Patent Applications by Apple Inc on 17th July 2025

Apple Inc: 27 patent applications

Apple Inc has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/0482 (Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus, 3), G06T19/20 (Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts, 3), G04G21/08 (ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES, 2), G06F3/04815 (Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object, 2), G06T19/006 ({Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality, 2)

Patent Applications by Apple Inc

20250231063. OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS WITH MULTI-WAVELENGTH EMISSION

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein describe photonic integrated circuits and associated optical measurement systems. The photonic integrated circuit may be configured to simultaneously output light of different wavelengths from different outputs of a multiplexer. A switch network, which may includ...

20250231528. CONDUCTIVE CAP FOR WATCH CROWN

Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a crown assembly having a shaft and a user-rotatable crown. The user-rotatable crown may include a conductive cap that is mechanically and electrically coupled to the shaft and functions as an electrode. The conductive cap may be coupled to the shaft using ...

20250231531. DISPLAYING BACKGROUND REGIONS FOR TIME USER INTERFACES

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to displaying time user interfaces....

20250231532. CROWN FOR AN ELECTRONIC WATCH

Abstract: 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 c...

20250231580. Display with Gate Driver Circuitry Controlled by True and Complementary Clock Signals

Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels that receive row control signals from gate driver circuitry. The gate driver circuitry can include a chain of gate drivers configured to receive one or more clock signals. The gate driver circuitry can further include inverters configured to invert the one or...

20250231599. DYNAMIC PARTITIONING A POWER BUDGET AMONG COMPUTE AGENTS OF A SYSTEM ON CHIP (SOC)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can advantageously leverage a power budget to manage heat. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can dynamically distribute the power budget to manage the heat. As part of this dynamic distribution, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can moni...

20250231623. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING A SYNTHESIZED REALITY USER INTERFACE

Abstract: In various implementations, a method comprises: identifying a plurality of data items, each of the plurality of data items having at least a first metadata field or a second metadata field; displaying a volumetric environment including a first plurality of SR objects corresponding to a first plurali...

20250231660. Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Annotating, Measuring, and Modeling Environments

Abstract: A computer system displays an annotation placement user interface that includes a representation of a field of view of one or more cameras that is updated over time based on changes in the field of view, a placement user interface element indicating a virtual annotation placement location, and a ses...

20250231682. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE INTERACTION BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Abstract: Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to a first electronic device that operates in a remote interaction mode with a second electronic device, where user interactions with images displayed on the first electronic device cause the second electronic device to update display of the...

20250231737. Method and System for Seamless Media Synchronization and Handoff

Abstract: 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 dete...

20250231738. GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE-BASED INTERACTION WITH INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for communicating with an interactive voice response system using a graphical user interface. An audio stream that includes a voice content is received. The user device transcribes the audio stream. The user device processes the text to identify one or more options includ...

20250231767. Program Counter Zero-Cycle Loads

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor core that includes an instruction decode circuit and a control circuit. The instruction decode circuit is configured to decode instructions, including a plurality of store instructions used to store information in a memory hierarchy. The control circuit is configure...

20250231953. METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLIENT SIDE SEARCH RANKING IMPROVEMENTS

Abstract: Methods and systems for client side search ranking improvements are disclosed. In one example, a search query is received from a user on a client device. The local search results are filtered based on the received search query and one or more local ranking rules. Features for each filtered local sea...

20250231967. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUPING SEARCH RESULTS INTO DYNAMIC CATEGORIES BASED ON QUERY AND RESULT SET

Abstract: A method and apparatus of a device that indexes donated content from an application on a device is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives donated content for an application object from the application. The device further associates a metadata tag for a topic to the donated conten...

20250231994. TECHNIQUES FOR ANONYMIZED SEARCHING OF MEDICAL PROVIDERS

Abstract: A user device can be used to generate medical term expressions, which represent medical terms of a health record. The user device can identify a medical concept present in the health record based on a medical term expression. The user device can generate a node in a personalized relational graph tha...