Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Publication number: 20210297970
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block (SSB)-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) for measurement objects for which a user equipment is to measure feedback information in one or more measurement gaps. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yang TANG, Jie CUI, Rui HUANG, Hua LI, Yuhan ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20210295280
    Abstract: Techniques for providing optimized digital information including receiving a request for authorization to access a subset of order information that corresponds to a transaction. A account server can generate a first authorization token based at least in part on the request for authorization. The account server can transmit at least the first authorization token to the application of the user device. The account server can receive a verification request comprising a second authorization token. The account server can verify whether the first authorization token matches the second authorization token. In accordance with a determination that the first authorization token matches the second authorization token, the account server can transmit, to the service provider, a verification response that instructs the service provider to provide the subset of the order information that corresponds to the transaction to the application of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Blakesley, Akila Suresh, Brian D. Jett, David T. Haggerty, Richard W. Heard
  • Publication number: 20210294074
    Abstract: A folded lens system that includes lenses with refractive power and two light folding elements such as prisms. A first lens on a first axis refracts light to a first folding element. The first folding element redirects the light from the first axis onto a second axis on which one or more lenses are arranged. The lenses on the second axis refract the light to a second folding element. The second folding element redirects the light onto a third axis on which a sensor is disposed. The lens system may include a front aperture. The sensor may be moved on the third axis to provide autofocusing, or alternatively the lens system may include one or more optical actuators that provide autofocusing. The lens system may have a low F-number (<=2.8), and may have a 35 mm equivalent focal length in the medium to long telephoto range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhong Yao, Yoshikazu Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20210295282
    Abstract: To facilitate conducting a financial transaction via wireless communication between an electronic device and another electronic device, the electronic device determines a unique transaction identifier for the financial transaction based on financial-account information communicated to the other electronic device. The financial-account information specifies a financial account that is used to pay for the financial transaction. Moreover, the unique transaction identifier may be capable of being independently computed by one or more other entities associated with the financial transaction (such as a counterparty in the financial transaction or a payment network that processes payment for the financial transaction) based on the financial-account information communicated by the portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: George R. DICKER, Christopher B. SHARP, Ahmer A. KHAN, Yousuf H. VAID, Glen W. STEELE, Christopher D. ADAMS, David T. HAGGERTY
  • Publication number: 20210293570
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can provide a map application providing a representation of a physical structure of venues (e.g., shopping centers, airports) identified by the application. In addition, the application can provide a unique venue directory, providing an easy and visual mechanism to search for categories of points of interest (e.g., clothes, food, restrooms) or specific items within the venue. Search results can be presented on a map of a floor within the venue as well as a listing providing all search results located within the venue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Shelby, Megan M. Frost, YunJae Kim, Sean P. O'Brien, Brett L. Lareau, Ryan W. Apuy, Jae Woo Chang
  • Patent number: 11126283
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for handling user input gestures on an extended trackpad of an electronic device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Denis G. Chen
  • Patent number: 11129318
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method operable by an electronic component recovery system for detaching an electronic component adhesively bonded to a housing by way of an adhesive bond, is described. The electronic component is carried within a cavity defined by the housing of a portable electronic device. The method can include while the housing having the electronic component attached thereto is located at an electronic component detaching module, where the electronic component detaching module includes a movable arm capable of rotating about a hinge: cooling the housing and the electronic component attached thereto to a temperature that is low enough to weaken the adhesive bond, and causing the movable arm to rotate about the hinge such that a portion of the housing strikes a detachment element with sufficient force to separate the electronic component from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Charissa Rujanavech, Patrick S. Wieler, Sean P. Shannon, Thomas Loeper, David Novak, Dan Powell, Jason Schwarz, John Sever, Darragh Staunton
  • Patent number: 11126326
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display. The computer-implemented method includes displaying a multiweek calendar on the touch screen display, detecting a contact on an individual day in the multiweek calendar, and in response to detecting the contact on the individual day, displaying at least a portion of a list of events on the contacted individual day while continuing to display the multiweek calendar, wherein the list of events on the contacted individual day includes an invitation to an event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Freddy Allen Anzures, Stephen O. Lemay, Michael Matas, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: 11124904
    Abstract: Weaving equipment may include strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The weaving equipment may include one or more guide arms that pushes warp strands in the weft direction during weaving. Fabrics having warp strands that extend in both the warp direction and the weft direction may be used in forming circuitry in fabrics such as touch sensor circuitry. For example, a touch sensor in a fabric may be formed using first conductive warp strands that form first touch sensor electrodes and second conductive warp strands that form second touch sensor electrodes that overlap with the first touch sensor electrodes. The second conductive warp strands may each have a first portion that extends in the warp direction and a second portion that extends in the weft direction across the first touch sensor electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Podhajny, Yohji Hamada, Kathryn P. Crews, Joseph B. Walker, Daniel D. Sunshine
  • Patent number: 11129014
    Abstract: The described embodiments set forth techniques for managing inactive (disabled) electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) on secure elements, e.g., Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICCs) and/or embedded UICCs (eUICCs), of a wireless device, including retrieving information from an inactive eSIM, obtaining authentication tokens from an inactive eSIM, authenticating the inactive eSIM with a network-based Mobile Network Operator (MNO) server, retrieving status information for a subscription account associated with the inactive eSIM, and/or performing an account management operation on the inactive eSIM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman, Arun G. Mathias
  • Patent number: 11128300
    Abstract: A level shifter circuit with an intermediate power domain and method for operating the same is disclosed. The level shifter circuit includes an input circuit, an output circuit, and an intermediate circuit. The input circuit is coupled to receive an input signal from a first voltage domain operating according to a first supply voltage, and generates a first intermediate signal. The intermediate circuit receives the first intermediate signal and generates a second intermediate signal. The output circuit receives the intermediate signal and provides an output signal into a second voltage domain operating at a second supply voltage different from the first. A voltage multiplexer is configured to provide one of the first or second supply voltages to the intermediate circuit depending on a state of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan F. Hanagami, Hao Zhou, Jianbao Wang, Ruopeng Wang, Ludmil N. Nikolov
  • Patent number: 11129057
    Abstract: User equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry coupled to memory. To configure the UE for active bandwidth part (BWP) switching, the processing circuitry is to decode RRC signaling configuring a plurality of BWPs for the UE. The RRC signaling further includes an indicator for an initial BWP of the plurality of BWPs for initial use by the UE as an active BWP. DCI received on a PDCCH is decoded, which includes a BWP indicator for switching the active BWP from the initial BWP to another BWP of the plurality of BWPs. RF and baseband parameters to switch the active BWP from the initial BWP to the another BWP are reconfigured. Reconfiguring the RF and baseband parameters cause an interruption of one or more slots of a serving cell of the UE. A starting time of the interruption is within a time duration of a BWP switching delay supported by the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrey Chervyakov, Rui Huang, Yang Tang, Jie Cui, Yuhan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11126004
    Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display with first and second pixel arrays that display content for a user. A head-mounted support structure in the device supports the pixel arrays on the head of the user. A left positioner may be used to position a left lens module that includes a left lens and the first pixel array. A right positioner may be used to position a right lens module that includes a right lens and the second pixel array. Sensing circuitry such as proximity sensing circuitry may be used to detect relative positions between the left and right lens modules and facing surfaces of a user's nose while the user is wearing the head-mounted support structure. Control circuitry may adjust the positions of the left and right lens modules using interpupillary distance information for the user and using information from the sensing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Franklin, Jia Tao, Phil M. Hobson, Stephen E. Dey
  • Patent number: 11127161
    Abstract: In some implementations, a first electronic device including a first image sensor uses a processor to perform a method. The method involves obtaining a first set of keyframes based on images of a physical environment captured by the first image sensor. The method generates a mapping defining relative locations of keyframes of the first set of keyframes. The method receives a keyframe corresponding to an image of the physical environment captured at a second, different electronic device and localizes the received keyframe to the mapping. The method then receives an anchor from the second electronic device that defines a position of a virtual object relative to the keyframe. The method displays a CGR environment including the virtual object at a location based on the anchor and the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Abdelhamid Dine, Kuen-Han Lin, Oleg Naroditsky
  • Patent number: 11126400
    Abstract: An electronic device can implement a zero-latency digital assistant by capturing audio input from a microphone and using a first processor to write audio data representing the captured audio input to a memory buffer. In response to detecting a user input while capturing the audio input, the device can determine whether the user input meets a predetermined criteria. If the user input meets the criteria, the device can use a second processor to identify and execute a task based on at least a portion of the contents of the memory buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Stasior, David A. Carson, Rohit Dasari, Yoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11128399
    Abstract: A receiver processes a data signal and provides an acknowledgement within a turnaround time through use of code block alignment, reduced complexity or increased processing time. In a first embodiment, a radio access network (RAN) node enables encoded information to be segmented into multiple code blocks and maps a group of code blocks to be aligned with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol boundaries such that efficient receiver processing can implement processing pipelining. In a second embodiment, the transmitter can provide more time or reduce the complexity of the packet, such as by repetition of bits of code blocks of the encoded information or by reserving resource elements (REs) such that the receiver has effectively more time (or less complexity) to process the last or last few code blocks of the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Dae Won Lee, Seunghee Han, Ajit Nimbalker, Shirish Nagaraj
  • Patent number: 11128792
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to capturing and displaying video with multiple focal planes. The video includes a subject with a predefined portion of the subject identified in a first focal region. When a set of one or more conditions is met, the video is displayed with a focal plane of the video selected to be outside of the first focal region. When the set of one or more conditions is met is no longer met; and the video is displayed with the focal plane of the video selected to be inside of the first focal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Missig, Guillaume Ardaud
  • Patent number: 11127182
    Abstract: Techniques for alerting a user, who is immersed in a virtual reality environment, to physical obstacles in their physical environment are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini, Avi Bar-Zeev, Duncan A. K. Mcroberts
  • Patent number: 11126281
    Abstract: A device such as a computer stylus may have a color sensor. The color sensor may have a plurality of photodetectors each of which measures light for a different respective color channel. The color sensor may also have one or more light-emitting devices. Control circuitry may use the light-emitting devices to illuminate an external object while using the photodetectors to measure reflected light to determine the color of the external object. The electronic device may have a housing with an elongated shaft. The shaft may have a tip and an opposing end. The tip may be configured to emit electromagnetic signals that are detected by a touch sensor in a touch sensitive display. The color sensor may be located at the end opposite the tip, may be located at the tip, or may be optically coupled to the tip using a light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas C. Lewty, Mahdi Nezamabadi, Po-Chieh Hung, Tze Yong Poh
  • Patent number: D931328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Willem Renier Blignaut, Benjamin B. Bours, Drew Rocky Domm, Alexander Benton Grossman, Lené van Heerden, Byron Peter Meiring, David Moretti, Thomas Ignathius Jakobus Naudé, William Pule, Tiffany Shelton Reese, Christine Elizabeth Tran, Michael Joseph Zarcone, III