Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12253728
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture, and an electromagnetic radiation emitter and an electromagnetic radiation detector disposed in the housing. An optical component can be disposed in the aperture and can include a first region of a first material having a first index of refraction, the first region aligned with the electromagnetic radiation emitter, a second region of the first material, the second region aligned with the electromagnetic radiation detector, and a bulk region surrounding a periphery of the first region and a periphery of the second region, the bulk region including a second material having a second index of refraction that is lower than the first index of refraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Vivek Venugopal, Jacky G. Ko, Ueyn L. Block, James R. Wilson, Christopher D. Jones
  • Patent number: 12254176
    Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device may be in communication with one or more input devices, including a camera, and a remote sensing vibrometer. In some examples, the remote sensing vibrometer may be configurable to emit, using a light source, one or more light beams that are incident on the physical surface on which the virtual image is displayed. In some examples, the remote sensing vibrometer detects contact with the physical surface based on one or more vibrations in the physical surface that are detected using the one or more light beams. In some examples, when the physical object contacts the physical surface on which the virtual image is displayed, the electronic device determines a location of the contact relative to the virtual image on the physical surface based on the detected vibrations produced by the contact of the physical object on the physical surface in the computer-generated environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Nussinson, Yoed Arieli, Jonathan Hauser, Oriel Y. Bergig
  • Patent number: 12251973
    Abstract: A tuned mass damper includes a damper mass having a first mass portion and a second mass portion connected by a third mass portion. The first mass portion, the second mass portion, and the third mass portion form a U-shaped configuration of the damper mass. The damper mass is configured to separate within the third mass portion in response to a force transferred to the damper mass of the tuned mass damper to allow relative motion between the first mass portion and the second mass portion. The damper mass may include geometric features that promote rotation of the tuned mass damper relative to an axis, when subjected to impact loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jacob L. Dawson, Daniel T. Williams, Andrew J. Gunnion
  • Patent number: 12256186
    Abstract: A housing has a bud portion abutting an elongated stem portion. The bud portion is to fit within an ear. The bud portion has a primary sound outlet at its far end that is to be inserted into an outer ear canal, and abuts the stem portion at its near end. A speaker driver is inside the bud portion. Electronic circuitry inside the housing includes a wireless communications interface to receive audio content over-the-air and in response provides an audio signal to the speaker driver. A rechargeable battery as a power source for the electronic circuitry is located inside a cavity of the stem portion. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary C. Rich, Kurt R. Stiehl, Arun D. Chawan, Michael B. Howes, Jonathan S. Aase, Esge B. Andersen, Yacine Azmi, Jahan C. Minoo, David J. Shaw, Aarti Kumar, Augustin Prats, Robert D. Watson, Baptiste P. Paquier, Axel D. Berny, Benjamin W. Cook, Jerzy S. Guterman, Benjamin Adair Cousins
  • Patent number: 12253697
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing surrounding an interior in which electrical components are mounted. A display may be mounted to housing structures in the device. The housing may have a rear wall. The display cover layer and rear wall of the housing may be formed from transparent glass layers. Coatings may be formed on inwardly facing surfaces of the transparent glass layers. A coating on a transparent glass layer may be formed from a thin-film interference filter having a stack of dielectric layers. The coating may include an ink layer on the thin-film interference filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Que Anh S. Nguyen, Christopher D. Prest, Jody R. Akana, Marta M. Giachino, Matthew S. Rogers, Ove Lyngnes
  • Patent number: 12254587
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices that can provide protected use of user-related information to applications, for generating user-specific outputs. The protected access may allow an application to process the user-related information within a processing environment of a processor that is separate from a primary processor of an electronic device. Within that processing environment, the application can utilize the user-related information to generate a user-specific output from the device. However, the application is prevented from extricating the user-related information, and information derived from the user-related information, from that processing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul W. Chinn, Karol B. Gasinski, Nathaniel S. Brown, Pau Sastre Miguel, Pierre D'Herbemont, Rohan Sehgal
  • Patent number: 12253913
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to memory error tracking and logging. In some embodiments, a memory cache controller circuitry is configured to track, using multiple circuit entries, numbers of detected correctable errors associated with multiple respective locations, and in response to detecting a threshold number of correctable errors for a particular location, generate a signal to the one or more processors that identifies the particular location. In some embodiments, the memory cache controller circuitry includes multiple circuit entries for tracking uncorrectable errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Farid Nemati, Steven R. Hutsell, Derek R. Kumar, Bernard J. Semeria, James Vash, Era K. Nangia, Gregory S. Mathews
  • Patent number: 12256128
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces related to sources of video data. User interfaces enables users to configure and interact with the sources of video data, such as for displaying a live video feed and a recorded video from an external source of video data. In some embodiments, a device provides user interfaces for displaying video from a video source and controlling external devices related to the source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Patrick L. Coffman, Christopher Patrick Foss
  • Patent number: 12256369
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing transmission of nominal repetitions of data over an unlicensed spectrum. One or more nominal repetitions of data are to be transmitted by a user equipment (UE) over an unlicensed spectrum used for both uplink and downlink transmissions. The one or more nominal repetitions of the data are segmented into multiple actual repetitions of portions of the data. The UE identifies an orphan symbol in an actual repetition of the multiple actual repetitions of portions of the data, and determines a filler symbol to replace the orphan symbol in the actual repetition. In addition, the UE transmits the multiple actual repetitions including the filler symbol in replacement of the orphan symbol to a base station over the unlicensed spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12256425
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may attempt to access a base station of a network. The UE receives, from the base station of a wireless network, a broadcast including a system information block (SIB) identifying a plurality of random access channel (RACH) sub-bands of an uplink (UL) bandwidth and which of the plurality of RACH sub-bands includes physical random access channel (PRACH) resources. The base station selects one of the plurality of RACH sub-bands for a PRACH transmission and selects a preamble from the selected RACH sub-band and transmit the preamble to the base station to initiate a RACH procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12256378
    Abstract: Approaches for performing Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions include receiving, by a user equipment (UE) from a base station, an indicator of a plurality of precoders corresponding to M Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) repetitions, wherein M is an integer. A plurality of precoders corresponding to two or more of the M PUSCH repetitions are indicated. The UE configures the plurality of precoders based on the indicator and transmits one or more of the M Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) repetitions corresponding to one or more of the plurality of precoders. The indicator can be provided in higher layer signaling. One or more transmission rank indicator (TRIs) and transmission precoder matrix indicators (TPMIs) for the M PUSCH repetitions can be provided. The indicator can be provided in a scheduling downlink control indicator (DCI) communication. The indicator can also be provided within N sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indicator(s) (SRIs) of the scheduling DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 12254142
    Abstract: An input device can include a housing defining an internal volume and a lower portion, the lower portion defining an aperture, an input sensor disposed in the internal volume, and a haptic assembly disposed in the internal volume. The haptic assembly can include an actuator and a foot coupled to the actuator and aligned with the aperture. The actuator can be configured to selectively extend the foot through the aperture to vary a sliding resistance of the input device on a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bart K. Andre, Brian T. Gleeson, Kristi E. Bauerly, William D. Lindmeier, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Geng Luo, Seung Wook Kim, Evangelos Christodoulou, Megan M. Sapp, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, John B. Morrell, John S. Camp
  • Patent number: 12254147
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display. The display may be formed by an array of light-emitting diodes mounted to the surface of a substrate. The substrate may be a silicon substrate. Circuitry may be located in spaces between the light-emitting diodes. Circuitry may also be located on the rear surface of the silicon substrate and may be coupled to the array of light-emitting diodes using through-silicon vias. The circuitry may include integrated circuits and other components that are attached to the substrate and may include transistors and other circuitry formed within the silicon substrate. Touch sensor electrodes, light sensors, and other components may be located in the spaces between the light-emitting diodes. The substrate may be formed from a transparent material that allows image light to reach a lens and image sensor mounted below the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Steven P. Hotelling, John Z. Zhong, William C. Athas, Wei H. Yao
  • Patent number: 12253896
    Abstract: A device implementing a system for power management includes at least one processor configured to, detect first gesture state associated with motion of a device, the first gesture state being associated with meeting a first threshold of device motion, and set, in response to detecting the first gesture state, the device to a first power state. The at least one processor is further configured to detect, subsequent to detecting the first gesture state, a second gesture state associated with motion of the device, the second gesture state being associated with meeting a second threshold of device motion, and set, in response to detecting the second gesture state, the device to a second power state. The at least one processor is further configured to update, based on setting the device to the second power state, image data on a display of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni M. Agnoli, Chendi Zhang, Jacob Z. Weiss, Yiqiang Nie, Brent W. Schorsch
  • Patent number: 12254244
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determines two-dimensional (2D) floorplans based on image data and refines the 2D floorplans using various user interface controls. For example, an example process may include obtaining a floorplan that is generated based on a sequence of images of a physical environment, identify a type of an object depicted in the floorplan, identify a context of the object depicted in the floorplan, and modify the floorplan based on the type and the context of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre Da Veiga, Afshin Dehghan, Amit Jain
  • Patent number: 12255857
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a plurality of content items in a messaging conversation. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays user interfaces associated with one or more content items in a messaging conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Xuan Hong, Chia Yang Lin, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Nicole R. Ryan, Graham R. Clarke
  • Patent number: 12254171
    Abstract: A method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a progress icon that indicates a current position within a first piece of content, displaying a multi-purpose content navigation icon; while providing the first piece of content: detecting a first contact at a first location that corresponds to the multi-purpose content navigation icon; while continuing to detect the contact at the first location, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a predefined scrubbing rate; and, in response to detecting movement of the contact that includes a first component of movement in a direction that corresponds to movement on the display parallel to the first predefined direction, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a variable scrubbing rate that varies monotonically as the first component of movement increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Michael J. Matas, Lucas C. Newman, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: 12256212
    Abstract: A plurality of microphone signals of a microphone array may be obtained. An environment change may be detected based on the microphone signals. In response, a reverberation time environment may be determined. The reverberation may be used to modify a playback audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bernard, Prateek Murgai, Juha O. Merimaa, Jonathan D. Sheaffer, Soenke Pelzer
  • Patent number: 12252799
    Abstract: An enclosure for an electronic device includes a titanium-aluminum clad substrate and an anodic oxide coating disposed on the titanium-aluminum clad substrate. The anodic oxide coating includes a density of between about 2.1 g/cm3 and about 2.4 g/cm3 or includes a maximum porosity between about 21% and about 31% and can be exposed to a temperature of over 150° C. without cracking or crazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: James A. Curran, Kar-Wai Hon, Todd S. Mintz, Isabel Yang
  • Patent number: D1067258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aled Williams, Christopher I. Wilson