Patents by Inventor Philipp Rockel

Philipp Rockel 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: 12314529
    Abstract: An electronic device, while displaying a three-dimensional environment, including one or more virtual objects, detects gaze of a user directed toward a first virtual object in the three-dimensional environment. The gaze meets first criteria and the first virtual object is responsive to at least one gesture input. In response to detecting the gaze that meets the first criteria, in accordance with a determination that a hand is in a predefined ready state for providing gesture inputs, the electronic device displays an indication of one or more interaction options available for the first virtual object in the three-dimensional environment; and in accordance with a determination the hand is not in the predefined ready state for providing gesture inputs, the electronic device forgoes displaying the indication of one or more interaction options available for the first virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Philipp Rockel, Robert T. Tilton, William A. Sorrentino, III, Kristi E. S. Bauerly, Peter D. Anton, Alan C. Dye
  • Patent number: 12288301
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first view of a three-dimensional environment, including a first user interface object, that when activated by a user input meeting first criteria, causes performance of a first operation. While displaying the first view, the computer system detects first movement of a hand in a physical environment, and in response, changes an appearance of the first user interface object in the first view based on the first movement, including: in accordance with a determination that the first movement meets the first criteria requiring the hand move in a first manner, performing and indicating performance of the first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the first movement does not meet the first criteria, moving the first user interface object away from a position in the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a location of the hand in the physical environment without performing the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Charles C. Hoyt
  • Publication number: 20250054253
    Abstract: A computer system, while displaying a representation of a physical environment and a first user interface object, detects a portion of a user at a first location within the physical environment, and in response, ceases to display a first portion of the first user interface object while maintaining display of a second portion of the first user interface object. A representation of the portion of the user is visible where the first portion of the first user interface object was previously displayed. In response to detecting movement of the user from the first location to a second location, the computer system restores display of the first portion of the first user interface object, ceases to display the second portion of the first user interface object, and displays the representation of the portion of the user where the second portion of the first user interface object was previously displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey M. Faulkner, William A. Sorrentino, III, Philipp Rockel, Kristi E.S. Bauerly, Peter D. Anton
  • Publication number: 20250044860
    Abstract: While displaying a three-dimensional scene including physical elements and virtual elements, a computer system detects a sequence of user inputs for increasing a level of immersion of the three-dimensional scene. In response, the computer system increases the quantity of virtual elements displayed in the scene, including displaying an animated transition to replace a portion of a first region occupied by a first set of physical elements with virtual elements in response to a first input, and displaying another animated transition that replaces a portion of a second region occupied by a subset of the remaining physical elements with virtual elements in response to a second input following the first input, wherein virtual elements occupy increasing portions of the scene after each of the first input and the second input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Philipp Rockel, Wesley M. Holder, Nicholas W. Henderson, William A. Sorrentino, III, Kristi E.S. Bauerly, Peter D. Anton, Alan C. Dye
  • Patent number: 12198259
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first user interface object with a first appearance at a first position in a first view of a three-dimensional environment that is at least partially shared between a first and second user. While displaying the first user interface object, the computer system detects a first user input by the first user. In response to detecting the first user input: in accordance with a determination that the second user is not currently interacting with the first user interface object, the computer system performs a first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the second user is currently interacting with the first user interface object, the computer system displays a visual indication, that the first user interface object is not available for interaction, including changing an appearance or position of the first user interface object, and forgoes performing the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Nicholas W. Henderson
  • Patent number: 12175010
    Abstract: While displaying a three-dimensional scene including at least a first virtual object displayed with a first value corresponding to a first portion and a second value corresponding to a second portion of the first virtual object at a first location and a first physical surface at a second location, a computer system generates a first visual effect at the second location of the three-dimensional scene, including modifying a visual appearance of a first portion of the first physical surface in the three-dimensional scene in accordance with the first value for the first display property that corresponds to the first portion of the first virtual object; and modifying a visual appearance of a second portion of the first physical surface in the three-dimensional scene in accordance with the second value for the first display property that corresponds to the second portion of the first virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Philipp Rockel, Wesley M. Holder, Pol Pla I. Conesa, Nicholas W. Henderson, Robert T. Tilton, William A. Sorrentino, III, Peter D. Anton, Alan C. Dye
  • Publication number: 20240404210
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes user interfaces and techniques for providing reminders for a user experience session. In some embodiments, while a user experience session is active, a computer system detects a change in direction of attention of a user. In response to detecting the change in direction of attention of the user, the computer system outputs a reminder to focus attention on the user experience session if the attention of the user meets reminder criteria, and forgoes outputting the reminder if the attention of the user does not meet the reminder criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp ROCKEL, Christine E. WELCH
  • 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
  • Patent number: 12099692
    Abstract: A computer system with a display and a touch-sensitive surface receives a request to display a first user interface that includes a first item, and, in response to the request, displays the first user interface with a representation of the first item. Depending on whether the first item corresponds to a respective virtual three-dimensional object, the first item is displayed either with a visual indication to indicate that the first item corresponds to a first respective virtual three-dimensional object or without the visual indication. In response to a request to display a second user interface, the second user interface is displayed with a representation of the second item. Depending on whether the second item corresponds to a respective virtual three-dimensional object, the representation of the second item is displayed with or without the visual indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Jonathan R. Dascola, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: 12086379
    Abstract: At a computer system, in response to detecting a respective user input: if the respective user input meets first criteria requiring the one or both hands of the user maintain a first grip while a first type of movement of the one or both hands is detected, the computer system moves a virtual object in a three-dimensional environment relative to the three-dimensional environment in accordance with the movement of the one or both hands in the three-dimensional environment; and if the respective user input meets second criteria requiring the one or both hands of the user maintain a second grip while a second type of movement of the one or both hands is detected, the computer system replaces the view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a first viewpoint with a view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE, INC
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay, Peter D. Anton
  • Publication number: 20240282060
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first view of a three-dimensional environment, including a first user interface object, that when activated by a user input meeting first criteria, causes performance of a first operation. While displaying the first view, the computer system detects first movement of a hand in a physical environment, and in response, changes an appearance of the first user interface object in the first view based on the first movement, including: in accordance with a determination that the first movement meets the first criteria requiring the hand move in a first manner, performing and indicating performance of the first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the first movement does not meet the first criteria, moving the first user interface object away from a position in the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a location of the hand in the physical environment without performing the first operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Charles C. Hoyt
  • Publication number: 20240177403
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first user interface object with a first appearance at a first position in a first view of a three-dimensional environment that is at least partially shared between a first and second user. While displaying the first user interface object, the computer system detects a first user input by the first user. In response to detecting the first user input: in accordance with a determination that the second user is not currently interacting with the first user interface object, the computer system performs a first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the second user is currently interacting with the first user interface object, the computer system displays a visual indication, that the first user interface object is not available for interaction, including changing an appearance or position of the first user interface object, and forgoes performing the first operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Nicholas W. Henderson
  • Publication number: 20240115831
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide customized feedback content during a meditation experience. For example, an example process may include obtaining physiological data via one or more sensors, determining that an attentive state based on the physiological data, customizing feedback content based on a user attribute to change the attentive state during the meditation mode, and providing the customized feedback content during the meditation mode after a delay time based on the user attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christine E. Welch, Alastair K. Fettes, Amy E. DeDonato, Christine Godwin, Dorian D. Dargan, Eric Landreneau, Gary I. Butcher, Grant H. Mulliken, Hugh A. Sider, Izzet B. Yildiz, James D. Dusseau, Jean-Francois St-Amour, Joanne Lee, Lucie Belanger, Michael B. Tucker, Philipp Rockel, Theodore Nestor Panagiotopoulos
  • Publication number: 20240118746
    Abstract: Gaze enrollment, including displaying an enrollment progress user indicator, animating movement of user interface elements, changing the appearances of user interface elements, and/or moving a user interface element over time, enable a computer system to more accurately track the gaze of a user of the computer system
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Giancarlo YERKES, Adam L. AMADIO, Katherine W. KOLOMBATOVICH, Philipp ROCKEL, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Hana Z. WANG
  • Patent number: 11954242
    Abstract: A computer system presents first computer-generated content. While presenting the first computer-generated content, the computer system detects first movement of a first user in a physical environment, and in response: in accordance with a determination that the first movement changes a spatial relationship between the first user and a second user in the physical environment from a first spatial relationship to a second spatial relationship and that the change in spatial relationship meets first criteria, the computer system changes one or more output properties of the first computer-generated content; and in accordance with the determination that the first movement changes the spatial relationship from the first spatial relationship to the second spatial relationship and that the change in spatial relationship does not meet the first criteria, the computer system presents the first computer-generated content without changing the one or more output properties of the first computer-generated content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Dascola, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Peter D. Anton, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Kristi E. S. Bauerly, Philipp Rockel, Dorian D. Dargan
  • Patent number: 11922590
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first view of a three-dimensional environment, including a first user interface object having a first surface at a first position in the three-dimensional environment. While displaying the first view of the three-dimensional environment, the computer system detects a change in biometric data of a first user, and in response, changes an appearance of the first surface in the first user interface object in accordance with the change in biometric data of the first user. While displaying the first user interface object with the appearance that has been changed based on the change in the biometric data of the first user, the computer system detects first movement of the first user, and in response, changes the appearance of the first user interface object in accordance with the first movement of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Dorian D. Dargan, Gary I. Butcher
  • Patent number: 11900527
    Abstract: A computer system displays a first computer-generated experience that includes displaying one or more virtual elements in a three-dimensional environment with a first appearance. While displaying the one or more virtual elements with the first appearance, the computer system receives biometric data corresponding to respiration of a first user. In response to receiving the biometric data: in accordance with a determination that the biometric data corresponding to the respiration of the first user meets first criteria, the computer system displays the one or more virtual elements in the three-dimensional environment with a second appearance that is different from the first appearance; and in accordance with a determination that the biometric data corresponding to the first user does not meet the first criteria, the computer system continues to display the one or more virtual elements in the three-dimensional environment with the first appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Gary I. Butcher, Dorian D. Dargan
  • Publication number: 20240004513
    Abstract: At a computer system, in response to detecting a respective user input: if the respective user input meets first criteria requiring the one or both hands of the user maintain a first grip while a first type of movement of the one or both hands is detected, the computer system moves a virtual object in a three-dimensional environment relative to the three-dimensional environment in accordance with the movement of the one or both hands in the three-dimensional environment; and if the respective user input meets second criteria requiring the one or both hands of the user maintain a second grip while a second type of movement of the one or both hands is detected, the computer system replaces the view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a first viewpoint with a view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay, Peter D. Anton
  • Patent number: D1087120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Philipp Rockel
  • Patent number: D1087132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Dascola, Allison W. Dryer, Robert Garcia, Bradley William Griffin, Aurelio Guzmán, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard D. Lyons, Grant R. Paul, Philipp Rockel, Christopher Wilson, Giancarlo Yerkes