Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 11844054
    Abstract: Provided is a method by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving one or more messages comprising sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration information from a based station (BS), the SRS configuration information comprises a partial frequency sounding indicator and additional information associated with the partial frequency sounding indicator, and determines SRS resource allocation; and sending a SRS to the BS in accordance with the SRS configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Jie Cui, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11842615
    Abstract: In an example method, a mobile device obtains a signal indicating an acceleration measured by a sensor over a time period. The mobile device determines an impact experienced by the user based on the signal. The mobile device also determines, based on the signal, one or more first motion characteristics of the user during a time prior to the impact, and one or more second motion characteristics of the user during a time after the impact. The mobile device determines that the user has fallen based on the impact, the one or more first motion characteristics of the user, and the one or more second motion characteristics of the user, and in response, generates a notification indicating that the user has fallen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xing Tan, Huayu Ding, Parisa Dehleh Hossein Zadeh, Harshavardhan Mylapilli, Hung A. Pham, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Yann Jerome Julien Renard, Sheena Sharma, Alexander Singh Alvarado, Umamahesh Srinivas, Xiaoyuan Tu, Hengliang Zhang, Geoffrey Louis Chi-Johnston, Vivek Garg
  • Patent number: 11841926
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an image processing circuit able to perform image fusion on received images in a first mode for fusing demosaiced and downscaled image data, and a second mode for fusing raw image data. In the first mode, raw image data received from an image sensor is demosaiced and resampled prior to undergoing image fusion. On the other hand, in the second raw image mode, the image processing circuit performs image fusion on the raw image data, and demosaics and resamples the generated fused raw image. The image processing circuit comprises an image fusion circuit that processes images of received image pyramids differently, based on whether the first or second mode is being run. The image fusion circuit further comprises an additional alpha-blending circuit allowing for the image fusion circuit to perform a fusion and an alpha-blending in a single pass through image fusion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Maxim Smirnov, Kaiming Liu
  • Patent number: 11844091
    Abstract: A communication device and a method to suspend monitoring of a first radio access network (RAN) on a frequency band shared with a second RAN, comprising receiving a signal from the second RAN on the frequency band; decoding the received signal; identifying a duration during which the second RAN occupies the frequency band based on the decoded signal; and suspending monitoring of the control channel of the first RAN on the frequency band for at least the identified duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Soumen Chakraborty, Phani Boddapati
  • Patent number: 11843966
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to store information related to network slices. The UE receives network slice related information associated with a first public land mobile network (PLMN), stores the network slice related information in a database locally at the UE, identifies a predetermined condition and removes at least a portion of the network slice information associated with the first PLMN based on camping on a second PLMN and the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11843997
    Abstract: A device-to-device (D2D) communication application is stored in a memory of a first device, and has an application identifier (ApplicationID) configured to enable D2D communication between two or more devices in proximity. The first device is configured with a user identifier (UserID). A group associated with the D2D communication application can then be established, which includes the first device and one or more second devices, each having the D2D communication capability and an associated UserID, each of the devices exchanging their ApplicationID and UserID with other devices to establish the group. A role in the group is assigned to each device of the first device and one or more second devices, which defines functions for each device to establish the D2D communications. Based on the role of each device, a set of resources from the network are allocated to enable the D2D communication on the D2D communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Yu-Ting Yu, Biljana Badic, Christian W. Mucke, Lennert Niemeyer
  • Patent number: 11842734
    Abstract: At an electronic device with a display, a microphone, and an input device: while the display is on, receiving user input via the input device, the user input meeting a predetermined condition; in accordance with receiving the user input meeting the predetermined condition, sampling audio input received via the microphone; determining whether the audio input comprises a spoken trigger; and in accordance with a determination that audio input comprises the spoken trigger, triggering a virtual assistant session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Brandon J. Newendorp, Jonathan R. Dascola
  • Patent number: 11842032
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing user interface sharing. A computer system receives a representation of a first user interface template that specifies an arrangement of user interface elements. The computer system receiving a request to use the first user interface template for a respective computer system that includes a plurality of installed applications. The computer system initiates a process for creating a user interface for the respective computer system using the first user interface template. The process includes, in accordance with a determination that a first application is not available on the respective computer system, displaying an alert indicating that the first application needs to be installed on the respective computer system. The process includes, in accordance with a determination that the first application is available on the respective computer system, forgoing displaying the alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aurelio Guzman, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Matthew Biddulph, Edward Chao, Kevin Will Chen, Jamie Cheng, Yiqiang Nie, Grant Paul, Cezar Mihai Radu, Kevin M. Lynch
  • Patent number: 11841510
    Abstract: Point to point transmission holograms are used to provide a scene camera for an augmented reality glasses display system. A glass or plastic substrate acts as spectacle style lens. A holographic medium is applied to a surface of the substrate, within which is recorded a series of point to point transmission holograms. The construction points of the holograms are arranged at the eye and at the pupil of a camera placed, ideally, to the temple side of the user's eye. The recorded transmission holograms act by diffracting a portion of the light from the scene surrounding the user that is heading for the user's eye towards the scene camera. The hologram efficiency is balanced so that the user is still able to see the surrounding scene. The perspective of the view seen by the scene camera is substantially identical to that seen by the user through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Topliss, Michael David Simmonds
  • Patent number: 11839450
    Abstract: An interface pressure sensor includes a fluid pressure sensor disposed in a volume defined by a shear wall. The volume is enclosed, and the fluid pressure sensor is encapsulated by, an infill material. The infill material defines a sensing surface that, when pressed, can impart a force that is detectable by the fluid pressure sensor. The interface pressure sensor can be used for applanation tonometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. Montgomery, II, Chin San Han, Pablo A. Escobar, Zijing Zeng
  • Patent number: 11843440
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus of an Evolved Node-B (eNB). The apparatus comprises a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry associates a first Beam Reference Signal (BRS) for a first Transmit (Tx) beam having a first beamwidth with one or more second BRSes for one or more respectively corresponding second Tx beams having a second beamwidth. The second circuitry generates a first BRS transmission carrying the first BRS, and generates one or more second BRS transmissions carrying the one or more respectively corresponding second BRSes. The third circuitry provides information regarding the first BRS and the second BRSes to the second circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Wenting Chang, Gang Xiong, Yuan Zhu, Huaning Niu, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11843838
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface associated with an episodic series. In some embodiments, the user interface includes representations of episodes that are downloaded on the device, does not include a representation of a given not-yet-downloaded episode, and optionally includes a download affordance that is selectable to initiate a process for downloading not-yet-downloaded episodes. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface associated with an episodic series, wherein the user interface associated with the episodic series of content includes representations of episodes of the episodic series. In some embodiments, in response to receiving the user input selecting a respective representation, the device either initiates a process to display the respective episode or displays a user interface associated with the respective episode without displaying the respective episode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Ellingford, Lucio Moreno Rufo
  • Patent number: 11843683
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for active queue management in user space networking stacks. Unlike prior art monolithic networking stacks, the exemplary networking stack architecture described hereinafter includes various components that span multiple domains (both in-kernel, and non-kernel). For example, unlike traditional “socket” based communication, disclosed embodiments can transfer data directly between the kernel and user space domains. Additionally, user space networking stacks require a new flow control methodology that is responsive to networking congestion and/or packet loss. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure introduce a flow advisory table that may, for example, utilize an eventing methodology for active queue management in addition to, or alternatively then, legacy active queue management. Exemplary systems can support multiple networking protocol stack instances (including an in-kernel traditional network stack) as well as flow advisory tables (and legacy active queue management).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Cahya Adiansyah Masputra, Sandeep Nair, Darrin Jewell
  • Patent number: 11843443
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and apparatus to adapt operating parameters for satellite signal reception and transmission by a wireless device to mitigate effects of fading due to specular reflections are described herein. The wireless device measures received signal power levels and compares characteristics of the measurements over an observation duration to at least one fading criteria to determine whether to operate in a normal or adaptive mode. While operating in the adaptive mode, the wireless device alternates between high performance mode time periods and low performance mode time periods. The wireless device indicates to a ground station associated with the satellite in which operating mode the wireless device is operating via an uplink data message transmitted during a data cycle at the start of a high or low performance mode time period. The ground station schedules data transmissions accordingly during subsequent data cycles of the high or low performance mode time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dhruv Khati, Shiva Krishna Narra, Sudhir K. Baghel, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Sebastian Balint Seeber, Anjaneyulu Maganti, Jeremiah Hsu, Venkateswara Rao Manepalli
  • Patent number: 11842806
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to health-related user interfaces. In some embodiments, user interfaces for managing health-related data are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces for viewing health data are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces related to sharing health data are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew W. Crowley, Pablo F. Caro, Dmitri Cavander, Heather E. Daniel, Evan R. Doll, James D. Dusseau, Nicholas Felton, Charmian Bondoc Naguit, Aroon Pahwa
  • Patent number: 11844146
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide positioning enhancements on unlicensed spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Manasa Raghavan, Weidong Yang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Zhibin Wu
  • Patent number: 11843976
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses for quality of service (QoS) flow to data radio bearer (DRB) mapping override bits. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), includes one or more data storage devices, and one or more processors operably coupled to the one or more data storage devices. The one or more data storage devices are configured to store data corresponding to mapping of QoS flows to data radio bearers. The one or more processors are configured to map one or more QoS flows to a DRB in an uplink (UL) responsive to receipt, by the UE from a cellular base station, of a user plane packet in a downlink (DL) through the DRB if an override bit of the user plane packet indicates that reflective mapping should apply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sudeep Palat, Richard Burbidge, Yujian Zhang, Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Jerome Parron
  • Patent number: D1007439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1007505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    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, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Anne-Marie Heck, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Richard P. Howarth, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Clement Tissandier
  • Patent number: D1007574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume P. Barlier, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Nicolas V. Scapel, Christopher I. Wilson