Patents by Inventor James A. Queen

James A. Queen 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).

  • Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Adding Effects in Augmented Reality Environments
    Publication number: 20240153219
    Abstract: A computer system displays a representation of a field of view of the one or more cameras, including a representation of a portion of a three-dimensional physical environment that is in the field of view of the one or more cameras. The computer system receives a request to add a first virtual effect to the displayed representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras. In response to receiving the request to add the first virtual effect to the displayed representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras and in accordance with a determination that the first virtual effect requires a scan of the physical environment, the computer system initiates a scan of the physical environment to detect one or more features of the physical environment and displays a user interface that indicates a progress of the scan of the physical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: James A. Queen, Joseph-Alexander P. Weil, Joanna M. Newman, Ron A. Buencamino, Richard H. Salvador, Fernando Garcia, Austin T. Tamaddon
  • Systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces for adding effects in augmented reality environments
    Patent number: 11941764
    Abstract: A computer system displays a representation of a field of view of the one or more cameras, including a representation of a portion of a three-dimensional physical environment that is in the field of view of the one or more cameras. The computer system receives a request to add a first virtual effect to the displayed representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras. In response to receiving the request to add the first virtual effect to the displayed representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras and in accordance with a determination that the first virtual effect requires a scan of the physical environment, the computer system initiates a scan of the physical environment to detect one or more features of the physical environment and displays a user interface that indicates a progress of the scan of the physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Andrew L. Harding, James A. Queen, Joseph-Alexander P. Weil, Joanna M. Newman, Ron A. Buencamino, Richard H. Salvador, Fernando Garcia, Austin T. Tamaddon, Omid Khalili, Scott W. Wilson, Thomas H. Smith, III
  • Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Adding Effects in Augmented Reality Environments
    Publication number: 20220335697
    Abstract: A computer system displays a representation of a field of view of the one or more cameras, including a representation of a portion of a three-dimensional physical environment that is in the field of view of the one or more cameras. The computer system receives a request to add a first virtual effect to the displayed representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras. In response to receiving the request to add the first virtual effect to the displayed representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras and in accordance with a determination that the first virtual effect requires a scan of the physical environment, the computer system initiates a scan of the physical environment to detect one or more features of the physical environment and displays a user interface that indicates a progress of the scan of the physical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew L. Harding, James A. Queen, Joseph-Alexander P. Weil, Joanna M. Newman, Ron A. Buencamino, Richard H. Salvador, Fernando Garcia, Austin T. Tamaddon, Omid Khalili, Scott W. Wilson, Thomas Smith
  • DYNAMIC ASPECT MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
    Publication number: 20180352191
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments are directed to dynamic aspect media presentations. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining, by a mobile device, a first set of instructions for playing a media presentation in a first format, the media presentation including a composition of media assets; playing, by a media player of the mobile device, the media presentation in a media player view in the first format according to the first set of instructions; obtaining, by the mobile device, a switching event trigger signal; responsive to the switching event trigger signal: obtaining, by the mobile device, a second set of instructions for playing the media presentation in a second format that is different than the first format; and playing, by the media player, the media presentation in the media player view in the second format according to the second set of instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Eppolito, Anne E. Fink, James A. Queen, Wendy L. DeVore