Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Publication number: 20240056066
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to identifying frequencies to be protected at a victim integrated circuit (IC) and sending protection information including the identified frequencies to an aggressor IC. The aggressor IC configures its subsystems or circuits to operate using operating frequencies that prevents spurs that may interfere with the frequencies identified in the protection information. If not all of the frequencies in the protection information can be protected, the aggressor IC selects a subset of the frequencies to be protected. Then, the aggressor IC configures the operating frequencies of its subsystems or circuits so that spurs that they generate do not interfere with the selected frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Ali MOAZ, Tim SCHOENAUER, Rahmi HEZAR
  • Publication number: 20240057116
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for supporting the transmission of phase tracking reference signals (PTRS) based on an association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS) ports for a user equipment (UE) having multiple uplink (UL) antenna elements. The UE can receive a downlink control information (DCI) including an association indication contained in an association field of the DCI to indicate an association between one or more PTRS ports and one or more DMRS ports. The association field can have a bit width determined based on an antenna architecture of the UE including the number of UL antenna elements. The UE can further determine a DMRS port associated with a PTRS port based on the association indication contained in the association field and the antenna architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Sigen YE, Chunxuan YE, Huaning NIU, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Hong HE, Dawei ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Oghenekome OTERI
  • Publication number: 20240057118
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for multi-cell PUSCH/PDSCH scheduling with a single DCI in wireless communication systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Hong He, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Huaning Niu, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Chunhai Yao, Ankit Bhamri
  • Publication number: 20240057119
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for multi-cell PUSCH/PDSCH scheduling with a single DCI in wireless communication systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Hong He, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Huaning Niu, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Chunhai Yao, Ankit Bhamri
  • Publication number: 20240055987
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system with a voltage regulator, a current source circuit, and a control circuit. The voltage regulator has an output node and is configured to provide a supply voltage at the output node. The current source circuit is configured to draw current away from the voltage regulator's output node. And, the control circuit is configured to delay enabling the current source circuit in response to a voltage at the voltage regulator's output node being above a predetermined voltage level and the voltage regulator being disabled. With this arrangement, a voltage ripple at the voltage regulator's output node can be reduced in the presence of a bi-polar load current, which can be advantageous in voltage regulator designs (e.g., in DC-DC converters employing a Pulse Frequency Modulation scheme).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Terry J. GROOM, Daibashish GANGOPADHYAY
  • Publication number: 20240053782
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system with a voltage regulator, a comparator circuit, and a control circuit. The voltage regulator includes an output node and is configured to generate a voltage at the output node. The comparator circuit is configured to compare the voltage at the output node to a reference voltage. The control circuit is configured to disable the voltage regulator after the voltage regulator has generated a charge cycle and for a period of time until the voltage at the output node is below the reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daibashish GANGOPADHYAY, Terry J. GROOM
  • Publication number: 20240057085
    Abstract: Described are processing time approaches to simultaneous multi-cell PUSCH/PDSCH scheduling with a single DCI (downlink control information) in a wireless communication system. In various approaches, simultaneously scheduling a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) through a single DCI transmitted via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) occurs, wherein each of the plurality of PDSCHs is associated with a respective cell in a plurality of cells. The approaches further include transmitting data to or receiving data to a user equipment (UE) based on the scheduling information, wherein the plurality of PDSCHs occurs no earlier than a time offset following the PDCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Sigen YE, Dawei ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Hong HE, Chunxuan YE, Ankit BHAMRI, Jie CUI
  • Patent number: 11899895
    Abstract: In some embodiments a second electronic device with which an output device is associated facilitates associating the output device with a first electronic device. In some embodiments, a second electronic device that is associated with an additional user facilitates associating the additional user with a first electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Pavan Rajam, Patrick L. Coffman, Dennis Sungwoo Park, Richard Mondello, Vijay Sundaram, Caleb Davenport, Neil P. Cormican
  • Patent number: 11900923
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example process, a speech input is received from a user. In response to determining that the speech input corresponds to a user intent of obtaining information associated with a user experience of the user, one or more parameters referencing a user experience of the user are identified. Metadata associated with the referenced user experience is obtained from an experiential data structure. Based on the metadata, one or more media items associated with the referenced are retrieved based on the metadata. The one or more media items associated with the referenced user experience are output together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Regis Vescovi, Eric M. G. Circlaeys, Richard Warren, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Matthaeus Krenn
  • Patent number: 11899523
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed that pertain to synchronizing power states between integrated circuit dies. A system includes an integrated circuit that includes a plurality of integrated circuit dies coupled together. A particular integrated circuit die may include a primary power manager circuit and one or more remaining integrated circuit dies include respective secondary power manager circuits. The primary power manager circuit is configured to issue a transition request to the secondary power manager circuits to transition their integrated circuit dies from a first power state to a second power state. A given secondary power manager circuit is configured to receive the transition request, transition its integrated circuit die to the second power state, and issue an acknowledgement to the primary power manager circuit that its integrated circuit die has been transitioned to the second power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Inder M. Sodhi, Achmed R. Zahir, Lior Zimet, Liran Fishel, Omri Flint, Ami Schwartzman
  • Patent number: 11899509
    Abstract: A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Eugene A Whang, Christopher J. Stringer, Brett W. Degner, David H. Narajowski, Patrick Kessler, Eric R. Prather, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Adam T. Stagnaro, Daniel L. McBroom, Matthew P. Casebolt, Michael D. McBroom
  • Patent number: 11902899
    Abstract: A receiver includes a tunable receiving chain, configured to receive a subframe header when tuned to a first receiving bandwidth; a decoder, configured to decode an allocation information from the subframe header, the allocation information indicating an allocation of a plurality of resource blocks in the subframe; and a controller, configured to derive a second receiving bandwidth from the allocation information and to tune the receiving chain to the second receiving bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Drewes, Giuseppe Patane, Thomas Mayer, Christian Wicpalek, Ram Kanumalli, Burkhard Neurauter
  • Patent number: 11896871
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing, modifying, and/or outputting workout content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Craig D. Bolton, Julie A. Arney, Jay K. Blahnik, Edward Chao, Anthony D'Auria, Lynne Devine, Louis R. Mikolay, Jennifer D. Patton, Michael D. Ford, Leah E. Womelsdorf
  • Patent number: 11902727
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to inductive acoustic filters for acoustic devices. An inductive filter may include a substrate, an etched serpentine channel in a surface of the substrate and extending within the substrate from a first port in the substrate to a second port in the substrate. The inductive filter may also include a polymer cover layer adhesively attached to the surface of the substrate over the etched serpentine channel. The inductive filter may be positioned over an opening in a substrate of an acoustic module, such as a microphone module or a speaker module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony D. Minervini, Peter C. Hrudey, Gokhan Hatipoglu
  • Patent number: 11896115
    Abstract: A posture-monitoring system for monitoring a body posture of a user includes an array of wirelessly locatable tags, including a first tag configured to be positioned along a first shoulder region of the user and having a first battery and a first wireless circuit configured to transmit a first locating signal, a second tag configured to be positioned along a second shoulder region of the user and having a second battery and a second wireless circuit configured to transmit a second locating signal, and a third tag configured to be positioned along a back region of the user and having a third battery and a third wireless circuit configured to transmit a third locating signal. The posture-monitoring system further includes a portable electronic device including a processing unit and a wireless circuit operably coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive the first, second, and third locating signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Erik G. de Jong, Colin M. Ely, Erik L. Wang
  • Patent number: 11896368
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems of determining swimming metrics of a user during a swimming session. The method can include receiving, by a processor circuit of a user device, motion information from one or more motion sensors of the user device; determining, by the processor circuit using the motion information, a first set of rotational data of the user device, wherein the first set of rotational data is expressed in a first frame of reference; converting, by the processor circuit, the first set of rotational data into a second set of rotational data, wherein the second set of rotational data is expressed in a second frame of reference; determining, by the processor circuit, one or more swimming metrics of the user; and outputting the one or more swimming metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bharath Narasimha Rao, Craig H. Mermel, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Hung A. Pham, Adam S. Howell, Rami Y. Hindiyeh, James P. Ochs, Vinay R. Majjigi, Alexander Singh Alvarado, Sunny K. Chow, Umamahesh Srinivas, Xing Tan, Ronald K. Huang, Edith Merle Arnold, Robin T. Guers, Gunes Dervisoglu, Adeeti Ullal
  • Patent number: 11902772
    Abstract: A system including an audio source device having a first microphone and a first speaker for directing sound into an environment in which the audio source device is located and a wireless audio receiver device having a second microphone and a second speaker for directing sound into a user's ear. The audio source device is configured to 1) capture, using the firs microphone, speech of the user as a first audio signal, 2) reduce noise in the first audio signal to produce a speech signal, and 3) drive the first speaker with the speech signal. The wireless audio receiver device is configured to 1) capture, using the second microphone, a reproduction of the speech produced by the first speaker as a second audio signal and 2) drive the second speaker with the second audio signal to output the reproduction of the speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Meade, Christopher T. Eubank, Neal D. Evans, Nikolas T. Vitt
  • Patent number: 11899115
    Abstract: A chirped illumination LIDAR system having a transmitter that may include a pulsed radiation illuminator that is followed by a beam forming optics. The transmitter may be configured to output, during each illumination period of a sub-group of illumination periods, a first plurality of radiation pulses that form a decimated chirp sequence of radiation pulses; the decimated chirp sequence is a sparse representation of a chirp signal. A receiver of the system may be configured to receive, during each reception period of a sub-group of reception periods, one or more received light pulses from one or more objects that were illuminated by the one or more radiation pulses transmitted during each illumination period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Vladimir Koifman, Tiberiu Carol Galambos
  • Patent number: 11897809
    Abstract: Electronic devices including a textured component such as a cover member positioned over one or more components of the electronic device. Different surface regions of the textured component may be textured differently in order to provide optical contrast. For example, differently textured surface regions may differ in gloss, translucency, or both. In some cases the cover member defines a protruding feature and a surface region of the protruding feature is textured differently than an adjacent surface region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Andi M. Limarga, Akanksha Agrawal, Albert Ochagavia Tobena, Jason P. Shannon
  • Patent number: 11900831
    Abstract: Techniques described herein include receiving selection of information identifying one or more members for participating in a fitness session, a start time for the fitness session, and a duration of the fitness session. The techniques also includes receiving individual fitness metrics for the one or more members associated with the fitness session, the individual fitness metrics collected during a period of time corresponding to the start time and the duration of the fitness session. The techniques also includes presenting aggregate fitness data for the fitness session corresponding to the received individual fitness metrics for the one or more members associated with the fitness session during the period of time, and presenting at least a subset of the received individual fitness metrics for the one or more members associated with the fitness session during the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jay Blahnik