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
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  • Patent number: 12687671
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a camera, a lens, and gratings overlapping the lens. The gratings may diffract a first portion of light incident from a first range of incident angles while transmitting a second portion of the light incident from a second range of incident angles. The lens may direct the second portion of the light to the camera. The gratings may diffract the first portion of the light away from the optics. The gratings may be homogenous or spatially varying. If desired, the gratings may diffract the first portion of the light into a waveguide that propagates the first portion of the light away from the optics. The first range of incident angles and/or the location of the gratings may be selected to remove stray light that would otherwise produce artifacts in the image data. The camera may be replaced with an eye box in augmented reality implementations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Young, Daniel Ott, Maria I Campana, Chuan Luo, Adam C Urness, Scott M DeLapp
  • Patent number: 12687924
    Abstract: One exemplary implementation displays a visual characteristic associated with an object on a display of a device and utilizes a sensor of the device to obtain physiological data associated with a pupillary response of a user to the visual characteristic. The device adjusts the visual characteristic based on the obtained physiological data to enhance pupillary responses of the user to the object and displays the adjusted visual characteristic to the user. For example, the adjusted visual characteristic may be selected based on previously identified pupillary responses of the user to particular visual characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sterling R Crispin, Izzet B Yildiz, Grant H Mulliken
  • Patent number: 12688268
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for biometric authentication in which a current eye pose is determined and evaluated to determine if the current pose is satisfactory, and in which the eye pose may be improved by the user manually adjusting the device or their pose/gaze direction in response to a signal from the controller, and/or in which the imaging system is mechanically adjusted at the direction of the controller to improve the current view of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Haller, Tom Sengelaub
  • Patent number: 12688842
    Abstract: The various aspects of the disclosure here enable a content creation side to control how a sound program is spatial audio rendered by a decoding side, so that an audio scene component in a metadata-specified three dimensional acoustic masking zone is not heard while another audio scene component in an un-masked zone of the sound program is heard by a listener of the playback. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dipanjan Sen, Moo Young Kim, Francois Becker, Sang Uk Ryu
  • Patent number: 12689863
    Abstract: Examples can provide circuits, methods, and apparatus that can determine a quality of a seal formed using an audio device, can inform a user of the quality of the seal, and can help the user to improve the quality of the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Terlizzi
  • Patent number: 12689620
    Abstract: A plurality of devices in a system discover one another and a first electronic device selects a second electronic device from amongst a plurality of devices to coordinate file storage. In some embodiments, the first electronic device and the second electronic device perform an authentication handshake. After performing the authentication handshake, the first electronic device transmits first data to the second electronic device. In some embodiments, the second electronic device operates using a temporary file system that includes the first data. In accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are satisfied, the second electronic device ceases operating using the temporary file system and deletes at least a portion of the temporary file system and/or first data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivas Vedula, David Cohen
  • Patent number: 12687921
    Abstract: A computer system, while displaying a first object, detects one or more movements that change a viewing angle of a first viewer relative to content that is displayed. In response to detecting the one or more movements, in accordance with a determination that the change in the viewing angle of the first viewer meets first criteria, the computer system changes a value of at least a first display parameter of the first object other than a viewing perspective of the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alfred B. Huergo Wagner, William A. Sorrentino, III, Sueng Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 12687925
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include electronic devices, systems, and methods that determine a characteristic of an eye based on detecting reflections of light. An example electronic device may include a scanning light source capable, a set of one or more photodiodes, a refractive/diffractive medium, and a processor. The refractive/diffractive medium includes a near-eye side and a far-eye side, and when the electronic device is worn, the near-eye side is proximate an eye of the user and the far-eye side is an opposite side of the refractive/diffractive medium such that light projected by the scanning light source that is reflected by the eye passes through the refractive/diffractive medium before capture by the set of one or more photodiodes. The processor may be configured to receive sensor data from the set of one or more photodiodes and determine a characteristic of the eye based on the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gelareh Babaie, Manohar B Srikanth, Yanli Zhang, Navid Afsarifard, Sundeep K Jolly, Moinul H Khan, Arthur Y Zhang, Ray L Chang, Axit H Patel, Antonio A Gellineau
  • Patent number: 12687948
    Abstract: In some examples, a touch sensor panel includes a plurality of touch electrodes in a first layer including a plurality of first drive electrodes along a first axis, a plurality of second drive electrodes along the first axis, and a plurality of sense electrodes formed of sense electrode segments along a second axis. The touch sensor panel includes a plurality of bridges in a second layer. Optionally the plurality of bridges includes one or more portions along the second axis configured to electrically connect the sense electrode segments to form the plurality of sense electrodes, and includes one or more portions along the first axis disposed under the plurality of second drive electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Sagar R. Vaze, Saurabh Singh
  • Patent number: 12687730
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device including a display, a frame attachable to the display, a facial interface movably attached to the frame, and a linkage assembly movably connecting the facial interface to the frame. The linkage assembly can include a first arm pivotably attached to the frame, the first arm comprising a first end and a second end, a second arm pivotably attached to the first end and attached to the facial interface, and a third arm pivotably attached to the second end and attached to the facial interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Nicholas R. Trincia
  • Patent number: 12688150
    Abstract: The embodiments set forth techniques for managing database files for a plurality of users. In particular, a database server can perform the steps of (1) receiving, from a routing server, a request to perform an input/output (I/O) operation to a database file, (2) identifying a storage server through which the database file can be accessed, (3) interfacing with the storage server to obtain an exclusive lock on the database file, and (4) in response to determining that the exclusive lock is obtained: (i) writing, to metadata associated with the database file, information associated with the database server, and (ii) performing the I/O operation to the database file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongren Xu, Hung V. Tran, Quan D. Nguyen, Simon J. Gornall, Hering S. Cheng
  • Patent number: 12689956
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for implementing prioritized return of a UE to NR RAT from a GSM/UMTS RAT through RAT reselection based approach. An embodiment operates by determining whether the UE is camped on a first radio access technology (RAT), and in response to a determination that the UE is camped on the first RAT, stores a list of frequencies and a plurality of cell reselection parameter values corresponding to the first RAT. The embodiment determines whether the UE is camped on a second RAT and whether one of a plurality of trigger conditions is satisfied, and in response to a determination that the UE is camped on the second RAT and that one of the plurality of trigger conditions is satisfied, performs measurements on one or more frequencies of the list of frequencies. The embodiment performs cell reselection to a cell of the first RAT based at least in part on the measurements and the plurality of cell reselection parameter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Parvez Sheikh, Bernd H. Kemmer, Prasad P. Ashtekar, Deepak Dash, Nitin Kuppelur
  • Patent number: 12690093
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) from a wireless network to estimate frequency and timing errors. The UE receives a quasi co-location (QCL) configuration between a synchronization signal block (SSB) and at least one of a further SSB or a tracking reference signal (TRS), receives the SSB and the at least one of the further SSB or the TRS and estimates a frequency and timing error for the SSB by combining, based on the QCL configuration, measurements for the SSB and measurements for the at least one of the further SSB or the TRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Hongbo Yan, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Shengshan Cui, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12688924
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein use user input received approximately around the time of food consumption to confirm and/or revise food predictions, e.g., regarding type of food, volume, etc. One or more food characteristics determinations may be associated with uncertainty. User input is implicitly or explicitly requested to resolve at least some of such ambiguities and uncertainties approximately around the time of food consumption. The user feedback experience may be configured to be easy and unobtrusive by presenting limited options in limited circumstances and using easy and intuitive input mechanisms. As examples, such feedback may involve a user using gaze input, a voice command, or a hand gesture to quickly identify whether an uncertain item is of one type or another type, e.g., mashed potatoes or ice-cream. In some implementations, the obtrusiveness/burden of requiring live input for every food determination is avoided or reduced by only asking about some items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anselm Grundhoefer, Mohamed Selim Ben Himane, Shubham Agrawal
  • Patent number: 12688648
    Abstract: A method of encoding motion data associated with an input data corresponding to set of 3D meshes M(i), the motion data including at least one of geometry and vertex attribute changes from one frame to another, can include: dividing input mesh M(i) into a set of patches P(i, j), each patch P(i, j) corresponding to a corresponding patch P(k, l) in a previously encoded reference frame; quantizing at least one of vertices and attributes of each patch P(i, j); predicting residuals based on a difference between quantized vertices or attributes of each patch P(i, j) with respect to corresponding patch P(k, l) in the previously encoded reference frame; and entropy encoding the predicted residuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Khaled Mammou, Alexandros Tourapis
  • Patent number: 12688840
    Abstract: A light emitter that operates through a display may cause display artifacts, even when the light emitter operates using non-visible wavelengths. To determine whether the light emitter has caused these artifacts, a display light sensor under the display may measure backside light leakage from the display. Based on the measured backside light leakage, the display light sensor or control circuitry may determine whether artifacts in the display exceed a predetermined acceptable artifact range. If the artifacts exceed this range, the artifacts may be mitigated. To mitigate the artifacts, the light emitter and/or the display may be adjusted. For example, the timing and/or dosage of the light emitter, the acceptable artifact range, and/or the timing of display content may be adjusted. In this way, the display light sensor may be used to form a closed-loop system to determine whether artifacts are present in the display and to mitigate those artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tong Chen, Wenrui Cai, Jenny Hu, Clint M Perlaki
  • Patent number: 12689767
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: deriving a residual coefficient of a current block; dequantizing the residual coefficient; deriving a common residual signal by performing inverse transform of the dequantized residual coefficient; and deriving a first residual signal of a first chroma component and a second residual signal of a second chroma component on the basis of the common residual signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 12689894
    Abstract: A discovery broker may facilitate discovering and connecting devices, such as a sender device and receiver device, in a dense environment and/or a network with segmentation. The sender and receiver devices may be connected via the discovery broker based on a machine-readable image including connectivity information, digital wallet data including the connectivity information, or a domain name system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W Duyk, Hien M Nguyen, Huai-Che Lu, Joseph P Saracino, Quang D Tran
  • Patent number: 12689335
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a programmable power amplifier including an output impedance matching circuit, and a programmable inductance matching circuit. The inductance matching circuit may be coupled to the impedance matching circuit. The inductance matching circuit may include one or more shunt inductors to reduce an adverse effect of one or more capacitors of the programmable power amplifier. The inductance matching circuit may improve an output power of the power amplifier, adjust a center frequency (e.g., resonant frequency) for providing output signals by the power amplifier, or both. As such, an electronic device may include one or more power amplifiers having the inductance matching circuit to amplify input signals with improved output power, improve a bandwidth for providing the output signals based on adjusting the center frequency, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Ahmed G Radwan
  • Patent number: 12689972
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods that support capability index reporting associated with multi-antenna panel uplink transmissions. In an example, a base station configures a UE to perform channel state information (CSI) group-based reporting. The UE can report a set of capability indexes that correspond to an antenna panel or for a plurality of antenna panels. This report can indicate the number of sounding reference signal (SRS) ports supported per corresponding antenna panel(s). Further, the reported capability indexes can be included in a CSI group-based report or in a standalone report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Jie Cui, Wei Zeng
  • Patent number: 12690011
    Abstract: The present application relates to a paging mechanism. In an example, a network can transmit SSBs periodically on multiple SSB beams. A UE can receive, during a DRX cycle, an SSB per detected SSB beam and perform SSB-based measurements. Based on these measurements, the UE can perform PDCCH monitoring and PDSCH decoding on at least two beams. The PDCCH monitoring can indicate a scheduled paging message from the network. The PDSCH decoding can allow the UE to determine the paging message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongbo Yan, Amir Farajidana, Dietmar Gradl
  • Patent number: 12688660
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates depth conflict mitigation for a virtual object that is in contact with one or more physical objects in a three-dimensional environment by changing visual properties of one or more portions of the virtual object. In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates depth conflict mitigation for a virtual object that is in contact with one or more physical objects in a three-dimensional environment by displaying the virtual object in a virtual environment within the three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates depth conflict mitigation for a virtual object that is in contact with one or more physical objects in a three-dimensional environment by variably changing visual properties of one or more portions of the virtual object and/or by variably displaying the virtual object in a virtual environment based on one or more characteristics of the depth conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hylak, William A. Sorrentino, III, Christopher D. McKenzie, James J. Owen, Zoey C. Taylor, Miquel Estany Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 12689061
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to battery cells, and more particularly, electrolyte additives for use in lithium ion battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongli Dai, Jongho Jeon, Libo Hu, Mingfu He, Qian Liu, Zhengcheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12687922
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system selectively recenters virtual content to a viewpoint of a user. In some embodiments, a computer system selectively recenters virtual content and/or gathers the virtual content. In some embodiments, a computer system presents virtual content with a first spatial arrangement when an input corresponds to a recentering operation and presents the virtual content with a second spatial arrangement when the input corresponds to a gathering operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hylak, Benjamin H. Boesel, Danielle M. Price, Stephen O. Lemay, Zoey C. Taylor
  • Patent number: 12687957
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to account recovery. An example method includes, at a computer system in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices: performing a recovery contact set up process including providing a notification to a contact; after performing the recovery contact set up process, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a request to initiate an account recovery process; in response to the request to initiate the account recovery process and without providing a request to the contact, displaying, via the display generation component, a recovery code interface for receiving a set of recovery credentials; while displaying of the recovery code interface, receiving the set of recovery credentials; in accordance with a determination that the recovery credentials are valid, performing a recovery function; and in accordance with a determination that the recovery credentials are not valid, forgoing performing the recovery function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Carmen S. Yu, Dmitry V. Belov, Roberto Garcia, Munish K. Poonia, Hannah S. Story, Gokul P. Thirumalai, Assar E. Westerlund
  • Patent number: 12685450
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for determining a change in a physiological metric over a target period of time. A plurality of data sets may be used to generate a plurality of contextual signals. Each of these contextual signals may be associated with a different activity context, and may be used to generate a plurality of instances of the physiological metric. Information about the amount of change of each instance of the physiological metric may be used to estimate an overall amount of change in the physiological metric over the target period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Niehaus, Adeeti V. Ullal, William R. Powers, III
  • Patent number: 12688657
    Abstract: A computer system, in response to detecting the occurrence of a first event, applies a first virtual effect to the representation of the field of view of the one or more cameras, including: applying the first virtual effect with a first set of values for a first characteristic of the first virtual effect, wherein the first set of values for the first characteristic of the first virtual effect are selected in accordance with segmentation of the view of the first physical object from the view of the portion of the first physical environment; and applying the first virtual effect with a second set of values for a second characteristic of the first virtual effect, wherein the second set of values for the second characteristic of the first virtual effect are selected in accordance with tracking of movement of one or more portions of the first physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Joanna M. Newman, Daniel Escudero, Corbin F. Peters, Joseph-Alexander P. Weil, Juan Gril, Jose Moises Tafolla Carmona
  • Patent number: 12689795
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content system. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. Subscribers are provided a user interface that provides context sensitive hints to assist the viewer. The system further enables viewers skip, view, and interact with advertisements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory N. Christie, Alessandro Sabatelli, William M. Bachman, Imran Chaudhri, Jeffrey Robbin, Jim Young, Joe Howard, Marcel Van Os, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey Ma, Lynne Kress
  • Patent number: 12689148
    Abstract: Power adapters and other electronic devices that are durable and can provide a large amount of power while having a small form factor. An example can provide a durable power adapter by providing a connector receptacle having a reinforced tongue. The tongue of the connector receptacle can be reinforced by having a center plate with one or more vertical portions that can be at least approximately at a right angle to a lateral portion of the center plate. This and other examples can provide a large amount of power while having a small form factor by providing a space efficient transformer having thermal dissipation components. This and other examples can provide a small form-factor by including a series of chokes formed as a module and including a variety of types of wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bahram Raad, Cesar Lozano Villarreal, Mathieu P. Roy, Jose Del Carmen, Jr., Michael J. Reis, Mahmoud R. Amini, Adam H Herzog, Nikhil S. Pansare, Peter J. Cameron, Balal Khan, Kevin A. Oberther
  • Patent number: 12689291
    Abstract: Various embodiments for generating a voltage level on a regulated power supply node are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an external phase circuit on a first integrated circuit, where the external phase circuit is coupled to a regulated power supply node via a first inductor and configured to source a first current to the regulated power supply node using an external demand current and in response to an activation of a first enable signal. The apparatus also includes a control circuit on a second integrated circuit, where the control circuit is configured to generate the external demand current using a voltage of the regulated power supply node and a reference voltage. The control circuit is further configured to generate the first enable signal using a sensed version of the first current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hao Zhou, Sarfraz Shaikh, Jay B. Fletcher, Sanjay Pant, Mark A. Yoshimoto, Vincenzo Bisogno, Shawn Searles
  • Patent number: 12690042
    Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to group transmissions into one or more groups, e.g., of various priority levels and/or types of transmissions. The UE may resolve collisions, e.g., according to one or more procedures described herein. The UE may transmit the transmissions according to the resolutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong He, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Jia Tang, Pengkai Zhao, Wei Zeng, Wei Zhang, Yuchul Kim
  • Patent number: 12687444
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to an apparatus having a housing, including a port exposed to an environment. The apparatus includes a pressure sensor disposed within the housing to measure a pressure of the environment. The pressure sensor includes a membrane to facilitate detection of a presence of an aggressor by using dynamic response analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seow Yuen Yee, Michael J. Glickman
  • Patent number: 12687564
    Abstract: Wireless circuitry is provided that includes a transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil, a first group of switchable capacitors coupled to a first terminal of the primary coil, a second group of switchable capacitors coupled to a second terminal of the primary coil, and capacitance measurement circuitry selectively coupled to a center tap of the primary coil during a measurement mode. The capacitance measurement circuitry can include a current source, a current sink, a comparator, a voltage generator for providing one or more threshold/reference voltages to the comparator, a frequency measurement circuit, and a capacitance calculation circuit configured to compute a capacitance of the first and second groups of switchable capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Timo W Gossmann
  • Patent number: 12687885
    Abstract: Low-profile computer supports include features to reduce the thickness and improve the portability or storage capability of a computer system while it is disassembled, packaged, shipped, or moved. Some computer systems have a computing device and a dock device that can be stored and moved separately or that can store or support accessories associated with the computer system. Some computer systems have a movable stand configured to transition between a collapsed state and a deployed or standing state. Some stands include handles or grips for moving the computer systems while collapsed. Other computer systems include handles or grips to provide areas to more easily carry the computer systems. The handles or grips can have features such as a flexible material to hide or mask their appearance on the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Abidur R. Chowdhury, Adam T. Garelli, Bart K. Andre, Dinesh C. Mathew, Keith J. Hendren
  • Patent number: 12688135
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to coordinating the operations of subsystems in a communication system of an electronic device where a coexistence hub device monitors the state information transmitted as coexistence messages over one or more multi-drop buses, processes the monitored coexistence messages and sends out control messages as coexistence messages to other systems on chips (SOCs). The coexistence hub device can also update the operations of the communication system. The coexistence hub device may receive an operation policy from a central processor and may execute the operation policy without further coordination of the central processor. The coexistence hub device broadcasts the control messages as coexistence messages according to the executed operation policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Matthias Sauer, Jorge L. Rivera Espinoza, Bernd Adler
  • Patent number: 12689126
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna having a resonating element formed from a segment of peripheral conductive housing structures. A speaker may be aligned with first openings in the segment. A vent may be aligned with second openings in the segment. A connector may protrude through the segment. A trace combiner for the antenna may be patterned onto the speaker and may be coupled to the segment. Tuners for the antenna may be disposed on first and second flexible printed circuits that extend along opposing sides of the connector. The tuners may be controlled through the speaker. The second flexible printed circuit may extend along the vent. The vent may have a vent cowling with a cut-out region next to the tuner on the second flexible printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yiren Wang, Yuan Tao, Hao Xu, Yuancheng Xu, Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Nikolaj P Kammersgaard, Eric W Bates, Peter A Dvorak, Victor C Lee, Han Wang
  • Patent number: 12688619
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. The encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. The encoder packs patch images into an image frame and fills empty spaces in the image frame with a padding. The encoder is also configured to determine quantized minimum depths and/or maximum depths patch images in the image frames, wherein depth information is signaled relative to the quantized minimum depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Fabrice A. Robinet, Jungsun Kim, Khaled Mammou, Valery G. Valentin, Yeping Su
  • Patent number: 12689664
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology include receiving, by a first device, a voucher data item, from a second device that is participating in a group communication session with at least a third device and providing, by the first device, the voucher data item to at least the third device to verify that the first device is vouched for by the second device for participation in the group communication session. The voucher data item may include participant information associated with participation of the second device in the group communication session. The voucher data item may also be signed with a key associated with the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Circosta, Adam Y. Syed, Andrew J. Daley, Andrew J. Ringer, Frederic Jacobs, Jad Osseiran, Justin R. Etzine, Mark M. Xue, Nelson M. Leduc, Robert B. Mcindoe, Zak C. Wegweiser
  • Patent number: 12689999
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can mitigate interference in a wireless network. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can identify a mode of operation of a base station (BS) and can select a time advance (TA) that is associated with the identified mode of operation. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can advance signals on an uplink (UL) by the TA to cause the signals on the UL to be time aligned with other signals from other UEs on the UL at the BS to mitigate inter carrier interference (ICI) at the BS. Otherwise, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can advance the signals on the UL by the TA to cause the signals on the UL to be time aligned with signals from the BS on the DL at a victim UE within the wireless network to mitigate cross link interference (CLI) at the victim UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Wei Zeng, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20260202514
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide techniques to enable spatial sensor data from multiple devices to be fused into a single coordinate space. This fused sensor data can then be processed into a point cloud. Point cloud data can then be transformed to enable the classification of objects detected within the sensor data. Features within multiple feature spaces can be extracted from the point cloud data for use in classification. Classification of objects can also be used to correlate objects detected by multiple sensor equipped devices to determine a coordinate space transformation between those devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2025
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ke-Yu Chen, James T. Curran, Jun Gong, Gierad Laput
  • Publication number: 20260205876
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for adjusting radio link control retransmission based on packet importance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2025
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ping-Heng Kuo, Haijing Hu, Ralf Rossbach
  • Patent number: D1134439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Arian Behzadi, Lee S. Broughton, Thalia Jimena Echevarria Fiol, Christopher P. Foss, Deena Ahmed Khattab
  • Patent number: D1134461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Broughton, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1135459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Julien Phillip Stockwell, Kully Kraig Mandon, Christopher M. Green, David Kahl Peschel, Peter Russell-Clarke
  • Patent number: D1135894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    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, Julian Hoenig, 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, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1135898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    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, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang
  • Patent number: D1135920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: D1135924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor Gerard Carrigan, Patrick Lee Coffman, Christopher P. Foss
  • Patent number: D1135929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Richard R. Dellinger
  • Patent number: D1135935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Mischa McLachlan