Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11578981Abstract: A method includes determining a first route from a first location to a second location using a first map that includes first map elements, wherein the first route includes a series of the first map elements from the first map. The method also includes matching the series of the first map elements from the first route to second map elements from a second map to define a subset of the second map elements, and determining a second route from the first location to the second location using the subset of the second map elements. The second route is constrained to the subset of the second map elements and the second route includes a series of the second map elements from the subset of the second map elements. The method also includes outputting information describing the second route for at least one of storage or display.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Mikhail Tsoupko-Sitnikov, Lukas M. Marti
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Patent number: 11579686Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for performing an eye gaze mapping (M), in which at least one point of vision (B) and/or a viewing direction of at least one person (10) in relation to at least one scene recording (S) of a scene (12) viewed by the at least one person (10) is mapped onto a reference (R). At least a part of an algorithm (A1, A2, A3) for performing the eye gaze mapping (M) is thereby selected from multiple predetermined algorithms (A1, A2, A3) as a function of at least one parameter (P), and the eye gaze mapping (M) is performed on the basis of the at least one part of the algorithm (A1, A2, A3).Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Eberhard Schmidt, Martin Haller, Denis Williams, Tobias Langner
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Patent number: 11580692Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generates a three-dimensional (3D) model based on a selected subset of the images and depth data corresponding to each of the images of the subset. For example, an example process may include acquiring sensor data during movement of the device in a physical environment including an object, the sensor data including images of a physical environment captured via a camera on the device, selecting a subset of the images based on assessing the images with respect to motion-based defects based on device motion and depth data, and generating a 3D model of the object based on the selected subset of the images and depth data corresponding to each of the images of the selected subset.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Rafael Saracchini, Tobias Rick, Zachary Z. Becker
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Patent number: 11579024Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having sensors such as pressure sensors. A pressure sensor may be integrated into an audio component of an electronic device such that the pressure sensor is fluidly coupled to an environment external to a device housing via at least a portion of an internal cavity of the audio component housing. The audio component housing may include an opening. The pressure sensor may be mounted adjacent to or within the opening. The opening may be sealed to prevent passage of gas or liquid through the opening. The pressure sensor may be integrally formed with an inner wall of the audio component housing. The audio component may be a speaker or a microphone.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: William S. Lee, Tyler B. Cater, Shannon X. Yang, Justin D. Crosby, Timothy S. Lui, Eric N. Nyland
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Patent number: 11582669Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to a mobile device that initiates handovers from short-range networks to long-range networks. In various embodiments, a mobile device includes one or more radios that communicate using a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) including a cellular RAT and a short-range RAT. In such an embodiment, the mobile device stores an indication that the cellular RAT is a preferred RAT for a communication session. The mobile may establish the communication session using the preferred RAT, and in response to determining that a quality of the preferred RAT fails to satisfy a set of quality criteria, may request that the communication session use the short-range RAT. In some embodiments, the mobile device analyzes average packet error rate for the communication session and in response to the average packet error rate satisfying a threshold, requests that the communication session use the cellular RAT.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ajoy K. Singh, Wen Zhao
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Patent number: 11581980Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing block acknowledgment (BA) operations for multi-link wireless communication networks. 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 transmit, using the transceiver and to a second electronic device, a first set of one or more frames on a first link and a second set of one or more frames on a second link. The one or more processors receive, using the transceiver and from the second electronic device, a first block acknowledgment (BA) frame on the first link and a second BA frame on the second link. The one or more processors further determine, based on received first BA frame and the second BA frame, a failed or missing frame of the first set of one or more frames transmitted on the first link.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jarkko L. Kneckt, Jinjing Jiang, Su Khiong Yong, Tianyu Wu, Yong Liu
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Patent number: 11580328Abstract: Systems and methods for semantic labeling of point clouds using images. Some implementations may include obtaining a point cloud that is based on lidar data reflecting one or more objects in a space; obtaining an image that includes a view of at least one of the one or more objects in the space; determining a projection of points from the point cloud onto the image; generating, using the projection, an augmented image that includes one or more channels of data from the point cloud and one or more channels of data from the image; inputting the augmented image to a two dimensional convolutional neural network to obtain a semantic labeled image wherein elements of the semantic labeled image include respective predictions; and mapping, by reversing the projection, predictions of the semantic labeled image to respective points of the point cloud to obtain a semantic labeled point cloud.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Huy Tho Ho, Jingwei Wang, Kjell Fredrik Larsson
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Patent number: 11579751Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for intelligently managing a playlist of digital media provide an intelligent dynamic queue that is configured to manage the playback of digital media. The queue can transition between passive playback mode, active playback mode, and mixed playback mode. The queue can handle the playback of the songs in the queue according to the playback mode and/or a queue status field that is associated with each song in the queue.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher John Sanders, Anne Jones, Jeffrey L. Robbin, William Martin Bachman, Timothy B. Martin
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Patent number: 11582576Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a feature-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system and method that generates radio maps for environments that are not accessible for surveying. More accurate radio maps are generated for an unsurveyed environment by determining a best estimate of a mobile device state from harvested traced data that maximizes a posterior probability of the mobile device state given measurements, landmarks and loop constraints.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jahshan Bhatti, Brian Stephen Smith, Wei Kong
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Patent number: 11580905Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels that receive control signals from a chain of gate drivers. Each gate driver may include a logic sub-circuit and an output buffer sub-circuit. The output buffer sub-circuit may include depletion mode semiconducting oxide transistors with high mobility. The logic sub-circuit may include semiconducting oxide transistors, some of which can be depletion mode transistors and some of which can be enhancement mode transistors with lower mobility. The logic sub-circuit may include at least a carry circuit, a voltage setting circuit, an inverting circuit, a discharge circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Rungrot Kitsomboonloha, Chin-Wei Lin, Shinya Ono, Gihoon Choo, Hao-Lin Chiu, Kyung Wook Kim, Pei-En Chang, Szu-Hsien Lee, Zino Lee
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Patent number: 11581990Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods using or implementing dynamic resource allocation (DRA) of resources for machine-type communication (MTC), as a secondary partition within a system bandwidth. Allocations outside the secondary partition are configured as a primary partition for other than MTC. Apparatuses may perform MTC communications within the secondary partition when DRA configuration information includes allocation information for the secondary partition and the apparatus is configured for MTC. Otherwise, if the apparatus is other than MTC, the apparatus may refrain from performing communications in the secondary partition. Other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gang Xiong, Pingping Zong, Yujian Zhang, Mo-Han Fong, Jong-Kae Fwu
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Patent number: 11581901Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing digital pre-distortion compensation of digital-to-analog converter non-linearity are described. A correction circuit receives a digital input word and couples a portion of the most significant bits (MSB's) of the digital input word to a correction lookup table (LUT). A correction value is retrieved from a correction LUT entry that matches the MSB's of the digital input word. Next, the correction value is added to the original digital input word in the digital domain. Then, the sum generated by adding the correction value to the original digital input word is optionally clipped if the sum exceeds the DAC core's input range. Next, the DAC core converts the sum into an analog value that is representative of the digital input word. The above approach helps to reduce non-linearities introduced by the DAC core in an energy-efficient manner by performing a correction in the digital domain.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Dusan Stepanovic, Mansour Keramat
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Patent number: 11580444Abstract: The subject technology receives information associated with a machine learning model. The subject technology determines a set of metrics based at least in part on the information associated with the machine learning model, where the set of metrics corresponds to respective indicators of performance of the machine learning model based on input data from a data set, the set of metrics further including a number of errors produced by the machine learning model when applied to the input data from the data set. Further, the subject technology displays a user interface based at least in part on the set of metrics, where the user interface includes a set of graphical elements, and the set of graphical elements further includes representations of the set of metrics, and representations of the input data from the data set utilized by the machine learning model.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aaron B. Franklin, Kanit Wongsuphasawat, Naga Rama Abhishek Pratapa, Srikrishna Sridhar, Zachary A. Nation
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Patent number: 11579934Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for scheduling threads on a processor that has at least two different core types, such as an asymmetric multiprocessing system. Each core type can run at a plurality of selectable voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) states. Threads from a plurality of processes can be grouped into thread groups. Execution metrics are accumulated for threads of a thread group and fed into a plurality of tunable controllers for the thread group. A closed loop performance control (CLPC) system determines a control effort for the thread group and maps the control effort to a recommended core type and DVFS state. A closed loop thermal and power management system can limit the control effort determined by the CLPC for a thread group, and limit the power, core type, and DVFS states for the system. Deferred interrupts can be used to increase performance.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeremy C. Andrus, John G. Dorsey, James M. Magee, Daniel A. Chimene, Cyril de la Cropte de Chanterac, Bryan R. Hinch, Aditya Venkataraman, Andrei Dorofeev, Nigel R. Gamble, Russell A. Blaine, Constantin Pistol, James S. Ismail
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Patent number: 11580518Abstract: If a user loses an electronic device that has the capability to conduct financial transactions, the user may report that the electronic device is lost using a lost-device software application to a management electronic device associated with a provider of the electronic device. In response to receiving this information, a disabling command is sent to a payment network associated with the financial account of the user to temporarily disable use of the electronic device to conduct the financial transactions. In particular, the electronic device may include a secure element that stores a payment applet for a financial account, and the disabling command may disable a mapping from a virtual identifier for the financial account to a financial primary account number. Subsequently, if the user finds the electronic device, the user may re-enable the capability (and, thus, the mapping) by providing authentication information to the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David T. Haggerty, George R. Dicker, Ahmer A. Khan, Christopher B. Sharp, Timothy S. Hurley, Vineet Chadha
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Patent number: 11581813Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit included in a computer system may include multiple phase circuits each coupled to a regulated power supply node via a corresponding inductor. The phase circuits may modify a voltage level of the regulated power supply node using respective control signals generated by a digital control circuit that processes multiple data bits. An analog-to-digital converter circuit may compare the voltage level of the regulated power supply node to multiple reference voltage levels and sample the resultant comparisons to generate the multiple data bits.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sanjay Pant, Fabio Gozzini, Hubert Attah, Jonathan F. Bolus, Wenxun Huang
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Patent number: 11581809Abstract: A power converter circuit included in a computer system that regulated a power supply voltage used by other circuits in the computer system. The power converter includes a primary control circuit that selectively activates multiple phase circuits coupled to respective driver circuits, which are coupled to a power supply node via respective inductors. Some of the driver circuits are located on a separate integrated circuit from the primary control circuit and the multiple phase circuits.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Debashish Mahapatra, Vincenzo Bisogno, Francesco Griseta, Sarfraz Shaikh
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Patent number: D978152Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D978175Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Richard D. Lyons, Dan Tobin Smith, Wan Si Wan, Christopher I. Wilson
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Patent number: D978192Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Cho, Gary William Gehiere, Wyatt R. Mitchell