Patents Assigned to Apple, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12236251
    Abstract: A device implementing a system to render user interface timeline views for display of dynamic application content includes a processor configured to retrieve a data structure corresponding to user interfaces of an application associated with respective times, and at least one declaratively defined user interface element. The processor is further configured to determine whether a rendering cost of a plurality of the user interfaces complies with an update budget of the application, where the rendering cost includes interpreting the at least one declaratively defined user interface element for the respective times. When the rendering cost is determined to comply, the processor is further configured to render the plurality of the user interfaces in advance of the respective times associated with the plurality of the user interfaces. The processor is further configured to display at least one of the rendered plurality of the user interfaces based on a current time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Schimon, August L. Joki, Joshua C. Weinberg, Matthew S. Koonce
  • Patent number: 12236850
    Abstract: To reduce image artifacts induced by temperature variations associated with display pixels of an electronic display, processing circuitry may process temperature sensing data to obtain an average temperature and a temperature distribution of the electronic display. Based on the processed temperature data, the processing circuit may adjust a reference voltage applied to the display pixels to compensate for the average temperate. To further correct for the image artifacts, the processing circuitry may transform image data to luminance domain. Based on the processed temperature data, the processing may adjust luminance vales of the image data to compensate for the temperature distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sunmin Jang, Ce Zhang, Hopil Bae, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Pablo Moreno Galbis, Paolo Sacchetto, Yaser Azizi, Young Don Bae
  • Patent number: 12236905
    Abstract: A device may include an electronic display having a backlight that generates light and multiple display pixels that modulate the amount of generated light emitted from the electronic display based on compensated image data. The backlight may include multiple illuminators that generate the light, and a first color component illuminator may have a slower response rate than a second color component illuminator. The device may also include image processing circuitry that generates the compensated image data by compensating input image data for a color shift associated with a change in brightness of the backlight and the slower response rate of the first color component illuminator. The input image data may be compensated by increasing first color component pixel values of the input image data relative to second color component pixel values of the input image data, and the compensated image data may be output to the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chengrui Le, Fang-Cheng Lin, Alexey Kornienko
  • Patent number: 12236036
    Abstract: Systems and methods for arranging applications on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display. An example method includes, at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, concurrently displaying a first application window and a second application window. The method includes receiving an input directed to first application window followed by a drag input. The method also includes that in response to detecting the drag input: moving the first application window in accordance with the drag input, and enlarging the second application window to an enlarged size that is larger than a size at which the second application window was displayed prior to detecting the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher P. Foss, Woo-Ram Lee, Lawrence Y. Yang, Caelan G. Stack
  • Patent number: 12236038
    Abstract: A computer system detects an input that is directed, when the input starts, to a location within a view in a user interface, and consequentially: sends to a software element associated with the view a plurality of input events, wherein each input event comprises a data structure including a phase field that describes a state of the input at a respective time, and the phase field of one of the plurality of input events is set to an input phase began value indicating that the input is new; determines whether or not the input should be ignored by the electronic device; and, in accordance with a determination that the input should be ignored by the electronic device, includes in the plurality of input events an input event whose phase field is set to an input phase cancel value indicating that the input has been cancelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jason Clay Beaver, Andrew Platzer
  • Patent number: 12236066
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker may have an array of strain gauges and light-emitting diodes. The light-emitting diodes may be configured to display dynamically adjustable button icons overlapping the strain gauges. Force measurements from the strain gauges may be used to adjust speaker output and other device operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhengyu Li, Ming Gao, Wenhao Wang, Yuanzhen Fan
  • Patent number: 12235703
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include multiple instances of a component (e.g. a processor) and a control circuit. The instances may be configured to operate in various modes. Some of the modes are incapable of presenting a worst-case load on the power supply. The control circuit may be configured to monitor the instances and detect the modes in which the instances are operating. Based on the monitoring, the control circuit may request to recover a portion of the voltage margin established for worst-case conditions in the instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Mylius, Conrad H. Ziesler, Daniel C. Murray, Jong-Suk Lee, Rohit Kumar
  • Patent number: 12236515
    Abstract: Three-dimensional data can be synchronized between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. A content creation application may be running on the first electronic device and may utilize a data file describing a three-dimensional content item. A two-dimensional representation of the content item may be displayed on the first electronic device. A user may request to preview the two-dimensional representation of the content item in three-dimensions. The first electronic device may initiate a data transfer with the second electronic device. The three-dimensional data of the data file may be transferred, via a communication link, from the content creation of the first electronic device to a three-dimensional graphic rendering application at the second electronic device. The three-dimensional graphic rendering application may generate a preview of the content item in three-dimensions based on the received three-dimensional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter G. Zion, Tyler L. Casella, Omar Shaik, Benjamin B. Loggins, Eric S. Peyton, Christopher H. Dempsey
  • Patent number: 12238237
    Abstract: A method includes, at a computer system with a display, a housing, and an attachment mechanism, detecting attachment of an accessory to the computer system, where the accessory, while attached, has a predetermined orientation relative to the attachment mechanism, and in response to detecting the attachment of the accessory to the computer system in accordance with a determination that the accessory is a first accessory with first physical dimensions, displaying, on the display, a first visual indication that the accessory has been attached to the computer system, wherein the first visual indication indicates at least one property of the first physical dimensions, and in accordance with a determination that the accessory is a second accessory with second physical dimensions that are different from the first physical dimensions, displaying, on the display a second visual indication that the accessory has been attached to the computer system, wherein the second visual indication indicates at least one property o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Hulbert, Jeremy D. Bataillou, Brian T. Gleeson, David C. Graham, Deena Khattab, Gemma A. Roper, Arian Behzadi, Alan C. Dye
  • Patent number: 12237585
    Abstract: A wireless system may include a central processor and an access point. The central processor may generate an optical signal on an optical fiber. The optical signal may include an optical local oscillator (LO) signal and one or more carriers. The central processor may modulate different combinations of transverse optical modes, orbital angular momentum, polarization, and/or carrier frequency of the optical signal to concurrently convey respective wireless data streams. The orthogonality of the transverse optical modes, orbital angular momentum, polarization, and carrier frequency may allow many wireless data streams to be modulated onto the optical signal and concurrently transmitted and propagated on the optical fiber independent of each other for transmission to one or more external devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bertram R Gunzelmann
  • Patent number: 12237881
    Abstract: Devices and systems useful in concurrently receiving and transmitting Wi-Fi signals and Bluetooth signals in the same frequency band are provided. By way of example, an electronic device includes a transceiver configured to transmit data and to receive data over channels of a first wireless network and a second wireless network concurrently. The transceiver includes a plurality of filters configured to allow the transceiver to transmit the data and to receive the data in the same frequency band by reducing interference between signals of the first wireless network and the second wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Yuo Liu, Peter M. Agboh, Mohit Narang, Indranil S. Sen, Nicholas M. McDonnell, Chia Yiaw Chong
  • Patent number: 12238763
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing MsgA PO validation. An embodiment of a user equipment (UE) user equipment (UE), comprising a processor to determine an initial uplink/downlink (UL/DL) slot configuration for communication with the UE, receive, from a base station, a cell-specific uplink/downlink configuration slot for communication with the UE, generate a MsgA physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion (PO), and implement a validation test to determine whether the MsgA PO is configured on at permissible slot in a transmission frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Weidong Yang, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12238029
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry configured to decode control information of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) received via a resource within a control resource set (CORESET) occupying a subset of a plurality of OFDM symbols within a slot. At least one of the symbols in the subset coincides with a pre-defined symbol location associated with a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) of a PDSCII. The DM-RS can be detected within the slot, the DM-RS starting at a symbol location that is shifted from the pre-defined symbol location and following the subset of symbols. Downlink data scheduled by the PDCCH and received via the PDSCH can be decoded, where the decoding is based on the detected DM-RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Debdeep Chatterjee, Alexei Vladimirovich Davydov, Seung Hee Han, Jeongho Jeon, Sameer Pawar, Avik Sengupta, Guotong Wang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12238286
    Abstract: A video decoding method according to the present disclosure may include partitioning a current picture into a plurality of tiles, decoding partitioning information representing a slice type, wherein the partitioning information represents whether a rectangular slice is applied and decoding first width information and first height information of a slice when the partitioning information represents that the rectangular slice is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 12238342
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress video data using an in-loop noise generation process that generates noise in the compression loop at a sub-image portion level of granularity, such as at a block level. The encoder includes noise model and/or noise model input parameter information in an encoded bit stream. Also, a system includes a decoder configured to receive such a bit stream and decompress the video using an in-loop noise generation process that generates noise in the decompression loop at a sub-image portion level of granularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hye-Yeon Cheong, David W. Singer, Alexandros Tourapis
  • Patent number: 12238025
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for mapping transmission configuration indication (TCI) states to demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports groups in a wireless network. For instance, a TCI state to DMRS ports group mapping of a user equipment (UE) can be determined. Each DMRS port in a DMRS ports group shares a quasi-co-location (QCL) assumption. The TCI state to DMRS ports group mapping comprises multiple TCI state groups. The TCI state to DMRS ports group mapping corresponds each TCI state group to one or more DMRS ports groups. A TCI state group from the DMRS ports group mapping can be selected for the UE. Data indicative of the selected TCI state group and the corresponding one or more DMRS ports groups can be provided to the UE based at least in part on the TCI state group from the DMRS ports group mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Bishwarup Mondal, Alexei Davydov, Guotong Wang, Avik Sengupta
  • Patent number: 12237891
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for storing a codebook in an integrated circuit. One of the methods includes storing, for an integrated circuit that comprises a memory, first data for a codebook in the memory; determining second data for the codebook using the first data; and sending, over a bus, the second data for the codebook to an antenna module separate from the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kexin Ma, Jennifer M. Edwards
  • Patent number: 12237956
    Abstract: A wireless device may use 2.5 MHz narrow band channel spacing. In some embodiments, clear channel assessment based listen before talk may be used to determine if a channel is idle or busy. In some embodiments, randomized channel access may be achieved using a pseudo random number generator on an allowed list of channels. In some embodiments, an avoid loitering mechanism may be employed to reduce interference with transmitters using the same frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Krebs, Yong Liu, Lochan Verma, Jinjing Jiang, Su Khiong Yong
  • Patent number: 12238669
    Abstract: Technology for an Information Centric Networking gateway (ICN-GW) operable to modify an ICN message received from a user equipment (UE) in a Fifth Generation (5G) cellular network is disclosed. The ICN-GW can decode the ICN message received from the UE via a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) and an ICN point of attachment (ICN-PoA). The ICN-GW can modify the ICN message to produce a modified ICN message. The ICN-GW can encode the modified ICN message to route the modified ICN message to a data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Gabriel Arrobo Vidal, Geng Wu, Qian Li, Zongrui Ding, Ching-Yu Liao
  • Patent number: 12238783
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include methods and apparatuses that enable the UE to transmit message 3 in an NTN network. A gNB can include, a time duration indicating the time at which the UE should transmit message 3. The network can ensure that the UE has adequate time to apply the timing advance, assemble and transmit message 3. The UE can compute time of UL grant application based on a timing advance. The time of application of the UL grant can be determined by the UE and by the gNB according to a specified rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Murali Narasimha