Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11611883Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device performs techniques related to displaying personalized workout suggestions based on completed workouts. In some embodiments, an electronic device performs techniques related to starting an audio-based workout. In some embodiments, an electronic device performs techniques related to displaying information about a workout during playback of workout content. In some embodiments, an electronic device performs techniques related to displaying information about physical activity of a user relative to a group of users. In some embodiments, an electronic device performs techniques related to coordinating display of workout content among multiple devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lynne Devine, Joel Angelone, Julie A. Arney, Niharika Milind Bedekar, Jay Blahnik, Edward Chao, David Clark, Eamon F. Gilravi, Eryn Hales, Zheng X. Hong, Parry Panesar, Christopher John Sanders
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Patent number: 11609650Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally take the form of an electronic device including a primary and secondary display; at least the secondary display is force-sensitive and further has its force-sensing circuitry in-plane with the display. The secondary display and force-sensing circuitry may be encapsulated between two glass layers that are bonded to one another by a frit. In some embodiments the force-sensing circuitry is formed from, or constitutes part of, the frit.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, ByoungSuk Kim, Jun Qi
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Patent number: 11611372Abstract: Wearable electronic devices, such as smart watches, can be provided with a band for securing the device to a wearer. The device and the band can include near-field communications (NFC) components that allow the device to uniquely identify the band. Device operations such as the color, theme, or content displayed on the device can be based, in part, on the identification of a particular band. The band may include a miniature NFC tag in an attachment portion of the band that is configured to be received in a recess in a housing of the device. An NFC module for reading the NFC tag can be provided within the recess of the housing, so that the attachment portion of the band and the recess in the device housing position and align the NFC tag with the NFC module when the band is attached to the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Hiemstra, Tengxing Wang, Erik G. De Jong, Zaki Moustafa, Xinping Zeng, Vincent Chauvin, Osamu Yabe
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Publication number: 20230079950Abstract: A magnetic alignment assembly can be incorporated into an electronic device to facilitate alignment with another device. The magnetic alignment assembly can include a main magnet (e.g., a square or rectangular magnet) having a magnetic dipole in an axial direction and a ring magnet coaxial with the main magnet. The ring magnet can be smaller than the main magnet. The ring magnet can be positioned between the main magnet and an interface surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brennan K. Vanden Hoek, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Miranda L. Daly
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Publication number: 20230079265Abstract: Connector assemblies and contacts that can be moisture-resistant, light-weight, space efficient, and can be readily manufactured. The connector assembly can be formed of two or more materials that can be molded together to reduce the chance of leakage at seams between the two materials. One of the two materials can have an affinity for plating materials while the other material can have an aversion to plating materials. The first material can be plated and used as contacts, while the second can resist plating and can be used to separate regions of the first material into two or more contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Eric B. Wankoff, Mahmoud R. Amini, Peter J. Cameron
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Publication number: 20230081346Abstract: A generative network may be learned in an adversarial setting with a goal of modifying synthetic data such that a discriminative network may not be able to reliably tell the difference between refined synthetic data and real data. The generative network and discriminative network may work together to learn how to produce more realistic synthetic data with reduced computational cost. The generative network may iteratively learn a function that synthetic data with a goal of generating refined synthetic data that is more difficult for the discriminative network to differentiate from real data, while the discriminative network may be configured to iteratively learn a function that classifies data as either synthetic or real. Over multiple iterations, the generative network may learn to refine the synthetic data to produce refined synthetic data on which other machine learning models may be trained.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ashish Shrivastava, Tomas J. Pfister, Cuneyt O. Tuzel, Russell Y. Webb, Joshua Matthew Susskind
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Publication number: 20230080598Abstract: Accessory cases that can be charged using one or more types of wireless chargers. An example can provide an accessory case having a first alignment feature for aligning to a first type of wireless charger. The first alignment feature can include one or more magnetic elements in the accessory case. The one or more magnetic elements can be located in both the base and the lid of the accessory case. Another example can further include a second alignment feature for aligning to a second type of wireless charger. The second alignment feature can include one or more magnetic elements in the accessory case.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Eric X. Zhou, Muhammad H. Kiani, Rohan Dayal, Ye Li
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Publication number: 20230078536Abstract: System-in-package modules that can provide a high level of functionality, are space efficient, and are readily manufactured. In an example, a high-functionality system-in-package module can include both a wireless circuit and an antenna. In an example, a space-efficient system-in-package module can include different vertical interconnect paths that can be used to connect the wireless circuit to the antenna. In an example, instead of being shaped as a traditional rectangular cuboid, a space-efficient system-in-package module can have a shape that more closely matches contours of an enclosure for an electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ali N. Ergun, Bilal Mohamed Ibrahim Kani, Chang Liu, Ethan L. Huwe, Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, Jerzy S. Guterman, Jue Wang, Kishore N. Renjan, Kyusang Kim, Lan H. Hoang, Mandar S. Painaik, Manoj Vadeentavida, Sarah B. Gysbers, Takayoshi Katahira, Zhiqi Wang
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Publication number: 20230084236Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of generating codebook in a wireless communication system with multiple antenna arrays, as well as a wireless communication system, base station and terminal using the codebook for communication. The method comprises steps of: providing a basic codebook which contains multiple pre-coding matrices; and assigning phase offsets to certain pre-coding matrices in the basic codebook to form a codebook with phase offset. The feedback overhead from a client to a base station side is reduced and a good precision of feedback for multi-antenna array is kept by applying the method of generating codebook and using the generated codebook in the wireless communication system, base station and terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hui Tong, Masayuki Hoshino, Ming Xu, Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura
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Publication number: 20230080785Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for determining a beam for communication between a user equipment and a base station. For example, angle of arrival estimates may be utilized for determining the beam for communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yakun Sun, Rohit U. Nabar, Mithat C. Dogan, Parvathanathan Subrahmanya, Han Yan, Louay Jalloul
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Publication number: 20230084495Abstract: Aspects and features include a structure for a program directed to a target computing device and metadata that can be used by a verifier in the target computing device. The verifier can quickly and efficiently apply verification rules to identified sections of the program to determine whether the program is safe to execute by the target computing device. In some examples, the target computing device uses the verifier to identify, using the metadata, verifiable sections of instructions that violate execution safety policies. The verifier can apply verification rules to the verifiable sections to determine whether to execute each verifiable section despite instructions in the verifiable section violating execution safety policies. The program and the metadata can be generated, as an example, by a compiler from source code, and transmitted or otherwise distributed to target computing devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Filip J. Pizlo
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Publication number: 20230079485Abstract: In some aspects, mobile devices with foldable and rollable displays can use a sensor to detect vertical acceleration with respect to the ground to determine if the mobile device has been dropped. If the sensor detects that the mobile device has been dropped the foldable device can fold or retract at least partially to afford protection from the fragile display from striking the ground. Even folding the display to an angle less the 180 degrees can afford some protection because the mobile device can strike edges of the mobile device instead of the display itself. In various embodiments, a rollable device can retract the display if predetermined acceleration limits are exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Hoon Sik Kim, Michael B. Wittenberg
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Patent number: 11606230Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide improved data recovery for data transmitted through a channel of limited bandwidth. An example can provide circuits, methods, and apparatus that can equalize losses in a physical channel. This equalization can provide an overall channel response that is more consistent and uniform.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: William P. Cornelius, Seungyong Baek
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Patent number: 11603074Abstract: A safety belt presentation system includes a safety belt presentation track extending from a first position to a second position spaced from the first position, a latch that includes a tongue disposed between a first side of the latch and second side of the latch and a first coupling portion, and a driving mechanism that includes a second coupling portion configured to releasably couple the first coupling portion of the latch. The driving mechanism is configured to control the latch to move from the first position to the second position along the safety belt presentation track when the first and second coupling portions are coupled.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Philipp Charopoulos, Lukas Satas, John J. Baker, Jonathon R. Folks, Andrew W. Kooker
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Patent number: 11605274Abstract: Techniques are provided for contacting emergency response services when certain conditions are met. In some instances, it may be determined, by a wearable device, whether a user has responded to a first user interface prompt displayed in response to detection of a physical event associated with the user. In accordance with a determination that the user has not responded to the first user interface prompt after expiration of a first time period, certain actions may be performed. For example, a countdown timer may begin to run for a second timer period. During the second period, an audio alert and a haptic alert may be output by the wearable device. In accordance with a determination that the user has not responded to a second user interface prompt prior to expiration of the second time period, a communication channel request may be transmitted to an emergency response service by the wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Albert Riley Howard, Catherine B. B. Morrison, Christopher P. Saari, Heather E. Daniel, Kevin M. Lynch, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Sherif Mohamed, Telford E. Forgety, III, Matthew W. Crowley, Eamon F. Gilravi
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Patent number: 11606569Abstract: Support for additional components may be specified in a coding scheme for image data. A layer of a coding scheme that specifies color components may also specify additional components. Characteristics of the components may be specified in the same layer or a different layer of the coding scheme. An encoder or decoder may identify the specified components and determine the respective characteristics to perform encoding and decoding of image data.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Yeping Su, Khaled Mammou, Jungsun Kim, David W. Singer, Fabrice A. Robinet, Guy Cote, Jim C. Chou, Hsi-Jung Wu
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Patent number: D980625Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vijay Karthik Koneru, Christopher Wiita, Duy P. Le, Guillaume Raoult, Elvin Chu, Martin Gschwandtl, Christopher Kuh, Robert Brunner
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Patent number: D980629Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D980660Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Caleb Ferris, Kully Kraig Mandon, Julien Phillip Stockwell
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Patent number: D980853Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Giovanni S. Luis, Ryan D. Shelby, Ryan Wonmeng Apuy
