Patents by Inventor Giancarlo Yerkes

Giancarlo Yerkes 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: 12265690
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first view of a user interface of a first application with a first size at a first position corresponding to a location of at least a portion of a palm that is currently facing a viewpoint corresponding to a view of a three-dimensional environment provided via a display generation component. While displaying the first view, the computer system detects a first input that corresponds to a request to transfer display of the first application from the palm to a first surface that is within a first proximity of the viewpoint. In response to detecting the first input, the computer system displays a second view of the user interface of the first application with a second size and an orientation that corresponds to the first surface at a second position defined by the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Gregg S. Suzuki, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Jonathan Ive, Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Jonathan R. Dascola, William A. Sorrentino, III, Kristi E. S. Bauerly, Giancarlo Yerkes, Peter D. Anton
  • Publication number: 20250102291
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of an electronic device with one or more cameras, a first user interface of an application. The first user interface includes a representation of a field of view of at least one of the one or more cameras, which is updated over time based on changes to current visual data detected by at least one of the one or more cameras. The field of view includes a physical object in a three-dimensional space. A representation of a measurement of the physical object is superimposed on an image of the physical object in the representation of the field of view. While displaying the first user interface, a first touch input in the first user interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display is detected. In response to detecting the first touch input, a process for sharing information about the measurement is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Allison W. Dryer, Grant R. Paul, Giancarlo Yerkes, Stephen O. Lemay, Jonathan R. Dascola
  • Publication number: 20250103132
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for controlling and displaying representations of user in environments, such as during a live communication session and/or a live collaboration session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jason D. RICKWALD, Andrew R. BACON, Kristi E. BAUERLY, Rupert BURTON, Jordan A. CAZAMIAS, Tong CHEN, Shih-Sang CHIU, Stephen O. LEMAY, Jonathan PERRON, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Giancarlo YERKES, Alan C. DYE
  • Patent number: 12249033
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure includes techniques and user interfaces for interacting with virtual objects in an extended reality environment. In some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects in an extended reality environment, including repositioning virtual objects relative to the environment. In some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects, in an extended reality environment, including virtual objects that aid a user in navigating within the environment. In some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects, including objects displayed based on changes in a field-of-view of a user, in an extended reality environment, including repositioning virtual objects relative to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yiqiang Nie, Giovanni Agnoli, Devin W. Chalmers, Allison W. Dryer, Thomas G. Salter, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: 12210730
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for multi-user communication sessions. In some examples, a device initiates a live stream in a communication session. In some examples, a device transitions between streaming live audio and live video. In some examples, a device enables synchronizing media playback during a live stream. In some examples, a device displays synchronized media playback and plays a reaction from a first participant of the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Allen Anzures, Nicholas V. King, Stephen O. Lemay, Hoan Pham, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Publication number: 20250022237
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system displays user interfaces for enrolling one or more features of a user of a computer system. In some embodiments, a computer system displays visual effects associated with a virtual avatar in an XR environment. In some embodiments, a computer system displays objects having different visual characteristics in an XR environment. In some embodiments, a computer system switches between different presentation modes associated with a user represented in an XR environment. In some embodiments, a computer system displays a virtual avatar in an XR environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Rupert Thomas Guy BURTON, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Dorian D. DARGAN, Jason RICKWALD, Giancarlo YERKES
  • Patent number: 12198260
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first view of a three-dimensional environment including a first representation of a first portion of a physical environment. While displaying the first view, the computer system detects movement of a first user from a first location to a second location of the physical environment, and in response: if the second location corresponds to a first type of exercise, the computer system replaces at least a portion of a second representation of a second portion of the physical environment that includes the second location with virtual content corresponding to the first type of exercise; and if the second location corresponds to a second type of exercise, the computer system replaces at least a portion of a third representation of a third portion of the physical environment that includes the second location with virtual content corresponding to the second type of exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: William A. Sorrentino, III, Gary I. Butcher, Wan Si Wan, Richard R. Dellinger, Giancarlo Yerkes, Stephen O. Lemay, Peter D. Anton, Alan C. Dye
  • Publication number: 20250008057
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system changes visual appearance of visual representations of participants moving within a simulated threshold distance of a user of the computer system. In some embodiments, a computer system arranges representations of users according to templates. In some embodiments, a computer system arranges representations of users based on shared content. In some embodiments, a computer system changes a spatial arrangement of participants in accordance with a quantity of participants that are a first type of participant. In some embodiments, a computer system changes a spatial arrangement of elements of a real-time communication session to join a group of participants. In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates interaction with groups of spatial representations of participants of a communication session. In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates updates of a spatial arrangement of participants based on a spatial distribution of the participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Shih-Sang CHIU, Jason D. RICKWALD, Rupert BURTON, Giancarlo YERKES, Stephen O. LEMAY, Jonathan PERRON, Wei WANG
  • Publication number: 20240404227
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for electronic devices, including user interfaces for real-time communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Shih-Sang CHIU, Long H. NGO, Wesley M. HOLDER, Stephen O. LEMAY, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Rajat BHARDWAJ, Giancarlo YERKES, Jason D. RICKWALD, Rupert BURTON
  • Publication number: 20240402868
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for electronic devices, including user interfaces for real-time communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Jesse CHAND, Shih-Sang CHIU, Wesley M. HOLDER, Stephen O. LEMAY, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Rajat BHARDWAJ, Giancarlo YERKES, Jason D. RICKWALD, Rupert BURTON, Kaely COON, Connor A. SMITH, Joseph P. CERRA, Tommy ROCHETTE
  • Publication number: 20240385725
    Abstract: While a view of an environment is visible via the display generation component of a computer system, a first motion input that includes movement of the remote input device in a physical environment is detected. In response to detecting the first motion input and in accordance with a determination that a gaze detected by the computer system was directed to a first object when the first motion input was detected, the first object is moved in the environment in accordance with the first motion input. In response to detecting the first motion input and in accordance with a determination that the gaze detected by the computer system was not directed to the first object when the first motion input was detected, the computer system forgoes moving the first object in the environment in accordance with the first motion input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Giancarlo Yerkes, Philipp Rockel, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Jeffrey M. Faulkner
  • Publication number: 20240372968
    Abstract: Techniques for displaying a representation of a person based on a background, viewing angle, and/or a mouth occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jason D. RICKWALD, Giancarlo YERKES, Rupert BURTON, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Peter D. ANTON
  • Patent number: 12125149
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system displays user interfaces for enrolling one or more features of a user of a computer system. In some embodiments, a computer system displays visual effects associated with a virtual avatar in an XR environment. In some embodiments, a computer system displays objects having different visual characteristics in an XR environment. In some embodiments, a computer system switches between different presentation modes associated with a user represented in an XR environment. In some embodiments, a computer system displays a virtual avatar in an XR environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rupert Thomas Guy Burton, Gary Ian Butcher, Jason Rickwald, Giancarlo Yerkes, Kristi Elaine Schmidt Bauerly, Dorian D. Dargan
  • Publication number: 20240331256
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to generating and modifying virtual avatars. An electronic device having a camera and a display apparatus displays a virtual avatar that changes appearance in response to changes in a face in a field of view of the camera. In response to detecting changes in one or more physical features of the face in the field of view of the camera, the electronic device modifies one or more features of the virtual avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Guillaume Pierre André BARLIER, Sebastian BAUER, Jeffrey T. BERNSTEIN, Alan C. DYE, Aurelio GUZMAN, Amir HOFFNUNG, Joseph A. MALIA, Nicolas SCAPEL, Christopher I. WILSON, Giancarlo YERKES
  • Patent number: 12099692
    Abstract: A computer system with a display and a touch-sensitive surface receives a request to display a first user interface that includes a first item, and, in response to the request, displays the first user interface with a representation of the first item. Depending on whether the first item corresponds to a respective virtual three-dimensional object, the first item is displayed either with a visual indication to indicate that the first item corresponds to a first respective virtual three-dimensional object or without the visual indication. In response to a request to display a second user interface, the second user interface is displayed with a representation of the second item. Depending on whether the second item corresponds to a respective virtual three-dimensional object, the representation of the second item is displayed with or without the visual indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Jonathan R. Dascola, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Publication number: 20240290046
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a first user interface with a first representation of content and, in response to receiving a request to display a virtual model that corresponds to the content, displays the virtual model of the content concurrently with a selectable user interface object for performing the operation associated with the content in accordance with a determination that the first user interface is configured to perform an operation associated with the content and displaying the virtual model of the content without displaying the selectable user interface object for performing the operation associated with the content in accordance with a determination that the first user interface is not configured to perform the operation associated with the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Grant R. Paul, Giancarlo Yerkes, Nicolas V. Scapel, David Lui
  • Publication number: 20240291917
    Abstract: A method includes: while displaying a wake screen with a first media item as a background and foreground objects displayed over the first media item, detecting first user input that corresponds to a request to display a media gallery; in response to detecting the first user input, ceasing display of the foreground objects; detecting a second user input that corresponds to a request to navigate through media items in the media gallery; in response to detecting the second user input, replacing the first media item with a second media item in the media gallery; detecting a third input that corresponds to a request to dismiss the media gallery; and, in response to detecting the third user input, redisplaying the foreground objects on the display device over a media item from the media gallery that is selected as the background for the wake screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher I. Wilson, Pedro Mari, Richard D. Lyons, Teofila Connor, Giancarlo Yerkes, Gregory Apodaca, Vitalii Kramar, Gregg S. Suzuki, Robert Garcia, III, Philip A. Ward, Stephen O. Lemay, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Cas G. Lemmens, Alan Dye, Bilal S. Sayed Ahmad, Jussi-Pekka Mantere
  • Patent number: D1042540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Caro, Woo-Ram Lee, Marcel van Os, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D1066398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume P. Barlier, Lisa K. Forssell, Joseph D. Gardner, Aurelio Guzmán, Jason D. Rickwald, Christopher J. Romney, Nicolas V. Scapel, Christopher I. Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D1066407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Allison W. Dryer, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard D. Lyons, Grant R. Paul, Giancarlo Yerkes