Patents by Inventor Michael Matas

Michael Matas 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: 20250242499
    Abstract: An electronic device configured to operate as a personal companion configured to provide contextual information in response to a command to perform a task, while performing a task, after performing a task, or with respect to the outcome of a task (such as the results of a search query or other primary information). This contextual information may characterize the task, its performance, or its outcome and, in some embodiments, this contextual information may elicit, emulate, or remind a user of an emotion or an emotional gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, Roger Guyett, Jonathan P. Ive, Patrick Kessler, Benoit Louzaouen, Michael Matas, Christopher Wilson, Suhang Zhou
  • Patent number: 12337753
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel and an activation device operable to cause the motor vehicle to switch to an activation state, in which the motor vehicle becomes responsive to one or more specific commands of a driver, characterized in that the steering wheel comprises a transparent portion and a light emission device configured to light the transparent portion when the motor vehicle switches to the activation state by the activation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James McGrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Patrizio Moruzzi, Gianluca Fumarola, Vito Conigliaro
  • Patent number: 12296682
    Abstract: A road vehicle comprising a vehicle dashboard, comprising in turn an exposed surface visible from within the passenger compartment; a content display device comprising a projection device which can be rolled up and unrolled, provided with a foldable screen; the projection device further comprising a support structure on which the rear main surface of the foldable screen is mounted; the support structure being rollable and unrollable around a winding axis, arranged within the vehicle dashboard; the vehicle dashboard further comprising a slit on the exposed surface and configured to be traversed by the foldable screen and by the support structure during the rolling up and/or unrolling of the projection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Patrizio Moruzzi, Vito Conigliaro
  • Patent number: 12227075
    Abstract: Road vehicle comprising a passenger compartment configured to accommodate a driver and at least one passenger alongside the driver; a vehicle dashboard; a steering wheel; a content display device comprises: a support element hinged in the area of a central portion of the vehicle dashboard, at the front between a driver's seat and a passenger's seat; at least one screen mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; a time measurement system, in particular a chronograph; the vehicle comprises mechanical controls arranged, namely mounted, in the area of the steering to give instructions to the time measurement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro
  • Patent number: 12197695
    Abstract: An electronic device displays one or more thumbnails. The device detects a first multi-contact gesture that includes movement of a first contact and a second contact; and, in response to detecting the first multi-contact gesture, the device displays content associated with a respective thumbnail and enlarges the content associated with the respective thumbnail to a respective enlarged size in accordance with the first multi-contact gesture. The device detects termination of the first multi-contact gesture; and, in response to detecting termination of the first multi-contact gesture: when a resizing metric based on the first multi-contact gesture is below a predefined threshold, the device ceases to display the content at the respective enlarged size; and, when the resizing metric based on the first multi-contact gesture is above the predefined threshold, the device displays the content on the display in a predefined arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver P. Wagner, Michael Matas
  • Patent number: 12160545
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing phone calls. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch screen displays a phone call user interface which includes informational items associated with phone calls. In some embodiments, when the electronic device is executing multiple phone calls and receives user input corresponding to an informational item, the electronic device suspends a first phone call and activates a second phone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Forstall, Imran Chaudhri, Michael Matas, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Greg Christie
  • Patent number: 12160546
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing phone calls. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch screen displays a phone call user interface which includes informational items associated with phone calls. In some embodiments, when the electronic device receives a request to initiate another phone call, the electronic device displays a contacts user interface including a plurality of contact user interface objects associated with respective contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Forstall, Imran Chaudhri, Michael Matas, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Greg Christie
  • Publication number: 20240334041
    Abstract: Systems and methods for previewing newly captured image content and reviewing previously stored image content using an electronic device are provided. The previously stored image content may include an individual distinct image or at least two consecutive video frame images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Matas, Mallory Paine
  • Patent number: 11972103
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method, a portion of an electronic document is displayed on a touch screen display of a portable multifunction device. The displayed portion has a vertical position and a horizontal position in the electronic document. An object is detected on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document. In response to detecting the object, a vertical bar and a horizontal bar are displayed on top of the displayed portion. The vertical bar has a vertical position on top of the displayed portion that corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed portion. The horizontal bar has a horizontal position on top of the displayed portion that corresponds to the horizontal position in the electronic document of the displayed portion. After a predetermined condition is met, display of the vertical bar and of the horizontal bar is ceased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Forstall, Henri C. Lamiraux, Andrew Emilio Platzer, Michael Matas, Imran Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 11974037
    Abstract: Systems and methods for previewing newly captured image content and reviewing previously stored image content using an electronic device are provided. The previously stored image content may include an individual distinct image or at least two consecutive video frame images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Matas, Mallory Paine
  • Publication number: 20230421698
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing phone calls. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch screen displays a phone call user interface which includes informational items associated with phone calls. In some embodiments, when the electronic device is executing multiple phone calls and receives user input corresponding to an informational item, the electronic device suspends a first phone call and activates a second phone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Scott FORSTALL, Imran Chaudhri, Michael Matas, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Greg Christie
  • Patent number: 11849063
    Abstract: A device, method, and graphical user interface for providing maps, directions, and location-based information on a touch screen display are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Matas, Christopher Blumenberg, Andre M. J. Boule, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard Williamson
  • Patent number: 11743390
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing phone calls. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch screen displays a phone call user interface which includes informational items associated with phone calls, such as an add call affordance. In some embodiments, when the electronic device receives a request to initiate another phone and displays an additional user interface that includes a merge call affordance that replaces display of the add call affordance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Forstall, Imran Chaudhri, Michael Matas, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Greg Christie
  • Publication number: 20230232093
    Abstract: Systems and methods for previewing newly captured image content and reviewing previously stored image content using an electronic device are provided. The previously stored image content may include an individual distinct image or at least two consecutive video frame images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Matas, Mallory Paine
  • Patent number: 11622079
    Abstract: A device includes a touch-screen display and a lens on a same side of the device as the touch-screen display. The device concurrently displays a live preview of content in a field of view of the lens and a capture affordance for capturing media corresponding to the field of view of the lens. While concurrently displaying the live preview and the capture affordance, the device detects an input corresponding to selection of the capture affordance displayed on the touch-screen display that is on the same side of the device as the lens. In response to detecting the input corresponding to selection of the capture affordance displayed on the touch-screen display that is on the same side of the device as the lens, the device captures media corresponding to the field of view of the lens that is on the same side of the device as the touch-screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Matas, Mallory Paine
  • Patent number: 11592959
    Abstract: An electronic device displays one or more thumbnails. The device detects a first multi-contact gesture that includes movement of a first contact and a second contact; and, in response to detecting the first multi-contact gesture, the device displays content associated with a respective thumbnail and enlarges the content associated with the respective thumbnail to a respective enlarged size in accordance with the first multi-contact gesture. The device detects termination of the first multi-contact gesture; and, in response to detecting termination of the first multi-contact gesture: when a resizing metric based on the first multi-contact gesture is below a predefined threshold, the device ceases to display the content at the respective enlarged size; and, when the resizing metric based on the first multi contact gesture is above the predefined threshold, the device displays the content on the display in a predefined arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver P. Wagner, Michael Matas
  • Patent number: 11586348
    Abstract: A portable multifunction device displays a first user interface object and a second user interface object on a touch screen display. Upon detecting a finger-down event at the first user interface object and one or more finger-dragging events on the touch screen display, the device moves the first user interface object on the touch screen display along a path determined by the finger-dragging events until the first user interface object at least in part overlaps the second user interface object. Upon detecting a finger-up event at the second user interface object, the device visually replaces the second user interface object with the first user interface object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Emilio Platzer, Charles J. Pisula, Imran Chaudhri, Steven P. Jobs, Gregory Christie, Scott Forstall, Stephen O. Lemay, Michael Matas, Gregory Novick, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: 11467722
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method, a portion of an electronic document is displayed on a touch screen display of a portable multifunction device. The displayed portion has a vertical position and a horizontal position in the electronic document. An object is detected on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document. In response to detecting the object, a vertical bar and a horizontal bar are displayed on top of the displayed portion. The vertical bar has a vertical position on top of the displayed portion that corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed portion. The horizontal bar has a horizontal position on top of the displayed portion that corresponds to the horizontal position in the electronic document of the displayed portion. After a predetermined condition is met, display of the vertical bar and of the horizontal bar is ceased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Forstall, Henri C. Lamiraux, Andrew Emilio Platzer, Michael Matas, Imran Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 11405507
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing phone calls. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch screen displays a phone call user interface which includes informational items associated with phone calls as well as other affordances. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays an incoming call user interface that includes selectable options that, when selected via user input, display different user interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Forstall, Imran Chaudhri, Michael Matas, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Greg Christie
  • Publication number: 20220038640
    Abstract: Systems and methods for previewing newly captured image content and reviewing previously stored image content using an electronic device are provided. The previously stored image content may include an individual distinct image or at least two consecutive video frame images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Matas, Mallory Paine