Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Patent number: 11158621
    Abstract: Double side mounted package structures and memory modules incorporating such double side mounted package structures are described in which memory packages are mounted on both sides of a module substrate. A routing substrate is mounted to a bottom side of the module substrate to provide general purpose in/out routing and power routing, while signal routing from the logic die to double side mounted memory packages is provided in the module routing. In an embodiment, module substrate is a coreless module substrate and may be thinner than the routing substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chonghua Zhong, Jun Zhai, Kunzhong Hu
  • Patent number: 11158996
    Abstract: A laser chip including a plurality of stripes is disclosed, where a laser stripe can be grown with an initial optical gain profile, and its optical gain profile can be shifted by using an intermixing process. In this manner, multiple laser stripes can be formed on the same laser chip from the same epitaxial wafer, where at least one laser stripe can have an optical gain profile shifted relative to another laser stripe. For example, each laser stripe can have a shifted optical gain profile relative to its neighboring laser stripe, thereby each laser stripe can emit light with a different range of wavelengths. The laser chip can emit light across a wide range of wavelengths. Examples of the disclosure further includes different regions of a given laser stripe having different intermixing amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alfredo Bismuto, Mark Alan Arbore, Ross M. Audet
  • Patent number: 11157150
    Abstract: The present invention can include electronic devices having variable input/output interfaces that can allow a user to interact with the devices with greater efficiency and in a more ergonomic manner. An electronic device of the present invention can display icons associated with user-programmable parameters of a media file. By interacting with the icons, a user can change the user-programmable parameters during playback of the media file. Changes to the user-programmable parameters can affect playback of the remainder of the media file. An electronic device of the present invention also can automatically re-orient images shown on a display and re-configure user input components based on the orientation of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Gregory Gilley, Sarah A. Brody, Randall Hayes Ubillos, Mihnea Calin Pacurariu
  • Patent number: 11160113
    Abstract: Technology for switching from a wireless local area network (WLAN) to a wireless wide area network (WWAN) is disclosed. A multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) user equipment (UE) can receive WLAN-specific dedicated physical random access channel (PRACH) allocation information from an evolved node B (eNB) to enable the multi-RAT UE to perform an inter-RAT WLAN-to-WWAN handover. The multi-RAT UE can initiate the inter-RAT WLAN-to-WWAN handover at the multi-RAT UE by performing random access with the eNB using the WLAN-specific dedicated PRACH allocation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jing Zhu, Yi Gai
  • Patent number: 11160061
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for uplink transmission for multi-panel operation. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Xiong, Yushu Zhang, Hong He
  • Patent number: 11159355
    Abstract: A synchronization signal design is described for narrowband Internet of Things Communications. The synchronization signals facilitate time and frequency synchronization between an eNB and UEs. In one example, operations include generating an NB-Iot Secondary Synchronization Signal (N-SSS) using a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence, scrambling the ZC sequence using a scrambling sequence, and transmitting the resulting scrambled NB-Iot Secondary Synchronization Signal (N-SSS) by the eNB in a periodic manner, wherein, the eNB has a cell identifier and the cell is identified by a combination of the root of the ZC sequence and the scrambling sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Utsaw Kumar, Seunghee Han, Debdeep Chatterjee, Ralf Bendlin
  • Patent number: 11160102
    Abstract: Techniques for full duplex operation of base stations and/or user equipments (UEs) are discussed. One example embodiment comprises one or more processors of a UE configured to: process control messages that comprise a downlink assignment for the UE and an uplink grant for the UE during a subframe in a frequency band, wherein the downlink assignment indicates a first set of UE subarrays, and wherein the uplink grant indicates a second set of UE subarrays; process downlink data received via transceiver circuitry via the first set of UE subarrays, wherein the downlink data is received from a first base station during the subframe via the frequency band; and output uplink data to the transceiver circuitry for transmission via the second set of UE subarrays, wherein the uplink data is output for transmission to a second base station during the subframe via the frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexei Davydov, Gregory V. Morozov, Victor Sergeev, Hong He
  • Patent number: 11159217
    Abstract: Systems and methods of beam reporting for multiple DL processes are described. A UE receives a beam management processes configuration that provides information about beam management reference signals for beam management procedures. The UE transmits a UE capability report that indicates beam management capabilities of the UE and, later, an indication of whether the UE intends to engage in beam refinement. The UE measures the beam management reference signals and receives a beam reporting message that indicates at least one of the beam management procedures to report. In response, the UE transmits the beam report. The beam report contains beam management reference signal measurements of the beam management procedures indicated by the beam reporting message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Huaning Niu, Wook Bong Lee, Alexei Davydov, Guotong Wang
  • Patent number: 11158259
    Abstract: An apparatus receives current image frame data and data relating to at least one previous image frame for an electronic display. One or more parameters related to hysteresis of transistors in the electronic display are sensed. A correlation device, such as a look-up table, receives the sensed parameter or parameters and the data relating to one or more image frames, and uses this information, at least in part, to output an appropriate compensation signal for the current image frame data. The compensated current image frame data may then be supplied to the electronic display to reduce or eliminate the effects of hysteresis on the displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chaohao Wang, Chih-Wei Yeh, Chin-Wei Lin, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Paolo Sacchetto, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Sun-Il Chang, Wei H. Yao, Howard H. Tang
  • Patent number: 11157113
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are electronic devices having touch input surfaces. A user's touch input or press on the touch input surface is detected using a set of lasers, such as vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that emit beams of light toward the touch input surface. The user's touch causes changes in the self-mixing interference within the VCSEL of the emitted light with reflected light, such as from the touch input surface. Deflection and movement (e.g., drag motion) of the user's touch is determined from detected changes in the VCSELs' operation due to the self-mixing interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Winkler, Mehmet Mutlu, Omid Momtahan, Tong Chen, Wenrui Cai, Chau H. Nguyen, Giovanni Gozzini, Michael K. McCord, Orit A. Shamir, Prashanth S. Holenarsipur
  • Patent number: 11159651
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for memory allocation and reallocation in networking stack infrastructures. Unlike prior art monolithic networking stacks, the exemplary networking stack architecture described hereinafter includes various components that span multiple domains (both in-kernel, and non-kernel). For example, unlike traditional “socket” based communication, disclosed embodiments can transfer data directly between the kernel and user space domains. A user space networking stack is disclosed that enables extensible, cross-platform-capable, user space control of the networking protocol stack functionality. The user space networking stack facilitates tighter integration between the protocol layers (including TLS) and the application or daemon. Exemplary systems can support multiple networking protocol stack instances (including an in-kernel traditional network stack). Due to this disclosed architecture, physical memory allocations (and deallocations) may be more flexibly implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cahya Adiansyah Masputra, Delziel Jude Fernandes, Darrin Jewell, Sandeep Nair, Wei Shen
  • Patent number: 11159266
    Abstract: A device in an adaptive channel access system may include a processor that is configured initiate access of a channel, and perform a first jammer detection on the channel. The processor is configured to, when a jamming device is detected on the channel, access the channel with a channel occupancy time set to a first duration of time. The processor is configured to, when no jamming devices are detected: access the channel with the channel occupancy time set to the second duration of time that is greater than the first duration, while accessing the channel with the channel occupancy time set to the second duration of time, perform a second jammer detection on the channel, and when the jamming device is detected, cease to access the channel prior to the expiration of the second duration of time, otherwise continue to access the channel without re-initiating access of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xi Yang, Peter M. Agboh, Qiyang Wu, Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Shrenik Milapchand, Manjit S. Walia
  • Patent number: 11160006
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry configured to decode system information including access barring parameters for one or more access categories for accessing a cell of a next generation Node-B (gNB). A network access attempt is detected by a control plane layer of the UE that is higher than a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer. The processing circuitry map s, using a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) layer of the control plane, the network access attempt to at least one access category of a plurality of available access categories based on mapping rules. The processing circuitry performs an access barring check procedure for the mapped at least one access category based on the access barring parameters. Upon determining that access to the cell is not barred, a NAS message is encoded for transmission to an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), e.g. an Attach Request message to perform an attach procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Zaus, Marta Martinez Tarradell, Ana Lucia Pinheiro, Sudeep K. Palat, Chen-ho Chin, Richard C. Burbidge, Alexandre Saso Stojanovski
  • Patent number: 11157115
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to one or more intermediate layers located on a surface of a cover material of an acoustic touch screen. In some examples, the one or more layers can include one or more intermediate layers. The one or more intermediate layers can include a first layer including a plurality of features and a second layer located between the first layer and the cover material. In a touch condition, the touch object can apply a force to the top surface of the acoustic touch sensor. The applied force can create one or more local bends causing the plurality of features to move closer to the cover material and causing one or more surface discontinuities in the cover material. The acoustic waves can undergo reflections (e.g., causing the signal to be attenuated) due to the discontinuities located in the path of the wave propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ehsan Khajeh, Brian Michael King, Marcus Yip, Aaron Scott Tucker, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Marduke Yousefpor, Giovanni Gozzini
  • Patent number: 11159065
    Abstract: A wireless charging mat and method of operating the same. The wireless charging mat includes a detection system configured to determine a location and an orientation of an electronic device on the wireless charging mat. The location and orientation are determined based on detected locations of one or more structural features of the electronic device. The wireless charging mat is operated according to the detected location and orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chad A. Bossetti, Christopher S. Graham, David W. Ritter, Todd K. Moyer, Steven G. Herbst, Shimon Elkayam, Nileshbhai J. Shah, Stephen C. Terry, Zaki Moussaoui
  • Patent number: 11159054
    Abstract: A power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. Coils in the transmitting device may include a circular coil overlapped by first and second rectangular coils at a charging surface. The rectangular coils each include straight segments extending over a central region of the circular coil. Control circuitry can activate the circular coil to transmit wireless power to a first type of wireless power receiving coil using vertical components of the magnetic field generated by the circular coil. The control circuitry can activate the rectangular coils to transmit wireless power to a second type of wireless power receiving coil using horizontal components of the magnetic field generated by the rectangular coils. The circular and rectangular coils wirelessly charge the power receiving device while located at the same position on the charging surface, regardless of the type of wireless power receiving coil that is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Pinciuc, Dmitry Berdnikov, Jukka-pekka J. Sjoeroos, Sumant Ranganathan, Weihong Qiu, Zaki Moussaoui
  • Patent number: 11156497
    Abstract: A device including a plurality of epitaxial chips is disclosed. An epitaxial chip can have one or more of a light source and a detector, where the detector can be configured to measure the optical properties of the light emitted by a light source. In some examples, one or more epitaxial chips can have one or more optical properties that differ from other epitaxial chips. The epitaxial chips can be dependently operable. For example, the detector located on one epitaxial chip can be configured for measuring the optical properties of light emitted by a light source located on another epitaxial chip by way of one or more optical signals. The collection of epitaxial chips can also allow detection of a plurality of laser outputs, where two or more epitaxial chips can have different material and/or optical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alfredo Bismuto, David I. Simon, Jason Pelc
  • Patent number: 11160018
    Abstract: An electronic device (such as an access point) may provide a management frame, intended for at least a recipient electronic device, that includes slotted-operation information corresponding to a power-save mode of the electronic device for communication with at least the recipient electronic device. The slotted-operation information may include a sequence of temporal slots and associated channel information for the temporal slots. When a channel for a temporal slot comprises a null value, the power-save mode may include transitioning the electronic device into a lower-power-consumption mode during the temporal slot. Alternatively, when a channel for a temporal slot is different than a null value, the power-save mode may include performing another activity than communicating with the recipient electronic device during the temporal slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Guoqing Li, Yong Liu, Lawrie Kurian, Tashbeeb Haque
  • Patent number: 11157135
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, a plurality of application icons in a first configuration at locations on a hexagonal grid in relation to an origin. The application icons have corresponding ranks based on their respective locations in relation to the origin. In response to detecting a movement of a user contact from a first position to a second position: the display of a first application icon at a first location is translated to a second position; a second configuration of the application icons is determined based on the first location and the second location; and the display of the application icons is transitioned from the first configuration to the second configuration. In the second configuration, no application icon except the first application icon is displaced by more than one location relative to the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Kocienda, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Dylan Ross Edwards, Aurelio Guzman, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Patent number: D934263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Indhu V. Solayappan, Gabriel J. Lamb, Seung Chae Kang, David M. Foster