Apple Patents
Apple Inc. designs, manufactures and markets smartphones, tablets and personal computers, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac. It also produces the iPod, Apple Watch and Apple TV, as well as the operating systems and applications that support these devices. The company also sells digital content and applications through its iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, iBooks Store and Apple Music.
Apple Patents by Type- Apple Patents Granted: Apple patents that have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
- Apple Patent Applications: Apple patent applications that are pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
-
Patent number: 11662796Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays one or more representations of power usage of the electronic device, including across various periods of time and subperiods of time within those periods. In some embodiments, the displayed information reflects power usage both for periods of the display being on and periods of the display being off. In some embodiments, the displayed information includes power usage attributed to various mobile applications running on the electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays recommendations to reduce the usage of power by the electronic device, which a user has the option of applying. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays prose insight into power usage, indicating causes of the power usage.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Abhinav Pathak, Amit K. Vyas, Albert S. Liu, Conor J. O'Reilly, Anand Ramadurai, Craig M. Federighi, Aakriti Mittal, Daniel J. Etter, Tianhe Wu, Patrick L. Coffman, Nicholas D. Felton
-
Patent number: 11659916Abstract: A mounting base for use with a wirelessly locatable tag may include a base portion defining a latching member configured to engage a wirelessly locatable tag to releasably retain the wirelessly locatable tag to the mounting base, a contact block attached to the base portion and configured to be positioned at least partially within a battery cavity of the wirelessly locatable tag, the contact block defining a top side and a peripheral side. The mounting base may further include a first conductive member positioned along the peripheral side of the contact block and configured to contact a first battery contact in the battery cavity of the wirelessly locatable tag, a second conductive member outwardly biased from the top side of the contact block, the second conductive member configured to contact a second battery contact in the battery cavity of the tag, and a power cable coupled to the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Ryan C. Perkins, Paul J. Thompson
-
Patent number: 11660503Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to navigating, viewing, and sharing activity and workout data and interacting with workout and/or activity applications. In some examples, scrolling of activity data is based on the content being displayed. In some examples, friends' activity data may be viewed. In some examples, a notification and workout data for a friend's completed workout is received and displayed. In some example, the activity data received from friends is viewed and managed. In some examples, workout data for a multi-segment workout is displayed in a three-dimensional stack on a map. In some examples, a workout application operates in a limited mode until a touch input is received with a characteristic intensity that is greater than a threshold intensity.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aled Hywel Williams, David Chance Graham, Christopher Wilson
-
Patent number: 11663309Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to digital identification credential user interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haya Iris Villanueva Gaviola, Antonio A. Allen, Mayura D. Deshpande, Thomas John Miller, Policarpo Bonilla Wood, Jr., Ho Cheung Chung, Gianpaolo Fasoli, Vinay Ganesh, Irene M. Graff, Martijn Theo Haring, Ahmer A. Khan, Franck Farian Rakotomalala, Gordon Scott, Christopher Sharp, David W. Silver, Ka Yang
-
Patent number: 11662824Abstract: An electronic device displaying a user interface on a display. While displaying the user interface on the display and while one or more tactile output generators of the electronic device are in a low-power state, the electronic device detects a first user interaction via the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the first user interaction, the electronic device sets the one or more tactile output generators to a low-latency state. After setting the one or more tactile output generators to the low-latency state, the electronic device detects a second user interaction that is continuation of a touch input, on the touch sensitive surface, that includes the first user interaction. In response to detecting the second user interaction, the electronic device generates a tactile output that corresponds to the second user interaction.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Julien Y. Robert, Tyler M. Fox, Camille Moussette, Viktor Miladinov, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Madeleine S. Cordier
-
Patent number: 11664031Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for multi-mode voice triggering for audio devices. An audio device may store multiple voice recognition models, each trained to detect a single corresponding trigger phrase. So that the audio device can detect a specific one of the multiple trigger phrases without consuming the processing and/or power resources to run a voice recognition model that can differentiate between different trigger phrases, the audio device pre-loads a selected one of the voice recognition models for an expected trigger phrase into a processor of the audio device. The audio device may select the one of the voice recognition models for the expected trigger phrase based on a type of a companion device that is communicatively coupled to the audio device.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Dersheet C. Mehta, Dinesh Garg, Sham Anton Koli, Kerry J. Kopp, Hans Bernhard
-
Patent number: 11662869Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback components, audio feedback components, or other components for providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Scott A. Myers, Stephen Brian Lynch, Anthony S. Montevirgen
-
Patent number: 11661334Abstract: Disclosed herein is a MEMS ASIC. In some examples, the MEMS ASIC can include a MEMS, an analog front end (AFE) amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), an overload detector, and a high-ohmic (HO) block. The HO block and the MEMS can form a high-pass filter (HPF). The impedance of the HO block can be related to the DC operating level of the AFE amplifier and the cutoff frequency of the HPF. In some examples, an overload event can occur, and the overload detector can be configured to adjust the impedance of the HO block to reduce the settling time of the MEMS ASIC. Methods of using the MEMS ASIC to reduce the settling time of the MEMS ASIC due to an overload event are disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Eddie L. Ng
-
Patent number: 11662974Abstract: In one aspect a device-side audio handling input/output unit (DIO) of a hardware device writes audio data generated by the hardware device within a ring buffer. An input provided by a user for activation of a software program is received, and a notification that the software program is ready to accept the audio data is generated. A system-side audio handling input/output unit (SIO) additionally provides past audio data from the ring buffer to the software program. Other aspects also are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey C. Moore, Richard M. Powell, Alexander C. Powers, Anthony J. Guetta
-
Patent number: 11662691Abstract: A wearable device can include an electronic device and a band for securing the electronic device to the user. The electronic device can detect an identification of the band, which can serve as an input to initiate actions performed by the electronic device. For example, a type, model, color, size, or other characteristic of a band can be determined and used to select a corresponding action performed by the electronic device. Identification of the band can be performed by components of the electronic device that also serve other purposes. Existing sensors, communication elements, and/or detectors can be used to detect and identity a band provided to the electronic device. The electronic device can respond to the identification of a particular band by performing particular functions, such as changing an aspect of a user interface or altering settings of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Timothy M. Johnson
-
Patent number: 11662768Abstract: A display cover to housing interface system includes a display screen fronted by a display cover having front and obverse faces and a distal edge between the faces around a circumference thereof (i.e., edge thickness), and also an outer housing that provides support for the display cover. A portion of the display cover distal edge or thickness is fully exposed to outside, such that the display cover is exposed and substantially visible when viewed directly from the front and at least one side while installed. The display cover can be glass, while the housing is metal. A protective layer located between the housing and display cover protects the display cover from the housing. Various support components hold the display cover in place, and can include magnets and/or a stabilizer assembly affixed along a bottom edge of the display cover and adapted to couple to a bottom chin of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Todd F. Gotham, Shin Nishibori, Christopher J. Stringer, Michael McBroom, Daniel McBroom, Brian Sudderth, John Ternus
-
Patent number: 11662380Abstract: A system includes a first integrated circuit including a first interface circuit with a first transmit pin and a first receive pin, and a first test circuit. The system also includes a second integrated circuit including a second interface circuit with a second receive pin coupled to the first transmit pin, and a second transmit pin coupled to the first receive pin. The second integrated circuit further includes a second test circuit configured to route signals from the second receive pin to the second transmit pin, such that the sent test signal is received by the second receive pin, bypasses the second test circuit, and is routed to the second transmit pin. The first test circuit is further configured to receive the routed test signal on the first receive pin via the second conductive path.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fabien S. Faure, Arnaud J. Forestier, Vikram Mehta
-
Patent number: 11662772Abstract: An electronic disclosed herein may include a band formed from metal that combines with a bottom wall formed from a non-metal to form an enclosure that carries internal components. The electronic device may include a transparent cover and a display assembly partially covered by a border having a uniform dimension. The electronic device may include a vision system designed for facial recognition of a user of the electronic device. A bracket assembly may hold the vision system. The bracket assembly may not be affixed to the enclosure and may move relative to the enclosure. The electronic device may include a battery assembly having multiple battery components coupled together. The electronic device may further include a receiver coil for wireless charging of the battery assembly. The electronic device may include a circuit board assembly having stacked circuit boards. The electronic device may further include a dual camera assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David A. Pakula, Daniel W. Jarvis, Shimon Elkayam, Brandon R. Garbus, Christopher S. Graham, Karl Ruben F. Larsson, Ashley E. Fletcher, Jared M. Kole, Eric S. Jol, Aaron A. Oro, Michael D. Quinones, Gregory N. Stephens, Ian A. Spraggs, James A. Bertin, Simon C. Helmore, Melissa A. Wah, Matthew D. Hill, Jon F. Housour, Douglas G. Fournier, Christopher S. Tomasetta
-
Patent number: 11662867Abstract: Some touch screens can be formed with rows and columns of touch electrodes. In some examples, during a first time period, a first set of row electrodes are driven while a second set of row electrodes are sensed. In some examples, during a second time period, the first set of row electrodes are sensed while the second set of row electrodes are driven. In some examples, during a third time period, a first set of column electrodes are driven while a second set of column electrodes are sensed. In some examples, during a fourth time period, the first set of column electrodes are sensed while the second set of column electrodes are driven. In some examples, a touch image can be generated based on the data sensed from the first, second, third, and fourth time periods.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christoph H. Krah, Jesse Michael Devine, Xiaoqi Zhou
-
Patent number: 11663261Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for defining a collection of media content items of a media library for a relevant interest are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kevin Bessiere, Eric Circlaeys
-
Patent number: 11662895Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a media playback user interface. In some examples, the media playback user interface displays text corresponding to speech of audio content. In some examples, the media playback user interface facilitates management of bookmarks corresponding to the audio content. In some examples, the media playback user interface enables a search for text corresponding to speech of the audio content.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alastair K. Fettes, Sherry T. Shao
-
Patent number: 11663310Abstract: In an embodiment, a central repository of rights may be implemented, and accessing entities (e.g. clients) and entities for which access is controlled (e.g. files, servers, etc.) may rely on the central repository. The rights may vary on a client-by-client basis. In an embodiment, the rights may be managed as a value that is interpreted by the access-controlled entity. Accordingly, the definition of access rights may vary based on the entity. In an embodiment, visibility to the access rights may be limited. For example, the central repository may provide a handle that is associated with the access rights, but the access rights themselves may not be provided. When an accessing entity attempts to access the access-controlled entity, the handle may be used to identify the access rights. The handle may be presented to the central repository by the access-controlled entity to confirm access rights.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Joseph A. Sarlo, Peter H. van der Veen, Shawn R. Woodtke, Sunil Kittur
-
Patent number: 11663744Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. To compress the attribute and/or spatial information, the encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. Also, the decoder is configured to generate a decompressed point cloud based on an image based representation of a point cloud. A processing/filtering element utilizes occupancy map information and/or auxiliary patch information to determine relationships between patches in image frames and adjusts encoding/decoding and/or filtering or pre/post-processing parameters based on the determined relationships.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Khaled Mammou, Yeping Su, Jungsun Kim, Valery G. Valentin, David W. Singer, Fabrice A. Robinet, Hsi-Jung Wu
-
Patent number: 11663514Abstract: Controlling an automated agent in an environment includes obtaining high-quality data regarding a current state of the automated agent; identifying a behavior model; determining a trajectory estimate for the automated agent based on the current state of the automated agent and the behavior model; determining a final trajectory for the automated agent using the trajectory estimate; and controlling the automated agent according to the final trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Megan M. Maher, Barry-John Theobald, Nicholas E. Apostoloff
-
Patent number: 11663806Abstract: Various methods for utilizing a saliency heatmaps are described. The methods include obtaining image data corresponding to an image of a scene, obtaining a saliency heatmap for the image of the scene based on a saliency network, wherein the saliency heatmap indicates a likelihood of saliency for a corresponding portion of the scene, and manipulating the image data based on the saliency heatmap. In embodiments, the saliency heatmap may be produced using a trained machine learning model. The saliency heatmap may be used for various image processing tasks, such as determining which portion(s) of a scene to base an image capture device's autofocus, auto exposure, and/or white balance operations upon. According to some embodiments, one or more bounding boxes may be generated based on the saliency heatmap, e.g., using an optimization operation, which bounding box(es) may be used to assist or enhance the performance of various image processing tasks.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vignesh Jagadeesh, Yingjun Bai, Guillaume Tartavel, Gregory Guyomarc'h
-
Patent number: 11664874Abstract: Techniques for selecting the number of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources to be used by a user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communications system are provided. The UE determines a degree of partial beam correspondence of the UE and compares the degree to a threshold amount of partial beam correspondence support of the UE. In response to the comparison, UE selects a number of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources to request from a network node and sends a SRS resource request message to the network node to request the selected number of SRS resources.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yang Tang, Tao Xu, Aida Vera Lopez
-
Patent number: 11663973Abstract: External compensation of display panels may employ measurement or sensing circuitry configured to measure the output of a pixel and compensate for variations. Due to effects from the sensing circuitry, a mismatch between a target current and the actual current in the pixel may occur. Systems and methods that compensate for the effects from sensing circuitry and reduce or mitigate the mismatch are described. Systems and methods described herein include compensation circuitry that is capable of employing correction factors to compensate for the effects due to the presence of sensing circuitry. Methods for determining the correction factor are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Junhua Tan, Shengkui Gao, Myungjoon Choi, Injae Hwang, Chaohao Wang, Myung-Je Cho, Hyunwoo Nho, Sun-Il Chang, Jesse A. Richmond, Kingsuk Brahma, Jie Won Ryu, Shiping Shen, Yunhui Hou
-
Patent number: 11665869Abstract: This application relates to display devices and the layout/architecture of various internal components to enhance thermal energy management. A display device described herein may include one or more fan assemblies that drive ambient air into the display device to cool heat-generating components of the display device, and also to drive the ambient air, once heated through convectively cooling the heat-generating components, out of the display device. Further, the location of the heat-generating components is such that the heat-generating components upstream relative to the one or more fan assemblies. In this manner, the ambient air can pass over or through the heat-generating components prior to reaching the one or more fan assemblies. Additionally, heat-generating components, such as a backlit device and a power supply unit, are positioned relatively close to vent inlets in the display device. As a result, these heat-generating devices are immediately cooled with the ambient air.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Michael E. Leclerc, Kevin J. Ryan, Brett W. Degner
-
Patent number: 11665684Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to process a message received from a Fifth Generation (5G) NodeB (gNB) to perform one or more measurements in one or more target frequency layers, and for each of the one or more target frequency layers, to divide one or more other frequency layers into one of three categories comprising fully overlapped frequency layers, partially overlapped frequency layers, and non-overlapped frequency layers. The apparatus includes a memory to store the message.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yang Tang, Jie Cui, Candy Yiu, Rui Huang, Hua Li
-
Patent number: 11664686Abstract: A wireless power system includes a wireless power transmitting device such as a wireless charging mat for charging devices such as a cellular telephone and an earbuds battery case. The earbuds battery case receives earbuds and charges the earbuds from a battery. The wireless charging mat supports bidirectional in-band communications between the cellular telephone and the earbuds battery case. The earbuds battery case provides the cellular telephone with information on the battery charge level associated with the battery in the earbuds battery case and a battery charge level associated with each earbud in the earbuds battery case. The cellular telephone receives battery charge level information through the wireless charging mat and displays corresponding indicators. The earbuds battery case has a visual output device such as a light-emitting diode that is illuminated to indicate that the earbuds battery case is being charged.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adrian E. Sun, Gregory H. Nayman, Cortland S. Tolva, Joseph W. Colosimo, Antonio R. De Lima Fernandes, Brandon R. Garbus, Alexei E. Kosut
-
Patent number: 11664809Abstract: An apparatus includes a receiver buffer, a phase compensation circuit, a data sampler circuit, and an error sampler circuit. The receiver buffer may generate an equalized signal on a signal node using an input signal received via a channel. The phase compensation circuit may, in response to an initiation of a training mode, replace the equalized signal on the signal node with a reference signal. The data sampler circuit may sample, using a data clock signal, the reference signal to generate a plurality of data samples. The error sampler circuit may sample, using an error clock signal, the reference signal to generate a plurality of errors samples. The phase compensation circuit may also adjust a phase difference between the data clock signal and the error clock signal using at least some of the plurality of data samples and at least some of the plurality of error samples.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jaeduk Han, Wenbo Liu, Wing Liu, Ming-Shuan Chen, Sanjeev K. Maheshwari, Vishal Varma, Sunil Bhosekar, Lizhi Zhong, Gary A. Rogan
-
Patent number: 11664825Abstract: Techniques discussed herein facilitate polar coding and decoding for NR (New Radio) systems between UE(s) (User Equipment(s)) and/or gNB(s) (next generation Node B(s)) based on code block segmentation. One example embodiment employable at a UE comprises processing circuitry configured to determine one or more thresholds for code block segmentation, where the one or more thresholds for code block segmentation includes one or more of a payload threshold (Kseg) or a code rate threshold (Rseg); determine to perform code block segmentation based on the one or more thresholds and at least one of a current payload (K) of an information block or a current code rate (R) for the information block; segment the information block into a plurality of segments; and encode each segment of the plurality of segments via a polar encoder with a code size (N).Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Dmitry Dikarev, Grigory Ermolaev, Ajit Nimbalker, Alexei Davydov, Ashwin Chandrasekaran, Sathishkumar Chellakuttigounder Kulandaivel
-
Patent number: 11664958Abstract: Systems, methods, and baseband processors are provided to generate or process symbols in a synchronization subframe. In one example, a method includes selecting non-consecutive orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a synchronization subframe. A transmitter is instructed to transmit demodulation reference symbols (DM-RS) on identical first sets of subcarriers in respective OFDM symbols of the selected non-consecutive OFDM symbols for a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) using a same transmit beam, wherein a gap between two subcarriers in a respective set of the identical first sets of subcarriers is three subcarriers. The transmitter is instructed to transmit the PBCH on identical second sets of subcarriers in respective OFDM symbols in the selected non-consecutive OFDM symbols.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Peng Lu, Qiaoyang Ye, Gang Xiong, Glenn J. Bradford, Joonyoung Cho, Jong-Kae Fwu, Bishwarup Mondal
-
Patent number: 11664766Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a baseband processor, a transceiver, a front-end module, and an antenna. The transceiver may include mixer circuitry. The mixer circuitry may include switches controlled by oscillator signals. The mixer circuitry may also include oscillator phase noise cancelling capacitors controlled by inverted oscillator signals. Operated in this way, the mixer circuitry exhibits improved noise figure performance.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Feng Zhao, Utku Seckin
-
Patent number: 11664940Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may assess a radio link quality of a plurality of frames for communication, via the interface to the RF circuitry, with a radio access network (RAN) node. When the radio link quality of a frame, of the plurality of frames, is below an out-of-sync (OOS) threshold, the UE may indicate that the frame is OOS. When the radio link quality of a frame, of the plurality of frames, is above an in-sync (IS) threshold that the frame is IS. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may process information, received from the RAN node indicating a partial subframe, of a subframe, to be used to transmit uplink control information (UCI) to the RAN node. The UE ma also perform UCI mapping for using of the partial subframe to transmit UCI via a physical uplink control channel (PUSCH), and proceed by using the partial subframe to communicate the UCI to the RAN node.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeongho Jeon, Huaning Niu, Wenting Chang, Jinyu Zhang, Dae Won Lee, Alexei Davydov, Kyeongin Jeong, Candy Yiu
-
Patent number: 11665310Abstract: An electronic device has pixels that form an active area of a display for displaying images for a user. A layer of black ink or other opaque material may be formed on an inner surface of a display cover layer in an inactive area of the display that does not overlap pixels. The housing may have sidewalls such as a rear housing wall that faces away from the display. Ambient light sensor windows may be formed from tapered holes or other holes. The tapered holes may be formed in the opaque material on the display cover layer, may be formed in a rear housing wall or other hosing structure, or may be formed in other portions of the electronic device. Non-tapered holes may also form windows. Tapered holes may have sidewalls with portions that run parallel to their longitudinal axes and portions that are angled relative to their longitudinal axes.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Dawei Lu, Kenneth J. Vampola, Peter Jeziorek
-
Patent number: 11664951Abstract: Logic may receive an initial communication from a user device, the initial communication comprising capabilities. Logic may determine, based on an indication of a capability to support new radio frequency layers from the capabilities for the user device, a measurement gap configuration for the new radio frequency layers and a measurement gap configuration for a channel state information reference signal. Logic may send a frame with a preamble to a physical layer comprising the measurement gap configuration. Logic may send an initial communication to a physical layer, wherein the initial communication comprises capabilities for a user device. Logic may decode downlink data with a measurement gap configuration. And logic may parse the measurement gap configuration to determine at least one measurement gap identification and at least one offset for the new radio frequency layers and a channel state information reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Candy Yiu, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Youn Hyoung Heo
-
Patent number: 11665455Abstract: An acoustic mesh comprising a first portion that is acoustically closed; and a second portion that surrounds the first portion and is acoustically open, wherein a surface area of the second portion is at least one percent a total surface area of the acoustic mesh.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thanh P. Hua, Jarrett B. Lagler, Brian R. Twehues, Ethan L. Huwe, Mei Zhang
-
Patent number: 11664952Abstract: Systems and methods of providing DMRS for a UE are generally described. The DMRS locations in a resource unit of a Physical Resource Allocation of a shared channel are randomly determined, and the DMRS sequences randomly generated before transmission from a master UE to a wearable UE. The DMRS locations are disposed on different subcarriers and symbols in the resource unit and are repeated every k subframes or m resource units within the same subframe. In situations in which the collision/contention probability is relatively small, DMRS in control channels may be used rather than in the shared data channel.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Joonbeom Kim, Vesh Raj Sharma Banjade, Guangjie Li, Qian Li, Satish Chandra Jha, Hassan Ghozlan, Dawei Ying, Yaser M. Fouad, Lu Lu
-
Patent number: 11665665Abstract: One or more location-based clients can be activated on a mobile device for providing location-based services. The location-based clients can be provided with information (e.g., presets, defaults) related to the current location and/or mode of the mobile device. The information can be obtained from one or more network resources. In some implementations, a location-based client can concurrently display map and vehicle information related to a location of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Scott Forstall, Gregory N. Christie, Robert E. Borchers, Imran A. Chaudhri, Peter Henry Mahowald
-
Patent number: 11664601Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna module. A phased antenna array of dielectric resonator antennas may be disposed within the antenna module. The dielectric resonator antennas may include dielectric columns excited by feed probes. A flexible printed circuit may include transmission lines coupled to the feed probes. The flexible printed circuit may have a first end coupled to the antenna module and extending towards peripheral conductive housing structures forming an additional antenna and a second end coupled to transceiver circuitry. Ground traces on the flexible printed circuit may be shorted to ground structures at the first and second ends to improve the antenna efficiency of the additional antenna. The flexible printed circuit may include an elongated slot with overlapping conductive structures and laterally surrounded by a fence of conductive vias to improve the flexibility of the flexible printed circuit while providing satisfactory antenna performance.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Erdinc Irci, Bilgehan Avser, Han Wang, Harish Rajagopalan, Hongfei Hu, Jingni Zhong, Ming Chen, Nanbo Jin, Yijun Zhou
-
Patent number: 11665427Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for managing image capture and processing in a multi-camera imaging system. In such a system, a pair of cameras each may output a sequence of frames representing captured image data. The cameras' output may be synchronized to each other to cause synchronism in the image capture operations of the cameras. The system may assess image quality of frames output from the cameras and, based on the image quality, designate a pair of the frames to serve as a “reference frame pair.” Thus, one frame from the first camera and a paired frame from the second camera will be designated as the reference frame pair. The system may adjust each reference frame in the pair using other frames from their respective cameras. The reference frames also may be processed by other operations within the system, such as image fusion.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Paul M. Hubel, Marius Tico, Ting Chen
-
Patent number: 11664816Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to compression of pixel data using different quantization for different regions of a block of pixels being compressed. In some embodiments, compression circuitry is configured to determine, for multiple components included in pixels of the block of pixels being compressed, respective smallest and greatest component values in respective regions of the block of pixels. The compression circuitry may determine, based on the determined smallest and greatest component values, to use a first number of bits to represent delta values relative to a base value for a first component in a first region and a second, different number of bits to represent delta values relative to a base value for a second component in the first region. The compression circuitry may then quantize delta values for the first and second components of pixels in the first region of the block of pixels using the determined first and second numbers of bits.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tyson J. Bergland, Karthik Ramani, Stephan Lachowsky, Justin A. Hensley, Davoud A. Jamshidi
-
Patent number: 11665473Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing techniques for transmission of audio data from both of a pair of audio output devices to a user equipment (UE). A first wireless audio output device establishes a communication link to a source device using a wireless communication protocol, receives source audio data from the source device, receives secondary audio data from a second wireless audio output device and combines primary audio data from the first wireless audio output device with the secondary audio data into a consolidated audio packet. The consolidated packet is then transmitted to the source device.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sriram Hariharan, Alon Paycher
-
Patent number: D987471Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 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
-
Patent number: D987472Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 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
-
Patent number: D987620Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steven P. Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas B. Satzger, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
-
Patent number: D987621Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 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, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
-
Patent number: D987623Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: 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: D987624Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steven P. Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
-
Patent number: D987625Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: 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: D987656Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alan C. Dye, Bradley William Griffin, Aurelio Guzmán
-
Patent number: D987664Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Christie, Alden Maxwell Haley, Per Lindgren, Alexander Charles MacLean, Wyatt R. Mitchell, Diego Monzon Del Pino, Allison Styer
-
Patent number: D987669Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Julian Hoenig, Jonathan P. Ive, Wan Si Wan, Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniele De Iuliis, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
-
Patent number: D987718Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Jeremy Vanslette