Apple Inc.

Jack J Wanderman

Kevin Scott Fetterman

Jonathan L Berk

Alissa Anderson

Margaret Madigan Burke

Sawyer Isaac Cohen

Scott M Herz

Mark T Uyeda

Romain A Teil

Lorraine Y Tang

Francesca Amor Delle Cese

Bhautik H Mehta

Karlin Y Bark

Wolf Kienzle

Samuel B Gooch

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Christopher J Stringer

Martha Evans Hankey

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Daniele De Iuliis

Daniel J Coster

Jody R Akana

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Jeremy D Bataillou

Julian Hoenig

Shota Aoyagi

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Anthony Michael Ashcroft

Mikael M Silvanto

Marc A Newson

Justin Derry Crosby

Robert Denton Silfvast

Kirill Kalinichev

Jorge C Fialho

Mikael P Sedlacek

Matthew Phillip Casebolt

Peter F Coxeter

Benjamin A Stevenson

Daniel David Hershey

Dominic P Cincione

Robert Michael Merritt

Brett Evans Krasniewicz

Felix Chung Fan Lam

Mark Toki Niiro

A method includes receiving, by sensors inside an enclosure of a vehicle, signals generated by signal generators in the enclosure of the vehicle. One of the sensors or signal generators may be part of a mobile device inside the enclosure. The method also includes determining a location and orientation of the mobile device from the signals. The method further includes determining, based on the location and orientation of the mobile device, an object in the enclosure that the mobile device is pointing to. The mobile device further includes transmitting a message to the mobile device in response to determining that the mobile device is pointing to the object, so as to cause the mobile device to display a user interface to allow the mobile device to control the object.

Systems and methods for locating mobile devices within a vehicle

Packaging with a band

Signals usable to determine a path of a vehicle towards a particular stopping point in a vicinity of a destination are detected from an individual authorized to provide guidance with respect to movements of the vehicle. Based at least in part on the signals and a data set pertaining to the external environment of the vehicle, one or more vehicular movements to be implemented to proceed along the path are identified. A directive is transmitted to a motion control subsystem of the vehicle to initiate one of the vehicular movements.

Guidance of autonomous vehicles in destination vicinities using intent signals

A system for securing a user device to a body includes a magnet and an attraction plate. One of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the body, and the other of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the user device. The magnet is selectively activated to hold the attraction plate and, thereby, secure the user device to the body.

System for holding devices

Combined charger with packaging

Packaging

A system for securing a user device in a vehicle includes a magnet and an attraction plate. One of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the vehicle, and the other of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the user device. The magnet is selectively activated to hold the attraction plate and, thereby, secure the user device to the vehicle.

System for holding devices in a passenger vehicle

A light-based output device may be used to display images, symbols, and other information for a user of a system such as a vehicle. A display may be formed from a display layer, a covering layer that covers the display layer, and components such as force and touch sensors and electronic shutters. Haptic feedback may be provided using actuators that are coupled to the covering layer. A movable button member may be used to press the covering layer outwardly within an opening, thereby creating a portion of the covering layer that protrudes from other portions of the covering layer. The button member may also be placed in a position in which the covering layer on the button member is flush with other portions of the covering layer. A touch sensor may be incorporated into the covering layer and may overlap a display and areas outside the display.

Cosmetic integration of displays

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Jack J Wanderman