Patents by Inventor John P. Jarvis

John P. Jarvis 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: 11989394
    Abstract: Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs are provided. While a display of an electronic device with a fingerprint sensor displays a first user interface, the device may detect movement of a fingerprint on the fingerprint sensor. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a first direction, the device allows navigating through the first user interface, and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a second direction different from the first direction, the device allows displaying a second user interface different from the first user interface on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Pope, Daniel W. Jarvis, Nicholas G. Merz, Scott A. Myers, Michael A. Cretella, Michael Eng, James H. Foster, Terry L. Gilton, Myra Haggerty, Byron B. Han, M. Evans Hankey, Steven P. Hotelling, Brian R. Land, Stephen Brian Lynch, Paul Meade, Mushtaq A. Sarwar, John P. Ternus, Paul M. Thompson, Marcel Van Os, John A. Wright
  • Patent number: 4010324
    Abstract: Noisemasking speakers are positioned in an array to direct noise into a space which is to be used by a number of people so that individual privacy is assured. The array is divided into four or more sets of speakers. The single noise source is equalized, and the same equalized noise is fed to the four speaker sets through time-delay devices so that the noise from each set has low correlation with each of the other sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1977
    Inventors: John P. Jarvis, Ludwig W. Sepmeyer
  • Patent number: 3980827
    Abstract: Masking-noise speakers are positioned in an array of lines and rows to direct masking noise into a space. Two separate noise generators provide noise signals respectively to two equalizer-amplifiers which provide their signals respectively to first and second narrow band equalizers. These channel signals are respectively delivered through power amplifiers to first and second sets of speakers in the speaker array. The first and second channel signals are combined to produce a third channel signal, are power amplified, and delivered to a third set of speakers in the array so that no two adjacent speakers on any line or row are powered by the same noise signal. In a modified arrangement, the combination of the first and second channel signals is made after power amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Inventors: Ludwig W. Sepmeyer, John P. Jarvis