Patents by Inventor Kevin Will Chen

Kevin Will Chen 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: 20240118783
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for accessing modes of operation and techniques for providing an alarm interface for electronic devices. In some embodiments, a device detects that a battery is being charged and that the device is oriented in a predefined orientation. In accordance with the detection that the battery is being charged and that the device is oriented in the predefined orientation, the device activates a predefined mode of operation. In some embodiments, a device displays a first user interface object in a first color, and, at a predetermined time, the device displays the first user interface object in a second color and displays an option for dismissing an alarm, wherein the option for dismissing is displayed as a second user interface object located at a portion of a display of the device proximate to a hardware button of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Will CHEN, Alan C. DYE, Jonathan P. IVE, Christopher WILSON, Lawrence Y. YANG
  • Patent number: 11955100
    Abstract: An electronic device having a touch-screen display detects a first input on the display while displaying a first user interface on the display. In response to detecting the first input on the display, the device enters a flashlight mode. Entering the flashlight mode includes replacing the first user interface with a first flashlight user interface. The first flashlight user interface has a first total lumen output and a first luminance that is substantially uniform over the display. The device determines whether brightness change criteria are met, and in accordance with a determination that the brightness change criteria are met, displays a second flashlight user interface having a second total lumen output greater than the first total lumen output and a second luminance that is substantially uniform over the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Triverio, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher Patrick Foss
  • Publication number: 20240096199
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for facilitating disabling an alarm in response to particular types of activity-indicative data. More specifically, activity-indicative data (e.g., measurements obtained by an electronic device) can be detected prior to a preset alarm time. Upon determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition is satisfied, the alarm can be disabled such that the alarm stimuli is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bharath Narasimha Rao, Kevin Will Chen, Reed E. Olsen, Umamahesh Srinivas, Kevin M. Lynch, John-Peter E. Cafaro
  • Patent number: 11908343
    Abstract: Exercise-based watch faces and complications for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for exercise-based watch faces and complications provide indications of time and affordances representing applications (e.g., a workout application or a weather application). In response to detecting a user input corresponding to a selection of the affordance (e.g., representing a workout application), a workout routine can optionally be begun. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein, as well as electronic devices related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Wilson, Aled Hywel Williams, Kevin Will Chen, Chester H. Chipperfield, Stanley Carl Ng
  • Publication number: 20240053878
    Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for context-specific user interfaces provide indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher WILSON, Lee S. BROUGHTON, Kevin Will CHEN, Eric Lance WILSON
  • Publication number: 20240012536
    Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, provide, inter alia, indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. A user interface screen including a current time indicator and a first platter is displayed. The first platter is at a first position, is associated with a first application, and displays a first set of information obtained from the first application. The first set of information relates to a first temporal context of the current day. In response to detecting a user input, the first platter is displayed at a second position and a second platter is displayed at the first position. The second platter is associated with a second application and displays a second set of information obtained from the second application. The second set of information relates to a second temporal context of the current day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Will CHEN, Aurelio GUZMAN, Christopher WILSON
  • Patent number: 11862004
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for facilitating disabling an alarm in response to particular types of activity-indicative data. More specifically, activity-indicative data (e.g., sensor data or input(s) can be detected prior to a preset alarm time. Upon determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition is satisfied (e.g., that the activity-indicative data corresponds to one or more predefined characteristics), a disablement query can be displayed that includes an option to disable the alarm. In response to detecting a selection of the option, the alarm can be disabled such that the alarm stimuli is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bharath Narasimha Rao, Kevin Will Chen, Reed E. Olsen, Umamahesh Srinivas, Kevin M. Lynch, John-Peter E. Cafaro
  • Patent number: D1009054
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1009067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Richard D. Lyons, Pani Page, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1009908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Hanwen Fan, Aurelio Guzmán, Lauren Kim Trottier, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1009920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Bon Min, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1009931
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Brian Andrew Schmitt
  • Patent number: D1012121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1015364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Lauren Kim Trottier
  • Patent number: D1016842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Broughton, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1016853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Broughton, Gary Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Nathan De Vries, Christopher Foss, Aled Williams, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D1018594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Hanwen Fan, Aurelio Guzmán, Lauren Kim Trottier, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D1021958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Yeo Been Chung, Aurelio Guzmán
  • Patent number: D1022714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Kevin Will Chen, Andrew Patrick Clymer, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Aaron Mathew Melim, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Jacob Weiss, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1024132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Benjamin James Crick, Richard R. Dellinger, YunJae Kim, Eileen Y. Lee, Joseph Mark Willoughby Luxton