40 patent(s) in this week's alert:
Assignee Summary:Patents | Owner |
40 | Apple |
Patents | Class Code |
10 | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...] |
5 | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...] |
5 | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...] |
4 | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...] |
3 | G09G [ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVI...] |
2 | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...] |
1 | H05K [PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ...] |
1 | H04R [LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ...] |
1 | H04M [TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling othe...] |
1 | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...] |
1 | G10L [SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEEC...] |
1 | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...] |
1 | A45C [PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS...] |
1 | F16B [DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMEN...] |
1 | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...] |
1 | G04G [ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES [3]...] |
1 | G05D [SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARI...] |
Details on individual patents:
#11612226 | Cases for electronic devices |
Applied: | 08/07/2020, #16/988471 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [963 days App to Issue] Normal range: (513 to 1505) |
Pat Class: | A45C [PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS...]; there are 1996 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 16; Normal range for this patent class is (5 to 21) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: BakerHostetler |
1st Invent: | Tirshathah A. Hunter (Oakland, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A case for a round electronic device may have a device holding portion and an attachment portion for attaching the case to an item such as a suitcase or a key chain. The case may include upper and lower case portions that form a pocket. On a first side of the pocket, the upper and lower case portions may be stitched together or may be integrally formed. On a second side of the pocket, a snap may attach the upper case portion to the lower case portion and may be opened to provide access to the pocket. The attachment portion may have an opening for attaching the case to a key ring, suitcase, or other item. The case may include leather, polymer, and/or fabric. Openings may be surrounded by reinforcement material such as strands of non-elastic material. Snaps may be flush with surrounding portions of the case. |
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#11612975 | Glass device housings |
Applied: | 02/10/2022, #17/668860 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [411 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (621 to 1979) |
Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...]; there are 484200 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP |
1st Invent: | Peter N. Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device may have a glass housing structures. The glass housing structures may be used to cover a display and other internal electronic device components. The glass housing structure may have multiple glass pieces that are joined using a glass fusing process. A peripheral glass member may be fused along the edge of a planar glass member to enhance the thickness of the edge. A rounded edge feature may be formed by machining the thickened edge. Raised fused glass features may surround openings in the planar glass member. Multiple planar glass members may be fused together to form a five-sided box in which electronic components may be mounted. Raised support structure ribs may be formed by fusing glass structures to a planar glass member. Opaque masking material and colored glass may be used to create portions of the glass housing structures that hide internal device components from view. |
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#11614108 | Attachment apparatuses and associated methods of use and manufacture |
Applied: | 09/14/2022, #17/944971 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [195 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (637 to 1637) |
Pat Class: | F16B [DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMEN...]; there are 5926 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (5 to 21) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: BakerHostetler |
1st Invent: | Peter N. Russell-Clarke (Cupertino, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A system for carrying or using a device includes the device and at least one attachment apparatus. The device may include at least one attachment element. The attachment apparatus may include a length of material and at least one attachment point arranged on an end of the length of material. The at least one attachment point may include at least one magnetic feature configured to attach and detach the device and the length of material. The material can include but is not limited to cloth, metallic (magnetic and non-magnetic), fibrous material, and so forth. |
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#11614597 | Camera actuator for lens and sensor shifting |
Applied: | 01/08/2021, #17/145100 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [809 days App to Issue] Normal range: (471 to 1445) |
Pat Class: | G02B [OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes pre...]; there are 58860 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (6 to 26) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Shashank Sharma (San Francisco, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Some embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to shift a lens and/or an image sensor along multiple axes. The VCM actuator may include a bottom flexure and a top flexure that connect one or more dynamic members to one or more static members. The VCM actuator may include stationary magnets and coils held by dynamic members. In some cases, the VCM actuator may be configured to move the image sensor along an optical axis, to move the image sensor in directions orthogonal to the optical axis, and/or to tilt the image sensor relative to the orthogonal axis. In some examples, the VCM actuator may be configured to move the image sensor in directions orthogonal to the optical axis, to move the lens along the optical axis, and/or to tilt the lens relative to the optical axis. |
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#11614674 | Camera with folded optics |
Applied: | 02/04/2022, #17/665295 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [417 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (530 to 1974) |
Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...]; there are 110107 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (6 to 26) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Alfred N. Mireault (San Francisco, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Various embodiments include a camera with folded optics and lens shifting capabilities. In some examples, a folded optics arrangement of the camera may include one or more lens elements and one or more light path folding elements (e.g., a prism). Some embodiments include voice coil motor (VCM) actuator arrangements, carrier arrangements, and/or suspension arrangements to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) movement. Furthermore, some embodiments include position sensor arrangements for position sensing with respect to AF and/or OIS movement. |
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#11614716 | Pressure-sensing system for a wearable electronic device |
Applied: | 06/02/2020, #16/890694 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [1029 days App to Issue] Normal range: (478 to 1368) |
Pat Class: | G04G [ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES [3]...]; there are 304 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (10 to 22) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP |
1st Invent: | Jiahui Liang (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=1 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments include a wearable electronic device including a housing having an internal wall separating an internal chamber from an external chamber, an outer shell defining a port that connects the external chamber to an external environment, a membrane positioned at an opening in the internal wall and configured to equalize a pressure within the internal chamber with a pressure of the external environment, a first pressure-sensing device positioned in the internal chamber and configured to produce a first output, a second pressure-sensing device positioned in the external chamber and configured to produce a second output, and a processing unit configured to estimate the pressure of the external environment using the second output in accordance with a determination an accuracy condition satisfies a criteria and estimate the pressure of the external environment using the first output in accordance with a determination the accuracy condition does not satisfy the criteria. |
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#11614739 | Systems and methods for hedging for different gaps in an interaction zone |
Applied: | 09/11/2020, #17/018616 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [928 days App to Issue] Normal range: (578 to 1628) |
Pat Class: | G05D [SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARI...]; there are 10538 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 21; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 26) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Polsinelli PC |
1st Invent: | Ujjwal Das Gupta (San Francisco, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=4 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle. In one implementation, the autonomous vehicle is navigated towards a flow of traffic with a first gap between first and second vehicles and a second gap following the second vehicle. A motion plan for directing the autonomous vehicle into the flow of traffic at an interaction zone is generated based on whether an ability of the autonomous vehicle to enter the interaction zone at the second gap exceeds a confidence threshold. The autonomous vehicle is autonomously navigated into the flow of traffic at the first gap when the confidence threshold is exceeded. The motion plan forgoes navigation of the autonomous vehicle into the flow of traffic at the first and second gaps when the ability of the autonomous vehicle to enter the interaction zone at the second gap does not exceed the confidence threshold. |
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#11614778 | Anodized part having low reflectance of visible and near-infrared light |
Applied: | 05/07/2020, #16/869120 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [1055 days App to Issue] Normal range: (621 to 1979) |
Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...]; there are 484200 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 19; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP |
1st Invent: | James A. Curran (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes a metal substrate, and an anodized layer overlaying the metal substrate and including pores having a near-infrared (NIR) light-absorbing material therein, where an average specular reflectance of NIR light that is incident upon an external surface of the anodized layer is less than 3%. |
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#11614788 | Low power touch sensing during a sleep state of an electronic device |
Applied: | 01/13/2022, #17/647961 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [439 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (621 to 1979) |
Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...]; there are 484200 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
1st Invent: | Taif A. Syed (Cupertino, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can sense touch on its touch screen while in a sleep state in a manner that allows the electronic device to respond to certain touch inputs, while consuming less power due to touch sensing than while in an awake state. For example, sensing touch during the sleep state can allow the electronic device to wake (e.g., transition from the sleep state to the awake state) in response to detecting a certain touch input (e.g., a tap or other touch input) on its touch screen while in the sleep state. Various ways for the electronic device to sense touch during the sleep state are disclosed. |
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#11614791 | Electronic display pipeline power management systems and methods |
Applied: | 12/03/2020, #17/111294 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [845 days App to Issue] Normal range: (621 to 1979) |
Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...]; there are 484200 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Ramana V. Rachakonda (Austin, TX) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | An electronic device may include a display panel. When content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively higher amounts of power, a controller of the electronic device may operate a switch to change a power supply of the display panel to be a power management integrated circuit of the electronic device. However, when content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively less amounts of power, the controller may operate the switch to change the power supply of the display panel to be a power supply of an electronic display, such as a power supply used to power driver circuitry of the electronic display. |
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#11614806 | Input device with self-mixing interferometry sensors |
Applied: | 05/12/2021, #17/319010 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [685 days App to Issue] Normal range: (621 to 1979) |
Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...]; there are 484200 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 22; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
1st Invent: | Ahmet Fatih Cihan (San Jose, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=5 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Self-mixing interferometry (SMI) sensors can be used for generation of content using an input device without requiring a touch-sensitive surface. In some examples, the SMI sensors can be used to detect characteristics of the input device including position, orientation, and/or motion of the input device and/or force applied by the input device (e.g., force applied by a stylus tip). In some examples, some or all of the characteristics of the input device can be used in processing to generate content, including textual character input and three-dimensional objects. In some examples, the generation of content can use information from one or more additional sensors for the input device and/or from additional devices in combination with the characteristics of the input device based on the SMI sensors for generation of content. |
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#11614819 | Display circuitry including strain gauge |
Applied: | 08/26/2020, #17/003680 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [944 days App to Issue] Normal range: (669 to 1883) |
Pat Class: | G09G [ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVI...]; there are 42238 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 27) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Zhen Zhang (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A system may include a display driven using display driving circuitry to present an image via pixels. The display driving circuitry may include a sensor core compatible with one or more strain sensing circuits. The same sensor core may be used by a control system of the display to sense a stress applied to a strained region of a display using a current divider sensing circuit and/or a Wheatstone bridge sensing circuit. |
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#11614839 | Balanced mutual capacitance systems and methods |
Applied: | 08/20/2020, #16/998456 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [950 days App to Issue] Normal range: (621 to 1979) |
Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...]; there are 484200 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 21; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
1st Invent: | William Matthew Pender Paul (San Francisco, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | In some examples, a touch screen can include touch electrodes that can function as drive (Tx) electrodes and sense (Rx) electrodes during a touch sensing operation of the electronic device. The drive electrodes can include +Tx electrodes and Tx electrodes that can receive drive signals that can have the same amplitude and frequency and opposite phases, for example. In some examples, the surface areas of the +Tx electrodes and the Tx electrodes can be the same and the distances of the +Tx electrodes and Tx electrodes from the Rx electrodes can be different. In some examples, the total charge coupled to a proximate or touching object can be zero, which can mitigate problems associated with ungrounded or poorly grounded objects in contact with the touch screen. |
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#11614845 | User interface for application interface manipulation |
Applied: | 10/13/2017, #15/783267 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [1992 days App to Issue] Unusually Slow Normal range: (621 to 1979) |
Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...]; there are 484200 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 27; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kubota Basol LLP |
1st Invent: | Christopher J. Hynes (Mountain View, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Selection of visualization objects, such as applications windows, is performed by determining a position of a system object. A graphical representation of a system object can be positioned over a display area of an application interface. The application interface is preeminently displayed in response to a graphical representation of system object being positioned over a corresponding display area of the application interface. |
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#11614922 | Integration of learning models into a software development system |
Applied: | 12/21/2020, #17/129782 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [827 days App to Issue] Normal range: (621 to 1979) |
Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...]; there are 484200 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: BakerHostetler |
1st Invent: | Alexander B. Brown (Mountain View, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=6 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | The subject technology transforms a machine learning model into a transformed machine learning model in accordance with a particular model specification when the machine learning model does not conform to the particular model specification, the particular model specification being compatible with an integrated development environment (IDE). The subject technology generates a code interface and code for the transformed machine learning model, the code interface including code statements in the object oriented programming language, the code statements corresponding to an object representing the transformed machine learning model. Further, the subject technology provides the generated code interface and the code for display in the IDE, the IDE enabling modifying of the generated code interface and the code. |
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#11614937 | Accelerator circuit for mathematical operations with immediate values table |
Applied: | 12/30/2021, #17/566193 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [453 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (621 to 1979) |
Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...]; there are 484200 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Fenwick West LLP |
1st Invent: | Liran Fishel (Raanana, ) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an accelerator circuit with a dynamic immediate values table (IVT). The accelerator circuit includes an instruction memory, a data memory, and a vector circuit with the IVT storing multiple immediate values at multiple entries. The vector circuit reads a subset of instructions from the instruction memory, each instruction including at least one corresponding pointer to at least one corresponding entry in the IVT. The vector circuit further receives a subset of input data from the data memory corresponding to the subset of instructions. The vector circuit performs a respective operation in accordance with each instruction from the subset of instructions using a corresponding data vector of the received subset of input data identified in each instruction and at least one corresponding immediate value from the IVT pointed by the at least one corresponding pointer to generate corresponding output data. |
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#11615033 | Reducing translation lookaside buffer searches for splintered pages |
Applied: | 09/09/2020, #17/016229 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [930 days App to Issue] Normal range: (621 to 1979) |
Pat Class: | G06F [ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems base...]; there are 484200 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin and Goetzel PC |
1st Invent: | John D. Pape (Cedar Park, TX) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing efficient translation lookaside buffer (TLB) invalidation operations for splintered pages are described. When a TLB receives an invalidation request for a specified translation context, and the invalidation request maps to an entry with a relatively large page size, the TLB does not know if there are multiple translation entries stored in the TLB for smaller splintered pages of the relatively large page. The TLB tracks whether or not splintered pages for each translation context have been installed. If a TLB invalidate (TLBI) request is received, and splintered pages have not been installed, no searches are needed for splintered pages. To refresh the sticky bits, whenever a full TLB search is performed, the TLB rescans for splintered pages for other translation contexts. If no splintered pages are found, the sticky bit can be cleared and the number of full TLBI searches is reduced. |
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#11615388 | Determining validity of subscription to use digital content |
Applied: | 11/27/2019, #16/698621 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [1217 days App to Issue] Normal range: (637 to 2517) |
Pat Class: | G06Q [DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED F...]; there are 49711 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 33) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: BakerHostetler |
1st Invent: | Augustin J. Farrugia (Los Altos Hills, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Some embodiments provide a method for determining whether a subscription for using digital content on a user device has elapsed. The method compares a first collision free image of a first set of entities in the user device with a second collision free image for a second set of entities in the user device at a second instance in time. Based on the comparison, the method determines whether the subscription has elapsed. |
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#11615557 | Point cloud compression using octrees with slicing |
Applied: | 06/23/2021, #17/355819 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [643 days App to Issue] Normal range: (533 to 1695) |
Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...]; there are 24026 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
1st Invent: | David Flynn (Munich, ) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | An encoder is configured to compress point cloud geometry information using an octree geometric compression technique that utilizes slices corresponding in size to data transmission units. In some embodiments, a subsequent slice may be set to use a re-set entropy context or may be set to use an entropy context saved for a preceding slice. In some embodiments, an entropy context for the preceding slice may be for a slice other than the immediately preceding slice of the subsequent slice being evaluated, such that if the immediately preceding slice is lost in transmission (or if the immediately preceding slice and the subsequent slice are being evaluated in parallel) the subsequent slice''s entropy context can still be determined without depending on the immediately preceding slice. A decoder is configured to reconstruct a point cloud based on a bit stream encoded by the encoder. |
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#11615579 | Surface attribute transfer |
Applied: | 01/21/2021, #17/154024 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [796 days App to Issue] Normal range: (533 to 1695) |
Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...]; there are 24026 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 18; Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Thompson Hine LLP |
1st Invent: | Eric G. Thivierge (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=1 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that changes a surface attribute of a first object to include a surface attribute of a second object at an intersection of the two objects. For example, changing a surface attribute may include identifying an intersection between a displayed first object and a displayed second object in a graphical environment, determining whether the graphical environment is operating in a first mode or a different second mode in accordance with a determination that the graphical environment is operating in the first mode, responsive to the intersection between the displayed first object and the displayed second object identifying a portion of the first object where in the identified portion is intersecting the second object and changing a surface attribute of the portion of the first object to include a surface attribute of the second object at the intersection including the surface attribute. |
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#11615595 | Systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces for sharing augmented reality environments |
Applied: | 09/21/2021, #17/481193 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [553 days App to Issue] Normal range: (533 to 1695) |
Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...]; there are 24026 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 30; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP |
1st Invent: | Praveen Sharma (Brooklyn, NY) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A first electronic device with one or more processors, memory, one or more cameras, and a display generation component captures, with the one or more cameras, an image of a second electronic device that includes position information displayed via a display generation component of the second electronic device. The position information indicates a location of the second electronic device within an augmented reality environment that includes a physical environment in which the first electronic device and the second electronic device are located. The first electronic device, after capturing the image of the second electronic device that includes the position information, displays, via the display generation component of the first electronic device, one or more virtual objects within the augmented reality (AR) environment using the position information captured from the second electronic device. |
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#11615596 | Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for interacting with three-dimensional environments |
Applied: | 09/23/2021, #17/483722 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [551 days App to Issue] Normal range: (533 to 1695) |
Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...]; there are 24026 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 45; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP |
1st Invent: | Jeffrey M. Faulkner (San Francisco, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=4 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A computer system, while displaying a view of a computer-generated environment, detects movement of a physical object, and in response: in accordance with a determination that a user is within a threshold distance of a first portion of the physical object and that the physical object meets preset criteria, the computer system changes an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to a current location of the physical object''s first portion, without changing an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to the physical object''s second portion; and in accordance with a determination that the user is within the threshold distance and that the physical object does not meet the preset criteria, the computer system changes an appearance of virtual content displayed at a position corresponding to a current location of the physical object''s first portion. |
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#11615597 | Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for interacting with three-dimensional environments |
Applied: | 09/23/2021, #17/483761 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [551 days App to Issue] Normal range: (533 to 1695) |
Pat Class: | G06T [IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.0...]; there are 24026 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 63; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (9 to 27) |
Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP |
1st Invent: | Philipp Rockel (San Francisco, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A computer system in communication with one or more input devices displays a first view of a three-dimensional environment, including a representation of a physical environment and a first user interface object having a first surface at a first position in the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a first location in the physical environment. While displaying the first view, the computer system detects movement, in the physical environment, of a first person not using the one or more input devices, and in response, in accordance with a determination that the movement of the first person in the physical environment has a first spatial relationship to the first location in the physical environment corresponding to the first user interface object, the computer system moves the first surface of the first user interface object in the first view in accordance with the movement of the first person in the physical environment. |
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#11615727 | Preemptive refresh for reduced display judder |
Applied: | 02/24/2022, #17/680103 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [397 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (669 to 1883) |
Pat Class: | G09G [ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVI...]; there are 42238 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 27) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Kevin W. Sliech (San Francisco, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=5 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | In an embodiment, an electronic device includes an electronic display. The electronic display provides a programmable latency period in response to receiving a first image frame corresponding to first image frame data. The electronic display also displays the first image frame after the programmable latency period and during display of the first image frame, receives a second image frame corresponding to second image frame data. The electronic display also repeats display of the first image frame in response to receiving the second image frame. |
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#11615746 | Display with light-emitting diodes |
Applied: | 08/09/2022, #17/884297 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [231 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (669 to 1883) |
Pat Class: | G09G [ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVI...]; there are 42238 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 27) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Chin-Wei Lin (San Jose, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A display may have an array of pixels each of which has a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. A drive transistor and an emission transistor may be coupled in series with the light-emitting diode of each pixel between a positive power supply and a ground power supply. The pixels may include first and second switching transistors. A data storage capacitor may be coupled between a gate and source of the drive transistor in each pixel. Signal lines may be provided in columns of pixels to route signals such as data signals, sensed drive currents from the drive transistors, and predetermined voltages between display driver circuitry and the pixels. The switching transistors, emission transistors, and drive transistors may include semiconducting-oxide transistors and silicon transistors and may be n-channel transistors or p-channel transistors. |
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#11615801 | System and method of enhancing intelligibility of audio playback |
Applied: | 09/16/2020, #17/023206 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [923 days App to Issue] Normal range: (559 to 1947) |
Pat Class: | G10L [SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEEC...]; there are 16475 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 17; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
1st Invent: | Narimene Lezzoum (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A personal listening system and a method of using the personal listening system to enhance speech intelligibility of audio playback, are described. The method includes determining a speech intelligibility metric, such as a speech reception threshold, of a user. Based on the speech intelligibility metric, a tuning parameter is applied to an audio input signal. The speech reception threshold is compared to an environmental signal-to-noise ratio to determine whether enhancement of the audio input signal is warranted. Application of the tuning parameter to the audio input signal generates an audio output signal having reduced noise, making playback of the audio output signal more intelligible to the user. Other aspects are also described and claimed. |
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#11616538 | Apparatus and methods for transmission and reception of data in multi-antenna systems |
Applied: | 06/29/2020, #16/914737 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [1002 days App to Issue] Normal range: (574 to 1856) |
Pat Class: | H04B [TRANSMISSION [4]...]; there are 69080 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 15; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 29) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
1st Invent: | Hyung-Nam Choi (Hamburg, ) |
Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Methods and apparatus adapted to address asymmetric conditions in a multi-antenna system. In one embodiment, the multi-antenna system comprises a wireless (e.g., 3G cellular) multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system, and the methods and apparatus efficiently utilize transmitter and receiver resources based at least in part on a detected asymmetric condition. If an asymmetric condition is detected by the transmitter on any given data stream, the transmitter can decide to utilize only a subset of the available resources for that stream. Accordingly, the signal processing resources for that data stream are adapted to mirror the reduction in resources that are necessary for transmission. The transmitter signals the receiver that it will only be using a subset of the resources available, and the receiver adapts its operation according to the signaling data it receives. The multi-antenna system can therefore reduce power consumption as well as increasing spectral efficiency on the network. |
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#11616596 | Instruction-based multi-thread multi-mode PDSCH decoder for cellular data device |
Applied: | 09/24/2021, #17/448867 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [550 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (587 to 1927) |
Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...]; there are 129823 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP |
1st Invent: | Thirunathan Sutharsan (San Diego, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A cellular modem processor can include dedicated processing engines that implement specific, complex data processing operations. To implement physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) decoding, a cellular modem can include a pipeline having multiple processing engines, with the processing engine including functional units that execute instructions corresponding to different stages in the PDSCH decoding process. Flow control and data synchronization between instructions can be provided using a hybrid of firmware-based flow control and hardware-based data dependency management. |
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#11616606 | Cell edge reliability improvements |
Applied: | 01/06/2020, #16/735049 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [1177 days App to Issue] Normal range: (587 to 1927) |
Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...]; there are 129823 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Haitong Sun (Irvine, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=2, M=3 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing uplink and downlink communication in cell edge scenarios with improved reliability. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control connection with a first cell. The wireless device may determine that a second cell strongly interferes with communication with the first cell. The wireless device may provide an indication that the second cell is a strongly interfering cell to the first cell. The first cell may coordinate with the second cell to transmit data to the wireless device, and to receive data from the wireless device, based at least in part on the indication that the second cell is a strongly interfering cell. |
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#11616680 | Synchronization sequence design for device-to-device communication |
Applied: | 05/14/2020, #15/931873 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [1048 days App to Issue] Normal range: (587 to 1927) |
Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...]; there are 129823 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Yang Li (Plano, TX) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=1 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting narrowband device-to-device wireless communication, including possible techniques for providing synchronization sequences. A first wireless device may transmit a preamble of a device-to-device wireless communication with a second wireless device. The preamble may include a first synchronization sequence. The first synchronization sequence may include multiple repetitions of a basis sequence, multiplied by a cover code. The basis sequence may span multiple orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols. |
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#11616765 | Practical private algorithms for robust statistics |
Applied: | 04/27/2021, #17/242187 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [700 days App to Issue] Normal range: (587 to 1927) |
Pat Class: | H04L [TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC C...]; there are 129823 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 25; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP |
1st Invent: | Jalaj Kumar Upadhyay (San Jose, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: No name resolution. |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments described herein provide a privacy mechanism to protect user data when transmitting the data to a server that estimates a p-th frequency moment, F{subscript}p {/subscript}for p[1, 2] and |
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#11616896 | Portable electronic device |
Applied: | 09/22/2021, #17/448516 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [552 days App to Issue] Normal range: (530 to 1980) |
Pat Class: | H04M [TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling othe...]; there are 37969 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 9; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 30) |
Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP |
1st Invent: | Jody R. Akana (San Francisco, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=3, M=16 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | According to some embodiments, a portable electronic device is described. The portable electronic device includes a housing member defining an external sidewall, a first glass cover and a second glass cover, where the second glass cover includes a first region having a first exterior surface, a second region having a second exterior surface vertically displaced from the first exterior surface, where the second region includes a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening, and a transition region having an exterior surface that extends between the first exterior surface to the second exterior surface. The portable electronic device further includes a first camera module disposed within the first opening, a second camera module disposed within the second opening, a strobe module disposed within the third opening, and a trim structure having an edge that overlays the second region of the second glass cover. |
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#11616899 | In-field monitoring of autofocus performance and instability mitigation in camera systems |
Applied: | 09/23/2021, #17/483719 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [551 days App to Issue] Normal range: (530 to 1974) |
Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...]; there are 110107 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (6 to 26) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Abhishek Dhanda (San Ramon, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=3 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A camera system may include one or more controllers to perform in-field monitoring of autofocus performance and instability mitigation. The controllers may monitor one or more parameters associated with adjustment of a relative position between a lens group and an image sensor and/or one or more images. The controllers may analyze the parameters and/or images to calculate various metrics. The controllers may evaluate the metrics with respect to corresponding thresholds. The controllers may detect, based at least in part of the evaluation the metrics, one or more instability events associated with controller performance degradation. In response to detecting the instability events, the controllers may perform one or more remedial actions to mitigate the controller performance degradation. |
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#11616960 | Machine learning video processing systems and methods |
Applied: | 03/23/2021, #17/210478 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [735 days App to Issue] Normal range: (530 to 1974) |
Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...]; there are 110107 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (6 to 26) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Jim C. Chou (San Jose, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=2 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | System and method for improving video encoding and/or video decoding. In embodiments, a video encoding pipeline includes a main encoding pipeline that compresses source image data corresponding with an image frame by processing the source image data based at least in part on encoding parameters to generate encoded image data. Additionally the video encoding pipeline includes a machine learning block communicatively coupled to the main encoding pipeline, in which the machine learning block analyzes content of the image frame by processing the source image data based at least in part on machine learning parameters implemented in the machine learning block when the machine learning block is enabled by the encoding parameters; and the video encoding pipeline adaptively adjusts the encoding parameters based at least in part on the content expected to be present in the image frame to facilitate improving encoding efficiency. |
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#11617022 | User interfaces for managing media |
Applied: | 05/09/2022, #17/740032 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [323 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (530 to 1974) |
Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...]; there are 110107 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 33; Unusually More Normal range for this patent class is (6 to 26) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Dentons US LLP |
1st Invent: | Behkish J. Manzari (San Francisco, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=4 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for displaying representations of media (an image, video). |
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#11617026 | Lens shading correction for quadra image sensors |
Applied: | 02/03/2022, #17/592327 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [418 days App to Issue] Unusually Fast Normal range: (530 to 1974) |
Pat Class: | H04N [PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...]; there are 110107 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (6 to 26) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Fenwick West LLP |
1st Invent: | Chihsin Wu (San Jose, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=1 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Embodiments relate to processing of pixels captured by a quadra image sensor. A quadra image sensor includes a plurality of pixel tiles, each having a plurality of pixels corresponding to the same color. A lens shading correction (LSC) circuit receives, for each of a plurality of colors, a set of gain tables. Each gain table corresponds to a different channel associated with the color. Each gain table includes a set of gain values, each associated with a location. The LSC circuit determines a pixel gain value for each pixel in a pixel tile and scales the pixels in the pixel tile based on the determined pixel gain values. |
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#11617039 | Planar magnetic driver having trace-free radiant region |
Applied: | 02/12/2021, #17/175496 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [774 days App to Issue] Normal range: (514 to 1716) |
Pat Class: | H04R [LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ...]; there are 19297 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 25) |
Assignee: | APPLE (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
1st Invent: | Onur I. Ilkorur (Campbell, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A planar magnetic driver including a radiating surface having a trace-free central region is described. The driver has a magnet defining an acoustic opening on a central axis. A diaphragm of the planar magnetic driver is held by mounts having a mounting profile around the central axis, and the diaphragm includes a radiating surface facing the acoustic opening. An innermost conductive trace on the diaphragm extends around a central region of the radiating surface within a magnetic flux of the magnet such that no conductive traces are on the central region. A radial distance between the innermost conductive trace and the mounting profile is less than another radial distance between the innermost conductive trace and the central axis. Accordingly, an excursion range of the diaphragm along the central axis is greater than a gap distance between the conductive trace and the magnet. Other aspects are also described and claimed. |
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#11617069 | Providing emergency location information |
Applied: | 02/16/2021, #17/248966 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [770 days App to Issue] Normal range: (499 to 1771) |
Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...]; there are 82871 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP |
1st Invent: | Gaurav Lamba (Los Altos, CA) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=0, M=7 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | A user equipment (UE) may identify that an emergency call is being initiated and send further messages including the location of the UE. The UE receives emergency location signaling parameters, identifies that an emergency communication has been initiated by the UE based on the emergency location signaling parameters and transmits a message to an endpoint associated with emergency services based on the identification of the emergency message being initiated, wherein the message includes location information for the UE. |
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#11617112 | Beamforming measurements based on PSS/SSS |
Applied: | 02/01/2021, #17/164561 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [785 days App to Issue] Normal range: (499 to 1771) |
Pat Class: | H04W [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...]; there are 82871 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (8 to 28) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Candy Yiu (Portland, OR) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=5 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Beamforming measurement techniques based on PSS/SSS are disclosed. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry configured to decode a configuration message from a source serving cell, the configuration message indicating signal selection criteria for cell measurement reporting. A synchronization signal (SS) burst set associated with one or more transmission/reception points (TRPs) within a neighboring cell is decoded, the SS burst set including a plurality of SS blocks. A cell beamforming measurement signal associated with the neighboring cell is generated, based on signal measurements of the SS blocks and the signal selection criteria. A radio resource management (RRM) measurement report message is encoded for transmission to the serving cell, the measurement report message including the cell beamforming measurement signal. A handover command message for initiating a handover to the neighboring cell is decoded, the handover command based on the cell beamforming measurement signal. |
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#11617268 | Fabric with embedded electrical components |
Applied: | 07/10/2020, #16/926565 |
Issued: | 03/28/2023, [991 days App to Issue] Normal range: (528 to 1486) |
Pat Class: | H05K [PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ...]; there are 31055 other patents in this class since 2005. |
Claims: | 20; Normal range for this patent class is (7 to 21) |
Assignee: | Apple (Cupertino, CA) with total patents of: 29703 (since 2005) |
Counsel: | Firm: Treyz Law Group, P.C. |
1st Invent: | Daniel D. Sunshine (Austin, TX) |
Inventors: | Genders: F=1, M=2 |
Abstract: 2000 char max | Electrical components may have plastic packages. Contacts may be formed on exterior surfaces of the plastic packages. A plastic package for an electrical component may have an elongated shape that extends along a longitudinal axis. A first groove may run parallel to the longitudinal axis on a lower surface of the plastic package. A second groove may run perpendicular to the first groove on an opposing upper surface of the plastic package. The electrical components may be coupled to fibers in a fabric such as a woven fabric. A first solder connection may be formed between the first groove and a first fiber such as a weft fiber. A second solder connection may be formed between the second groove and a second fiber such as a warp fiber. |
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