Patents by Inventor Blade E. CHAPMAN

Blade E. CHAPMAN 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: 12718507
    Abstract: In some aspects, an electronic device displays virtual objects in a three-dimensional extended reality (“XR”) environment with automatically determined location(s) and/or orientation(s). In some aspects, the electronic device receives an input corresponding to a request to display the virtual objects in the XR environment. In some aspects, in response to the input, the electronic device displays the virtual objects in the XR environment. In some aspects, the electronic device compares characteristics of a physical environment of the electronic device with characteristics of the at least the subset of the collection of the virtual objects, including determining first locations of walls of the physical environment relative to at least one of a second location of the user interface of the first application or a third location of a user of the electronic device, to determine the location(s) and orientation(s) at which to display the virtual object(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brian E. Goldberg, Blade E. Chapman, Ken T. Loh
  • Publication number: 20260145569
    Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to energy management. The techniques include receiving a request for an energy guidance signal associated with an electrical energy source for shifting energy consumption used to charge an electric vehicle during one or more time periods. The techniques include receiving one or more characteristics associated with the electrical energy source during the one or more time periods. The techniques include generating the energy guidance signal for the one or more time periods based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the electrical energy source. The techniques include providing the energy guidance signal to an electric vehicle charging management application for shifting the energy consumption used to charge the electric vehicle during the one or more time periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Tucker, Blade E. Chapman, Dakshil H. Shah, Jeffery T. Lee, Ricardo Javier Arjona Angarita, Toshiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240242457
    Abstract: In some aspects, an electronic device displays virtual objects in a three-dimensional extended reality (“XR”) environment with automatically determined location(s) and/or orientation(s). In some aspects, the electronic device receives an input corresponding to a request to display the virtual objects in the XR environment. In some aspects, in response to the input, the electronic device displays the virtual objects in the XR environment. In some aspects, the electronic device compares characteristics of a physical environment of the electronic device with characteristics of the at least the subset of the collection of the virtual objects, including determining first locations of walls of the physical environment relative to at least one of a second location of the user interface of the first application or a third location of a user of the electronic device, to determine the location(s) and orientation(s) at which to display the virtual object(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Brian E. GOLDBERG, Blade E. CHAPMAN, Ken T. LOH