Apple Inc. patent applications on 2025-06-19
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on June 19th, 2025
Apple Inc.: 34 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/017 ({Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser )}, 3), H04L45/586 (of virtual routers, 2), A63B24/0075 ({Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases}, 1), H04L41/12 (Discovery or management of network topologies, 1), H04W72/232 (in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal, 1), H04W60/00 (Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration, 1), H04W56/0045 (Synchronisation arrangements, 1), H04W52/0206 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication ; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions ), 1), H04W36/305 ({Handover due to radio link failure (control signalling for hand-off failure )}, 1), H04W4/90 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication ; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions ), 1)
With keywords such as: content, electronic, devices, computer, disclosure, present, generally, relates, sharing, workout in patent application abstracts.
Top Inventors:
- Anthony D'AURIA of San Francisco CA US (1 patents)
- Jae Woo CHANG of Los Altos Hills CA US (2 patents)
- Edward CHAO of Palo Alto CA US (1 patents)
- Nathan DE VRIES of San Francisco CA US (1 patents)
- Michael D. FORD of Portola Valley CA US (1 patents)
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20250195954. USER INTERFACES GROUP WORKOUTS (Apple .)
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to sharing workout content on electronic devices.
20250196805. MOBILE KEY ENROLLMENT USE (Apple .)
Abstract: a computer system performs techniques related to displaying a representation of a secure credential and using the secure credential. in some embodiments, a computer system detects that the computer system is physically near a vehicle. in some embodiments, a computer system permits a user access to use one or more functions of a vehicle using a secure credential.
20250199220. ELECTRONIC DEVICE COLORED MARKING (Apple .)
Abstract: electronic devices having a colored marking are described. the colored markings described herein may include colored pixels having a color-producing feature, which may be laser-formed. for example, the color of the color-producing feature may be due at least in part to interference of light. in some cases, the colored marking is a multicolor marking that includes pixels having different colors. the colored marking may include an array of the colored pixels and in some cases the colored marking may define an image.
20250199598. Request Floor Interface Current Control Correctness SOC (Apple .)
Abstract: in an embodiment, a system may include a plurality of component circuits. the plurality of component circuits may include rate control circuits the control power consumption in the component circuits based on indications of power allocated to the component circuits. in an embodiment, the rate control circuits may transmit power requests for the component circuits and a floor request representing a minimum amount of power that may ensure reliable operation.
20250199606. Screenless Object Selection Head Pose Hand Gestures (Apple .)
Abstract: a technique for providing user selection includes obtaining first sensor data from a first device worn on a head, and obtaining second sensor data from a second device worn on the head. the first and second sensor data are collected in a same time frame. a head position is determined for the head based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data. user input is received based on an input gesture. in response to the user input, an object in the local environment is identified based on the head position and selection input.
20250199619. TECHNIQUES CONTROLLING DEVICES (Apple .)
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to controlling devices.
20250199620. HEURISTIC HAND TRACKING CORRECTION MODES (Apple .)
Abstract: in some implementations, a method includes: determining a location for virtual content; detecting a user interaction with the virtual content; in response to detecting the user interaction with the virtual content, determining a position of a hand gesture during the user interaction with the virtual content; in accordance with a determination that the position of the hand gesture is within a threshold distance relative to the location of the virtual content, generating corrected hand tracking data associated with the user interaction with the virtual content; and in accordance with a determination that the position of the hand gesture is outside of the threshold distance relative to the location of the virtual content, generating uncorrected hand tracking data associated with the user interaction with the virtual content.
Abstract: techniques for controlling and/or moving a cursor, such as by using air gestures, are described.
20250199656. DEVICES, METHODS GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES THREE-DIMENSIONAL PREVIEW OBJECTS (Apple .)
Abstract: a three-dimensional preview of content can be generated and presented at an electronic device in a three-dimensional environment. the three-dimensional preview of content can be presented concurrently with a two-dimensional representation of the content in a content generation environment presented in the three-dimensional environment. while the three-dimensional preview of content is presented in the three-dimensional environment, one or more affordances can be provided for interacting with the one or more computer-generated virtual objects of the three-dimensional preview. the one or more affordances may be displayed with the three-dimensional preview of content in the three-dimensional environment. the three-dimensional preview of content may be presented on a three-dimensional tray and the one or more affordances may be presented in a control bar or other grouping of controls outside the perimeter of the tray and/or along the perimeter of the tray.
20250199676. OBJECT-BASED CONTROLS (Apple .)
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to controlling devices.
Abstract: an electronic device displays a messaging user interface, including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and another user, and a representation of a media item. the messaging session is configured to allow synchronized viewing of the media item by the user and the other user. in response to receiving a request for synchronized viewing, the electronic device initiates playback of content corresponding to the media item and displays the playback of the content at a fixed position relative to a portion of the messaging user interface. while displaying the content playback, the electronic device displays messages exchanged between the user and the other user below the displayed content playback. in response to detecting an end of the content corresponding to the media item, the electronic device ceases to display the content corresponding to the media item at the fixed position.
20250200165. Systems Methods Proximity Single Sign-On (Apple .)
Abstract: a method and apparatus of a device that endorses a proximity authorization for an authorization requesting device is described. in an exemplary embodiment, the device receives a proximity authorization request from the authorization requesting device, wherein the authorization requesting device is in proximity with the authorization endorsing device. the device additionally presents a local authorization request to a user of the authorization endorsing device and receives a set of user credentials for the local authorization request. the device further performs a local authorization on the device using at least the set of user credentials. in addition, the device sends a server authorization request to an identity management server, receives an authorization response from the identity management server, and returns the authorization response.
Abstract: some examples of the disclosure are directed to selective display of avatars corresponding to users of electronic devices in a multi-user communication session. in some examples, when immersive content is shared in the communication session, the avatars remain displayed when presenting the content in the three-dimensional environment. in some examples, when perspective-limited immersive content is shared in the communication session, the avatars cease being displayed when presenting the content in the three-dimensional environment. in some examples, when content presented in a full-screen mode is shared in the communication session, the avatars remain displayed when presenting the content in the full-screen mode in the three-dimensional environment. in some examples, when object-bounded content is shared in the communication session, the avatars remain displayed when presenting the object-bounded content in the three-dimensional environment.
20250201153. Head-Mounted Device Content Dimming Masking Noise (Apple .)
Abstract: a method of operating an electronic device to mask noise at low scene brightness levels is provided. the method can include acquiring images of a scene and determining a scene brightness level of the acquired images. in response to determining that the scene brightness level is in a first range, the acquired images can be displayed as passthrough content in accordance with a 1:1 nits-to-nits mapping where the perceived brightness of the passthrough content matches the scene brightness level. in response to determining that the scene brightness is less than the first range, the perceived brightness of the passthrough content can be dimmed to be less than the scene brightness level. the method can also include generating virtual content. the passthrough content can be adjusted in accordance with a first scene-brightness-to-display-brightness profile, whereas the virtual content can be adjusted in accordance with a second scene-brightness-to-display-brightness profile.
20250201264. VOICE TRIGGER DIGITAL ASSISTANT (Apple .)
Abstract: a method for operating a voice trigger is provided. in some implementations, the method is performed at an electronic device including one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors. the method includes receiving a sound input. the sound input may correspond to a spoken word or phrase, or a portion thereof. the method includes determining whether at least a portion of the sound input corresponds to a predetermined type of sound, such as a human voice. the method includes, upon a determination that at least a portion of the sound input corresponds to the predetermined type, determining whether the sound input includes predetermined content, such as a predetermined trigger word or phrase. the method also includes, upon a determination that the sound input includes the predetermined content, initiating a speech-based service, such as a voice-based digital assistant.
20250201470. MULTI-WINDING NFC PORT (Apple .)
Abstract: a multiple winding coil can include a magnetic core; a first winding with a first configuration used for communication wound on the magnetic core; and a second winding with a second configuration used for wireless power transfer also wound on the magnetic core. the first winding can include a post winding wound around the magnetic core, and the second winding can include a solenoid winding wound around the magnetic core in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the post winding. the magnetic core can be formed of ferrite. the windings can include wire wound windings and/or printed circuit windings. the magnetic core, first winding, and second winding can have dimensions selected to communicate and transfer power at one or more frequencies associated with a standard, such as an nfc standard by the nfc forum. the one or more frequencies can include 13.56 mhz.
Abstract: this application sets forth techniques for application identifier (aid) routing and ambiguity resolution via a contactless multiplexer of a wireless device, including determining a target application associated with an aid value, from multiple available applications that share the identical aid value, and routing near-field communication (nfc) communication to the determined target application.
20250202569. Enhancements Support TRP Specific Beam Failure Recovery (Apple .)
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to establish a connection to a base station, wherein the base station configures the ue with a first beam corresponding to a first transmission reception point (trp) and a second beam corresponding to a second trp, wherein the first and second beam are in frequency range 2 (fr2) and wherein the ue does not support simultaneous reception of multiple beams in fr2, detect a beam failure during a beam failure detection (bfd) evaluation period, identify one or more candidate beams during a candidate beam detection (cbd) evaluation period and transmit a beam failure recovery (bfr) request to the base station.
20250202658. Scheduling Restriction Interruption SRS Antenna Port Switching (Apple .)
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to determine to perform a sounding reference signal (srs) transmission with an antenna port switch operation, wherein the srs transmission with the antenna port switch operation is performed during an srs transmission occasion comprising one or more symbols of a slot and apply one or more scheduling restriction rules corresponding to the srs transmission with the antenna port switch to provide one or more scheduling restrictions for the ue, wherein the scheduling restrictions cause the ue to omit performing at least one of transmission operations or reception operations during one or more symbols of the slot or one or more symbols of an adjacent slot.
Abstract: techniques are disclosed for coordinating state information between devices in a network of devices. in one example, a first user device can obtain event information identifying an event (e.g., triggering of an alarm) associated with another user device and state information identifying a state of the other device. the first user device can report the state and event information to devices in the network. observers corresponding to each user device can identify the occurrence of the event corresponding to the event information for each user device. an action (e.g., output an audio chime) can be performed by each device with an observer that identifies the occurrence of the event corresponding to the event information for each user device.
Abstract: a media streaming method is disclosed in which a network environment of a sink device engaged in media streaming is estimated and at least two network throughput estimates are developed. a first network throughput estimate may be estimated from a measurement of network performance and a second network throughput estimate may be developed from a correlation of the estimated network environment to a machine learning model representing network throughput predictions. a final throughput estimate may be developed from the first and second network throughput estimates; and a representation of media content may be selected for retrieval based on the final throughput estimate. the machine learning model of network throughput may be developed over the course of prior media streaming session(s) that are performed by the sink device in which network throughput performance indicators of the streaming session(s) are stored over a predetermined interval and, upon conclusion of the interval, the model of network throughput is constructed according to a machine learning technique. both the logging network throughput performance indicators and the building of the model of network throughput may be performed solely by the sink device, which preserves confidentiality of data representing consumer behavior during those media streaming sessions.
20250202812. SYMMETRIC ROUTING VIRTUALIZED NETWORKS (Apple .)
Abstract: embodiments disclosed herein relate to source-based symmetric routing of network traffic in virtual networks. in particular, a source of network traffic in the virtual network is equipped with a routing table that causes the source of the network traffic to route the network traffic symmetrically across zones of the virtual network.
20250202813. SYMMETRIC ROUTING VIRTUALIZED NETWORKS (Apple .)
Abstract: embodiments disclosed herein relate to source-based symmetric routing of network traffic in virtual networks. in particular, a source of network traffic in the virtual network is equipped with a routing table that causes the source of the network traffic to route the network traffic symmetrically across zones of the virtual network.
20250202961. REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION USER INTERFACE (Apple .)
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to real-time communication user interfaces. a computer system displays a user interface corresponding to a real-time communication application that includes concurrently displaying a first user interface object corresponding to a first real-time communication session between a user of the computer system, where the first real-time communication session occurred prior to a current time, and a second user and a second user interface object corresponding to a second real-time communication session between the user of the computer system and a third user, where the second real-time communication session is scheduled to occur at a time after the current time. in response to receiving user input corresponding to a respective user interface object of the user interface, the computer system initiates a real-time communication session.
20250203202. SYSTEMS METHODS CHANGING CHARACTERISTIC CAMERA LENS (Apple .)
Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device includes a structure defined by a housing or other barriers. this structure optionally includes one or more transparent portions, one or more opaque portions, and/or one or more tintable layers covering one or more components of the electronic device. these layers may switch between operating states responsive to operation of the electronic device.
20250203244. Low-Power/Small-Area Current-Mode Pixel Readout Circuit (Apple .)
Abstract: an imaging device includes a pixel-circuit and a readout circuit. the pixel-circuit is configured to (i) transfer a reset charge of a photodetector to a storage node upon being reset, (ii) generate a reset output voltage according to the reset charge, (iii) accumulate electrical charge in the photodetector in response to incident light, (iv) transfer the accumulated electrical charge to the storage node, and (v) generate a pixel output voltage according to the accumulated charge stored in the storage node. the readout circuit is configured to (i) during a setup phase, charge a capacitor according to the reset output voltage, and (ii) during a measure phase, discharge the capacitor, and measure a discharge time until the charge on the capacitor is according to the pixel output voltage.
20250203306. PRESSURE SENSOR SPEAKER DETECTION (Apple .)
Abstract: aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices with pressure sensors for speaker detection. the electronic device includes a housing and a speaker disposed in the housing. the electronic device also includes a pressure sensor disposed within the housing and proximate to the speaker. the pressure sensor is configured to monitor an internal volume within a cavity of the housing. the pressure sensor is also configured to generate, based at least in part on detection of a change in the internal volume within the cavity of the housing, a signal indicating that an output device disposed in the housing is in a valid operational state.
20250203335. Enhancements Minimization Service Interruption (Apple .)
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to identify a disaster condition applies to a first public land mobile network (plmn), select a second plmn for disaster roaming services, wherein one or more tracking areas (tas) of the second plmn are in a forbidden list stored locally at the ue and wherein the second plmn and the first plmn have a roaming agreement for disaster roaming services and register with the second plmn for disaster roaming services in the one or more tas of the second plmn from the forbidden list.
20250203483. V2X Network Assisted Side-link Configuration Data Transmission (Apple .)
Abstract: apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (ue) to perform methods for network assisted side-link resource configuration for unicast and/or multi-cast/groupcast communications in v2x networks. a ue may, after establishing an rrc connection with a base station, transmit, to the base station, v2x connection information. the v2x connection information may include a v2x identifier associated with the ue and a v2x identifier associated with a target ue. the ue may receive, from the base station, a side-link configuration for data transmission with the target ue. the side-link configuration may include a resource allocation defined in time and frequency (e.g., a transmit/receive pool). the ue may communicate with the target ue using the resource allocation included in the side-link configuration.
20250203508. METHODS POWER SAVE SOFT-AP MODE RELATED SYSTEMS APPARATUSES (Apple .)
Abstract: embodiments herein include a method for selectively operating a software enabled access point (soft-ap) in a low-power listen mode. in some embodiments, a soft-ap may use a low-power listen mode with limited or no transmit capabilities to monitor a wireless medium when not actively engaged in transmission or reception of frames. the soft-ap may activate a fully-capable mode when there is an upcoming frame transmission from a station.
20250203549. Maintenance Multiple TA Same Serving Cell Multi-TRP Operation (Apple .)
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to receive, from a serving base station of a radio access network, an uplink (ul) timing advance configuration including a first time alignment timer (tat) corresponding to a first transmission and reception point (trp) and a second tat corresponding to a second trp in a multi-trp network arrangement, detect an out of synchronization (oos) condition for the first trp based on the first tat while the second trp remains synchronized based on the second tat, or receive a physical downlink control channel (pdcch) order from the network mapped to the first trp triggering a physical random access channel (prach) transmission, stop ul transmissions for at least the first trp and transmit the prach so that the network can determine and configure a new tat for the first trp.
20250203550. UE-Preferred Network Slice Management (Apple .)
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to transmit a registration request to a first base station of a cellular wireless network, wherein the first base station operates on a first frequency band, the registration request including a first indication of one or more preferred network slices and receive a registration response from the first base station, the registration response including (i) a second indication of whether the one or more preferred network slices are accessible on the first frequency band and (ii) a third indication of where the ue can access any unsupported one or ones of the one or more preferred network slices.
20250203630. Enabling Single DCI Schedule Multiple Cells (Apple .)
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to receive, from a network, scheduling configuration information related to scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (pdsch) or a physical uplink shared channel (pusch) for the ue, receive, from a scheduling cell of the network, downlink control information (dci) comprising scheduling information for the pdsch or pusch for a plurality of scheduled cells, decode the dci and determine a schedule for each of the scheduled cells based on at least the scheduling configuration information and the scheduling information.
Abstract: embodiments disclosed herein include methods and apparatuses that enable the ue to transmit message 3 in an ntn network. a gnb can include, a time duration indicating the time at which the ue should transmit message 3. the network can ensure that the ue has adequate time to apply the timing advance, assemble and transmit message 3. the ue can compute time of ul grant application based on a timing advance. the time of application of the ul grant can be determined by the ue and by the gnb according to a specified rule.