Patents Assigned to Apple, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11675459
    Abstract: An electronic device can be configured to operate in a plurality of operating modes to generate various stimulation signals for touch sensing operations. Switching circuitry can selectively couple one or more stimulation circuits to touch stimulation circuitry to reduce electromagnetic interference generated during transitions between the plurality of operating modes. The electronic device can transition from a stimulation phase to a termination phase at an arbitrary time, unconstrained by integration time requirements of accompany touch sensing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Yong Kang, Du Chen, Christoph H. Krah
  • Patent number: 11677174
    Abstract: Connectors that support high-speed data transfers and have a high signal quality, good reliability, and are readily manufactured. One example can provide a connector receptacle that supports high-speed data transfers and has a high signal quality by employing connector contacts that include multiple structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud R. Amini, Nikhil S. Pansare, William P. Cornelius, Seungyong Baek
  • Patent number: 11678253
    Abstract: A cellular network includes a first network component configured to i) identify a first session between a first data network and a user equipment (UE), wherein the first session corresponds to a first session management function (SMF), ii) receive data network access information (DNAI) from a network function, the DNAI corresponding to a second data network and iii) select a second SMF that is to be utilized for a second session between the second data network and the UE. The cellular network also includes a second network component configured to i) store a mapping between the DNAI and the second SMF and ii) transmit an indication of the second SMF to the first network component, wherein the first network component selects the second SMF based on the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit R. Matolia, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Han Pu, Krisztian Kiss, Mohammed Sadique, Srinivasan Nimmala, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11674245
    Abstract: This application relates to cable assemblies with an outer (exterior) layer formed from braiding materials together. To achieve a desired pattern, a machine tool forming the outer layer undergoes several modifications. For a machine tool with two tracks (e.g., inner and outer track) with multiple carriers of material to be braided, each carrier position may include multiple bobbins, with each bobbin carrying a spool/coil of the material. During a braiding operation performed by the machine tool, each track rotates in opposite directions. Moreover, some bobbins include an arm that guides the material in a particular manner. For example, during rotation of the track, the arm provides a swinging motion, causing the material carried by the arm to move in a periodic (e.g., sinusoidal) motion. An additional track may be used to guide the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Robert V. Weber, Min Chul Kim, Jay E. Sha
  • Patent number: 11676479
    Abstract: Multiple portable electronic devices within an exemplary system functionally cooperate amongst themselves to access a remotely controllable device. These portable electronic devices execute exemplary prioritization routines to identify a preferred portable electronic device from among the portable electronic devices to access the remotely controllable device. Thereafter, the exemplary system transfers ownership of a software implemented access token to the preferred portable electronic device to allow the preferred portable electronic device to access the remotely controllable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Arun Unkn
  • Patent number: 11677554
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to secure message exchanges. In some embodiments, a first computing device generates an account key associated with a user account shared by a plurality of computing devices. The first computing device signs a public key of the first computing device with the generated account key to produce a digital signature and sends the public key and the digital signature to a first server system for distributing the public key to a second computing device attempting to send an encrypted message to the first computing device. The first computing device sends the account key to an external storage external usable by others of the plurality of computing devices to obtain the account key and use the account key to sign public keys of the other computing devices. The first computing device receives, from the second computing device, the encrypted message encrypted using the public key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bailey E. Basile, Keaton F. Mowery, Yannick L. Sierra, Frederic Jacobs, Ryan W. Baker
  • Patent number: 11678278
    Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may attempt to decode sidelink synchronization signals (SLSSs) received on component carriers (CCs) of a carrier aggregation. In one configuration, synchronization resources for SLSS transmissions may be aligned across the CCs at subframe boundaries in time, restricted to a portion of the CCs, and restricted to a same sub-frame. The UE may, for multiple CCs, determine a priority level for the CC based on indicators in the SLSSs received on the CC. The UE may select, from the CCs on which one or more SLSSs are decoded, the CC for which the determined priority level is highest. The UE may determine a reference timing for sidelink communication based on the one or more SLSSs received on the selected CC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ajit Nimbalker, Debdeep Chatterjee, Jeongho Jeon, Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr, Sergey Panteleev, Gang Xiong, Alexey Vladimirovich Khoryaev, Mikhail Shilov, Sergey Sosnin, Andrey Chervyakov
  • Patent number: 11675416
    Abstract: A cross-domain power control circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a first circuit branch having a first transistor coupled to a first supply voltage node and a second circuit branch having a second transistor coupled to the first supply voltage node. A third circuit branch is coupled between a second supply voltage node and a third supply voltage node. A second supply voltage conveyed on the second supply voltage node is less than a first supply voltage conveyed on the first supply voltage node. A fourth circuit branch is coupled between the first and third supply voltage nodes. In a first mode of operation, control circuitry causes the second supply voltage to be conveyed to the third supply voltage node. In a second mode of operation, the control circuitry causes the first supply voltage to be conveyed to the third supply voltage node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Shah M. Sharif
  • Patent number: 11675476
    Abstract: Techniques for displaying widgets are described. In some examples, while displaying a first plurality of application icons, an electronic device detects a first user input. In response to detecting the first user input, in accordance with a determination that the first user input includes movement in a first direction, the electronic device ceases display of the first plurality of application icons, and displays a second plurality of application icons. In response to detecting the first user input, in accordance with a determination that the first user input includes movement in a second direction, the electronic device modifies display of the first plurality of application icons to change a distance between a first application icon and a second application icon of the first plurality of application icons, and concurrently displays the modified first plurality of application icons and the first set of one or more user interface elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Dascola, Nathan De Vries, Heena Ko, Richard R. Dellinger, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Brandon Walkin
  • Patent number: 11677120
    Abstract: Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a first circuit board defining a plurality of apertures through the first circuit board. The batteries may include a battery stack overlying the first circuit board and electrically coupled with the first circuit board. The battery stack may include a plurality of battery cells. The battery stack may define a plurality of apertures axially aligned with a corresponding aperture through the first circuit board. The batteries may include a second circuit board that defines a plurality of apertures through the second circuit board. The batteries may include a plurality of fasteners, each fastener extending through a separate channel of the plurality of channels. The batteries may include a plurality of conductive extensions electrically coupling each battery cell of the battery stack with one or more fasteners of the plurality of fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan Erb, Abraham B. Caulk, Ross L. Johnstal, Paul W. Firehammer, Edward T. Hillstrom, Zhongying Shi, Ian E. O'Connor, Alexander J. Clarabut
  • Patent number: 11675380
    Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit may generate a regulated voltage level using a voltage level of a feedback node. The regulated voltage level may be distributed, via a power distribution network, to package power supply node of a package, into which an integrated circuit has been mounted. Power switches included in the integrated circuit may couple the package power supply node to respective local power supply nodes in the integrated circuit. A particular power switch may selectively couple different ones of the local power supply nodes to the feedback node, allowing the voltage regulator circuit to compensate for reductions in the regulated voltage level due to the power distribution network, as well as adjust the regulated voltage level based on power consumptions of load circuits coupled to the local power supply nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Searles, Victor Zyuban, Mohamed Abu-Rahma
  • Publication number: 20230175856
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a commute application that provides a first presentation of several stops along a route. The commute application also receives a selection of a stop from the several stops along the route. The commute application further provides a second presentation for displaying several different routes that traverse through the selected stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: May-Li Khoe, Joseph A. Hagedorn, Marcel van Os
  • Publication number: 20230178198
    Abstract: A computer system may generate a curated health sub-ontology. This may include receiving a set of selection criteria corresponding to a curated health ontology. A subset of concept nodes may be determined using the set of selection criteria. Generating the curated health sub-ontology may include identifying the subset of concept nodes and combining the subset of concept nodes to define the curated health sub-ontology. The curated health sub-ontology may be transmitted to a consuming system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick W. Granvold, Jason B. Morley, Zhe Li
  • Publication number: 20230179671
    Abstract: A semi-supervised machine learning model can provide for classifying an input data point as associated with a particular target location or a particular action. Each data point comprises one or more sensor values from one or more signals emitted by one or more signal sources located within a physical area. A tagged sample set and an untagged sample set are combined to train the machine learning model. Each tagged sample includes a respective data point and a label representing a respective location/action. Each untagged sample includes a data point but is unlabeled. Once trained, given a current data point, the machine learning model can classify the current data point as associated with a particular location/action, after which a target object (e.g., other device or application to be used) can be predicted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yoav Feinmesser, Rafi Vitory, Ron Eyal, Eyal Waserman, Yunxing Ye
  • Patent number: 11669131
    Abstract: This is directed to an electronic device enclosure. The enclosure includes an outer periphery member forming an outer surface of a device, and to which an internal platform is connected. Electronic device components can be assembled to one or both surfaces of the internal platform. The enclosure can include front and back cover assemblies assembled to the opposite surfaces of the outer periphery member to retain electronic device components. One or both of the cover assemblies can include a window through which display circuitry can provide content to a user of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Scott Myers, Matthew Theobald, Richard Heley, Adam Stagnaro, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, David Pakula, Tang Yew Tan
  • Patent number: 11669238
    Abstract: A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Bas Ording, Freddy Allen Anzures, Marcel Van Os, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie
  • Patent number: 11670261
    Abstract: A method of providing a graphical output may include scanning at least a portion of a user's face using a sensor; generating a depth map using the scan; and determining a similarity score between the depth map and a set of stored biometric identity maps that are associated with a registered user. In response to the similarity score exceeding a threshold, the user may be authenticated as the registered user. The method may further determine a corrective eyewear scenario, select a display profile that is associated with the corrective eyewear scenario, and generate a graphical output in accordance with the selected display profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Chang Lee, Kee Suk Ryu, Wei Guang Wu
  • Patent number: 11671235
    Abstract: A communication circuit arrangement includes a first kernel dimension filter circuit configured to apply a first kernel dimension filter to a first input signal to estimate a first kernel dimension interference signal from a first amplifier, a second kernel dimension filter circuit configured to apply a second kernel dimension filter to a second input signal to estimate a second kernel dimension interference signal from a second amplifier, a joint delay tap dimension filter configured to apply a joint delay tap dimension filter to a combination of the first kernel dimension interference signal and the second kernel dimension interference signal to obtain an estimated joint interference signal, and a cancelation circuit configured to remove the estimated joint interference signal from a received signal to obtain a clean signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Xue, Yang-Seok Choi, Daniel Schwartz, Shu-Ping Yeh, Namyoon Lee, Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram, Ching-En Lee, Chia-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11670144
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to providing indicators of distance. For example, display of a visual distance indicator that indicates the distance between a computer system and an entity is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan N. Dour, Robert Thomas Aloe, James Cartwright, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Giovanni Laviste Denina, Christopher B. Fleizach, Banafsheh Jalali, Chia Yang Lin, Donald L. Marotta, Jr., Darren Christopher Minifie, Grant Paul, Per Haakan Linus Persson, Antoine Tarault, Alexander Nicholas Walczak
  • Patent number: 11671109
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a digital to analog converter receiving digital signals and outputting analog signals based on the received digital signals. The electronic device may also include a power source to supply current to the digital to analog converter. The digital to analog converter may include a first resistor ladder section to electrically couple an output node of the digital to analog converter to the power source via a first number of resistors in series. The digital to analog converter may also include a second resistor ladder section to electrically couple the output node to a reference voltage via a second number of resistors in series. The sum of the first number of resistors in series and the second number of resistors in series may be the same for each of the different analog signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Toshitsugu Kawashima, Jose Antonio Gómez Urdampilleta, Masahiro Takeuchi, Yohei Ishizone, Ryo Endo