Patents by Inventor Gary J. Butcher

Gary J. Butcher 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: 11979467
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and techniques for monitoring fitness activity. In accordance with some embodiments, user interfaces and techniques for transitioning between a user interface mode for measuring an activity metric to a user interface mode for measuring a different activity, based on detecting that a user characteristic has changed, are described. In accordance with some embodiments, user interfaces and techniques for measuring activity data and providing activity commentary in response to activity-based events, where different activity commentary is provided based on a characteristic of a user, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Sundstrom, Julie A. Arney, Niharika M. Bedekar, Jay Blahnik, Gary I. Butcher, Brett L. Lareau, Danvin Ruangchan, Paul W. Salzman, Molly P. Wiebe
  • Patent number: 11967246
    Abstract: A configuration for a breathing sequence may be defined using a user interface of a user device. The user interface may also be used to begin the breathing sequence. During the breathing sequence, a fluctuating user interface element may fluctuate at a cyclic rate. Such fluctuation may include repeated growing and repeated shrinking of the fluctuating user interface element. During the breathing sequence, heart rate data may be collected and used to present heart rate information at a conclusion of the breathing sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Kriz Blahnik, Erno H. Klaassen, Julie A. Arney, Alan C. Dye, Gary I. Butcher, Kevin M. Lynch, Nader E. Bagherzadeh, Gracee Agrawal, Stephen J. Waydo, Christopher J. Brouse
  • Patent number: 11955100
    Abstract: An electronic device having a touch-screen display detects a first input on the display while displaying a first user interface on the display. In response to detecting the first input on the display, the device enters a flashlight mode. Entering the flashlight mode includes replacing the first user interface with a first flashlight user interface. The first flashlight user interface has a first total lumen output and a first luminance that is substantially uniform over the display. The device determines whether brightness change criteria are met, and in accordance with a determination that the brightness change criteria are met, displays a second flashlight user interface having a second total lumen output greater than the first total lumen output and a second luminance that is substantially uniform over the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Triverio, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher Patrick Foss
  • Patent number: 11941223
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to retrieving and displaying contextually-relevant media content. In some embodiments, a device receives a request to display contextually-relevant media and, in response, displays a representation of a collection of media items relevant to a context of the device. In some embodiments, a device displays a visual media item of a sequence of items and, in response to receiving a swipe gesture, displays a detail user interface comprising related content for the media item. In some embodiments, a device, while displaying a first detail user interface, displays an affordance corresponding to a plurality of individuals identified as having attended a first event, that when selected, causes display of visual media corresponding to a plurality of events attended by the individuals. In some embodiments, a device, in response to user input, obtains an automatically-generated collection of visual media and displays a corresponding affordance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Britt S. Miura, Simon Bovet, Eric Circlaeys, Alan C. Dye, Daniel E. Gobera Rubalcava, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Brendan J. Langoulant, Stephen O. Lemay, Justin S. Titi, Gary Ian Butcher, Paulo Michaelo Lopez, Henrique Penha, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 11921926
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to content-based tactile outputs. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with content-based tactile outputs are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with end-of-content tactile outputs are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with moving a user interface in response to different types of input are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with adjustable item-based tactile outputs are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with input velocity-based tactile outputs are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Camille Moussette, David H. Bloom, Gary Ian Butcher, Alan C. Dye, Dylan Ross Edwards, Jules K. Fennis, Brian T. Gleeson, Miao He, Matthew J. Sundstrom
  • Patent number: 4979741
    Abstract: Batting training apparatus which includes a base member, a support attached to the base in a generally vertical orientation, with a ball support cupped tee formed at the top thereof. The support is preferably formed of two or more portions, at least the upper ball support portion of which flexes upon impact of a bat with the ball supported thereon. Mounted on the support in proximity to the ball support end is a generally planar member, preferably in the form of a disc, which is adjustable relative to the ball and lies in a plane generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the support, that is, horizontal to the ground. In use, with a ball mounted on the support, and with the planar member properly adjusted relative to the ball, the operator, on swinging at the ball, will be able to see and feel if the swing impacts with the planar member or not, and be able to determine whether, upon impact with the planar member, if the impact was occasioned by an up swing or a down swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Inventor: Gary J. Butcher
  • Patent number: 4930774
    Abstract: Pitching training apparatus including selected target areas. The target areas are supported on a base fabric of netting material. The netting material provided with openings which define a pair of spaced target areas thereon. A netting material is loosely attached over and around each of the openings for retaining balls which pass therethrough. The base fabric is suspended from an overhead support member. A weight is attached to the lower end of the base fabric to hold the fabric in a vertical plane. One target area is generally elongate and rectangular, with another target area being of a configuration akin to a rectangle with a corner removed, with a portion of both of these target areas being in those areas of the strike zone corresponding to inside or outside edges and the corners of the strike zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Inventor: Gary J. Butcher
  • Patent number: 4826164
    Abstract: Pitching training apparatus including selected target areas, each in the form of a frame supporting a ball catching device, such as a net. One target area is generally elongate and rectangular, with another target area being of a configuration corresponding to a rectangle with a corner removed, with a portion of both of these target areas being in those areas of the strike zone corresponding to inside or outside edges and the corners of a strike zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Inventor: Gary J. Butcher
  • Patent number: 4763451
    Abstract: A modular unit construction having first and second modular building units for positioning on a parcel, with each modular unit having a generally planar wall portion, the modular units being positionable on a parcel with the planar wall portions in generally parallel spaced relation, with a roof of generally identical appearance on each of said units. Further included are first and second auxiliary structures configured for attachment in contiguous relation interconnecting at said planar wall portions, with each of said generally parallel wall portions forming a sidewall of said auxiliary structures, said auxiliary structures being in abutting relation one to the other and share a common separating wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Inventor: Gary J. Butcher