Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Bone conduction transducers for privacy
    Patent number: 12080278
    Abstract: A method for routing audio content through an electronic device that is to be worn by a user. The method obtains a communication and determines whether the communication is private. In response to determining that the communication is private, the method drives a bone conduction transducer of the electronic device with an audio signal associated with the communication. In response to determining that the communication is not private, however, the method drives a speaker of the electronic device with the audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Silfvast, Neal D. Evans, Nikolas T. Vitt, Jonathan D. Sheaffer
  • Rate control for low latency video encoding and transmission
    Patent number: 12081769
    Abstract: A video encoding system in which pixel data is decomposed into frequency bands prior to encoding. The frequency bands for a slice of a frame may be buffered so that complexity statistics may be calculated across the frequency bands prior to encoding. The statistics may then be used by a rate control component in determining quantization parameters for the frequency bands for modulating the rate in the encoder for the current slice. The quantization parameters for the frequency bands may be calculated jointly to optimize the quality of the displayed frames after decoder reconstruction and wavelet synthesis on a receiving device. Information about one or more previously processed frames may be used in combination with the statistics for a current slice in determining the quantization parameters for the current slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hao Pan, Jim C. Chou, Felix C. Fernandes
  • Augmenting control sound with spatial audio cues
    Patent number: 12079542
    Abstract: A headset can include left and right ear-worn speakers and a control. In response to a control input of the control, the ear-worn speakers can be driven with driver signals that include a control sound having a virtual location determined by spatial auditory cues. The control sound can indicate a behavior of the control as a result of the control input. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Darius A. Satongar, Per Haakan Linus Persson, Hugo D. Verweij, Stuart J. Wood, Andrew E. Greenwood
  • Computing device enclosure enclosing a display and force sensors
    Patent number: 12079413
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally take the form of an electronic device including a primary and secondary display; at least the secondary display is force-sensitive and further has its force-sensing circuitry in-plane with the display. The secondary display and force-sensing circuitry may be encapsulated between two glass layers that are bonded to one another by a frit. In some embodiments the force-sensing circuitry is formed from, or constitutes part of, the frit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, ByoungSuk Kim, Jun Qi
  • TCI change enhancement
    Patent number: 12082287
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to change a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state. The receives, from the base station, a network flag indicating a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state change configuration for the network, determines a time span for continuing to use a current TCI state prior to switching to a new TCI state based on the network flag and switches to the new TCI state after the time span.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Manasa Raghavan, Yang Tang
  • System and methods for dynamic scheduling in new radio with user equipment
    Patent number: 12082219
    Abstract: Dynamic scheduling can be performed by 5G new radio in the licensed or unlicensed band. A UE can be polled by receiving a DCI that indicates dynamically updated resources. UE can be configured to find the DCI and use the resources to send a scheduling request (SR). Other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian
  • Docking stations with hinged charging puck
    Patent number: 12081035
    Abstract: Charging devices that can securely hold an electronic device in a useful position, fold into a compact shape, and provide power to the electronic device. One example can provide a wireless charger that can include a wireless charging assembly, a base, and a hinge connecting the wireless charging assembly to the base. When opened, the wireless charging assembly can be positioned upright relative to the base such that an electronic device being charged by the wireless charging assembly can be maintained in an upright position for easy viewing. The wireless charging assembly can be rotated, folded, or otherwise closed into a cavity or passage in the base, which can provide for easy transport. The hinge can be configured to readily open for use, while providing increased friction to resist closing. This increased friction can help the charger to securely hold the electronic device in place while charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Grant S. Haug, Christopher S. Graham, Paul J. Thompson
  • Apparatus, method for user equipment, user equipment and method for network element to configure measurement gap (MG) patterns
    Patent number: 12082028
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises: processor circuitry configured to cause a user equipment (UE) to: encode a message for transmission to a network (NW) including a UE capability information that includes an indication of whether concurrent measurement gap (MG) patterns are supported by the UE; and transmit the message to the NW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Dawei Zhang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu
  • Texture unit circuit in neural network processor
    Patent number: 12079724
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a texture unit circuit in a neural processor circuit. The neural processor circuit includes a tensor access operation circuit with the texture unit circuit, a data processor circuit, and at least one neural engine circuit. The texture unit circuit fetches a source tensor from a system memory by referencing an index tensor in the system memory representing indexing information into the source tensor. The data processor circuit stores an output version of the source tensor obtained from the tensor access operation circuit and sends the output version of the source tensor as multiple of units of input data to the at least one neural engine circuit. The at least one neural engine circuit performs at least convolution operations on the units of input data and at least one kernel to generate output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Christopher L. Mills
  • Hybrid compression for sparse binary images
    Patent number: 12080033
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a hybrid image compression technique. The technique may be used to reduce the size of sparse binary images in a lossless fashion for transmission over a low-bandwidth channel and using less power. In embodiments, a received image is partitioned into pixel blocks. Sequences of empty blocks are encoded as a skip counter that indicates the length of the sequence. Non-empty blocks are encoded using one of several block encoding techniques selected based on the length of the resulting block encoding. In embodiments, a loss report may be included in the compressed data stream if blocks are lost due to buffer overflow. In embodiments, the block skip counter is encoded using a variable length code that maps more common skip values to shorter bit widths. In embodiments, the variable length code may be changed periodically to adapt to the characteristics of recent images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Sebastian Fluegel
  • Techniques in secondary cell group failure measurement report
    Patent number: 12082282
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for adequate failure secondary cell group (SCG) reporting in New Radio (NR) involved networks. Various embodiments describe how to generate a sufficient SCG failure report so that a master node (MN) in the network may acknowledge the corresponding failed reference signal including its frequency and subcarrier spacing. In accordance, the MN may configure the UE and network communication effectively. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seau S. Lim, Candy Yiu, Youn Hyoung Heo
  • Secure public key acceleration
    Patent number: 12079350
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system is provided in which the private key is managed in hardware and is not visible to software. The system may provide hardware support for public key generation, digital signature generation, encryption/decryption, and large random prime number generation without revealing the private key to software. The private key may thus be more secure than software-based versions. In an embodiment, the private key and the hardware that has access to the private key may be integrated onto the same semiconductor substrate as an integrated circuit (e.g. a system on a chip (SOC)). The private key may not be available outside of the integrated circuit, and thus a nefarious third party faces high hurdles in attempting to obtain the private key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Paaske, Mitchell D. Adler, Conrad Sauerwald, Fabrice L. Gautier, Shu-Yi Yu
  • Systems and methods for signaling scheme for cast-type indication and resource indication
    Patent number: 12081487
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for signaling in cast-type indication for a wireless communication system may include receiving, at a first user equipment (UE), a first stage sidelink control information (SCI) format from a second UE, decoding the first stage SCI format, determining a second stage SCI format using the decoded first stage SCI format, decoding the second stage SCI format, and determining a sidelink feedback status using the second stage SCI format. The sidelink feedback status may indicate whether sidelink feedback is enabled or not enabled. Second stage SCI content may include a distance setting associated with a communication range between the first UE and the second UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chunxuan Ye, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Scheduling-power profile for UE power savings
    Patent number: 12082110
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including a user equipment device (UE) exchanging communications with a base station to determine one or more scheduling profiles, such as one or more scheduling-power profiles, where a scheduling-power profile may specify one or more parameters associated with UE communication behavior, e.g., one or more constraints on UE communication behavior and/or slot scheduling of UE communications. In addition, the method may include the UE receiving a slot configuration schedule from the base station. The slot configuration schedule may be based on at least one scheduling-power profile of the one or more scheduling-power profiles. Further, the method may include the UE performing communications with the base station based on the at least one scheduling-power profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchul Kim, Wei Zhang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Junsung Lim, Haitong Sun, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Zhu Ji, Yang Li, Johnson O. Sebeni
  • Bi-stable spring with flexible display
    Patent number: 12079033
    Abstract: A wearable accessory device is disclosed. The wearable accessory device includes a flexible display coupled to a bi-stable spring. Coupling the display to the bi-stable spring allows the accessory device to be easily worn in a number of convenient locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Derek W. Wright, Scott A. Myers
  • Point cloud re-sampling using hierarchical sphere or disk distributions
    Patent number: 12079934
    Abstract: A hierarchical sphere and/or hierarchical disk distribution is used to re-sample points of a point cloud to achieve a well distributed re-sampled point distribution. The re-sampled points are represented by integer values defining a given partition in which a respective re-sampled point resides and an index value. The index value identifies a sphere (or disk) within the given partition to which the re-sampled point belongs. The spatial location of the resampled point is determined based on the location of the partition to which the re-sampled point belongs and the location of a sample bin (e.g. sphere) in the partition having an index value communicated for the re-sampled point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Arnold H Cachelin
  • Wellness aggregator
    Patent number: 12080421
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aggregating and sharing wellness data. The wellness data can be received by a user device from any number of sensors external or internal to the user device, from a user manually entering the wellness data, or from other users or entities. The user device can securely store the wellness data on the user device and transmit the wellness data to be stored on a remote database. A user of the device can share some or all of the wellness data with friends, relatives, caregivers, healthcare providers, or the like. The user device can further display a user's wellness data in an aggregated view of different types of wellness data. Wellness data of other users can also be viewed if authorizations from those users have been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aroon Pahwa, Adam L. Beberg, Anton M. Davydov, Dylan R. Edwards, Christine M. Eun, Stephanie M. Greer, Daniel S. Keen, Zachery W. Kennedy, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin M. Lynch, Natalia C. Maric, Zachury B. Minjack, Afshad M. Mistri, Divya Nag, Gregory B. Novick, Michael O'Reilly, Dennis S. Park, Donald W. Pitschel, Christopher D. Soli, Rebecca L. Weber, Lawrence Y. Yang, Jay K. Blahnik
  • System and method of operating a consumer device as a payment device
    Patent number: 12079794
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and system for performing a transaction between a buyer and a seller. A payment request may be received from a first device associated with the seller. An identifier of a second device associated with the buyer may be determined. Data corresponding to the payment request may be transmitted to the second device. The second device may request that the buyer present a payment card to the second device. Payment card data may be received, where the payment card data was read by an NFC interface of the second device communicating with the payment card. After receiving the payment card data, a request may be transmitted to complete the transaction. A notification of the transaction result may be transmitted to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Andries van den Berg, Sebastien Fontaine, Olivier M. Martin de la Bastide, Eran Hollander
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1040828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Stephen O. Lemay, Hoan K. Pham, Wan Si Wan
  • Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1040840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arian Behzadi, Alan C. Dye, Markus Hagele, Tiffany Jon, Stephen O. Lemay, Wyatt R. Mitchell, Parthiban Mohanraj