Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11594957Abstract: A dual-stage boost converter is disclosed. The boost converter includes a charge pump and a boost stage. The charge pump is coupled between an input voltage source and the boost stage. The charge pump is coupled to receive the input voltage and configured to generate an intermediate voltage that is greater than the input voltage received from the input voltage source. The boost stage includes an inductor coupled to receive the intermediate voltage and is configured to generate an output voltage that is greater than or equal to the intermediate voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bogdan-Eugen Matei, Cristian Grecu, Fabio Ongaro, Giovanni Saccomanno, Siarhei Meliukh, Yesim Inam
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Patent number: 11595582Abstract: Various embodiments include a dynamic flex circuit that may be used in a camera with a moveable image sensor. The dynamic flex circuit may include one or more fixed end portions, a moveable end portion, and an intermediate portion. In some embodiments, the fixed end portion may be connected to another flex circuit of the camera. The moveable end portion may be coupled with the moveable image sensor. The intermediate portion may be configured to allow the moveable end portion to move with the moveable image sensor. Some embodiments include a reinforcement arrangement that reinforces one or more portions of the dynamic flex circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicholas D. Smyth, Jian Ouyang, Scott W. Miller, Samuel M. Hyatt, Martin Auclair, Phillip R. Sommer
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Patent number: 11596016Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including a user equipment device (UE) receiving from a network entity, a configuration message, wherein the configuration message includes a parameter specifying out-of-order delivery of data units from lower layers to upper layers of a protocol stack implemented on the UE, configuring a radio link control (RLC) layer of a protocol stack for out-of-order delivery based on the received configuration message, and notifying the network entity of the configuration of the RLC layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Xu Ou, Yuqin Chen
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Patent number: 11593982Abstract: In one implementation, a method for generating a blended animation. The method includes: obtaining a motion input vector for a current time period; generating a motion output vector and pose information for the current time period based on the motion input vector; selecting an animated motion from a bank of animated motions for the current time period that matches the pose information within a threshold tolerance value; obtaining a blending coefficients vector for the current time period; generating a blended animation for the current time period by blending the motion output vector with the animated motion based on the blending coefficients vector; and generating a reward signal for the blended animation for the current time period.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Behrooz Mahasseni, Aashi Manglik, Mark Drummond, Edward S. Ahn, Shaun Budhram, Siva Chandra Mouli Sivapurapu
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Patent number: 11592864Abstract: In one implementation, an apparatus includes a display having a front surface and a back surface. The display includes a plurality of pixel regions that emit light from the front surface to display a displayed image and a plurality of apertures that transmit light from the front surface to the back surface. The apparatus includes a camera disposed on a side of the back surface of the display. The camera is configured to capture a captured image. The apparatus includes a processor coupled to the display and the camera. The processor is configured to receive the captured image and apply a first digital filter to a first portion of the captured image and a second digital filter, different than the first digital filter, to a second portion of the captured image to reduce image distortion caused by the display.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Manohar B. Srikanth, Marduke Yousefpor, Ting Sun, Kathrin Berkner-Cieslicki, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Ricardo J. Motta
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Patent number: 11592948Abstract: A device that can autonomously scan a sensor panel is disclosed. Autonomous scanning can be performed by implementing channel scan logic. In one embodiment, channel scan logic carries out many of the functions that a processor would normally undertake, including generating timing sequences and obtaining result data; comparing scan result data against a threshold value (e.g., in an auto-scan mode); generating row count; selecting one or more scanning frequency bands; power management control; and performing an auto-scan routine in a low power mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Minh-Dieu Thi Vu, Thomas James Wilson, Christoph H. Krah
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Patent number: 11595941Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for coverage improvements in wireless communication devices. A wireless communication device may be configured to selectively receive one of a plurality of paging signals, or a portion thereof, based on measured or expected coverage quality of communications from a base station. In some scenarios, the wireless communication device may provide an indication to the base station of which paging signal the wireless communication device will attempt to receive, such that the base station may include paging information directed to that UE only in the indicated paging signal. In some scenarios, the base station may include paging information directed to that UE in a plurality of paging signals, each of the paging signals including a different number of repetitions of the paging information. In some scenarios, the UE may receive only a portion of a paging signal including a plurality of repetitions of the paging information.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong Sun, Dawei Zhang, Li Su, Tarik Tabet, Wei Zeng, Yuchul Kim
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Patent number: 11595559Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to a tamper-resistant indicator of recording by a camera. Electronic devices are disclosed that include a camera, an indicator light for the camera, and a light sensor. The light sensor is disposed proximate to the indicator light so that blocking or masking the indicator light also prevents light from reaching the light sensor. In this way, the light sensor can be used to detect tampering with, masking, blocking, destroying, or otherwise preventing the indicator light from indicating when the camera is recording.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Srinivas Vedula
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Patent number: 11589761Abstract: An electronic device such as a wearable device may have an optical sensor. The optical sensor may have a light source such as one or more visible-light light-emitting diodes or other light-emitting devices and may have a light detector formed from one or more photodetectors. The wearable device may have a wearable housing in which the optical sensor is mounted. During operation, light from the light source may pass through a transparent portion of the housing, may reflect from an external object such as a wrist or other body part of a user, and may be received by the photodetectors after passing through light control members. The light control members may be arranged in a ring with a center and may have curved shapes with concave surfaces that face the center. Each light control member may be formed from a stack of laminated bent light control films.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Tyler S. Bushnell
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Patent number: 11595517Abstract: Systems and processes for integrating a digital assistant with telephony are provided. For example, an incoming call may be received, from a caller, at an electronic device. A communication session may be established between the caller and the digital assistant of the electronic device. In accordance with a determination that the identification of the caller is unknown, determination is made whether the caller corresponds to an automated calling system. In accordance with a determination that the identification of the caller is known, a response is provided by the digital assistant to the caller. An output including information corresponding to the communication is provided at the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Madhusudan Chinthakunta, Ping Wen Ong, Timothy S. Paek, Lauren Elise Tappana, Marcel Van Os
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Patent number: 11593062Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for detecting a wearing status of a wearable device, the wearing status indicating whether a user is wearing the wearable device and sending wearing status data to a companion communication device to control a behavior of the companion communication device.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Watson, David John Shaw, Arun Dhyaneshwar Chawan, Matthew Gillette, Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, Jeffrey Chandler Moore, Patrick Ian Bernhard, Baek San Chang, Patrick Lee Coffman, Jonathan Anderson Bennett, Anthony Guetta, Jahan Christian Minoo, Keith Walter Rauenbuehler
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Patent number: 11595942Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for coordinating communication and avoiding and/or mitigating collisions for multi-subscriber identity module devices in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may coordinate communication associated with different subscriber identity modules and/or may mitigate collisions between communications associated with different subscriber identity modules. A network may provide information to improve coordination and/or mitigate collisions. A network may adjust paging schedules and/or provision of alert messages to improve coordination.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza Shikari, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Vijay Venkataraman, Yaoqi Yan, Yuqin Chen, Zhiwei Wang
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Patent number: 11592946Abstract: A capacitive gap force sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, a first layer of dielectric material positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a second layer of conductive material positioned between the first layer and the second electrode. The first layer has a first compression resistance less than a second compression resistance of the second layer. An effective capacitive sensing gap is defined between the first electrode and the second layer. The first layer is configured to compress or deform and alter the effective capacitive sensing gap when a force is received at the first electrode or the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Bechstein, Nahid Harjee, Travis N. Owens
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Patent number: 11592929Abstract: In some examples, a touch screen includes resistors between the touch electrodes and routing traces. In some examples, the resistors can include a transparent conductive material included in the touch electrodes of the touch screen. The resistors can be located in a border region of the touch screen that can surround an active area of the touch screen that can include the touch electrodes and display pixels of the touch screen, for example. In some examples, the resistors included in the touch screen can have different resistances from each other and the same outer dimensions as one another. The resistors can reduce the variation in resistance from channel to channel in the touch screen, which can improve touch screen performance, for example.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zhou Lu, Isaac Wing-Tak Chan, Justin Zachary Wu, Rangarajan Krishnan, Qingbo Guo, Chao Zhang
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Patent number: 11595950Abstract: To effectively and efficiently provide control information, a broadcast pointer channel (BPCH) may be used to identify the type and perhaps relative location of control information that is being provided in a given frame structure, such as a sub-frame, frame, or superframe. A sub-frame (or like framing entity, such a frame or superframe) may have a BPCH and a corresponding system control information segment in which control information may reside. The system control information segment may have any number of control information blocks, wherein each control information block that is present may correspond to a particular type of control information. The BPCH is used to identify the type of control information that is present in a corresponding system control information segment, and if needed or desired, the relative locations of the various control information.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mo-Han Fong, Hang Zhang, Sophie Vrzic, Robert Novak, Jun Yuan, Dong-Sheng Yu
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Patent number: 11594189Abstract: Throttling circuitry may throttle the backlight reconstruction via backlight reconstruction and compensation circuitry in a display pipeline when power may be limited. This throttling of the display pipeline may limit a number of cycles that may be used for performing backlight reconstruction and compensation.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Prabhu Rajamani, Liang Deng, Oren Kerem, Meir Harar, Ido Yaacov Soffair, Assaf Menachem, John H. Kelm, Rohit K. Gupta
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Patent number: 11590914Abstract: A safety system for a vehicle includes a work table, an airbag, and a controller that includes a processor. The work table is disposed in an extended position and is movable to a reaction position and a stowed position. The processor is configured to receive information indicative of a vehicle event. The processor is further configured to send a command to deploy the airbag based on the information indicative of the vehicle event. When deployed, the airbag expands to abut a bottom surface of the work table and move the work table from the extended position to the reaction position such that the bottom surface of the work table in the reaction position serves as a reaction surface for the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Arturo Llamazares Domper, Adam J. Golman, Nicholas A. White, Jesse T. Buehler
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Patent number: 11595075Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a baseband processor, a transceiver circuit, a front-end module, and an antenna. The front-end module may include amplifier circuitry such as a low noise amplifier for amplifying received radio-frequency signals. The amplifier circuitry is operable in a non-carrier-aggregation mode and a carrier aggregation mode. The amplifier circuitry may include an input transformer that is coupled to multiple amplifier stages such as a common gate amplifier stage, a cascode amplifier stage, and a common source amplifier stage. The common gate amplifier stage may include switches for selectively activating a set of cross-coupled capacitors to help maintain input impedance matching in the non-carrier-aggregation mode and the carrier-aggregation mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Seyed Mohammad Hossein Mohammadnezhad, Xi Yao, Aly Ismail
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Patent number: 11592870Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing at least partially defining an internal volume and an exterior surface of the electronic device. The electronic device can also include a display assembly including a display layer, a substrate disposed below the display layer, and a substantially continuous sheet of conductive material disposed on the substrate, the sheet of conductive material covering substantially an entire surface of the substrate. A transparent cover can overlie the display assembly and can be affixed to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Michael R. Parker, YoungHoon Kim, Eric T. Chiang, Maegan K. Spencer
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Patent number: D979600Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aurelio Guzmán, Joumana Marie Medlej, Jason D. Rickwald, Christopher J. Romney, Christopher I. Wilson