Patents by Inventor Marcos Alonso

Marcos Alonso 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: 20250251851
    Abstract: Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to displaying additional controls and/or information when an input device such as a stylus is hovering over a user interface displayed by an electronic device. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to providing feedback about the pose of an input device relative to a surface. Some embodiments of the disclosure are directed to performing contextual actions in response to input provided from an input device. Some embodiments of the disclosure are directed to providing handwritten input for conversion into font-based text using an input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventor: Marcos ALONSO
  • Publication number: 20250244866
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to providing feedback about the pose and/or orientation of an input device relative to a surface, such as feedback about a change in an orientation of the input device relative to the surface due to rotational movement of the input device about a first axis associated with the input device, while the pose of the input device relative to the surface is maintained during the change in orientation of the input device relative to the surface. Some embodiments are directed to providing feedback about whether the orientation of the selected drawing implement for an input device is permitted to change or not in response to changes in the orientation of the input device. Some embodiments are directed to providing feedback corresponding to a setting or resetting of an orientation of the selected drawing implement for the input device in response to detection of an event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel T. PRESTON, Peder BLEKKEN, Christopher D. SOLI, Marcos ALONSO
  • Publication number: 20250238127
    Abstract: User interfaces integrating variable hardware inputs are described, including user interfaces that perform different operations in response to presses of different intensities with and without movement, user interfaces that perform different media capture operations based on presses of different lengths with and without movement, user interfaces with controls that can be customized by swiping near a hardware control, user interfaces for media playback with dynamic speed adjustments, and user interfaces that perform adjustments before and after contact with a hardware control ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Marcos ALONSO, Camille MOUSSETTE, Jean-Pierre M. MOUILLESEAUX, Madeleine S. CORDIER, Max L. MCCARTHY, Peter C. TSOI, Guillaume R. ARDAUD, Sean Z. AMADIO, Michael S. SOETAERT, Johnnie B. MANZARI
  • Publication number: 20250238128
    Abstract: User interfaces integrating variable hardware inputs are described, including user interfaces that perform different operations in response to presses of different intensities with and without movement, user interfaces that perform different media capture operations based on presses of different lengths with and without movement, user interfaces with controls that can be customized by swiping near a hardware control, user interfaces for media playback with dynamic speed adjustments, and user interfaces that perform adjustments before and after contact with a hardware control ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Johnnie B. MANZARI, Alan C. DYE, Nathan DE VRIES, Marcos ALONSO, Adrian ZUMBRUNNEN, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Christopher P. FOSS, Michael S. SOETAERT, Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS
  • Publication number: 20250238129
    Abstract: User interfaces integrating variable hardware inputs are described, including user interfaces that perform different operations in response to presses of different intensities with and without movement, user interfaces that perform different media capture operations based on presses of different lengths with and without movement, user interfaces with controls that can be customized by swiping near a hardware control, user interfaces for media playback with dynamic speed adjustments, and user interfaces that perform adjustments before and after contact with a hardware control ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Camille MOUSSETTE, Jean-Pierre M. MOUILLESEAUX, Madeleine S. CORDIER, Max L. MCCARTHY, Peter C. TSOI, Guillaume R. ARDAUD, Sean Z. AMADIO, Marcos ALONSO, Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI, Michael S. SOETAERT, Johnnie B. MANZARI
  • Patent number: 12277308
    Abstract: Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to displaying additional controls and/or information when an input device such as a stylus is hovering over a user interface displayed by an electronic device. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to providing feedback about the pose of an input device relative to a surface. Some embodiments of the disclosure are directed to performing contextual actions in response to input provided from an input device. Some embodiments of the disclosure are directed to providing handwritten input for conversion into font-based text using an input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Soli, Marcos Alonso, Daniel T. Preston, Jennifer P. Chen, Peder Blekken
  • Publication number: 20250113094
    Abstract: User interfaces integrating one or more hardware buttons are described, including camera user interfaces that perform different media capture operations (e.g., different types of captures, synthetic depth-of-field operations, and/or changes to the camera user interface) in response to presses of different buttons and/or in response to different types of button presses, user interfaces that provide different responses to button presses inside and outside of a camera application, and user interfaces that provide different settings functions in response to different types of button presses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Marcos ALONSO, Johnnie B. MANZARI, Camille MOUSSETTE
  • Publication number: 20250110574
    Abstract: User interfaces integrating one or more hardware buttons are described, including camera user interfaces that perform different media capture operations (e.g., different types of captures, synthetic depth-of-field operations, and/or changes to the camera user interface) in response to presses of different buttons and/or in response to different types of button presses, user interfaces that provide different responses to button presses inside and outside of a camera application, and user interfaces that provide different settings functions in response to different types of button presses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Marcos ALONSO, Johnnie B. MANZARI, Camille MOUSSETTE, Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS, Guillaume R. ARDAUD, Sean Z. AMADIO, Nathan DE VRIES
  • Publication number: 20250113095
    Abstract: User interfaces integrating one or more hardware buttons are described, including camera user interfaces that perform different media capture operations (e.g., different types of captures, synthetic depth-of-field operations, and/or changes to the camera user interface) in response to presses of different buttons and/or in response to different types of button presses, user interfaces that provide different responses to button presses inside and outside of a camera application, and user interfaces that provide different settings functions in response to different types of button presses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Marcos ALONSO, Johnnie B. MANZARI, Camille MOUSSETTE, Guillaume R. ARDAUD, Sean Z. AMADIO, Nathan DE VRIES
  • Publication number: 20250060822
    Abstract: A computer system, while displaying a first user interface, detects a first portion of a first input. In response, the computer system, in accordance with a determination that the first portion of the first input meets first criteria, displays a first portion of a transition to a second user interface that is different from the first user interface, and then, in response to detecting a second portion of the first input that is a continuation of the first portion of the first input, in accordance with a determination that the first input meets second criteria, completes the transition to displaying the second user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Sebastian J. Bauer, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Daniel T. Preston, Camille Moussette, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Joshua B. Kopin
  • Publication number: 20250028429
    Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display displays, on a touch-sensitive display, a first view of a first application. While displaying the first view, the electronic device detects a swipe input from an edge of the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting at least a first portion of the swipe input from the edge of the touch-sensitive display, the electronic device concurrently displays, on the touch-sensitive display, at least a first application view corresponding to a first application, a second application view corresponding to a second application, and a representation of a home screen user interface that includes representations of a plurality of application launch icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher P. Foss, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Imran A. Chaudhri, Andrew B. Cato, Joseph A. Hagedorn, Stephen O. Lemay, Sebastian J. Bauer
  • Publication number: 20240411421
    Abstract: A computer system detects an input to invoke a home menu user interface. In response to detecting the input, the computer system displays, via one or more display generation components, the home menu user interface in a three-dimensional environment, including: if a viewpoint of a user in the three-dimensional environment had a first elevation relative to a reference plane in the three-dimensional environment, displaying the home menu user interface at a first height in the three-dimensional environment; and, if the viewpoint of the user in the three-dimensional environment had a second elevation relative to the reference plane in the three-dimensional environment, the second elevation being different from the first elevation, displaying the home menu user interface at a second height in the three-dimensional environment, the second height being different from the first height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Israel Pastrana Vicente, Amy E. DeDonato, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Lee S. Broughton, Richard D. Lyons, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay, James J. Owen, Miquel Estany Rodriguez, Jesse Chand, Jonathan R. Dascola, Christian Schnorr, Zoey C. Taylor, Jonathan Ravasz, Harlan B. Haskins, Vinay Chawda, Benjamin H. Boesel, Ieyuki Kawashima, Christopher D. McKenzie, Benjamin Hylak, Nathan Gitter, Nahckjoon Kim, Owen Monsma, Matan Stauber, Danielle M. Price
  • Publication number: 20240411420
    Abstract: Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to user interfaces for controlling the display of an additional representation of content surrounding an insertion marker while maintaining the ability to control the insertion marker using, for example, a content editing application. Enhancing these interactions improves the user's experience with the device and decreases user interaction time, which is particularly important where input devices are battery-operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventor: Marcos ALONSO
  • Patent number: 12164752
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first user interface object and detects a first input directed to the first user interface object. If the first input does not meet a first input threshold and includes less than a threshold amount of movement, the computer system changes a mode of a control function corresponding to the user interface object from a first mode to a second mode; if the first input meets the first input threshold and includes less than the threshold amount of movement, the computer system displays a second user interface object that includes information corresponding to the control function; and if the first input meets the first input threshold and includes more than the threshold amount of movement after meeting the first input threshold, the computer system adjusts a respective control value of the control function in accordance with a movement of the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Michael T. Turner, Mohammed N. Jisrawi, Alan C. Dye
  • Publication number: 20240393933
    Abstract: An electronic device detects a first input on a first input region separate from a display of the electronic device, including detecting a first portion of the first input followed by a second portion of the first input. In response to detecting the first input on the first input region: in accordance with a determination that the first portion of the first input satisfies a first set of one or more criteria, the electronic device displays, a first preview that corresponds to the first operation of the first application. In accordance with a determination that the second portion of the first input meets a second set of criteria, the electronic device performs the first operation of the first application. In accordance with a determination that the second portion of the first input meets the second set of criteria, the electronic device performs the second operation of the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan de Vries, Camille Moussette, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Cameron Burgess, Samuel L. Iglesias, Michael S. Soetaert
  • Publication number: 20240385725
    Abstract: While a view of an environment is visible via the display generation component of a computer system, a first motion input that includes movement of the remote input device in a physical environment is detected. In response to detecting the first motion input and in accordance with a determination that a gaze detected by the computer system was directed to a first object when the first motion input was detected, the first object is moved in the environment in accordance with the first motion input. In response to detecting the first motion input and in accordance with a determination that the gaze detected by the computer system was not directed to the first object when the first motion input was detected, the computer system forgoes moving the first object in the environment in accordance with the first motion input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Giancarlo Yerkes, Philipp Rockel, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Jeffrey M. Faulkner
  • Publication number: 20240361904
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a playback user interface that is configured to playback content on the electronic device. While displaying the playback user interface that is configured to playback the content on the electronic device, the electronic device displays a scrubber bar for navigating through the content, wherein the scrubber bar includes: a visual indication of a current playback position within the content; and one or more playback time indications that include time values based on the current playback position within the content. A respective playback time indication of the one or more playback time indications is based on a time of day at the electronic device, and an amount of time that it will take to play the content from the current playback position to an end of the content at a respective content playback speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen O. LEMAY, Graham R. CLARKE, Marcos ALONSO RUIZ
  • Patent number: D1066363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Chanaka Karunamuni
  • Patent number: D1068825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Patrick Lee Coffman, Richard Dellinger, Stephen O. Lemay, Brandon Walkin
  • Patent number: D1069834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gary Butcher, Graham Clarke, Alan C. Dye, Grace Hwang, Jonathan P. Ive, Henrique Penha, Pavel Pivoňka