Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 12185256Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a user equipment (UE) may receive a control signal from a base station to update a target pathloss reference signal from an existing pathloss reference signal. In at least one embodiment, the UE may obtain a plurality of samples of the target pathloss reference signal. In at least one embodiment, the UE may determine, based on obtaining the plurality of samples of the target pathloss reference signal, that the UE is unable to update the target pathloss reference signal. In at least one embodiment, the UE may adjust the uplink transmission power of the UE based on the existing pathloss reference signal or to a maximum transmit power based on said determining that the UE is unable to be updated to the target pathloss reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Yushu Zhang, Yang Tang, Qiming Li, Manasa Raghavan, Huaning Niu, Hong He, Haitong Sun
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Patent number: 12184372Abstract: A user equipment (UE), or other network component can operate to configure channel state information (CSI) feedback in response to receiving a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) according to a hierarchical precoding scheme that selectively reduces a feedback overhead associated with the CSI feedback. The UE can operate to divide and further sub-divide a frequency band (e.g., a wideband, or particular frequency part) into a precoding hierarchy to generate precoders for conveyance to a base station, eNodeB (eNB), or next generation NodeB (gNB) via the CSI feedback.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Weidong Yang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Ismael Gutierrez Gonzalez, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12181941Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a dynamic power estimation (DPE) unit that adapts weights in real-time are described. A system includes a processor, a DPE unit, and a power management unit (PMU). The DPE unit generates a power consumption estimate for the processor by multiplying a plurality of weights by a plurality of counter values, with each weight multiplied by a corresponding counter. The DPE unit calculates the sum of the products of the plurality of weights and plurality of counters. The accumulated sum is used as an estimate of the processor's power consumption. On a periodic basis, the estimate is compared to a current sense value to measure the error. If the error is greater than a threshold, then an on-chip learning algorithm dynamically adjust the weights. The PMU uses the power consumption estimates to keep the processor within a thermal envelope.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Laurent F. Chaouat, Saharsh Samir Oza, Hamza Saigol
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Patent number: 12182037Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to eviction control for cache lines that store register data. In some embodiments, memory hierarchy circuitry is configured to provide memory backing for register operand data in one or more cache circuits. Lock circuitry may control a first set of lock indicators for a set of registers for a first thread, including to assert one or more lock indicators for registers that are indicated, by decode circuitry, as being utilized by decoded instructions of the first thread. The lock circuitry may preserve register operand data in the one or more cache circuits, including to prevent eviction of a given cache line from a cache circuit based on an asserted lock indicator. The lock circuitry may clear the first set of lock indicators in response to a reset event. Disclosed techniques may advantageously retain relevant register information in the cache with limited control circuit area.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan M. Redshaw, Winnie W. Yeung, Benjiman L. Goodman, David K. Li, Zelin Zhang, Yoong Chert Foo
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Patent number: 12182003Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor circuit that includes a memory circuit, one or more processor cores, and a debug circuit. The debug circuit may be configured, in response to activation of a trace mode to record information indicative of instructions executing on the one or more processor cores, to write a trace data stream to the memory circuit that includes trace data collected on the instructions executing on the one or more processor cores. In response to a particular instruction within one of the processor cores specifying a write of a data value to an architecturally visible trace register, the debug circuit may be further configured to output the data value to the trace data stream as part of executing the particular instruction.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jaidev P. Patwardhan, Matthias Knoth, Shekhar S. Srikantaiah, Prakhar Malhotra, Matthew C. Widmann, Dmitriy B. Solomonov, Constantin Pistol
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Patent number: 12181930Abstract: An accessory device with a cover and keyboard section is described. The keyboard section includes a keyboard and a touchpad, while the cover section includes multiple segments. The cover section orients the electronic device such that a user can access the electronic device, the keyboard, and the touchpad. The cover section is rotationally coupled to the keyboard section by one or more hinge assemblies (including clutches and springs), allowing the cover section and the electronic device to rotate relative to the keyboard section. The cover section includes a first and second segment rotationally coupled together. To further adjust the electronic device, the first segment remains coupled to the electronic device, allowing the first segment and the electronic device to rotate relative to the second segment. The cover section can then suspend the electronic device over the keyboard section, and the electronic device does not contact the keyboard section.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kristine S. Atom, Charles A. Bates, III, Taylor Harrison Gilbert, Eric Shyr
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Patent number: 12182810Abstract: A customer interfacing with a credential manager may be enabled to request and obtain securely from the credential manager additional details related to a service transaction previously effected between the customer and a service provider using a customer transaction credential managed by the credential manager. To obtain such a detailed customer receipt for presentation to a customer, the credential manager may provide an authenticatable customer receipt request to the service provider that may include certain information indicative of an active session between the credential manager and an authenticated customer and/or certain information indicative of a trusted relationship between the credential manager and service provider. When a request is authenticated, the service provider may provide a detailed customer receipt to the credential manager in a format that may be presented to the customer but that may not be used by the credential manager to easily access details conveyed by the receipt.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chunlai Ma, Eric J. Gray, Fei Gao, David L. Neumann, Xinyu Zhao
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Patent number: 12181559Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry having a set of two or more antennas coupled to voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) sensors. The VSWR sensors may gather VSWR measurements from radio-frequency signals transmitted using the set of antennas. The antennas may be disposed on one or more substrates and/or may be formed from conductive portions of a housing. Control circuitry may process the VSWR measurements to identify the ranges between each of the antennas in the set of antennas and an external object. The control circuitry may process the ranges to identify an angular location of the external object with respect to the device. The control circuitry may adjust subsequent communications based, adjust the direction of a signal beam produced by a phased antenna array, identify a user input, or perform any other desired operations based on the angular location.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Joonhoi Hur, Andreas Menkhoff, Bernhard Sogl, Jochen Schrattenecker, Rastislav Vazny
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Patent number: 12183115Abstract: Examples of the disclosure are directed to micro-machined ultrasonic transducers (MUTs) which can be embedded into a flexible band of a watch to detect touch, gestures, physiological signals, and transfer data. In some examples, the MUTs can include a piezoelectric material disposed between two electrodes and coupled to a base material having a plurality of cavities, to support motion of the transducer structure. In some examples, the MUTs can be coupled to multiplexing circuitry to stimulate, configure and control the MUTs. In some examples, the size, shape, and arrangement of transducers can be changed to improve characteristics associated with ultrasonic transmission. In some examples, the MUT array can be driven (e.g., by the CMOS circuitry) to beamform the transmitted and/or the received ultrasonic waves. In some examples, the one or more MUT arrays can be configured to generate haptic feedback via the flexible band.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qi Wang, Jere C. Harrison, Mi Hye Shin, Yunhan Chen
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Patent number: 12182325Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for displaying and interacting with a representation of a user interface of an electronic device in a three-dimensional environment. While presenting a first user interface, a first electronic device presents a representation of a second user interface of a second electronic device based on display data representing the second user interface. In response to detecting a respective event corresponding to user input, if a gaze of a user of the first electronic device is directed to the representation of the second user interface, the first electronic device causes the second electronic device to perform a first operation directed to the second user interface based on the respective event. Alternatively, if the gaze is directed to the first user interface, the first electronic device performs a second operation directed to the first user interface based on the respective event.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tyler R. Calderone, Sean L. Seguin, Lorena S. Pazmino, Aryan Sharifian
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Patent number: 12182652Abstract: An electronic device such as a wearable electronic device may have a coil. The device may have a finger-ring housing that surrounds a finger-shaped opening to allow the device to be worn on a finger of a user. The coil may be formed from metal traces on a printed circuit that wrap around the finger-shaped opening. Near-field communications circuitry in the device may be used to gather near-field communications tag information. The tag information may be gathered in response to user input. Wireless communications circuitry that uses a non-near-field communications antenna may wirelessly transmit the tag information and/or other information such as user input to a companion device.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael J Ershov, Joel N Ruscher, Stefan Hafeneger, Travis J McQueen
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Patent number: 12185139Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for port selection codebook configuration. A user equipment (UE) may decode a channel state information (CSI) report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig) from a base station. The CSI-ReportConfig configuring a port selection codebook comprising a port selection matrix W1, a combinational coefficient matrix W2, and a frequency basis selection matrix Wf. Based on the CSI-ReportConfig, the determines, for the port selection matrix W1, up to L CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) ports out of P CSI-RS ports configured for measuring and reporting CSI. For the frequency basis selection matrix Wf, the UE determines up to Mv frequency basis out of N frequency basis. For the combinational coefficient matrix W2, the UE determines up to L*Mv entries per layer. The UE reports one or more of the port selection matrix W1, the combinational coefficient matrix W2, and the frequency basis selection matrix Wf to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12185300Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing channel state information reporting for multi-transmission-reception-point operation in a wireless communication system. Channel state information configuration information may be provided to a wireless device. The channel state information configuration information may indicate channel measurement resources associated with each of multiple transmission reception points. The wireless device may perform channel state information reporting based on the channel state information configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong Sun, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang, Hong He, Chunxuan Ye, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri
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Patent number: 12184309Abstract: A method for encoding text includes grouping text as a sequence of bytes, the text comprising a string of characters, each byte corresponding to a character in the text. For each byte of the sequence of bytes: (a) each bit is processed from most significant bit to least significant bit to generate a context; and (b) a subsequent bit is predicted, using a prediction model, based on the context generated based on previously processed bits, prediction of the prediction model being a combination of predictions of a plurality of sub-models. An encoded bitstream is output based on the predicted bits. The encoded bitstream includes encoded data corresponding to the text.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christian T. Martelock, Ali Sazegari, Eric Bainville
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Patent number: 12185630Abstract: A sleep monitor includes a layered sensor that includes at least one substrate layer that includes multiple laterally adjacent substrates. The substrate layer may be formed by interdigitating fingers of a first sheet with fingers of a second sheet. Combining multiple substrates in a single layer of a layered sensor may allow multiple materials and/or sensing mechanisms to be combined together in a single layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ali M. Amin, Yindar Chuo, Zijing Zeng
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Patent number: D1055890Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
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Patent number: D1055911Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steven P. Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas B. Satzger, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D1055924Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Alexandre B. Girard, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Anne-Marie Heck, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
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Patent number: D1055963Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Aaron Mathew Melim, Jacob Weiss, Noah Amos Witherspoon
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Patent number: D1055974Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Eric Lance Wilson