Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12063539
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods may use an smtc information element or an smtc2-LP information element to calculate timing of a first measurement period to evaluate a serving cell while the UE is in idle mode or inactive mode. Additionally, apparatuses, systems, and methods may use the smtc information element or the smtc2-LP information element to calculate timing of a second measurement period to evaluate intra-frequency cells while the UE is in idle mode or inactive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Yushu Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Manasa Raghavan, Yang Tang, Yuqin Chen
  • Patent number: 12063608
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a synchronized short range communication protocol scan mechanism across multiple devices. Some aspects relate to an electronic device including a transceiver configured to communicate based on a short range communication protocol and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor receives one or more parameters from a peripheral electronic device and determines, based at least on the one or more parameters, one or more synchronization parameters. The processor further transmits the one or more synchronization parameters to the peripheral electronic device. The one or more synchronization parameters can include at least a scan offset associated with the peripheral electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Arun Unkn, Chen Ganir, Duy N. Phan, Langford M. Wasada
  • Patent number: 12063505
    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate improved security establishment procedures for Vehicle to Everything (V2X) direct connections. Various embodiments are employable at or comprise User Equipment, and can initiate and/or receive V2X security establishment connections wherein a receiving UE can reject the connection based on the initiating UE's capabilities/policy and/or the initiating UE can make the final decision regarding the connection based at least on receiving security policy and capability information from the receiving UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shu Guo, Xiangying Yang, Yuqin Chen, Fangli Xu, Zhibin Wu, Dawei Zhang, Huarui Liang, Haijing Hu
  • Patent number: 12063494
    Abstract: A transducer assembly comprising: a magnet motor assembly comprising a first magnet plate and a second magnet plate arranged along an axis, a first support plate positioned between inward facing surfaces of the first magnet plate and the second magnet plate, a second support plate positioned along an outward facing surface of the first magnet plate to form a first magnetic gap between the first support plate and the second support plate, and a third support plate positioned along an outward facing surface of the second magnet plate to form a second magnetic gap between the first support plate and the third support plate; a voice coil coupled to the magnet motor assembly, wherein the voice coil is positioned around the first support plate and within the first magnetic gap and the second magnetic gap; and a piston coupled to the voice coil, wherein the piston is operable to vibrate in a direction parallel to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca J. Russell, Onur I. Ilkorur, David S. Wilkes, Jr., Christopher Wilk, Michael J. Newman
  • Patent number: 12061755
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to displaying widgets, managing widgets, and navigating user interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Chao, Gregory M. Apodaca, Gary I. Butcher, Taylor G. Carrigan, Kevin W. Chen, Christopher P. Foss
  • Patent number: 12063121
    Abstract: Provided is a method by a user equipment (UE), comprising: acquiring, from a Base Station (BS), one or more messages comprising a first group of parameters and a second group of parameters of one or more Configured Grant (CG) configuration in a bandwidth part (BWP) of a cell, at least one CG configuration with the second group of parameters indicates a plurality of transmission occasions within a period, and repeating transmission of a Transport Block (TB) in the plurality of transmission occasions based on the at least one CG configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ralf Rossbach, Fangli Xu, Murtaza A. Shikari, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Sarma V. Vangala, Srinivasan Nimmala
  • Patent number: 12063664
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications including multiplexing of uplink control information communications with other communications between a user equipment device (UE) and a base station. Techniques for generating control information and performing multiplexing are disclosed. The UE may select resources for multiplexing and determine how/if to generate response data for various downlink transmissions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12063641
    Abstract: In an example method, a user equipment (UE) device determines an offset length of time associated with transmitting or receiving data over a wireless network. The UE device transmits an indication of the offset length of time to the wireless network. The UE device transmits or receives, during a first time interval, a first portion of data to or from the wireless network though a first wireless link. The UE device transmits or receives, during a second time interval, a second portion of data to or from the wireless network though a second wireless link. An end of first time interval is offset from a beginning of the second time interval by the offset length of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Yuchul Kim, Hong He, Weidong Yang, Chunxuan Ye, Chunhai Yao, Oghenekome Oteri, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12063657
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for enhancing unicast and groupcast communication in a wireless communication system also utilizing broadcast communication. An example apparatus for a user equipment (UE) wireless communication device, including baseband circuitry having a radio frequency (RF) interface configured to transmit and receive RF signals, and one or more processors is provided. The one or more processors are configured to generate a signal encoding one or more capabilities of the UE wireless communication device and transmit the signal to one or more other UE wireless communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Panteleev, Alexey Khoryaev, Mikhail Shilov
  • Patent number: 12063742
    Abstract: A camera may include a printed circuit board (PCB) that may include at least one coil and at least one position sensor. The coil may be embedded at least partially inside the PCB at a first side of the PCB, whilst the position sensor may be attached to the PCB at a second side opposite the first side. The PCB may include an aperture through the PCB at a location corresponding to the position sensor to enhance sensing of the position sensor. The PCB may further include at least one recess inside which the position sensor may be attached to the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sai Harsha Jandhyala, Himesh Patel
  • Patent number: 12061752
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes initiating a virtual assistant session responsive to receiving user input. In accordance with initiating the virtual assistant session, the process includes determining, based on data obtained using one or more sensors of the electronic device, whether one or more criteria representing expressed user disinterest are satisfied. In accordance with determining that the one or more criteria representing expressed user disinterest are satisfied prior to a first time, the process includes automatically deactivating the virtual assistant session prior to the first time. The first time is defined by a setting of the electronic device. In accordance with determining that the one or more criteria representing expressed user disinterest are not satisfied prior to the first time, the process includes automatically deactivating the virtual assistant session at the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Musa M. Hindi, Rohit Dasari, Trungtin Tran
  • Patent number: 12061339
    Abstract: A head mountable display can include a structural frame, an optical bracket coupled to the structural frame, an optical assembly adjustably secured to the optical bracket, the optical assembly including a display screen, and a stop mechanism extending from the structural frame. The optical assembly can move back-and-forth between the optical bracket and the stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Aidan N. Zimmerman, Jessica L Ong, Matin Seadat Beheshti, Kristina A. Babiarz
  • Patent number: 12063089
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for a relay node (RN) operable for backhaul beam failure recovery (BFR) in a fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network. The relay node can be configured to: decode a periodic reference signal for beam failure instance detection received from a donor node (DN); identify abeam failure between the RN and the DN, wherein the beam failure occurs when N beam failure instances are identified, wherein N is a positive integer; identify whether a candidate beam of one or more candidate beams at the RN has a reference signal greater than a threshold; prepare a BFR request; and encode the BFR request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Lili Wei, Qian Li, Dawei Ying, Hassan Ghozlan, Geng Wu
  • Patent number: D1038932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 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, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1038947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1038971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Pon Chen, Christopher Daryl Soli
  • Patent number: D1038982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arian Behzadi, Alan C. Dye, Pedro Mari
  • Patent number: D1038989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Howard Bebbington, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Chanaka Karunamuni, Stephen O Lemay, Christopher Daryl Soli, Aled Williams, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D1038991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Boettcher, Anton Davydov
  • Patent number: D1038994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Broughton, Lynne Devine, Mischa McLachlan, Grant R. Paul