Patents Assigned to Apples Inc.
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Patent number: 11837237Abstract: Systems and processes for providing user-specific acoustic models are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors, receiving a plurality of speech inputs, each of the speech inputs associated with a same user of the electronic device; providing each of the plurality of speech inputs to a user-independent acoustic model, the user-independent acoustic model providing a plurality of speech results based on the plurality of speech inputs; initiating a user-specific acoustic model on the electronic device; and adjusting the user-specific acoustic model based on the plurality of speech inputs and the plurality of speech results.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Matthias Paulik, Henry G. Mason, Jason A. Skinder
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Patent number: 11838399Abstract: A method is provided for a device participating in a data aggregation service. The device receives, from at least one requesting server, a participant homomorphic encryption key, and a request for data to perform a computation. The device encrypts requested data, including a location identifier, with the participant homomorphic encryption key, and sends, to an aggregation service, the encrypted requested data.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Lucas O. Winstrom
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Patent number: 11838432Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing defining an internal volume and a circuit board assembly within the internal volume. The circuit board assembly includes a first circuit board, a wall structure soldered to the first circuit board, and a second circuit board soldered to the wall structure and supported above the first circuit board by the wall structure. The second circuit board defines an exterior top surface of the circuit board assembly. A processor is coupled to the first circuit board and positioned within an internal volume defined between the first circuit board and the second circuit board and at least partially surrounded by the wall structure. A memory module is coupled to the exterior top surface of the circuit board assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Bryan D. Keen, Devon A. Monaco, Sherry Lee, Ihtesham H. Chowdhury, Eric N. Nyland, Matthew D. Hill, Arun R. Varma, Lucy E. Browning, Sawyer I. Cohen, Benjamin J. Pope, Abhishek Choudhury, James W. Bilanski, Yaodong Wang, Daniel J. Morizio, Nicholas W. Ruhter, David A. Karol, Sean M. Gordoni
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Patent number: 11836026Abstract: A system includes multiple hardware circuits and protection circuitry. The multiple hardware circuits are coupled to respective power domains having respective sets of domain-specific power settings. The protection circuitry is configured to monitor requests in which one or more of the hardware circuits request transitions between the domain-specific power settings, to determine, from among multiple system-level combinations of the domain-specific power settings, a subset of system-level combinations that could potentially be traversed in performing the requested transitions, and to initiate a responsive action upon detecting that any of the system-level combinations in the subset is specified as invalid.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Doron Rajwan, Ami Schwartzman, Lior Zimet
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Patent number: 11837955Abstract: A power converter circuit included in a computer system may employ a compensation loop to adjust the durations of active times during which the power converter circuit sources energy to a load circuit via an inductor. The compensation loop includes an error signal whose value is based on a difference in the output voltage of the power converter circuit from a desired voltage level. During output transients, the error signal is adjusted using an injection current that tracks current flowing through the inductor.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nikola Jovanovic, Michael Couleur, Bhanupriya Suresh
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Patent number: 11837593Abstract: A method and structure for receiving a micro device on a receiving substrate are disclosed. A micro device such as a micro LED device is punched-through a passivation layer covering a conductive layer on the receiving substrate, and the passivation layer is hardened. In an embodiment the micro LED device is punched-through a B-staged thermoset material. In an embodiment the micro LED device is punched-through a thermoplastic material.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: John A Higginson, Andreas Bibl, Hsin-Hua Hu
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Patent number: 11838714Abstract: Electronic apparatuses according to embodiments of the present technology may include an enclosure having a lid. The enclosure may define a first cavity and a second cavity, and may include an enclosure battery. The apparatuses may include a first enclosure wireless charging coil extending about the first cavity. The apparatuses may include a second enclosure wireless charging coil extending about the second cavity. The apparatuses may include a first earbud having a first earbud battery and a first earbud wireless charging coil operably coupleable with the first enclosure wireless charging coil for wireless charging of the first earbud battery. The apparatuses may include a second earbud having a second earbud battery and a second earbud wireless charging coil operably coupleable with the second enclosure wireless charging coil for wireless charging of the second earbud battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jukka-pekka J. Sjoeroos, Zaki Moussaoui
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Patent number: 11837232Abstract: This relates to an intelligent automated assistant in a video communication session environment. An example method includes, during a video communication session between at least two user devices, and at a first user device: receiving a first user voice input; in accordance with a determination that the first user voice input represents a communal digital assistant request, transmitting a request to provide context information associated with the first user voice input to the first user device; receiving context information associated with the first user voice input; obtaining a first digital assistant response based at least on a portion of the context information received from the second user device and at least a portion of context information associated with the first user voice input that is stored on the first user device; providing the first digital assistant response to the second user device; and outputting the first digital assistant response.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Niranjan Manjunath, Willem Mattelaer, Jessica Peck, Lily Shuting Zhang
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Patent number: 11838495Abstract: An electronic device may provide visual content at a virtual image distance that is farther from a user than the physical distance of the device from the user. A display in the device may have a transmissive spatial light modulator and beam steering device that are illuminated by a plane wave illumination system to provide computer-generated hologram images, may have a waveguide-based system that ensures that image content is presented at a desired virtual image distance, or may be a light-field display. The display may be used to display a left image in a left eye box and a right image in a right eye box. When viewed from the eye boxes, the left and right images fuse and are visible at a virtual image distance that is farther from the user than the distance physically separating the eye boxes from the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bennett S. Wilburn, Eric J. Hansotte, Fu-Chung Huang, Jonathan C. Moisant-Thompson
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Patent number: 11838082Abstract: An approach is described that includes receiving a CSI report, where the CSI report includes a channel quality indicator (CQI), a rank indicator (RI), and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI). The approach further includes constructing a precoding matrix based on a linear combination of a plurality of mutually orthogonal digital Fourier transformation (DFT) spatial beams, and determining a number of bits for the PMI of the precoding matrix. The approach also includes determining a space frequency matrix based, at least in part, on the number of bits for the PMI and the precoding matrix, and compressing the space frequency matrix. Finally, the approach includes determining a compressed PMI based, at least in part, on the space frequency matrix.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Victor Sergeev, Alexei Davydov, Bishwarup Mondal, Gregory Morozov, Dmitry Dikarev
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Patent number: 11838709Abstract: A system such as a vehicle, building, vessel, aircraft, or electronic device system may have a layer of material with invisible laser-drilled openings. The layer of material may include an outer layer of fabric overlapping an inner layer such as an inner foam layer. Laser-drilled openings may include outer openings in the fabric layer and inner openings in the foam layer. Each of the inner openings may be overlapped by multiple outer openings. The exposed surface of the fabric layer may have strands of material of different appearances and/or may otherwise be configured to help visually hide the laser-drilled openings. Laser-drilled openings may also have small sizes to help make the laser-drilled openings invisible. Laser-drilled openings may overlap components such as audio components, heating and cooling components, and/or light-emitting components.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James G. Griffin, II, Lukas Satas, Michael S. Nashner, Zuguang Chen, Jason T. Parker
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Patent number: 11838970Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for communicating in a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT. A user equipment (UE) can receive, from a first base station using the first RAT, first configuration information for the UE to communicate with a second base station via the second RAT; and receive, from the first base station using the first RAT, a downlink message to enable a communication link between the UE and the second base station via the second RAT. The downlink message includes second configuration information for the UE to communicate with the second base station via the second RAT. The UE can establish the communication link between the UE and the second base station using the second RAT based on a link configuration obtained from the first configuration information and the second configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sharad Sambhwani, Dirk Nickisch, Madhukar K. Shanbhag, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Shiva Krishna Narra, Sriram Subramanian, Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju
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Patent number: 11837707Abstract: A battery cell includes a cathode casing forming all or a majority of the external can of the battery cell. The battery further includes an anode tab covering at least a portion of a face of the battery cell and an insulating layer for electrically isolating the anode tab from the cathode casing. A plurality of such battery cells may be arranged within a battery pack in contact with each other, and may be held in compression. A conduction enhancement layer may be applied between the anode tab of a first cell and the cathode casing of a second cell within the battery pack. One or more heat dissipation elements may be arranged within the battery pack, in contact with the battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan L. Hall, Luke A. Wilhelm, Qingcheng Zeng, Mujeeb Ijaz, Donald G. Dafoe
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Patent number: 11836635Abstract: The subject technology receives code corresponding to a neural network (NN) model and a set of weights for the NN model. The subject technology determines a set of layers that are mutable in the NN model. The subject technology determines information for mapping a second set of weights to the set of weights for the NN model. The subject technology generates metadata corresponding to the set of layers that are mutable, and the information for mapping the second set of weights to the set of weights for the NN model, wherein the generated metadata enables updating the set of layers that are mutable during execution of the NN model.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Cecile M. Foret, Xiaozhong Yao, Sundararaman Hariharasubramanian
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Patent number: 11836506Abstract: A method and an apparatus that schedule a plurality of executables in a schedule queue for execution in one or more physical compute devices such as CPUs or GPUs concurrently are described. One or more executables are compiled online from a source having an existing executable for a type of physical compute devices different from the one or more physical compute devices. Dependency relations among elements corresponding to scheduled executables are determined to select an executable to be executed by a plurality of threads concurrently in more than one of the physical compute devices. A thread initialized for executing an executable in a GPU of the physical compute devices are initialized for execution in another CPU of the physical compute devices if the GPU is busy with graphics processing threads.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Aaftab Munshi, Jeremy Sandmel
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Patent number: 11838089Abstract: Systems and methods for control signaling for beam searching latency reduction are disclosed herein. A g Node B (gNB) may determine that a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and a second SSB are to be spatially correlated and may select a first transmit (Tx) beam to transmit the first SSB and a second Tx beam to transmit the second SSB accordingly. The gNB may also transmit a correlation message including spatial correlation information to help a UE determine the spatial correlation. The UE may measure the first SSB on a first subset of a plurality of receive (Rx) beams and measure the second SSB on a second subset of the plurality of Rx beams, and select an Rx beam for one or both. In some embodiments, channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) that are quasi co-located (QCLed) with a given SSB may be measured in place of the SSB.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Yuchul Kim, Yuqin Chen
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Patent number: 11833769Abstract: A composite is provided to include an elastomer substrate comprising methyl groups. The composite may also include a layer of glass comprising SiO2 formed over the elastomer substrate. A method of fabricating the composite is provided. The method may include diffusing an ozone-rich gas into the substrate of an elastomer substrate comprising methyl groups. The method may also include exposing the elastomer substrate to UV radiation for a period of time. The method may further include converting a surface portion of the elastomer substrate into a layer of glass formed over the elastomer substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Scott W. Slabaugh, Liliya Lyandres, Warren Taylor
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Patent number: D1006617Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Richard P. Howarth, Peter Russell-Clarke
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Patent number: D1006638Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: D1006797Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, 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, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer