Patents by Inventor Banafsheh JALALI

Banafsheh JALALI 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: 11798242
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of providing contextual computer-generated reality (CGR) digital assistant is performed at a device provided to deliver a CGR scene, the device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes obtaining image data characterizing a field of view captured by an image sensor. The method further includes identifying in the image data a contextual trigger for one of a plurality of contextual CGR digital assistants. The method additionally includes selecting a visual representation of the one of the plurality of contextual CGR digital assistants, where the visual representation is selected based on context and in response to identifying the contextual trigger. The method also includes presenting the CGR scene by displaying the visual representation of the one of the plurality of contextual CGR digital assistants, where the visual representation provides information associated with the contextual trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Avi Bar-Zeev, Golnaz Abdollahian, Devin William Chalmers, David H. Y. Huang, Banafsheh Jalali
  • Patent number: 11670144
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to providing indicators of distance. For example, display of a visual distance indicator that indicates the distance between a computer system and an entity is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan N. Dour, Robert Thomas Aloe, James Cartwright, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Giovanni Laviste Denina, Christopher B. Fleizach, Banafsheh Jalali, Chia Yang Lin, Donald L. Marotta, Jr., Darren Christopher Minifie, Grant Paul, Per Haakan Linus Persson, Antoine Tarault, Alexander Nicholas Walczak
  • Publication number: 20230045634
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of providing contextual computer-generated reality (CGR) digital assistant is performed at a device provided to deliver a CGR scene, the device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes obtaining image data characterizing a field of view captured by an image sensor. The method further includes identifying in the image data a contextual trigger for one of a plurality of contextual CGR digital assistants. The method additionally includes selecting a visual representation of the one of the plurality of contextual CGR digital assistants, where the visual representation is selected based on context and in response to identifying the contextual trigger. The method also includes presenting the CGR scene by displaying the visual representation of the one of the plurality of contextual CGR digital assistants, where the visual representation provides information associated with the contextual trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Avi Bar-Zeev, Golnaz Abdollahian, Devin William Chalmers, David H. Y. Huang, Banafsheh Jalali
  • Patent number: 11403821
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of providing contextual computer-generated reality (CGR) digital assistant is performed at a device provided to deliver a CGR scene, the device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. The method includes obtaining image data characterizing a field of view captured by an image sensor. The method further includes identifying in the image data a contextual trigger for one of a plurality of contextual CGR digital assistants. The method additionally includes selecting a visual representation of the one of the plurality of contextual CGR digital assistants, where the visual representation is selected based on context and in response to identifying the contextual trigger. The method also includes presenting the CGR scene by displaying the visual representation of the one of the plurality of contextual CGR digital assistants, where the visual representation provides information associated with the contextual trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Avi Bar-Zeev, Golnaz Abdollahian, Devin William Chalmers, David H. Y. Huang, Banafsheh Jalali
  • Publication number: 20220084374
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to providing indicators of distance. For example, display of a visual distance indicator that indicates the distance between a computer system and an entity is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan N. DOUR, Robert Thomas ALOE, James CARTWRIGHT, Elizabeth Caroline CRANFILL, Giovanni Laviste DENINA, Christopher B. FLEIZACH, Banafsheh JALALI, Chia Yang LIN, Donald L. MAROTTA, Jr., Darren Christopher MINIFIE, Grant PAUL, Per Haakan Linus PERSSON, Antoine TARAULT, Alexander Nicholas WALCZAK