Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Publication number: 20230328373
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator that includes an additive coil structure for shifting a lens along one or multiple axes. The additive coil structure may include a base portion configured to couple with a lens carrier and at least partially surround a perimeter of the lens carrier. In various examples, the additive coil structure may include folded portions that individually include a respective coil that is located proximate a respective magnet. According to various embodiments, the additive coil structure may be formed using an additive process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas S. Brodie, Aurelien R. Hubert, Scott W. Miller, Shashank Sharma
  • Publication number: 20230328655
    Abstract: An approach is described for a dynamic off period of a base station within a wireless communication environment and a process for notifying a UE of the same. In a first scenario, the DCI message is modified with newly-defined values indicative of the different power saving states (i.e., “dynamic off states”) of the base station. These power saving states may defined as suspending one or both of downlink transmission and uplink reception. In another scenario, a new notification message is defined. In either case, the notification signal may also include cell and/or beam specific parameters as well as an application delay that defines a start time of the dynamic off period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sigen YE, Yushu ZHANG, Chunhai YAO, Hong HE, Wei ZENG, Dawei ZHANG, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Oghenekome OTERI, Chunxuan YE
  • Patent number: 11785392
    Abstract: A transducer assembly comprising: a magnet motor assembly comprising a first magnet plate and a second magnet plate arranged along an axis, a first support plate positioned between inward facing surfaces of the first magnet plate and the second magnet plate, a second support plate positioned along an outward facing surface of the first magnet plate to form a first magnetic gap between the first support plate and the second support plate, and a third support plate positioned along an outward facing surface of the second magnet plate to form a second magnetic gap between the first support plate and the third support plate; a voice coil coupled to the magnet motor assembly, wherein the voice coil is positioned around the first support plate and within the first magnetic gap and the second magnetic gap; and a piston coupled to the voice coil, wherein the piston is operable to vibrate in a direction parallel to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca J. Mikolajczyk, Onur I. Ilkorur, David S. Wilkes, Jr., Christopher Wilk, Michael J. Newman
  • Patent number: 11785277
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates techniques and user interfaces for transmitting audio using a computer system in accordance with some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Sanders, Dennis S. Park
  • Patent number: 11782480
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display unit, a head support, and a balancing mass. The display unit displays graphical content to a user. The head support is coupled to the display to support the display unit on a head of the user for displaying the graphical content thereto. The balancing mass is movable relative to the display unit to offset changes in torque induced by the display unit when tilting the head-mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Dustin A. Hatfield, Daniel M. Strongwater, Kristi E. Bauerly
  • Patent number: 11784482
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electrical connection monitoring using cable shielding are described. For example, a system may include a high-voltage power supply; a first high-voltage cable including a first conductor connected to the high-voltage power supply and a first shielding that encircles the first conductor; a second high-voltage cable including a second conductor connected to the high-voltage power supply and a second shielding that encircles the second conductor; and a continuity detection circuit connected to the first shielding and to the second shielding, wherein the second shielding is connected to the first shielding to form a loop with the continuity detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Guan Che Ting, Seanpatrick D. O'Hern, Venus K. Garg, Andrew J. McDowell, Matteo Telli
  • Patent number: 11783552
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of including a person in a CGR experience or excluding the person from the CGR experience is performed by a device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a scene camera. The method includes, while presenting a CGR experience, capturing an image of scene; detecting, in the image of the scene, a person; and determining an identity of the person. The method includes determining, based on the identity of the person, whether to include the person in the CGR experience or exclude the person from the CGR experience. The method includes presenting the CGR experience based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Ulbricht, Amit Kumar K C, Angela Blechschmidt, Chen-Yu Lee, Eshan Verma, Mohammad Haris Baig, Tanmay Batra
  • Patent number: 11783558
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that uses object relationships represented in the scene graph to adjust the position of objects. For example, an example process may include obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment that was generated based on sensor data obtained during a scanning process, detecting positions of a set of objects in the physical environment based on the 3D representation, generating a scene graph for the 3D representation of the physical environment based on the detected positions of the set of objects, wherein the scene graph represents the set of objects and relationships between the objects, and determining a refined 3D representation of the physical environment by refining the position of at least one object in the set of objects based on the scene graph and an alignment rule associated with a relationship in the scene graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Angela Blechschmidt, Daniel Ulbricht, Alexander S. Polichroniadis
  • Patent number: 11782598
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and interfaces for managing media playback devices. In some embodiments, the techniques include varying a feedback based on movement of a computer system toward or away from an external device. In some embodiments, the techniques include displaying an interface that includes controls for controlling media playback on an external device when the computer system and the external device are playing media. In some embodiments, the techniques include performing operations at a computer system in response to an input having a size that is less than or greater than a size threshold. In some embodiments, the techniques include performing different operations at a computer system when status lights have states that indicate different states of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Pedro Mari, Camille Moussette, Gemma Alexandria Roper, Peter C. Tsoi, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11783223
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure present devices, methods, and computer readable medium for techniques for creating machine learning models. Application developers can select a machine learning template from a plurality of templates appropriate for the type of data used in their application. Templates can include multiple templates for classification of images, text, sound, motion, and tabular data. A graphical user interface allows for intuitive selection of training data, validation data, and integration of the trained model into the application. The techniques further display a numerical score for both the training accuracy and validation accuracy using the test data. The application provides a live mode that allows for execution of the machine learning model on a mobile device to allow for testing the model from data from one or more of the sensors (i.e., camera or microphone) on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael R. Siracusa, Alexander B. Brown, Dheeraj Goswami, Nathan C. Wertman, Jacob T. Sawyer, Donald M. Firlik
  • Patent number: 11785379
    Abstract: An acoustic device comprising an enclosure having an enclosure wall that defines an enclosure volume; a first mass movably coupled to the enclosure, the first mass comprising a sound radiating surface, a voice coil and a first suspension member; a second mass movably coupled to the enclosure, the second mass comprising a magnet assembly and a second suspension member, and wherein the first suspension member couples the first mass to the second mass, the second suspension member couples the magnet assembly to the enclosure wall, and the second suspension member is tuned to reduce enclosure vibrations caused by a movement of the first mass and the second mass relative to the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jason D. Silver
  • Patent number: 11785420
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for enhanced angle-based positioning calculations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11783550
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide for image composition for extended reality systems. Image composition may include combining virtual content from virtual images with physical content from images captured by one or more cameras. The virtual content and the physical content can be combined to form a composite image using depth information for the virtual content and the physical content. An adjustment mask may be generated to indicate edges or boundaries between virtual and physical content at which artifact correction for the composite image can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniele Casaburo, Adrian P. Lindberg
  • Patent number: 11782503
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display for displaying image content. Head-mounted support structures in the device may be used to support the display. The electronic device may have an eye monitoring system that detects eye saccades and eye blinks. Control circuitry in the electronic device may coordinate operation of the display with periods of suppressed visual sensitivity that are associated with the saccades and blinks. By making adjustments to display circuitry and image content during periods of suppressed visual sensitivity, potentially visually obtrusive changes to displayed images can be hidden from a user of the electronic device. Adjustments to display operation may help reduce burn-in effects, may help reduce power consumption, and may otherwise improve device performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mehmet N. Agaoglu, Andrew B. Watson
  • Patent number: 11785593
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are presented for providing enhanced scheduling requests, e.g., in an IEEE 802.11 network. A client station (STA) may determine one or more minimum quality of service (QoS) metrics for supporting an application being implemented by the STA, and may determine minimum scheduling parameters to be implemented by an access point (AP) to achieve the minimum QoS. The STA may transmit to the AP a specific scheduling request indicating the minimum scheduling parameters. In response, the AP may schedule communication resources for the STA in accordance with the minimum scheduling resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guoqing Li, Brajesh K. Dave, Shehla S. Rana, Yang Yu, Rajneesh Kumar
  • Patent number: 11784731
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide improved data encoding for data transmitted through a channel of limited bandwidth. One example can provide circuits, signaling methods, and apparatus that can encode data to more fully utilize a bandwidth of a physical channel. This encoding can help to increase a data rate through the physical channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Cornelius, Seungyong Baek
  • Patent number: 11785540
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for managing UE upgrade requests using UE assistance information (UAI), including network controlled upgrade support, UE initiated upgrade requests, and/or budget based upgrade requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Birgit Breining, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Rama Diwakara Rao Noolu, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
  • Patent number: 11785372
    Abstract: An earphone comprising: a device housing that defines an internal cavity within the device housing; an acoustic port formed through a wall of the device housing and having an opening at an exterior surface of the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; and a mesh disposed within the acoustic port and having an outer periphery spaced apart from the device housing wall, wherein the mesh forms a portion of an exterior surface of the earphone that is recessed from the opening at the exterior surface of the device housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Lee M. Panecki, Michael B. Minerbi, Sean T. McIntosh
  • Patent number: D1001148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Cho, Allen W. Lucas, Wyatt R. Mitchell, Evan S. Torchin
  • Patent number: D1001149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Chan, Alan C. Dye, Nicholas V. King, Joseph Mark Willoughby Luxton