Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11770062Abstract: In some examples, a system can include an electronic device and a cooling system that transfers heat among other components of the system. The cooling system can include a pipe that contains a fluid, for example. In some examples, the cooling system can further include a magnetic piston, one or more electromagnetic coils, and a power supply. The electromagnetic coils and power supply can generate a magnetic field that moves the piston to cause the fluid to circulate in the fluid pipe. In some examples, the cooling system can further include a magnet and one or more pairs of electrodes coupled to a power supply. The magnet, electrodes, and power supply can generate a Lorentz force that causes a conductive fluid to circulate in the fluid pipe.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Xiaoyi Huang
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Patent number: 11768376Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted display or other display system may have a transparent display. The transparent display may be formed from a transparent display panel or a display device that provides images to a transparent optical coupler. A user may view real-world objects through the transparent display. Control circuitry can direct the transparent display to display computer-generated content over selected portions of the real-world objects. The head-mounted display may have adjustable components through which the user may view the real-world objects. The adjustable components may include an adjustable light modulator, an adjustable color filter, and an adjustable polarizer. The control circuitry may adjust these components based on information from a front-facing camera that captures images of the real-world objects, based on information from a gaze tracking camera, and based on other input.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James E. Pedder, James H. Foster, Julian Hoening, Julian Jaede
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Patent number: 11770874Abstract: Technology for an eNodeB to communicate with a user equipment (UE) using a self-contained time division duplex (TDD) subframe within a wireless communication network is disclosed. The eNodeB can process, for transmission to the UE, a DL self-contained time division duplex (TDD) subframe comprising an extended physical downlink shared channel (xPDSCH), an extended physical downlink control channel (xPDCCH), a downlink (DL) spacing signal, and a guard period, wherein the xPDSCH, the xPDCCH, the DL spacing signal, and the guard time are located within the DL self-contained TDD subframe prior to an extended physical uplink control channel (xPUCCH). The eNodeB can process, an uplink (UL) self-contained TDD subframe, received from the UE, having a UL spacing signal located after an extended physical uplink shared channel (xPUSCH).Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Gang Xiong, Huaning Niu, Hong He, Jong-Kae Fwu
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Patent number: 11770715Abstract: An embodiment includes a method to increase the efficiency of security checkpoint operations. A security checkpoint kiosk serves as a Relying Party System (RPS). The RPS establishes a secure local connection between the RPS and a User Mobile-Identification-Credential Device (UMD). The RPS sends a user information request to the UMD, via the secure local connection, seeking release of user information associated with a Mobile Identification Credential (MIC). The RPS obtains authentication of the user information received in response to the user information request. The RPS retrieves user travel information based on the user information. The RPS determines that the user travel information matches the user information. When the user travel information matches the user information, the RPS approves the user to proceed past the security checkpoint kiosk.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ho Cheung Chung, Gianpaolo Fasoli, Vinay Ganesh, Irene M. Graff, Martijn Theo Haring, Ahmer A. Khan, Franck Farian Rakotomalala, Gordon Y. Scott
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Patent number: 11768379Abstract: A system may include a head-mounted device. The head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing that includes a display. The display is configured to display an image for viewing by a user when the user's eyes are located in eye boxes adjacent to the head-mounted housing. The head-mounted housing may have a compressible opaque light seal. The light seal may have a ring shape and may block stray ambient light around the periphery of the head-mounted housing, thereby ensuring that stray light does not interfere with viewing of the image by the user. Sensors may be provided in the light seal to measure facial expressions and gather other measurements. Information on a measured facial expression of a user can be transmitted to external devices so that the external devices can update corresponding facial expressions on an avatar to reflect the user's current facial expression.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Muhammad F. Hossain, Samuel A. Resnick
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Patent number: 11768928Abstract: A method of unlocking a locked device includes receiving a device identifier over a wireless communication protocol, determining if the device identifier is associated with a list of trusted devices, transmitting a request to generate an acoustic signal over the wireless communication protocol based on the determination, receiving the acoustic signal as an audio sound generated external to the locked device, estimating a distance between a source of the audio sound and the locked device, and unlocking the locked device based on the estimation.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Matthew E. Last
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Patent number: 11770752Abstract: Systems and methods of reducing control plane latency in a 5G IAB network are described. SRs transmitted between nodes indicate that a control plane PDU is to be transmitted. The SRs use periodic resources or OCCs reserved for control plane signaling and are initiated by an RRC message or RACH from the UE. The SRs are initiated if the LCD field in the MAC sub header of the RRC message indicates the CCCH or the DCCH logical channel. If the PDU is available after the original resource, a resource is used that is provided via another grant, which is periodically provided or automatically initiated due to failure to transmit on the original grant. The SR or RRC message can also specify a delayed timeslot for the grant. For contention-based procedures the RACH preamble is randomly selected or selected from among a set of RACH preambles assigned for RRC procedures.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yujian Zhang, Qian Li, Youn Hyoung Heo, Sudeep K. Palat, Murali Narasimha
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Patent number: 11770161Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for grouping client devices based on sensor data in an assisted wireless communication system are provided. Sensor data may include device mobility, device type, and device application data usage, among other characteristics. An assisted wireless communication system may include client devices sending data to an access point. The clients may send conventional protocol data over a channel and, concurrently, send sensor data over an alternative channel. In some cases, client devices may exchange their protocol data, modify their own protocol data based on the exchanged data, and send the modified protocol data to the access point. This may allow the clients to adjust their grouping.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple, Inc.Inventors: Raghuram C. Kamath, Diego C. Hernandez, Harneet Singh Oberoi, Indranil S. Sen
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Patent number: 11770695Abstract: Some embodiments relate to methods and systems for initiating and transferring cellular subscription service using associated cellular communication devices. Cellular service may be initiated for a first cellular communication device via a second cellular communication device. The first cellular communication device may be provisioned to operate in an independent mode. In other scenarios, cellular service may be transferred from the first cellular communication device operating in independent mode to a third cellular communication device, which may be provisioned to operate in independent mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Samy Touati, Chenzhi Yu, Li Li, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Rohan C. Malthankar
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Patent number: 11769141Abstract: The disclosed technology provides enhanced financial statements such as credit statements that provide customized payment options to a customer that takes into account the total amount owed by the customer, and past payments made by the customer. The customized payment options are determined with the goal of providing more payment options that encourage financial health, while not overwhelming the customer with too many options or irrelevant options. The customized payment options can be displayed in an interactive user interface for paying a credit statement that can visually inform a user of the benefit of the respective payment options with respect to the impact of the respective payment option on the customer's financial health—at least as it pertains to a credit account for which the statement was issued.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aaron M. Melim, Christine A. Franco, Glen W. Steele, Mischa K. McLachlan, Michael Artemiw, Ashish C. Nagre, David T. Haggerty, Fadi S. Obeid, Katie M. McIndoe, Richard W. Heard, Rima Kakarla, Akila Suresh, Jarad M. Fisher
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Patent number: 11768538Abstract: A head-mounted display unit includes a display and a facial support. The facial supported is coupled to the display for engaging a face of a user to support the display thereon. The facial support is selectively changeable from a compliant state to a support state in which the facial support is more resistant to shape deformation than in the compliant state.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Yoonhoo Jo, Dinesh C. Mathew
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Patent number: 11770692Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE), manufacturer server, and/or cellular network to perform radio capability signaling. A new type of UE radio capability identifier is provided which may allow a network to distinguish between similar UEs that have or have not implemented a capability update. In order to perform a forced capability update, a manufacturer may issue information about the update to a cellular network (and receive acknowledgement of the information) prior to pushing the update to UEs. In response to an unforced capability update, a cellular network may maintain multiple UE radio capability identifiers for similar UEs which have or have not implemented the update. A UE radio capability identifier may be adjusted dynamically in response to temporary changes in the UE's capability.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Mohammed Sadique, Vijay Venkataraman, Krisztian Kiss, Jordi Agud Ruiz, Yip Pong Herbert Wong, Kok Yin Chan, Srinivasan Nimmala, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Yifan Zhu, Utkarsh Kumar
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Patent number: 11770231Abstract: Described is an apparatus of an Evolved Node-B (eNB). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to determine a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) sequence and a second SRS sequence. The second circuitry may be operable to process a first Uplink (UL) transmission from the first UE incorporating the first SRS sequence over a first set of subcarrier frequencies. The second circuitry may also be operable to process a second UL transmission from the second UE incorporating the second SRS sequence over a second set of subcarrier frequencies. The second SRS sequence may comprise at least a first block that overlaps the first set of subcarrier frequencies and a second block that does not overlap the first set of subcarrier frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Sameer Pawar, Alexei Davydov
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Patent number: 11770731Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a target wake time (TWT) scheme that includes traffic differentiation and service period extension. For example some embodiments relate to an electronic device including a transceiver and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more processors receive an indication of traffic associated with an application. The one or more processors determine information associated with the traffic and configure the TWT scheme associated with the traffic based at least in part on the determined information. The one or more processors further communicate initial information associated with the TWT scheme to an access point of a wireless network. The initial information associated with the TWT scheme can include at least one of traffic direction information, traffic pattern information, a traffic identifier (TID), or an access category, indication (ACID).Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guoqing Li, Yang Yu, Welly Kasten, Shehla S. Rana, Mete Fikirlier, Karthik R. Mekala, Charles F. Dominguez, Yong Liu, Rajneesh Kumar
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Publication number: 20230300641Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing channel state information (CSI) reporting that includes a stale CSI report. Based at least in part on a CSI reporting configuration, a user equipment (UE) performs CSI measurements during a current reference time period, and generates one or more CSI reports including at least a stale CSI report. A stale CSI report is generated based at least in part on CSI measurements performed prior to the current reference time period. The UE further generates an uplink message including the one or more CSI reports, and transmits the uplink message to the base station under a reporting setting determined by the CSI reporting configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: David NEUMANN, Dawei ZHANG, Ghaith N. HATTAB, Haitong SUN, Ismael Gutierrez GONZALEZ, Wei ZENG, Yeong-Sun HWANG, Yushu ZHANG, Ziyang JU
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Publication number: 20230298146Abstract: A multi-layer low-pass filter is used to filter a first frame of video data representing at least a portion of an environment of an individual. A first layer of the filter has a first filtering resolution setting for a first subset of the first frame, while a second layer of the filter has a second filtering resolution setting for a second subset. The first subset includes a data element positioned along a direction of a gaze of the individual, and the second subset of the frame surrounds the first subset. A result of the filtering is compressed and transmitted via a network to a video processing engine configured to generate a modified visual representation of the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Can Jin, Nicolas Peirre Marie Frederic Bonnier, Hao Pan
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Publication number: 20230299564Abstract: A mobile device includes a camera and a light source module embedded in the mobile device. The light source module includes at least a laser-pumped phosphor light source that includes a photoluminescent phosphor and a laser diode to generate laser light within a first wavelength range to pump the photoluminescent phosphor. Exposure of the photoluminescent phosphor to the laser light results in emission of visible light within a second wavelength range according to a laser-pumped emission spectrum associated with the photoluminescent phosphor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Angelo M. Alaimo, Richard L. Baer, Garam Young, Florian R. Fournier, Blake M. Coughenour, Bryan Dang
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Publication number: 20230296383Abstract: Methods and systems for relative inertial measurement may include a user device comprising an inertial measurement device and/or a camera. A second inertial measurement device may be configured to move with a reference frame. One or more processors may receive inertial measurements from the first and second inertial measurement devices and determine movement of the user device relative to the reference frame by comparing the received inertial measurements. Additionally reference objects in a view of a camera may be used to calibrate the determined motion of the user device within the reference frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Arthur Y. Zhang, Sonca Teng
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Patent number: D999757Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Eric Treski, Christina J. Smiechowski, Robert D. Brunner, Christopher Kuh, Achille Biteau
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Patent number: D999783Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Nicholas V. King, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard D. Lyons, Charmian Naguit, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher I. Wilson