Patents by Inventor Miao REN

Miao REN 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: 12272005
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to selective display of avatars corresponding to users of electronic devices in a multi-user communication session. In some examples, when immersive content is shared in the communication session, the avatars remain displayed when presenting the content in the three-dimensional environment. In some examples, when perspective-limited immersive content is shared in the communication session, the avatars cease being displayed when presenting the content in the three-dimensional environment. In some examples, when content presented in a full-screen mode is shared in the communication session, the avatars remain displayed when presenting the content in the full-screen mode in the three-dimensional environment. In some examples, when object-bounded content is shared in the communication session, the avatars remain displayed when presenting the object-bounded content in the three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Miao Ren, Connor A. Smith, Hayden J. Lee, Bruno M. Sommer
  • Publication number: 20250024008
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for facilitating display of content and avatars in a multi-communication session including a first electronic device and a second electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device presents a computer-generated environment including an avatar corresponding to a user of the second electronic device and a first object, wherein the computer-generated environment is presented based on a first set of display parameters satisfying a first set of criteria, including a spatial parameter for the user of the second electronic device, a spatial parameter for the first object, and a display mode parameter for the first object. In response to detecting a change in one or more of the first set of display parameters, the first electronic device updates presentation of the computer-generated environment in accordance with the one or more changes of the first set of display parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Joseph P. CERRA, Hayden J. LEE, Willem MATTELAER, Miao REN
  • Publication number: 20250004622
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for manipulating and/or annotating objects in a graphical environment. In some implementations, a device includes a display, one or more processors, and a memory. In some implementations, a method includes detecting a gesture being performed using a first object in association with a second object in a graphical environment. A distance is determined, via the one or more sensors, between a representation of the first object and the second object. If the distance is greater than a threshold, a change in the graphical environment is displayed according to the gesture and a gaze. If the distance is not greater than the threshold, the change in the graphical environment is displayed according to the gesture and a projection of the representation of the first object on the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Connor A. Smith, Fatima Broom, Luis R. Deliz Centeno, Miao Ren
  • Publication number: 20240428488
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for presenting content in a three-dimensional environment by one or more electronic devices in a multi-user communication session. In some examples, a first electronic device and a second electronic device are communicatively linked in a multi-user communication session, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device are configured to display a three-dimensional environment, respectively. In some examples, the first electronic device and the second electronic device are grouped in a first spatial group within the multi-user communication session. In some examples, if the second electronic device determines that the first electronic device changes states (and/or vice versa), the user of the first electronic device and the user of the second electronic device are no longer grouped into the same spatial group within the multi-user communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Miao REN, Shih-Sang CHIU, Connor A. SMITH, Joseph P. CERRA, Willem MATTELAER
  • Patent number: 12148078
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for presenting content in a three-dimensional environment by one or more electronic devices in a multi-user communication session. In some examples, a first electronic device and a second electronic device are communicatively linked in a multi-user communication session, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device are configured to display a three-dimensional environment, respectively. In some examples, the first electronic device and the second electronic device are grouped in a first spatial group within the multi-user communication session. In some examples, if the second electronic device determines that the first electronic device changes states (and/or vice versa), the user of the first electronic device and the user of the second electronic device are no longer grouped into the same spatial group within the multi-user communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Miao Ren, Shih-Sang Chiu, Connor A. Smith, Joseph P. Cerra, Willem Mattelaer
  • Patent number: 12108012
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for facilitating display of content and avatars in a multi-communication session including a first electronic device and a second electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device presents a computer-generated environment including an avatar corresponding to a user of the second electronic device and a first object, wherein the computer-generated environment is presented based on a first set of display parameters satisfying a first set of criteria, including a spatial parameter for the user of the second electronic device, a spatial parameter for the first object, and a display mode parameter for the first object. In response to detecting a change in one or more of the first set of display parameters, the first electronic device updates presentation of the computer-generated environment in accordance with the one or more changes of the first set of display parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Cerra, Hayden J. Lee, Willem Mattelaer, Miao Ren
  • Publication number: 20240291953
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for facilitating display of content and avatars in a multi-communication session including a first electronic device and a second electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device presents a computer-generated environment including an avatar corresponding to a user of the second electronic device and a first object, wherein the computer-generated environment is presented based on a first set of display parameters satisfying a first set of criteria, including a spatial parameter for the user of the second electronic device, a spatial parameter for the first object, and a display mode parameter for the first object. In response to detecting a change in one or more of the first set of display parameters, the first electronic device updates presentation of the computer-generated environment in accordance with the one or more changes of the first set of display parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph P. CERRA, Hayden J. LEE, Willem MATTELAER, Miao REN
  • Patent number: 12012256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dehumidification bag and a preparation method thereof. The dehumidification bag comprises a bag body including a first side sheet and a second side sheet, the side sheet comprises an air-permeability and/or a composite film, wherein at least all or part of at least one side sheet is an air-permeability film; a moisture-proof layer covers the outside of the air-permeability. The dehumidification bag provided by the present invention provides an air-permeability on the bag body, and adopts heat sealing between the outer surface of the air-permeability layer and the moisture-proof layer, so that the air-permeability and the moisture-proof layer are in close contact without moisture absorption, which effectively prevents damage during transportation and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG GOLDSTONE PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guojin Sun, Can Chen, Wenming Zeng, Zhigang Xie, Miao Ren
  • Publication number: 20240095984
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for presenting content in a three-dimensional environment by one or more electronic devices in a multi-user communication session. In some examples, a first electronic device and a second electronic device are communicatively linked in a multi-user communication session, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device are configured to display a three-dimensional environment, respectively. In some examples, the first electronic device and the second electronic device are grouped in a first spatial group within the multi-user communication session. In some examples, if the second electronic device determines that the first electronic device changes states (and/or vice versa), the user of the first electronic device and the user of the second electronic device are no longer grouped into the same spatial group within the multi-user communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Miao REN, Shih-Sang CHIU, Connor A. SMITH, Joseph P. CERRA, Willem MATTELAER
  • Patent number: 11805176
    Abstract: Facilitating collaboration in a multi-user communication session may include, at a first device, providing a toolkit of system-level tools for interacting within the session with a second device. A first user interaction with a first tool is detected which results in a virtual modification to an environment of the first device. In response to the first user interaction, the virtual modification is provided for presentation in a second environment representation of the session corresponding to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Miao Ren, Connor A. Smith, Bruno M. Sommer, Tucker B. Morgan
  • Publication number: 20230273706
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to methods for spatial placement of avatars in a communication session. In some examples, while a first electronic device is presenting a three-dimensional environment, the first electronic device may receive an input corresponding to a request to enter a communication session with a second electronic device. In some examples, in response to receiving the input, the first electronic device may scan an environment surrounding the first electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device may identify a placement location in the three-dimensional environment at which to display a virtual object representing a user of the second electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device displays the virtual object representing the user of the second electronic device at the placement location in the three-dimensional environment. Some examples of the disclosure are directed to methods for spatial refinement in the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Connor A. SMITH, Benjamin H. BOESEL, David H. HUANG, Jeffrey S. NORRIS, Jonathan PERRON, Jordan A. CAZAMIAS, Miao REN, Shih-Sang CHIU
  • Publication number: 20230274504
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to selective display of avatars corresponding to users of electronic devices in a multi-user communication session. In some examples, when immersive content is shared in the communication session, the avatars remain displayed when presenting the content in the three-dimensional environment. In some examples, when perspective-limited immersive content is shared in the communication session, the avatars cease being displayed when presenting the content in the three-dimensional environment. In some examples, when content presented in a full-screen mode is shared in the communication session, the avatars remain displayed when presenting the content in the full-screen mode in the three-dimensional environment. In some examples, when object-bounded content is shared in the communication session, the avatars remain displayed when presenting the object-bounded content in the three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Miao REN, Connor A. SMITH, Hayden J. LEE, Bruno M. SOMMER
  • Publication number: 20230081227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dehumidification bag and a preparation method thereof. The dehumidification bag comprises a bag body including a first side sheet and a second side sheet, the side sheet comprises an air-permeability and/or a composite film, wherein at least all or part of at least one side sheet is an air-permeability film; a moisture-proof layer covers the outside of the air-permeability. The dehumidification bag provided by the present invention provides an air-permeability on the bag body, and adopts heat sealing between the outer surface of the air-permeability layer and the moisture-proof layer, so that the air-permeability and the moisture-proof layer are in close contact without moisture absorption, which effectively prevents damage during transportation and storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG GOLDSTONE PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guojin SUN, Can CHEN, Wenming ZENG, Zhigang XIE, Miao REN