Eye detection methods and devices
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12282596
A head-mounted device having a plurality of electrodes configured to detect optical events such as the movement of one or more eyes or coarse eye gestures is disclosed. In some examples, the one or more electrodes can be coupled to dielectric elastomer materials whose shape can be changed to vary contact between a user of the head-mounted device and the one or more electrodes to ensure sufficient contact and electrode signal quality. In some examples, the one or more electrodes can be…
Duplexer measurement and tuning systems
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12283936
Systems and methods combine a test signal with a wanted (downlink or uplink) signal at an input of a duplexer of a communication device, and receive the test signal at an output of the duplexer. The test signal may include a radio frequency signal having less power than the wanted signal to avoid interference, or a digital signal that is added to or extracted from the wanted signal when the wanted signal does not have a radio frequency. A processor of the communication device causes the…
Duplexer architecture using 90 degree hybrid coupler based balancing conditions
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12283739
An electronic device may include isolation circuitry coupled between a transmitter, a receiver, and one or more antennas. The isolation circuitry may include a 90 degree hybrid coupler configured receive a transmission (TX) signal from the transmitter, split the TX signal into a first portion and a second portion, and phase-shift a portion such that the portions are +90 degrees out-of-phase. The isolation circuitry may include phase shifters that phase-shift the portions such that the…
High density interconnection using fanout interposer chiplet
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12283549
Multiple component package structures are described in which an interposer chiplet is integrated to provide fine routing between components. In an embodiment, the interposer chiplet and a plurality of conductive vias are encapsulated in an encapsulation layer. A first plurality of terminals of the first and second components may be in electrical connection with the plurality of conductive pillars and a second plurality of terminals of first and second components may be in electrical…
Separating and rendering voice and ambience signals by offsetting impact of device movements
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12283289
Processing of ambience and speech can include extracting from audio signals, ambience and speech signals. One or more spatial parameters can be generated that define spatial characteristics of ambience sound in the one or more ambience audio signals. The primary speech signal, the one or more ambience audio signals, and the spatial parameters can be encoded into one or more encoded data streams. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Two-way communication to allow consistent per-frame configuration update
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12283258
An electronic device uses a leader synchronize signal generator to synchronize clock signal generators used by multiple components in the electronic device to a common time-base. A processor core complex of the electronic device sends per-frame configuration to a timing controller for frames to be displayed on an electronic display before a corresponding frame begins.
Systems, methods, and user interfaces for generating a three-dimensional virtual representation of an object
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12283020
Generating a three-dimensional virtual representation of a three-dimensional physical object can be based on capturing or receiving a capture bundle or a set of images. In some examples, generating the virtual representation of the physical object can be facilitated by user interfaces for identifying a physical object and capturing a set of images of the physical object. Generating the virtual representation can include previewing or modifying a set of images. In some examples,…
Systems and methods for assigning tasks in a neural network processor
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12282838
Embodiments relate to managing tasks that when executed by a neural processor circuit instantiates a neural network. The neural processor circuit includes neural engine circuits and a neural task manager circuit. The neural task manager circuit includes multiple task queues and a task arbiter circuit. Each task queue stores a reference to a task list of tasks for a machine learning operation. Each task queue may be associated with a priority parameter. Based on the priority of the task…
Automatic text recognition with layout preservation
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12282728
Aspects of the subject technology include accessing, by an electronic device, a plurality of lines of text data and text attributes corresponding to the plurality of lines of the text data. Aspects may also include, for each respective line of the plurality of lines of the text data, determining whether the respective line and the subsequent line correspond to separate paragraphs within the text data based on a first of the text attributes that corresponds to the respective line of the…
Method and system for seamless media synchronization and handoff
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12282705
A method performed by a portable media player device. The method receives a microphone signal that includes audio content output by an audio playback device via a loudspeaker. The method determines identification information regarding the audio content, wherein the identification information is determined through an acoustic signal analysis of the microphone signal. In response to determining that the audio playback device has ceased outputting the audio content, the method retrieves…
Cover
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
D1071948
Techniques for identifying vetted software applications that provide unauthorized features
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12282538
This Application sets forth techniques for identifying when a vetted software application transitions into providing unauthorized features. In particular, the techniques involve identifying original operating characteristics of a software application during a vetting process that is performed by a management entity (and/or other vetting entities). The vetting process produces a vetted software application, which includes information about the original operating characteristics of the…
Crown for an electronic watch
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12282302
An electronic watch includes a housing defining a side surface of the electronic watch, a transparent cover coupled to the housing and defining a front surface of the electronic watch, an image-sensing element, and a crown extending from the side of the housing and defining an imaging surface. The crown may include a light-directing feature configured to direct, onto the image-sensing element, an image of an object in contact with the imaging surface.
Virtual reality system
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12282160
Methods and systems for a virtual and/or augmented reality device may include a light emitting device that includes one or more light emitting elements configured to generate collimated light beams. A scanning mirror may include one or more microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirrors. Each MEMS mirror of the scanning mirror may be configured to dynamically tilt in at least one of two orthogonal degrees of freedom to raster scan the light beams over multiple angles corresponding to a…
Object detection-based notification
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12282084
Implementations of the subject technology provide object detection and/or classification for electronic devices. Object detection and/or classification can be performed using a radar sensor of an electronic device. The electronic device may be a portable electronic device. In some examples, object classification using a radar sensor can be based on an identification of user motion using radar signals and/or based on extraction of surface features from the radar signals. In some examples,…
Labeling a significant location based on contextual data
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12281914
Computer-implemented methods, computer-readable storage media storing instructions and computer systems for labeling significant locations based on contextual data can be implemented to perform operations that include determining a location of a computing device, and determining a label for the determined location based on contextual data associated with the significant location. The location can be a significant location that has meaning to a user of the device.
User interfaces for maps and navigation
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12281912
In some embodiments, an electronic device present navigation routes from various perspectives. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies display of representations of (e.g., physical) objects in the vicinity of a navigation route while presenting navigation directions. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies display of portions of a navigation route that are occluded by representations of (e.g., physical) objects in a map. In some embodiments, an electronic device…
Displays with silicon and semiconducting-oxide top-gate thin-film transistors
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
RE50396
An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels on a substrate. The display pixels may be organic light-emitting diode display pixels, that include hybrid thin-film transistor structures formed using semiconducting-oxide thin-film transistors, silicon thin-film transistors, and capacitor structures. A drive transistor in the display pixel may be a top-gate semiconducting-oxide thin-film transistor and a switching transistor in the display pixel may be a…
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
D1071983
Electronic device with graphical user interface
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
D1071954
