Patents by Inventor Robert Tom

Robert Tom 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: 20250085791
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interacting with an electronic device without touching a display screen or other physical input mechanisms. In some examples, the electronic device performs an operation in response to a positioning of a user's hand and/or an orientation of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer BERNSTEIN, Lukas Robert Tom GIRLING, Julian MISSIG, Golnaz ABDOLLAHIAN
  • Publication number: 20250080851
    Abstract: An electronic device has multiple cameras and displays a digital viewfinder user interface for previewing visual information provided by the cameras. The multiple cameras may have different properties such as focal lengths. When a single digital viewfinder is provided, the user interface allows zooming over a zoom range that includes the respective zoom ranges of both cameras. The zoom setting to determine which camera provides visual information to the viewfinder and which camera is used to capture visual information. The user interface also allows the simultaneous display of content provided by different cameras at the same time. When two digital viewfinders are provided, the user interface allows zooming, freezing, and panning of one digital viewfinder independently of the other. The device allows storing of a composite images and/or videos using both digital viewfinders and corresponding cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer BERNSTEIN, Lukas Robert Tom GIRLING, Linda L. DONG, Henrique PENHA, Paulo Michaelo LOPEZ, Johnnie B. MANZARI
  • Publication number: 20250080830
    Abstract: A computer system displays virtual objects overlaid on a view of a physical environment as a virtual effect. The computer system displays respective animated movements of the virtual objects over the view of the physical environment, wherein the respective animated movements are constrained in accordance with a direction of simulated gravity associated with the view of the physical environment. If current positions of virtual objects during the respective animated movement of the virtual objects corresponds to different surfaces at different heights detected in the view of the physical environment, the computer constrains the respective animated movements of the virtual objects in accordance with the different surfaces detected in the view of the physical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Joseph A. Malia, Mark K. Hauenstein, Praveen Sharma, Matan Stauber, Julian K. Missig, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Matthaeus Krenn
  • Patent number: 12206980
    Abstract: A device displays, in a first display region of a camera user interface, a first live view from a first camera. While displaying the first live view from the first camera, the device detects movement of a first user input (e.g., a first contact on a touch-sensitive surface). In accordance with a determination that the movement of the first user input meets first movement criteria, the device moves the first live view in the first display region in accordance with the movement of the first user input, displays a second live view from a second camera, and moves the second live view in the first display region in accordance with the movement of the first user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew I. Brown, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, William D. Lindmeier, Lukas Robert Tom Girling
  • Patent number: 12189872
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interacting with an electronic device without touching a display screen or other physical input mechanisms. In some examples, the electronic device performs an operation in response to a positioning of a user's hand and/or an orientation of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Julian Missig, Golnaz Abdollahian
  • Patent number: 12149831
    Abstract: An electronic device has multiple cameras and displays a digital viewfinder user interface for previewing visual information provided by the cameras. The multiple cameras may have different properties such as focal lengths. When a single digital viewfinder is provided, the user interface allows zooming over a zoom range that includes the respective zoom ranges of both cameras. The zoom setting to determine which camera provides visual information to the viewfinder and which camera is used to capture visual information. The user interface also allows the simultaneous display of content provided by different cameras at the same time. When two digital viewfinders are provided, the user interface allows zooming, freezing, and panning of one digital viewfinder independently of the other. The device allows storing of a composite images and/or videos using both digital viewfinders and corresponding cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Linda L. Dong, Henrique Penha, Paulo Michaelo Lopez, Johnnie B. Manzari
  • Patent number: 12131417
    Abstract: A computer system displays virtual objects overlaid on a view of a physical environment as a virtual effect. The computer system displays respective animated movements of the virtual objects over the view of the physical environment, wherein the respective animated movements are constrained in accordance with a direction of simulated gravity associated with the view of the physical environment. If current positions of virtual objects during the respective animated movement of the virtual objects corresponds to different surfaces at different heights detected in the view of the physical environment, the computer constrains the respective animated movements of the virtual objects in accordance with the different surfaces detected in the view of the physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Malia, Mark K. Hauenstein, Praveen Sharma, Matan Stauber, Julian K. Missig, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Matthaeus Krenn
  • Patent number: 12117324
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flow measurement system (1) comprising a flow tube (11), an ultrasound damping layer (12), an ultrasound transmitter (13) covered by the ultrasound damping layer, and an ultrasound receiver (14) covered by the ultrasound damping layer, characterised in that the ultrasound damping layer comprises: —a first damping portion (121) that is at least partially positioned in between the ultrasound transmitter and the ultrasound receiver as well as—a second damping portion (122) that is at least partially positioned in between the ultrasound transmitter and the ultrasound receiver, wherein the first damping portion and the second damping portion of the ultrasound damping layer are spaced apart from each other by a distance (d) in an axial direction (A) of the flow tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Berkin B.V.
    Inventor: Coen Adrian Robert Tom Bruggeman
  • Publication number: 20240310988
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to using avatars and image data for enhanced user interactions. In some examples, user status dependent avatars are generated and displayed with a message associated with the user status. In some examples, a device captures image information to scan an object to create a 3D model of the object. The device determines an algorithm for the 3D model based on the capture image information and provides visual feedback on additional image data that is needed for the algorithm to build the 3D model. In some examples, an application's operation on a device is restricted based on whether an authorized user is identified as using the device based on captured image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Marek BEREZA, Lukas Robert Tom GIRLING, Joseph A. MALIA
  • Patent number: 12079458
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to using avatars and image data for enhanced user interactions. In some examples, user status dependent avatars are generated and displayed with a message associated with the user status. In some examples, a device captures image information to scan an object to create a 3D model of the object. The device determines an algorithm for the 3D model based on the capture image information and provides visual feedback on additional image data that is needed for the algorithm to build the 3D model. In some examples, an application's operation on a device is restricted based on whether an authorized user is identified as using the device based on captured image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marek Bereza, Adi Berenson, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Mark Hauenstein, Amir Hoffnung, William D. Lindmeier, Joseph A. Malia, Julian Missig
  • Publication number: 20240085992
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interacting with an electronic device without touching a display screen or other physical input mechanisms. In some examples, the electronic device performs an operation in response to a positioning of a user's hand and/or an orientation of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer BERNSTEIN, Lukas Robert Tom GIRLING, Julian MISSIG, Golnaz ABDOLLAHIAN
  • Patent number: 11861077
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interacting with an electronic device without touching a display screen or other physical input mechanisms. In some examples, the electronic device performs an operation in response to a positioning of a user's hand and/or an orientation of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Julian Missig, Golnaz Abdollahian
  • Patent number: 11818455
    Abstract: A first device sends a request to a second device to initiate a shared annotation session. In response to receiving acceptance of the request, a first prompt to move the first device toward the second device is displayed. In accordance with a determination that connection criteria for the first device and the second device are met, a representation of a field of view of the camera(s) of the first device is displayed in the shared annotation session with the second device. During the shared annotation session, one or more annotations are displayed via the first display generation component and one or more second virtual annotations corresponding to annotation input directed to the respective location in the physical environment by the second device is displayed via the first display generation component, provided that the respective location is included in the field of view of the first set of cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Malia, Mark K. Hauenstein, Praveen Sharma, Matan Stauber, Julian K. Missig, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Matthaeus Krenn
  • Publication number: 20230328359
    Abstract: A device displays, in a first display region of a camera user interface, a first live view from a first camera. While displaying the first live view from the first camera, the device detects movement of a first user input (e.g., a first contact on a touch-sensitive surface). In accordance with a determination that the movement of the first user input meets first movement criteria, the device moves the first live view in the first display region in accordance with the movement of the first user input, displays a second live view from a second camera, and moves the second live view in the first display region in accordance with the movement of the first user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew I. Brown, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, William D. Lindmeier, Lukas Robert Tom Girling
  • Publication number: 20230328379
    Abstract: An electronic device has multiple cameras and displays a digital viewfinder user interface for previewing visual information provided by the cameras. The multiple cameras may have different properties such as focal lengths. When a single digital viewfinder is provided, the user interface allows zooming over a zoom range that includes the respective zoom ranges of both cameras. The zoom setting to determine which camera provides visual information to the viewfinder and which camera is used to capture visual information. The user interface also allows the simultaneous display of content provided by different cameras at the same time. When two digital viewfinders are provided, the user interface allows zooming, freezing, and panning of one digital viewfinder independently of the other. The device allows storing of a composite images and/or videos using both digital viewfinders and corresponding cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer BERNSTEIN, Lukas Robert Tom GIRLING, Linda L. DONG, Henrique PENHA, Paulo Michaelo LOPEZ, Johnnie B. MANZARI
  • Publication number: 20230296417
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal-type flow sensor (1) for a flow meter, comprising a main channel part (3b) with a main channel (3) for a medium whose flow is to be determined, a sensor tube (4), having a first tube portion (5), a second, opposite tube portion (8), a sensing portion (11) connecting the first and second tube portions, at least two sensing or heating elements (12) for measuring a temperature differential or a power differential in the sensor tube, a thermally conductive frame element (13) in contact with at least the first tube portion, the second tube portion as well as the main channel part, configured to equalize temperature gradients, wherein thermally conductive frame element (13) is a printed circuit board (PCB) (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Coen Adrian Robert Tom BRUGGEMAN, Tristan DOORNEBOSCH, Erik Pieter VAN GAASBEEK, Hefney Job DE HAAN, Gert Jan SNIJDERS, René Henri Wouter VAN DER WAL
  • Patent number: 11711614
    Abstract: An electronic device has multiple cameras and displays a digital viewfinder user interface for previewing visual information provided by the cameras. The multiple cameras may have different properties such as focal lengths. When a single digital viewfinder is provided, the user interface allows zooming over a zoom range that includes the respective zoom ranges of both cameras. The zoom setting to determine which camera provides visual information to the viewfinder and which camera is used to capture visual information. The user interface also allows the simultaneous display of content provided by different cameras at the same time. When two digital viewfinders are provided, the user interface allows zooming, freezing, and panning of one digital viewfinder independently of the other. The device allows storing of a composite images and/or videos using both digital viewfinders and corresponding cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Linda L. Dong, Henrique Penha, Paulo Michaelo Lopez, Behkish J. Manzari
  • Patent number: D1000985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BERKIN B.V.
    Inventors: Hans van de Bospoort, Coen Adrian Robert Tom Bruggeman, Nils Kupper, Gert Jan Snijders
  • Patent number: D1031472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BERKIN B.V.
    Inventors: Hans van de Bospoort, Coen Adrian Robert Tom Bruggeman, Nils Kupper, Gert Jan Snijders
  • Patent number: D1037037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Berkin B.V.
    Inventors: Hans van de Bospoort, Coen Adrian Robert Tom Bruggeman, Nils Kupper, Gert Jan Snijders