Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12019470
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a device magnet designed to magnetically couple with an accessory device magnet. The electronic device further includes a display assembly and a magnetic field sensor configured to detect the accessory device magnet, thereby providing an indication that the accessory device is covering the display assembly. The electronic device further includes a shunt assembly designed to reduce the magnitude of the magnetic field of the device magnet, as determined by the magnetic field sensor, while allowing the magnetic field from the accessory device to sufficiently reach the magnetic field sensor. As such, the magnetic field sensor can be placed near the device magnet without triggering the magnetic field sensor. The electronic device may further include a microphone. Communication between the microphone and an integrated circuit can cease based on the magnetic field sensor detecting the accessory device magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Pinciuc, Zhen Zhang
  • Patent number: 12021631
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for efficient sparse network resource usage and connection release procedures. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may utilize techniques for efficiently releasing a radio resource control (RRC) connection, including techniques that avoid or reduce the occurrence of random access procedures when out-of-sync with the network when the RRC connection is being released. In some embodiments, a wireless device may utilize techniques for efficiently sparsely using network uplink resources, including techniques that avoid or reduce the occurrence of random access procedures to regain timing alignment to perform uplink communication when out-of-sync with the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, Sarma V. Vangala
  • Patent number: 12019840
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates controlling the display of an additional representation of content surrounding an insertion marker while maintaining the ability to control the insertion marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Marcos Alonso
  • Patent number: 12022377
    Abstract: A cellular network includes a first network component configured to i) identify a first session between a first data network and a user equipment (UE), wherein the first session corresponds to a first session management function (SMF), ii) receive data network access information (DNAI) from a network function, the DNAI corresponding to a second data network and iii) select a second SMF that is to be utilized for a second session between the second data network and the UE. The cellular network also includes a second network component configured to i) store a mapping between the DNAI and the second SMF and ii) transmit an indication of the second SMF to the first network component, wherein the first network component selects the second SMF based on the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit R. Matolia, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Han Pu, Krisztian Kiss, Mohammed Sadique, Srinivasan Nimmala, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 12018832
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include adaptive light source modules that can provide adaptive illumination to a scene. The adaptive light source modules may comprise a housing, an emitter array, and a lens. The emitter array comprises a plurality of emitters. The lens may redirect light emitted from the emitter array through a transparent window of the housing. The housing may further include a prismatic surface that distorts light emitted from the emitter array and/or one or more non-transparent portions that limits light travelling therethrough. The adaptive light source module may optionally comprise a light sensor, and a portion of the lens may be configured to direct light toward the light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Angelo M. Alaimo, Blake M. Coughenour, Bryan Dang, Florian R. Fournier, Katherine J. Armstrong
  • Patent number: 12019862
    Abstract: Methods for sharing user-configurable graphical constructs, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. The methods described herein allow for sharing user-configurable graphical constructs that contain independently configurable graphical elements and graphical assets. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eliza Block, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Aurelio Guzman, Kevin Lynch, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Paul W. Salzman, Vera Carr
  • Patent number: 12020603
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with pixels configured to display an image. The pixels may be overlapped by a cover layer. The display may have peripheral edges with curved cross-sectional profiles. An inactive area in the display may be formed along a peripheral edge of the display or may be surrounded by the pixels. Electrical components such as optical components may be located in the inactive area. An image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may overlap the pixels, may have an opening that overlaps portions of the inactive area, may have an output surface that overlap portions of the inactive area, and/or may convey light associated with optical components in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Chih Wang, Michael J. Brown, Michael B. Wittenberg, Paul C. Kelley, Rasamy Phouthavong, Tyler R. Kakuda, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Marwan Rammah
  • Patent number: 12019835
    Abstract: Visibility of the metal mesh touch electrodes can be mitigated using one or more mitigation techniques. In some examples, the boundary between touch electrodes and/or the boundary between a touch electrode and a routing trace of another touch electrode and/or the boundary between two routing traces can be non-linear. In some examples, dummy cuts can be made within an area of a touch electrode region (e.g., while maintaining the same electrical potential for the touch electrode region). In some examples, notches can be made in the metal mesh. In some examples, the location of cuts and/or notches can be optimized to mitigate visibility of the metal mesh. In some examples, some or all of the visibility mitigations may be used in combination in a touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany Tang Moy, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Warren S. A. Rieutort-Louis, Aleksandr N. Polyakov, Chuang Qian, Sabino Joseph Pietrangelo, II, Abbas Jamshidi-Roudbari, Rui Liu, Yurii Morozov
  • Patent number: 12022482
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for the cancellation of uplink (UL) transmissions for new radio (NR). Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Toufiqul Islam, Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr, Debdeep Chatterjee, Sergey Panteleev
  • Patent number: 12020295
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for beacon triggered processes are disclosed. A described technique includes causing a beacon device to broadcast a beacon message, the beacon device being within the vicinity of an establishment; detecting a presence of a user of a mobile device based on receiving from the mobile device a first message that is responsive to the beacon message; retrieving a transaction record based on a user or mobile device identifier in the first message; generating and transmitting a second message based on the transaction record to facilitate a completion of a transaction associated with the transaction record at the establishment; the second message being configured to provide notification of an arrival of the user and dispatch an employee to meet the user and handle the transaction; and generating and transmitting a third message based on the transaction record to facilitate the completion of the transaction at the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Vigier, Corey G. Fugman, Filip Krsmanovic, Yingfeng Su
  • Patent number: 12022573
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications using a split bearer. A user equipment device may perform a recovery operation for a lost uplink packet. The recovery operation may be in response to an indication from the network or may be initiated autonomously by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Deepankar Bhattacharjee, Haijing Hu, Lele Cui, Lijie Zhang, Qiang Miao, Zhiwei Wang
  • Patent number: 12020075
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to dispatching compute work from a compute stream. In some embodiments, a graphics processor executes instructions of compute kernels. Workload parser circuitry may determine, for distribution to the graphics processor circuitry, a set of workgroups from a compute kernel that includes workgroups organized in multiple dimensions, including a first number of workgroups in a first dimension and a second number of workgroups in a second dimension. This may include determining multiple sub-kernels for the compute kernel, wherein a first sub-kernel includes, in the first dimension, a limited number of workgroups that is smaller than the first number of workgroups. The parser circuitry may iterate through workgroups in both the first and second dimensions to generate the set of workgroups, proceeding through the first sub-kernel before iterating through any of the other sub-kernels. Disclosed techniques may provide desirable shapes for batches of workgroups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Havlir, Ajay Simha Modugala, Karl D. Mann
  • Patent number: 12022194
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to shift an image sensor along multiple axes. Some embodiments include a magnet and coil arrangement. Some embodiments include a position sensing arrangement. Some embodiments include a flexure arrangement. Some embodiments include a coil structure and coil carrier assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shashank Sharma, Scott W. Miller
  • Patent number: 12021035
    Abstract: Stitched die structures, and methods for interconnecting die are described. In an embodiment, a stitched die structure includes a semiconductor substrate that includes a first die area of a first die and a second die area of a second die separate from the first die area. A back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) build-up structure spans over the first die area and the second die area, and includes a first metallic seal directly over a first peripheral area of the first die area, a second metallic seal directly over a second peripheral area of the second die area, and a die-to-die routing extending through the first metallic seal and the second metallic seal to electrically connect the first die to the second die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Dabral, Jun Zhai
  • Patent number: 12021664
    Abstract: Various techniques are presented to improve channel estimation in a wireless system, comprising: receiving, by a wireless device, an indication of a physical downlink channel configuration for receiving a physical downlink channel transmission, the physical downlink channel transmission including a demodulation reference signal (DMRS); transmitting an indication that the wireless device supports bundling DMRS signals across multiple slots; receiving a DMRS configuration, the DMRS configuration including a channel estimation bundle window, the channel estimation bundle window indicating that channel estimation may be performed across multiple slots; receiving a set of DMRS signals within the channel estimation bundle window, wherein a first DMRS signal of the set of DMRS signals is received in a first slot, and wherein a second DMRS signal of the set of DMRS signals is received in a second slot; and estimating a radio channel based on the first DMRS signal and the second DMRS signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Hauning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12022280
    Abstract: An apparatus of user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to process at least one non-public network (NPN) identifier (NPN-ID) broadcast by an NPN and zero or more Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identifier (PLMN-ID) broadcast by a PLMN, to compare the NPN-ID against a logical list of NPN-IDs and PLMN-IDs ranked in decreasing order of priority, and to connect with the highest ranked processed NPN or PLMN based on a rank of the NPN-ID in the list. The apparatus can include a memory to store the list of NPN-IDs and PLMN-IDs as a logical list of Equivalent Home Networks or as Operator Controlled Network Selector with Access Technology list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre Stojanovski, Robert Zaus, Puneet Jain, Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde, Ellen Liao
  • Patent number: 12019248
    Abstract: Systems of the present disclosure can provide a head-mountable device with a head securement element that allows a user to adjust both the magnitude, location, and direction of forces applied to the face of the user. Examples of adjustment mechanisms described herein allow a user to control the tilt of the head-mountable device relative to a head securement element, as well as the tightness of the head securement element. Accordingly, the user can select a fit that distributes forces widely, maximizes comfort, allows the user to enjoy the head-mountable device for longer durations of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin A. Hatfield, Geng Luo, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Julian Jaede, Nicolas Lylyk, Paul X. Wang, Trevor J. Ness
  • Patent number: 12021724
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for transmitting a message to a user device in accordance with a determination that another device is unreachable over a network. In one example, a server device, at a first location, may identify a controller device resident at a second location, whereby the controller device is configured to communicate with a router at the second location. The server device may also receive a list of user devices. The server device may transmit a ping message to the controller device via the router to determine whether the controller device is unreachable by the server device. The server device may subsequently transmit a message to a user device on the list in accordance with a determination that the controller device is unreachable by the server device, whereby the message includes instructions for the user device to determine whether the controller device is unreachable by the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Keith W. Rauenbuehler, Nicholas J. Circosta, Kenneth A. York, Christopher Ku, Adam J. Moore, Jose A. Lozano Hinojosa, Aniket A. Zamwar, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 12022393
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, systems, and devices for broadcasting a Physical Downlink Control Channel-based (PDCCH-based) wake-up signal. In one example, a method involves receiving, by one or more user equipment (UEs), a configuration for monitoring a wake up signal (WUS). The method further includes monitoring, by the one or more UEs and based on the configuration, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for downlink control information (DCI) associated with the WUS. The method also includes receiving, by the one or more UEs, the WUS in response to detecting the DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qiaoyang Ye, Hong He, Toufiqul Islam, Gregory Ermolaev
  • Patent number: D1032642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Teofila Connor, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Vincenzo Vuono, Christopher I. Wilson