Patrick Piemonte

Patrick Piemonte is an American inventor, computer scientist and user interface designer best known for his contributions to the iPhone and iPad at Apple, for which he has received over 55 patents.[1][2][3][4]

Patrick Piemonte
Piemonte at Big Basin, 2013
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science, human–computer interaction
InstitutionsApple, Inc.
Websitepatrickpiemonte.com

Career

Piemonte worked at Apple Inc. from 2008 to 2013 and from 2014 until 2016 as part of the early iPhone team and Special Projects Group, respectively.[5] His contributions include location-based services, iPhone's Core Motion software that leverages the gyroscope and motion coprocessor, the iPhone digital compass with ability to view True North, geocoding services, Flyover interface, 3D maps interface, turn-by-turn navigation interface, multi-touch gestures for 2D and 3D interaction with a map, the grid line interface under a data-less map, and iPhone's night mode interface.[1][6][7][8][9] He was responsible for 3D user interface research using the iPhone gyroscope which contributed to the development of new interface techniques in iOS, such as parallax.[10][11]

For the 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Piemonte and his colleagues developed the first mobile game to use iPhone's Core Motion software which Steve Jobs played onstage to demo the technology.[12][13][14][15]

Piemonte is also known for his work with input methods at The Last Guide Company, where he developed the first location-based mobile keyboard, Goji.[8][16][17]

In early 2017, Piemonte co-founded and launched Mirage World, an app for creating shared immersive media on top of the real world using augmented reality, with content creator Ryan Staake.[18][19]

References
  1. "U.S. Government patent database". Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  2. "Apple imagines animated 3D Maps with rippling water, realtime reflections". AppleInsider. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  3. "Apple Granted 33 Patents Today Covering a 3D iPhone UI & More - Patently Apple". www.patentlyapple.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  4. "Apple Bombards Patent Office with 28 New Mapping Inventions - Patently Apple". www.patentlyapple.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  5. "Patrick Piemonte — Crunchbase Person Profile". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  6. "Apple Granted Three Patents Relating to 3D Maps". www.patentlyapple.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  7. "Apple Patent Reveals Maps Night Mode for CarPlay - Patently Apple". www.patentlyapple.com. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  8. "Patrick Piemonte's Projects". patrickpiemonte.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  9. "iPhone 3D Interaction". patrickpiemonte.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  10. Hughes, Neil. "Apple envisions interactive, augmented reality iPhone multiplayer games". Apple Insider. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  11. "Apple Granted 33 Patents Today Covering a 3D iPhone UI & More". Patently Apple. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  12. "CNET: iPhone 4's new gyroscope - YouTube". www.youtube.com. 2010-06-07.
  13. "patrick piemonte – iphone gyroscope". patrickpiemonte.com. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  14. "The next phase in Jenga's evolution". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  15. "piemonte/PBJVision". GitHub. Patrick Piemonte. 30 March 2020.
  16. "Ex-Gowalla Founders Raise $2.1 Million for Last, a Stealth Mobile Startup". Re/code. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  17. Lawler, Ryan. "Goji Is An Emoji Keyboard That Suggests Places To Go". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  18. Rubin, Peter. "Finally: An Augmented Reality App that Injects the Internet into Real Life". Wired. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  19. Palladino, Tommy. "Mirage World Sticks Ephemeral Memes in Real World Locales via iPhone (Without ARKit)". Mobile AR News. Retrieved August 12, 2017.


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