Patents by Inventor Michael R. Brennan

Michael R. Brennan 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: 20240135251
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a communication from a device at an artificial intelligence controller including state information for a software application component running on the device, the state information including information corresponding to at least one potential state change available to the software application component, and metrics associated with at least one end condition, interpreting the state information using the artificial intelligence controller, and selecting an artificial intelligence algorithm from a plurality of artificial intelligence algorithms for use by the software application component based on the interpreted state information; and transmitting, to the device, an artificial intelligence algorithm communication, the artificial intelligence algorithm communication indicating the selected artificial intelligence algorithm for use in the software application component on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ross R. Dexter, Michael R. Brennan, Bruno M. Sommer, Norman N. Wang
  • Patent number: 11886957
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a communication from a device at an artificial intelligence controller including state information for a software application component running on the device, the state information including information corresponding to at least one potential state change available to the software application component, and metrics associated with at least one end condition, interpreting the state information using the artificial intelligence controller, and selecting an artificial intelligence algorithm from a plurality of artificial intelligence algorithms for use by the software application component based on the interpreted state information; and transmitting, to the device, an artificial intelligence algorithm communication, the artificial intelligence algorithm communication indicating the selected artificial intelligence algorithm for use in the software application component on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ross R. Dexter, Michael R. Brennan, Bruno M. Sommer, Norman N. Wang
  • Patent number: 10698497
    Abstract: This relates to a device capable of automatically determining a user's gesture and/or finger positions based on one or more properties of the user's veins and methods for operation thereof. The device can include one or more sensors (e.g., a camera) to capture one or more images of the user's hand. The device can convert the image(s) to digital representations and can correlate the digital image(s) of the veins to one or more poses. From the pose(s), the device can determine the user's hand movements, and one or more gestures and/or finger positions can be determined from the hand movements. The device can interpret the gestures and/or finger positions as one or more input commands, and the device can perform an operation based on the input command(s). Examples of the disclosure include using the user input commands in virtual reality applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Brennan
  • Publication number: 20190101991
    Abstract: This relates to a device capable of automatically determining a user's gesture and/or finger positions based on one or more properties of the user's veins and methods for operation thereof. The device can include one or more sensors (e.g., a camera) to capture one or more images of the user's hand. The device can convert the image(s) to digital representations and can correlate the digital image(s) of the veins to one or more poses. From the pose(s), the device can determine the user's hand movements, and one or more gestures and/or finger positions can be determined from the hand movements. The device can interpret the gestures and/or finger positions as one or more input commands, and the device can perform an operation based on the input command(s). Examples of the disclosure include using the user input commands in virtual reality applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventor: Michael R. BRENNAN
  • Publication number: 20170357893
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a communication from a device at an artificial intelligence controller including state information for a software application component running on the device, the state information including information corresponding to at least one potential state change available to the software application component, and metrics associated with at least one end condition, interpreting the state information using the artificial intelligence controller, and selecting an artificial intelligence algorithm from a plurality of artificial intelligence algorithms for use by the software application component based on the interpreted state information; and transmitting, to the device, an artificial intelligence algorithm communication, the artificial intelligence algorithm communication indicating the selected artificial intelligence algorithm for use in the software application component on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ross R. Dexter, Michael R. Brennan, Bruno M. Sommer, Norman N. Wang
  • Publication number: 20170357910
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at an artificial intelligence cloud service, a plurality of artificial intelligence feedback communications from a plurality of devices, wherein each artificial intelligence feedback communication of the plurality of artificial intelligence feedback communications includes data generated by software application components running on respective ones of the plurality of devices, the software application components including respective current artificial intelligence models, deriving, from the data included with each artificial intelligence feedback communication, an associated artificial intelligence model update for each of the respective current artificial intelligence models on the plurality of devices, and transmitting, to the plurality of devices, a plurality of artificial intelligence model update communications, wherein each artificial intelligence model update communication of the plurality of artificial intelligence model update communications includes the derived associ
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Bruno M. Sommer, Michael R. Brennan, Norman N. Wang, Ross R. Dexter