Patents by Inventor Tunc Ertan

Tunc Ertan 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: 20230394111
    Abstract: A method is provided that includes at each position of a plurality of positions along a trajectory of a first electronic device within an area: determining a range value corresponding to a distance between the first electronic device and a second electronic device, determining a pose of the first electronic device with respect to a reference coordinate system, and setting and storing an anchor point corresponding to the determined range value and pose. An update to an anchor point set for a current position of the first electronic device is received and the determined pose corresponding to one or more of the set anchor points is updated based on the update to the anchor point set for the current position of the first electronic device. A location of the second electronic device is estimated based on the range values and poses corresponding to the set anchor points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin A. WERNER, Anup DHITAL, Tunc ERTAN
  • Publication number: 20230379994
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michal Adam Kaluzny, Soujanya A. Kedilaya, Benjamin A. Werner
  • Publication number: 20220394428
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michal Adam Kaluzny
  • Publication number: 20220394660
    Abstract: Embodiments for a device locator application are described. In an embodiment, one or more inertial displacement measurement values may be received using the inertial sensor and received camera sensor data, a trajectory based on the one or more inertial displacement measurement values may be determined, a beacon signal from a target wireless device and determine at least one signal strength value from the beacon signal may be received, at least one proximity value to the target wireless device may be estimated based on the at least one signal strength value corresponding to at least one position along the trajectory, and an indicator of the at least one proximity value to the target wireless device may be presented along the trajectory in a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Werner, Brent M. Ledvina, Tunc Ertan
  • Publication number: 20220252689
    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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Tunc Ertan, Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi
  • Publication number: 20220201428
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein enable proximity enhancements for a location query performed for a target wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tunc Ertan, Brent M. Ledvina, Mads N. Paulin
  • Patent number: 11320509
    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 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tunc Ertan, Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi
  • Publication number: 20190317177
    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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Tunc Ertan, Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi