Patents Assigned to Apple
  • 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: 12061278
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for a multimedia device with audio and video capturing capability to identify an audio device based on acoustic playback signal if the audio device cannot be identified from captured video. The multimedia device may assemble a list of candidate audio devices that are a possible match for the observed audio device from a database of previously recognized audio devices and may transmit commands to the candidate audio devices to play acoustic identification signals. The acoustic identification signals may be audible sound or ultrasonic tone sequences with embedded identification information unique to each audio device. The multimedia device may record and analyze the acoustic identification signals received from any of the candidate audio devices to construct metrics to select the most likely candidate for the observed audio device. The metrics may include time of flight, direction of arrival, received amplitude, direct-to-reverberant ratio (DRR) of the acoustic identification signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher T. Eubank, Martin E. Johnson, Daniel K. Boothe, Jonathan D. Sheaffer
  • Patent number: 12062313
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed towards systems and methods of power saving in electronic displays based on changing clock signal frequencies supplied to the gate-in-panel (GIP) circuitry during extended blanking modes of the electronic display. The display driver circuitry of the display may reduce and/or halt clock signal frequencies sent to GIP circuitry in the display, to reduce power output during extended blanking modes of the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Qing Li, Shawn P Hurley, Ce Zhang, Warren S Rieutort-Louis, Feng Wen, Marc J DeVincentis, Zhe Hua, Hyunwoo Nho
  • 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: 12061680
    Abstract: Electronic devices in a system may be controlled by a user. The user may have one or more wearable devices or other devices. A user's device may be used by the user in identifying a target electronic device of interest among the electronic devices in the system. The target electronic device may be identified using a gaze tracking sensor that senses the user's point-of-gaze, an orientation sensor that detects a direction in which the user's device is pointed, or other sensor circuitry. Visual feedback, audio feedback, and/or haptic feedback may be provided to the user to confirm which electronic device has been identified as a target electronic device of interest. User input may be gathered by sensors and used in adjusting operating parameters in the target electronic device of interest. Health monitoring operations and other operations may also be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Hafeneger, Craig C. Leong
  • Patent number: 12062349
    Abstract: In some implementations, a mobile computing device may participate in the calibration of an output signal of a media device. This calibration process includes storing device-specific calibration data which is related to properties of a light sensor of the mobile device. The mobile device then detects of properties of light emitted by the display device during a presentation to obtain sensor values related to light emitted by the display device during the presentation. The calibration process may also ensure that the mobile device is proximate to the display device prior to obtaining the sensor values. The collected sensor values are adjusted using device-specific calibration data stored to the mobile device to normalize the sensor values relative to a baseline. These normalized sensor values are sent to the media device for use in adjusting the output signal based on the normalized sensor values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall W. Huss, Maxim Stepanov, Manik Kalra, Christopher J. Sanders, Vijay Sundaram, Osborn F. de Lima, Shahram Peyvandi, Adria Fores Herranz, Jiaying Wu, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12063173
    Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for physical downlink control channel design for a discrete Fourier Transform-spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform. The apparatuses and methods can include at least operating a base station (BS) to generate one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCH) in a time division multiplexing (TDM) manner using a Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform, generate a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) which is multiplexed in the TDM manner with the one or more PDCCH, and transmit the one or more PDCCH and the DMRS to a user equipment (UE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Xiong, Alexei Davydov, Yushu Zhang, Hong He, Daewon Lee, Jie Zhu
  • Patent number: 12063616
    Abstract: Technology for an Information Centric Networking gateway (ICN-GW) operable to modify an ICN message received from a user equipment (UE) in a Fifth Generation (5G) cellular network is disclosed. The ICN-GW can decode the ICN message received from the UE via a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) and an ICN point of attachment (ICN-PoA). The ICN-GW can modify the ICN message to produce a modified ICN message. The ICN-GW can encode the modified ICN message to route the modified ICN message to a data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Gabriel Arrobo Vidal, Geng Wu, Qian Li, Zongrui Ding, Ching-Yu Liao
  • Patent number: 12061345
    Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display with first and second pixel arrays that display content for a user. A head-mounted support structure in the device supports the pixel arrays on the head of the user. A left positioner may be used to position a left lens module that includes a left lens and the first pixel array. A right positioner may be used to position a right lens module that includes a right lens and the second pixel array. Sensing circuitry such as proximity sensing circuitry may be used to detect relative positions between the left and right lens modules and facing surfaces of a user's nose while the user is wearing the head-mounted support structure. Control circuitry may adjust the positions of the left and right lens modules using interpupillary distance information for the user and using information from the sensing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Franklin, Jia Tao, Phil M. Hobson, Stephen E. Dey
  • Patent number: 12062858
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having first and second segments. The device may include an antenna having a resonating arm formed from the first segment, an antenna ground, and a tuning element. The tuning element may have first, second, and third terminals. The first terminal may be coupled to the second segment. The antenna may have a switchable loop path that includes a first path from the second terminal to the first segment, a second path from first segment to a first point on the antenna ground, a portion of the antenna ground from the first point to a second point, and a third path from the second point to the third terminal. The tuning element may selectively activate the switchable loop path to boost performance of the antenna in a frequency band between 3300 MHz and 5000 MHz when needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Yuancheng Xu, Hongfei Hu, Hao Xu, Yiren Wang, Han Wang, Sidharath Jain, Nikolaj Peter Iversen Kammersgaard, Haozhan Tian, Yuan Tao, Carlo Di Nallo, Mattia Pascolini
  • 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: 12061855
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) configurable for use in one of a number of possible platforms is disclosed. The IC includes a number of different functional circuit blocks and a plurality of programmable register. The programmable registers, when programmed, can cause corresponding functional circuit blocks to be fully or partially disabled. The different platforms support different sets of peripherals. The IC is thus configured, using the programmable registers, for use in a particular platform to support its corresponding set of peripherals, while another instance of the IC may be configured for use in another platform, supporting its particular set of peripherals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter A. Lisherness, Lior Zimet
  • Patent number: 12063513
    Abstract: A secure trusted service manager provider may include at least one processor configured to provide, to an electronic device, a first script to provision an applet instance corresponding to a third party server, the script including a public key corresponding to the third party server. The at least one processor may be configured to receive, from the electronic device, an encrypted symmetric key and provide the encrypted symmetric key to the third party server, the symmetric key being encrypted with the public key. The at least one processor may be configured to receive, from the third party server, an encrypted data element corresponding to a transaction to be performed by the applet instance, the encrypted data element being encrypted with the symmetric key, generate a second script that includes the encrypted data element and provide, to the electronic device, the second script that includes the encrypted data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew C. Byington, Christopher Sharp, Jeff W. Lin, Rahul Narayan Singh, Sourabh Dugar, Yousuf H. Vaid
  • Patent number: D1038810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, 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, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1038913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    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, 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
  • Patent number: D1038946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 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, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, 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: D1038961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas D. Felton
  • 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