Apple Inc.

Mushtaq A Sarwar

Brett C Bilbrey

Chien-Hsin Lin

Mitchell Howard Oslick

Mike Lai

Martha Evans Hankey

Marcel Van Os

Scott A Myers

Stephen Brian Lynch

Steven Porter Hotelling

Terry L Gilton

Daniel William Jarvis

John Patrick Ternus

Benjamin J Pope

Brian Richards Land

Aleksandar Pance

Omar Sze Leung

Byron Bay Han

Nicholas George Merz

Myra Mary Haggerty

John Andrew Wright

Michael A Cretella

Michael Eng

Andrew P Richardson

Paul M Thompson

Paul Meade

Peng Zheng

Mattia Pascolini

Jeffrey J Terlizzi

Michael F Culbert

Yi Jiang

Trevor J Ness

Jayesh Nath

Siwen Yong

Steven P Cardinali

Carlo Di Nallo

Lijun Zhang

Jiangfeng Wu

David I Simon

James H Foster

Mario Martinis

Sushma Shrikant Trivedi

Rex Tyler Ehman

Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima

James G Horiuchi

Zheyu Wang

Peter M Arnold

Richard Wayne DeVaul

Alexei V Ouzilevski

Scott D Morrison

Siddharth Nangia

Jiaxiao Niu

Yutaka Takahashi

Alexei Ouzilevaski

Richard W Devaul

Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs are provided. While a display of an electronic device with a fingerprint sensor displays a first user interface, the device may detect movement of a fingerprint on the fingerprint sensor. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a first direction, the device allows navigating through the first user interface, and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a second direction different from the first direction, the device allows displaying a second user interface different from the first user interface on the display.

Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs

An electronic device may have a display cover layer mounted to a metal housing. Electrical component layers such as a display layer, touch sensor layer, and near-field communications antenna layer may be mounted under the display cover layer. An antenna feed may have a positive feed terminal coupled to the electrical component layers and a ground feed terminal coupled to the metal housing. The electrical component layers may serve as an antenna resonating element for an antenna. The antenna may cover cellular telephone bands and may receive satellite navigation system signals. A system-in-package device may be mounted to the metal housing. A flexible printed circuit may extend between the electrical component layers and the system-in-package device. A mounting bracket for the system-in-package device may be provided with electrical isolation to enhance antenna performance in bands such as a satellite navigation system band.

Electronic device antennas with ground isolation

One embodiment may take the form of a method for providing security for access to a goal including storing a first image and receiving a second image comprising polarized data. The method also includes comparing the first image with the second image to determine if the first image and the second image are substantially the same. In the event the first and second images are not substantially the same, the method includes denying access to the goal. In the event the first and second images are substantially the same, the method includes determining, utilizing the polarized information, if the second image is of a three-dimensional object. Further, in the event the second image is not of a three-dimensional object, the method includes denying access to the goal and, in the event the second image is of a three-dimensional object, permitting access to the goal.

Polarized images for security

A receptacle connector for a electronic device includes two sets of contacts arranged in two opposing rows in a cavity. A corresponding plug connector can be inserted into the receptacle connector so as to contact both sets of contacts. The receptacle connectors includes contacts that are dedicated for DisplayPort signals and contacts that provide non-DisplayPort signals. The contacts dedicated for DisplayPort signals are only enabled if the electronic device receives a notification from a connected accessory that that the accessory supports DisplayPort capability. Otherwise these contacts are in an 'open' or deactivated state.

Audio/video connector for an electronic device

One particular implementation conforming to aspects of the present disclosure takes the form of an input device for a computing system. The input device includes a input surface on which one or more input characters are shown and one or more sensors to detect which input character is pressed or selected by the user. In one example, the input device may include one or more piezo-electric sensors that detect an acoustic pulse created when the user taps on the input surface to indicate a selected input. Each character of the input surface of the input device creates a different acoustic pulse signature when tapped such that, upon detection and receiving of the acoustic pulse at the piezo-electric sensors, the input device or computer system may compare the received pulse to a database of stored pulse signatures to determine which character on the surface of the input device was tapped by the user.

Piezo-based acoustic and capacitive detection

Various embodiments of a wirelessly powered local computing environment are described. The wireless powered local computing environment includes at least a near field magnetic resonance (NFMR) power supply arranged to wirelessly provide power to any of a number of suitably configured devices. In the described embodiments, the devices arranged to receive power wirelessly from the NFMR power supply must be located in a region known as the near field that extends no further than a distance D of a few times a characteristic size of the NFMR power supply transmission device. Typically, the distance D can be on the order of 1 meter or so.

Wireless power utilization in a local computing environment

Methods and apparatuses for variable length encoding using a vector processing unit. In one aspect of the invention, a method for execution by a microprocessor to perform variable length encoding includes: receiving a plurality of parameters, each of the plurality of parameters corresponding to one of a plurality of symbols to be variable length encoded; generating concurrently a plurality of first codewords from the plurality of parameters to represent respectively the plurality of symbols; generating a plurality of lengths representing respectively bit lengths of the plurality of first codewords; and outputting the plurality of first codewords and the plurality of lengths; where the above operations are performed in response to the microprocessor receiving a single instruction.

Methods and apparatuses for variable length encoding

Methods and apparatuses for run length encoding using a vector processing unit. In one aspect of the invention, a method for execution by a microprocessor in response to the microprocessor receiving a single instruction includes: receiving a first list of a plurality of elements from a first vector register; generating a plurality of run values respectively for the first list of elements, at least one of the plurality of run values indicating the number of consecutive elements of a first value immediately preceding the corresponding element in the first list; and outputting the plurality of run values into a second vector register; where the above operations are performed in response to the microprocessor receiving the single instruction.

Vector handling capable processor and run length encoding

Methods and apparatuses for concatenating codewords of variable lengths using a vector processing unit. In one aspect of the invention, a method for execution by a microprocessor to pack bit streams of variable lengths including: receiving a first bit segment from a first vector register; receiving a second bit segment from a second vector register; determining whether or not the sum of the bit length of the first bit segment and the bit length of the second bit segment is larger than a required length; generating a third bit segment from the first and second bit segments; and outputting the third bit segment in a third vector register; where the above operations are performed in response to the microprocessor receiving a first single instruction. The third bit segment is generated from concatenating the first bit segment and a beginning portion of the second bit segment such that the bit length of the third bit segment is equal to the required length when the sum is larger than the required length; and the third bit segment is generated from concatenating the first and second bit segments when the sum is not larger than the required length.

Methods and apparatuses for packing bitstreams

Methods and apparatuses for decoding a compressed video stream. In one aspect of the invention, a method to decode a variable length encoded bit stream includes: concurrently processing first data obtained from variable length decoding a first code word in a register while variable length decoding a second code word in the register. In one example, processing the first data includes: looking up an inverse zigzag index; computing an Inverse Direct Cosine Transformation (IDCT) coefficient; storing the IDCT coefficient in a buffer in a transposed inverse zigzag order; and branching conditionally based on a condition encountered in variable length decoding the first code word.

Method and apparatus for variable length decoding and encoding of video streams

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Mushtaq A Sarwar