from the assembly. The method includes: calculating energy losses as a function of current operating characteristics of the electric machine, or respectively for each of a plurality of possible module-commutation configurations; determining at least one optimum module-commutation configuration from the plurality of possible module-commutation configurations, reducing energy losses to a minimum; and commutating the modules according to the previously determined optimum commutation configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Ali Ercan, Anh-Linh Bui-Van
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Publication number: 20160141734Abstract: A system and method regulate the temperature of an electrochemical battery. The system can be incorporated in a hybrid or electric motor vehicle including at least two electrical-energy-accumulating elements, each element including at least one electrochemical cell. The system increases the intensity of the value of the current flowing through the battery up to a first threshold value and includes a module for disconnecting and connecting an electrical-energy-accumulating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Anh Linh BUI VAN, Ali ERCAN, Pierre PERICHON, Sylvain LALLICH
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Publication number: 20150217658Abstract: A method for controlling an electric machine in a hybrid or electric motor vehicle fed by a battery by power electronics, the battery including an assembly of modules interconnected in series and the method realizes a module-commutation in which each module can be selectively disconnected from the assembly. The method includes: calculating energy losses as a function of current operating characteristics of the electric machine, or respectively for each of a plurality of possible module-commutation configurations; determining at least one optimum module-commutation configuration from the plurality of possible module-commutation configurations, reducing energy losses to a minimum; and commutating the modules according to the previously determined optimum commutation configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Ali Ercan, Anh-Linh Bui-Van