Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12114089
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are electronic devices and image sensors containing pixel arrays, layouts of electrical signal lines for such pixel arrays, and methods of pixel read out operations, including row read operations, for such pixel arrays. Layouts are disclosed that have reduced sets of shielding or ground lines. In some layouts, shielding ground lines are used only between pairs of adjacent pixel output signal lines (OSLs). Also disclosed is a method of using one OSL within a pair of adjacent pixel OSLs to provide settling assist of the pixel output signal on the other OSL of the adjacent pair of OSLs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hai Yan, Chiajen Lee
  • Patent number: 12114322
    Abstract: The present application relates to wireless devices, and more particularly to apparatus, systems, and methods for multiplexing Configured Grant (CG) transmissions in New Radio (NR) systems operating on unlicensed spectrum. In one embodiment, a method for signaling a wireless system is disclosed, comprising: determining, by a user equipment (UE), that a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) overlaps with a configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) within a PUCCH group; multiplexing uplink control information (UCI) with a CG UCI based on the determination; and transmitting, by the UE to the wireless system, the multiplexed UCI with the CG UCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Armando Oviedo, Salvatore Talarico, Yongjun Kwak, Gang Xiong, Yingyang Li
  • Patent number: 12114453
    Abstract: A composite housing of an electronic device can include a metal shell including a first material having a first set of material properties and a surface at least partially defining an exterior surface of the electronic device. The composite housing can also include an interior portion including a second material having a second set of material properties independent of the first set of material properties and at least partially defining a feature. The interior portion can be bonded to the shell and disposed interior to the surface of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: William A. Counts, Andrew W. Meschke, Lei Gao, Abhijeet Misra, Alexander W. Williams, Hoishun Li, Lee E. Hooton, Michael B. Wittenberg, James A. Yurko
  • Patent number: 12109970
    Abstract: A deployable restraint system including a panel, a tether coupled to the panel, and an actuator that moves the tether to deploy the panel. The panel and the tether are placed in tension between one of two sides of a compartment and a top of the compartment when the tether is moved by the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp J. Wolf, Jesse T. Buehler, Adam J. Golman
  • Patent number: 12113746
    Abstract: A wireless communication device is disclosed for setting transmission slot priorities in a broadcast environment. Upon receipt of a broadcast signal from the wireless communication environment, the UE analyzes the received signal to determine time slots in which members of its own group are transmitting. The UE then sets priorities of previously-used time slots to be low for allocation purposes. When the UE needs to transmit a signal, it first performs allocation of time slots within the signal frame. This allocation is performed based on the earlier-set priorities such that time slots identified as being used by other group members will not be used unless necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Panteleev, Alexey Khoryaev, Mikhail Shilov, Kilian Roth
  • Patent number: 12113565
    Abstract: Portable electronic devices are provided. Each device may be formed from two parts. A first part may be provided with components such as a display, a touch screen, a cover glass, and a frame. A second part may be provided with a plastic housing, circuit boards containing electrical components, and a bezel. Engagement members may be connected to the first and second parts. The engagement members may be formed from metal clips with holes and springs with flexible spring prongs that mate with the holes in the clips. The metal clips may be welded to frame struts on the frame and the springs may be welded to the bezel. During assembly, the first part may be rotated into place within the second part. Retention clips attached to the frame may be used to secure the two parts together. Assembly instructions and associated connector numbers may be provided within the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erik L. Wang, Phillip Michael Hobson, Kenneth A. Jenks, Adam D. Mittleman, Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steven P. Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Anthony Whang, Rico L. Zorkendorfer
  • Patent number: 12112015
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a first application and a second application along an edge of the display and, while concurrently displaying the first and second applications, detects an edge-swipe gesture. in response, if the location corresponds to a location of a respective application on the display, the respective application is associated with standard edge-swipe gesture criteria, and the edge-swipe gesture meets the standard edge-swipe gesture criteria, the device performs a system operation that includes displaying a system user interface at a portion of the display previously occupied by at least a portion of the first application and at least a portion of the second application; if the location of the edge-swipe gesture corresponds to a location of the respective application, the respective application is associated with enhanced edge-swipe gesture criteria, and the edge-swipe gesture does not meet the enhanced edge-swipe gesture criteria, the device forgoes performing the system operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Brandon M. Walkin, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: 12114451
    Abstract: A foldable display may have a display cover layer and display panel that bend around a bend axis. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image through the display cover layer. The display cover layer may be formed from a layer of glass. A recess may be formed in the layer of glass that extends along and overlaps the bend axis. The recess forms a flexible locally thinned portion in the glass that allows the display cover layer to bend. Polymer may be formed in the recess. Stiffening structures such as glass strips and glass beads of one or more diameters may be embedded in the polymer to help resist inward compression of the surface of the display cover layer in the locally thinned region while allowing the display cover layer to bend about the bend axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Que Anh S. Nguyen, Matthew S. Rogers
  • Patent number: 12113623
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback when part of a group of UEs. The UE receives a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) associated with a group of UEs that includes the UE. The UE monitors for a signal from one of a cell on which the UE is currently camped or a cell to which the UE is currently connected that is scrambled by the RNTI and includes control information. The UE transmits HARQ feedback to the one of the currently camped cell or currently connected cell, the HARQ feedback associated with the signal and, when the signal is received, performs an operation in response to the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12109941
    Abstract: A system may have a window. The window may have a waveguide that includes photoluminescent material such as a phosphor layer. The waveguide may have a waveguide core surrounded by cladding layers. The waveguide may be located between an outer structural glass layer and an inner structural glass layer. A light source such as an ultraviolet light source provides pump light to one or more edges the waveguide. The pump light is guided within the waveguide and excites the photoluminescent material. This causes the photoluminescent material to luminesce and create visible light illumination. The visible light illumination may be used to light up an interior region of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, David E Kingman
  • Patent number: 12113737
    Abstract: Methods to enhance the coverage of NR systems for coverage-limited wireless devices are disclosed. A serving base station may configure a coverage-limited UE with parameters for the UE to operate in a coverage enhancement mode through RRC signaling, DCI, or RAR grant. The UE may use the configuration parameters to determine whether to enter into the coverage enhancement mode when connecting and communicating with the serving base station. The configuration parameters may configure the UE to exploit both time diversity and frequency diversity to extend and enhance coverage when receiving the PDSCH and PDCCH channels, when transmitting the PUSCH and PUCCH channel, and when transmitting PUSCH Msg3 during random access. Advantageously, the base station may flexibly and dynamically configure the UE with coverage enhancement parameters to extend the coverage of the UE using time diversity and frequency diversity gains as the UE moves around.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Shu Guo, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Yuchul Kim, Yuqin Chen, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12114189
    Abstract: Aspects are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for measurement gap configuration. A cellular network may establish communication with a UE using a first and second cell. The cellular network may configure bandwidth parts (BWPs) for the first and second cell, including a first and second BWP for the first cell and a third and fourth BWP for the second cell. A measurement gap configuration that specifies when the UE is to use a first measurement gap pattern may be provided to the UE. At a first time, the cellular network may communicate with the UE using the first BWP for the first cell and the third BWP for the second cell, based on the first measurement gap pattern. At a second time, the cellular network may communicate with the UE using the second BWP for the first cell based on a modification of the first measurement gap pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Huaning Niu, Xiang Chen
  • Patent number: 12113641
    Abstract: A first device can receive a delegation message from a second device. The delegation message can include a trigger data object that defines a triggered action set including a triggering event and an action to be performed by an accessory device in response to the triggering event. The first device can perform consistency checking of the received trigger data object relative to one or more previously received trigger data objects to determine whether a conflict exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anush G. Nadathur, Kevin P. McLaughlin, Nathan E. Carroll
  • Patent number: 12113920
    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided with convex displays. A convex display may be used to maximize the internal volume of a device. Convex displays may be formed from one or more flexible layers. A flexible display layer may be mounted to a rigid support structure or a rigid cover layer. Flexible display layers that conform to the curved shape of a rigid structure may provide additional internal volume in which internal components of the device may be positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Brian Lynch
  • Patent number: 12111171
    Abstract: In some implementations, a mobile device transmit traffic information to a server for analysis. The traffic information includes movement information including detected stops and durations of detected stops. The traffic information is analyzed to detect traffic patterns that indicate locations of stop signs and/or stop lights. The traffic information is analyzed to determine durations of stops at stop signs and/or stop lights. The durations of stops is associated with a time of day and/or day of the week. In some implementations, navigational routes is determined based stop sign and/or stop light information, including the delays attributable to detected stop signs and/or stop lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jorge S. Fino
  • Publication number: 20240329990
    Abstract: A system, e.g., a system on a chip (SOC), may include one or more processors. A processor may execute an instruction synchronization barrier (ISB) instruction to enforce an ordering constraint on instructions. To execute the ISB instruction, the processor may determine whether contexts of the processor required for execution of instructions older than the ISB instruction are consumed for the older instructions. Responsive to determining that the contexts are consumed for the older instructions, the processor may initiate fetching of an instruction younger than the ISB instruction, without waiting for the older instructions to retire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Deepankar Duggal, Kulin N Kothari, Mridul Agarwal, Chang Xu, Yanran Yang, Richard F Russo, Yuan C Chou, Douglas C Holman
  • Publication number: 20240333355
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for supporting channel state information (CSI) report configuration for network spatial elements adaptation. The UE can receive a CSI report configuration from the base station indicating a first configuration to configure a first CSI report, and a second configuration to configure a second CSI report. The UE can determine one or more active configurations selected from the first configuration and the second configuration, based on whether one or more of the first configuration or the second configuration is activated by a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (MAC CE) or triggered by a Downlink Control Information (DCI). The processor can be further configured to select, based on a report mode, one or more CSI reports from the first CSI report and the second CSI report. The report mode can be a basic mode or an enhanced mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dan WU, Hong HE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Sigen YE, Wei ZENG, Chunxuan YE
  • Publication number: 20240333449
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to AP-SRS triggering offset enhancement for further enhanced MIMO. User equipment (UE), base stations, apparatus, methods, computer-readable memory media, and computer program products are disclosed. The UE may be configured to receive an offset information associated with AP-SRS transmission of the UE; determine a slot offset associated with the AP-SRS transmission, at least based on the offset information; determine a specific slot for the AP-SRS transmission, based on the determined slot offset; and perform the AP-SRS transmission in the determined specific slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang, Hong He, Chunxuan Ye, Huaning Niu, Weidong Yang, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Chunhai Yao
  • Publication number: 20240330217
    Abstract: An SoC circuit includes a neural processor circuit coupled to a CPU. The neural processor circuit includes neural engines, a data processor DMA circuit, a system memory, and a data processor circuit. The CPU is configured to execute a compiler, which is in turn configured to determine to perform a mode of spatial cropping and the associated crop offset. The neural processor circuit is configured to support arbitrary cropping in the x and y dimensions. The compiler is configured to generate task descriptor(s), the task descriptor(s) distributed to components of the neural processor circuit. The data processor DMA circuit is configured to fetch and format data corresponding to the crop from a source to the buffer. The buffer is configured to realign the data according to the crop origin for broadcast to the neural engines. The neural engines is configured to perform a computation operation which uses the cropped data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher L. MILLS
  • Patent number: D1045857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: 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, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang