Patents by Inventor William A. Sorrentino, III

William A. Sorrentino, III 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: 20230319394
    Abstract: Media user interfaces are described, including user interfaces for capturing media (e.g., capturing a photo, recording a video), displaying media (e.g., displaying a photo, playing a video), editing media (e.g., modifying a photo, modifying a video), accessing media controls or settings (e.g., accessing controls or settings to capture photos or videos to capture videos), automatically adjusting media (e.g., automatically modifying a photo, automatically modifying a video), and automatically managing a media capture mode (e.g., a photo media capturing mode, a portrait media capturing mode, a video media capturing mode) based on a set of conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Johnnie B. MANZARI, Alan C. DYE, Martha E. HANKEY, Grant R. PAUL, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS
  • Publication number: 20230283884
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to displaying visual effects in image data. In some examples, visual effects include an avatar displayed on a user's face. In some examples, visual effects include stickers applied to image data. In some examples, visual effects include screen effects. In some examples, visual effects are modified based on depth data in the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Marcel VAN OS, Lee BROUGHTON, Nicholas V. KING, Grant PAUL, William A. SORRENTINO, III
  • Patent number: 11722764
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to displaying visual effects in image data. In some examples, visual effects include an avatar displayed on a user's face. In some examples, visual effects include stickers applied to image data. In some examples, visual effects include screen effects. In some examples, visual effects are modified based on depth data in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Jessica L. Aboukasm, Jean-Francois M. Albouze, David R. Black, Jae Woo Chang, Robert M. Chinn, Gregory L. Dudey, Katherine K. Ernst, Aurelio Guzman, Christopher J. Moulios, Joanna M. Newman, Grant Paul, Nicolas Scapel, William A. Sorrentino, III, Brian E. Walsh, Joseph-Alexander P. Weil, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 11706521
    Abstract: Media user interfaces are described, including user interfaces for accessing media controls or settings (e.g., accessing controls and/or settings to capture photos and/or videos to capture videos).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Behkish J. Manzari, Alok Deshpande, Alan C. Dye, Craig M. Federighi, Paul M. Hubel, Nicholas D. Lupinetti, Jonathan Ian McCormack, Grant Paul, William A. Sorrentino, III, Andre Souza Dos Santos
  • Publication number: 20230221836
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to navigating a collection of media items. In accordance with one embodiment, in response to receiving an input, a device displays a first view of a collection of media items, including concurrently displaying a representation of a first time period and a representation of a second time period. In accordance with a determination that a current time is associated with a first recurring temporal event: the representation of the first time period includes a first representative media item and the representation of the second time period includes a second representative media item. In accordance with a determination that the current time is associated with a second recurring temporal event, the representation of the first time period includes a third representative media item and the representation of the second time period includes a fourth representative media item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Graham R. CLARKE, Simon BOVET, Eric M. G. CIRCLAEYS, Richard R. DELLINGER, Lynne DEVINE, Alan C. DYE, Daniel E. GOBERA RUBALCAVA, Andreas KARLSSON, Matthieu LUCAS, Behkish J. MANZARI, Nicole R. RYAN, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS, Gregg SUZUKI, Sergey TATARCHUK
  • Publication number: 20230186578
    Abstract: request to present first computer-generated content including first visual content and first audio content corresponding to the first visual content, displays the first visual content within the first portion of the three-dimensional environment and outputting the first audio content using a first audio output mode if the request is to present the first computer-generated content with a first level of immersion, and displays the first visual content within the second portion of the three-dimensional environment and outputting the first audio content using a second audio output mode if the request is to present the first computer-generated content with a second level of immersion greater than the first level of immersion, wherein using the second audio output mode instead of the first audio output mode changes a level of immersion of the first audio content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Jonathan Ive, Kristi E.S. Bauerly
  • Publication number: 20230185426
    Abstract: While displaying a first view of a three-dimensional environment corresponding to a first viewpoint, a computer system detects user inputs specifying a navigation target in the three-dimensional environment and triggering a navigation operation toward the navigation target. The computer system displays an updated view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a second viewpoint closer to the navigation target than the first viewpoint, but the second viewpoint is spaced apart from the navigation target and the second viewpoint is selected in accordance with a predefined characteristic of the navigation target in conjunction with the respective position of the navigation target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Publication number: 20230185375
    Abstract: An electronic device, while the electronic device is worn over a predefined portion of the user's body, displays, via a display generation component arranged on the electronic device opposite the predefined portion of the user's body, a graphical representation of an exterior view of a body part that corresponds to the predefined portion of the user's body. The electronic device detects a change in position of the electronic device with respect to the predefined portion of the user's body. The electronic device, in response to detecting the change in the position of the electronic device with respect to the predefined portion of the user's body, modifies the graphical representation of the exterior view of the body part that corresponds to predefined portion of the user's body in accordance with the detected change in position of the electronic device with respect to the predefined portion of the user's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas S. Hulbert, Karlin Y. Bark, Alfred B. Huergo Wagner, Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Seung Wook Kim, William A. Sorrentino, III
  • Publication number: 20230168788
    Abstract: A system displays, via the first display generation component: a first view of a computer-generated three-dimensional environment, including a representation of a physical environment, and a representation of one or more projections of light. The representation of the one or more projections of light has an appearance that corresponds to a spatial relationship between first virtual content present in the computer-generated three-dimensional environment and the representation of the physical environment. The system displays animated changes of the representation of the one or more projections of light and displays alterations of an appearance of a representation of a first surface in the physical environment in accordance with the animated changes of the representation of the one or more projections of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Philipp Rockel, Wesley M. Holder, Nicholas W. Henderson, Robert T. Tilton, Richard R. Dellinger, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Giancarlo Yerkes, Pedro Mari
  • Publication number: 20230114043
    Abstract: A computer system concurrently displays a view of a physical environment; and a computer-generated user interface element overlaid on the view of the physical environment. An appearance of the computer-generated user interface element is based on an appearance of the view of the physical environment on which the computer-generated user interface element is overlaid. In response to an appearance of the physical environment changing, the appearance of the computer-generated user interface element is updated at a first time based on a graphical composition of the appearance of one or more portions of the physical environment at different times prior to the first time, including: an appearance of a first portion of the physical environment at a second time that is before the first time; and an appearance of a second portion of the physical environment at a third time that is before the second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Wan Si Wan, Gregory M. Apodaca, William A. Sorrentino, III, Miquel Rodriguez Estany, James J. Owen, Pol Pla I. Conesa, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard D. Lyons, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Evgenii Krivoruchko, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: 11625153
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to navigating a collection of media items. In accordance with one embodiment, in response to receiving an input, a device displays a first view of a collection of media items, including concurrently displaying a representation of a first time period and a representation of a second time period. In accordance with a determination that a current time is associated with a first recurring temporal event: the representation of the first time period includes a first representative media item and the representation of the second time period includes a second representative media item. In accordance with a determination that the current time is associated with a second recurring temporal event, the representation of the first time period includes a third representative media item and the representation of the second time period includes a fourth representative media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Graham R. Clarke, Kevin Aujoulet, Kevin Bessiere, Simon Bovet, Eric M. G. Circlaeys, Lynne Devine, Alan C. Dye, Benedikt M. Hirmer, Andreas Karlsson, Chelsea L. Burnette, Matthieu Lucas, Behkish J. Manzari, Nicole R. Ryan, William A. Sorrentino, III, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Gregg Suzuki, Sergey Tatarchuk, Justin S. Titi
  • Publication number: 20230106627
    Abstract: A computer system displays an alert at a first position relative to the three-dimensional environment, the alert at least partially overlapping a first object in a first view. The first position has a respective spatial relationship to the user. The computer system detects movement of the user from a first viewpoint to a second viewpoint. At the second viewpoint, the computer system, in accordance with a determination that the alert is a first type of alert, displays the alert at a second position in the three-dimensional environment, the second position having the respective spatial relationship to the user and in accordance with a determination that the alert is a second type of alert, displays the three-dimensional environment from the second viewpoint without displaying the alert with the respective spatial relationship to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Dascola, Lorena S. Pazmino, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Matan Stauber, Jesse Chand, William A. Sorrentino, III, Richard D. Lyons, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 11615596
    Abstract: A computer system, while displaying a view of a computer-generated environment, detects movement of a physical object, and in response: in accordance with a determination that a user is within a threshold distance of a first portion of the physical object and that the physical object meets preset criteria, the computer system changes an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to a current location of the physical object's first portion, without changing an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to the physical object's second portion; and in accordance with a determination that the user is within the threshold distance and that the physical object does not meet the preset criteria, the computer system changes an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to a current location of the physical object's first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Jonathan Ive, Kristi E. S. Bauerly
  • Patent number: 11599239
    Abstract: While displaying a first view of a three-dimensional environment corresponding to a first viewpoint, a computer system detects a change in grip of a user's hand into a first predefined grip in conjunction with detecting a gaze input directed to a respective position in the three-dimensional environment. If the respective position is a first position, the computer system replaces the first view with a second view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a second viewpoint that is selected in accordance with the respective movement of the user's hand and the first position in the three-dimensional environment; and if the respective position is a second position, the computer system replaces the first view with a third view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a third viewpoint that is selected in accordance with the respective movement of the user's hand and the second position in the three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 11579693
    Abstract: An electronic device, while the electronic device is worn over a predefined portion of the user's body, displays, via a display generation component arranged on the electronic device opposite the predefined portion of the user's body, a graphical representation of an exterior view of a body part that corresponds to the predefined portion of the user's body. The electronic device detects a change in position of the electronic device with respect to the predefined portion of the user's body. The electronic device, in response to detecting the change in the position of the electronic device with respect to the predefined portion of the user's body, modifies the graphical representation of the exterior view of the body part that corresponds to predefined portion of the user's body in accordance with the detected change in position of the electronic device with respect to the predefined portion of the user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Hulbert, Karlin Y. Bark, Alfred B. Huergo Wagner, Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Seung Wook Kim, William A. Sorrentino, III
  • Patent number: 11567625
    Abstract: A computing system, while displaying a first view of a first computer-generated three-dimensional environment including a representation of a respective portion of a physical environment, and a first representation of one or more projections of light in a first portion of the first computer-generated three-dimensional environment, detects, from a first user, a query directed to a virtual assistant. In response, the computer system displays animated changes of the first representation of the one or more projections of light in the first portion of the first computer-generated three-dimensional environment, including displaying a second representation of the one or more projections of light that is focused on a first sub-portion of the first portion, and then displays content responding to the query at a position corresponding to the first sub-portion of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Philipp Rockel, Wesley M. Holder, Nicholas W. Henderson, Robert T. Tilton, Richard R. Dellinger, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Giancarlo Yerkes, Pedro Mari
  • Publication number: 20230008537
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device emphasizes and/or deemphasizes user interfaces based on the gaze of a user. In some embodiments, an electronic device defines levels of immersion for different user interfaces independently of one another. In some embodiments, an electronic device resumes display of a user interface at a previously-displayed level of immersion after (e.g., temporarily) reducing the level of immersion associated with the user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device allows objects, people, and/or portions of an environment to be visible through a user interface displayed by the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device reduces the level of immersion associated with a user interface based on characteristics of the electronic device and/or physical environment of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas W. HENDERSON, Ieyuki KAWASHIMA, Stephen O. LEMAY, Israel PASTRANA VICENTE, Wesley M. HOLDER, Jeffrey M. FAULKNER, William A. SORRENTINO, III
  • Patent number: 11539876
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for altering visual media. In some embodiments, user interfaces capturing visual media (e.g., via a synthetic depth-of-field effect), playing back visual media (e.g., via a synthetic depth-of-field effect), editing visual media (e.g., that has a synthetic depth-of-field effect applied), and/or managing media capture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Behkish J. Manzari, Graham R. Clarke, Toke Jansen, Joseph A. Malia, Andre Souza Dos Santos, William A. Sorrentino, III, Jeffrey A. Brasket, Wayne Loofbourrow, Seyyedhossein Mousavi, Jens Jacob Pallisgaard, Paul Thomas Schneider, Joshua Blake Shagam, Piotr J. Stanczyk
  • Patent number: 11520456
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device emphasizes and/or deemphasizes user interfaces based on the gaze of a user. In some embodiments, an electronic device defines levels of immersion for different user interfaces independently of one another. In some embodiments, an electronic device resumes display of a user interface at a previously-displayed level of immersion after (e.g., temporarily) reducing the level of immersion associated with the user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device allows objects, people, and/or portions of an environment to be visible through a user interface displayed by the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device reduces the level of immersion associated with a user interface based on characteristics of the electronic device and/or physical environment of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Alan C. Dye, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Jaede, Jonathan P. Ive, Kristi E. Bauerly, Benjamin Hunter Boesel, Shih-Sang Chiu, David H. Huang
  • Publication number: 20220382443
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for navigating, viewing, and editing content items, including aggregated content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Graham R. CLARKE, Simon BOVET, Eric M. G. CIRCLAEYS, Bruno J. CONEJO, Kaely COON, Alan C. DYE, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Woosung KANG, Chia Yang LIN, Matthieu LUCAS, Behkish J. MANZARI, Charles A. MEZAK, Pavel PIVONKA, William A. SORRENTINO, III, Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS, Denys STAS