Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11899061Abstract: A voltage monitoring circuit is disclosed. An apparatus includes a first physical interface circuit and a real-time oscilloscope circuit configured to monitor a first voltage provided to the first physical interface circuit. The real-time oscilloscope is configured to receive an indication that an error was detected in data transmitted from the first physical interface to a second physical interface circuit. The real-time oscilloscope is further configured to provide for debug, to a host computer external to the first interface, information indicating a state of the first voltage at a time at which the error was detected.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fabien S. Faure, Si Chen, Mansour Keramat, Arnaud J. Forestier
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Patent number: 11899511Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11899775Abstract: In an embodiment, an operating system includes a device manager that is a central repository of device information. Device drivers may communicate with the device manager over respective channels, and may request channel identifiers (Cids) to communicate with resources related to the respective devices. The device manager may provide values for resource access (or handles that the resources may use to access values). In an embodiment, the device drivers do not have the ability to allocate resources for a peripheral device. Accordingly, the security of the system may be increased. Furthermore, the resource allocation may be centrally located, simplifying the process of updating resource allocation when needed. Additionally, the device manager may delay response to requests from a given device driver until its dependencies are clear (e.g., other device drivers and hardware initializations). Thus, startup scripts may be avoided in some embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Andrew C. Boyd, Denis J. Palmans, Peter H. van der Veen, Stephen J. McPolin, Gilberto Gemin, Stephane Couture, Joseph A. Sarlo
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Patent number: 11902203Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The UE obtains, from a network device, a first configuration information. The first configuration information indicates a first resource set for an aperiodic Sounding Reference Signal (AP-SRS). The first resource set for the AP-SRS includes a first list of slot offsets. The UE decodes a second configuration information from the network device. The second configuration information indicates a reference slot and a first slot offset of the first list of slot offsets. The UE generates the AP-SRS for transmission to the network device based on the reference slot and the first slot offset.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 11902003Abstract: Systems and methods related to partial beam correspondence may be used to address potential limitations of beamforming wireless networks. A user equipment electronic device and/or wireless network identifies a subset of available transmitter beams for the user equipment electronic device that are indicated as similar to a downlink reference signal received at the user equipment electronic device from a wireless network node. The user equipment electronic device sweeps the subset of available transmitter beams for communication with the wireless network node and uses a best beam from the sweep to communicate with the wireless network node.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yakun Sun, Anatoliy S. Ioffe, Ehsan Haghani, Rohit U. Nabar
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Patent number: 11903027Abstract: The present disclosure relates to several techniques for reducing the occurrence of data collisions, which can occur when multiple devices simultaneously transmit data in the same (frequency) channel. For example, a turnaround time in which a device switches from a receive mode of operation to a transmit mode of operation may be reduced based on the device and another device indicating that they are capable of operating with a reduced turnaround. As another example, devices may use learning-based turnaround estimation to determine a turnaround time supported by other devices and utilize the determined turnaround time, for instance, instead of a longer turnaround time. As yet another example, multiple clear channel assessments may be performed before transmitting data. For instance, a first clear channel assessment may be performed during a backoff period, and a second clear channel assessment may be performed afterwards before data is transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sarvesh Kumar Varatharajan, Arun Vijayakumari Mahasenan, Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, Won Soo Kim, Yaranama Venkata Ramana Dass, Giri Prassad Deivasigamani, Anil G Naik, Piyush Kumar Upadhyay
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Patent number: 11899186Abstract: A folded lens system that includes lenses with refractive power and two light folding elements such as prisms. A first lens on a first axis refracts light to a first folding element. The first folding element redirects the light from the first axis onto a second axis on which one or more lenses are arranged. The lenses on the second axis refract the light to a second folding element. The second folding element redirects the light onto a third axis on which a sensor is disposed. The lens system may include a front aperture. The sensor may be moved on the third axis to provide autofocusing, or alternatively the lens system may include one or more optical actuators that provide autofocusing. The lens system may have a low F-number (<=2.8), and may have a 35 mm equivalent focal length in the medium to long telephoto range.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yuhong Yao, Yoshikazu Shinohara
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Patent number: 11900057Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can generate user input correction suggestions based on the user's context. For example, the user's context can include content that the user has open or has recently opened on the computing device or another computing device. For example, when the user opens an item of content, the computing device can generate a context dictionary that includes words, phrases, etc., that describe the opened content. When the user provides input (e.g., text, speech, etc.) the computing device can use the context dictionary to generate input correction suggestions. The computing device can synchronize the context dictionary with other computing devices that the user may be using so that the user's context on one device can be used by another device to generate input correction suggestions.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jason J. Ivan, Christopher S. Linn, Douglas R. Davidson
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Patent number: 11899925Abstract: An electronic device detects a first swipe gesture in a respective direction from a first edge of the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting the first swipe gesture from the first edge of the touch-sensitive display: in accordance with a determination that a respective portion of the first swipe gesture occurs at a first portion of the first edge of the touch-sensitive display, the device displays a plurality of controls for adjusting settings of the touch-sensitive display; and in accordance with a determination that the respective portion of the first swipe gesture occurs at a second portion of the first edge of the touch-sensitive display, the device displays a plurality of recently received notifications.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Nathan de Vries, Brandon M. Walkin, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher P. Foss, Caelan G. Stack, William M. Tyler, Terence L. Magno
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Patent number: 11900879Abstract: A sensing circuit includes at least a first gain stage and a controller for controlling the operation of the first gain stage. The first gain stage includes an amplifier having at least one input and one output, and a feedback loop coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier. The feedback loop includes a first capacitor coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier, and a second capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the input of the amplifier through a first switch and a second terminal coupled to the output of the amplifier through a second switch. The second capacitor is configured to be coupled in parallel to the first capacitor during a first portion of a measurement cycle, and disconnected from the first capacitor during a second portion of the measurement cycle.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Hasan Akyol, Xuebei Yang
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Patent number: 11899731Abstract: In some implementations, a user device can perform personalized translation of content identifiers. For example, the user device can request a content identifier mapping file from a server device that defines how to translate a human readable content identifier into a content server content identifier. The server device can select a mapping file from among a collection of mapping files based on various criteria associated with the user device and send the selected mapping file to the user device. When the user device receives a human readable content identifier, the user device can compare the human readable content identifier to the mapping file to determine how to translate the human readable content identifier into the content server content identifier. Once the content server content identifier corresponding to the human readable content identifier is determined, the client device can use the content server content identifier to obtain corresponding content.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Steve E. Marmon
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Patent number: 11902036Abstract: Systems and methods of providing policy and charging control in an information-centric network are described. An interest packet is transmitted from a content consumer to a holder through a gNB, ICN-PoA and ICN-GW. The interest packet has a prefix identifying content to be retrieved and a type field indicating an interest packet. The ICN-PoA modifies the interest packet to include a type of service (TS) field having the identity of the consumer and then transmitted to the ICN-GW when the content is neither created nor cached inside the 5G network. A data packet that includes the prefix, a type field indicating a data packet and the TS field is returned from the ICN-GW. The data packet is modified by the ICN-PoA to remove the TS field and transmitted to the consumer. The interest and data packets are logged and reported to an ICN-CF for generation of charging records.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zongrui Ding, Gabriel Arrobo Vidal, Qian Li, Geng Wu
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Patent number: 11901989Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to perform aperiodic channel state information (AP-CSI) reporting. In an example, downlink control information (DCI) having a format for scheduling physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) data reception, such as DCI format 1_1 or 1_2, is used to also trigger AP-CSI reporting. A generated AP-CSI report can be sent, for instance, on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng
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Patent number: 11900012Abstract: A method performed by a portable media player device. The method receives a microphone signal that includes audio content output by an audio playback device via a loudspeaker. The method determines identification information regarding the audio content, wherein the identification information is determined through an acoustic signal analysis of the microphone signal. In response to determining that the audio playback device has ceased outputting the audio content, the method retrieves from local memory of the portable media player device or a remote device with which the portable media player device is communicatively coupled, an audio signal that corresponds to the audio content and drives a speaker that is not part of the audio playback device using the audio signal to continue outputting the audio content and any additional audio content related to the audio content.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher T. Eubank, Tomlinson Holman
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Patent number: 11902926Abstract: A radio access node comprises one or more processors configured to determine a first reference timing of a first communication connection between the radio access node and a second, parent radio access node; determine a second reference timing of a second communication connection between the radio access node and a third, child radio access node; a memory storing the first and second reference timings; the one or more processors further configured to generate a request for the child radio access node to perform a timing advance adjustment based on the stored first and second reference timings, so that an uplink receive signal transmitted by the child radio access node arrives at the same time at the radio access node as a downlink receive signal transmitted by the parent radio access node arrives at the radio access node in case of frequency division multiplexed signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Patent number: 11902893Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing network slice quota management. A network slice quota management function may store capacity information for one or more network slices. The network slice quota management function may receive a request for an indication of whether a network slice has additional capacity. The network slice quota management function may provide an indication of whether the network slice has additional capacity in response to the request. The capacity information may relate to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of wireless devices registered for the network slice, or to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of packet sessions established with the network slice, or both, among various possibilities.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Vijay Venkataraman, Krisztian Kiss, Srinivasan Nimmala, Longda Xing, Jordi Agud Ruiz
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Patent number: 11900578Abstract: A multi-layer low-pass filter is used to filter a first frame of video data representing at least a portion of an environment of an individual. A first layer of the filter has a first filtering resolution setting for a first subset of the first frame, while a second layer of the filter has a second filtering resolution setting for a second subset. The first subset includes a data element positioned along a direction of a gaze of the individual, and the second subset of the frame surrounds the first subset. A result of the filtering is compressed and transmitted via a network to a video processing engine configured to generate a modified visual representation of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Can Jin, Nicolas Peirre Marie Frederic Bonnier, Hao Pan
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Patent number: 11903079Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for providing a framework for supporting custom signaling between a wireless device and a cellular network. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a wireless link. The wireless device and the cellular base station may perform custom signaling in accordance with the custom signaling framework.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Rajesh Ambati, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Divyaprakash P. Bhojkumar, Rohan C. Malthankar, Ajay Singh, Sreevalsan Vallath, Raghuveer Mallikarjunan
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Patent number: D1014071Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: 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, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D1014501Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: 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