Patents by Inventor Derek E. BOWEN

Derek E. BOWEN 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: 12684193
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for displaying supplemental content for two-dimensional content that is being played back in a three-dimensional environment at an electronic device. In some examples, while a content item is displayed in a virtual playback user interface in a three-dimensional environment, the electronic device displays a three-dimensional representation corresponding to the content item in the three-dimensional environment. In some examples, the three-dimensional representation includes a representation of a venue of the event and/or representations of participants in the event. In some examples, portions of the venue and/or a subset of the participants in the event that are not currently displayed/visible in the camera view of the broadcast/stream of the content item are included in the three-dimensional representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Danvin Ruangchan, Bradley W. Peebler, Derek E. Bowen, Jenny Kim, Marshall W. Huss, Fady A. Eid
  • Publication number: 20250111624
    Abstract: Various implementations present video content along with time-synchronized environment lighting effects (e.g., light-spill). The environment lighting effects are based on obtaining a stored environment parameter specifying the effects for different times during the video content (e.g., effects stored as a track/metadata of the content itself or effects stored in a separate lookup table). A content creator is enabled to specify, for their content item, the light-spill (color, intensity, saturation, brightness/nits, opacity, etc.) or other environment lighting effects, such as making a sun effect brighter using HDR. The ability to specify such effects may give those content creators and editors more control over the content-viewing experience. Predefined/stored effects may also facilitate using effects in the case of real-time streaming in which on-the-fly, automatic content-based effect determinations may be infeasible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Marshall W. Huss, Derek E. Bowen, Suresh Koppisetty
  • Publication number: 20240406490
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for displaying supplemental content for two-dimensional content that is being played back in a three-dimensional environment at an electronic device. In some examples, while a content item is displayed in a virtual playback user interface in a three-dimensional environment, the electronic device displays a three-dimensional representation corresponding to the content item in the three-dimensional environment. In some examples, the three-dimensional representation includes a representation of a venue of the event and/or representations of participants in the event. In some examples, portions of the venue and/or a subset of the participants in the event that are not currently displayed/visible in the camera view of the broadcast/stream of the content item are included in the three-dimensional representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Danvin RUANGCHAN, Bradley W. PEEBLER, Derek E. BOWEN, Jenny KIM, Marshall W. HUSS, Fady A. EID