Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12245332
    Abstract: The described embodiments set forth techniques for transferring an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) with the same integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) value from a source mobile wireless device to a target mobile wireless device directly with a mobile network operator (MNO) provisioning server. The target mobile wireless device downloads the eSIM from the MNO provisioning server after deletion of the eSIM on the source mobile wireless device and reassignment of the eSIM with the same ICCID value to the target mobile wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sherman X. Jin, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Rohan C. Malthankar, Clive E. Rodgers, Raj S. Chaugule, Li Li
  • Patent number: 12242660
    Abstract: In some examples, a method comprises determining, at an electronic device having a first component of a first component type, a unique identifier associated with the first component. In some examples, in accordance with a determination that the unique identifier does not match the expected identifier of the component of the first component type in the electronic device, determining that the first component associated with the unique identifier satisfies one or more eligibility criteria. In some examples, in accordance with the determination that the first component associated with the unique identifier satisfies the one or more eligibility criteria, authenticating an association of the first component with the electronic device, including updating an installation counter associated with the first component, and updating the expected identifier for the component of the first type based on the unique identifier of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Philip Mensch, John Thomas Perry, Yiqun Zhu, Jerrold Hauck, Peter Chang, Tiffany Shih-Yu Fang
  • Patent number: 12245327
    Abstract: A device implementing dynamic controller selection may include a processor configured to generate a connectivity graph based on a scan for accessory devices, the connectivity graph including a connectivity metric value for a discovered accessory device. The processor may be configured to broadcast the connectivity graph and receive another connectivity graph broadcasted by another electronic device that includes another connectivity metric value for the accessory device. The processor may be configured to receive a request to provide an instruction to the accessory device and determine which of the electronic devices will provide the instruction based on the connectivity metric values. The processor may be further configured to, when the electronic device is determined, provide the instruction for transmission to the accessory device, and when the other electronic device is determined, provide, for transmission to the other electronic device, the instruction to be provided to the accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Avinash Reddy Singireddy, Anjali S. Sandesara, Sergey Chemishkian, Yilok L. Wong, Bob Bradley, Michael Giles
  • Patent number: 12244990
    Abstract: An in-ear electronic device comprising: an enclosure that defines an enclosed space surrounding a microphone and an acoustic opening to an ambient environment surrounding the enclosure; an acoustic pathway having a first end that opens to the acoustic opening and a second end that opens to the microphone; and a protective membrane positioned between the second end of the acoustic channel and the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thanh P. Hua, Priyanka Venkatesh, Jarrett B. Lagler, Jason J. LeBlanc, Hanchi Chen
  • Publication number: 20250070772
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to circuits and a method for mitigating effects of power supply variations on a driver circuit. For example, the circuit can include a first transistor device with a first source/drain (S/D) terminal and a second S/D terminal. The circuit can also include a second transistor device with a third S/D terminal and a fourth S/D terminal. The driver circuit can further include a resistor device electrically connected between the first and third S/D terminals or between the second and fourth S/D terminals. The resistor device can mitigate variations in a high-level output voltage of the driver circuit due to power supply variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sumit RAO, Mitesh D. KATAKWAR, Chung-Chi HUANG, Craig B. BYINGTON
  • Publication number: 20250071550
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus. systems, and methods for pairing UICC/SIM with device components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Abishek Kumar Vaidyanathan, Aurelien P. Raboisson, Dennis D. Conway, Hunny Verma, Kanuganti Rajeswar Reddy, Keizo Marui, Mohanasundaram Kattavoor Sivakumar, Ngabin S. Ng, Rajeev Verma, Vidur Gupta
  • Publication number: 20250069541
    Abstract: An electronic display device designed to a method and device that corrects for distorted luminance and colors due to data-to-scan coupling in a flat-panel display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jongyup Lim, Jie Won Ryu, Nicolas Le Dortz, Hyunwoo Nho, Sun-Il Chang, Patrick R. Cruce
  • Publication number: 20250071632
    Abstract: Provided is a method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a network (NW) comprising a master node (MN) and a secondary node (SN), one or more messages comprising pre-configured measurement gap (pre-MG) configurations for at least one pre-MG, wherein the UE is in dual connectivity (DC) with the MN and the SN; and determining, from the pre-MG configurations, respective pre-MG statuses for the at least one pre-MG, wherein the MN comprises a master cell group (MCG) and the SN comprises a secondary cell group (SCG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuqin Chen, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Qiming Li, Yang Tang
  • Publication number: 20250071233
    Abstract: A device may include a light-folded projector that may include an infrared (IR) light emitter and a light folding element. The light folding element may receive IR light emitted from the IR light emitter and fold the IR light one or more times to guide the IR light passing through the light folding element to exit the device to an environment. The device may also include a detector that may detect and/or recognize an object in the environment using the IR light from the light-folded projector, and a front-facing camera to capture images of the environment in front of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shinohara, Takeyoshi Saiga, Ligang Wang
  • Publication number: 20250071423
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera system having an actuator arrangement for rotating a lens group together with an image sensor to provide optical image stabilization (OIS). For example, the actuator arrangement may be used to rotate the lens group and the image sensor, as a pair, about multiple axes orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera system, to implement OIS. According to various embodiments, the actuator arrangement may also be configured to move the lens group or the image sensor to provide autofocus (AF). For example, the actuator arrangement may be used to move the lens group or the image sensor in at least one direction parallel to the optical axis, to implement AF. Furthermore, the camera system may include a suspension arrangement configured to suspend the lens group and the image sensor and to allow motion enabled by the actuator arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred N Mireault, Nicholas D Smyth, Zachary W Birnbaum, Scott W Miller
  • Publication number: 20250071779
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatuses, systems, and methods for technologies for managing discontinuous reception timers in wireless networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ralf Rossbach, Fangli Xu, Weidong Yang, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Zhibin Wu, Alexander Sirotkin, Haijing Hu, Yuqin Chen, Pavan Nuggehalli
  • Publication number: 20250071888
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a structure with a substrate, a damping structure, and a capacitor structure. The damping structure is disposed over the substrate and includes a rigid material layer and a damping material layer disposed on the rigid material layer. The damping material layer includes a damping material with a tensile strength of about 20 MPa, a Young's modulus of about 0.5 GPa, and an elongation of about 10%. The capacitor structure is disposed over the damping structure, in which the damping structure mitigates (or eliminates) a transfer of piezoelectric and electrostrictive vibrations generated by the capacitor structure to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn X. ARNOLD, Zhongqing GONG, Anping GUO
  • Patent number: 12235459
    Abstract: A head-mountable device can provide adjustable size and shape for storage, transport, and/or charging. A head-mountable device can provide a bistable adjustment mechanism, such as a bistable hinge, that biases a component of the head-mountable device to either of two configurations. Such adjustability can be provided by a light seal module of the head-mountable device and can facilitate collapse of a head securement element, such as arms for engaging the head of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ronit K. Gandhi, James W. Vandyke, Jonathan C. Atler, Yoonhoo Jo, Jason C. Sauers, Claire E. Dalke, Ivan S. Maric
  • Patent number: 12238685
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sidelink (SL) power control within wireless communication systems are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) selects a parameter set to use to calculate a transmit power of one or more channels to be transmitted according to an SL session with a peer UE from a plurality of parameter sets each configured for use according to a distance between the UE and the peer UE. A UE determines whether an SL pathloss based calculation is to be used to calculate a transmit power of a channel according to an SL session with a peer UE, wherein that calculation is configured to be used depending on a distance between the UE and the peer UE. UE selection of a number of physical SL feedback channel (PSFCH) transmissions to match a UE capability and determinations regarding whether to perform PSFCH reception or PSFCH transmission are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Wei Zeng, Zhibin Wu
  • Patent number: 12236563
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display to display an image based on processed image data. The electronic device may also include image processing circuitry to generate the processed image data. The image processing circuitry may receive input image data corresponding to an image in a first perspective and warp the input image data from the first perspective to a second perspective, generating warped image data. Additionally, the image processing circuitry may determine one or more occluded regions in the second perspective and determine fill-data corresponding to the occluded regions. The processed image data may be generated by combining the warped image data and the fill-data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jim C. Chou, Jian Zhou
  • Patent number: 12238763
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing MsgA PO validation. An embodiment of a user equipment (UE) user equipment (UE), comprising a processor to determine an initial uplink/downlink (UL/DL) slot configuration for communication with the UE, receive, from a base station, a cell-specific uplink/downlink configuration slot for communication with the UE, generate a MsgA physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion (PO), and implement a validation test to determine whether the MsgA PO is configured on at permissible slot in a transmission frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Weidong Yang, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12236079
    Abstract: A device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects that includes one or more folder icons on a display. The device detects a first input requesting to select a folder icon for a folder that includes selectable icons divided between a plurality of distinct separately displayed pages of a folder view. In response to detecting the first input, the device displays a first page of the folder view. While displaying the first page of the folder view, the device detects a second input that corresponds to a request to display a second page of the folder view. In response to detecting the second input, the device ceases to display the first page and displays the second page of the folder view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: 12236546
    Abstract: An extended reality environment includes one or more virtual objects. A virtual object can be selected for manipulation by orienting a pointing device towards the virtual object and performing a selection input. In some embodiments, if the selection input is a first type of selection gesture received at the pointing device, the virtual object is selected for movement operations. In some embodiments, if the selection input is a second type of selection gesture received at the pointing device, the virtual object is selected for rotation operations. While the virtual object is selected for movement or rotation operations, the virtual object moves or rotates in accordance with the movement or rotation of the user's hand, respectively. In some embodiments, the virtual object has a first visual characteristic when the pointing device is pointing towards the virtual object and has a second visual characteristic when the virtual object is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Lipton
  • Patent number: 12236036
    Abstract: Systems and methods for arranging applications on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display. An example method includes, at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, concurrently displaying a first application window and a second application window. The method includes receiving an input directed to first application window followed by a drag input. The method also includes that in response to detecting the drag input: moving the first application window in accordance with the drag input, and enlarging the second application window to an enlarged size that is larger than a size at which the second application window was displayed prior to detecting the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher P. Foss, Woo-Ram Lee, Lawrence Y. Yang, Caelan G. Stack
  • Patent number: 12236905
    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: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chengrui Le, Fang-Cheng Lin, Alexey Kornienko