Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11614937Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an accelerator circuit with a dynamic immediate values table (IVT). The accelerator circuit includes an instruction memory, a data memory, and a vector circuit with the IVT storing multiple immediate values at multiple entries. The vector circuit reads a subset of instructions from the instruction memory, each instruction including at least one corresponding pointer to at least one corresponding entry in the IVT. The vector circuit further receives a subset of input data from the data memory corresponding to the subset of instructions. The vector circuit performs a respective operation in accordance with each instruction from the subset of instructions using a corresponding data vector of the received subset of input data identified in each instruction and at least one corresponding immediate value from the IVT pointed by the at least one corresponding pointer to generate corresponding output data.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Liran Fishel, Danny Gal, Nir Nissan, Etai Zaltsman
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Patent number: 11616538Abstract: Methods and apparatus adapted to address asymmetric conditions in a multi-antenna system. In one embodiment, the multi-antenna system comprises a wireless (e.g., 3G cellular) multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system, and the methods and apparatus efficiently utilize transmitter and receiver resources based at least in part on a detected asymmetric condition. If an asymmetric condition is detected by the transmitter on any given data stream, the transmitter can decide to utilize only a subset of the available resources for that stream. Accordingly, the signal processing resources for that data stream are adapted to mirror the reduction in resources that are necessary for transmission. The transmitter signals the receiver that it will only be using a subset of the resources available, and the receiver adapts its operation according to the signaling data it receives. The multi-antenna system can therefore reduce power consumption as well as increasing spectral efficiency on the network.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Hyung-Nam Choi
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Patent number: 11617069Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may identify that an emergency call is being initiated and send further messages including the location of the UE. The UE receives emergency location signaling parameters, identifies that an emergency communication has been initiated by the UE based on the emergency location signaling parameters and transmits a message to an endpoint associated with emergency services based on the identification of the emergency message being initiated, wherein the message includes location information for the UE.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gaurav Lamba, Abdus Samad, Amandeep Singh Bedi, Krisztian Kiss, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Rohan C. Malthankar, Samy Touati, Vijay Venkataraman, Vinash Kaushal
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Patent number: 11614778Abstract: This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes a metal substrate, and an anodized layer overlaying the metal substrate and including pores having a near-infrared (NIR) light-absorbing material therein, where an average specular reflectance of NIR light that is incident upon an external surface of the anodized layer is less than 3%.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: James A. Curran, Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein, Leon J. Garcia, Jr.
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Patent number: 11615597Abstract: A computer system in communication with one or more input devices displays a first view of a three-dimensional environment, including a representation of a physical environment and a first user interface object having a first surface at a first position in the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a first location in the physical environment. While displaying the first view, the computer system detects movement, in the physical environment, of a first person not using the one or more input devices, and in response, in accordance with a determination that the movement of the first person in the physical environment has a first spatial relationship to the first location in the physical environment corresponding to the first user interface object, the computer system moves the first surface of the first user interface object in the first view in accordance with the movement of the first person in the physical environment.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Dorian D. Dargan
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Patent number: 11615596Abstract: A computer system, while displaying a view of a computer-generated environment, detects movement of a physical object, and in response: in accordance with a determination that a user is within a threshold distance of a first portion of the physical object and that the physical object meets preset criteria, the computer system changes an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to a current location of the physical object's first portion, without changing an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to the physical object's second portion; and in accordance with a determination that the user is within the threshold distance and that the physical object does not meet the preset criteria, the computer system changes an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to a current location of the physical object's first portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Jonathan Ive, Kristi E. S. Bauerly
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Patent number: 11616960Abstract: System and method for improving video encoding and/or video decoding. In embodiments, a video encoding pipeline includes a main encoding pipeline that compresses source image data corresponding with an image frame by processing the source image data based at least in part on encoding parameters to generate encoded image data. Additionally the video encoding pipeline includes a machine learning block communicatively coupled to the main encoding pipeline, in which the machine learning block analyzes content of the image frame by processing the source image data based at least in part on machine learning parameters implemented in the machine learning block when the machine learning block is enabled by the encoding parameters; and the video encoding pipeline adaptively adjusts the encoding parameters based at least in part on the content expected to be present in the image frame to facilitate improving encoding efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jim C. Chou, Alexandros Tourapis
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Patent number: 11614788Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can sense touch on its touch screen while in a sleep state in a manner that allows the electronic device to respond to certain touch inputs, while consuming less power due to touch sensing than while in an awake state. For example, sensing touch during the sleep state can allow the electronic device to wake (e.g., transition from the sleep state to the awake state) in response to detecting a certain touch input (e.g., a tap or other touch input) on its touch screen while in the sleep state. Various ways for the electronic device to sense touch during the sleep state are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taif A. Syed, Bingrui Yang, Christopher Tenzin Mullens, Sumant Ranganathan
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Patent number: 11617112Abstract: Beamforming measurement techniques based on PSS/SSS are disclosed. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry configured to decode a configuration message from a source serving cell, the configuration message indicating signal selection criteria for cell measurement reporting. A synchronization signal (SS) burst set associated with one or more transmission/reception points (TRPs) within a neighboring cell is decoded, the SS burst set including a plurality of SS blocks. A cell beamforming measurement signal associated with the neighboring cell is generated, based on signal measurements of the SS blocks and the signal selection criteria. A radio resource management (RRM) measurement report message is encoded for transmission to the serving cell, the measurement report message including the cell beamforming measurement signal. A handover command message for initiating a handover to the neighboring cell is decoded, the handover command based on the cell beamforming measurement signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Candy Yiu, Rui Huang, Yang Tang, Youn Hyoung Heo, Ansab Ali, Sudeep K. Palat, Dae Won Lee, Jie Cui
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Patent number: 11614716Abstract: Embodiments include a wearable electronic device including a housing having an internal wall separating an internal chamber from an external chamber, an outer shell defining a port that connects the external chamber to an external environment, a membrane positioned at an opening in the internal wall and configured to equalize a pressure within the internal chamber with a pressure of the external environment, a first pressure-sensing device positioned in the internal chamber and configured to produce a first output, a second pressure-sensing device positioned in the external chamber and configured to produce a second output, and a processing unit configured to estimate the pressure of the external environment using the second output in accordance with a determination an accuracy condition satisfies a criteria and estimate the pressure of the external environment using the first output in accordance with a determination the accuracy condition does not satisfy the criteria.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Tyler S. Bushnell, Sherry Tang, Shannon Yang
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Patent number: 11615557Abstract: An encoder is configured to compress point cloud geometry information using an octree geometric compression technique that utilizes slices corresponding in size to data transmission units. In some embodiments, a subsequent slice may be set to use a re-set entropy context or may be set to use an entropy context saved for a preceding slice. In some embodiments, an entropy context for the preceding slice may be for a slice other than the immediately preceding slice of the subsequent slice being evaluated, such that if the immediately preceding slice is lost in transmission (or if the immediately preceding slice and the subsequent slice are being evaluated in parallel) the subsequent slice's entropy context can still be determined without depending on the immediately preceding slice. A decoder is configured to reconstruct a point cloud based on a bit stream encoded by the encoder.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: David Flynn
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Patent number: 11614839Abstract: In some examples, a touch screen can include touch electrodes that can function as drive (Tx) electrodes and sense (Rx) electrodes during a touch sensing operation of the electronic device. The drive electrodes can include +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes that can receive drive signals that can have the same amplitude and frequency and opposite phases, for example. In some examples, the surface areas of the +Tx electrodes and the ?Tx electrodes can be the same and the distances of the +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes from the Rx electrodes can be different. In some examples, the total charge coupled to a proximate or touching object can be zero, which can mitigate problems associated with ungrounded or poorly grounded objects in contact with the touch screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: William Matthew Pender Paul, Christoph H. Krah, Bin Huang, Stanley Bo-Ting Wang
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Patent number: 11616606Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing uplink and downlink communication in cell edge scenarios with improved reliability. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control connection with a first cell. The wireless device may determine that a second cell strongly interferes with communication with the first cell. The wireless device may provide an indication that the second cell is a strongly interfering cell to the first cell. The first cell may coordinate with the second cell to transmit data to the wireless device, and to receive data from the wireless device, based at least in part on the indication that the second cell is a strongly interfering cell.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong Sun, Wei Zhang, Tianyan Pu, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Yuchul Kim, Yu Zhang, Wanping Zhang, Jia Tang, Yang Li
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Patent number: 11617039Abstract: A planar magnetic driver including a radiating surface having a trace-free central region is described. The driver has a magnet defining an acoustic opening on a central axis. A diaphragm of the planar magnetic driver is held by mounts having a mounting profile around the central axis, and the diaphragm includes a radiating surface facing the acoustic opening. An innermost conductive trace on the diaphragm extends around a central region of the radiating surface within a magnetic flux of the magnet such that no conductive traces are on the central region. A radial distance between the innermost conductive trace and the mounting profile is less than another radial distance between the innermost conductive trace and the central axis. Accordingly, an excursion range of the diaphragm along the central axis is greater than a gap distance between the conductive trace and the magnet. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Onur I. Ilkorur, Miikka O. Tikander, Christopher Wilk, Bonnie W. Tom
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Patent number: 11615727Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic device includes an electronic display. The electronic display provides a programmable latency period in response to receiving a first image frame corresponding to first image frame data. The electronic display also displays the first image frame after the programmable latency period and during display of the first image frame, receives a second image frame corresponding to second image frame data. The electronic display also repeats display of the first image frame in response to receiving the second image frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kevin W. Sliech, Jason N. Gomez, David A. Hartley, Chengrui Le, Paolo Sacchetto, Arthur L. Spence
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Patent number: 11615801Abstract: A personal listening system and a method of using the personal listening system to enhance speech intelligibility of audio playback, are described. The method includes determining a speech intelligibility metric, such as a speech reception threshold, of a user. Based on the speech intelligibility metric, a tuning parameter is applied to an audio input signal. The speech reception threshold is compared to an environmental signal-to-noise ratio to determine whether enhancement of the audio input signal is warranted. Application of the tuning parameter to the audio input signal generates an audio output signal having reduced noise, making playback of the audio output signal more intelligible to the user. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Narimene Lezzoum, Yacine Azmi, Jakub Mazur, Lars Rasmus Elofsson Bernstedt, Tarun Pruthi
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Patent number: 11614674Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera with folded optics and lens shifting capabilities. In some examples, a folded optics arrangement of the camera may include one or more lens elements and one or more light path folding elements (e.g., a prism). Some embodiments include voice coil motor (VCM) actuator arrangements, carrier arrangements, and/or suspension arrangements to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) movement. Furthermore, some embodiments include position sensor arrangements for position sensing with respect to AF and/or OIS movement.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alfred N. Mireault, Scott W. Miller
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Patent number: 11614791Abstract: An electronic device may include a display panel. When content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively higher amounts of power, a controller of the electronic device may operate a switch to change a power supply of the display panel to be a power management integrated circuit of the electronic device. However, when content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively less amounts of power, the controller may operate the switch to change the power supply of the display panel to be a power supply of an electronic display, such as a power supply used to power driver circuitry of the electronic display.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ramana V. Rachakonda, Peter F. Holland, Rohit K. Gupta, Brad W. Simeral
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Patent number: D981767Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kully Kraig Mandon, Christopher M. Green, Jonathan P. Siegel, Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D981872Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Megan J. Burmeister, Hamish Thain, Bart Jansen, Michael Rodriguez, Christopher Kuh