Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Device, method, and graphical user interface for adjusting a display property of an affordance over changing background content
    Patent number: 12086398
    Abstract: An electronic device, while displaying the user interface of an application in a first mode, displays an affordance with a first appearance over a portion of the user interface, and values of display properties of the affordance change in accordance with a change in values of display properties of the portion of the user interface that underlies the affordance, in accordance with a first set of rules. Upon transitioning from displaying the user interface in the first mode to displaying the user interface in a second mode, the affordance is displayed with a second appearance, and values of display properties of the affordance change in accordance with a change in the values of display properties of the portion of the user interface that underlies the affordance, in accordance with a second set of rules that are different from the first set of rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Wan Si Wan, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Bartosz Ciechanowski, Benjamin E. Nielsen
  • Selectable monolithic or external scalable die-to-die interconnection system methodology
    Patent number: 12087689
    Abstract: Multi-die structures and methods of fabrication are described. In an embodiment, a multi-die structure includes a first die, a second die, and die-to-die routing connecting the first die to the second die. The die-to-die interconnection may be monolithically integrated as a chip-level die-to-die routing, or external package-level die-to-die routing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Dabral, Jun Zhai, Jung-Cheng Yeh, Kunzhong Hu, Raymundo Camenforte, Thomas Hoffmann
  • System information scheduling for reduced capability devices in wireless communication
    Patent number: 12089209
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for system information scheduling for reduced capability devices in wireless communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Jie Cui, Sigen Ye
  • Dynamically resizable content for electronic devices
    Patent number: 12086371
    Abstract: Dynamically resizable UI views for electronic devices are disclosed. The dynamically resizable UI views may be UI views for widgets. In one or more implementations, an application provides, to a system process, multiple states for a user interface (UI) view for the application, and one or more transition definitions each defining a transition between two of the multiple states. When a user, or content of the UI view, triggers a change from one of the multiples states to another of the multiple states of the UI view, the system process may animate the change according to the one or more transition definitions. In one or more implementations, an application provides system animated transitions between application UI States, and provides application data to be displayed in the rendered UI view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Harper, Jacob A. Xiao, Neil N. Desai, Patrick R. Metcalfe
  • Network slice quota management
    Patent number: 12089149
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing network slice quota management. A network slice quota management function may store capacity information for one or more network slices. The network slice quota management function may receive a request for an indication of whether a network slice has additional capacity. The network slice quota management function may provide an indication of whether the network slice has additional capacity in response to the request. The capacity information may relate to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of wireless devices registered for the network slice, or to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of packet sessions established with the network slice, or both, among various possibilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Vijay Venkataraman, Krisztian Kiss, Srinivasan Nimmala, Longda Xing, Jordi Agud Ruiz
  • Synchronous display pipeline systems and methods
    Patent number: 12087252
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a first display pipeline that may output image data via an output path. The electronic device may include first frame merge circuitry coupled to the output path. The electronic device may also include a first multiplexer coupled to the first frame merge circuitry and to the output path. The first multiplexer may transmit the image data from the output path to an electronic display, and, in response to a first control signal associated with the first frame merge circuitry generating a merged output, the first multiplexer transmits the merged output to the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Assaf Menachem
  • Reference switch architectures for noncontact sensing of substances
    Patent number: 12085500
    Abstract: This relates to systems and methods for measuring a concentration and type of substance in a sample at a sampling interface. The systems can include a light source, optics, one or more modulators, a reference, a detector, and a controller. The systems and methods disclosed can be capable of accounting for drift originating from the light source, one or more optics, and the detector by sharing one or more components between different measurement light paths. Additionally, the systems can be capable of differentiating between different types of drift and eliminating erroneous measurements due to stray light with the placement of one or more modulators between the light source and the sample or reference. Furthermore, the systems can be capable of detecting the substance along various locations and depths within the sample by mapping a detector pixel and a microoptics to the location and depth in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Miikka M. Kangas, Mark Alan Arbore, David I. Simon, Michael J. Bishop, James W. Hillendahl, Robert Chen
  • Camera module flexure with segmented base layer
    Patent number: 12088897
    Abstract: A flexure for a camera includes a dynamic platform to which an image sensor and a substrate are connected such that the image sensor and the substrate move together with the dynamic platform. A driver associated with an actuator to move the image sensor relative to a lens group is mounted to the substrate. The flexure also includes a static platform connected to a static portion of the camera, a plurality of flexure arms that mechanically connect the dynamic platform to the static platform, a routing layer and a base layer both at least partially forming the dynamic platform, the static platform, and the plurality of flexure arms, and at least one segmentation region extending through the base layer and configured to physically isolate a return current from the driver and through the base layer from a return current from the image sensor and through the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Himesh Patel, Kai Min, Phillip R Sommer, Qiang Yang
  • Contextual action predictions
    Patent number: 12086383
    Abstract: This relates generally to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to provide intelligent contextual action predictions by the intelligent automated assistants. An example method includes, at an electronic device displaying a content to a user, receiving a user input on a display area of the displayed content, determining a content type associated with a content object of the displayed content in response to receiving the user input, extracting one or more data items from the determined content type, determining one or more action types of each of the one or more data items and one or more action parameters for the each of the action types, determining one or more suggestive actions based on the determined one or more actions types; and presenting, to the user, at least one suggestive action from the one or more suggestive actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Pallavika Ramaswamy, Cameron Burgess, Gokcen Cilingir, Mert Dumenci, Rishab Mehra, Ari Weinstein, Ilkyu Lee
  • Laser-formed features
    Patent number: 12083623
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to laser-based processes for forming features on the surface of a part. The feature may include a geometric element, a color element, and/or a surface finish element. In some cases, the laser-formed features are formed as a pattern of textured features that produce an aesthetic and/or tactile effect on the surface of the part. In some cases, the texture features may be sufficiently small that they may not be discerned by the unaided human eye. Also, in some cases, a multiple laser-based processes are combined to form a single feature or a finished part having a specific aesthetic and/or tactile effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Peter N. Russell-Clarke, Michael S. Nashner, Houtan R. Farahani
  • Capacitive gap sensor ring for an input device
    Patent number: 12086331
    Abstract: An input mechanism for a portable electronic device includes a rotational manipulation mechanism, such as a cap or shaft. The input mechanism also includes a sensor having first capacitive elements coupled to the manipulation mechanism, second capacitive elements, and a dielectric positioned between the first and second capacitive elements. Movement of the manipulation mechanism alters the positions of the first and second capacitive elements with respect to each other and is determinable based on capacitance changes resulting therefrom. In some implementations, the second capacitive elements may be part of an inner ring or partial ring nested at least partially within an outer ring or partial ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler S. Bushnell, Collin R. Petty, Adam T. Clavelle
  • Secure sharing of credential information
    Patent number: 12088740
    Abstract: A first user device may be used to request provisioning of a secure credential on a second user device. A provisioning system may facilitate the provisioning in a manner that ensures security and privacy of the requesting parties. The provisioning requests may be made using an application on the first user device such as a third-party application or using a web application via a browser. The credential may be added to a digital wallet on the second user device. The credential may be useable by the second user device to perform one or more contactless transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan J Grainger, Russell Fenenga, Brandon K. Leventhal, Sourabh Dugar
  • Multi-transmission and reception point operation
    Patent number: 12089210
    Abstract: Supporting transmission of multiple hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgments (HARQ-ACKS) within a single slot may include encoding a first HARQ-ACK and a second HARQ-ACK within the single slot for transmission to a base station. The first HARQ-ACK may be transmitted via a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and the second HARQ-ACK may be transmitted via a second PUCCH. Based on encoding the first HARQ-ACK and the second HARQ-ACK within the single slot, one or more additional uplink (UL) signals colliding with at least one of the first HARQ-ACK and the second HARQ-ACK within the single slot may be responded to based on a configuration of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Jia Tang, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Wei Zhang, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Display module and system applications
    Patent number: 12087749
    Abstract: A display module and system applications including a display module are described. The display module may include a display substrate including a front surface, a back surface, and a display area on the front surface. A plurality of interconnects extend through the display substrate from the front surface to the back surface. An array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are in the display area and electrically connected with the plurality of interconnects, and one or more driver circuits are on the back surface of the display substrate. Exemplary system applications include wearable, rollable, and foldable displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Bibl, Kapil V. Sakariya, Vikram Pavate
  • Electronic devices with low-reflectance coatings
    Patent number: 12085734
    Abstract: A head-mounted device may have optical modules that present images to a user's left and right eyes. Each optical module may have a lens barrel with a low-reflectance coating, a display coupled to the lens barrel that generates a visible-light image, a lens mounted to the lens barrel through which the image is viewable from an eye box, an infrared light-emitting diode that emits infrared light that illuminates an eye box at an infrared wavelength through the lens, and an infrared camera that captures an image from the eye box at the infrared wavelength. The low-reflectance coating may be a low-visible-reflectance-and-low-infrared-reflectance coating that exhibits low-reflectance for visible light from the display and for infrared light at the infrared wavelength that is generated by the light-emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan S. Maric, Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein, Cole Snider, James A. Curran, Jan K. Quijalvo, Leon J. Garcia, Jr., Paisith P. Boonsom, Zechariah D. Feinberg
  • Techniques to disambiguate angle of arrival
    Patent number: 12085657
    Abstract: In some aspects, a mobile device may receive, from a transmitting device, the signal by a plurality of antennas. The mobile device may measure one or more phase differences among the signal received at the plurality of antennas. The mobile device may determine a first set of possible values for the angle of arrival that are consistent with the one or more phase differences. The mobile device may measure one or more signal values using one or more sensors of the mobile device. The mobile device may for each of the first set of possible values, determining a confidence score based on the one or more signal values. The mobile device may select, based on the confidence scores, one of the first set of possible values as the angle of arrival.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qiang Chen, Robert W. Brumley
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1041484
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Graham R. Clarke, Andrew Patrick Clymer, Alan C. Dye, Christopher P. Foss, Deena Ahmed Khattab, William McMillan Tyler, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1041492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aurelio Guzmán, Christopher Daryl Soli
  • Electronic device or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1041499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen Gehring, Andrea Gozzi, Raphael Anselmo Hene
  • Display screen or portion thereof with icon set
    Patent number: D1041505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Andrew Magnani, Joseph Stanley Phillips, Erick Orlando De La Rosa, Hannah Rose Suvalko