Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 11102593
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, the embodiments disclosed herein describe replacing a current hearing aid profile stored in a hearing aid. In one embodiment, the hearing aid profile is updated by sending a hearing aid profile update request to a hearing aid profile service, receiving the updated hearing aid profile from the hearing aid profile service, and replacing the current hearing aid profile in the hearing aid with the updated hearing aid profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Edwin W. Foo, Gregory F. Hughes
  • Patent number: 11099386
    Abstract: An optical system may include equipment with a housing that is configured to receive external equipment such as a cellular telephone. The external equipment may have a display mounted on a front face of the external equipment and may have additional components such as a front-facing camera. Communications circuitry in the equipment may support wired and wireless communications with the external equipment. An optical combiner in the equipment may be used to combine display image light emitted from pixels in the display with real-world image light received from external objects. The optical combiner may have a reflector with a concave lens shape that focuses light from the display towards eye boxes in which a viewer's eyes are located. The reflector may be a partial mirror or a reflective polarizer. The reflective polarizer and additional components may be used in implementing a tunable tint layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hyungryul Choi, Lei Zhao, Chaohao Wang, Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov, Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Zhibing Ge, Graham B. Myhre
  • Patent number: 11102814
    Abstract: Described are mechanisms for eNB support of DRS in LAA, in which DRS is transmitted at one or more DRS occasions within a DMTC window, subject to LBT. In some embodiments, an eNB may include hardware processing circuitry comprising an antenna port, a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to determine a DMTC window of a wireless communication channel. The second circuitry may be operable to initiate one or more CCA checks through an antenna coupled to the antenna port prior to a DRS occasion within a DMTC time window. The third circuitry may be operable to initiate a DRS transmission through the antenna within the DMTC window upon a CCA check of the set of one or more CCA checks sensing that the wireless communication channel is idle. Also described are mechanisms for proactive support of DRS in LAA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Bhorkar, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Christian Ibars Casas, Seunghee Han, Qiaoyang Ye
  • Patent number: 11099804
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic device display circuitry and methods of operating the display. The display circuitry a panel driver interface that decodes digital display data, for each display frame, received from host circuitry of the electronic device. The digital display data includes error correction and detection information for frame and line configuration information distributed in a frame packet and multiple line packets for each display frame. The frame and line configuration information facilitates, efficient, low-error, digital control of various display operational features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, David S. Zalatimo, James E. Brown, Sachiko Oda, Johan L. Piper
  • Patent number: 11100013
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory circuit including a plurality of pages, including a particular page having a page activation time. The memory system also includes a memory controller circuit configured to receive a memory access request corresponding to data of the particular page. The memory controller circuit is also configured to transmit, in response to a determination that the particular page is inactive, an activation command to the memory circuit to activate the particular page, and to schedule a future transmission of an initial memory command for the particular page based on the page activation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Shane J. Keil
  • Patent number: 11102733
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for delivering UE capability indication to a positioning server in a wireless communication network. A user equipment (UE) or evolved NodeB (eNB) may process and assign narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) resources based on a comparison between a measured narrowband reference signal received power (NRSRP) in a narrowband physical random access channel (NPRACH) transmission and at least one threshold value. Embodiments describe how to configure the NPUSCH transmission utilizing NPRACH procedure at very low receiving Signal-to Noise ratio (SNR) to alleviate negative impacts caused by less accurate NRSRP measurements and/or increased absolute power tolerance at very low receiving SNR scenarios. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Anatoliy Ioffe
  • Patent number: 11099609
    Abstract: This is directed to providing a cosmetic finish on a component constructed by connecting several elements. A single manufacturing process, such as machining or grinding, can be applied to the connected elements to remove material from some or all of the elements and to form a smooth and continuous surface across interfaces between the individual elements of the component. In some cases, settings of the material removal process can be adjusted based on the material of the component elements. For example, the settings can be adjusted based on the manufacturing or mechanical properties of each element material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Scott Myers, Richard Heley, Matthew Theobald, Adam Stagnaro, Tang Tan, Richard Dinh, David Pakula
  • Patent number: 11100669
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining surface samples that represent three-dimensional locations of surfaces of an environment; generating a voxelized representation of the surfaces of the environment in three-dimensional space using the surface samples; obtaining an image that shows the surfaces of the environment; associating each of the surface samples with image information that corresponds to a portion of the image that is spatially correlated with a respective one of the surface samples; determining voxel features for voxels from the voxelized representation based on the surface samples and the image information using a first trained machine learning model, wherein the voxel features each describe three-dimensional shapes present within a respective one of the voxels; and detecting objects based on the voxel features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yin Zhou, Vishwanath A. Sindagi, Cuneyt Oncel Tuzel
  • Patent number: 11102661
    Abstract: Technology for user equipment (UE) operable to decode beam indication related information received from a New Radio (NR) base station in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is disclosed. The UE can decode a transmission configuration indication (TCI) received in a downlink control information (DCI) from the NR base station on a scheduling physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a scheduled bandwidth part (BWP) or a scheduled component carrier (CC). The UE can decode a scheduling offset received from the NR base station, wherein the scheduling offset is an offset time for reception of beam indication related information in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The UE can decode the beam indication related information received from the NR base station in the PDSCH on the scheduled BWP or the scheduled CC at a time period greater than or equal to the scheduling offset relative to the PDCCH transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Alexei Davydov, Debdeep Chatterjee, Gang Xiong, Guotong Wang
  • Patent number: 11097658
    Abstract: Lighting may be provided using light sources such as lighting systems with arrays of light-emitting diodes. A lighting system may be integrated into a seat, a door panel, a dashboard, or other interior portions of a system such as a vehicle. The interior portions of the vehicle may be illuminated using lighting systems to provide ambient light, to provide custom surface textures and other decorative patterns, to provide icons, text, and other information, and to provide custom gauges and other illuminated regions. Illuminated regions may overlap sensors such as capacitive touch sensors, force sensors, and other sensors. The light-emitting diodes in a lighting system may supply light that passes through openings in a cover layer. The layer may be formed from fabric, leather, or other materials. Lens structures may guide light through the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, Arthur Y. Zhang, Matthew E. Last
  • Patent number: 11099707
    Abstract: A computer system with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more cameras displays a virtual object in a first user interface region. In response to detecting a first input at a location that corresponds to the virtual object and in accordance with a determination that the first input meets first criteria, the virtual object is displayed in a second user interface region. In response to detecting a second input, in accordance with a determination that the second input corresponds to a request to manipulate the virtual object in the second user interface region, a display property of the virtual object is changed, and in accordance with a determination that the second input corresponds to a request to display the virtual object in an augmented reality environment, the virtual object is displayed with a representation of a field of view of the one or more cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Jonathan R. Dascola, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey M. Faulkner, David J. Addey, David Lui, Giancarlo Yerkes
  • Patent number: 11099634
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of manipulating virtual objects using tracked physical objects is disclosed. The method involves presenting content including a virtual object and a virtual representation of a proxy device physically unassociated with an electronic device on a display of the electronic device. Input is received from the proxy device using an input device of the proxy device that represents a request to create a fixed alignment between the virtual object and the virtual representation in a three-dimensional (“3-D”) coordinate space defined for the content. The fixed alignment is created in response to receiving the input. A position and an orientation of the virtual object in the 3-D coordinate space is dynamically updated using position data that defines movement of the proxy device in the physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Austin C. Germer, Ryan S. Burgoyne
  • Patent number: 11100845
    Abstract: A device may include a photosensitive transistor and a light-emitting diode. The light-emitting diode may include an anode. The anode may include a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness, wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness. The device may also include driving circuitry that receives a data signal and causes light to emit from the light-emitting diode in response to the data signal. The photosensitive transistor may generate an electrical signal in response to light emitted from the light-emitting diode during the light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Kim, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Shiping Shen, Sun-Il Chang
  • Patent number: 11102416
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a camera system having a first camera unit and a second camera unit. The first camera unit may include a first actuator. The second camera unit may include a second actuator. In some embodiments, the first actuator may move one or more components of the first camera unit to provide autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functionality to the first camera unit. In some embodiments, the second actuator may move one or more components of the second camera unit to provide autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functionality to the second camera unit. In some examples, the first camera unit may be configured to capture a first image of a first visual field. The second camera unit may be configured to capture, simultaneously with the first camera unit capturing the first image, a second image of a second visual field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shashank Sharma, Scott W. Miller, Aurelien R. Hubert
  • Patent number: 11102086
    Abstract: Examples provide an apparatus for instantiating a Network Service containing a Virtualised Network Function that is part of a Core Network, and a Virtualised Network Function that is part of a next generation Node B, gNB, comprising a Network Function Virtualisation Orchestrator, NFVO, operable to: receive a request to instantiate a new Network Service from a Network Manager; instantiate the Network Service containing the Virtualised Network Function that is part of the Core Network, and the Virtualised Network Function that is part of the gNB; and respond to the Network Manager indicating that the requested new Network Service has been instantiated. In other examples, there is provided a computer implemented method for instantiating a Network Service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joey Chou, Yizhi Yao
  • Patent number: D928632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Teofila Connor, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Pedro Mari, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Christopher I. Wilson, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D928706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D928743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, 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
  • Patent number: D928744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Rhys Bonahoom
  • Patent number: D928821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William Martin Bachman, Alexander C. D. Fringes, Monika E. Gromek, Jeffrey L. Robbin