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).
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Patent number: 12279227Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Benjamin A. Werner, Brent M. Ledvina, Tunc Ertan
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Publication number: 20250106595Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 12262278Abstract: Embodiments described herein enable proximity enhancements for a location query performed for a target wireless device. One embodiment provides for a method to determine a range and direction to a target wireless device using one our more wireless ranging operations when the wireless communication device is within a threshold range of the target wireless device, generate an augmented reality view that includes a target position estimate for the wireless device, and present the augmented reality view that includes the target position estimate for the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tunc Ertan, Brent M. Ledvina, Mads N. Paulin
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Publication number: 20250088826Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20240402279Abstract: A mobile device may determine a set of range values between the first mobile device and the second mobile device based on a difference between the first time and the second time for ranging wireless signals. The mobile device can determine first odometry information using a first sensor on the first mobile device, the first odometry information indicating a first motion of the first mobile device during a time period. The mobile device can receive, via a data channel, second odometry information determined from second measurements captured using a second sensor on the second mobile device. The mobile device can solve an angle between a first reference frame for the first device and a second reference frame for the second device using the set of range values, and the first and second odometry information to display a directional arrow pointing to a current position of the second mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Benjamin A. Werner, Anup Dhital, Alexander Singh Alvarado, Brian G. Kilberg, Kenneth M. Pesyna, JR., Tunc Ertan, Mohamed Youssef, Ranjini Narayan, Shreya Dilip Date, Jonathan M. Beard, Lucie A. Huet, Xiaoyuan Tu, Ryan K. Burns, Ozhan Turgut
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Publication number: 20240397477Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Benjamin A. Werner, Brent M. Ledvina, Tunc Ertan
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Patent number: 12143895Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Siva Ganesh Movva, Tunc Ertan, Ariane Cotte, Kerry Nguyen, Anita Desai, Steven Douglas Laver, Brent Ledvina, Kenneth U. Victa, Ping-Ko Chiu, Michał Adam Kałużny
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Publication number: 20230394111Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Benjamin A. WERNER, Anup DHITAL, Tunc ERTAN
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Publication number: 20230379994Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20220394428Abstract: Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20220394660Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Benjamin A. Werner, Brent M. Ledvina, Tunc Ertan
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Publication number: 20220252689Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Tunc Ertan, Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi
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Publication number: 20220201428Abstract: Embodiments described herein enable proximity enhancements for a location query performed for a target wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Tunc Ertan, Brent M. Ledvina, Mads N. Paulin
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Patent number: 11320509Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tunc Ertan, Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi
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Publication number: 20190317177Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Tunc Ertan, Brent M. Ledvina, Robert W. Brumley, Adam S. Meyer, Peter C. Tsoi