Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11570417Abstract: A system obtains a data set representing immersive video content for display at a display time, including first data representing the content according to a first level of detail, and second data representing the content according to a second higher level of detail. During one or more first times prior to the display time, the system causes at least a portion of the first data to be stored in a buffer. During one or more second times prior to the display time, the system generates a prediction of a viewport for displaying the content to a user at the display time, identifies a portion of the second data corresponding to the prediction of the viewport, and causes the identified portion of the second data to be stored in the video buffer. At the display time, the system causes the content to be displayed to the user using the video buffer.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fanyi Duanmu, Jun Xin, Hsi-Jung Wu, Xiaosong Zhou
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Patent number: 11567457Abstract: A consumer product that is a portable and, in some cases, a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device may have functionalities including: keeping time; monitoring a user's physiological signals and providing health-related information based on those signals; communicating with other electronic devices or services; visually depicting data on a display; gather data form one or more sensors that may be used to initiate, control, or modify operations of the device; determine a location of a touch on a surface of the device and/or an amount of force exerted on the device, and use either or both as input.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Jonathan Ive, Julian Hoenig, Rico Zorkendorfer
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Patent number: 11567654Abstract: An electronic device, displays, via a display device, a first user interface that includes content of a first application, including, as a state of the first application changes, updating the content of the first application displayed in the first user interface. While displaying the first user interface, the electronic device detects, via an input device, a first user input corresponding to a request to dismiss the first user interface. In response to detecting the first user input, the electronic device: ceases to display the first user interface; displays a second user interface that is different from the first user interface; and displays, over a portion of the second user interface, a first user interface object that includes content of the first application, including, as the state of the first application changes, updating the content of the first application displayed in the first user interface object.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: William M. Tyler
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Patent number: 11565969Abstract: Asymmetrically strengthened glass articles, methods for producing the same, and use of the articles in portable electronic device is disclosed. The asymmetrically strengthened glass articles include glass articles having a deeper compressive stress layer in a thicker portion of the glass article. Using a budgeted amount of compressive stress and tensile stress, asymmetric chemical strengthening is optimized for the utility of a glass article. In some aspects, the strengthened glass article can be designed for reduced damage, or damage propagation, when dropped.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Victor Luzzato, Christopher D. Prest, Dale N. Memering, Matthew S. Rogers
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Patent number: 11570374Abstract: Devices, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed, describing an adaptive, subject-aware approach for image bracket selection and fusion, e.g., to generate high quality images in a wide variety of capturing conditions, including low light conditions. An incoming image stream may be obtained from an image capture device, comprising images captured using differing default exposure values, e.g., according to a predetermined pattern. When a capture request is received, it may be detected whether one or more human or animal subjects are present in the incoming image stream. If a subject is detected, an exposure time of one or more images selected from the incoming image stream may be reduced relative to its default exposure time. Prior to the fusion operation, one of the selected images may be designated a reference image for the fusion operation based, at least in part, on a sharpness score and/or a blink score of the image.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hao Sun, Farhan A. Baqai, Giancarlo Todone, Gijesh Varghese, Morten Poulsen, Richard D. Seely, Richard J. Shields, Srivani Pinneli, Wu Cheng
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Patent number: 11570649Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block (SSB)-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) for measurement objects for which a user equipment is to measure feedback information in one or more measurement gaps. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yang Tang, Jie Cui, Rui Huang, Hua Li, Yuhan Zhou
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Patent number: 11567625Abstract: A computing system, while displaying a first view of a first computer-generated three-dimensional environment including a representation of a respective portion of a physical environment, and a first representation of one or more projections of light in a first portion of the first computer-generated three-dimensional environment, detects, from a first user, a query directed to a virtual assistant. In response, the computer system displays animated changes of the first representation of the one or more projections of light in the first portion of the first computer-generated three-dimensional environment, including displaying a second representation of the one or more projections of light that is focused on a first sub-portion of the first portion, and then displays content responding to the query at a position corresponding to the first sub-portion of the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Faulkner, Israel Pastrana Vicente, Philipp Rockel, Wesley M. Holder, Nicholas W. Henderson, Robert T. Tilton, Richard R. Dellinger, Stephen O. Lemay, William A. Sorrentino, III, Giancarlo Yerkes, Pedro Mari
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Patent number: 11565506Abstract: Glass articles and methods for producing glass articles for a portable electronic device are disclosed. Properties of the glass articles, such as cover members, are improved through chemical strengthening, thermoforming, or a combination thereof. The glass articles may include barrier layers to prevent diffusion of ions between glass layers of the glass article, internal compressive stress regions, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Victor Luzzato, Christopher D. Prest, Matthew S. Rogers, Dale N. Memering, Christopher C. Bartlow
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Patent number: 11568588Abstract: One embodiment provides for a display system to generate and display data on a display device, the display system comprising one or more graphics processors to generate one or more frames of data for display on the display device; a window manager to submit a request to display the one or more frames of data; a display engine to present the one or more frames of data to the display device for display; and display logic to receive the request to display the one or more frames of data and generate one or more display events for the display engine based on the request to display the one or more frames of data, wherein the display logic is to manage a set of statistics associated with the request.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Arthur L. Spence, Jeremy T. Sandmel, David M. Chan, Chendi Zhang, Peter C. Tsoi
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Patent number: 11567547Abstract: A housing for an electronic device can include a body having an exterior surface and a second surface disposed opposite the exterior surface at least partially defining an interior volume, the body defining a first repeating pattern of apertures extending from the exterior surface to the second surface. The housing can also include a component defining a second repeating pattern of apertures, the component positioned adjacent to the second surface. The first repeating pattern of apertures and the second repeating pattern of apertures can combine to define an open area of at least about 70%.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Bart K. Andre, Joel D. Barrera, Houtan R. Farahani, Jerzy S. Guterman, Richard P. Howarth, Mariel L. Lanas, Son C. Le, Michael D. McBroom, Rodrigo Dutervil Mubarak, Sabrina K. Paseman, Chentian Zhu, James M. Cuseo
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Patent number: 11567542Abstract: An accessory device for an electronic device is disclosed. The accessory device includes multiple sections, with one section holding the electronic device, and another section having an input mechanism, such as a keyboard. The accessory device includes a hinge assembly that allows relative movement of the sections with respect each other. An additional hinge assembly is integrated with the section carrying the electronic device, and provides additional flexibility and range of motion of the section, thereby allowing a user to position the electronic device at multiple different angles relative to the section carrying the input mechanism. Also, each hinge assembly may include multiple roller and spacer elements, as well as a retention structure passing through each roller element and spacer element. The retention structure can provide tension to increase the frictional force between the roller and spacer elements, and/or provide counterbalance to offset the weight of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ari P. Miller, Kevin M. Robinson, Chien-Tsun Chen
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Patent number: 11567657Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing input mechanisms. In some examples, the electronic device transitions from a first mode into a second mode in accordance with a determination that the one or more characteristics of a user input detected via a second input mechanism of the electronic device meet a set of predefined criteria. In the first mode, a first input mechanism of the electronic device is disabled for user input. In the second mode, the first input mechanism of the electronic device is enabled for user input.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bronwyn Jones, Gary Ian Butcher, Stephen O. Lemay, Nathan De Vries, Molly Pray Wiebe, Aled Hywel Williams
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Publication number: 20230022898Abstract: In some implementations, a server device can generate configuration data for an application based on user engagement segments associated with a user of the application. For example, a server device can receive information identifying user engagement segments associated with a particular user. When the server device receives a request for configuration data for the application that identifies the particular user, the server device can obtain the engagement segment identifiers associated with the particular user. The server device can use the engagement segment identifiers to obtain segment configuration data for each engagement segment identifier, combine the segment configuration data into a combined configuration, and send the combined configuration to the application on the user device. The application can then determine what content to present and how to present the content on the user device based on the combined configuration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Balaji Ramachandran, Jean S. Metz, Collin D. Ruffenach, Christopher S. Schepman, Guillermo Ortiz, Feng Yi, Casey M. Dougherty, Martin J. Murret
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Publication number: 20230027281Abstract: Some aspects include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for facilitating control messaging for multi-beam communications in 5G wireless communication systems. Nodes of a 5G network may be generate Medium Access Control Control Elements (MAC CEs) to update User Equipment (UE) with different Component Carrier (CC) settings. The MAC CEs may update a list of CCs to reduce messaging overhead and latency. For example, a MAC CE may indicate an update for a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state for a list of CCs. Similarly, a MAC CE may be used to update a spatial relation for a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set and/or a SRS resource corresponding to a list of CCs. A MAC CE may also be used to update multiple TCI codepoints having one or two TCI states in a multi-Transmission Reception Point (multi-TRP) scenario.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong SUN, Dawei ZHANG, Fangli XU, Haijing HU, Jie CUI, Wei ZENG, Yang TANG, Yushu ZHANG
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Patent number: D976585Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, 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, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D976899Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D976906Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, 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, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
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Patent number: D976939Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Freddy Anzures, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steven P. Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Bas Ording, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Douglas B. Satzger, Calvin Q. Seid, Christopher J. Stringer, Marcel van Os, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D976943Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Andrew Patrick Clymer, Aurelio Guzmán, Aaron Mathew Melim, Jacob Weiss
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Patent number: D976954Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Willem Renier Blignaut, Benjamin B. Bours, Drew Rocky Domm, Alexander Benton Grossman, Lené van Heerden, Byron Peter Meiring, David Moretti, Thomas Ignathius Jakobus Naudé, William Pule, Tiffany Shelton Reese, Christine Elizabeth Tran, Michael Joseph Zarcone, III