Patents by Inventor Holly E. Gerhard

Holly E. Gerhard 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).

  • Publication number: 20210365116
    Abstract: One exemplary implementation provides an improved user experience on a device by using physiological data to initiate a user interaction for the user experience based on an identified interest or intention of a user. For example, a sensor may obtain physiological data (e.g., pupil diameter) of a user during a user experience in which content is displayed on a display. The physiological data varies over time during the user experience and a pattern is detected. The detected pattern is used to identify an interest of the user in the content or an intention of the user regarding the content. The user interaction is then initiated based on the identified interest or the identified intention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Avi Bar-Zeev, Devin W. Chalmers, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Grant H. Mulliken, Holly E. Gerhard, Lilli I. Jonsson
  • Patent number: 11119573
    Abstract: One exemplary implementation provides an improved user experience on a device by using physiological data to initiate a user interaction for the user experience based on an identified interest or intention of a user. For example, a sensor may obtain physiological data (e.g., pupil diameter) of a user during a user experience in which content is displayed on a display. The physiological data varies over time during the user experience and a pattern is detected. The detected pattern is used to identify an interest of the user in the content or an intention of the user regarding the content. The user interaction is then initiated based on the identified interest or the identified intention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Bar-Zeev, Devin W. Chalmers, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Grant H. Mulliken, Holly E. Gerhard, Lilli I. Jonsson
  • Patent number: 11064387
    Abstract: One exemplary implementation involves performing operations at an electronic device with one or more processors and a computer-readable storage medium. The device establishes a wireless communication link with a host device. The device receives, from the host device, a left eye frame and a right eye frame via a sequence of left eye frame transmissions and right eye frame transmissions. The device switches data transmissions schemes according to wireless commination link quality or eye gaze tracking. Adjusting transmission format based on transmission quality of the wireless communication link allows the devices to take advantage of greater bandwidth when available to save power. An additional transmission format is based on alternately transmitting left eye and right eye frames for very low bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr M. Movshovich, Arthur Y. Zhang, Hao Pan, Holly E. Gerhard, Jim C. Chou, Moinul H. Khan, Paul V. Johnson, Sorin C. Cismas, Sreeraman Anantharaman, William W. Sprague
  • Patent number: 11048082
    Abstract: One exemplary implementation involves performing operations at an electronic device with one or more processors and a computer-readable storage medium. The device establishes a wireless communication link with a host device. The device receives, from the host device, a left eye frame and a right eye frame via a sequence of interleaved left eye frame transmissions and right eye frame transmissions. The device loads the left eye frame into a left eye display device and loads the right eye frame into a right eye display device on the electronic device, where the loading includes sequentially loading left eye frame portions and right eye frame portions as the sequence of interleaved left eye frame transmissions and right eye frame transmissions is received. The device then concurrently displays the left eye frame and the right eye frame at the electronic device. The device switches data transmissions schemes according to wireless communication link quality and eye gaze tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr M. Movshovich, Yanli Zhang, Paul V. Johnson, Holly E. Gerhard, Arthur Y. Zhang, Moinul H. Khan
  • Publication number: 20200103967
    Abstract: One exemplary implementation provides an improved user experience on a device by using physiological data to initiate a user interaction for the user experience based on an identified interest or intention of a user. For example, a sensor may obtain physiological data (e.g., pupil diameter) of a user during a user experience in which content is displayed on a display. The physiological data varies over time during the user experience and a pattern is detected. The detected pattern is used to identify an interest of the user in the content or an intention of the user regarding the content. The user interaction is then initiated based on the identified interest or the identified intention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Avi Bar-Zeev, Devin W. Chalmers, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Grant H. Mulliken, Holly E. Gerhard, Lilli I. Jonsson
  • Patent number: 10492346
    Abstract: A head-mounted display to be worn by a user includes a housing, a component chamber defined in the housing, and electronic components that generate heat. The electronic components are located in the component chamber of the housing. The head-mounted display also includes a first fan for causing air to flow through the component chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sivesh Selvakumar, Laura M. Campo, Timothy Y. Chang, Holly E. Gerhard, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Jae Hwang Lee
  • Publication number: 20190075689
    Abstract: A head-mounted display to be worn by a user includes a housing, a component chamber defined in the housing, and electronic components that generate heat. The electronic components are located in the component chamber of the housing. The head-mounted display also includes a first fan for causing air to flow through the component chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Sivesh Selvakumar, Laura M. Campo, Timothy Y. Chang, Holly E. Gerhard, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Jae Hwang Lee