Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12266354
    Abstract: Systems and processes for speech interpretation based on environmental context are provided. For example, a user gaze direction is detected, and a speech input is received from a first user of the electronic device. In accordance with a determination that the user gaze is directed at a digital assistant object, the speech input is processed by the digital assistant. In accordance with a determination that the user gaze is not directed at a digital assistant object, contextual information associated with the electronic device is obtained, wherein the contextual information includes speech from a second user. Determination is made whether the speech input is directed to a digital assistant of the electronic device. In accordance with a determination that the speech input is directed to a digital assistant of the electronic device, the speech input is processed by the digital assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Kenneth Herman, Shiraz Akmal, Aaron Mackay Burns, David A. Carson
  • Patent number: 12265687
    Abstract: A computer system displays, in display area outside of a system user interface region, a first user interface. In accordance with a determination that the system user interface region is displayed in a first display state, the computer system displays the system user interface region with a first visual edge treatment and displays a background of an interior portion of the system user interface region with a first appearance. In accordance with a determination that the system user interface region is displayed in a second display state distinct from the first display state, the computer system displays the system user interface region with a second visual edge treatment that is distinct from the first visual edge treatment and displays the background of the interior portion of the system user interface region with the first appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Chanaka G. Karunamuni
  • Patent number: 12267744
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to establish a multimedia data stream with a further UE, identify a predetermined condition, wherein the predetermined condition indicates a decrease in quality of the multimedia data stream at the further UE and implement a mechanism to mitigate the degradation of the decrease in quality of the multimedia data stream at the further UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuveer Mallikarjunan, Sree Ram Kodali, Ajoy K. Singh, Vijay Venkataraman, Hsien-Po Shiang
  • Patent number: 12267882
    Abstract: Reporting potential impacts of sounding reference signal-switching (SRS-switching) to a base station may include determining that SRS-switching is to be performed by a UE. Based on determining that SRS-switching is to be performed, potential impacts to one or more of a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) caused by performing SRS-switching while sharing radio frequency (RF) front-ends (RFFE) between at least a subset of the plurality of RATS may be processed. The potential impacts may comprise at least one of transmit-blanking (Tx-blanking) and receive-blanking (Rx-blanking) associated with one or more of the subset of RATs. A communication that indicates the potential impacts of SRS-switching may be encoded for transmission to a base station. The base station may also provide priority configurations for determining how to handle Tx-blanking, Rx-blanking, and SRS-skipping associated with SRS-switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Pengkai Zhao, Dawei Zhang, Edmund J. Stocks, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Jie Cui, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Rajesh Ambati, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Wei Zeng, Wen Zhao, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12265703
    Abstract: Features are described for controlling the functionality of an electronic device, where the device operates according to a restricted mode of operation in which functions that the electronic device is otherwise capable of performing are not immediately available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Heena Ko, Catherine Lee, Reed E. Olsen, Paul W. Salzman, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Kevin Lynch, Stephen O. Lemay, David S. Clark
  • Patent number: 12265657
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device navigates between user interfaces based at least on detecting a gaze of the user. In some embodiments, an electronic device enhances interactions with control elements of user interfaces. In some embodiments, an electronic device scrolls representations of categories and subcategories in a coordinated manner. In some embodiments, an electronic device navigates back from user interfaces having different levels of immersion in different ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Israel Pastrana Vicente, Jay Moon, Jesse Chand, Jonathan R. Dascola, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay, Dorian D. Dargan
  • Patent number: 12265474
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to dynamically allocating and mapping private memory for requesting circuitry. Disclosed circuitry may receive a private address and translate the private address to a virtual address (which an MMU may then translate to physical address to actually access a storage element). In some embodiments, private memory allocation circuitry is configured to generate page table information and map private memory pages for requests if the page table information is not already setup. In various embodiments, this may advantageously allow dynamic private memory allocation, e.g., to efficiently allocate memory for graphics shaders with different types of workloads. Disclosed caching techniques for page table information may improve performance relative to traditional techniques. Further, disclosed embodiments may facilitate memory consolidation across a device such as a graphics processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Justin A. Hensley, Karl D. Mann, Yoong Chert Foo, Terence M. Potter, Frank W. Liljeros, Ralph C. Taylor
  • Patent number: 12267270
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for SRS collision handling. A wireless device may determine whether simultaneous transmission of at least two sounding reference signals (SRSs) is allowed; if it is determined that the simultaneous transmission of the at least two SRSs is allowed, transmit the at least two SRSs simultaneously; and if it is determined that the simultaneous transmission of the at least two SRSs is not allowed, transmit one SRS of the at least two SRSs, and drop the other SRS of the at least two SRSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 12267800
    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein facilitate configuration of network slices for a User Equipment (UE) supporting constraints on simultaneous operation of slices. Such a technique may comprise: receiving a registration request message to request registration on a set of requested network slices; registering the UE to a set of allowed network slices; and generating a registration accept message for transmission indicating the UE is registered to the set of allowed network slices, wherein the registration accept message indicates slice compatibility information for each allowed network slice of the set of allowed network slices for the UE, wherein the slice compatibility information for each allowed network slice indicates whether or not other configured network slices of a set of configured network slices are compatible with the configured network slice for simultaneous operation by the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Krisztian Kiss, Nirlesh Koshta, Rohit R Matolia, Sridhar Prakasam, Srinivasan Nimmala
  • Patent number: 12265689
    Abstract: An electronic device, which is in communication with a display and one or more input devices, displays a view of a three dimensional environment that includes a plurality of selectable user interface objects overlaid on an animated background. In response to detecting a request to change a viewpoint associated with a user of the electronic device, the electronic device shifts the plurality of selectable user interface objects in the three dimensional environment in accordance with the request, and also shifts the animated background in the three dimensional environment in accordance with the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Dean Jackson, Antoine Quint, Barry Munsterteiger
  • Patent number: 12266984
    Abstract: A camera module for a portable electronic device includes an actuator assembly with at least one coil segment. The coil segment includes a dielectric substrate with two surfaces. Over each surface is formed a trace that follows a path defining a multi-turn coil. The coils of each side of the dielectric are conductively coupled together to define a single inductor/coil. The two-layer coil segment can be encapsulated as a component suitable for pick-and-place and/or SMT manufacturing. In many constructions, the actuator assembly includes a stack of coil segments, coupled together in series or parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ross A. Williams, Nicholas D. Smyth, Jason T. Weaver, Hiran R. Rathnasinghe
  • Patent number: 12267897
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for measurement gap (MG) configuration in an E-UTRA (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access)-New radio dual connectivity (EN-DC) network, and other new radio (NR) related networks. Various embodiments describe how to configure a measurement gap (MG) based on various conditions in a network, which may include, but are not limited to, different MG types, operating frequencies and modes in the network, timing advancing, and how to determine a starting point of the configured MG to utilize the MG and perform certain measurements adequately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12267871
    Abstract: Providing coverage enhancements for a user equipment (UE) includes decoding a random access channel (RACH) preamble received from a user equipment (UE) via a physical random access channel (PRACH). A number of repetitions associated with transmitting a random access response (RAR) over a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) may be determined in response to the RACH preamble. A transmission for the UE to be sent over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) may be encoded. The transmission may indicate the number of repetitions to the UE using one or more reserved bits of a downlink control information (DCI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12264994
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to a device including a pressure sensor to measure a pressure level in a port cavity. A port allows equalization of air pressure between the port cavity and an outside environment. A vent port within the port cavity allows equalization of air pressure between the port cavity and an internal volume of a housing of the device. A tool is used to activate a heat-generating component of the device while the port is obstructed for a predetermined time duration to enable detecting a sealing efficacy of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brentley M. Wiles, Jeanny Wang, David MacNeil
  • Patent number: 12267641
    Abstract: A portable electronic device comprising: an enclosure having an enclosure wall that defines a first chamber, a second chamber and an acoustic opening from the first chamber or the second chamber; and an electroosmotic flow valve operable to open and close the acoustic opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Wilk, Scott C. Grinker, Esge B. Andersen, Onur I. Ilkorur, Peter C. Hrudey, Gokhan Hatipoglu
  • Patent number: D1068741
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Sean Stewart Corbin, Duy P. Le, Guillaume Raoult, Christopher Kuh, Robert Brunner
  • Patent number: D1068742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, 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, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1068789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Dellinger, Alan C. Dye, Heena Ko
  • Patent number: D1068805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Apodaca, Jesse Chand, Thalia Jimena Echevarria Fiol, Miquel Estany Rodriguez, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard D. Lyons, James J. Owen, Lorena S. Pazmino, William A. Sorrentino, III, Matan Stauber, Wan Si Wan
  • Patent number: D1068806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred B. Huergo Wagner, Richard D. Lyons, William A. Sorrentino, III