Fractal digital to analog converter systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US12119838B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US17935059

    申请日:2022-09-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H03M1/74 H04B1/04

    Abstract: An electronic device may include digital circuitry to operate via digital signals and analog circuitry to operate via analog signals. The electronic device may also include a fractal digital to analog converter (DAC) to convert a digital signal into an analog signal. The fractal DAC may include a unit cell array having a branching data path and multiple unit cells disposed in a fractal pattern. The fractal DAC may also include multiple decision units disposed within the unit cell array on the branching data path. Each decision unit may receive an incoming signal representative of at least a portion of the digital signal and direct each decision unit output to different branches of the unit cell array. The unit cells may be enabled based at least in part on the decision unit outputs to generate the analog signal.

    Distributed ledger based interchange

    公开(公告)号:US12118563B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US17935377

    申请日:2022-09-26

    CPC classification number: G06Q20/405

    Abstract: Techniques are described for a distributed ledger based interchange system for transferring value between entities. A decentralized and distributed ledger system, such as a blockchain network, may include treasury accounts each associated with an institution that participates in the system. A particular transaction may be submitted for approval based on the votes of the peers in the distributed ledger based interchange system. If at least a threshold number of votes indicate approval, the transaction is approved. A signal may be sent to the institutional systems indicating that accounts of the sending and receiving entities may respectively be debited and credited the value of the transaction. Settlement may occur between the treasury accounts of the sending and receiving institutions on the distributed ledger system, and settlement may be performed in real time with respect to the transaction.

    Reflective display mirror hinge memory reduction systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US12112715B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US18353622

    申请日:2023-07-17

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A device may include an electronic display to display image frames. The display may include illuminators that generate light and mirrors that selectively direct the light to pixel locations based bitplanes that set the arrangement of the mirrors. Additionally, the device may include duty cycle balancing circuitry that generates and provides duty cycle balancing signals to the electronic display. In response to the duty cycle balancing signals, the electronic display is implements balancing on bitplanes during at least a first portion of off periods during the image frames and implements balancing off bitplanes during at least a second portion of the off periods such that, in the aggregate, a ratio of respective on times of the mirrors to respective off times of the mirrors is balanced across the image frames during the off periods.

    Systems and methods for operating an islanded distribution substation using inverter power generation

    公开(公告)号:US12107414B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17806318

    申请日:2022-06-10

    CPC classification number: H02H7/22 H02H1/0007

    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein to accommodate different settings associated with an inverter-based electric power generator for electric power generation within an electric power delivery system. The electric power delivery system may provide electric power generated by a bulk electric system to the loads via distributed substations using a first operating frequency. Moreover, the distributed substations may include inverter-based electric power generators to supply the electric power demand of downstream loads in an islanded configuration. That said, the inverter-based electric power generators may supply the electric power using a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency. Protective systems, positioned downstream from the distributed substations, may use different settings associated with the bulk electric system or the inverter-based electric power generators based on detecting the frequency of the supplied electric power.

    Automated diagnosis of augmented acoustic measurement in industrial environments

    公开(公告)号:US12105507B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17463159

    申请日:2021-08-31

    Abstract: A computer-readable medium may include instructions that may cause a processor to perform operations that may include receiving audio data representative of sound waves generated by industrial devices and extracting features from the audio data. The features may be representative of a portion of the audio data. The operations may also include identifying a subset of the features based on distances between each of the plurality of features in an information space. The information space may include known clusters. The operations may then include determining that the subset of the features corresponds to an unknown cluster in the information space, performing a constrained classification operation based on each feature of the subset of the features to identify a new known cluster for the information space, and modifying operations of the industrial devices based on the new known cluster.

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