Patents by Inventor Peter C. Tsoi

Peter C. Tsoi 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: 20260147215
    Abstract: A head-mountable device can include components that provide eye tracking and image capture of an external environment from a location at one or more arms of the head-mountable device. The frame can provide one or more lenses that facilitate optical detections by cameras at the one or more arms. Accordingly, a frame of the present disclosure need not include components to manage eye tracking and image capture of the external environment. From a set of one or more images, the head-mountable device can determine whether to perform one or more actions based on detected environmental conditions and/or detected eye conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Adam S. MEYER, Peter C. TSOI
  • Patent number: 12591311
    Abstract: An electronic device may include touch input components and associated haptic output components. The control circuitry may provide haptic output in response to touch input on the touch input components and may send wireless signals to the external electronic device based on the touch input. The haptic output components may provide local and global haptic output. Local haptic output may be used to guide a user to the location of the electronic device or to provide a button click sensation to the user in response to touch input. Global haptic output may be used to notify the user that the electronic device is aligned towards the external electronic device and is ready to receive user input to control or communicate with the external electronic device. Control circuitry may switch a haptic output component into an inactive mode to inform the user that a touch input component is inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Inventors: Camille Moussette, James H. Foster, Duncan Kerr, Adam S. Meyer, Per Haakan Linus Persson, Peter C. Tsoi, Stuart J. Wood
  • Publication number: 20250356743
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device generates a tactile output sequence in response to detecting that the electronic device is oriented within a range of orientations that changes as the distance between the electronic device and a respective object changes. In some embodiments, an electronic device changes one or more characteristics of a tactile output in response to detecting a change in the orientation of the electronic device relative to a respective object. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates tactile outputs with characteristics indicative of the orientation of a camera of the electronic device relative to one or more AR (augmented reality) planes. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates tactile outputs indicative of a data sharing process with a second electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Per Haakan Linus PERSSON, Adam S. MEYER, Peter C. TSOI, Stuart J. WOOD
  • Patent number: 12449270
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry for locating lost items. The control circuitry may determine where an item is located and may use the display or other output device to guide a user to the item. The display may display a visual guide such as an arrow, a sphere, a circle, a compass, or other visual aid that points the user in the direction of the item. The control circuitry may change the size or other characteristic of the visual aid on the display as the distance between the electronic device and the object changes. The control circuitry may change the location of the visual aid on the display as the orientation of the electronic device relative to the object changes. The display may overlay the visual aid onto live images of the user's surroundings as they are captured by a camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Inventors: Adam S. Meyer, Duncan Robert Kerr, Martha Evans Hankey, Peter C. Tsoi, John B. Morrell, James H. Foster
  • 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20250199676
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to controlling devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Adam S. MEYER, Peter C. TSOI
  • Publication number: 20250199619
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to controlling devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Adam S. MEYER, Peter C. TSOI
  • Patent number: 12332366
    Abstract: An electronic device may use information about the location of nearby devices to make sharing with those devices more intuitive for a user. The electronic device may include control circuitry, wireless circuitry including first and second antennas, and motion sensor circuitry. The control circuitry may determine the location of a nearby electronic device by calculating the angle of arrival of signals that are transmitted by the nearby electronic device. To obtain a complete, unambiguous angle of arrival solution, the electronic device may be moved into different positions during angle of arrival measurement operations. At each position, the control circuitry may calculate a phase difference associated with the received signals. Motion sensor circuitry may gather motion data as the electronic device is moved into the different positions. The control circuitry may use the received antenna signals and the motion data to determine the complete angle of arrival solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Inventors: Tunc Ertan, Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi
  • Publication number: 20250113171
    Abstract: An electronic device may use information about the location of nearby devices to make sharing with those devices more intuitive for a user. When two devices are pointed towards one another, each device may automatically present the option to share information with the other device. When a user wishes to share information with one or more devices in a group of users, an array of icons representing the nearby users may be positioned on the display according to the locations of the nearby users so that the sharing user can easily select which user he or she wishes to share with. A sharing user may broadcast a signal and nearby users may elect to receive the signal by pointing their devices towards the sharing user. A user of two devices may share information between the two devices and may use one device to manipulate the information on the other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi, Stuart J. Wood, Duncan Robert Kerr, Martha Evans Hankey, John B. Morrell
  • Publication number: 20250110565
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to controlling devices using gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Peter C. TSOI, Adam S. MEYER
  • Publication number: 20250110566
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to disambiguating between gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Adam S. MEYER, Peter C. TSOI
  • Publication number: 20250048031
    Abstract: Certain embodiments relate generally to modifying audio playing on a first device based on detection of that audio by a second device. Other embodiments relate to transferring audio between a first device and a second device. More particularly, audio playing from a first device may be muted, stopped, or adjusted in volume based on detection of that audio by, or interaction with, a second device. Likewise, audio may be transferred from a first device to a second device based on communications between the first and second devices, proximity of the first and second devices relative to one another, proximity of a user to either the first or second device, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Peter C. Tsoi, Adam S. Meyer, Karlin Y. Bark, Matthew W. Brown, Sean B. Kelly
  • Publication number: 20250039011
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for managing live communication between multiple participants using a computer system in accordance with some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Adam Stern MEYER, Durrell BISHOP, James H. FOSTER, Peter C. TSOI
  • Publication number: 20250013328
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display and a first input region that is separate from the display. In response to detecting a substantially stationary input on the first input region, the electronic device displays selectable options on the display. While displaying the selectable options on the display, the device detects a movement input on the first input region. In response to detecting the movement input on the first input region, the device selects different selectable options from the displayed selectable options based on the characteristic values of the movement input on the first input region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Brian T. Gleeson, Brigit E. Lamberson, Camille Moussette, Madeleine S. Cordier, Megan A. McClain, Michael J. Beyhs, Thayne M. Miller, Jacob L. Matlick, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, David H. Bloom, Miao He, Peter C. Tsoi, Max L. McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20240419322
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and interfaces for managing media playback devices. In some embodiments, the techniques include varying a feedback based on movement of a computer system toward or away from an external device. In some embodiments, the techniques include displaying an interface that includes controls for controlling media playback on an external device when the computer system and the external device are playing media. In some embodiments, the techniques include performing operations at a computer system in response to an input having a size that is less than or greater than a size threshold. In some embodiments, the techniques include performing different operations at a computer system when status lights have states that indicate different states of the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Pedro MARI, Camille MOUSSETTE, Gemma Alexandria ROPER, Peter C. TSOI
  • Patent number: 12170579
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for managing live communication between multiple participants using a computer system in accordance with some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Stern Meyer, Durrell Bishop, James H. Foster, Peter C. Tsoi
  • Patent number: 12171043
    Abstract: An electronic device may use information about the location of nearby devices to make sharing with those devices more intuitive for a user. When two devices are pointed towards one another, each device may automatically present the option to share information with the other device. When a user wishes to share information with one or more devices in a group of users, an array of icons representing the nearby users may be positioned on the display according to the locations of the nearby users so that the sharing user can easily select which user he or she wishes to share with. A sharing user may broadcast a signal and nearby users may elect to receive the signal by pointing their devices towards the sharing user. A user of two devices may share information between the two devices and may use one device to manipulate the information on the other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi, Stuart J. Wood, Duncan Robert Kerr, Martha Evans Hankey, John B. Morrell
  • Publication number: 20240393881
    Abstract: An electronic device may include touch input components and associated haptic output components. The control circuitry may provide haptic output in response to touch input on the touch input components and may send wireless signals to the external electronic device based on the touch input. The haptic output components may provide local and global haptic output. Local haptic output may be used to guide a user to the location of the electronic device or to provide a button click sensation to the user in response to touch input. Global haptic output may be used to notify the user that the electronic device is aligned towards the external electronic device and is ready to receive user input to control or communicate with the external electronic device. Control circuitry may switch a haptic output component into an inactive mode to inform the user that a touch input component is inactive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Camille Moussette, James H. Foster, Duncan Kerr, Adam S. Meyer, Per Haakan Linus Persson, Peter C. Tsoi, Stuart J. Wood
  • Patent number: 12143787
    Abstract: Certain embodiments relate generally to modifying audio playing on a first device based on detection of that audio by a second device. Other embodiments relate to transferring audio between a first device and a second device. More particularly, audio playing from a first device may be muted, stopped, or adjusted in volume based on detection of that audio by, or interaction with, a second device. Likewise, audio may be transferred from a first device to a second device based on communications between the first and second devices, proximity of the first and second devices relative to one another, proximity of a user to either the first or second device, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Tsoi, Adam S. Meyer, Karlin Y. Bark, Matthew W. Brown, Sean B. Kelly