Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 10758173Abstract: In some implementations, a mobile device can adjust an alarm setting based on the sleep onset latency duration detected for a user of the mobile device. For example, sleep onset latency can be the amount of time it takes for the user to fall asleep after the user attempts to go to sleep (e.g., goes to bed). The mobile device can determine when the user intends or attempts to go to sleep based on detected sleep ritual activities. Sleep ritual activities can include those activities a user performs in preparation for sleep. The mobile device can determine when the user is asleep based on detected sleep signals (e.g., biometric data, sounds, etc.). In some implementations, the mobile device can determine recurring patterns of long or short sleep onset latency and present suggestions that might help the user sleep better or feel more rested.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Roy J. Raymann, Wren N. Dougherty, Divya Nag, Deborah M. Lambert, Stephanie Greer, Thomas R. Gruber
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Patent number: 10758133Abstract: An algorithm for removing motion artifacts from the PPG signal in the time domain to determine heart rate is disclosed. A device for determining a heart rate of a user can include a heart rate sensor configured to generate heart rate signals when positioned on or adjacent to a user's skin, an accelerometer configured to generate one or more acceleration signals, and processing circuitry configured to remove, in a time domain, motion artifacts from the heart rate signals based on the acceleration signals. In some examples, the removal of motion artifacts can also be based on mean-centered, variance-scaled integrated acceleration signals. In some examples, the processing circuitry can be configured to remove motion artifacts using a least squares algorithm to identify a best representation of acceleration and integrated acceleration signals in the heart rate signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Ian R. Shapiro
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Patent number: 10763566Abstract: An electronic device may include a millimeter wave transceiver, a first antenna having a first resonating element at a first side of a substrate, and a second antenna having a second resonating element at a second side of the substrate. A first coplanar waveguide may convey millimeter wave signals between the transceiver and the first resonating element and a second coplanar waveguide may convey millimeter wave signals between the transceiver and the second resonating element. The first coplanar waveguide may be coupled to the first resonating element through the second coplanar waveguide. The second coplanar waveguide may be coupled to the second resonating element through the first coplanar waveguide. Ground conductors in the coplanar waveguides may form antenna ground planes for the first and second antennas while serving to maximize electromagnetic decoupling between the coplanar waveguides and thus isolation between the ports of the transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Basim H. Noori, Matthew A. Mow, Simone Paulotto, Khan M. Salam
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Patent number: 10763899Abstract: Systems and methods for driving using a radio-frequency integrated circuit to drive one or more front end modules. The front end modules provide signal flexibility to an electronic device. The radio-frequency integrated circuit drives the one or more front end modules via dual-pole, dual-throw switches that enable a pair of radio-frequency chains in the radio-frequency integrated circuit to drive two pairs of radio-frequency chains in each of two connected front end modules.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Berke Cetinoneri, Qishan Yu, Samia El Amrani
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Patent number: 10762293Abstract: Techniques to automatically correct or complete text are disclosed. An entered text and a context data indicating a context in which the entered text is used are received. Examples of context data include additional words and/or a phrase or sentence in which the entered text occurs. A replacement candidate to replace the entered text is determined based on the entered text and the context data.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Brent D. Ramerth, Douglas R. Davidson, Jennifer Lauren Moore
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Patent number: 10760176Abstract: Sealed anodic coatings that are resistant to leaching of nickel and nickel-containing products and methods for forming the same are described. Methods involve post-sealing thermal processes to remove at least some of the leachable nickel from the sealed anodic coatings. In some embodiments, the post-sealing thermal processes involve immersing the sealed anodic coating within a heated solution so as to promote diffusion of the leachable nickel out of the sealed anodic coatings and into the heated solution. The resultant sealed anodic coating is pre-leached of nickel and is therefore well suited for many consumer product applications. In some embodiments, a post-sealing thermal process is used to further hydrate and seal the sealed anodic coating, thereby repairing structural defects within the sealed anodic coating.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: James A. Curran, Eric W. Hamann, Sean R. Novak
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Patent number: 10761716Abstract: In some embodiments, a device displays content on a touch screen display and detects input by finger gestures. In response to the finger gestures, the device selects content, visually distinguishes the selected content, and/or updates the selected content based on detected input. In some embodiments, the device displays a command display area that includes one or more command icons; detects activation of a command icon in the command display area; and, in response to detecting activation of the command icon in the command display area, performs a corresponding action with respect to the selected content. Exemplary actions include cutting, copying, and pasting content.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth L. Kocienda, Richard J. Williamson
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Patent number: 10761356Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing at least partially defining an exterior surface and an internal volume of the electronic device, and an engagement feature affixed to the housing, the engagement feature including a shaft having a first diameter and a top portion having a second, larger diameter. A display component can be disposed in the internal volume and can define a retention feature including a first orifice having a diameter at least as large as the second diameter and a second orifice having a diameter less than the second diameter and at least as large as the first diameter, the first orifice intersecting the second orifice. The shaft can be disposed in the second orifice, and a securing component can be disposed between the display component and the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Nicholas A. Rundle, David P. Tarkington
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Patent number: 10762751Abstract: A fabric-based electronic device may include an electronic device housing coupled to fabric. Control circuitry may be mounted in the electronic device housing and may control the movement of an output device in the fabric that provides tactile output to a user. For example, the output device may include a wire enclosed within a flexible tube. The flexible tube may be intertwined with fibers in the fabric. The wire may include a kink or other irregularity that presses against the inner surface of the flexible tube. When the wire is rotated or moved into an appropriate position, the kink may press against the inner surface of the tube, which in turn forms a protrusion on the fabric. The protrusion may press against the user's body and may therefore be used to obtain the attention of a user that is wearing or holding the fabric-based electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Patrick Kessler, Daniel A. Podhajny
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Patent number: 10764869Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for the indication of frequency hopping and downlink (DL)/uplink (UL) configuration in narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) systems. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Wenting Chang, Huaning Niu, Salvatore Talarico, Rongrong Sun
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Patent number: 10764879Abstract: Embodiments described herein include user equipment (UE), evolved node B (eNB), methods, and systems for narrowband Internet-of-Things (IoT) communications. Some embodiments particularly relate to control channel communications between UE and eNB in narrowband IoT communications. In one embodiment, a UE blind decodes a first control resource block comprising all subcarriers of the transmission bandwidth and all orthogonal frequency division multiplexed symbols of a first subframe to determine the first control transmission. In various further embodiments, various resource groupings of resource elements are used as part of the control communications.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ralf Matthias Bendlin, Debdeep Chatterjee, Seunghee Han
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Patent number: 10762386Abstract: The invention is related to a method of determining a similarity transformation between first coordinates and second coordinates of 3D features, comprising providing a first plurality of 3D features having first coordinates in a first coordinate system which is associated with a first geometrical model of a first real object, wherein the first plurality of 3D features describes physical 3D features of the first real object, providing a second coordinate system, providing image information associated with a plurality of images captured by at least one camera, for each respective 3D feature of at least part of the first plurality of 3D features, wherein the respective 3D feature is captured by at least two of the plurality of images, determining camera poses of the at least one camera in the second coordinate system while the at least two of the plurality of images are captured, determining for the respective 3D feature a second coordinate in the second coordinate system according to the at least two of the pluType: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel Ulbricht, Thomas Olszamowski
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Patent number: 10759656Abstract: A MEMS sensor is disclosed that includes dual pendulous proof masses comprised of sections of different thickness to allow simultaneous suppression of vertical and lateral thermal gradient-induced offsets in a MEMS sensor while still allowing for the normal operation of the accelerometer. In an embodiment, the structure and different sections of the MEMS sensor is realized using multiple polysilicon layers. In other embodiments, the structure and different thickness sections may be realized with other materials and processes. For example, plating, etching, or silicon-on-nothing (SON) processing.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher C. Painter, Te Hsi Lee
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Patent number: 10762655Abstract: The disclosure pertains to techniques for image processing. One such technique comprises a method for image processing comprising obtaining first light information from a set of light-sensitive pixels for a scene, the pixels including phase detection (PD) pixels and non-PD pixels, generating a first PD pixel image from the first light information, the first PD pixel image having a first resolution, generating a higher resolution image from the plurality of non-PD pixels, wherein the higher resolution image has a resolution greater than the resolution of the first PD pixel image, matching a first pixel of the first PD pixel image to the higher resolution image, wherein the matching is based on a set of correlations between the first pixel and non-PD pixel within a predetermined distance of the first pixel, and determining a disparity map for an image associated with the first light information, based on the match.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexander Lindskog, Michael W. Tao, Mark N. Jouppi
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Patent number: 10762755Abstract: In some embodiments, a data-secure sensor system includes one or more processors configured to receive sensor data (e.g., image data, audio data, etc.) and generate descriptive data based on the sensor data that corresponds to a physical area that corresponds to information about identified objects or activity in physical area, an input/output (I/O) port, and an I/O choke communicatively coupled between the one or more processors and the I/O port, the I/O choke configured to limit a communication bandwidth of the I/O port to a maximum data rate. The one or more processors can be configured to prevent the sensor data from being accessible via any external port of the data-secure camera system, including the I/O port, and allow the descriptive data to be accessible via the I/O port.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Travis McQueen, Clark Della Silva, Scott G. Johnston, Wade Barnett, William Burchill, Joseph Hakim, Bernd Adler
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Patent number: 10762692Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure can provide systems, methods, and computer-readable medium for providing virtual lighting adjustments to image data. A number of source images may be generated to individually depict solid colors of a color space (e.g., RGB color space). Virtual lighting adjustments associated with a virtual lighting mode may be applied to each source image to generate a corresponding target image. The source images and the target images may be utilized to train a model to identify pixel modifications to be applied to image data. The modifications may be associated with a virtual lighting mode. Subsequently, a user may obtain image data (e.g., an image or video) select a virtual lighting mode via an image data processing application. The previously trained model may be utilized to modify the image to apply the virtual lighting effects associated with the selected virtual lighting mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yury Degtyarev, Frederic Cao, Garrett M. Johnson
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Patent number: 10759246Abstract: A stability control system that detects a change in a vehicle operating characteristic and sends a stabilizing command to an actuator system based on identifying the change is described. The actuator system applies a first magnetic field having a predetermined strength to an electropermanent magnet for a predetermined duration based on receiving the stabilizing command. The first magnetic field transitions the electropermanent magnet from a first state to a second state. The electropermanent magnet generates a second magnetic field in the second state. The second magnetic field modifies at least one of a spring constant or a mechanical resistance of a suspension component within a suspension system of the vehicle, and the electropermanent magnet retains the second state after the predetermined duration in absence of the first magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jack Erdozain, Jr., Jeffrey A. Sewell, Johnny L. Wall, Colin Szechy
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Patent number: 10761575Abstract: An electronic device that can be worn on a limb of a user can include a processing device and one or more position sensing devices operatively connected to the processing device. The processing device can be adapted to determine which limb of the user is wearing the electronic device based on one or more signals received from at least one position sensing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Sorin V. Dusan
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Patent number: 10763589Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antenna structures and transceiver circuitry such as millimeter wave transceiver circuitry. Antenna structures in the wireless circuitry may include patch antennas that are organized in a phased antenna array. Each patch antenna may include an antenna resonating element and a parasitic element. The parasitic element for the patch antenna may have dielectric-filled openings formed between coplanar parasitic conductors. The parasitic conductors may include a central parasitic conductor, four rectangular parasitic conductors formed around the central parasitic conductor, and corner parasitic conductors formed at the corners of the parasitic element. The corner parasitic conductors may be non-rectangular. For example, the corner parasitic conductors may have first and second perpendicular edges and a straight or curved third edge that joins the first and second edges.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jiangfeng Wu, Yi Jiang, Siwen Yong, Lijun Zhang, Mattia Pascolini
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Patent number: 10764827Abstract: A device, system, and method uses a high power mode for a cellular connection. The method is performed at a device that is configured to establish a network connection to a network. The method includes detecting a number of at least one event that has occurred over a time period, the at least one event associated with operations used through the network connection, the at least one event indicative of a power to perform the operations that is greater than a predetermined power. When the number is at least a predetermined threshold, the method includes identifying the network connection as being in a high power state. The method includes activating settings when the network connection is in the high power state, the settings reducing a usage of the operations over the network connection.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, Sami M. Almalfouh, Li Su, Jianxiong Shi, Daniel D. Schucker, Ajoy K. Singh, Vijay Venkataraman