Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11129072Abstract: Router advertisements may be used to configure multi-homed Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions. A first router advertisement message from a first PDU session anchor and a second router advertisement message from a second PDU session anchor may be decoded. A user equipment (UE) may identify, based on the first and second router advertisement messages, a first preference value associated with destination routes of the first network and a second preference value associated with destination routes of the second data network. The UE may determine a destination data network for a signal by comparing a destination route of the signal to destination routes associated with whichever data network has a greater preference value. The UE may prepare the signal with a prefix based on the destination data network.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Danny Moses, Wu-Chi Feng
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Patent number: 11128786Abstract: An image sensor device includes a substrate, a die, and an adhesive layer positioned between the substrate and the die. The substrate includes a first side having a curved surface. The die includes an image sensor component attached to the curved surface of the substrate. At least a portion of the die comprising the image sensor component has a curved surface. The adhesive layer positioned between the curved surface of the substrate and the die provides a fixed attachment between the die and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Howell John Chua Toc, Prakash Venkatesappa, Annabelle Q. Yang, Melvin C. Cabonegro
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Patent number: 11126295Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface of a first software application that is updated at a first display rate. While displaying a first frame of the user interface in accordance with the first display rate, the device detects respective movement of a touch input across the touch-sensitive surface. An application-independent touch processing module of the device selects a respective touch location of the touch input that was detected during the respective movement to identify as a representative touch location for the respective movement based on touch-processing criteria for the first software application, and sends to an application-specific portion of the first software application touch location information for the touch input that identifies the respective touch location as the representative touch location for the respective movement. The first software application updates the user interface in accordance with the touch location information.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Bruce D. Nilo, David Michael Chan, Jacob A. Xiao, Jason Clay Beaver
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Patent number: 11126281Abstract: A device such as a computer stylus may have a color sensor. The color sensor may have a plurality of photodetectors each of which measures light for a different respective color channel. The color sensor may also have one or more light-emitting devices. Control circuitry may use the light-emitting devices to illuminate an external object while using the photodetectors to measure reflected light to determine the color of the external object. The electronic device may have a housing with an elongated shaft. The shaft may have a tip and an opposing end. The tip may be configured to emit electromagnetic signals that are detected by a touch sensor in a touch sensitive display. The color sensor may be located at the end opposite the tip, may be located at the tip, or may be optically coupled to the tip using a light guide.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicholas C. Lewty, Mahdi Nezamabadi, Po-Chieh Hung, Tze Yong Poh
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Patent number: 11129057Abstract: User equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry coupled to memory. To configure the UE for active bandwidth part (BWP) switching, the processing circuitry is to decode RRC signaling configuring a plurality of BWPs for the UE. The RRC signaling further includes an indicator for an initial BWP of the plurality of BWPs for initial use by the UE as an active BWP. DCI received on a PDCCH is decoded, which includes a BWP indicator for switching the active BWP from the initial BWP to another BWP of the plurality of BWPs. RF and baseband parameters to switch the active BWP from the initial BWP to the another BWP are reconfigured. Reconfiguring the RF and baseband parameters cause an interruption of one or more slots of a serving cell of the UE. A starting time of the interruption is within a time duration of a BWP switching delay supported by the UE.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Andrey Chervyakov, Rui Huang, Yang Tang, Jie Cui, Yuhan Zhou
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Patent number: 11125826Abstract: An electronic device can include a battery, a battery charger configured to receive power from an external power source and supply at least one of a charging current or a charging voltage to the battery, and a battery charger controller coupled to charger and configured to control the battery charger. More specifically, the battery charger controller may be configured to control the charger to supply a first AC signal as at least a part of the charging current or charging voltage supplied to the battery, measure a second AC signal associated with the first AC signal, and determine an impedance of the battery at a frequency of interest from the first and second AC signals. The electronic device can also or alternatively include a variable load that may be controlled to supply a first AC signal as at least part of the discharging current or discharging voltage of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qing Liu, Eric G. Smith
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Patent number: 11128610Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to multiway communications. In some embodiments, a first electronic device initiates a multiway call between a plurality of electronic devices and exchanges a first secret with a first set of electronic devices participating during a first portion of the multiway call, the first secret being used to encrypt traffic between the first set of electronic devices. The first electronic device receives an indication that first set of participating electronic devices has changed and, in response to the indication, exchanges a second secret with a second set of electronic devices participating during a second portion of the multiway call, the second secret being used to encrypt traffic between the second set of participating electronic devices. In some embodiments, the indication identifies a second electronic device as leaving the multiway call, and the second secret is not exchanged with the second electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yan Yang, Jin Hyung Park, Joe S. Abuan, Berkat S. Tung, Sean P. Devlin, Vu H. Chiem, Jose A. Lozano Hinojosa, Thomas P. Devanneaux, Vladimir Goupenko, Hsien-Po Shiang, Daniel B. Pollack, Mark M. Xue, David J. Steele, Yu Xing, Ryan W. Baker, Christopher M. Garrido, Ming Jin
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Patent number: 11128792Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to capturing and displaying video with multiple focal planes. The video includes a subject with a predefined portion of the subject identified in a first focal region. When a set of one or more conditions is met, the video is displayed with a focal plane of the video selected to be outside of the first focal region. When the set of one or more conditions is met is no longer met; and the video is displayed with the focal plane of the video selected to be inside of the first focal region.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Julian Missig, Guillaume Ardaud
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Patent number: 11127547Abstract: Embodiments are directed to deformable haptic structures used within an electronic device. The haptic structures may provide input and output for the electronic device. In one aspect, an embodiment includes a keyboard having a housing and a keycap positioned within an opening of the housing. The keyboard may include a haptic structure coupled with the housing and the keycap. The haptic structure may include a compliant layer and a pair of electrodes separated by the compliant layer. The pair of electrodes may be configured to compress the compliant layer in response to an input signal. The compression of the compliant layer caused by the pair of electrodes may move the keycap relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Alex J. Lehmann, Qiliang Xu, David L. Christensen, Zheng Gao
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Patent number: 11126439Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to operand routing among SIMD pipelines. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a set of multiple hardware pipelines configured to execute a single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) instruction for multiple threads in parallel, wherein the instruction specifies first and second architectural registers. In some embodiments, the pipelines include execution circuitry configured to perform operations using one or more pipeline stages of the pipeline. In some embodiments, the pipelines include routing circuitry configured to select, based on the instruction, a first input operand for the execution circuitry from among: a value from the first architectural register from thread-specific storage for another pipeline and a value from the second architectural register from thread-specific storage for a thread assigned to another pipeline.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher A. Burns, Liang-Kai Wang, Robert D. Kenney, Terence M. Potter
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Patent number: 11129014Abstract: The described embodiments set forth techniques for managing inactive (disabled) electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) on secure elements, e.g., Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICCs) and/or embedded UICCs (eUICCs), of a wireless device, including retrieving information from an inactive eSIM, obtaining authentication tokens from an inactive eSIM, authenticating the inactive eSIM with a network-based Mobile Network Operator (MNO) server, retrieving status information for a subscription account associated with the inactive eSIM, and/or performing an account management operation on the inactive eSIM.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Li Li, Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman, Arun G. Mathias
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Patent number: 11124035Abstract: A suspension actuator includes an upper mount, a lower mount, a first actuator mechanism, and a second actuator mechanism. The upper mount is connectable to a sprung mass of a vehicle. The lower mount is connectable to an unsprung mass of the vehicle. The first actuator mechanism forms a first load path between the upper mount and the lower mount. The first actuator mechanism is one of an electromagnetic linear actuator mechanism or a ball screw actuator mechanism. The second actuator mechanism forms a second load path in parallel with the first load path between the upper mount and the lower mount. The second actuator mechanism is one of a mechanical linear actuator mechanism, an air spring actuator mechanism, or a hydraulic actuator mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan L. Hall, Troy A. Carter, Paul J. Keas
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Patent number: 11126283Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for handling user input gestures on an extended trackpad of an electronic device are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Denis G. Chen
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Publication number: 20210287435Abstract: For a mapping application, a method for reporting a problem related to a map displayed by the mapping application is described. The method identifies a mode in which the mapping application is operating. The method identifies a set of types of problems to report based on the identified mode. The method displays, in a display area of the mapping application, a graphical user interface (GUI) page that includes a set of selectable user interface (UI) items that represent the identified set of types of problems.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Marcel van Os, Albert P. Dul, Ethan C. Sorrelgreen, I Wei Lai
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Publication number: 20210289498Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for synchronizing the switching of different wireless platforms to different portions of a frequency band. An embodiment, at a first wireless platform, operates by receiving a band switch request message from a second wireless platform, wherein the band switch request message comprises a band switch delay period for the second wireless platform. The embodiment calculates a band switch time based on a band switch delay period for the first wireless platform and the band switch delay period for the second wireless platform. The embodiment transmits a band switch accept message comprising the band switch time to the second wireless platform. The embodiment sets a first filter to operate on a second portion of the frequency band based on the band switch time. The embodiment then operates on the second portion of the frequency band.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adam B. LAPEDE, Daniel R. BORGES, Mohammed W. MOKHTAR, Helena D. O'SHEA, Alon PAYCHER, Oren SHANI, Matthew L. SEMERSKY, Sriram HARIHARAN, Sreeraman ANANTHARAMAN, Khaye Loon WEI, Andrew D. SMART
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Publication number: 20210286429Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for defining a training data set to include biosignals and categorical labels representative of a context. For example, a categorical label may indicate whether a user was performing a difficult or easy mental task while the biosignal was being recorded. A set of first layers in a neural network can be trained using a portion of the training data set associated with a first set of users and at least one second layer can be trained using a portion of the training data set associated with a particular other user. The neural network can then be used to process other biosignals from the particular other user to generate predicted categorical context labels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Erdrin Azemi, Joseph Yitan Cheng, Hanlin Goh
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Publication number: 20210288842Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for time domain resource allocations in wireless communications systems. Disclosed embodiments include time-domain symbol determination and/or indication using a combination of higher layer and downlink control information signaling for physical downlink shared channel and physical uplink shared channel; time domain resource allocations for mini-slot operations; rules for postponing and dropping for multiple mini-slot transmission; and collision handling of sounding reference signals with semi-statically or semi-persistently configured uplink transmissions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Debdeep CHATTERJEE, Sergey PANTELEEV, Gang XIONG, Ajit NIMBALKER, Hong HE
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Publication number: 20210288708Abstract: Herein described are apparatuses, systems, and methods for measurement and reporting of channel state information within wireless network systems. In embodiments, an apparatus for a user equipment (UE) may include memory to store a rank indicator (RI), a precoding matrix index (PMI), and a channel quality indicator (CQI) of channel state information (CSI) for the UE. The apparatus may further include circuitry to concatenate the RI, the PMI, and the CQI to produce a concatenated CSI element, generate a CSI report that includes the concatenated CSI element, and cause the CSI report to be transmitted to a base station within a single slot. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexei DAVYDOV, Sameer PAWAR, Wook Bong LEE, Yushu ZHANG, Victor SERGEEV, Joonyoung CHO, Dmitry DIKAREV
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Publication number: 20210289043Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for efficiently monitoring the operating context of a computing device. In some implementations, the context daemon and/or the context client can be terminated to conserve system resources. For example, if the context daemon and/or the context client are idle, they can be shutdown to conserve battery power or free other system resources (e.g., memory). When an event occurs (e.g., a change in current context) that requires the context daemon and/or the context client to be running, the context daemon and/or the context client can be restarted to handle the event. Thus, system resources can be conserved while still providing relevant context information collection and callback notification features.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexander Barraclough Brown, Umesh S. Vaishampayan
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Patent number: D931019Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jean-Marc Gady, Gabriel J. Lamb, Adrian E. Magrina, Simona M. Szabados, Moritz Wilsberg