Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Electronic device with actuators for producing haptic and audio output along a device housing
    Patent number: 11907426
    Abstract: An electronic device has a housing that forms an exterior surface of the electronic device. An array of actuators is coupled to the housing and is operable to move the housing in order to produce sound waves and/or haptic output via the exterior surface. In this way, less space is consumed by acoustic and haptic devices as compared to similar conventional devices, thereby allowing for thinner electronic devices and/or room for other components within the housing. The actuators may be operable to move different regions of the housing to produce sound waves and/or haptic output within different frequency ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ari P. Miller, Justin D. Crosby, Daniel K. Boothe, Houtan R. Farahani, Kevin M. Robinson, Ryan J. Mihelich, Robert J. Lockwood
  • System and machine learning method for localization of an input device relative to a touch sensitive surface
    Patent number: 11907475
    Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device can use machine learning techniques, such as convolutional neural networks, to estimate the distance between a stylus tip and a touch sensitive surface (e.g., stylus z-height). A subset of stylus data sensed at electrodes closest to the location of the stylus at the touch sensitive surface including data having multiple phases and frequencies can be provided to the machine learning algorithm. The estimated stylus z-height can be compared to one or more thresholds to determine whether or not the stylus is in contact with the touch sensitive surface. In some examples, the electronic device can use machine learning techniques to estimate the (x, y) position and/or tilt and/or azimuth angles of the stylus tip at the touch sensitive surface based on a subset of stylus data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hojjat Seyed Mousavi, Behrooz Shahsavari, Bongsoo Suh, Utkarsh Gaur, Nima Ferdosi, Baboo V. Gowreesunker
  • Accessory with a magnetic relay structure for wireless power transfer
    Patent number: 11909248
    Abstract: A device in a wireless power system may be operable with a removable accessory such as a case. The device may transmit or receive wireless power through the case while the electronic device is coupled to the case. The case may have a folio shape with a front cover portion that covers the display of the electronic device. The case may have an embedded ferrimagnetic core that relays magnetic flux during wireless power transfer operations. Magnetic alignment structures in the case may position the ferrimagnetic core in the case in a high magnetic flux density region between the power transmitting device and the power receiving device. The ferrimagnetic core relays the magnetic flux between a transmitting coil in the power transmitting device and a receiving coil in the power receiving device. The ferrimagnetic core may be formed in a front portion, a sidewall, or a rear wall of a case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zelin Xu, Nan Liu, Zaki Moussaoui, Gianpaolo Lisi, Kunal Bhargava, Madhusudanan Keezhveedi Sampath, Matthew J. Chabalko, Robert Scritzky
  • Shared-content session user interfaces
    Patent number: 11907605
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing shared-content sessions. In some embodiments, content is shared with a group of users participating in a shared-content session. In some embodiments, the content is screen-share content that is shared from one device to other participants of the shared-content session. In some embodiments, the content is synchronized content for which output of the content is synchronized across the participants of the shared-content session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Kaely Coon, Marcel Van Os
  • Support for head-mountable device
    Patent number: 11906748
    Abstract: Systems of the present disclosure can provide a head-mountable device that distributes forces along the user's head. A head-mountable device can include head securement element with a support element to engage the head of the user. The support element can be coupled to the frame or light seal module of the head-mountable device. The support element can be attachable or deployable from the head-mountable device. A head-mountable device can also distribute forces with a support portion extending from a band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Scott M. Leinweber, Adam Y. Kollgaard, Venkata Narayana Murthy Arelekatti, Sally R. Annis
  • Wearable skin vibration or silent gesture detector
    Patent number: 11906303
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are wearable devices, their configurations, and methods of operation that use self-mixing interferometry signals of a self-mixing interferometry sensor to recognize user inputs. The user inputs may include voiced commands or silent gesture commands. The devices may be wearable on the user's head, with the self-mixing interferometry sensor configured to direct a beam of light toward a location on the user's head. Skin deformations or vibrations at the location may be caused by the user's speech or the user's silent gestures and recognized using the self-mixing interferometry signal. The self-mixing interferometry signals may be used for bioauthentication and/or audio conditioning of received sound or voice inputs to a microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mehmet Mutlu, Ahmet Fatih Cihan
  • Adaptive wake-up for power conservation in a processor
    Patent number: 11907043
    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: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Zhou, Nikolai Schlegel, Navid Ehsan, Zhimin Chen, Gerard D. Jennings
  • Unicast sidelink access stratum level connection maintenance
    Patent number: 11910457
    Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing unicast sidelink access stratum level connection maintenance. A first wireless device and a second wireless device may establish a unicast sidelink wireless connection. One or both of the first wireless device and the second wireless device may perform access stratum level connection maintenance on the unicast sidelink wireless connection. This may include performing any or all of radio link monitoring, radio resource management, or physical layer based link quality detection. The access stratum and the non-access stratum of each device may also communicate with each other regarding either or both of link quality or link status of the unicast sidelink wireless connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuqin Chen, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sree Ram Kodali, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Haitong Sun, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Srinivasan Nimmala, Longda Xing, Xu Ou
  • NETWORK BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENT AND INDICATION
    Publication number: 20240057056
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for switching network bandwidth adjustment and indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sigen Ye, Ankit Bhamri, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Peng Cheng, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • PDSCH PROCESSING TIME CONSIDERATION FOR MULTI-CELL PDSCH SCHEDULING WITH A SINGLE DCI
    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
  • PDSCH PROCESSING TIME CONSIDERATION FOR MULTI-CELL PDSCH SCHEDULING WITH A SINGLE DCI
    Publication number: 20240057117
    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
  • SWITCHING VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH PULSE GROUPING MITIGATION
    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
  • EVOLVED PACKET CORE (EPC) SOLUTION FOR RESTRICTED LOCAL OPERATOR SERVICES (RLOS) ACCESS USING DEVICE AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20240056816
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to allowing unauthenticated UEs to gain restricted access to an operator network to access network access subscription service. Once the unauthenticated UE successfully downloads a subscription profile for accessing the operator network, the unauthenticated UE can disconnect and can, thereafter, authenticate to the operator network using the subscription profile. Embodiments disclosed herein can perform one-way authentication to the operator network for obtaining a limited connectivity to reduce DoS attacks on the operator network. More specifically, these embodiments can support unauthenticated UEs to allow unauthenticated UEs to access the operator network for RLOS while minimizing DoS attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijeet KOLEKAR, Farid ADRANGI
  • PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY REPORTING
    Publication number: 20240057140
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to support eight transmission operation for user equipments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng
  • SWITCHING VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH BI-POLAR LOAD REGULATION
    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
  • PANEL SELECTION FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20240057071
    Abstract: Some aspects include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for identifying a panel on user equipment (UE) for sounding reference signal (SRS) and/or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communications. This panel selection may be applicable to codebook as well as non-codebook based PUSCH transmission schemes. In some aspects, a base station may provide the UE with an indication of one or more SRS resources and/or sets of SRS resources. The UE may then identify a panel corresponding to the indicated SRS resources and use this panel for PUSCH communications. In some aspects, the UE may apply prioritization scheduling when the UE uses different panels for SRS and PUSCH communications. This prioritization scheduling may address switching delays, which may occur when the UE switches between panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG, Hong HE, Oghenekome OTERI, Yushu ZHANG, Chunxuan YE, Huaning NIU, Dawei ZHANG
  • SCHEDULING OF MULTIPLE CELLS USING A SINGLE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION MESSAGE
    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
  • Retail fixture
    Patent number: D1015029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel Dejesus, Joshua Robert Edwards, Jean-Marc Gady, Wesley Bryan Hamm, Russell John Kaaihue Heirakuji, Allison Inouye, Moritz Wilsberg
  • Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1015358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Christie, Alden Maxwell Haley, Per Lindgren, Alexander Charles MacLean, Wyatt R. Mitchell, Diego Monzon Del Pino, Allison Styer
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1015364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Lauren Kim Trottier