Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 11822367
    Abstract: A method performed by an audio system comprising a headset. The method sends a playback signal containing user-desired audio content to drive a speaker of the headset that is being worn by a user, receives a microphone signal from a microphone that is arranged to capture sounds within an ambient environment in which the user is located, performs a speech detection algorithm upon the microphone signal to detect speech contained therein, in response to a detection of speech, determines that the user intends to engage in a conversation with a person who is located within the ambient environment, and, in response to determining that the user intends to engage in the conversation, adjusts the playback signal based on the user-desired audio content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher T. Eubank, Devin W. Chalmers, Kirill Kalinichev, Rahul Nair, Thomas G. Salter
  • Patent number: 11824436
    Abstract: A detector circuit included in a computer system filters the voltage level of a power supply node to generate filtered signals. The detector circuit either compares the filtered signals or samples the filtered signal and compares the samples to reference levels to detect changes in the voltage level of the power supply node that exceed thresholds for magnitude and duration. A control circuit included in the computer system generates, using the glitch signal, control signals that can be used to change operating parameters of functional circuits included in the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao Pu, Bruce A. Doyle
  • Patent number: 11824627
    Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for utilizing a flexible slot indicator in wireless communication. A base station (BS) may establish communication with a first user equipment device (UE). The BS may determine a transmission direction for each of a plurality of symbols included in one or more slots. The BS may transmit a slot format indicator (SFI) to the UE. The SFI may indicate the transmission direction for each of the plurality of symbols included in one or more slots. The BS and the UE may perform communication during the one or more slots according to the determined transmission direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchul Kim, Wei Zeng, Xiangying Yang, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun
  • Patent number: 11825375
    Abstract: A method includes determining a device location of an electronic device, transmitting a request to a content source, the request including the device location of the electronic device, and receiving, from the content source in response to the request, a content item that is associated with display location information that describes a content position for the content item relative to a physical environment. The content item is selected by the content source based on the content position for the content item being within an area that is defined based on the device location. The method also includes displaying a representation of the content item as part of a computer-generated reality scene in which the representation of the content item is positioned relative to the physical environment according to the content position for the content item from the display location information for the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David W. Padgett, Christopher D. Fu, Scott G. Wade, Paul Ewers, Ioana Negoita, Thomas G. Salter, Dhruv Aditya Govil, Dimitris Ladopoulos
  • Patent number: 11825422
    Abstract: Multi-radio wireless network devices are capable of transmitting and/or receiving data from multiple radiofrequency (RF) networks at different bands. Total transmission power limitations may be in place due to, for example, safety reasons. As a result, active management of transmission power may be performed during simultaneous transmission in different bands and/or networks. In some embodiments, the management may take place on group-by-group basis and a network-by-network basis. Antennas may be grouped based on their relative positions and impact on radiation emitted by the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, Indranil S. Sen, Jonathan C. King, Mohit Narang, Prathyusha Sangepu, Qiong Wu, Shrenik Milapchand, Vijay Gadde, Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11823612
    Abstract: A display device include a first light emitting diode (LED), a second LED, and at least one processor of a driver. The processor drives the first LED and the second LED. The processor determines a first pulse width associated with the first LED and a second pulse width associated with the second LED based on a level of brightness to be emitted by the first LED and the second LED. The processor also receives a gap clock and determines a first pulse start time and a first pulse end time for the first LED based on the first pulse width. Moreover, the processor determines a second pulse start time and a second pulse end time for the second LED based on the first pulse end time, the second pulse width, and/or the gap clock, in which the first pulse end time and the second pulse end time are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Behzad Mohtashemi, Asif Hussain, Feng Guo, Jingdong Chen, Ming Gu, Mohammad J Navabi-Shirazi, Omar Alnaggar, Venkataraman V Iyer, Yang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11825352
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus circuitry, and storage media are described for mobile-terminated packet transmissions. In one embodiment, an apparatus of a control plane device configured to operate within an evolved packet network core identifies a first service flow event trigger associated with a first packet data unit (PDU) session and processes a path reselection for a first PDU session in response to the first service flow event trigger, wherein the path reselection determines a new gateway for the first PDU session resulting from the path reselection. Transmission of a change notification to an application server controller associated with the first PDU session is initiated in response to the path reselection. Transmission of a routing update to the new gateway in response to the path reselection is also initiated. In various embodiments, the trigger may be a mobility event, a load balancing event, or operations in association with an application server controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Liao, Mohammad Mamunur Rashid, S. M. Iftekharul Alam, Rath Vannithamby
  • Patent number: 11822103
    Abstract: A privacy film may have a light-blocking layer that is interposed between first and second transparent substrates. The light-blocking layer may have a plurality of opaque portions and a plurality of transparent portions. The opaque portions may be shaped to ensure light from the display is directed only to the primary viewer of the display. Each opaque portion of the light-blocking layer may extend along a respective longitudinal axis between the first and second transparent substrates. Privacy films used to cover curved displays may have opaque portions that extend along longitudinal axes that have different angles relative to the transparent substrates. Opaque portions in the edge of the privacy film may have longitudinal axes that are at non-perpendicular angles with respect to the transparent substrates. A privacy film for a curved display may also include a light-redirecting layer such as a prism layer or a liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Steven M. Scardato, ByoungSuk Kim, Jun Qi, Victor H. Yin, Wenyong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11823648
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. A gaze detection system may gather information on a user's point of gaze on the display. Based on the point-of-gaze information, control circuitry in the electronic device may produce image data for an image with areas of different resolutions. A full-resolution portion of the image may overlap the point of gaze. Lower resolution portions of the image may surround the full-resolution portion. The display may have a pixel array. The pixel array may include rows and columns of pixels. Data lines may be used to supply data to the columns of pixels in accordance with row selection signals supplied to the rows of pixels. Display driver circuitry may be used to display the image using the pixel array. The display driver circuitry may have row selection circuitry and column expander circuitry that are responsive to a resolution mode selection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Knez, Chun-Yao Huang
  • Patent number: 11822078
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted display may have a display system that produces images. The display system may have one or more pixel arrays (26-1, 26-2) such as liquid-crystal-on-silicon pixel arrays. Images from the display system may be coupled into a waveguide (116) by an input coupler system (114X, 114Y) and may be coupled out of the waveguide in multiple image planes using an output coupler system (120X, 120Y). The input and output coupler systems may include single couplers, stacks of couplers, and tiled arrays of couplers. Multiplexing techniques such as wavelength multiplexing, polarization multiplexing, time-division multiplexing, multiplexing with image light having different ranges of angular orientations, and/or tunable lens techniques may be used to present images to a user in multiple image planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hyungryul Choi, Eric J. Hansotte, Guolin Peng
  • Patent number: 11820651
    Abstract: Mass transfer tools and methods for high density transfer of arrays of micro devices are described. In an embodiment, a mass transfer tool includes a plurality of articulating transfer head assemblies coupled with a main translation track, where each articulating transfer head assembly is translatable along the main translation track between a donor substrate stage and a receiving substrate stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Antoine Manens
  • Patent number: 11822943
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents information about a function of an application and facilitates performance of functions of the application. The information is optionally displayed in response to receiving an input to perform an action associated with the respective function when information-display criteria are met. In some embodiments, the criteria include a criterion that is satisfied when the respective function has not yet been initiated by the user on the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fredric Vinna, Drew R. Domm, Christine E. Tran, Uli M. Schöberl
  • Patent number: 11825488
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for configuring, transmitting, and receiving configured grant uplink transmissions. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore Talarico, Gang Xiong, Jeongho Jeon, Lopamudra Kundu, Hwan-Joon Kwon
  • Patent number: 11824375
    Abstract: A wireless power system may include power transmitting devices, power receiving devices, and power transmitting and receiving devices. During a configuration phase (e.g., when placed adjacent to another device), a battery-powered transmitting device may transmit information to the additional device that identifies a presence of the battery in the transmitting device. The battery-powered transmitting device may periodically report its state of charge to a power receiving device using in-band communication. The battery-powered transmitting device may report its state of charge before a power transfer phase (e.g., in the configuration phase) or during the power transfer phase. The battery-powered transmitting device may report its state of charge to the power receiving device in response to a state of charge query from the power receiving device. The power receiving device may display the state of charge of the battery of the power transmitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zaid A AbuKhalaf, Alexei E. Kosut
  • Patent number: 11825418
    Abstract: Technology for a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) operable to encode a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator field length for transmission to a user equipment (UE) for enhanced Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) (eURLLC) is disclosed. The gNB can determine the PUCCH resource indicator field length that indicates a length of a PUCCH resource indicator field, wherein the PUCCH resource indicator field length is related to transmission of a number of PUCCH symbols for eURLLC. The gNB can encode the PUCCH resource indicator field length for transmission in downlink control information (DCI) to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Honglei Miao
  • Patent number: 11824498
    Abstract: Voltage-controlled oscillation circuitry includes multiple cores and multiple mode or gain boosters coupled between the multiple cores. To prevent an undesired operating mode of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuitry from dominating a desired operating mode (e.g., an in-phase operating mode or an out-of-phase operating mode), the mode boosters may increase a desired gain of the desired operating mode and decrease an undesired gain of the undesired operating modes. In particular, mode boosters coupled to terminals of the cores that are associated with the desired operating mode may be enabled, while mode boosters coupled to terminals of the cores that are associated with the undesired operating mode may be disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongrui Wang, Abbas Komijani
  • Patent number: 11824015
    Abstract: Chip sealing structures and methods of manufacture are described. In an embodiment, a chip structure includes a main body area formed of a substrate, a back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) build-up structure spanning over the substrate, and chip edge sidewalls extending from a back surface of the substrate to a top surface of the BEOL build-up structure and laterally surrounding the substrate and the BEOL build-up structure. In accordance with embodiments, the chip structure may further include a conformal sealing layer covering at least a first chip edge sidewall of the chip edge sidewalls and a portion of the top surface of the BEOL build-up structure, and forming a lip around the top surface of the BEOL build-up structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vidhya Ramachandran, Sanjay Dabral, SivaChandra Jangam, Jun Zhai, Kunzhong Hu
  • Patent number: 11823621
    Abstract: A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels operating at a low refresh rate. Each display pixel may have six thin-film transistors and one capacitor. One of the six transistors may serve as the drive transistor and may be compensated using the remaining five transistors and the capacitor. One or more on-bias stress operations may be applied before threshold voltage sampling to mitigate first frame dimming. Multiple anode reset and on-bias stress operations may be inserted during vertical blanking periods to reduce flicker and maintain balance and may also be inserted between successive data refreshes to improve first frame performance. Two different emission signals controlling each pixel may be toggled together using a pulse width modulation scheme to help provide darker black levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Shyuan Yang, Chuang Qian, Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari, Ting-Kuo Chang
  • Patent number: 11820285
    Abstract: Lighting may be provided using light sources such as lighting systems with arrays of light-emitting diodes. A lighting system may be integrated into interior portions of a system. The interior portions may be illuminated using lighting systems to provide ambient light, to provide custom surface textures and other decorative patterns, to provide icons, text, and other information, and to provide other illuminated regions. Illuminated regions may overlap sensors such as capacitive touch sensors, force sensors, and other sensors. The light-emitting diodes in a lighting system may supply light that passes through openings in a cover layer. The layer may be formed from fabric, leather, or other materials. Lens structures may guide light through the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, Arthur Y. Zhang, Matthew E. Last
  • Patent number: D1005276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: 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, 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