Patents by Inventor Ali Moin
Ali Moin 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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Publication number: 20250169761Abstract: A device for skin-contact biological measurement includes one or more electrodes to enable signal transmission through a skin contact and a control mechanism coupled to the one or more electrodes to adjust an electrode-to-skin impedance (ESI). The control mechanism is configured to implement the ESI adjustment using a thermal actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2025Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Victoria M. POWELL, Ali MOIN
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Patent number: 12282596Abstract: A head-mounted device having a plurality of electrodes configured to detect optical events such as the movement of one or more eyes or coarse eye gestures is disclosed. In some examples, the one or more electrodes can be coupled to dielectric elastomer materials whose shape can be changed to vary contact between a user of the head-mounted device and the one or more electrodes to ensure sufficient contact and electrode signal quality. In some examples, the one or more electrodes can be coupled to pressure sensors and control circuitry to monitor and adjust the applied pressure. In some examples, the optical events can be used as triggers for operating the device, including transitioning between operational power modes. In some examples, the triggers can invoke higher resolution sensing capabilities of the head-mounted device. In some examples, the electrodes can be used as an on-head detector to wake-up and/or unlock the device.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2024Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Erdrin Azemi, Ali Moin, Christoph H. Krah, Joseph Yitan Cheng, Kaan Emre Dogrusoz, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost
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Publication number: 20250090075Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for ECG signal reconstruction from an EEG signal. In some embodiments, a method comprises: determining, with at least one processor, heartbeat timestamps from a heartrate signal; obtaining an electroencephalography (EEG) signal from an EEG sensor; aligning, with the at least one processor, the EEG signal with the heartbeat timestamps; collaborative filtering, with the at least one processor, the beat-aligned EEG signal; and determining, with the at least one processor, an approximation of an electrocardiography (ECG) signal based on the filtered beat-aligned EEG signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Christopher M. Sandino, Ali Moin, Erdrin Azemi, Joseph Cheng
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Patent number: 12239462Abstract: A device for skin-contact biological measurement includes one or more electrodes to enable signal transmission through a skin contact and a control mechanism coupled to the one or more electrodes to adjust an electrode-to-skin impedance (ESI). The control mechanism is configured to implement the ESI adjustment using a thermal actuator.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Victoria M. Powell, Ali Moin
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Publication number: 20250036940Abstract: The subject technology provides frequency-aware masked autoencoders for multimodal pretraining on frequency-based signals. An apparatus receives input data comprising frequency-based signal information associated with one or more modalities. The apparatus transforms the input data from a time domain to a frequency domain. The apparatus generates a frequency-embedded latent representation of the input data comprising time-domain and frequency-domain information. The apparatus also generates a masked frequency-embedded latent representation by masking one or more frequency components in the frequency-embedded latent representation. The apparatus produces a trained machine learning model by training a neural network to predict one or more masked frequency components of the frequency-embedded latent representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Ali MOIN, Ran LIU, Ellen L. ZIPPI, Mohammad Hadi POUR ANSARI, Christopher M. SANDINO, Erdrin AZEMI
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Publication number: 20240393886Abstract: Electrodes that can be formed in a flexible band of a wrist-worn device to detect hand gestures are disclosed. Multiple rows of electrodes can be configured to detect electromyography (EMG) signals produced by activity of muscles and tendons. The band can include removable electrical connections (e.g., pogo pins) to enable the electrode signals to be routed to processing circuitry in the housing of the wrist-worn device. Measurements between signals from the active electrodes and one or more reference electrodes can be obtained to capture EMG signals at a number of locations on the band. The measurement method and mode of operation (lower power coarse detection or higher power fine detection) can determine the location and number of electrodes to be measured. These EMG signals can be processed to identify hand movements and recognize gestures associated with those hand movements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Kaan E. DOGRUSOZ, Ali MOIN, Benjamin J. GRENA, Erdrin AZEMI, Joseph CHENG, Lia M. UESATO, Daniel A. PODHAJNY
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Patent number: 12056285Abstract: Electrodes that can be formed in a flexible band of a wrist-worn device to detect hand gestures are disclosed. Multiple rows of electrodes can be configured to detect electromyography (EMG) signals produced by activity of muscles and tendons. The band can include removable electrical connections (e.g., pogo pins) to enable the electrode signals to be routed to processing circuitry in the housing of the wrist-worn device. Measurements between signals from the active electrodes and one or more reference electrodes can be obtained to capture EMG signals at a number of locations on the band. The measurement method and mode of operation (lower power coarse detection or higher power fine detection) can determine the location and number of electrodes to be measured. These EMG signals can be processed to identify hand movements and recognize gestures associated with those hand movements.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kaan E. Dogrusoz, Ali Moin, Benjamin J. Grena, Erdrin Azemi, Joseph Cheng, Lia M. Uesato, Daniel A. Podhajny
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Publication number: 20240134449Abstract: A head-mounted device having a plurality of electrodes configured to detect optical events such as the movement of one or more eyes or coarse eye gestures is disclosed. In some examples, the one or more electrodes can be coupled to dielectric elastomer materials whose shape can be changed to vary contact between a user of the head-mounted device and the one or more electrodes to ensure sufficient contact and electrode signal quality. In some examples, the one or more electrodes can be coupled to pressure sensors and control circuitry to monitor and adjust the applied pressure. In some examples, the optical events can be used as triggers for operating the device, including transitioning between operational power modes. In some examples, the triggers can invoke higher resolution sensing capabilities of the head-mounted device. In some examples, the electrodes can be used as an on-head detector to wake-up and/or unlock the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2024Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Erdrin AZEMI, Ali MOIN, Christoph H. KRAH, Joseph Yitan CHENG, Kaan Emre DOGRUSOZ, Mohammad YEKE YAZDANDOOST
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Patent number: 11874958Abstract: A head-mounted device having a plurality of electrodes configured to detect optical events such as the movement of one or more eyes or coarse eye gestures is disclosed. In some examples, the one or more electrodes can be coupled to dielectric elastomer materials whose shape can be changed to vary contact between a user of the head-mounted device and the one or more electrodes to ensure sufficient contact and electrode signal quality. In some examples, the one or more electrodes can be coupled to pressure sensors and control circuitry to monitor and adjust the applied pressure. In some examples, the optical events can be used as triggers for operating the device, including transitioning between operational power modes. In some examples, the triggers can invoke higher resolution sensing capabilities of the head-mounted device. In some examples, the electrodes can be used as an on-head detector to wake-up and/or unlock the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Erdrin Azemi, Ali Moin, Christoph H. Krah, Joseph Yitan Cheng, Kaan Emre Dogrusoz, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost
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Publication number: 20230225659Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a housing, and an electrode carrier attached to the housing and having a nonplanar surface. The wearable electronic device includes a set of electrodes, including electrodes positioned at different locations on the nonplanar surface. The wearable electronic device includes a sensor circuit and a switching circuit. The switching circuit is operable to electrically connect a number of different subsets of one or more electrodes in the set of electrodes to the sensor circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Erdrin Azemi, Ali Moin, Anuranjini Pragada, Jean Hsiang-Chun Lu, Victoria M. Powell, Juri Minxha, Steven P. Hotelling
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Publication number: 20230105223Abstract: Electrodes that can be formed in a flexible band of a wrist-worn device to detect hand gestures are disclosed. Multiple rows of electrodes can be configured to detect electromyography (EMG) signals produced by activity of muscles and tendons. The band can include removable electrical connections (e.g., pogo pins) to enable the electrode signals to be routed to processing circuitry in the housing of the wrist-worn device. Measurements between signals from the active electrodes and one or more reference electrodes can be obtained to capture EMG signals at a number of locations on the band. The measurement method and mode of operation (lower power coarse detection or higher power fine detection) can determine the location and number of electrodes to be measured. These EMG signals can be processed to identify hand movements and recognize gestures associated with those hand movements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Kaan E. DOGRUSOZ, Ali MOIN, Benjamin J. GRENA, Erdrin AZEMI, Joseph CHENG, Lia M. UESATO, Daniel A. PODHAJNY
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Publication number: 20230102507Abstract: A head-mounted device having a plurality of electrodes configured to detect optical events such as the movement of one or more eyes or coarse eye gestures is disclosed. In some examples, the one or more electrodes can be coupled to dielectric elastomer materials whose shape can be changed to vary contact between a user of the head-mounted device and the one or more electrodes to ensure sufficient contact and electrode signal quality. In some examples, the one or more electrodes can be coupled to pressure sensors and control circuitry to monitor and adjust the applied pressure. In some examples, the optical events can be used as triggers for operating the device, including transitioning between operational power modes. In some examples, the triggers can invoke higher resolution sensing capabilities of the head-mounted device. In some examples, the electrodes can be used as an on-head detector to wake-up and/or unlock the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Erdrin AZEMI, Ali MOIN, Christoph H. KRAH, Joseph Yitan CHENG, Kaan Emre DOGRUSOZ, Mohammad YEKE YAZDANDOOST
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Publication number: 20230076716Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to gesture-control inputs to an electronic device for controlling one or more other devices. The electronic device can efficiently provide gesture control for multiple other devices by mapping a finite set of user gestures to a specific set of gesture-control elements for each of the multiple other devices. In this way a single gesture can be detected for potentially controlling various different functions of various different devices. Prior to gesture control, the electronic device may receive a selection of a particular one of the multiple other devices for control, and obtain the specific set of gesture-control elements for gesture control of that selected device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Kaan E. DOGRUSOZ, Ali MOIN, Joseph CHENG, Erdrin AZEMI
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Publication number: 20220409137Abstract: A device for skin-contact biological measurement includes one or more electrodes to enable signal transmission through a skin contact and a control mechanism coupled to the one or more electrodes to adjust an electrode-to-skin impedance (ESI). The control mechanism is configured to implement the ESI adjustment using a thermal actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Victoria M. Powell, Ali Moin