Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11202007Abstract: Various embodiments include camera movement control for reduced power consumption. Some embodiments, for example, may include operating a camera module in a power saving mode, in which focus movement control may be synchronized with frame capture. According to some examples, such synchronization may include holding a position (e.g., a focus position) of a lens group and/or an image sensor of the camera module during some integration time periods. Furthermore, such synchronization may include enabling power saving movement (e.g., between a focus position and a neutral position) of the lens group and/or the image sensor during some other time periods, such as during intervals (e.g., blanking intervals) between integration time periods, and/or during integration time periods for image frames that are expendable.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Dhanda, Santiago Alban
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Patent number: 11202313Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to encode a Non-scheduled Physical Uplink Control Channel (N-PUCCH) in an Uplink (UL) burst transmission, and to encode a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) in the UL burst transmission. The second circuitry may be operable to initiate the UL burst transmission subject to a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) protocol on a channel of the wireless network. The UL burst transmission may be initiated without a UL grant received from the eNB.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr, Abhijeet Bhorkar, Qiaoyang Ye, Huaning Niu, Hwan-Joon Kwon
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Patent number: 11200641Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining an image comprising a plurality of pixels. The method includes determining, for a particular pixel of the plurality of pixels, a feature value. The method includes selecting, based on the feature value, a set of selected pixels from a set of candidate pixels in an image region surrounding the particular pixel. The method includes denoising the particular pixel based on the set of selected pixels.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Farhan A. Baqai, Wu Cheng
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Patent number: 11199929Abstract: A textured enclosure component including two different types of surface features is disclosed. The two different types of surface features are differently sized. The combination of differently sized surface features provides both anti-glare and anti-reflective properties to the enclosure component.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Joseph C. Poole, Matthew S. Rogers, Naoto Matsuyuki
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Patent number: 11200557Abstract: A device implementing a scalable wireless transaction system includes at least one processor configured to receive, from a wireless transaction system server, a list of wireless transaction group identifiers, and an indication of at least one applet associated with each of the wireless transaction group identifiers. The at least one processor is further configured to receive, from a wireless transaction device, a polling frame that includes one of the wireless transaction device group identifiers. The at least one processor is further configured to select an applet provisioned on a device secure element that is assigned to the wireless transaction group identifier, the assigning being based at least in part on the received list. The at least one processor is further configured to utilize the selected applet to perform a wireless transaction with the wireless transaction device.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Matthias Lerch, Ahmer A. Khan, Oren M. Elrad, Franck Rakotomalala
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Patent number: 11201657Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods for reference signal design for initial acquisition, by receiving a first primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a first secondary synchronization signal (SSS) from a first transmit (Tx) beam, in first contiguous orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of a downlink subframe. A UE can receive at least a second PSS and a second SSS from a second Tx beam in contiguous OFDM symbols of the downlink subframe. A UE can then detect beamforming reference signals (BRSs) corresponding to the first Tx beam and the second Tx beam, based on identification of physical cell ID information and timing information processed from the first PSS, the second PSS, the first SSS, and the second SSS. The UE can select the first Tx beam or the second Tx beam that was received with the highest power, based on the BRSs. Other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gang Xiong, Huaning Niu, Yushu Zhang, Jong-Kae Fwu, Yuan Zhu, Ralf Matthias Bendlin
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Patent number: 11200303Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to providing audio prompts. In one embodiment, a computing device includes a display, an audio circuit coupled to a speaker, first and second processors, and memory. The memory has first program instructions executable by the first processor to provide, via a first operating system of the computing device, a visual prompt to the display to cause the display to present the visual prompt to a user and send, to the second processor, a request to provide an audio prompt corresponding to the visual prompt via the speaker to the user. The computing device also includes memory having second program instructions executable by the second processor to, in response to the request, provide, via a second operating system, an instruction to the audio circuit to play the audio prompt via the speaker.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory F. Hughes, Anthony J. Chivetta, Brett D. George, Josh P. de Cesare, Santo S. Sapienza, Ion Valentin Pistol
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Patent number: 11200490Abstract: Embodiments relate to a neural processor circuit including neural engines, a buffer, and a kernel access circuit. The neural engines perform convolution operations on input data and kernel data to generate output data. The buffer is between the neural engines and a memory external to the neural processor circuit. The buffer stores input data for sending to the neural engines and output data received from the neural engines. The kernel access circuit receives one or more kernels from the memory external to the neural processor circuit. The neural processor circuit operates in one of multiple modes, at least one of which divides a convolution operation into multiple independent convolution operations for execution by the neural engines.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sung Hee Park, Seungjin Lee, Christopher L. Mills
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Patent number: 11200542Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for automatically generating an appointment for an electronic calendar. The method receives input to create a new appointment for the calendar. The method analyzes several previous appointments stored for the first calendar. Based on the analysis, the method automatically proposes a new appointment that has at least one appointment characteristic shared with at least one past appointment stored for the calendar. In some embodiments, the method receives text input describing a characteristic of the new appointment, and searches through the previous appointments using the text input.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tiffany S. Jon, Stephen O. Lemay
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Patent number: 11200062Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a physical register last reference scheme are described. A system includes a processor with a mapper, history file, and freelist. When an entry in the mapper is updated with a new architectural register-to-physical register mapping, the processor creates a new history file entry for the given instruction that caused the update. The processor also searches the mapper to determine if the old physical register that was previously stored in the mapper entry is referenced by any other mapper entries. If there are no other mapper entries that reference this old physical register, then a last reference indicator is stored in the new history file entry. When the given instruction retires, the processor checks the last reference indicator in the history file entry to determine whether the old physical register can be returned to the freelist of available physical registers.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Deepankar Duggal, Conrado Blasco, Muawya M. Al-Otoom, Richard F. Russo
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Publication number: 20210383773Abstract: In some implementations, a mobile computing device may participate in the calibration of an output signal of a media device. This calibration process includes storing device-specific calibration data which is related to properties of a light sensor of the mobile device. The mobile device then detects of properties of light emitted by the display device during a presentation to obtain sensor values related to light emitted by the display device during the presentation. The calibration process may also ensure that the mobile device is proximate to the display device prior to obtaining the sensor values. The collected sensor values are adjusted using device-specific calibration data stored to the mobile device to normalize the sensor values relative to a baseline. These normalized sensor values are sent to the media device for use in adjusting the output signal based on the normalized sensor values.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Marshall W. Huss, Maxim Stepanov, Manik Kalra, Christopher J. Sanders, Vijay Sundaram, Osborn F. de Lima, Shahram Peyvandi, Adria Fores Herranz, Jiaying Wu, Lu Zhang
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Publication number: 20210385144Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for transmitting a message to a user device in accordance with a determination that another device is unreachable over a network. In one example, a server device, at a first location, may identify a controller device resident at a second location, whereby the controller device is configured to communicate with a router at the second location. The server device may also receive a list of user devices. The server device may transmit a ping message to the controller device via the router to determine whether the controller device is unreachable by the server device. The server device may subsequently transmit a message to a user device on the list in accordance with a determination that the controller device is unreachable by the server device, whereby the message includes instructions for the user device to determine whether the controller device is unreachable by the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Keith W. Rauenbuehler, Nicholas J. Circosta, Kenneth A. York, Christopher Ku, Adam J. Moore, Jose A. Lozano Hinojosa, Aniket A. Zamwar, Patrick L. Coffman
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Publication number: 20210383554Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for establishing an activity zone within video captured by a camera. A user device may establish an activity zone or an exclusion zone within video representing a physical view captured by the camera. An automatic monitoring system may analyze the video of the camera with respect to the activity zone or exclusion zone and trigger notifications that are associated with a zone so as to limit notifications transmitted to the user device to those notifications that are relevant to the user. With activity or exclusion zones video from a camera may be automatically monitored to reduce a volume of notifications transmitted to the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sara Bolouki, Yah Yah Cason, Jonghoon Jin, Nils Ängquist, Hendrik Dahlkamp, Patrick L. Coffman
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Publication number: 20210384947Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of generating codebook in a wireless communication system with multiple antenna arrays, as well as a wireless communication system, base station and terminal using the codebook for communication. The method comprises steps of: providing a basic codebook which contains multiple pre-coding matrices; and assigning phase offsets to certain pre-coding matrices in the basic codebook to form a codebook with phase offset. The feedback overhead from a client to a base station side is reduced and a good precision of feedback for multi-antenna array is kept by applying the method of generating codebook and using the generated codebook in the wireless communication system, base station and terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hui Tong, Masayuki Hoshino, Ming Xu, Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura
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Publication number: 20210382269Abstract: Single fold optical systems that include a power prism and a lens stack including two or more refractive lens elements. The single fold optical system may provide a long mechanical back focus without increasing the Z-height of the optical system. Providing power on the prism may reduce the optical total length and reduce the X-length of the optical system. The single folded optical systems may provide reduced Z-axis height and reduced X-axis length when compared to conventional double folded optical systems with similar optical characteristics. In addition, the optical systems may include an anamorphic lens that is oriented to correct for astigmatism caused by surface errors of the reflective surface of the prism.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Takeyoshi Saiga
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Publication number: 20210383966Abstract: This application relates to a wireless charger with increased efficiency during operation. The wireless charging assembly includes a wireless charger and an electronic device. A transmitter coil in the wireless charger can induct magnetic flux to a receiver coil in the electronic device via a magnetic flux pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Saining Ren, Christopher S. Graham, Makiko K. Brzezinski, Rohan Dayal, Paul J. Thompson
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Publication number: 20210385676Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for configuring and implementing radio resource management (RRM) measurements for monitoring neighboring cells based on synchronization signal block (SSB) timing groups in an radio resource control (RRC) connected (RRC_CONNECTED) state. Various embodiments describe how to determine a set of SSB timing groups, and how to generate a receiver switching pattern based on the set of SSB timing groups and/or SSB scanning measurements. The embodiments also describe determination and implementation of an SSB scanning mode and an SSB Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zhibin YU, Rui HUANG, Yang TANG, Jie CUI
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Publication number: 20210385681Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for enhancements to measurement gaps for new radio (NR) systems. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qiming LI, Hua LI, Rui HUANG, Jie CUI, Yang TANG
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Patent number: D938476Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Marco Triverio
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Patent number: D938493Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Andre Souza Dos Santos