Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Method and device for perspective correction using one or more keyframes
    Patent number: 11838486
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of performing perspective correction is performed at a head-mounted device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, an image sensor, and a display. The method includes capturing, using the image sensor, a plurality of images of a scene from a respective plurality of perspectives. The method includes capturing, using the image sensor, a current image of the scene from a current perspective. The method includes obtaining a depth map of the current image of the scene. The method include transforming, using the one or more processors, the current image of the scene based on the depth map, a difference between the current perspective of the image sensor and a current perspective of a user, and at least one of the plurality of images of the scene from the respective plurality of perspectives. The method includes displaying, on the display, the transformed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Samer Samir Barakat, Bertrand Nepveu, Vincent Chapdelaine-Couture
  • User-specific acoustic models
    Patent number: 11837237
    Abstract: Systems and processes for providing user-specific acoustic models are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors, receiving a plurality of speech inputs, each of the speech inputs associated with a same user of the electronic device; providing each of the plurality of speech inputs to a user-independent acoustic model, the user-independent acoustic model providing a plurality of speech results based on the plurality of speech inputs; initiating a user-specific acoustic model on the electronic device; and adjusting the user-specific acoustic model based on the plurality of speech inputs and the plurality of speech results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Paulik, Henry G. Mason, Jason A. Skinder
  • Sensing system with sensor window having a superhydrophobic surface
    Patent number: 11833978
    Abstract: A sensing system that includes an optical,sensor and a sensing window. The optical sensor is configured to sense with electromagnetic radiation an environment. The sensing window is coupled to a structure, such that the electromagnetic radiation passes therethrough from the environment to the optical sensor to be sensed thereby. The sensing window includes an inner side that faces toward the optical sensor and an outer side that faces away from the optical sensor. The outer side includes a superhydrophobic surface that is in fluidic communication with the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: James R. Wilson, Arthur Y. Zhang
  • Power consumption control based on random bus inversion
    Patent number: 11836107
    Abstract: An electronic device includes circuitry and a plurality of ports. The plurality of ports includes an input port and an output port, configured to communicate data units with one or more other devices across a fabric of a System on a Chip (SoC), the data units include N data bits, N being an integer larger than 1. The circuitry is configured to receive an input data unit via the input port, to make a random decision of whether to invert the N data bits in the input data unit, to produce an output data unit by retaining or inverting the N data bits of the input data unit based on the random decision, and to send the output data unit via the output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Doron Rajwan, Lior Zimet, Sagi Lahav
  • Anonymous aggregation service for sensitive data
    Patent number: 11838399
    Abstract: A method is provided for a device participating in a data aggregation service. The device receives, from at least one requesting server, a participant homomorphic encryption key, and a request for data to perform a computation. The device encrypts requested data, including a location identifier, with the participant homomorphic encryption key, and sends, to an aggregation service, the encrypted requested data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Lucas O. Winstrom
  • Frequency domain channel state information (CSI) compression
    Patent number: 11838082
    Abstract: An approach is described that includes receiving a CSI report, where the CSI report includes a channel quality indicator (CQI), a rank indicator (RI), and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI). The approach further includes constructing a precoding matrix based on a linear combination of a plurality of mutually orthogonal digital Fourier transformation (DFT) spatial beams, and determining a number of bits for the PMI of the precoding matrix. The approach also includes determining a space frequency matrix based, at least in part, on the number of bits for the PMI and the precoding matrix, and compressing the space frequency matrix. Finally, the approach includes determining a compressed PMI based, at least in part, on the space frequency matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Victor Sergeev, Alexei Davydov, Bishwarup Mondal, Gregory Morozov, Dmitry Dikarev
  • Wake up signal for machine type communication and Narrowband-Internet-of-Things devices
    Patent number: 11838892
    Abstract: Systems and methods of reducing power consumption associated with paging or cDRX mode are described. A wake-up receiver (WUR) wakes up from an idle mode or cDRX state. Whether a wake-up signal (WUS) has been received by the WUR is determined. The WUS is a low-complexity signal that is less complicated than a PDCCH or PDSCH and is repeated multiple times at resource elements as indicated in a configuration from an eNB. If received, a baseband transceiver wakes up for reception of a PDCCH for the UE in a PO when the UE is in the idle mode or a PDSCH for the UE when the UE is in the cDRX state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy F. Cox, Seunghee Han, Debdeep Chatterjee, Vallabhajosyula S. Somayazulu, Qiaoyang Ye, Salvatore Talarico, Maruti Gupta Hyde
  • Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing a home button replacement
    Patent number: 11836296
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and an embedded fingerprint sensor displays a lock screen on the display. While displaying the lock screen, the electronic device detects a first touch input on the embedded fingerprint sensor. In response to detecting the first touch input on the embedded fingerprint sensor: the electronic device, in accordance with a determination that first timing criteria are met, displays content of a plurality of messages; and the electronic device, in accordance with a determination that second timing criteria, different from the first timing criteria are met, ceases to display the lock screen and displaying a home screen use interface for the electronic device with a plurality of application icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Julian K. Missig, Rachel L. Ciavarella, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Linda L. Dong
  • Light pattern-based alignment for retinal eye tracking
    Patent number: 11836287
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide retinal imaging-based gaze tracking. In some implementations, a user's gaze is tracked based on based on a retinal imaging technique that corrects for misalignment between content display components and tracking components. In some implementations, misalignment is detected by providing a light pattern (e.g., IR light sources embedded in a display) within or adjacent to displayed content and assessing the image of the light pattern on the retina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Eran Tal
  • Organic photodetectors for in-cell optical sensing
    Patent number: 11839133
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display includes an array of OLED pixels and an array of organic photodetector (OPD) pixels. An OLED pixel in the array of OLED pixels includes an OLED hole transport layer (HTL), an OLED electron transport layer (ETL), and an emissive layer positioned between the OLED HTL and the OLED ETL. An OPD pixel in the array of OPD pixels includes the OLED HTL, the OLED ETL, and an electron donor material positioned between the OLED HTL and the OLED ETL, wherein the OLED ETL functions as an electron acceptor material for the OPD pixel. In other embodiments, the OPD pixel may be configured differently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Einzinger, Martijn Kuik, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Niva A. Ran
  • Indicating a position of an occluded physical object
    Patent number: 11836871
    Abstract: A method is performed at an electronic device with one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, one or more environmental sensors, and a display. The method includes displaying computer-generated content on the display. The method includes determining a first positional value associated with a physical object, based on environmental data from the one or more environmental sensors. The method includes identifying a portion of the computer-generated content that satisfies an occlusion criterion with respect to a corresponding portion of the physical object, based on the first positional value. The method includes, in response to identifying that the occlusion criterion is satisfied, generating a mesh associated with the physical object based on the first positional value, and displaying the mesh on the display. The mesh overlaps with the portion of the computer-generated content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Pavel Veselinov Dudrenov, Edwin Iskandar
  • V2X policy and parameters provisioning to user equipment by a policy and control function
    Patent number: 11838839
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide solutions for provisioning vehicle-to-everything (V2X) policy and parameters to a user equipment (UE). A UE may generate a registration request to register with a wireless network. The registration request may include a first indication of a V2X policy provisioning request. The UE processes a message from a policy control function (PCF) including either a current V2X policy and corresponding parameters or a second indication that the PCF does not support V2X provisioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Changhong Shan
  • Devices and methods for capturing and interacting with enhanced digital images
    Patent number: 11835985
    Abstract: An electronic device having a camera, while displaying a live preview for the camera, detects activation of a shutter button at a first time. In response, the electronic device acquires, by the camera, a representative image that represents a first sequence of images, and a plurality of images after acquiring the representative image, and also displays an indication in the live preview that the camera is capturing images for the first sequence of images. The electronic device groups images acquired by the camera in temporal proximity to the activation of the shutter button at the first time into the first sequence of images, such that the first sequence of images includes a plurality of images acquired by the camera prior to detecting activation of the shutter button at the first time, the representative image, and the plurality of images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Henrique D. Penha, Sebastian J. Bauer, Imran A. Chaudhri, Graham R. Clarke, Alan C. Dye, Craig M. Federighi, Aurelio Guzman, Jonathan Ive, Nicholas V. King, Behkish J. Manzari, Charles A. Mezak, Justin S. Titi, Christopher I. Wilson, Elliott B. Harris, Emilie Kim
  • Multi-device audio adjustment coordination
    Patent number: 11838734
    Abstract: This relates to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to the intelligent coordination of audio signal output adjustments among multiple electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yifeng Gui, Benjamin S. Phipps
  • Electronic devices with vision correcting displays
    Patent number: 11838495
    Abstract: An electronic device may provide visual content at a virtual image distance that is farther from a user than the physical distance of the device from the user. A display in the device may have a transmissive spatial light modulator and beam steering device that are illuminated by a plane wave illumination system to provide computer-generated hologram images, may have a waveguide-based system that ensures that image content is presented at a desired virtual image distance, or may be a light-field display. The display may be used to display a left image in a left eye box and a right image in a right eye box. When viewed from the eye boxes, the left and right images fuse and are visible at a virtual image distance that is farther from the user than the distance physically separating the eye boxes from the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett S. Wilburn, Eric J. Hansotte, Fu-Chung Huang, Jonathan C. Moisant-Thompson
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: 11835382
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a front cover defining a front side of the portable electronic device, a display stack below the front cover and comprising a plurality of display layers configured to produce a graphical output in a display region of the display stack, the graphical output visible through the front cover, and a light sensor module positioned at least partially within the housing and coupled to the display stack in the display region. The light sensor module may be configured to receive ambient light passing through the front cover and through the plurality of display layers and, while a blanking interval is positioned over the light sensor module, produce an output corresponding to the received ambient light, the portable electronic device configured to determine an ambient light value based at least in part on the output from the light sensor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jason B. Neevel, Christopher S. Tomasetta, Jonathan M. Lee, Ekaterina Pease, Nicholas Merz, Daniel Jarvis, Michael B. Wittenberg, Jared P. Ostdiek, Rasamy Phouthavong, David A. Pakula, Richard H. Koch, Marwan Rammah, Ian A. Spraggs, Laura M. Burke
  • Communications using multiple radio access technologies (RAT) for a multi-mode user equipment (UE)
    Patent number: 11838970
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for communicating in a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT. A user equipment (UE) can receive, from a first base station using the first RAT, first configuration information for the UE to communicate with a second base station via the second RAT; and receive, from the first base station using the first RAT, a downlink message to enable a communication link between the UE and the second base station via the second RAT. The downlink message includes second configuration information for the UE to communicate with the second base station via the second RAT. The UE can establish the communication link between the UE and the second base station using the second RAT based on a link configuration obtained from the first configuration information and the second configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sharad Sambhwani, Dirk Nickisch, Madhukar K. Shanbhag, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Shiva Krishna Narra, Sriram Subramanian, Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju
  • Phase shift error mitigation for power converters with coupled inductors
    Patent number: 11837960
    Abstract: A power converter circuit that includes multiple phase circuits may employ coupled inductors to generate a particular voltage level on a regulated power supply node. In response to an initiation of an active time period, the phase circuits cycle, out of phase with each other, between on-times and off-times. To maintain the phase relationship between the operation of the phase circuits, each phase circuit generates a ramp current that is compared to the current flowing in its corresponding inductor and then halts an off-time based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chongli Cai, Hao Zhou
  • Retail fixture
    Patent number: D1006500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Po Huang, Allison Inouye
  • Earphone
    Patent number: D1006797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer