Patents by Inventor Hugo VERWEIJ

Hugo VERWEIJ 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: 20240028429
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to audio output for time-based notifications. Enhanced alerts for time-based notifications based on various notification conditions provides users with clarity about which notifications are being output, thereby providing an improved user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hugo VERWEIJ, Mitchell LERNER, David Chance GRAHAM
  • Patent number: 11803430
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to audio output for time-based notifications. Enhanced alerts for time-based notifications based on various notification conditions provides users with clarity about which notifications are being output, thereby providing an improved user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hugo Verweij, Mitchell Lerner, David Chance Graham
  • Patent number: 11460925
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to providing time feedback on an electronic device, and in particular to providing non-visual time feedback on the electronic device. Techniques for providing non-visual time feedback include detecting an input and, in response to detecting the input, initiating output of a first type of non-visual indication of a current time or a second type of non-visual indication of the current time based on the set of non-visual time output criteria met by the input. Techniques for providing non-visual time feedback also include, in response to detecting that a current time has reached a first predetermined time of a set of one or more predetermined times, outputting a first non-visual alert or a second non-visual alert based on a type of watch face that the electronic device is configured to display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher B. Fleizach, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Kevin Will Chen, Shawn Henning, Stephen O. Lemay, Catherine B. B. Morrison, Camille Moussette, Tu Nguyen, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Molly Pray Wiebe, Christopher Wilson, Alan C. Dye, Gary Ian Butcher, Hugo Verweij, Jules K. Fennis, Charles C. Hoyt
  • Publication number: 20220276912
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to audio output for time-based notifications. Enhanced alerts for time-based notifications based on various notification conditions provides users with clarity about which notifications are being output, thereby providing an improved user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hugo VERWEIJ, Mitchell LERNER, David Chance GRAHAM
  • Patent number: 11393258
    Abstract: An electronic device performs techniques related generally to implementing biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for a biometric enrollment process tutorial. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for aligning a biometric feature for enrollment. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for enrolling a biometric feature. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for providing hints during a biometric enrollment process. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for application-based biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for autofilling biometrically secured fields. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for unlocking a device using biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for retrying biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for managing transfers using biometric authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Peter D. Anton, Arian Behzadi, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Lynne Devine, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Bradley W. Griffin, Jonathan P. Ive, Joseph A. Malia, Pedro Mari, Daamun Mohseni, Jean-Pierre Mouilleseaux, Camille Moussette, Daniel Trent Preston, Praveen Sharma, Hugo Verweij, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: 11340962
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to audio output for time-based notifications. Enhanced alerts for time-based notifications based on various notification conditions provides users with clarity about which notifications are being output, thereby providing an improved user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hugo Verweij, Mitchell Lerner, David Chance Graham
  • Publication number: 20210375157
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods for tracking the performance of a physical activity event. In some embodiments, the method is performed at a computer system that is in communication with one or more perceptual output generation components and one or more sensors and includes detecting a start of a physical activity, providing ongoing feedback relating to a target duration, and if the activity continues for at least the duration, indicating that the activity continued for at least the target duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew J. SUNDSTROM, Nicholas FELTON, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Joseph Y. CHAN, Jules K. FENNIS, Eamon Francis GILRAVI, Nicholas V. KING, Cas LEMMENS, Joseph M. LUXTON, Camille MOUSSETTE, Charmian Bondoc NAGUIT, Hugo VERWEIJ, Molly Pray WIEBE
  • Publication number: 20210294470
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for charging electronic devices. At a first device with a display, detect that at least one of the first device or a second device has entered a wireless charging state. In response to detecting that at least one of the first device or the second device has entered a wireless charging state, and in accordance with a determination that the first device and the second device are being wirelessly charged by the same wireless charging device, display, on the display, an indication of charge status for the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Arian BEHZADI, Joseph Y. CHAN, Lynne DEVINE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Pedro MARI, Per Haakan Linus PERSSON, Hugo VERWEIJ, Corey Keiko WANG
  • Publication number: 20210255710
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to providing time feedback on an electronic device, and in particular to providing non-visual time feedback on the electronic device. Techniques for providing non-visual time feedback include detecting an input and, in response to detecting the input, initiating output of a first type of non-visual indication of a current time or a second type of non-visual indication of the current time based on the set of non-visual time output criteria met by the input. Techniques for providing non-visual time feedback also include, in response to detecting that a current time has reached a first predetermined time of a set of one or more predetermined times, outputting a first non-visual alert or a second non-visual alert based on a type of watch face that the electronic device is configured to display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher B. FLEIZACH, Giovanni M. AGNOLI, Kevin Will CHEN, Shawn HENNING, Stephen O. LEMAY, Catherine B. B. MORRISON, Camille MOUSSETTE, Tu NGUYEN, Matthew J. SUNDSTROM, Molly Pray WIEBE, Christopher WILSON, Alan C. DYE, Gary Ian BUTCHER, Hugo VERWEIJ, Jules K. FENNIS, Charles C. HOYT
  • Patent number: 11095766
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, David Chance Graham, Afrooz Family, Aimee Piercy, Hugo Verweij
  • Patent number: 10951043
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for charging electronic devices. At a first device with a display, detect that at least one of the first device or a second device has entered a wireless charging state. In response to detecting that at least one of the first device or the second device has entered a wireless charging state, and in accordance with a determination that the first device and the second device are being wirelessly charged by the same wireless charging device, display, on the display, an indication of charge status for the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arian Behzadi, Joseph Y. Chan, Lynne Devine, Christopher Patrick Foss, Pedro Mari, Per Haakan Linus Persson, Hugo Verweij, Corey Keiko Wang
  • Publication number: 20200104018
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick L. COFFMAN, David Chance GRAHAM, Afrooz FAMILY, Aimee PIERCY, Hugo VERWEIJ
  • Publication number: 20200081751
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to audio output for time-based notifications. Enhanced alerts for time-based notifications based on various notification conditions provides users with clarity about which notifications are being output, thereby providing an improved user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hugo VERWEIJ, Mitchell LERNER
  • Patent number: 10530318
    Abstract: An audio system having a variable reset volume, and a method of conditionally resetting a volume parameter, are described. The audio system can include a processor to generate an audio signal for a speaker to convert into a sound. A volume parameter of the audio signal can be set before a user pauses playback of the audio signal. The processor can determine that the volume parameter is outside of a resting volume range, and that the user resumes playback of the audio signal at least a selected interval after pausing playback. The processor can responsively reset the volume parameter when playback is resumed to a different level based on one or more acoustic factors, such as an audio decay time of a surrounding environment. The different level can be within the resting volume range. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Richard M. Powell, Kshitij S. Deshpande, David Chance Graham, Hugo Verweij, Afrooz Family
  • Patent number: 10410076
    Abstract: An electronic device performs techniques related generally to implementing biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for a biometric enrollment process tutorial. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for aligning a biometric feature for enrollment. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for enrolling a biometric feature. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for providing hints during a biometric enrollment process. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for application-based biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for autofilling biometrically secured fields. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for unlocking a device using biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for retrying biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for managing transfers using biometric authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Peter D. Anton, Arian Behzadi, Lynne Devine, Christopher Patrick Foss, Bradley W. Griffin, Pedro Mari, Daamun Mohseni, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Camille Moussette, Daniel Trent Preston, Hugo Verweij, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Publication number: 20190165748
    Abstract: An audio system having a variable reset volume, and a method of conditionally resetting a volume parameter, are described. The audio system can include a processor to generate an audio signal for a speaker to convert into a sound. A volume parameter of the audio signal can be set before a user pauses playback of the audio signal. The processor can determine that the volume parameter is outside of a resting volume range, and that the user resumes playback of the audio signal at least a selected interval after pausing playback. The processor can responsively reset the volume parameter when playback is resumed to a different level based on one or more acoustic factors, such as an audio decay time of a surrounding environment. The different level can be within the resting volume range. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Richard M. Powell, Kshitij S. Deshpande, David Chance Graham, Hugo Verweij, Afrooz Family
  • Publication number: 20190080189
    Abstract: An electronic device performs techniques related generally to implementing biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for a biometric enrollment process tutorial. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for aligning a biometric feature for enrollment. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for enrolling a biometric feature. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for providing hints during a biometric enrollment process. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for application-based biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for autofilling biometrically secured fields. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for unlocking a device using biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for retrying biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for managing transfers using biometric authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Marcel VAN OS, Peter D. ANTON, Arian BEHZADI, Lynne DEVINE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Bradley W. Griffin, Pedro MARI, Daamun MOHSENI, Jean-Pierre M. MOUILLESEAUX, Camille MOUSSETTE, Daniel Trent PRESTON, Hugo VERWEIJ, Giancarlo YERKES
  • Publication number: 20180351373
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for charging electronic devices. At a first device with a display, detect that at least one of the first device or a second device has entered a wireless charging state. In response to detecting that at least one of the first device or the second device has entered a wireless charging state, and in accordance with a determination that the first device and the second device are being wirelessly charged by the same wireless charging device, display, on the display, an indication of charge status for the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Arian BEHZADI, Joseph Y. CHAN, Lynne DEVINE, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Pedro MARI, Per Haakan Linus PERSSON, Hugo VERWEIJ, Corey Keiko WANG
  • Patent number: 10024682
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for managing navigation alerts. The disclosure generally describes an exemplary technique whereby a first device, such as a smartphone, coordinates the timing or sequence of alerts for a navigation instruction on the first device and on a second device, such as a smartwatch. In some examples, the second device presents an alert to a user indicating an event condition has been met before the first device presents a different alert to the user indicating that the same event condition has been met. The alert presented on the second device and the different alert presented on the first device are spaced apart in time by at least a predetermined delay time period, where the predetermined delay time period is based on the event condition. The alert at the second device allows the user to anticipate the alert at the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christine McGavran, Joshua Weinberg, Marcel Van Os, Hugo Verweij, Jeffrey Meininger, Eric L. Grundstrom, Usama M. Hajj
  • Publication number: 20170160098
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for managing navigation alerts. The disclosure generally describes an exemplary technique whereby a first device, such as a smartphone, coordinates the timing or sequence of alerts for a navigation instruction on the first device and on a second device, such as a smartwatch. In some examples, the second device presents an alert to a user indicating an event condition has been met before the first device presents a different alert to the user indicating that the same event condition has been met. The alert presented on the second device and the different alert presented on the first device are spaced apart in time by at least a predetermined delay time period, where the predetermined delay time period is based on the event condition. The alert at the second device allows the user to anticipate the alert at the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Christine MCGAVRAN, Joshua WEINBERG, Marcel VAN OS, Hugo VERWEIJ, Jeffrey MEININGER, Eric L. GRUNDSTROM, Usama M. HAJJ