Bruno M. Sommer

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Cupertino, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Discovery of and connection to remote devices
- Patent number 12,039,859
- Issue date Jul 16, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Jeffrey S. Norris
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and device for resolving focal conflict
- Patent number 12,033,240
- Issue date Jul 9, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Alexis Henri Palangie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Avatar spatial modes
- Patent number 11,968,056
- Issue date Apr 23, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Connor A. Smith
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Muting mode for a virtual object representing one or more physical...
- Patent number 11,947,733
- Issue date Apr 2, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Clément Pierre Nicolas Boissière
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Artificial intelligence controller that procedurally tailors itself...
- Patent number 11,886,957
- Issue date Jan 30, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Ross R. Dexter
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and devices for detecting and identifying features in an AR...
- Patent number 11,830,214
- Issue date Nov 28, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Jeffrey S. Norris
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Toolbox and context for user interactions
- Patent number 11,805,176
- Issue date Oct 31, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Miao Ren
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Displaying representations of environments
- Patent number 11,768,576
- Issue date Sep 26, 2023
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Group communications platform
- Patent number 11,765,214
- Issue date Sep 19, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Localization for mobile devices
- Patent number 11,756,229
- Issue date Sep 12, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Techniques for managing feature maps
- Patent number 11,748,445
- Issue date Sep 5, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Display device sharing and interactivity
- Patent number 11,733,956
- Issue date Aug 22, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Spatial audio navigation
- Patent number 11,709,068
- Issue date Jul 25, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Discovery of and connection to remote devices
- Patent number 11,532,227
- Issue date Dec 20, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Jeffrey S. Norris
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Techniques for maintaining feature point maps
- Patent number 11,410,328
- Issue date Aug 9, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Location-based virtual element modality in three-dimensional content
- Patent number 11,348,316
- Issue date May 31, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Aaron M. Burns
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Discovery of and connection to remote devices
- Patent number 11,210,932
- Issue date Dec 28, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Jeffrey S. Norris
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Localization for mobile devices
- Patent number 11,138,472
- Issue date Oct 5, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Animated representation of facial expression
- Patent number 11,120,600
- Issue date Sep 14, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Justin D. Stoyles
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Procedural terrain generation systems and related methods
- Patent number 10,580,191
- Issue date Mar 3, 2020
- Apple Inc.
- James J Cwik
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Emojicon puppeting
- Patent number 10,210,648
- Issue date Feb 19, 2019
- Apple Inc.
- Justin D. Stoyles
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Procedural navigation graphs for identifying a route for a virtual...
- Patent number 9,975,040
- Issue date May 22, 2018
- Apple Inc.
- Norman N. Wang
- A63 - SPORTS GAMES AMUSEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Collision avoidance of arbitrary polygonal obstacles
- Patent number 9,836,980
- Issue date Dec 5, 2017
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
Displaying Representations of Environments
- Publication number 20240345697
- Publication date Oct 17, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Discovery Of And Connection To Remote Devices
- Publication number 20240339027
- Publication date Oct 10, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Jeffrey S. Norris
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESOLVING FOCAL CONFLICT
- Publication number 20240312073
- Publication date Sep 19, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Alexis Henri Palangie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Avatar Spatial Modes
- Publication number 20240283669
- Publication date Aug 22, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Connor A. Smith
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
MUTING MODE FOR A VIRTUAL OBJECT REPRESENTING ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL...
- Publication number 20240220031
- Publication date Jul 4, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Clément Pierre Nicolas BOISSIÈRE
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ALIGNING SCANNED ENVIRONMENTS FOR MULTI-USER COMMUNICATION SESSIONS
- Publication number 20240202944
- Publication date Jun 20, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. SOMMER
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONTROLLER THAT PROCEDURALLY TAILORS ITSELF...
- Publication number 20240135251
- Publication date Apr 25, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Ross R. Dexter
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Methods and Devices for Detecting and Identifying Features in an AR...
- Publication number 20240062413
- Publication date Feb 22, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Jeffrey S. Norris
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Displaying Representations of Environments
- Publication number 20230400956
- Publication date Dec 14, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
GROUP COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM
- Publication number 20230388358
- Publication date Nov 30, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. SOMMER
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Presenting Communication Data Based on Environment
- Publication number 20230334794
- Publication date Oct 19, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Spatial Audio Navigation
- Publication number 20230332914
- Publication date Oct 19, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Discovery of Services
- Publication number 20230316680
- Publication date Oct 5, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Jeremy S. Jones
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Shared Space Boundaries and Phantom Surfaces
- Publication number 20230316658
- Publication date Oct 5, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Connor A. Smith
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Avatar Spatial Modes
- Publication number 20230299989
- Publication date Sep 21, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Connor A. Smith
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
EVENT ROUTING IN 3D GRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENTS
- Publication number 20230298267
- Publication date Sep 21, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Charilaos PAPADOPOULOS
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SENSOR EMULATION
- Publication number 20230288701
- Publication date Sep 14, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Jeffrey S. NORRIS
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMMERSIVE APPLICATIONS IN MU...
- Publication number 20230274504
- Publication date Aug 31, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Miao REN
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Discovery Of And Connection To Remote Devices
- Publication number 20230055232
- Publication date Feb 23, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Jeffrey S. Norris
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
LOCATION-BASED VIRTUAL ELEMENT MODALITY IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT
- Publication number 20220245906
- Publication date Aug 4, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Aaron M. Burns
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Discovery Of And Connection To Remote Devices
- Publication number 20220114882
- Publication date Apr 14, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Jeffrey S. Norris
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
LOCALIZATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES
- Publication number 20220101058
- Publication date Mar 31, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
OPERATING SYSTEM LEVEL MANAGEMENT OF GROUP COMMUNICATION SESSIONS
- Publication number 20220094724
- Publication date Mar 24, 2022
- Geoffrey STAHL
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
DISPLAY DEVICE SHARING AND INTERACTIVITY IN SIMULATED REALITY (SR)
- Publication number 20210349676
- Publication date Nov 11, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ATTENUATING MODE
- Publication number 20210325974
- Publication date Oct 21, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Clément Pierre Nicolas BOISSIÈRE
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
GROUP COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM
- Publication number 20210329044
- Publication date Oct 21, 2021
- Bruno M. SOMMER
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Displaying Representations of Environments
- Publication number 20210311608
- Publication date Oct 7, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESOLVING FOCAL CONFLICT
- Publication number 20210097729
- Publication date Apr 1, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Alexis Henri Palangie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Discovery Of And Connection To Remote Devices
- Publication number 20200372789
- Publication date Nov 26, 2020
- Apple Inc.
- Jeffrey S. Norris
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SPATIAL AUDIO NAVIGATION
- Publication number 20200264006
- Publication date Aug 20, 2020
- Apple Inc.
- Bruno M. Sommer
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING

Bruno M. Sommer

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Discovery of and connection to remote devices

Method and device for resolving focal conflict

Avatar spatial modes

Muting mode for a virtual object representing one or more physical...

Artificial intelligence controller that procedurally tailors itself...

Methods and devices for detecting and identifying features in an AR...

Toolbox and context for user interactions

Displaying representations of environments

Group communications platform

Localization for mobile devices

Techniques for managing feature maps

Display device sharing and interactivity

Spatial audio navigation

Discovery of and connection to remote devices

Techniques for maintaining feature point maps

Location-based virtual element modality in three-dimensional content

Discovery of and connection to remote devices

Localization for mobile devices

Animated representation of facial expression

Procedural terrain generation systems and related methods

Emojicon puppeting

Procedural navigation graphs for identifying a route for a virtual...

Collision avoidance of arbitrary polygonal obstacles

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Displaying Representations of Environments

Discovery Of And Connection To Remote Devices

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESOLVING FOCAL CONFLICT

Avatar Spatial Modes

MUTING MODE FOR A VIRTUAL OBJECT REPRESENTING ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL...

ALIGNING SCANNED ENVIRONMENTS FOR MULTI-USER COMMUNICATION SESSIONS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONTROLLER THAT PROCEDURALLY TAILORS ITSELF...

Methods and Devices for Detecting and Identifying Features in an AR...

Displaying Representations of Environments

GROUP COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM

Presenting Communication Data Based on Environment

Spatial Audio Navigation

Discovery of Services

Shared Space Boundaries and Phantom Surfaces

Avatar Spatial Modes

EVENT ROUTING IN 3D GRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENTS

SENSOR EMULATION

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMMERSIVE APPLICATIONS IN MU...

Discovery Of And Connection To Remote Devices

LOCATION-BASED VIRTUAL ELEMENT MODALITY IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT

Discovery Of And Connection To Remote Devices

LOCALIZATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES

OPERATING SYSTEM LEVEL MANAGEMENT OF GROUP COMMUNICATION SESSIONS

DISPLAY DEVICE SHARING AND INTERACTIVITY IN SIMULATED REALITY (SR)

ATTENUATING MODE

GROUP COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM

Displaying Representations of Environments

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESOLVING FOCAL CONFLICT

Discovery Of And Connection To Remote Devices

SPATIAL AUDIO NAVIGATION