Patents by Inventor Chad A. Bronstein
Chad A. Bronstein 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: 20250093947Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to updating user interfaces based on user presence and/or outputting information about detected real-world object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Noah D. BEDARD, Julian QUINTANA, Ethan T. DANIELS, Ting SUN, Kathrin Berkner CIESLICKI, John S. KERR, Chad A. BRONSTEIN, Mahmut C. ORSAN, Eugene Y. KIM, Molly J. ANDERSON, Seung Wook KIM, Howard TSAI, Branko PETLJANSKI
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Publication number: 20240385454Abstract: A head-mountable display device includes a housing defining a front opening and a rear opening, a display screen disposed in the front opening, a display assembly disposed in the rear opening, a first securement strap coupled to the housing, the first securement strap including a first electronic component, a second securement strap coupled to the housing, the second securement strap including a second electronic component, and a securement band extending between and coupled to the first securement strap and the second securement strap.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventors: Ricardo J. Motta, Brett D. Miller, Chad A. Bronstein, Bennett S. Wilburn, Branko Petljanski, Mahmut C. Orsan, David W. Lum, Edward A. Valko, Graham B. Myhre, Wonjae Choi, Manohar B. Srikanth, Michael Slootsky, Nicolas P. Bonnier, Jiaying Wu, ZhiBing Ge, William W. Sprague, Bertrand Nepveu, Michael J. Rockwell, Edward S. Huo, Marinus Meursing, Timothy Y. Chang, Katharina Buckl
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Patent number: 9123485Abstract: Embodiments of a backlit keyboard assembly are described. A keycap assembly is mounted into a case web having intersecting ribs. A flange, which can be angled, is on the bottom perimeter of the keycap and a correspondingly shaped flange is on each rib of the case web. An overlap of the keycap flange and the case web flanges prevents direct sighting of the backlight light source and also provides a more evenly distributed halo around the keycap, thereby improving both aesthetics and functionality by providing better light control and contrast.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James J. Niu, Harold J. Welch, Chad A. Bronstein, Patrick Kessler, Chris Ligtenberg
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Publication number: 20140367241Abstract: Embodiments of a backlit keyboard assembly are described. A keycap assembly is mounted into a case web having intersecting ribs. A flange, which can be angled, is on the bottom perimeter of the keycap and a correspondingly shaped flange is on each rib of the case web. An overlap of the keycap flange and the case web flanges prevents direct sighting of the backlight light source and also provides a more evenly distributed halo around the keycap, thereby improving both aesthetics and functionality by providing better light control and contrast.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: James J. Niu, Harold J. Welch, Chad A. Bronstein, Patrick Kessler, Chris Ligtenberg
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Patent number: 8822858Abstract: Embodiments of a backlit keyboard assembly are described. A keycap assembly is mounted into a case web having intersecting ribs. A flange, which can be angled, is on the bottom perimeter of the keycap and a correspondingly shaped flange is on each rib of the case web. An overlap of the keycap flange and the case web flanges prevents direct sighting of the backlight light source and also provides a more evenly distributed halo around the keycap, thereby improving both aesthetics and functionality by providing better light control and contrast.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James J. Niu, Harold J. Welch, Chad A. Bronstein, Patrick Kessler, Chris Ligtenberg
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Patent number: 8785796Abstract: A keyboard may be generally illuminated while also providing for key-specific illumination of one or more particular keys. The keyboard may be generally illuminated using any configuration of any number of suitable illumination sources. The keyboard may selectively illuminate any key or keys together with or apart from the general illumination of other keys. The keyboard may also variably illuminate certain keys to aid the user in navigating the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chad A. Bronstein, Peter H. Mahowald
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Publication number: 20140168081Abstract: The present invention can include three-dimensional remote control systems that can detect an absolute location to which a remote control is pointing in first and second orthogonal axes and an absolute position of the remote control in a third orthogonal axis. Remote control systems of the present invention can employ absolute position detection with relative position detection. Absolute position detection can indicate an initial absolute position of the remote control and relative position detection can indicate changes in the position of the remote control. By combining absolute and relative position detection, remote control systems of the present invention can track remote controls more precisely than systems that only employ absolute position detection. The present invention also can include methods and apparatus for zooming in and out of an image shown on a display based on the absolute position of the remote control in the third axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Duncan Robert Kerr, Chad A. Bronstein, Wing Kong Low, Nicholas Vincent King
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Patent number: 8319128Abstract: A keyboard may be generally illuminated while also providing for key-specific illumination of one or more particular keys. The keyboard may be generally illuminated using any configuration of any number of suitable illumination sources. The keyboard may selectively illuminate any key or keys together with or apart from the general illumination of other keys. The keyboard may also variably illuminate certain keys to aid the user in navigating the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chad A. Bronstein, Peter H. Mahowald
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Publication number: 20120199455Abstract: Embodiments of a backlit keyboard assembly are described. A keycap assembly is mounted into a case web having intersecting ribs. A flange, which can be angled, is on the bottom perimeter of the keycap and a correspondingly shaped flange is on each rib of the case web. An overlap of the keycap flange and the case web flanges prevents direct sighting of the backlight light source and also provides a more evenly distributed halo around the keycap, thereby improving both aesthetics and functionality by providing better light control and contrast.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: James J. NIU, Harold J. Welch, Chad A. Bronstein, Patrick Kessler, Chris Ligtenberg
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Publication number: 20090173610Abstract: A keyboard may be generally illuminated while also providing for key-specific illumination of one or more particular keys. The keyboard may be generally illuminated using any configuration of any number of suitable illumination sources. The keyboard may selectively illuminate any key or keys together with or apart from the general illumination of other keys. The keyboard may also variably illuminate certain keys to aid the user in navigating the keyboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chad A. Bronstein, Peter H. Mahowald
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Publication number: 20090174462Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided with one or more input components and one or more circuit boards. An input component may include sensor circuitry supported by a first circuit board and controller circuitry supported by a second circuit board. In other embodiments, the sensor circuitry may be coupled to a first portion of a first surface of a circuit board and the controller circuitry may be coupled to a second portion of the first surface of the same circuit board. The input component may be a multi-touch input component, such as a multi-touch trackpad.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chad A. Bronstein, Chris Ligtenberg, Steven J. Sfarzo