Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: 12267449
    Abstract: A mobile phone may include a housing structure and a front cover assembly coupled to the housing structure and positioned over the battery. The front cover assembly may include a transparent cover defining at least a portion of a front exterior surface of the mobile phone and a display assembly coupled to the transparent cover and including a display element configured to produce graphical outputs visible through the transparent cover, a first conductive display cowling below a first region of the display element, and a second conductive display cowling below a second region of the display element and spaced apart from the first conductive display cowling, thereby forming a gap between the first conductive display cowling and the second conductive display cowling. The mobile phone may further include a battery positioned below the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: James A. Bertin, Jaden A. Barney, Matthew W. Miller, Robert Ward, Kurtis J. Mundell, Garrett R. Owoc
  • Multiple state digital assistant for continuous dialog
    Patent number: 12266380
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. For example, a first speech input is received from a user. In response to receiving the first speech input, a response is provided. A first output is provided corresponding to a digital assistant in a first state, and a second speech input is received from the user. A first plurality of values is obtained. Based on the first plurality of values, a first confidence level corresponding to the second speech input is obtained. In accordance with a determination that the first confidence level exceeds a first threshold confidence level, a second output is provided corresponding to the digital assistant in a second state. The second speech input continues to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sreeneel Maddika, Ahmed Serag El Din Hussen Abdelaziz, Chaitanya Mannemala, Srikanth Vishnubhotla, Garrett L. Weinberg
  • Systems, methods, and devices for end-to-end measurements and performance data streaming
    Patent number: 12267221
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses provide for collecting end-to-end (e2e) one way latency measurements and solutions for performance data streaming. The e2e performance measurements and performance data streaming (real-time performance measurements) may be used for performance assurance of 5G networks including network slicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yizhi Yao, Joey Chou
  • User interface for managing controllable external devices
    Patent number: 12265364
    Abstract: An electronic device, with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, one or more processors and memory, displays a first representation of a first controllable external device, where the first controllable external device is situated at a location. The device detects a first user input corresponding to a selection of the first representation of the first controllable external device. The device, after detecting the first user input, adds data identifying the first controllable external device and a first state of the first controllable external device in a scene profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, Arian Behzadi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher D. Soli, Christopher Wilson
  • System and method for phase tracking reference signal dynamic presence in ultra-reliable and low-latency and port indication
    Patent number: 12267160
    Abstract: A user equipment wireless communication device in a wireless communication environment receives a signal from the network that includes a radio network temporary ID. From the radio network temporary ID, the user equipment is capable of determining whether a phase tracking reference signal is present based on the radio network temporary ID. If any of these are identified by the radio network temporary ID, then the user equipment determines that a phase tracking reference signal is present. After the user equipment has determined that the phase tracking reference signal is present, the user equipment can then determine which phase tracking reference signal antenna ports are to be used based on the values of the transmitted precoding matrix indicator value and the transmit rank indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Gang Xiong, Yujian Zhang, Guotong Wang
  • Audio-based presence detection
    Patent number: 12267666
    Abstract: A device can receive an audio signal and determine a measure of correlation between the audio signal and a microphone signal. The audio signal can be attenuated based on the measure of correlation. The audio signal can be used to drive one or more speakers of the device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Pinto, Chad Himeda
  • User interface for audio message
    Patent number: 12265696
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to receiving voice input via the one or more microphones; and displaying a visual indication of the voice input, where in accordance with a determination that a portion of the voice input corresponds to voice input that is to be transmitted to one or more devices displaying, via the one or more display devices, the visual indication includes displaying the visual indication with a first set of one or more colors; and in accordance with a determination that the voice input does not include an instruction to transmit any portion of the voice input to the one or more devices, displaying, via the one or more display devices, the visual indication includes displaying the visual indication with a second set of one or more colors that is different from the first set of one or more colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Seunghyun Kim, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Heuristic for hand tracking correction modes
    Patent number: 12265665
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes: determining a location for virtual content; detecting a user interaction with the virtual content; in response to detecting the user interaction with the virtual content, determining a position of a hand gesture during the user interaction with the virtual content; in accordance with a determination that the position of the hand gesture is within a threshold distance relative to the location of the virtual content, generating corrected hand tracking data associated with the user interaction with the virtual content; and in accordance with a determination that the position of the hand gesture is outside of the threshold distance relative to the location of the virtual content, generating uncorrected hand tracking data associated with the user interaction with the virtual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf, Ali Ercan, Julian K. Shutzberg, Paul A. Lacey
  • User-equipment-based mobility optimization
    Patent number: 12267736
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for user equipment (UE)-based mobility optimization are described herein, including machine learning (ML)-assisted techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Sirotkin, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Pavan Nuggehalli
  • Electronic devices with finger sensors
    Patent number: 12265682
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a head mounted device may have an inner display that displays an image for a user through lenses. Head-mounted support structures may be used to support the display and lenses. One or more external displays may be publicly viewable while the head-mounted device is being worn. The head-mounted support structures may have a front face on which an external display is mounted. One or more finger sensors that are configured to detect touch input, force input, and/or other input from an external object such as a user's finger may be included in the head-mounted device. A finger sensor may have an elongated shape that runs along a peripheral edge of an external display on the front face. Finger sensors may also be located on other portions of the support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Forrest C. Wang, Ritu Shah
  • Incremental transform set construction and transform signaling for video coding
    Patent number: 12267496
    Abstract: Video coders and decoders perform transform coding and decoding on blocks of video content according to an adaptively selected transform type. The transform types are organized into a hierarchy of transform sets where each transform set includes a respective number of transforms and each higher-level transform set includes the transforms of each lower-level transform set within the hierarchy. The video coders and video decoders may exchange signaling that establishes a transform set context from which a transform set that was selected for coding given block(s) may be identified. The video coders and video decoders may exchange signaling that establishes a transform decoding context from which a transform that was selected from the identified transform set to be used for decoding the transform unit. The block(s) may be coded and decoded by the selected transform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hilmi Enes Egilmez, Yunfei Zheng, Alican Nalci, Yeqing Wu, Yixin Du, Guoxin Jin, Alexandros Tourapis, Jun Xin, Hsi-Jung Wu
  • MLD privacy and operation enhancements
    Patent number: 12267766
    Abstract: Methods for performing robust discovery of a new access point (AP) in AP MLD, robust link addition to an AP MLD association, AP beaconing modes when the AP is added or deleted to/from an AP MLD, and robust BSS transition management (BTM) signaling to steer a non-AP MLD to a best AP MLD and to most suitable APs, as well as privacy improvements for associated non-AP MLD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jarkko L. Kneckt, Yong Liu, Su Khiong Yong, Jinjing Jiang, Tianyu Wu, Qi Wang
  • Systems and methods of video jitter estimation
    Patent number: 12267553
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a device that uses a video jitter buffer to buffer the video frames for a received video stream is described. The device uses the video jitter buffer to estimate the delay variability of the frames and pick a target delay that will help harmonize the playback with minimal loss and delay. This is achieved by estimating the delay spread, which is the result of performing statistical analysis of the measured lags of the video frames received. The video jitter buffer provides target delay recommendation and reference frame information to the video player in order to anchor the playback and schedule the frames presentation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Luciano M. Verger, David L Biderman, Christopher M. Garrido, Karthick Santhanam, Brian T. Toombs, Gurtej Singh G. Chandok, Joshua L Hare, Patrick Miauton, Ming Jin, Bradley F. Patterson
  • Sidelink relay selection and re-selection in wireless communication
    Patent number: 12267910
    Abstract: Sidelink pathloss between a remote user equipment device (UE) and a relay UE may be determined based at least on transmit power information provided by the relay UE to the remote UE. The remote UE may receive, via a sidelink discovery signal from the relay UE, a message that includes first information representative of a transmit power of the relay UE and/or second information representative of a measured receive signal power of a sidelink solicitation signal previously transmitted by the remote UE and received by the relay UE. The remote UE may determine a sidelink pathloss between the remote UE and the relay UE based at least on the first information and/or the second information. The remote UE may select/reselect a relay UE based on corresponding pathlosses determined for the respective paths between the remote UE and different respective relay UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhibin Wu, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Wei Zeng
  • Configuring accessory network connections
    Patent number: 12267206
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques for adjusting a network connection of an accessory. In some examples, the computing device can determine that the accessory is not connected to a network (e.g., the same network to which the computing device is connected). The network may utilize a first connection type. Using a second type of connection, the computing device may determine an appropriate network for connection with the accessory. The computing device may then transmit instructions to the accessory, using the second type of connection, to adjust its network connection to be connected to the determined network. The determined network may use the first connection type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Franco Travostino, Keith W. Rauenbuehler, Marc J. Krochmal, Nicholas M. Fraioli, Anush G. Nadathur
  • Head-mounted display
    Patent number: D1068771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 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, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
  • Head-mounted display
    Patent number: D1068772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 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, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1068810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Apodaca, Jesse Chand, Jonathan R. Dascola, Thalia Jimena Echevarria Fiol, Miquel Estany Rodriguez, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard D. Lyons, James J. Owen, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Lorena S. Pazmino, William A. Sorrentino, III, Matan Stauber, Wan Si Wan
  • Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1068837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen O. Lemay
  • Electronic device with icon
    Patent number: D1068844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Daniel Satoru Hamaguchi