Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12293741
    Abstract: An electronic device having a display and a physical input mechanism detects a request to display a flashlight user interface. In response to detecting the request, the device displays the flashlight user interface. While displaying the flashlight user interface, the electronic device detects an interaction with the physical input mechanism. In response to detecting the interaction, the electronic device changes a property of the illumination source that is used as the flashlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Triverio, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher Patrick Foss
  • Patent number: 12294943
    Abstract: The techniques described herein include provide solutions to optimizing the battery power of a user equipment (UE) though energy optimal radio link adaption. A UE may determine an energy optimal modulation and coding scheme (MCS). An energy optimal MCS may include an MCS that enables reception of a data payload at a lowest total energy consumed by a receiver. In some implementations, the MCS may be based on several factors, including time and/or data rate constraints and changes in transfer rates relative to changes in energy consumption. The UE may communicate the energy optimal MCS to a base station, and the base station may send a data payload to the UE using an energy optimal data transfer rate that is based on the energy optimal MCS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: David Boettger
  • Patent number: 12294994
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for mapping transmission configuration indicator states to resources of physical downlink shared channel transmission occasions in wireless communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 12295204
    Abstract: The circular polarizer may be omitted from a display to increase efficiency. A polarizer-free display may use other non-polarizer techniques to mitigate reflections of ambient light and mitigate diffraction reflection artifacts. The polarizer-free display may include a black pixel definition layer that absorbs ambient light. Color filter elements may be included in a black matrix to mitigate ambient light reflections. An intra-anode phase shift layer and/or an inter-anode phase shift layer may be included in the display to mitigate diffractive reflection artifacts. Multiple sub-pixels of the same color may be used in a single pixel to ensure a neutral reflection color. The display may include a cathode layer that is patterned to have openings over the black pixel definition layer to mitigate reflections. The display may include diffusive particles (in the color filter element or in a separate diffuser layer) to mitigate diffractive reflection artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Young Cheol Yang, Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran, Michelle C Sherrott, Fuyi Yang
  • Patent number: 12293763
    Abstract: Systems and processes for application integration with a digital assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving a natural-language user input; identifying, with the one or more processors, an intent object of a set of intent objects and a parameter associated with the intent, where the intent object and the parameter are derived from the natural-language user input. The method further includes identifying a software application associated with the intent object of the set of intent objects; and providing the intent object and the parameter to the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Walker, II, Brandon J. Newendorp, Rohit Dasari, Richard D. Giuli, Thomas R. Gruber, Carey E. Radebaugh, Ashish Garg, Vineet Khosla, Jonathan H. Russell, Corey Peterson
  • Patent number: 12294879
    Abstract: The described embodiments set forth techniques for diagnostic testing a wireless device configured for cellular wireless service. A test apparatus processes data logs obtained from the wireless device, categorizes observed cellular wireless functionality issues, and provides recommended actions for a service technician and/or a user to take. Exemplary cellular wireless issues include cellular wireless service connectivity, cellular voice call stability, and cellular eSIM profile installation and transfer failures. Recommended actions can include directing a user to contact a mobile network operator with particular observations, adjusting wireless device settings, repair of a wireless device component, updating wireless device software, or replacement of the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj C. Lingam, Chinshuo Chang, Gencer Cili
  • Patent number: 12294864
    Abstract: The described embodiments set forth techniques for management of electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) profiles for a wireless device, including in-field replacement of provisioning (bootstrap) eSIM profiles. Public key infrastructure (PKI) information for an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) profile management server is installed in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of a wireless device at a time of manufacture and used subsequently by the wireless device to conduct an eSIM profile management session and verify authorization of the OEM profile management server to manage, e.g., update and/or replace, one or more eSIM profiles on the eUICC of the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Aurelien P. Raboisson, Avinash Narasimhan, George Lin, Keizo Marui
  • Patent number: 12293203
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. Upon receiving a user input requesting that a digital assistant initiate a task, performance of the task is initiated, and a task response is provided. If the digital assistant determines that task is associated with a first user interface, such as a non-digital assistant-specific user interface, the task response is provided using the first user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Neal S. Ellis, Cameron Burgess, Pedro Mari, Michael R. Sumner, Trungtin Tran, James N. Jones
  • Patent number: 12293043
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described that may mitigate display pixel and touch crosstalk noise. A touch processing system may compensate touch scan data to reduce the noise based on a luminance value. An image processing system may determine the luminance value based on image data and a display brightness value of an electronic display. Using the compensated touch scan data, the touch processing system may determine a proximity of a capacitive object to at least one touch sense region of the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andy J Zhou, John B Laflen, Eric S Winokur, Joseph W Colosimo, Steven N Hanna, Nitya Ramdas, Tyler D Holmes
  • Patent number: 12293759
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of generating CGR content to accompany an audio file including audio data and lyric data based on semantic analysis of the audio data and the lyric data is performed by a device including a processor, non-transitory memory, a speaker, and a display. The method includes obtaining an audio file including audio data and lyric data associated with the audio data. The method includes performing natural language analysis of at least a portion of the lyric data to determine a plurality of candidate meanings of the portion of the lyric data. The method includes performing semantic analysis of the portion of the lyric data to determine a meaning of the portion of the lyric data by selecting, based on a corresponding portion of the audio data, one of the plurality of candidate meanings as the meaning of the portion of the lyric data. The method includes generating CGR content associated with the portion of the lyric data based on the meaning of the portion of the lyric data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Ian M. Richter
  • Patent number: 12292523
    Abstract: The techniques described herein include superior home-on-home roaming procedures by enabling user equipment (UE) to modify a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) search periodicity based on a likelihood of detecting an HPLMN cell (e.g., base station). A UE may be configured to determine a current geographic location of the UE, access a database that includes information about the HPLMN for the location (e.g., prior HPLMN searches), determine an appropriate HPLMN search periodicity based on the information, and perform HPLMN searches based on the appropriate HPLMN search periodicity. In some implementations, the UE may determine the HPLMN search periodicity based on a number (N) of HPLMN cells, and/or times an HPLMN cell sample, associated with the geographic area, has been detected previously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Boettger, Jose A Castelo Vega, Ozgur Ekici
  • Patent number: 12293463
    Abstract: A method of decomposing a three-dimensional representation of an object into a plurality of convex hulls can include instantiating a cluster priority queue in a computing system memory that initially contains a cluster corresponding to the three-dimensional representation of the object, computing with a processor of the computing system a concavity measure for each cluster in the cluster priority queue, and, for the cluster with the highest concavity measure: (1) computing with the processor a cut plane that divides the cluster corresponding to the three-dimensional representation of the object into two new clusters, each of the two new clusters having a corresponding convex hull, wherein computing a cut plane includes performing a hierarchical search of potential cut planes, (2) removing the cluster corresponding to the three-dimensional representation of the object from the cluster priority queue, and (3) adding the two new clusters to the cluster priority queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Khaled Mammou, Adrian A Biagioli, Deepak S Tolani
  • Patent number: 12295057
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described to facilitate soft signaling between a user equipment (UE) and a network element. A UE and a network element can exchange HTTP or Websocket messages to identify and request network resources needed for the UE to access and use application services. The network element can use requested network resources to cause the configuration of a connection between the UE and a radio access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yingjie Zhao, Longda Xing, Rangakrishna Nallandigal, Jason Ke
  • Patent number: 12292783
    Abstract: A processor can include various processing pipelines that perform different data processing operations, with different pipelines having dedicated logic and memory circuits. A power management circuit can determine when to supply power to various pipelines, including the logic and memory circuits of the various pipelines, depending on a current operating mode of the processor. When a memory circuit transitions to a lower power state such as a sleep state, data can be saved to a different memory circuit that is not transitioning to a lower power state, and when the memory circuit is powered up again, the data can be restored from the different memory circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Zhou, Nikolai Schlegel, Navid Ehsan, Zhimin Chen, Gerard D. Jennings
  • Patent number: 12294964
    Abstract: This application relates to wireless communications, including methods and apparatus to manage uplink (UL) transmit switching with multiple timing advance groups (TAGs) for wireless devices. A wireless device is configured to select N?2 radio frequency carriers for UL transmission from M>N available radio frequency carriers and subsequently send UL transmissions to a cellular wireless network based on the configuration. The M available radio frequency carriers are divided into distinct TAGs, each TAG having a distinct timing advance value, and the N radio frequency carriers belong to a single TAG. The wireless device is further configured to switch to a second set of N UL radio frequency carriers, after an uplink switching gap time period, based on a TAG medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), received the cellular wireless network, which specifies a second TAG from which to select the second set of N UL radio frequency carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ankit Bhamri, Dawei Zhang, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: D1073519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Marine C. Bataille, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Alexandre B. Girard, M. Evans Hankey, Anne-Marie Heck, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Richard P. Howarth, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Peter Riering-Czekalla, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Robert V. Tang, Clement Tissandier
  • Patent number: D1073687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas V. King, Matthew Sanders
  • Patent number: D1073705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Xavier Dalonzo, Shubham Kedia, William McMillan Tyler
  • Patent number: D1073707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Yeo Been Chung, Andrew Patrick Clymer, Nicholas D. Felton
  • Patent number: D1073796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Hoff, Alejandro Hernandez Torres, Haiden Goggin, Kameron Gad, Stephen Yustiono