Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12231222
    Abstract: User equipment may configure a transmitter or receiver to conform to regulations or standards of a geographical region to communicate with non-terrestrial networks (e.g., satellite networks). In one embodiment, the user equipment may receive an indication of a regulation or standard to which to conform to from a terrestrial communication node, and apply an emission mask to the transmitter based on the regulation or standard. The user equipment may additionally or alternatively configure the receiver to be compliant with a noise level tolerance of a received signal specified by the regulation or standard. In some embodiments, the user equipment may implement a frequency offset between the received signal and an interfering signal associated with the noise level tolerance that is scaled based at least on a channel bandwidth associated with the desired signal. Moreover, the user equipment may scale the noise level tolerance based on the frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy S Ioffe, Elmar Wagner, Daniel Popp, Fucheng Wang, Camila Priale Olivares, Alexander Sayenko
  • Patent number: 12231182
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for radio link monitoring (RLM) for new radio (NR). Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Hua Li, Manasa Raghavan
  • Patent number: 12232176
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for implementing backhaul communications for an integrated access and backhaul node (IAB) operating in a wireless network. For example, an IAB node determines a first random access channel (RACH) configuration for a child node in the wireless network that is served by the IAB node. The IAB transmits a RACH configuration request message including the first RACH configuration to a parent IAB node, and receives, from the parent IAB node, a second RACH configuration complete message that includes a second RACH configuration that is based on the first RACH configuration for the child node. The IAB then performs backhaul communication with the parent IAB node using the second RACH configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Honglei Miao
  • Patent number: 12231913
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes configured to provide multi-access edge computing (MEC) functionality are disclosed herein. An TAB node includes a distributed unit (DU) having a local application instance of a MEC-enabled application. The local application instance is configured for communication with a first user equipment (UE) connected to the TAB node. A mobile termination functionality (MT) of the IAB node uses a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer to transport data of the local application instance between the MT and an IAB donor. Further, data of the local application instance is transported between the UE and the TAB node via one of a variety of methods, including the use of a second PDCP layer at the DU (and optionally the use of service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layers at each of the DU and the MT), and/or via sidelink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sarma V. Vangala, Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Krisztian Kiss, Mona Agnel, Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, Ralf Rossbach, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
  • Patent number: 12231199
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include methods performed by a user equipment (UE). The methods include transmitting two transmission (Tx) streams simultaneously, wherein the two Tx streams are transmitted by two distinct Tx polarization circuitries within a same UE antenna panel circuitry as two Tx polarizations. The methods also include identifying a first signal, identifying a second signal, transmitting the first signal in a first direction using a first polarization of an antenna panel and transmitting the second signal in a second direction using a second polarization of the antenna panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Zhibin Yu, Yang Tang, Qiming Li, Qing Xu
  • Patent number: 12229561
    Abstract: A system may include multiple processors. One of the processors may receive an indication of a data synchronization barrier (DSB) instruction in another processor that follows a translation look-ahead buffer invalidate (TLBI) instruction to invalidate an entry of a translation look-ahead buffer. The processor may determine whether instructions are pending in the processor for which the virtual addresses used for memory accesses have been translated to physical addresses before receiving the DSB indication. If there are such pending instructions, the processor may provide, after these instructions retire, an indication to the other processor as a response to the DSB indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Madhu Sudan Hari, Mridul Agarwal, Kulin N Kothari, John D Pape, Niket K Choudhary
  • Patent number: 12230173
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display and a camera. Control circuitry in the device can gather information on a user's point of gaze using a gaze tracking system and other sensors, can gather information on the real-world image such as information on content, motion, and other image attributes by analyzing the real-world image, can gather user vision information such as user acuity, contrast sensitivity, field of view, and geometrical distortions, can gather user input such as user preferences and user mode selection commands, and can gather other input. Based on the point-of-gaze information and/or other gathered information, the control circuitry can display the real-world image and supplemental information on the display. The supplemental information can include augmentations such as icons, text labels, and other computer-generated text and graphics overlaid on the real world image and can include enhanced image content such as magnified portions of the real-world image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ramin Samadani, Christina G. Gambacorta, Elijah H. Kleeman, Nicolas P. Bonnier
  • Patent number: 12231209
    Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for configuring and implementing secondary cell beam failure recovery procedures. For example, some embodiments are directed to a user equipment (UE) that includes radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry coupled to the radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to detect that a first beam associated with a secondary cell (SCell) is misaligned. The first beam is associated with a first reference signal (RS). The processor circuitry can further be configured to configure a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure for the SCell and perform the BFR procedure to replace the first beam with a second beam, wherein the second beam is associated with the SCell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Honglei Miao
  • Patent number: 12230361
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an in-memory compute circuit that includes a memory circuit configured to generate a set of products by combining received input values with respective weight values stored in rows of the memory circuit, and to combine the set of products to generate an accumulated output value. The in-memory compute circuit may further include a control circuit and a plurality of routing circuits, including a first routing circuit coupled to a first set of rows of the memory circuit. The control circuit may be configured to cause the first routing circuit to route groups of input values to different ones of the first set of rows over a plurality of clock cycles, and the memory circuit to generate, on a clock cycle following the plurality of clock cycles, a particular accumulated output value that is computed based on the routed groups of input values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paolo Di Febbo, Mohamed H. Abu-Rahma, Jelam K. Parekh, Yildiz Sinangil, Mohammad Ghasemzadeh, Anthony Ghannoum, Chaminda N. Vidanagamachchi
  • Patent number: 12232007
    Abstract: An electronic device may transmit a communication request to a base station having an indication of a number of its receive branches and an indication of whether the communication request is designated as an urgent service fulfillment. The base station may delay a denial of the communication request until receiving the indication of whether the communication request is designated as using the urgent service fulfillment to reduce a likelihood of prematurely rejecting the communication request. The base station may also handover the communication request to a base station that supports the urgent service fulfillment. The base station may also be barred from transferring the user equipment to a frequency layer preferred by the base station when the communication request of the user equipment is designated as an urgent service fulfillment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy S Ioffe, Ronald W Dimpflmaier, Alexander Sayenko, Fucheng Wang
  • Patent number: 12231715
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a computing device is configured to present playback of a media composition on a touchscreen display. Concurrently with presenting the playback, the computing device receives, via the touchscreen display during a first time period, a touch input that includes a series of motions that start when a particular frame of the media composition is being presented. Responsive to receiving the touch input: the computing device adds a media clip to the media composition, with the media clip including a graphical representation of the touch input, having a duration corresponding to the first time period, and being stored in association with the particular frame. Subsequent to adding the media clip, the computing device presents a second playback of the media composition where playback of the media clip is initiated when playback of the particular frame is started during the second playback of the media composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David C Schweinsberg, Gregory E Niles, Shaun M Poole, Peter A Steinauer
  • Patent number: 12229586
    Abstract: A neural processor includes neural engines for performing convolution operations on input data corresponding to one or more tasks to generate output data. The neural processor also includes a data processor circuit coupled to external system memory. The data processor circuit includes a buffer for storing the output data from the neural engines. The neural processor further includes a task manager coupled to the data processor circuit. The task manager receives a context-switch task. The context-switch task specifies a switch of the data processor circuit from handling an outgoing task to an incoming task. The task manager sends configuration data of the context-switch task to cause the data processor circuit to transmit the output data corresponding to the outgoing task from the buffer to the external system memory. The data processor circuit also fetches data corresponding to the incoming task from the external system memory to the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Mills, Kenneth W. Waters
  • Patent number: 12230191
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein to control brightness based on image content or other inputs to a display system. A dual-control system may integrate both slow control operations and fast control operations into a cohesive brightness management system. By using both shorter-term (e.g., fast control) and longer-term (e.g., slow control) brightness adjustment operations, the electronic device may quickly respond to high luminance and high brightness situations that may cause burn-in into the display, image artifacts, or other damage. Responding quickly to these high consumption situations may prevent damage or perceivable upset to an ongoing process, among other benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wanqing Xin, Yang Xu, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Jenny Hu, Koorosh Aflatooni, Giovanni Corradini, Martin Kocicka, Alexey Kornienko, Asha G Karvaje, Aishwarya Prem Renu, Andrew D Pangborn, Chaohao Wang, Yingying Tang, Arthur L Spence, Mahesh B Chappalli
  • Patent number: 12230879
    Abstract: Techniques to reduce signal interference between wired signals communicated within an electronic device and wireless signals transmitted to or received from antennas of the electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes an interposer with an inner fence and an outer fence having offset gaps to prevent a pathway otherwise formed by overlapping tabs, where the pathway allows noise leakage from the wired signals. In some embodiments, the electronic device (e.g., in a main logic board package) includes a ground fencing of ground vias to prevent the noise leakage from harmonics associated with signal vias communicating the wired signals. The spacing between the ground vias is based on frequencies of signals that the ground vias are intended to block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofang Mu, Chi V Pham, Mingjuan Zhu, Bo Tong Deng, Bo Zhang, Srinivasa Yasasvy Sateesh Bhamidipati, Vineet Nayak, Daniel C Kong
  • Patent number: 12229307
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides for secure storage and usage of data at an electronic device. A device may include a hardened data manager that securely stores data associated with users of the device and/or another device. An application that does not have access to the securely stored data can still use the securely stored data by requesting that another system process at the device perform operations on the securely stored data and/or one or more updates to the securely stored data. For example, an application can request rendering of an avatar of a user. A rendering engine, separate from the application, can obtain securely stored base data from the hardened data manager, obtain updates to the securely stored base data, and render the avatar using the updates to the securely stored base data, without exposing the securely stored base data to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivas Vedula, Joel N. Kerr, Yuehhsun Lin
  • Patent number: 12230264
    Abstract: An example process includes while an electronic device is engaged in a communication session with external device(s): receiving, from a first user of the electronic device, input to invoke a first digital assistant; receiving, from the first user, a natural language input corresponding to a task; in accordance with invoking the first digital assistant, generating, by the first digital assistant, a prompt for further user input about the task; transmitting, to the external device(s), the prompt for further user input about the task; after transmitting the prompt for further user input, receiving, from an external device of the external device(s), a response to the prompt for further user input; initiating, by the first digital assistant, based on the response and information corresponding to the first user stored on the electronic device, the task; and transmitting, to the external device(s), an output indicative of the initiated task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rae L. Lasko, German W. Bauer, Felicia W. Edwards, Niranjan Manjunath, Jonathan H. Russell, Lynn Streja, Keith C. Strickling, Garrett L Weinberg
  • Patent number: D1062517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
  • Patent number: D1062743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Adam T. Clavelle, Erik Geddes Pieter De Jong, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Martin Melcher, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1062772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrez Enrrique Aguayo, Benjamin Thomas Christie, Anton Davydov, Frank De Jong, Andrey Lifinskiy, Marcello Luppi
  • Patent number: D1062776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple, Inc.
    Inventor: Imran Chaudhri