Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 11184055
    Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) transmissions using a reduced number of antennas (e.g., a number of transmit antennas that is smaller than a number of layers of the MIMO transmission). The MIMO transmission may communicate multiple streams of data to a second wireless device. The MIMO transmission may further be used for sensing applications, e.g., based on reflection of the MIMO transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ran Shimon, Michael Kerner, Mik Cohen
  • Patent number: 11182017
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first software application, detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first user interface, and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, performs a first operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies a first intensity threshold and the input remains on the touch-sensitive surface for a first predefined time period, and performs a second operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies tap criteria including that the input ceases to remain on the touch-sensitive surface during the first predefined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Jonathan R. Dascola, Olivier D. R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Kevin E. Ridsdale, Sophia Teutschler
  • Patent number: 11182420
    Abstract: Management or coordination of playback of digital media assets by an electronic device (e.g., a computing device), that supports media playback is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the electronic device can be controlled such that a user is able to schedule playback of distinct digital media assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, John Benjamin Filson, Kyle Yeates
  • Patent number: 11182961
    Abstract: A method and system of representing a virtual object in a view of a real environment is provided which includes providing image information of a first image of at least part of a human face captured by a camera, providing at least one human face specific characteristic, determining an image area of the face in the first image as a face region, determining at least one first light falling on the face according to the face region and the at least one human face specific characteristic, and blending in the virtual object on a display device in the view of the real environment according to at least one first light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastian Knorr, Peter Meier
  • Patent number: 11184890
    Abstract: An interface circuit in an electronic device may contend for access to a shared communication channel on behalf of the electronic device and a recipient electronic device, where the access has a duration. Then, the electronic device may provide a schedule frame intended for the recipient electronic device that includes information that specifies one or more time slots during the duration that are associated with the recipient electronic device and one or more communication functions of the recipient electronic device in the one or more time slots. Moreover, the electronic device may provide a data frame with data intended for the recipient electronic device. In response, the electronic device may receive a response frame associated with the recipient electronic device, where the response frame is received during at least one of the one or more time slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Borges, Oren Shani, Christiaan A. Hartman, Yong Liu, Charles F. Dominguez, Karthik R. Mekala, Tashbeeb Haque, Lawrie Kurian, Mete Fikirlier, Guoqing Li, Rajneesh Kumar, Ka Ho P. Poon, Brian B. Whitaker, Joseph Hakim, John A. Wilson, Tony Chi Wang Ng, Roopkumar Parthasarathy Rao, Curtis J. Schmidek, Shishir Gupta, Tushar R. Shah, Jacob H. Power, Bryan J. Follis, Anand Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 11183146
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic display configured to present an image based on image data and a display pipeline having image processing circuitry to process the image data for display on the electronic display by receiving the image data, referencing a lookup table (LUT) to determine output values based on a plurality of input value sets associated with the image data, the LUT including entries respectively mapping an output value to a defined input value set, determining whether an input value set of the plurality of input value sets is represented by the entries of the LUT, performing curvature interpolation to determine an interpolated output value associated with the input value set in response to determining the input value set of the image data is not represented by the entries of the LUT, and applying the interpolated output value to the input value set to generate updated image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jian Zhou
  • Patent number: 11183864
    Abstract: An electronic device may receive or provide power using bidirectional wired and wireless power converters. A bypass path may be included to bypass the battery charger and to allow direct power transfers from a connector of the electronic device to the wireless power converter or from the wireless power converter to the connector of the electronic device. Current limiting and regulation circuitry may also be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Gu, Yongxuan Hu, Stephen C. Terry, Di Zhao, Ruchi J. Parikh, Michael D. Black, Weiyun Chen
  • Patent number: 11184930
    Abstract: A Narrowband-Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) device may select between multiple carrier resources (of an anchor carrier and/or non-anchor carriers) to perform a Narrowband Physical Random Access Channel (NPRACH) procedure. The NB-IoT device may determine, based on a reference signal from an enhanced NodeB (eNB), a coverage level for the NB-IoT device and receive carrier configuration information, from the eNB, that indicates the carriers (e.g., an anchor carrier and one or more non-anchor carriers) that are available for NPRACH procedure. The NB-IoT device may select a carrier resource from among the carriers based on factors, such as the coverage level of the NB-IoT device and the Reference Signals Received Power (RSRP) thresholds and Repetition levels of the carrier resources. The NB-IoT device may use the selected carrier resource to initiate the NPRACH procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seau Lim, Marta Martinez Tarradell, Debdeep Chatterjee, Youn Hyoung Heo
  • Patent number: 11184695
    Abstract: This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that reduce the size of headphones and allow for small form-factor storage configurations are discussed. User convenience features that include synchronizing earpiece stem positions and automatically detecting the orientation of the headphones on a user's head are also discussed. Various power-saving features, design features, sensor configurations and user comfort features are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel R. Bloom
  • Patent number: 11184850
    Abstract: A recipient electronic device that provides an acknowledgment is described. This recipient electronic device may include a main radio and a wake-up radio (WUR) that at least selectively transitions the main radio from a lower-power mode to a higher-power mode in response to a wake-up frame. During operation, the WUR receives a wake-up frame associated with an electronic device, e.g., a second or a sending device. Then, the WUR provides, in response to the wake-up frame, the acknowledgement intended for the electronic device. The wake-up frame may specify that an acknowledgement from the recipient electronic device to the electronic device is expected. For example, the wake-up frame may specify that the acknowledgement is communicated by the recipient electronic device using the WUR in the recipient electronic device. Moreover, the WUR may provide the acknowledgment while the main radio is in the lower-power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guoqing Li, Oren Shani, Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 11184128
    Abstract: Devices and methods of reducing overall Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) of user equipment (UE) using a large amount of carrier aggregation are generally described. The UE may receive a subframe from an enhanced NodeB (eNB). The subframe may contain a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) formed in accordance with a Downlink Control information (DCI) format. The DCI format may comprise a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) for Time Division Duplexed (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplexed (FDD) operation. The UE may determine, dependent on the DAI, a number and ordering of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) bits to be transmitted on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and subsequently transmit the HARQ-ACK bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong He, Seunghee Han, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Gang Xiong
  • Patent number: 11184856
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for reducing power consumption of a first device for use in a wireless communication system. The first device receives a signal within a first reference sub-frame of a radio channel. The device determines whether to use the signal for obtaining channel state information to be reported to a second device within a reporting sub-frame, or whether to receive and use a second signal within a second reference sub-frame of the radio channel for obtaining channel state information to be reported to the second device within said predetermined later sub-frame. Based on this determination, the first device reports channel state information obtained based on the signal received within said first reference sub-frame or said second signal within said second reference sub-frame to the second device within said reporting sub-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sven Dortmund, Mathias Kurth, Matthias Hofmann, Sabine Roessel
  • Patent number: 11181949
    Abstract: Keyboards are disclosed that are retractable. Movable magnetic or mechanical linkage elements are configured to reposition keycaps and stabilizers between different relative positions. Structures in a movable layer can act on the keycaps or stabilizers to move the keycaps and stabilizers into a retracted position for storage and for saving space in an electronic device. The stabilizers can be scissor mechanisms, butterfly mechanisms, and similar devices. The movable layer can be moved in response to rotation of a hinge or other mechanical element in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. Guy, Ari P. Miller, Edward J. Cooper, Houtan R. Farahani, Kevin M. Robinson, Riley E. Brandt
  • Patent number: 11182978
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein render virtual content while accounting for air-born particles or lens-based artifacts to improve coherence or to otherwise better match the appearance of real content in the images with which the virtual content is combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Kurz
  • Patent number: 11184605
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of operating a lenticular display is performed by a device including a processor, non-transitory memory, an image sensor, and a lenticular display. The method includes displaying, via the lenticular display, first content at a horizontal angle of a first user and second content, different than the first content, at a horizontal angle of a second user. The method further includes displaying, via the lenticular display, the first content at a second horizontal angle of the first user and the second content at a second horizontal angle of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Seung Wook Kim, Nicolas V. Scapel, Felipe Bacim De Arujo E Silva
  • Patent number: D936663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Alan C. Dye, Christopher P. Foss, Stephen O. Lemay, Marco Triverio, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: D936687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Foss, Nicholas V. King, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard D. Lyons, Charmian Naguit, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Christopher I. Wilson
  • Patent number: D936689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Coffman, Woon Yung Choi, Maxwell O. Drukman, Peter Walter Roman, Chun Kin Minor Wong
  • Patent number: D936690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley William Griffin, Daamun Mohseni, Christopher Daryl Soli
  • Patent number: D936691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitri Cavander, Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli, Brian Andrew Schmitt