Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 11774641
    Abstract: A lenticular display may be formed with convex curvature. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film with lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display. To enable more curvature in the display while ensuring satisfactory stereoscopic display performance, the display may have stereoscopic zones and non-stereoscopic zones. A central stereoscopic zone may be interposed between first and second non-stereoscopic zones. The non-stereoscopic zones may have more curvature than the stereoscopic zone. To prevent crosstalk within the lenticular display, a louver film may be incorporated into the display. The pixel array may have a diagonal layout and may be covered by vertically oriented lenticular lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Pai Huang, Manjap Singh, Cheng-Ho Yu, ByoungSuk Kim, Yi Huang, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Mathew K. Mathai, Chieh-Wei Chen, Ping-Yen Chou, Donghee Nam, Chaohao Wang, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11771329
    Abstract: Embodiments include a temperature sensing device that includes a temperature sensor stack that includes a flexible substrate and an array of temperature sensors coupled to the flexible substrate. Each temperature sensor in the array of temperature sensors can include a conductive material defining a continuous pattern extending from a first node to a second node, a first set of conductive traces coupled to the flexible substrate, and a second set of conductive traces coupled to the flexible substrate. The temperature sensing device can include a processing circuit configured to apply an electrical signal across the conductive material of each temperature sensor using the first set of conductive traces, detect an effect of the conductive material of each temperature sensor on the electrical signal using the second set of conductive traces, and determine a temperature for the temperature sensors in the array using the detected effects of the conductive material on the electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Mansky, Xiaofan Niu, James C. Clements, Mahmut Tosun, Michael Vosgueritchian
  • Patent number: 11778421
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents user interfaces for defining identifiers for remote locator objects. In some embodiments, an electronic device locates a remote locator object. In some embodiments, an electronic device provides information associated with a remote locator object. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays notifications associated with a trackable device. In some embodiments, a first device generates alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Frank De Jong, Nicole R. Ryan, Arian Behzadi, Corey Keiko Wang
  • Patent number: 11772593
    Abstract: A system includes a body structure that defines a cabin, a seat assembly that is located in the cabin, and a support structure that includes a top portion and an adjustable support assembly. The support structure is located adjacent to the seat assembly, the adjustable support assembly includes actuators, and the adjustable support assembly is configured to move the top portion with respect to the seat assembly. The system also includes sensors that are configured to generate sensor outputs regarding an environment outside of the system, and a controller that detects an event based on the sensor outputs. In response to the detection of the event, the controller outputs a control signal that controls the adjustable support assembly so that the adjustable support assembly moves at least part of the top portion away from the seat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Arturo Llamazares Domper, Nicholas A. White, Alexander M. Zoellner
  • Patent number: 11775150
    Abstract: An electronic device may display a first lap time representation, and may move the first lap time representation in accordance with a first amount of elapsed time. While moving the first lap time representation, the electronic device may detect a lap input. In response to the lap input, the electronic device may cease movement of the first lap time representation, display a second lap time representation, and move the second lap time representation in accordance with a second amount of elapsed time. A relative positioning of the first lap time representation and the second lap time representation may correspond to a difference between a first lap time and a second lap time. In some embodiments, the electronic device may update the timescales of lap time representation(s) in accordance with a rotational input. In some embodiments, the electronic device may update a timer duration setting in accordance with a rotational input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lance Wilson, Christopher Wilson, Jonathan R. Dascola, Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Natalia Maric, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 11778529
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided to: perform packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) deciphering of the packets to store deciphered packets in a common buffer; perform PDCP reordering of the deciphered packets in the common buffer to generated a stream or reordered packets; perform robust header compression (ROHC) decompression on the stream of reordered packets; and determine, based on a packet indication, to reset the ROHC decompression, wherein the packet indication comprises a single bit in a PDCP header set to indicate a start of ROHC reset based on a path switch during a handover from a source cell to a target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Candy Yiu, Yujian Zhang, Yi Guo, Sudeep Palat
  • Patent number: 11774342
    Abstract: Various sensors, including particulate matter sensors, are described. One particulate matter sensor includes a self-mixing interferometry sensor and a set of one or more optical elements. The set of one or more optical elements is positioned to receive an optical emission of the self-mixing interferometry sensor, split the optical emission into multiple beams, and direct each beam of the multiple beams in a different direction. The self-mixing interferometry sensor is configured to generate particle speed information for particles passing through respective measurement regions of the multiple beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mehmet Mutlu, Miaolei Yan, Michael K. Brown, Richard Yeh
  • Patent number: 11776190
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an avatar on a lock screen. A received user input causes a respective change in a respective element of the lock screen other than the avatar and an animation is displayed, over time, of the avatar transitioning through a plurality of poses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond S. Sepulveda, Jason D. Rickwald, Nicolas V. Scapel, Kevin N. Armstrong, Amaury Balliet, Adam M. Cotugno, Lisa K. Forssell, Thomas Goossens, Aurelio Guzman, Guilherme Jacinto, Steve S. Ko
  • Patent number: 11775115
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device dynamically assigns functionalities to one or more buttons depending on an orientation associated with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan R. Edwards, Morgan A. Price, Bryant A. Jow, Nathan De Vries, Nahir A. Khan, Simon J. Parsons
  • Patent number: 11777656
    Abstract: Embodiments may relate to group addressed frame delivery over multi-link systems. Systems and methods are configured for identifying, by an access point (AP) multilink device (MLD) in a wireless network, a first sequence number space (SNS) that is to be used by the AP MLD to transmit data to a non-AP MLD over a first communications link and a second communications link, wherein frames with identical data that are transmitted over the first and second communications links will have an identical first SN based on the first SNS; identifying, by the MLD in the wireless network, the first SN based on the first SNS; and transmitting, by the AP MLD in the wireless network, a frame that includes the data to the non-AP MLD based on the first SN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qi Wang, Yong Liu, Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt, Jinjing Jiang, Yoel Boger, Guoquing Li, Tianyu Wu, Su Khiong Yong
  • Patent number: 11778675
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for dual connectivity for device to vehicle or vehicle to vehicle communication in a Wireless Network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, processing circuitry may determine a quality of service (QoS) level for data to be transmitted over a first radio access technology (RAT) connection and determine a QoS indicator from the QoS level, the QoS indicator identifying a dual connectivity backup transmission, the dual connectivity backup transmission including a hot, warm, or cold backup. In some embodiments, transceiver circuitry may attempt to transmit the data using a first transmission mode, the first transmission mode using the first RAT connection and the data including the QoS indicator and retransmit, in response to the attempt failing, the data using a second transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Geng Wu, Qian Li
  • Patent number: 11776492
    Abstract: A device may include an electronic display having a backlight that generates light and multiple display pixels that modulate the amount of generated light emitted from the electronic display based on compensated image data. The backlight may include multiple illuminators that generate the light, and a first color component illuminator may have a slower response rate than a second color component illuminator. The device may also include image processing circuitry that generates the compensated image data by compensating input image data for a color shift associated with a change in brightness of the backlight and the slower response rate of the first color component illuminator. The input image data may be compensated by increasing first color component pixel values of the input image data relative to second color component pixel values of the input image data, and the compensated image data may be output to the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chengrui Le, Fang-Cheng Lin, Alexey Kornienko
  • Patent number: 11775169
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, a first visual indicator that corresponds to a virtual touch. The device receives a first input from an adaptive input device. In response to receiving the first input from the adaptive input device, the device displays a first menu on the display. The first menu includes a virtual touches selection icon. In response to detecting selection of the virtual touches selection icon, a menu of virtual multitouch contacts is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher B. Fleizach, Eric T. Seymour, James P. Craig
  • Patent number: 11775141
    Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, provide, inter alia, indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. A user interface screen including a current time indicator and a first platter is displayed. The first platter is at a first position, is associated with a first application, and displays a first set of information obtained from the first application. The first set of information relates to a first temporal context of the current day. In response to detecting a user input, the first platter is displayed at a second position and a second platter is displayed at the first position. The second platter is associated with a second application and displays a second set of information obtained from the second application. The second set of information relates to a second temporal context of the current day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Heena Ko, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Kevin Will Chen, Joshua R. Ford, Christopher Patrick Foss, Aurelio Guzman, Stephen O. Lemay, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Joshua Weinberg, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 11777673
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) communicates with transmission-reception points (TRPs). When the UE generates uplink control information (UCI), it determines a higher layer index (HLI) value to target the UCI to the appropriate TRP. (Possible values of the HLI are associated with the TRPs.) For UCI on Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), the HLI value may be determined: based on an HLI value configured for a control resource set (CORESET), or for particular Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources; based on UCI type or spatial relation data or an index related to PUCCH resources. For UCI on a configured-grant Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), the HLI value may be based on higher layer signals or an indicator relating to channel sounding on spatial relation data. For UCI on MsgA PUSCH in a two-step random access procedure, the HLI value may be based on PUSCH resource unit or PUSCH opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Wei Zeng, Yang Tang, Haitong Sun, Yuchul Kim, Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Weidong Yang, Oghenekome Oteri, Jie Cui, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen
  • Patent number: 11775145
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a messaging interface that allows a participant in a message conversation to capture, send, and/or play media content. The media content includes images, video, and/or audio. The media content is captured, sent, and/or played based on the electronic device detecting one or more conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Garcia, Anil K. Kandangath, Arvindh Krishnaswamy, Xiaoyuan Tu, Justin Wood
  • Patent number: 11772354
    Abstract: A glass fastening system includes a glass portion, a support structure defining a recess, a first adhesive layer disposed on an exterior surface of the glass portion facing the recess in the support structure, a second adhesive layer disposed within the recess of the support structure, and a fastener having a first portion secured to the first adhesive layer and a second portion extending away from the first portion and into the second adhesive layer to secure the glass portion to the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David E. Kingman, Derek C. Scott, Donald R. Monroe, Phil M. Hobson, Juan A. Lazaro, Ibuki Kamei, John Raff, Stephen B. Lynch, Albert J. Golko, Christopher D. Prest, Dale N. Memering, James A. Yurko, Christopher D. Jones
  • Patent number: D1000117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christina J. Smiechowski, Duy P. Le, Jeffrey Scott Croyle, Matthew Phillip Casebolt, Matthew Vincent Costello, Christopher Wiita, Vijay Karthik Koneru, Robert Boyd, Joseph F. Dembs, Elvin Chu, Guillaume Raoult, Zu-Ning Chen, Christopher Kuh, Robert Brunner
  • Patent number: D1000463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gary Butcher, Graham Clarke, Alan C. Dye, Grace Hwang, Jonathan P. Ive, Henrique Penha, Pavel Pivo{hacek over (n)}ka
  • Patent number: D1000465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Christopher Capela, Alan C. Dye, Alexander Charles Maclean, Charles Janusz Migos, Parthiban Mohanraj