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: 10860177
    Abstract: An application launching user interface that includes a plurality of application icons for launching corresponding applications is displayed. A first touch input is detected on a first application icon of the plurality of application icons. The first application icon is for launching a first application that is associated with one or more corresponding quick actions. If the first touch input meets one or more application-launch criteria which require that the first touch input has ended without having met a first input threshold, the first application is launched in response to the first touch input. If the first touch input meets one or more quick-action-display criteria which require that the first touch input meets the first input threshold, one or more quick action objects associated with the first application are concurrently displayed along with the first application icon without launching the first application, in response to the first touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Freddy A. Anzures, Sebastian J. Bauer, Jonathan R. Dascola, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Camille Moussette, Lauren K. Trottier, Nicholas V. King, Adam J. Leonard, Lawrence Y. Yang, Craig M. Federighi
  • Patent number: 10852935
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a messaging user interface of a messaging application on the display, the messaging user interface including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and at least one other user, a first message-input area, and a launch icon for an interactive application. While displaying the messaging user interface, the device detects an input that activates the launch icon for the interactive application. In response to detecting the input that activates the launch icon for the interactive application, the device displays a user interface for the interactive application, the interactive application user interface including a second message-input area that is distinct from the first message-input area. While displaying the interactive application user interface, the device detects input of a first message in the second message-input area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Freddy A. Anzures, Richard R. Dellinger, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Nicholas V. King, Hoan Pham, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes, Darin B. Adler, Justin N. Wood, Roberto Garcia, Soin Shedlosky, Bethany Bongiorno
  • Publication number: 20200372514
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the mobile device receives and stores information for one or more payment accounts on the mobile device. The mobile device is used to make payments using the payment accounts. In some examples, authorization to proceed with a payment is performed before each purchase made by the user. The authorization process can include receiving a verification of the user, such as a fingerprint scan or passcode. In some examples, a payment account is selected from among available payment accounts. In some examples, an indication is displayed of a digital item associated with a purchased item. In some examples, a payment transaction is initiated with participants of an ongoing communication. In some examples, an application of a retailer is invoked based on the availability of the application. In some examples, a purchase recommendation is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Marcel VAN OS, Christopher D. ADAMS, Charles AHN, Pablo F. CARO, George R. DICKER, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Woo-Ram LEE, Brian TUCKER, Giancarlo YERKES
  • Patent number: 10846905
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume Pierre André Barlier, Sebastian Bauer, Aurelio Guzman, Nicolas Scapel, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: 10845968
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Scapel, Aurelio Guzman, Sebastian Bauer, Giancarlo Yerkes, Guillaume Pierre André Barlier
  • Publication number: 20200364897
    Abstract: An electronic device: obtains a plurality of sets of images; synthesizes a three-dimensional point cloud for each of the plurality of sets of images; constructs planes using the respective three-dimensional point clouds; and generates a merged set of quadtrees characterizing a merged set of planes across the three-dimensional point clouds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Giancarlo Yerkes, Aitor Aldoma Buchaca, Na Wong, Oliver Montague Dunkley
  • Publication number: 20200357184
    Abstract: An electronic device, while displaying a first user interface region and a first media item, detects a first input corresponding to a sharing user interface. In response, the device displays the sharing user interface, which includes a second user interface object for initiating a process for displaying a second representation of a first media item in an augmented reality environment. In response to detecting a sequence of one or more inputs including selection of the second user interface object, the device displays the second representation of the first media item in a second user interface that includes content of at least a portion of a field of view of the device's one or more cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Grant R. Paul, Nicolas V. Scapel, David Lui, Xiao Jin Yu, Giancarlo Yerkes, Kyle E. Fisher
  • Publication number: 20200322479
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to viewing and updating application views. A device receives a user input, the input, when received initiating display of a plurality of application views of a set of application views. The device, in response to receiving the user input, displays the plurality of application views of the set of application views, wherein the set of application views includes preselected application views and an adaptive view that corresponds to a most recently opened application that is not one of the preselected application views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan DE VRIES, Lee S. BROUGHTON, Kevin Will CHEN, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Stephen O. LEMAY, Christopher WILSON, Eric Lance WILSON, Giancarlo YERKES
  • Patent number: 10796445
    Abstract: An electronic device: displays, on a display of the electronic device, a reticle element in a first appearance state overlaid on a media capture preview of objects in a field of view of an image sensor of the electronic device, where the media capture preview changes as the objects in the field of view of the image sensor change; detects a plane in the media capture preview; and, in response to detecting the plane, displays, on the display, the reticle element in a second appearance state overlaid on the media capture preview, where the reticle element corresponds to an indication of a portion of the extent of the plane while displayed in the second appearance state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Yerkes, Aitor Aldoma Buchaca, Na Wong, Oliver Montague Dunkley
  • Publication number: 20200302669
    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 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Guillaume Pierre André BARLIER, Sebastian BAUER, Aurelio GUZMAN, Nicolas SCAPEL, Giancarlo YERKES
  • Patent number: 10748153
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the mobile device receives and stores information for one or more payment accounts on the mobile device. The mobile device is used to make payments using the payment accounts. In some examples, authorization to proceed with a payment is performed before each purchase made by the user. The authorization process can include receiving a verification of the user, such as a fingerprint scan or passcode. In some examples, a payment account is selected from among available payment accounts. In some examples, an indication is displayed of a digital item associated with a purchased item. In some examples, a payment transaction is initiated with participants of an ongoing communication. In some examples, an application of a retailer is invoked based on the availability of the application. In some examples, a purchase recommendation is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Christopher D. Adams, Charles Ahn, Pablo F. Caro, George R. Dicker, Craig M. Federighi, Woo-Ram Lee, Brian Tucker, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Publication number: 20200232783
    Abstract: An electronic device displays an application user interface that includes a representation of a field of view of one or more cameras. The representation of the field of view is updated over time based on changes to current visual data detected by the one or more cameras, and the field of view includes a physical object in a three-dimensional space. While the device is a first distance from the physical object, the device displays a representation of a measurement that corresponds to the physical object, and one or more first scale markers along the representation of the measurement at a first scale. After the device has moved to a second distance from the physical object, the device displays, at a second scale that is different from the first scale, one or more second scale markers along at least a portion of the representation of the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Allison W. Dryer, Grant R. Paul, Stephen O. Lemay, Giancarlo Yerkes, Richard D. Lyons
  • Publication number: 20200183577
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a messaging user interface of a message application, including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and a plurality of other users, a message-input area, and a plurality of avatars corresponding to the plurality of other users. The plurality of avatars are displayed as a stack of avatars, with a first avatar of avatars displayed on the top of the stack of avatars. In response to detecting an input by a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector is at a first location in the messaging user interface that corresponds to the first avatar, if the input meets menu-activation-criteria, a menu that contains activatable menu items associated with the first avatar overlaid on the messaging user interface is displayed, and if the input meets avatar-spreading-criteria the plurality of avatars are displayed in an array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Freddy A. Anzures, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Nicholas V. King, Daamun Mohseni, Hoan Pham, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes, Darin B. Adler, Bethany Bongiorno, Justin N. Wood, Roberto Garcia, Soin Shedlosky
  • Publication number: 20200183548
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Freddy Allen ANZURES, Nicholas V. KING, Stephen O. LEMAY, Hoan PHAM, Giancarlo YERKES
  • Patent number: D883312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume P. Barlier, Arian Behzadi, Alan C. Dye, Lisa K. Forssell, Robert Garcia, III, Aurelio Guzmán, Nicolas V. Scapel, Marcel van Os, Christopher I. Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D885431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley William Griffin, Aurelio Guzmán, Christopher Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D886124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Dascola, Allison W. Dryer, Robert Garcia, Bradley William Griffin, Aurelio Guzmán, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard D. Lyons, Grant R. Paul, Philipp Rockel, Christopher Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D888080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Bradley William Griffin, Jonathan P. Ive, Tiffany Jon, Chanaka Karunamuni, Nicholas V. King, Daamun Mohseni, Hoan K. Pham, William McMillan Tyler, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D893536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Gary Butcher, Joseph Chan, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: D896272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley William Griffin, Aurelio Guzmán, Christopher Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes