Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12242855
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a processor includes a buffer in an interface unit. The buffer may be used to accumulate coprocessor instructions to be transmitted to a coprocessor. In an embodiment, the processor issues the coprocessor instructions to the buffer when ready to be issued to the coprocessor. The interface unit may accumulate the coprocessor instructions in the buffer, generating a bundle of instructions. The bundle may be closed based on various predetermined conditions and then the bundle may be transmitted to the coprocessor. If a sequence of coprocessor instructions appears consecutively in a program, the rate at which the instructions are provided to the coprocessor (on average) at least matches the rate at which the coprocessor consumes the instructions, in an embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya Kesiraju, Brett S. Feero, Nikhil Gupta, Viney Gautam
  • Patent number: 12242070
    Abstract: A method includes sensing a plurality of light superposition characteristic values associated with ambient light from a physical environment. The ambient light emanates from the physical environment towards one side of a translucent display. The plurality of light superposition characteristic values quantifies interactions with the ambient light. The method includes determining a plurality of display correction values associated with the electronic device based on a function of the plurality of light superposition characteristic values and predetermined display characteristics of a computer-generated reality (CGR) object. The method includes changing one or more display operating parameters associated with the electronic device in accordance with the plurality of display correction values in order to satisfy the predetermined display characteristics of the CGR object within a performance threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Anselm Grundhoefer, Michael J. Rockwell
  • Patent number: 12242705
    Abstract: Exemplary processes are described, including processes to move and/or resize user interface elements in a computer-generated reality environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Mackay Burns, Alexis H. Palangie, Pol Pla I Conesa, David M. Schattel
  • Patent number: 12244916
    Abstract: Portable electronic devices having I/O assemblies that can include optical and audio components are described. An exemplary I/O assembly can include a first camera module and a second camera module that can be carried within a camera module housing. A flex connector can carry a strobe that can be positioned between the first camera module and the second camera module. A trim can enclose the first camera, the second camera and the strobe and optically isolates the optical components. An exemplary portable electronic device can include a side wall retainer that defines its perimeter, a front cover glass and a rear cover glass that cooperate to form an enclosure. The I/O assembly can be secured to the enclosure both from inside and outside of the rear cover glass. I/O assembly can also include an audio transducer that can record sound when the camera module are recording videos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Jarvis, Michael D. Quinones
  • Patent number: 12239427
    Abstract: An example technique may include tracking motion of a user wearing the wearable device using at least first sensors of one or more sensors of the wearable device. The technique may also include tracking a physical state of the user using at least second sensors of the one or more sensors of the wearable device. The technique may also include determining whether an application of the wearable device has been launched. The technique may also include determining an action category of the user based at least in part on at least one of the motion of the user, the physical state of the user, or whether the application has been launched. The technique may also include collecting heartrate data of the user. The technique may also include categorizing the heartrate data based at least in part on the determined action category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Schroeder, Divya Padmanabhan, Erno H. Klaassen, Evan R. Doll, Ian R. Shapiro, Jay Kriz Blahnik, Roxanne B. Brittain, Stephen J. Waydo, Joefrey S. Kibuule, Alexa VanHattum
  • Patent number: 12245139
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to selecting a Local Management Function (LMF) in a wireless communication network, a next generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) acquires a capability from a user equipment (UE), the capability indicating whether the UE is capable of supporting LMF in Radio Access Network (RAN). An access and mobility management function (AMF) is then notified whether the UE is capable of supporting LMF in RAN. An LMF selection is then received from the AMF. Then a response is transmitted to the UE based on the received LMF selection, the response indicating whether a positioning procedure to be carried out by the UE is based on LMF in RAN. In this manner, the capabilities of the UE are taken into consideration when selecting an LMF for a positioning procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Guo, Sudeep Palat, Alexey Khoryaev
  • Patent number: 12239462
    Abstract: A device for skin-contact biological measurement includes one or more electrodes to enable signal transmission through a skin contact and a control mechanism coupled to the one or more electrodes to adjust an electrode-to-skin impedance (ESI). The control mechanism is configured to implement the ESI adjustment using a thermal actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria M. Powell, Ali Moin
  • Patent number: 12245050
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein include capturing images via cameras or light sensors of a mobile communication device, processing the image to determine obstructed (e.g., by foliage) portions and unobstructed (e.g., open sky) portions of the images, and generating a grid indicating the obstructed and unobstructed portions. The device may then adjust operating characteristics, such as synchronizing with a communication hub or other mobile communication device, performing a handover with the communication hub or other mobile communication device, determining transmission power or an amount to increase transmission power, selecting an antenna, determining a beam direction, determining a discontinuous reception cycle or a frequency for receiving data, providing an indication to stop or proceed through certain areas (e.g., to take advantage of areas with higher signal quality or avoid areas with lower signal quality), and the like, based on the obstructed and unobstructed portions identified in the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dhruv Khati, Shiva Krishna Narra, Krishna Myneni, Anjaneyulu Maganti, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian
  • Patent number: 12244547
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured for half-duplex operations with a network. The UE determines that half-duplex (HD) frequency division duplex (FDD) is enabled by a network with which the UE is communicating, wherein a guard period is configured for downlink and uplink switching when the HD FDD is enabled, performs a first uplink transmission at a first time and performs a first downlink reception at a second time, wherein the guard period represents a time duration between the first time and the second time during which the UE is not to perform a second different uplink transmission or a second different downlink reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong He, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12239884
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to sharing workout content on electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony D'Auria, Julie A. Arney, Jae Woo Chang, Edward Chao, Nathan De Vries, Michael D. Ford, Irene Suah Lee
  • Patent number: 12244754
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing dynamically-available media playback and adapting visual outputs based on device capabilities and a state of the device. In some embodiments, a computer system manages whether an external electronic device is configurable to be available for a first media playback function. In some embodiments, a computer system selective causes an external electronic device to respond to a request to perform a media playback operation. In some embodiments, an electronic device adapts visual outputs based on device capabilities and a state of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor G Carrigan, Jeffrey D. Tanner
  • Patent number: 12245202
    Abstract: A process for performing a sidelink (SL) communication includes determining a configuration, for a communication zone of a set of communication zones, the configuration being indicative of at least one a resource configuration or at least one signaling configuration for a communication of data. The process includes generating SL control information (SCI) that indicates a transmitter (TX) location based on the configuration of the communication zone of the set of communication zones. The process includes communicating the SCI indicating the TX location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Honglei Miao
  • Patent number: 12243124
    Abstract: Machine learning (ML) models are introduced for image stylization, which learn and apply multiple selectable image styles, including styles learned in an ad hoc fashion. According to some embodiments, such models may be trained on images or image pairs comprising images stylized into one or more of a plurality of predetermined styles. At inference time, a style vector representative of a particular selected style may be obtained and injected into the neural network at one or more locations to stylize an input image into the selected style. According to other embodiments, the neural network may be trained in an ad hoc fashion to learn new styles based on small sets of input images. Adversarial training (e.g., in the form of a discriminator network and/or conditional generative adversarial network (C-GAN) loss) may optionally be incorporated into the training to reduce artifacts and generate images that more closely match the selected style.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shaona Ghosh, Milind Lingineni, Come H. Weber
  • Patent number: 12245142
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for integrated access and backhaul donor indications in wireless networks. In some embodiments, a radio access network node may generate system information to transmit these indications to user equipments in wireless cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sarma V. Vangala, Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Srinivasan Nimmala, Tarik Tabet
  • Patent number: 12243465
    Abstract: To reduce image artifacts and non-uniformity associated with a display pixel of an electronic display, processing circuity may adjust a luminance value corresponding to a display pixel according to a per-pixel gain mask, a per-pixel anode mask, or both. To further correct for the non-uniformity, the processing circuitry may convert the luminance value to a digital code based on a curve associated with an anode on which the display pixel is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sunmin Jang, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Saif Choudhary, Hopil Bae, Gautam Agrawal, Ionut A Mirel, Hari P Paudel, Haitao Li, Wei H Yao, Mahesh B Chappalli, Young Don Bae
  • Patent number: 12242668
    Abstract: A method is performed at an electronic device with one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, a display, an extremity tracking system, and a communication interface provided to communicate with a finger-wearable device. The method includes displaying a computer-generated object on the display. The method includes obtaining finger manipulation data from the finger-wearable device via the communication interface. The method includes determining a multi-finger gesture based on extremity tracking data from the extremity tracking system and the finger manipulation data. The method includes registering an engagement event with respect to the computer-generated object according to the multi-finger gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Burns, Adam G. Poulos, Arun Rakesh Yoganandan, Benjamin Hylak, Benjamin R. Blachnitzky, Nicolai Georg
  • Patent number: 12244329
    Abstract: Embodiments presented herein provide apparatus and techniques to reduce a direct current (DC) voltage offset between a transmitter and receiver. Embodiments include a shared reference voltage signal generated by a reference voltage source. The receiver may include a first unit gain buffer to receive a reference voltage signal from the reference voltage source. The transmitter may be communicatively coupled to the receiver via one or more connections and may include a second unit gain buffer communicatively coupled to the first unit gain buffer via one of the connections. An amplifier (e.g., an operation amplifier) of the transmitter may include multiple positive inputs coupled to the second unit gain buffer and an offset tracker. The offset tracker may compensate for a DC offset caused by at least a power supply and/or a ground bounce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongrui Wang, Abbas Komijani, Xinhua Chen
  • Patent number: D1065157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1065220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James Halsey Brasure, William D. Carpenter, Anton Davydov, Fernando Garcia, Mark David Majdanski, Emmet Ray Smith
  • Patent number: D1065233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Lorena Pazmino