Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 12245140
    Abstract: An approach is described for a base station to generate a first message and a second message. The base station transmits the first message and the second message to a user equipment (UE). The first message is associated with a cell supported by the base station and includes a first public land mobile network (PLMN) identity index and a first list of one or more network slices supported by a first PLMN associated with the first PLMN identity index. The second message is associated with one or more neighboring cells, and includes the first PLMN identity index and a second list of one or more network slice data associated the first PLMN as supported by the one or more neighboring cells. In addition, at least one of the one or more network slice data in the second list includes a sub-list of one or more neighboring cell data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Fangli Xu, Ralf Rossbach, Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Mona Agnel, Krisztian Kiss, Sarma V. Vangala, Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, Zhibin Wu, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Yuqin Chen, Huarui Liang
  • Patent number: 12245246
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a wireless communication system. A plurality of transmission control indication states may be indicated for future use, e.g., using one or more paired lists. A subset of the indicated states may be activated. One or more states of the subset may be used for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a single downlink control information mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong He, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Haitong Sun, Ankit Bhamri, Chunxuan Ye, Sigen Ye, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Jie Cui
  • Patent number: 12243955
    Abstract: A micro light emitting diode (LED) and a method of forming an array of micro LEDs for transfer to a receiving substrate are described. The micro LED structure may include a micro p-n diode and a metallization layer, with the metallization layer between the micro p-n diode and a bonding layer. A conformal dielectric barrier layer may span sidewalls of the micro p-n diode. The micro LED structure and micro LED array may be picked up and transferred to a receiving substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Bibl, John A. Higginson, Hung-Fai Stephen Law, Hsin-Hua Hu
  • Patent number: 12242706
    Abstract: A three-dimensional preview of content can be generated and presented at an electronic device in a three-dimensional environment. The three-dimensional preview of content can be presented concurrently with a two-dimensional representation of the content in a content generation environment presented in the three-dimensional environment. While the three-dimensional preview of content is presented in the three-dimensional environment, one or more affordances can be provided for interacting with the one or more computer-generated virtual objects of the three-dimensional preview. The one or more affordances may be displayed with the three-dimensional preview of content in the three-dimensional environment. The three-dimensional preview of content may be presented on a three-dimensional tray and the one or more affordances may be presented in a control bar or other grouping of controls outside the perimeter of the tray and/or along the perimeter of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Lipton, Ryan S. Burgoyne, Michelle Chua, Zachary Z. Becker, Karen N. Wong, Eric G. Thivierge, Mahdi Nabiyouni, Eric Chiu, Tyler L. Casella
  • Patent number: 12245050
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein include capturing images via cameras or light sensors of a mobile communication device, processing the image to determine obstructed (e.g., by foliage) portions and unobstructed (e.g., open sky) portions of the images, and generating a grid indicating the obstructed and unobstructed portions. The device may then adjust operating characteristics, such as synchronizing with a communication hub or other mobile communication device, performing a handover with the communication hub or other mobile communication device, determining transmission power or an amount to increase transmission power, selecting an antenna, determining a beam direction, determining a discontinuous reception cycle or a frequency for receiving data, providing an indication to stop or proceed through certain areas (e.g., to take advantage of areas with higher signal quality or avoid areas with lower signal quality), and the like, based on the obstructed and unobstructed portions identified in the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dhruv Khati, Shiva Krishna Narra, Krishna Myneni, Anjaneyulu Maganti, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian
  • Patent number: 12245065
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for measuring and/or reporting UE-to-UE crosslink interference (CLI). Techniques of realizing efficient L3 CLI RSSI and SRS-RSRP reporting and triggering mechanisms are disclosed. The disclosed apparatuses and methods can configure a measurement object to include a cross-link sounding reference signal (SRS) resource or a cross-link received signal strength indicator (RSSI) resource. A level of cross-link interference (CLI) between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE based is determined, at least in part, on the configured measurement object. Then, in response to occurrence of a predetermined event, a report is generated that includes the level of CLI. The measurement object is configured to include a resource configuration parameters for a cross-link interference received signal strength indicator (CLI-RSSI) measurement and sounding reference signal (SRS) resource configurations for a cross-link SRS reference signal received power (SRS-RSRP) measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Honglei Miao
  • Patent number: 12242718
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a portable electronic device includes: a display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or mor processors. The one or more programs include instructions for: detecting a user-defined gesture on the display while the portable electronic device is in a user-defined-gesture recording mode; creating a representation of the user-defined gesture; associating the representation of the user-defined gesture with an emoji character; and storing the representation of the user-defined gesture and the association of the representation of the user-defined gesture with the emoji character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford Allen Moore, Bas Ording, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Stephen J. Chick, Kenneth Kocienda
  • Patent number: 12244604
    Abstract: The subject disclosure provides systems and methods for companion device authentication. A user of a first device may not have access to a service that can be provided by the first device. The service may be a streaming service, a cloud-based service, or the like. Companion device authentication can allow the user, or another user, to authorize access to the service at the first device, using a companion device to the first device. The first device and the companion device may exchange communications to nominate the companion device prior to notifying a user of the companion device of a companion device authentication request for the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Caleb M. Davenport, Quenton D. Jones, Paul J. Sholtz, Peter J. Hare
  • Patent number: 12242660
    Abstract: In some examples, a method comprises determining, at an electronic device having a first component of a first component type, a unique identifier associated with the first component. In some examples, in accordance with a determination that the unique identifier does not match the expected identifier of the component of the first component type in the electronic device, determining that the first component associated with the unique identifier satisfies one or more eligibility criteria. In some examples, in accordance with the determination that the first component associated with the unique identifier satisfies the one or more eligibility criteria, authenticating an association of the first component with the electronic device, including updating an installation counter associated with the first component, and updating the expected identifier for the component of the first type based on the unique identifier of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Philip Mensch, John Thomas Perry, Yiqun Zhu, Jerrold Hauck, Peter Chang, Tiffany Shih-Yu Fang
  • Publication number: 20250071632
    Abstract: Provided is a method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a network (NW) comprising a master node (MN) and a secondary node (SN), one or more messages comprising pre-configured measurement gap (pre-MG) configurations for at least one pre-MG, wherein the UE is in dual connectivity (DC) with the MN and the SN; and determining, from the pre-MG configurations, respective pre-MG statuses for the at least one pre-MG, wherein the MN comprises a master cell group (MCG) and the SN comprises a secondary cell group (SCG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuqin Chen, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Qiming Li, Yang Tang
  • Publication number: 20250070772
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to circuits and a method for mitigating effects of power supply variations on a driver circuit. For example, the circuit can include a first transistor device with a first source/drain (S/D) terminal and a second S/D terminal. The circuit can also include a second transistor device with a third S/D terminal and a fourth S/D terminal. The driver circuit can further include a resistor device electrically connected between the first and third S/D terminals or between the second and fourth S/D terminals. The resistor device can mitigate variations in a high-level output voltage of the driver circuit due to power supply variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sumit RAO, Mitesh D. KATAKWAR, Chung-Chi HUANG, Craig B. BYINGTON
  • Publication number: 20250071888
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a structure with a substrate, a damping structure, and a capacitor structure. The damping structure is disposed over the substrate and includes a rigid material layer and a damping material layer disposed on the rigid material layer. The damping material layer includes a damping material with a tensile strength of about 20 MPa, a Young's modulus of about 0.5 GPa, and an elongation of about 10%. The capacitor structure is disposed over the damping structure, in which the damping structure mitigates (or eliminates) a transfer of piezoelectric and electrostrictive vibrations generated by the capacitor structure to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn X. ARNOLD, Zhongqing GONG, Anping GUO
  • Publication number: 20250071779
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatuses, systems, and methods for technologies for managing discontinuous reception timers in wireless networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ralf Rossbach, Fangli Xu, Weidong Yang, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Zhibin Wu, Alexander Sirotkin, Haijing Hu, Yuqin Chen, Pavan Nuggehalli
  • Publication number: 20250069541
    Abstract: An electronic display device designed to a method and device that corrects for distorted luminance and colors due to data-to-scan coupling in a flat-panel display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jongyup Lim, Jie Won Ryu, Nicolas Le Dortz, Hyunwoo Nho, Sun-Il Chang, Patrick R. Cruce
  • Publication number: 20250071423
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera system having an actuator arrangement for rotating a lens group together with an image sensor to provide optical image stabilization (OIS). For example, the actuator arrangement may be used to rotate the lens group and the image sensor, as a pair, about multiple axes orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera system, to implement OIS. According to various embodiments, the actuator arrangement may also be configured to move the lens group or the image sensor to provide autofocus (AF). For example, the actuator arrangement may be used to move the lens group or the image sensor in at least one direction parallel to the optical axis, to implement AF. Furthermore, the camera system may include a suspension arrangement configured to suspend the lens group and the image sensor and to allow motion enabled by the actuator arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred N Mireault, Nicholas D Smyth, Zachary W Birnbaum, Scott W Miller
  • Publication number: 20250071233
    Abstract: A device may include a light-folded projector that may include an infrared (IR) light emitter and a light folding element. The light folding element may receive IR light emitted from the IR light emitter and fold the IR light one or more times to guide the IR light passing through the light folding element to exit the device to an environment. The device may also include a detector that may detect and/or recognize an object in the environment using the IR light from the light-folded projector, and a front-facing camera to capture images of the environment in front of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Shinohara, Takeyoshi Saiga, Ligang Wang
  • Publication number: 20250071550
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus. systems, and methods for pairing UICC/SIM with device components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Abishek Kumar Vaidyanathan, Aurelien P. Raboisson, Dennis D. Conway, Hunny Verma, Kanuganti Rajeswar Reddy, Keizo Marui, Mohanasundaram Kattavoor Sivakumar, Ngabin S. Ng, Rajeev Verma, Vidur Gupta
  • Patent number: 12235459
    Abstract: A head-mountable device can provide adjustable size and shape for storage, transport, and/or charging. A head-mountable device can provide a bistable adjustment mechanism, such as a bistable hinge, that biases a component of the head-mountable device to either of two configurations. Such adjustability can be provided by a light seal module of the head-mountable device and can facilitate collapse of a head securement element, such as arms for engaging the head of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ronit K. Gandhi, James W. Vandyke, Jonathan C. Atler, Yoonhoo Jo, Jason C. Sauers, Claire E. Dalke, Ivan S. Maric
  • Patent number: D1063934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Marine C. Bataille, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviéve Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Alexandre B. Girard, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Anne-Marie Heck, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Richard P. Howarth, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Robert V. Tang, Clement Tissandier
  • Patent number: D1065237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Christopher Foss, Aurelio Guzmán, Jonathan P. Ive, Britt Nelson, Jeremiah Daniel Shaw, Christopher Wilson