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).

  • Patent number: 12455621
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chase B Lortie, David J Meyer, Paul A Lacey, Julian K Shutzberg, Ali Ercan, Wei-Kang Hsu
  • Patent number: 12394013
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Ercan, David M. Teitelbaum, David J. Meyer, Julian K. Shutzberg
  • Publication number: 20250208701
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Daniel J. Brewer
  • Publication number: 20250199620
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf, Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Paul A. Lacey
  • Publication number: 20250155988
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf, Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Paul A. Lacey
  • Patent number: 12265665
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf, Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Paul A. Lacey
  • Patent number: 12223117
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf, Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Paul A. Lacey
  • Patent number: 9947976
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Anh Linh Bui Van, Ali Ercan, Pierre Perichon, Sylvain Lallich
  • Patent number: 9409493
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Ali Ercan, Anh-Linh Bui-Van
  • Publication number: 20160141734
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Anh Linh BUI VAN, Ali ERCAN, Pierre PERICHON, Sylvain LALLICH
  • Publication number: 20150217658
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Ali Ercan, Anh-Linh Bui-Van