Patents Assigned to Apples Inc.
  • Patent number: 12007895
    Abstract: A system including a plurality of processor cores, a plurality of graphics processing units, a plurality of peripheral circuits, and a plurality of memory controllers is configured to support scaling of the system using a unified memory architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Per H. Hammarlund, Eran Tamari, Lior Zimet, Sergio Kolor, Sergio V. Tota, Sagi Lahav, James Vash, Gaurav Garg, Jonathan M. Redshaw, Steven R. Hutsell, Harshavardhan Kaushikkar, Shawn M. Fukami
  • Patent number: 12008151
    Abstract: Some implementations provide improved user interfaces for interacting with a virtual environment. The virtual environment is presented by a display of a first device having an image sensor. The first device uses the image sensor to determine a relative position and orientation of a second device based on a marker displayed on a display of the second device. The first device uses the determined relative position of the second device to display a representation of the second device including virtual content in place of the marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Mohamed Selim Ben Himane
  • Patent number: 12008287
    Abstract: A method performed by an audio source device that is communicatively coupled with an audio output device, the method includes obtaining an audio signal; receiving a volume adjustment; applying the volume adjustment to the audio signal; applying dynamic range compression on the volume adjusted audio signal; and applying an inverse volume adjustment to the compressed audio signal, where the inverse volume adjusted audio signal is to be transmitted to the audio output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hilary K. Mogul, Eric J. Day, Hannes Breitschaedel, Juha O. Merimaa
  • Patent number: 12008216
    Abstract: A method is performed at an electronic device including one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and a display. The method includes obtaining a first volumetric object associated with a first content region. The first content region is associated with a first tab. The method includes generating a first volumetric representation of the first volumetric object based on a function of the first tab. The first volumetric representation is displayable within the first tab. The method includes concurrently displaying, on the display, the first content region and the first volumetric representation within the first tab. In some implementations, the method includes changing a view of the first volumetric representation, such as rotating the first volumetric representation or according to a positional change to the electronic device. In some implementations, the method includes generating a plurality of volumetric representations and classifying the plurality of volumetric representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hunter Boesel, Jonathan Perron, Shih Sang Chiu, David H. Y. Huang, Jonathan Ravasz, Jordan Alexander Cazamias
  • Patent number: 12008720
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of achieving an objective using a scene graph includes identifying a set of transition couples of a plurality of transition couples between sets of spatial relationships of the scene graph, wherein each spatial relationship of a respective first set of spatial relationships indicated by each transition couple of the set of transition couples is included in an initial set of spatial relationships or an respective second set of spatial relationships indicated by a previous transition couple and wherein a particular spatial relationship is included in a respective second set of spatial relationships of a last transition couple of the set of transition couples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bo Morgan, Payal Jotwani, Angela Blechschmidt, Mark E. Drummond, Daniel Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 12010631
    Abstract: User equipment includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first transceiver coupled to the first antenna, a second transceiver coupled to the second antenna, and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the first transceiver and the second transceiver. The first transceiver receives or transmits a first signal via the first antenna, and the second transceiver receives or transmits a second signal via the second antenna. The processing circuitry receives an indication that a signal characteristic of the first signal is less than a first threshold, and decreases power to the first antenna, the first receiver, or both, based on the signal characteristic of the first signal being less than the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xuan Guo, Xu Zhao, Mohamed L Haidara, Syed A Rahim, Baohua Zheng, Wenping Lou
  • Patent number: 12008087
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to maintaining device security associated with reduced power modes. In some embodiments, a computing device receives a request to place the computing device in a reduced power mode in which a first memory of the computing device is powered off. Based on the request, the computing device offloads a memory page from the first memory to a second memory such that the offloading includes encrypting the memory page. Based on a request to resume from the reduced power mode, the computing device restores the memory page from the second memory to the first memory such that the restoring includes decrypting the encrypted memory page. After initiating the restoring, the computing device presents a user authentication prompt asking for a user credential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alan M. Dunn, Anish C. Trivedi, Ronnie G. Misra, Wade Benson, Anand Dalal
  • Patent number: 12007901
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a cache memory circuit configured to store a cache lines, and a cache controller circuit. The cache controller circuit is configured to receive a read request to an address associated with a portion of a cache line. In response to an indication that the portion of the cache line currently has at least a first sub-portion that is invalid and at least a second sub-portion that is modified relative to a version in a memory, the cache controller circuit is further configured to fetch values corresponding to the address from the memory, to generate an updated version of the portion of the cache line by using the fetched values to update the first sub-portion, but not the second sub-portion, of the portion of the cache line, and to generate a response to the read request that includes the updated version of the portion of the cache line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Granovsky, Tom Greenshtein
  • Patent number: 12008369
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed that relate to executing fused instructions. A processor may include a decoder circuit and a load/store circuit. The decoder circuit may detect a load/store instruction to load a value from a memory and detect a non-load/store instruction that depends on the value to be loaded. The decoder circuit may fuse the load/store instruction and the non-load/store instruction such that one or more operations that the non-load/store instruction is defined to perform are to be executed within the load/store circuit. The load/store circuit may receive an indication of the fused load/store and non-load/store instructions and then execute one or more operations of the load/store instruction and the one or more operations of the non-load/store instruction using a circuit included in the load/store circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Pape, Skanda K. Srinivasa, Francesco Spadini, Brian T. Mokrzycki
  • Patent number: 12008160
    Abstract: A method is performed at an electronic device with one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, an eye tracker, and a display. The eye tracker receives eye tracking data associated with one or more eyes of a user of the electronic device. The method includes displaying, on the display, a first user interface (UI) element that is associated with a first selection region and a second selection region. While displaying the first UI element, the method includes determining, based on the eye tracking data, that a first targeting criterion is satisfied with respect to the first selection region, and determining, based on the eye tracking data, that a second targeting criterion is satisfied with respect to the second selection region. The method includes selecting the first UI element based at least in part on determining that the first targeting criterion is satisfied and the second targeting criterion is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bryce L. Schmidtchen, Ioana Negoita, Anshu K. Chimalamarri, Gregory Lutter, Thomas J. Moore, Trevor J. McIntyre
  • Patent number: 12009347
    Abstract: Donor substrate micro device stabilization structures and display structures are described. In an embodiment, a patterned electrically conductive layer is used to stabilize an array of micro devices on donor substrate with a plurality of tethers, which can be broken during a transfer sequence to transfer the array of micro devices from the donor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Bibl, Dariusz Golda, Chae Hyuck Ahn, Clayton K Chan, Hyeun-Su Kim
  • Patent number: 12008210
    Abstract: The present technology includes systems and methods for indicating a status of an application on a graphical user interface. The systems and methods include displaying, on a graphical user interface a plurality of application icons associated with a plurality of applications. A first application of the plurality of applications has a first application status represented by a first application icon. The first application can change from the first application status to a second application status. The second application status is different from the first application status. The second application status having a second application icon reflecting the second application status, wherein the second application icon is different from the first application icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter B. Hu, Manikandan Selvaraju
  • Patent number: 12009796
    Abstract: A high-order filter with a capacitive inner tapping technique is disclosed. The filter includes an inductor and a first resonant circuit including a first portion of the inductor and a first capacitor. The first resonant circuit is configured to attenuate first frequency components of an input signal above a cutoff frequency to generate a filtered signal. The filter further includes a second resonant circuit coupled in parallel with the first resonant circuit and including the first portion of the inductor and a second capacitor. The second resonant circuit is configured to attenuate the first frequency components of the input signal to generate the filtered signal. A third resonant circuit includes a second portion of the inductor and a third capacitor, wherein the third resonant circuit is configured to attenuate second frequency components of the filtered signal above the cutoff frequency to generate an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Ahmed F. Aref Mahmoud
  • Patent number: D1030661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1030662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1030748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1030751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Molly Anderson, Kevin Will Chen, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Lynnette Lucille Galloway, Aurelio Guzmán, M. Evans Hankey, Andre Ricardo Jointe, Gilbert Esrome Kuruneri, Michael Tettey Nartey, Oladapo Onikuyide, Clement Tissandier, Shedrick Wallace Turner, Jr., Noah Amos Witherspoon
  • Patent number: D1030763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
  • Patent number: D1030786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Alden Maxwell Haley
  • Patent number: D1030788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Andrew Patrick Clymer, Aurelio Guzmán, Aaron Mathew Melim, Jacob Weiss