Patents Assigned to Apple
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Publication number: 20220014677Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera having an actuator with one or more moving coils and a dynamic flex circuit. In some embodiments, the camera may include a movable frame that is fixedly coupled with a lens group or an image sensor. The actuator may be a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator that moves the movable frame relative to one or more stationary structures of the camera. The VCM actuator may include a coil coupled with the movable frame, and a magnet coupled with the stationary structure(s). The dynamic flex circuit may be configured to provide an electrical connection between the coil and the stationary structure(s), and a portion of the dynamic flex circuit may provide service loop to allow motion of the movable frame enabled by the VCM actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Nicholas D. Smyth
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Publication number: 20220014979Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for command handling for simultaneous connectivity handovers. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Candy YIU, Jaemin HAN, Sudeep PALAT, Yi GUO
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Publication number: 20220013226Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating health research through enhanced communication between research participants and researchers. A method for facilitating health research includes generating health information for a subject via execution of a health data tracking application by a portable computing device. The health information is stored in a database associated with the subject. A selection is received from a health researcher defining a requested portion of the health information for a health research study. A release authorized portion of the requested portion of the health information is determined. The release authorized portion of the requested portion of the health information is transmitted to the health researcher.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Divya Nag
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Publication number: 20220014341Abstract: Various embodiments herein describe solutions to issues in beam switching for intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation. For example, the UE may interrupt downlink communication on one or more component carriers when the UE switches the receive beam with intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yang TANG, Jie CUI, Yuhan ZHOU
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Publication number: 20220013834Abstract: Battery systems according to embodiments of the present technology may include a battery cell having an electrode tab extending from an edge of the battery cell. The systems may also include a module electrically coupled with the battery cell. The module may be characterized by a first surface, a height, and a second surface opposite the first surface. A conductive tab coupled along the first surface of the module may extend from a first end parallel to a plane of the first surface. The conductive tab may be characterized by a curvature proximate a midpoint of the conductive tab. A distal region of the conductive tab may return back across the first surface of the module substantially parallel to the first surface. A distal portion of the electrode tab may be fixedly coupled with the distal region of the conductive tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Angelo V. Marasco, Nathan J. Bohney, John M. McCambridge, Antonio Manenti, Laura E. Mayer, Scott L. Gooch, Jonathan C. Wilson, Flynn P. Carson
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Publication number: 20220014600Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for retrieving cached data in an information centric networking (ICN) enabled cellular network. Various embodiments enable cached ICN data retrieval with newly introduced functionalities, such as ICN-control function (ICN-CF), ICN-point of attachment (ICN-PoA), uplink classifier (UL CL), and other corresponding functionalities. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zongrui DING, Gabriel ARROBO VIDAL, Qian LI, Geng WU, Ching-Yu LIAO
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Publication number: 20220015150Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for designing quality report for enhanced Machine Type Communication (EMTC) and Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IOT). For example, some embodiments are directed to a user equipment (UE) including radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry coupled to the radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to determine a downlink (DL) quality metric based on a DL quality metric type and identify a message 3 (Msg3) signal based on the determined DL quality metric. The processor circuitry can further be configured to transmit, using the radio front end circuitry, the identified Msg3 signal to a base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qiaoyang YE, Bharat SHRESTHA, Debdeep CHATTERJEE, Gregory MOROZOV
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Patent number: 11221996Abstract: Improved techniques and apparatus for managing data between a host device (e.g., host computer) and a client device. The data being managed can, for example, pertain to portable computer programs, such as widgets. The managing of the data thus can involve transfer of portable computer programs (e.g., widgets) between the host device and the client device. In one embodiment, the transfer of portable computer programs between a host device and a client device can be referred to as synchronization.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey L. Robbin, David Heller, Christopher R. Wysocki, Timothy Wasko, Gordon Freedman
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Patent number: 11222456Abstract: A graphics animation and compositing operations framework has a layer tree for interfacing with the application and a render tree for interfacing with a render engine. Layers in the layer tree can be content, windows, views, video, images, etc., for an application's user interface. The application commits state changes of the layers of the layer tree. The application does not need to include explicit code for animating the changes to the layers. Instead, after a synchronization threshold has been met, an animation is determined for animating the change in state by the framework which can define a set of predetermined animations based on motion, visibility and transition. The determined animation is explicitly applied to the affected layers in the render tree. A render engine renders from the render tree into a frame buffer, synchronized with the display. Portions of the render tree changing relative to prior versions can be tracked.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ralph Brunner, John Harper, Peter Graffagnino
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Patent number: 11221798Abstract: Techniques relating to arbitration in a memory controller are disclosed. In some embodiments, the memory controller is configured to transition between read turns and writes turn according to a turn schedule. In some embodiments, the memory controller also receives reports from circuitry requesting memory transactions and determines a current latency tolerance value based on the reports. In some embodiments, the memory controller is configured to switch from a write turn to a read turn prior to a scheduled switch based on the current latency tolerance meeting a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory S. Mathews, Kai Lun Hsiung, Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy Nukala, Peter Fu, Rakesh L. Notani, Sukalpa Biswas, Thejasvi Magudilu Vijayaraj, Yanzhe Liu, Shane J. Keil
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Patent number: 11223766Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to shift an image sensor along multiple axes. Some embodiments include a magnet and coil arrangement. Some embodiments include a position sensing arrangement. Some embodiments include a flexure arrangement. Some embodiments include a coil structure and coil carrier assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Shashank Sharma, Scott W. Miller
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Patent number: 11221679Abstract: An electronic device receives, at an application-independent module, user interface information from an application. The user interface information corresponds to one or more displayed user interface elements with one or more dimensions defined by an application-specific module of the application. The electronic device receives an input directed toward one or more of the displayed user interface elements, and, at the application-independent module, determines one or more tactile outputs to be generated based on a magnitude of the input and the one or more dimensions defined by the applications-specific module. Using the one or more tactile output generators, the electronic device generates the determined one or more tactile outputs.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Julien Y. Robert, Tyler M. Fox, Camille Moussette, Viktor Miladinov, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Madeleine S. Cordier
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Patent number: 11221221Abstract: Location information is used to build a database of locations having associated audio, video, image, or text data. In some implementations, a device includes a touch-sensitive display and collects data associated with a geographic location of interest. The geographic location of interest can be displayed on a map using an indicator. A touch selection of the indicator provides access to the data through an interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display. One or more locations of interest can be displayed and grouped together by an attribute.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Scott Forstall, Gregory N. Christie, Robert E. Borchers, Imran A. Chaudhri
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Patent number: 11221512Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a backlight unit. The backlight unit may include a printed circuit board, a plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on the printed circuit board, at least one light spreading layer formed over the printed circuit board that spreads light received from the plurality of light-emitting diodes, a partially reflective layer formed over the at least one light spreading layer, a color conversion layer formed over the partially reflective layer, a collimating layer formed over the color conversion layer, a brightness enhancement film formed over the collimating layer, and a diffuser formed over the brightness enhancement film. The at least one light spreading layer may include two light spreading layers with elongated protrusions that are rotated relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Rong Liu, Daming Xu, Jun Qi, Ling Han, Mookyung Son, Chenhua You, Victor H. Yin, Xinyu Zhu, Heesang Suh, Juan He, Joshua A. Spechler, Zhenyue Luo, Suraj P. Gorkhali
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Patent number: 11221675Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display displays a representation of a clock on the display, detects an input directed to the representation of the clock, while detecting the input directed to the representation of the clock, and provides tactile feedback that corresponds to the clock, wherein the tactile feedback includes a regular pattern of tactile outputs on the touch-sensitive surface. While providing the tactile feedback, the device detects that the input is no longer directed to the representation of the clock, and in response to detecting that the input is no longer directed to the representation of the clock, ceases to provide the tactile feedback corresponding to the clock.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein
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Patent number: 11221488Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses may include one or more adjustable lenses that are each configured to align with a respective one of a user's eyes. The adjustable lenses may include a foveated liquid crystal adjustable lens stacked with a non-liquid-crystal adjustable lens such as a fluid-filled lens or an Alvarez lens. The foveated adjustable lens may include electrically modulated optical material such as one or more liquid crystal cells. The liquid crystal cells may include arrays of electrodes that extend along one, two, three, four, or more than four directions. Control circuitry may apply control signals to the array of electrodes in each liquid crystal cell to produce a desired phase profile. Each lens may be foveated such that portions of the lens within the user's gaze exhibit a different phase profile than portions of the lens outside of the user's gaze.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Miikka M. Kangas, Yu Horie, Ehsan Arbabi, Patrick R. Gill, Jeffrey G. Koller
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Patent number: 11221677Abstract: According to some embodiments, an accessory device for interacting with an electronic device having a touch sensitive surface, is described. The accessory device can include a housing having walls suitable for carrying a processor capable of providing instructions and an interface unit extending through an opening at a distal end of the housing, where the interface unit is capable of interacting with the touch sensitive surface. The accessory device can further include a sensor in communication with the processor and the interface unit, where the sensor is capable of (i) detecting a stimulus generated by the interaction between the interface unit and the touch sensitive surface, and (ii) responding by providing a feedback parameter to the processor that responds by providing a feedback instruction. The accessory device can further include a feedback component that responds to the feedback instruction by transmitting a feedback force to the walls of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Taylor, Brenton A. Baugh, Paul X. Wang, Alex J. Lehmann, Ivan S. Maric, Zheng Gao, Qiliang Xu
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Patent number: 11223956Abstract: Techniques are provided for transmitting a secure frame by a wireless device. For example, the wireless device may determine a location within a data sequence of a secure frame to puncture the data sequence with a puncture. The wireless device may then generate the secure frame that includes the punctured data sequence and transmit the secure frame to a second wireless device. The second wireless device may then authenticate the secure frame based at least in part on the location of the puncture within the punctured data sequence.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ayman F. Naguib, Arun Yadav
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Patent number: 11223771Abstract: Media user interfaces are described, including user interfaces for capturing media (e.g., capturing a photo, recording a video), displaying media (e.g., displaying a photo, playing a video), editing media (e.g., modifying a photo, modifying a video), accessing media controls or settings (e.g., accessing controls or settings to capture photos or videos to capture videos), and automatically adjusting media (e.g., automatically modifying a photo, automatically modifying a video).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Behkish J. Manzari, Grant Paul, William A. Sorrentino, III, Andre Souza Dos Santos
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Patent number: D940716Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer