Apple patents charts to track and view emotional mood data
Apple has filed a patent for a user interface that displays emotional valence data, which measures the positive or negative tone of a person's feelings. The system shows a chart where users can see specific mood entries for short moments and an overall average mood for a longer time period.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for logging and/or interacting with health information.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer system configured to communicate with a display generation component, the computer system comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying, via the display generation component, a first chart indicating a plurality of emotional valence values logged for a time period, wherein the first chart includes: a user interface object representing a sub-time period of the time period, wherein the user interface object includes: a first indication of a first emotional valence value of the plurality of emotional valence values, wherein the first emotional valence value is for a moment within the sub-time period; and a second indication of a second emotional valence value of the plurality of emotional valence values, wherein the second emotional valence value is different from the first emotional valence value, and wherein the second emotional valence value is for the entire sub-time period.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- USER INTERFACES FOR LOGGING AND INTERACTING WITH EMOTIONAL VALENCE DATA
- Publication number
- US20260299765A1
- Application number
- 19698536
- Filed
- Jun 4, 2026
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
G06F 3/04842 Physics & computingG06F 3/0487 Physics & computingG06F 9/451 Physics & computingMore from Apple in Health & body
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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