Apple Inc.

Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Aleksandar Pance

Brett C Bilbrey

Duncan Robert Kerr

Nicholas V King

Brett W Degner

Jeffrey Traer Bernstein

Patrick Kessler

Avi Elias Cieplinski

Marcelo H Coelho

Martin E Johnson

Omar Sze Leung

David T Amm

Paul Puskarich

Ronald Nadim Isaac

Gregory L Tice

David I Simon

Paul G Puskarich

Darby E Hadley

Michael F Culbert

Michael D Hillman

Bradley Landon Spare

Jean Ling Lee

Vijay M Iyer

Peter M Arnold

Brandon Dean Slack

Paul Alioshin

Reese T Cutler

Leo Benedict Baldwin

Craig C Leong

David R Falkenburg

Mushtaq A Sarwar

Andrew P Richardson

Alex J Crumlin

Smita Neglur

Todd Benjamin

Chris A Ligtenberg

Marc Rene Walliser

Nicholas Unger Webb

Nicholas Alan Rundle

Wilfrido Loor Canizares

Aaron Leiba

Sean Anthony Mayo

Nathan Alan Johanningsmeier

Niel David Warren

Albert John Yu Sam Chua

Daniel J Culbert

Pushkaraksha Gejji

Ruchi Goel

James Edmund Orr, Iv

Michael Devyver

Ken McAlpine

Philip Scott McClendon

Jason Hau-Ping Chen

Anand Sethuraman

Adam Kenneth Cybart

John Douglas Field

Jason Medeiros

Chul Sung Park

Jim Lynn Tenneboe

Michael Sinclair

Darbey E Hadley

Jeffrey Traer Berstein

Avi Cieplinksi

A system for enhancing audio including a plurality of sensors, an output device, and a processor in communication with the plurality of sensors and the output device. The processor is configured to process data captured by the plurality of sensors, and based on that, modify an output of the output device. The processor also is configured to determine whether there are a plurality of users associated with a video conferencing session, determine which user of the plurality of users is speaking, and enhance the audio or video output of the speaking user on the output device.

Devices with enhanced audio

There are provided systems, devices and methods for operating a housing for an electronic device as an input/output (I/O) device. In one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing configured to function as an integrated housing and I/O device and one or more sensors obscured by a panel of the housing. The one or more sensors being configured to sense via the panel of the housing. The electronic device further includes a processing unit communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to interpret electrical signals generated by the one or more sensors. One or more output devices are communicatively coupled to the processing unit and configured to provide an output in response to the one or more sensors generating an electrical signal.

Housing as an I/O device

A device can receive live video of a real-world, physical environment on a touch sensitive surface. One or more objects can be identified in the live video. An information layer can be generated related to the objects. In some implementations, the information layer can include annotations made by a user through the touch sensitive surface. The information layer and live video can be combined in a display of the device. Data can be received from one or more onboard sensors indicating that the device is in motion. The sensor data can be used to synchronize the live video and the information layer as the perspective of video camera view changes due to the motion. The live video and information layer can be shared with other devices over a communication link.

Synchronized, interactive augmented reality displays for multifunction devices

Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.

Touch pad with force sensors and actuator feedback

A modular controller may be mounted in an opening, such as a standard single wide or double wide electrical junction box, in a wall or other surface. The modular controller may include a power module and a front module. The power module may be mounted in the opening of the surface, and may be configured to provide electrical power to the front module. The front module may be detachably coupleable to the power module. The front module may be configured to receive audio commands, gesture commands, and/or presence input corresponding to a desired action, and may cause the action to be performed by a device of the front module and/or an external device. The front module may include various devices (e.g., components) capable of providing various functionalities, and may be selected for coupling to a power module in a particular location based at least in part on the functionalities.

Voice activated modular controller

A method and system for displaying images on a transparent display of an electronic device. The display may include one or more display screens as well as a flexible circuit for connecting the display screens with internal circuitry of the electronic device. Furthermore, the display screens may allow for overlaying of images over real world viewable objects, as well as a visible window to be present on an otherwise opaque display screen. Additionally, the display may include active and passive display screens that may be utilized based on images to be displayed.

Transparent electronic device

The present disclosure addresses methods and apparatus facilitating capacitive sensing using a conductive surface, and facilitating the sensing of proximity to the conductive surface. The sensed proximity will often be that of a user, but can be another source of a reference voltage potential. In some examples, the described systems are capable of sensing capacitance (including parasitic capacitance) in a circuit that includes the outer conductive surface, and where that outer conductive surface is at a floating electrical potential. In some systems, the systems can be switched between two operating modes, a first mode in which the system will sense proximity to the conductive surface, and a second mode in which the system will use a capacitance measurement to sense contact with the conductive surface.

Methods and apparatus for capacitive sensing

A system for enhancing audio including a computer and an output device. The computer includes a sensor configured to determine a user location relative to the computer. The sensor is also configured to gather environment data corresponding to an environment of the computer. The computer also includes a processor in communication with the sensor and configured to process the user location and the environment data and adjust at least one of an audio output or a video output. The output device is in communication with the processor and is configured to output at least one of the audio output or the video output.

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Saratoga, CA, United States of America

Aleksandar Pance