Patents by Inventor Edith M. Arnold
Edith M. Arnold 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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Patent number: 12690781Abstract: In one implementation, a method is performed for tiered posture awareness. The method includes: while presenting a three-dimensional (3D) environment, via the display device, obtaining head pose information for a user associated with the computing system; determining an accumulated strain value for the user based on the head pose information; and in accordance with a determination that the accumulated strain value for the user exceeds a first posture awareness threshold: determining a location for virtual content based on a height value associated with the user and a depth value associated with the 3D environment; and presenting, via the display device, the virtual content at the determined location while continuing to present the 3D environment via the display device.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Salter, Adeeti V. Ullal, Alexander G. Bruno, Daniel M. Trietsch, Edith M. Arnold, Edwin Iskandar, Ioana Negoita, James J. Dunne, Johahn Y. Leung, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Matthew S. DeMers, Thomas J. Moore
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Publication number: 20250377537Abstract: A head-mountable display can include a display, an eye tracking assembly including a camera configured to detect a gaze direction of a user donning the display, and a controller electrically coupled to the display and the eye tracking assembly, the controller configured to execute a gaze direction calibration including detecting, via the camera, the gaze direction when the user looks at a visual icon representing a user-selectable software function, wherein the user-selectable software function includes a separate function independent of the gaze direction calibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2024Publication date: December 11, 2025Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Edith M. Arnold
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Publication number: 20240315601Abstract: In an example method, a computing device obtains sensor data generated by one or more accelerometers and one or more gyroscopes over a time period, including an acceleration signal indicative of an acceleration measured by the one or more accelerometers over a time period, and an orientation signal indicative of an orientation measured by the one or more gyroscopes over the time period. The one or more accelerometers and the one or more gyroscopes are physically coupled to a user walking along a surface. The computing device identifies one or more portions of the sensor data based on one or more criteria, and determines characteristics regarding a gait of the user based on the one or more portions of the sensor data, including a walking speed of the user and an asymmetry of the gait of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Matthew S. DeMers, Edith M. Arnold, Adeeti V. Ullal, Vinay R. Majjigi, Mariah W. Whitmore, Mark P. Sena, Irida Mance, Richard A. Fineman, Jaehyun Bae, Maxsim L. Gibiansky, Gabriel A. Blanco, Daniel Trietsch, Rebecca L. Clarkson, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram
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Patent number: 11961332Abstract: One or more electronic device may use motion and/or activity sensors to estimate a user's 6 minute walking distance. In particular, because users typically walk at less than their maximum output and in imperfect conditions, control circuitry within the device(s) may rely on walks of shorter distances to estimate the 6 minute walking distance. For example, the control circuitry may gather activity information for the user, such as heart rate, calories burned, and step count, and analyze a distance component and a speed component for periods in which the user has walked. Individual 6 minute walk distance estimates may be generated based on each of the activity information, distance component, and speed component. The distance and speed estimates may be corrected for walking behaviors that deviate from an ideal testing environment, and may then be fused with the activity estimate to generate a final 6 minute walk distance estimate.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: William R. Powers, III, Maryam Etezadi-Amoli, Britni A. Crocker, Allison L. Gilmore, Edith M. Arnold, Hung A. Pham, Irida Mance, Sumayah F. Rahman, Katherine Niehaus, Kyle A. Reed, Maxsim L. Gibiansky, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Adeeti V. Ullal
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Publication number: 20240023830Abstract: In one implementation, a method is performed for tiered posture awareness. The method includes: while presenting a three-dimensional (3D) environment, via the display device, obtaining head pose information for a user associated with the computing system; determining an accumulated strain value for the user based on the head pose information; and in accordance with a determination that the accumulated strain value for the user exceeds a first posture awareness threshold: determining a location for virtual content based on a height value associated with the user and a depth value associated with the 3D environment; and presenting, via the display device, the virtual content at the determined location while continuing to present the 3D environment via the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Thomas G. Salter, Adeeti V. Ullal, Alexander G. Bruno, Daniel M. Trietsch, Edith M. Arnold, Edwin Iskandar, Ioana Negoita, James J. Dunne, Johahn Y. Leung, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Matthew S. DeMers, Thomas J. Moore
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Publication number: 20230112071Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for assessing fall risk of a mobile device user. In some embodiments, a method comprises: obtaining one or more mobility metrics indicative of a user’s mobility, the mobility metrics obtained at least in part from sensor data output by at least one sensor of the mobile device; evaluating the one or more mobility metrics over one or more specified time periods to derive one or more longitudinal features; estimating a plurality of walking steadiness indicators based on a plurality of component models and the one or more longitudinal features; inferring the user’s risk of falling based at least in part on the plurality of walking steadiness indicators; and initiating an action or application on the mobile device based at least in part on the user’s risk of falling.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Asif Khalak, Mariah W. Whitmore, Maxsim L. Gibiansky, Richard A. Fineman, Jaehyun Bae, Sheena Sharma, Carolyn R. Oliver, Mark P. Sena, Maryam Etezadi-Amoli, Allison L. Gilmore, William R. Powers, III, Edith M. Arnold, Gabriel A. Blanco, Sohum R. Thakkar, Adeeti V. Ullal
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Publication number: 20220386896Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing walking steadiness data. In some embodiments, a walking steadiness state is determined based on detected movement. When a first set of conditions are met, a notification is displayed. When a second set of conditions is met, the notification is not displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Nicholas D. FELTON, Edith M. ARNOLD, Robert CARLSEN, Dmitri CAVANDER, Matthew W. CROWLEY, Heather E. DANIEL, Eamon F. GILRAVI, Ruchi N. GOSWAMI, James D. KRETLOW, Catherine B. TING, Adeeti V. ULLAL, Mariah W. WHITMORE
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Publication number: 20210393166Abstract: In an example method, a computing device obtains sensor data generated by one or more accelerometers and one or more gyroscopes over a time period, including an acceleration signal indicative of an acceleration measured by the one or more accelerometers over a time period, and an orientation signal indicative of an orientation measured by the one or more gyroscopes over the time period. The one or more accelerometers and the one or more gyroscopes are physically coupled to a user walking along a surface. The computing device identifies one or more portions of the sensor data based on one or more criteria, and determines characteristics regarding a gait of the user based on the one or more portions of the sensor data, including a walking speed of the user and an asymmetry of the gait of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Matthew S. DeMers, Edith M. Arnold, Adeeti V. Ullal, Vinay R. Majjigi, Mariah W. Whitmore, Mark P. Sena, Irida Mance, Richard A. Fineman, Jaehyun Bae, Maxsim L. Gibiansky, Gabriel A. Blanco, Daniel Trietsch, Rebecca L. Clarkson, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram
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Patent number: 11051720Abstract: A system and method for collecting motion data using a fitness tracking device located on an arm of a user, detecting that the arm is constrained based on the motion data, estimating a stride length of the user based on the motion data and historical step cadence-to-stride length data, calculating fitness data using the estimated stride length, and outputting the fitness data to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Perry, Edith M. Arnold, Hung A. Pham, Jonathan M. Beard, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Vinay R. Majjigi
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Publication number: 20180344217Abstract: A system and method for collecting motion data using a fitness tracking device located on an arm of a user, detecting that the arm is constrained based on the motion data, estimating a stride length of the user based on the motion data and historical step cadence-to-stride length data, calculating fitness data using the estimated stride length, and outputting the fitness data to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Daniel J. Perry, Edith M. Arnold, Hung A. Pham, Jonathan M. Beard, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Vinay R. Majjigi