Apple Inc. patent applications on March 27th, 2025
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on March 27th, 2025
Apple Inc.: 137 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F1/16 (11), G06F3/01 (11), G02B27/01 (6), G06F3/041 (4), H04L5/00 (3) G02B27/0176 (5), G06F1/163 (2), G06F1/3206 (2), G06T19/006 (2), H03B5/1212 (2)
With keywords such as: device, include, circuit, electronic, user, configured, power, signal, sensor, and based in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20250098987. Breath Signal Estimation Using Point Cloud Data_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Izzet B. Yildiz of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Aaron Wetzler of Rishon Letzion IL for apple inc., Jonathan Hadida of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Stephen Meisenhelter of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Kaden J. Strand of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Dimitri E. Diakopoulos of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Grant H. Mulliken of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/113, A61B5/00, A61B5/08, A61B5/11, G06T7/246, G06T7/593
CPC Code(s): A61B5/113
Abstract: respiration data is measured from point cloud data containing points associated with an upper body of a user. a device may receive the point cloud data via a wired or wireless connection or may generate it from one or more image sensors integrated into the device. movement of points associated with the upper body, or within a region of interest, may be measured to estimate a breath signal. the estimated breath signal may be further processed to derive values representative of the breath signal. the breath signal may be then provided to a given application or location.
20250099035. WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH GLASS SHELL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Daniel J. Hiemstra of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Erik G. de Jong of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Sameer Pandya of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/00, A61B5/024, A61B5/1455, A61B5/256, A61B5/282, A61B5/339, G04G17/08, G06F1/16, G06F1/18, G06F3/044
CPC Code(s): A61B5/681
Abstract: a wearable electronic device may include a display and a housing. the housing may include a chassis defining a first portion of a rear exterior surface of the wearable electronic device, a first portion of a side exterior surface of the wearable electronic device, and an internal wall. the housing may also include a glass shell defining a front wall positioned over the display and defining a front exterior surface of the wearable electronic device and a side wall extending from the front wall and overlapping the internal wall, the side wall defining a second portion of the side exterior surface of the wearable electronic device. the wearable electronic device may also include a touch sensing system within the housing and configured to detect a touch input applied to the front exterior surface of the wearable electronic device.
20250099814. DETECTING AND TRACKING A WORKOUT USING SENSORS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Thomas G. SALTER of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Christopher I. WORD of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jeffrey S. NORRIS of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Ioana NEGOITA of Mountain View CA US for apple inc., Trent A. GREENE of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Finnegan N. SINCLAIR of Seattle WA US for apple inc., Brian W. TEMPLE of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Ian PERRY of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Michael J. ROCKWELL of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A63B24/00, A63B71/06
CPC Code(s): A63B24/0062
Abstract: some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for presenting extended reality environments and, more particularly, to displaying one or more images relating to exercises in a physical environment while presenting an extended reality environment. in some situations, the electronic device detects an initiation of an exercise activity of a user of the electronic device using at least an optical sensor. in some examples, the electronic device presents a user interface including a representation of the identified exercise activity in the extended reality environment. in some examples, in response to detecting progression of the identified exercise activity, the user interface is updated with the updated representation of the exercise activity. in some examples, the electronic device presents a rest user interface during rest periods and/or after detecting rest.
Inventor(s): Allison W. Dryer of Tiburon CA US for apple inc., Grant R. Paul of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Giancarlo Yerkes of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Stephen O. Lemay of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc., Jonathan R. Dascola of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01B11/02, G06F3/01, G06F3/04815, G06F3/04842, G06F3/04845, G06F3/04847, G06F3/0488, G06F3/04883, G06T7/60, G06T11/60, G06V20/10, H04M1/72403, H04N23/63
CPC Code(s): G01B11/026
Abstract: a method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display of an electronic device with one or more cameras, a first user interface of an application. the first user interface includes a representation of a field of view of at least one of the one or more cameras, which is updated over time based on changes to current visual data detected by at least one of the one or more cameras. the field of view includes a physical object in a three-dimensional space. a representation of a measurement of the physical object is superimposed on an image of the physical object in the representation of the field of view. while displaying the first user interface, a first touch input in the first user interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display is detected. in response to detecting the first touch input, a process for sharing information about the measurement is initiated.
20250102367. Sensing Arrangements for Camera Modules_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Himesh Patel of Fremont CA US for apple inc., Anish Bhide of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Shahrooz Shahparnia of Monte Sereno CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01K1/02, G01K1/14, G01K7/20, G01R33/07, G01R33/09, H04N23/51
CPC Code(s): G01K1/026
Abstract: described herein are sensing arrangements for a camera module that include a position sensor, a temperature sensor, a driver chip, and a multiplexer. the position sensor has a first bias input and a first set of terminals. the temperature sensor has a temperature-sensitive resistor, a second bias input, and a second set of terminals. the driver chip includes a bias output connected to a bias current source and a set of inputs for receiving a voltage signal. the multiplexer is configured to selectively connect the position sensor or the temperature sensor to the driver chip, such that, the bias output is connected to the first or the second bias input, respectively, and the set of inputs is connected to the first or the second set of terminals, respectively, thereby causing the voltage signal received by the set of inputs to indicate a position or a temperature of the camera module, respectively.
20250102425. Electronic Devices With Relative Humidity Sensors_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Fehmi Civitci of Carlsbad CA US for apple inc., David D Dashevsky of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Christopher M Dodson of Denver CO US for apple inc., Kenneth J Vampola of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Mark T Winkler of Menlo Park CA US for apple inc., Dawei Lu of Campbell CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01N21/31
CPC Code(s): G01N21/31
Abstract: an electronic device may include a housing and relative humidity sensor in the housing. the relative humidity sensor may include an optical layer, a relative humidity-sensitive layer coupled to a surface of the optical layer, a light emitter that emits light into the optical layer, and a light detector that detects light that has reflected within the optical layer and off of the relative humidity-sensitive layer. the relative humidity may be determined based on the light detected by the light detector. the optical layer may be a layer with angled edges, a prism, a bragg reflector, or a waveguide. a reference light detector and/or a temperature sensor may be included in the relative humidity sensor, and measurements from these additional sensors may be used in determining the relative humidity. in this way, an optical relative humidity sensor may be formed in the electronic device.
20250102441. Electronic Devices With Relative Humidity Sensors_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Fehmi Civitci of Carlsbad CA US for apple inc., David D. Dashevsky of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Christopher M. Dodson of Denver CO US for apple inc., Kenneth J. Vampola of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Mark T. Winkler of Menlo Park CA US for apple inc., Dawei Lu of Campbell CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01N21/77, G01N29/02, G01N29/24
CPC Code(s): G01N21/77
Abstract: an electronic device may include a housing and relative humidity sensor in the housing. the relative humidity sensor may include a relative humidity-sensitive layer, a light emitter that emits light into the relative humidity-sensitive layer, and a light detector that detects light that has passed through the relative humidity-sensitive layer. the relative humidity may be determined based on the detected light. for example, the light may be measured interferometrically to determine a path length of the light to determine the relative humidity. alternatively, the light may be scattered by plasmonic nanoparticles in a relative humidity-sensitive material to determine the relative humidity. as other examples, polarized light may pass through the relative humidity-sensitive layer and measured to determine the relative humidity, or light may be used to form sound waves that may be measured to determine the relative humidity. in this way, a light-based relative humidity-sensor may make relative humidity measurements.
Inventor(s): Michael D. Eaton of Menlo Park CA US for apple inc., Dong Zheng of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Stephen N. Sweet of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01R31/00, G01R29/08
CPC Code(s): G01R31/002
Abstract: an electronic device may have a sensor and may have a radio-frequency signal transmitter. the sensor may be vulnerable to electromagnetic interference (emi) from the radio-frequency (rf) signals. therefore, circuitry in the device may determine whether measurements from the sensor have been impacted by emi. to make this determination, a digital filter may be used. in particular, the digital filter may be a digital persistence filter that generates a signal if the sensor measurement is high for a time that corresponds with the known emission time of the rf signals. alternatively, the digital filter may receive the sensor measurements in the digital domain and compare the sensor measurements to time-delayed sensor measurements to determine whether the sensor measurements have been impacted by emi. control circuitry may discard any of the sensor measurements, or measurements from one or more other sensors, in response to the sensor measurements being impacted by emi.
Inventor(s): Fei Tan of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Pengfei Qiao of El Cerrito CA US for apple inc., Alexander Hein of Luebeck DE for apple inc., Chin Han Lin of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Tong Chen of Fremont CA US for apple inc., Takashi Hosoda of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Arnaud Laflaquiere of Paris FR for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S7/481, G01S17/89, H01S5/11, H01S5/183, H01S5/34, H01S5/42
CPC Code(s): G01S7/4811
Abstract: disclosed herein are self-mixing interference (smi) sensors, frequency modulated continuous wave (fmcw) sensors, and electronic devices that include smi and fmcw sensors. both types of sensors include a photonic crystal surface-emitting laser diode. the smi sensors include a photonic crystal surface-emitting laser diode configured to undergo smi between a primary emitted light from the photonic crystal surface-emitting laser diode and reflections thereof from an object. the smi sensor includes a photodetector configured to receive a secondary light emission from the photonic crystal surface-emitting laser diode and detect a parameter related to the smi, from which distance or motion to the object may be inferred. the fmcw sensors include a photonic crystal surface-emitting laser diode configured to emit a primary light emission toward the object and a secondary light emission toward a light beam combiner. the light beam combiner also receives reflections from the object and detects distances and/or motion of the object based on the frequency modulations of the two light beams.
20250102630. Optical Modules with Aperture Edge Features_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Xi Chen of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Arifin Arifin of Singapore SG for apple inc., Yi Chen of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Xiaoyang Zhang of Singapore SG for apple inc., Qi Huang of Cupertino CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S7/481
CPC Code(s): G01S7/4813
Abstract: an optical system includes a housing that defines a first aperture and a second aperture different from the first aperture. at least one of the first aperture or the second aperture is defined by a peripheral surface having a plurality of inclined surfaces with respect to a center axis of the first aperture or the second aperture. in some cases, the peripheral surface may define a convex profile, may have a coating or a surface treatment, or may define other edge features that help mitigate optical crosstalk. the optical system may also include an array of light emitters disposed within the housing and configured to emit light through the first aperture and a light detector disposed within the housing and configured to detect a portion of the emitted light that is returned from a target and received through the second aperture.
20250102631. Electronic Devices with Transmitter-Receiver Array_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Siddharth Joshi of Saint-Egreve FR for apple inc., Arnaud Laflaquiere of Paris FR for apple inc., Nicolas Hotellier of Champagnier FR for apple inc., Cristiano L. Niclass of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Keith Lyon of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S7/481, H01S5/02, H01S5/14, H01S5/183, H01S5/42
CPC Code(s): G01S7/4813
Abstract: disclosed are electronic devices that include an array of light emitting diodes and photosensors formed in a single semiconductor chip. the light emitting diodes may be structured as vertical exterior cavity surface-emitting laser diodes (vecsels). the photosensors may be formed as resonant cavity photosensors (rcpds). the vecsels and the rcpds of the array may be formed in a common set of semiconductor layers of the single semiconductor chip and separated by isolation regions formed in the common set of semiconductor layers. also disclosed are dual chip transmitter-receiver systems including a first semiconductor chip having an array of both vecsels and rcpds formed in common set of semiconductor layers, and a second semiconductor chip electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip and including control circuitry to enable laser emission from the vecsels and light reception by the rcpds.
20250102641. UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR-TO-COAXIAL CONVERTER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Abhilash Rajagopal of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Chentian Zhu of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Heegon Kim of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., James C. Chiappe of Walnut Creek CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S7/4861, H01B11/12
CPC Code(s): G01S7/4861
Abstract: a system includes processing circuitry communicatively coupled to a coaxial cable as well as a sensor, such as a light detection and ranging (lidar) sensor communicatively coupled to an unshielded twisted pair (utp) cable. the processing circuitry and lidar sensor may be communicatively coupled to one another via a utp-to-coaxial converter that is communicatively coupled to both the coaxial cable and the utp cable. the utp-to-coaxial converter includes filter circuitry configured to receive one or more signals generated by the lidar sensor and generate one or more filtered signals by blocking a portion of the one or more signals having a frequency in a first frequency range. the utp-to-coaxial converter is configured to send the one or more filtered signals to the processing circuitry via the coaxial cable.
20250102656. Electronic Devices with Leakage-Based Object Detection_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Babak Mamandipoor of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Matthew A Mow of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Tideya Kella of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S13/04, G01S7/40, G01S7/41
CPC Code(s): G01S13/04
Abstract: an electronic device may include sensing circuitry that transmits a radar signal over one or more antennas. the sensing circuitry may receive a reflected radar signal over the antenna(s). transmission of the radar signal may produce a leakage signal that is combined with the reflected radar signal. a mixer may generate a beat signal based on the radar signal, the reflected radar signal, and the leakage signal. a sensing receiver may perform motion-based external object detection to detect the presence of an animate external object that is very close to the device. the sensing receiver may perform the motion-based detection based on time fluctuations in the power and/or phase of the signal without removing or cancelling the leakage signal.
Inventor(s): Chinmay Peshave of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Nanish Mittal of Cupertino CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B5/26, G04G17/08, G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G02B5/26
Abstract: an enclosure component, such as a display cover, which produces an optical effect is disclosed. in some cases, the optical effect provides a depth effect, such as the depth effect produced by a bevel. electronic device enclosures and electronic devices that include the enclosure components are also disclosed.
20250102805. ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Brian S. Lau of Sacramento CA US for apple inc., Michael J. Oudenhoven of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, F21V8/00, G02B27/18
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: a head-mountable electronic device can include a frame, a first display window attached to the frame, a second display window attached to the frame, a first waveguide associated with the first display window, a second waveguide associated with the second display window, a first arm connected to the frame, the first arm including a first projector to emit light into the first waveguide, the first projector pivotable relative to the first waveguide, and a second arm connected to the frame, the second arm including a second projector to emit light into the second waveguide, the second projector pivotable relative to the second waveguide.
20250102810. Adjustable Headbands_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ryan M David of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Benjamin A Shaffer of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Benjamin A Stevenson of Oakland CA US for apple inc., Evan A Cernokus of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Robert V Tang of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Dustin A Hatfield of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Yuhao Pan of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Erin Bosch of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Alexander Siegel of Hayward CA US for apple inc., Megan Grant of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Zachary M Hammond of Mountain View CA US for apple inc., Lindsey J Scenna of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Alyssa B Abood of Emerald Hills CA US for apple inc., Zilan Chen of Shenzhen CN for apple inc., Michael Wu of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Venkata Narayana Murthy Arelekatti of Mountain View CA US for apple inc., Nathaniel M Henderson-Cox of Seattle WA US for apple inc., Chad J Miller of Oakland CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing containing rear-facing displays that display images for a user when the head-mounted housing is worn. the head-mounted housing may be coupled to the user's head using a headband. the headband may include an upper headband portion and a lower headband portion that extends from the first headband portion. the upper and lower headband portions may extend from the head-mounted housing at fixed angles and may be offset from a support post of the head-mounted housing. stiffeners may be included in the upper and lower headband portions. the stiffeners may include graded stiffeners and/or braided cords that help the upper and/or lower headband portions conform to a user's head. the headband may also include a temple housing coupled to the upper and lower headband portions that has an opening to attach the headband to the support post and/or may include keeper loops.
20250102814. ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING LOAD BALANCING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul X. Wang of Cupertino CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02C3/00, G02C5/20, G02C11/00, H05K5/00
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: optical devices including adjustment mechanisms for adjusting balance points thereof and methods of using the same are disclosed. in an example, a head-mountable electronic device includes a frame, a window coupled to the frame, a projector configured to guide light displayed at the window, and a securement arm extending from the frame. the securement arm includes a proximal portion connected to the frame, a distal portion connected to the proximal portion, and an expansion mechanism connecting the proximal portion to the distal portion, the expansion mechanism configured to extend the distal portion away from the proximal portion. the distal portion has a mass greater than a mass of the proximal portion.
20250102815. ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING COUNTERBALANCE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): John S. Camp of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Adam Y. Kollgaard of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: wearable electronic devices including counterbalances for adjusting balance points thereof and methods of using the same are disclosed. in an example, head-mountable electronic device includes a display unit, a securement band connected to the display unit, an overhead band including a first end secured to the securement band and a second end secured to the securement band, and a counterbalance connected to the securement band between the first end and the second end. a distance between the counterbalance and the first end can be adjustable.
20250102816. ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul Williams of Seattle WA US for apple inc., Alison B. Shutzberg of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jonathan M. Anderson of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: a head-mountable device can include a display, an arm, a bi-stable hinge connecting the arm to the display, the bi-stable hinge and the arm including an open position, a folded position, and a splay position. a first electronic component can be positionally fixed between the display and the bi-stable hinge, a second electronic component can be positioned distal to the bi-stable hinge, and a cable can connect the first electronic component and the second electronic component, the cable being routed through the bi-stable hinge.
20250102817. ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH BUMPER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): John Cagle of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Adam Y. Kollgaard of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Shannon Pomeroy of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Paul X. Wang of Cupertino CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: a head-mountable device can include a display frame, an optical component disposed within the display frame, a facial interface, and a rigid bumper connected to the display frame. the rigid bumper can be positioned between the display frame and the facial interface and can further define a gap between the optical component and the facial interface. the facial interface can also include a cushion layer that can be rated for applied loads in a first force range. furthermore, a stop can be connected to the head-mountable display, wherein the stop can be rated for applied loads within a second force range that is higher than the first force range. the facial interface can further include a front surface facing toward the head-mountable display and a rear surface that can contact a face. a set of structural posts can also be attached to the head-mountable display and positioned adjacent to a forehead region and a maxilla region of a face, wherein a portion of each structural post of the set of structural posts can be embedded in the facial interface.
20250102821. Camera With Curved Electromagnetics_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Andrew S. Jozefov of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Zachary W. Birnbaum of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/64
CPC Code(s): G02B27/64
Abstract: various embodiments include a camera system that includes one or more voice coil motor (vcm) actuators having curved electromagnetics. in various embodiments, the vcm actuator(s) may include an optical image stabilization (ois) vcm actuator configured to tilt/rotate a lens group, together with an image sensor, about multiple axes orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera system. additionally, or alternatively, the vcm actuator(s) may include a theta-z correction vcm actuator configured to rotate the lens group, together with the image sensor, about an axis parallel to the optical axis. the ois vcm actuator and/or the theta-z correction vcm actuator may have curved electromagnetics.
20250102883. Camera Modules with Mechanical Iris Assemblies_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Bin Xu of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Wei Li of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Zhuzhen Ji of Milpitas CA US for apple inc., Xiao Liao of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G03B9/22
CPC Code(s): G03B9/22
Abstract: various embodiments disclosed herein include mechanical iris assemblies, as well as camera modules and devices that incorporate these mechanical iris assemblies. the mechanical iris assemblies described herein include a stator piece, a rotor piece, a set of blade elements, and an actuator arrangement. the actuator arrangement may include a voice coil actuator having at least one magnet carried by the stator piece and at least one coil carried by the rotor piece. the mechanical iris assembly includes a set of springs configured to carry current between the stator piece and the rotor piece to power the coil or coils carried by the rotor piece.
20250103008. SWITCH MODULE FOR ELECTRONIC CROWN ASSEMBLY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sameer Pandya of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Antonio Herrera of Woodside CA US for apple inc., Colin M. Ely of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G04C3/00, A61B5/00, A61B5/332, G04G21/02, G04G21/08, H01H19/08, H01H19/14, H05K5/00, H05K5/02
CPC Code(s): G04C3/002
Abstract: a switch module for an electronic device detects translational inputs and defines at least portion of a conductive path from an input surface of the electronic device to a processing unit of the electronic device. the switch module may be a component of a crown assembly for detecting rotational inputs, translational inputs, touch inputs and/or biological signals such as electrocardiogram (ecg) signals. the switch module may include a conductive dome and a friction guard that is positioned between the conductive dome and the actuation member of the crown assembly. the conductive dome and/or the friction guard may define at least a portion of the conductive path from the input surface to the processing unit.
Inventor(s): Di Wu of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Hui Chen of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., James P. Ochs of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Paige N. Stanley of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Swaroop Pal of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Mark G. Petovello of Santa Cruz CA US for apple inc., Fatemeh Ghafoori of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Isaac T. Miller of Half Moon Bay CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G04F13/02, G01J1/42
CPC Code(s): G04F13/02
Abstract: embodiments are disclosed for estimating time outdoors and in daylight based on ambient light, motion, and location sensing. in some embodiments, a method comprises detecting daylight based on an ambient light measurement, an estimated sun elevation angle and at least one confidence threshold; determining a motion or activity state of a user based on motion sensor data; determining an indoor or outdoor class based on the motion sensor data and the ambient light detections; determining user exposure time to daylight between, before or after ambient light detections, based on the motion or activity state, and the determined indoor or outdoor class; and storing or displaying the daylight time.
20250103084. PRESSURE COMPENSATING BUTTON_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): William C. Lukens of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Michael R. Parker of Loomis CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G05G5/00, G05G25/04, H01H13/18, H01H13/52
CPC Code(s): G05G5/005
Abstract: a pressure compensating button can include a depressible interface. the depressible interface can define an external surface of the electronic device. the button can include a tactile switch. the button can include a first pressure accumulator, such as a first piston or plunger. the first pressure accumulator can be associated with the depressible interface. the first pressure accumulator can be configured to receive a first hydrostatic pressure. the button can include a second pressure accumulator, such as a second piston or plunger. the second pressure accumulator can be configured to receive a second hydrostatic pressure. the second pressure accumulator can counteract the first pressure accumulator, such as via a mechanical linkage, to limit an actuation of the tactile switch via the first hydrostatic pressure. additional systems and methods are also disclosed.
20250103095. ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH GLASS HOUSING MEMBER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Keith J. Hendren of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Paul X. Wang of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Adam T. Garelli of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Brett W. Degner of Menlo Park CA US for apple inc., Christiaan A. Ligtenberg of San Carlos CA US for apple inc., Dinesh C. Mathew of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F3/041
CPC Code(s): G06F1/1626
Abstract: an electronic device may include a glass housing member that includes an upper portion defining a display area, a lower portion defining an input area, and a transition portion joining the upper portion and the lower portion and defining a continuous, curved surface between the upper portion and the lower portion. the electronic device may include a display coupled to the glass housing member and configured to provide a visual output at the display area. the electronic device may include an input device coupled to the glass housing member and configured to detect inputs at the input area. the electronic device may include a support structure coupled to the glass housing member and configured to support the computing device.
20250103096. Head-Mounted Devices with Counterweights_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): James T. Smith of Issaquah WA US for apple inc., Jered Singleton of Bainbridge Island WA US for apple inc., John S. Camp of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Venkata Narayana Murthy Arelekatti of Mountain View CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, F16D7/02
CPC Code(s): G06F1/163
Abstract: a head-mounted device may include optical assemblies for presenting images to a user. the optical assemblies may be mounted in a head-mounted device housing. the head-mounted device housing may be supported at the front of the head of a user in front of the user's eyes using head-mounted support structures such as straps. the straps may include a rear strap and an overhead strap. a counterweight may be provided at the rear of the user's head to counterbalance the weight of the head-mounted device housing. the counterweight may be coupled to a rigid portion of the head-mounted housing at a connection. a clutch may be provided to allow the rotational orientation of the counterweight to be adjusted about the connection. a sliding mass in the counterweight may also be adjusted. these adjustments alter the amount of counterbalancing created by the counterweight to counterbalance the head-mounted device housing.
20250103097. ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH LIGHTWEIGHT FACIAL INTERFACE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul X. Wang of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Adam Y. Kollgaard of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G06F1/163
Abstract: a head-mountable device includes a display frame, an optical component, a facial interface, and a strap. the optical component is disposed within the display frame. the facial interface is connected to the display frame and includes a lattice structure. the strap connects to the display frame.
Inventor(s): Scott Myers of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Richard Heley of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Matthew Theobald of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Adam Stagnaro of Santa Cruz CA US for apple inc., Tang Tan of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc., Richard Dinh of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., David Pakula of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, H01Q1/22, H01Q1/24, H01Q1/42, H04M1/02, H05K5/02, H05K5/03
CPC Code(s): G06F1/1656
Abstract: this is directed to providing a cosmetic finish on a component constructed by connecting several elements. a single manufacturing process, such as machining or grinding, can be applied to the connected elements to remove material from some or all of the elements and to form a smooth and continuous surface across interfaces between the individual elements of the component. in some cases, settings of the material removal process can be adjusted based on the material of the component elements. for example, the settings can be adjusted based on the manufacturing or mechanical properties of each element material.
20250103109. Electronic Device Having Finger Recess Antenna_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Michael J Williams of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Nikolaos Chiotellis of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Joel D Barrera of Cedar Park TX US for apple inc., Jerzy S Guterman of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Trevor J Edmonds of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Marc Soriano Baliarda of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Mahmoud R Amini of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Soroush Kamrava of Mountain View CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G06F1/1681
Abstract: an electronic device such as a laptop computer may have an upper housing and a lower housing. the upper housing may be coupled to the lower housing by a hinge. the upper housing may be rotatable relative to the lower housing between an open position and a closed position. the lower housing may have an upper metal wall, a lower metal wall, and a metal sidewall that couples the lower metal wall to the upper metal wall. the lower metal housing may have a finger scoop in the metal sidewall. the finger scoop may have a surface that is oriented at a non-parallel and non-perpendicular angle to a lateral surface of the upper housing when the upper housing is in the closed position. the device may have an antenna with a radiating slot in the surface of the finger scoop.
20250103117. Power Management With Multiple Power Sources_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Doron Rajwan of Rishon LeZion IL for apple inc., Jamie L. Langlinais of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Jan Krellner of Rancho Mission Viejo CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/26
CPC Code(s): G06F1/263
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to managing power allocation for component circuits coupled to one or more power sources. a system can include a plurality of component circuits, a plurality of power sources, and a power splitter circuit. the power splitter circuit may access, from programmable registers, a mapping between ones of the plurality of component circuits and ones of the plurality of power sources. the power splitter circuit may then allocate power to a given one of the plurality of component circuits based on one or more power budgets of one or more power sources that are mapped to the given component circuit as indicated by the mapping. in various cases, the power splitter circuit may determine that multiple power sources supply power to a particular component circuit and allocate power to the particular component circuit based on respective power budgets of the multiple power sources.
20250103121. Asymmetrical Power Sharing_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Doron Rajwan of Rishon LeZion IL for apple inc., Jamie L. Langlinais of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Kevin I. Park of Oakland CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3206
CPC Code(s): G06F1/3206
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to managing power allocation for component circuits coupled to one or more power sources. a system can include a first integrated circuit die that is indirectly coupled to a second integrated circuit die through a set of intervening integrated circuit dies. the system can include a first power source configured to supply power to component circuits of the first and second integrated circuit dies. the first integrated circuit may allocate, to a first set of component circuits of the first integrated circuit die, a first set of power credits for obtaining power from the first power source. the first integrated circuit may send a second set of power credits to the second integrated circuit die through the set of intervening integrated circuit dies without the set of intervening integrated circuit dies using the second set of power credits to obtain power from the first power source.
20250103122. Hardware Performance Information for Power Management_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Angel E. Socarras of Orlando FL US for apple inc., Ben D. Jarrett of Austin TX US for apple inc., Jason P. Jane of Morgan Hill CA US for apple inc., Thomas B. Pringle of Winter Park FL US for apple inc., Andrea Gianarro of London GB for apple inc., Jackson Dsouza of Fremont CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3206, G06F11/34, G06F11/36
CPC Code(s): G06F1/3206
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to power management in a processing circuit that includes a set of functional blocks and performance counter registers configured to store utilization values indicative of utilization of associated ones of the set of functional blocks. a register interface circuit is configured to periodically sample the processing circuit to obtain aggregated utilization values generated from utilization values stored in the performance counter registers and write the aggregated utilization values to the set of trace buffer. a power management processor is configured to utilize a set of information stored in the set of trace buffers to determine whether to change a performance state of the processing circuit, the set of information including time-domain and frequency-domain representations of utilization of the processing circuit. in other embodiments, a functional block that is a hardware limiter of the processing circuit may be determined.
Inventor(s): Jason D. RICKWALD of Santa Cruz CA US for apple inc., Andrew R. BACON of Vancouver CA for apple inc., Kristi E. BAUERLY of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Rupert BURTON of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jordan A. CAZAMIAS of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Tong CHEN of Bellevue WA US for apple inc., Shih-Sang CHIU of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Stephen O. LEMAY of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc., Jonathan PERRON of Felton CA US for apple inc., William A. SORRENTINO, III of Mill Valley CA US for apple inc., Giancarlo YERKES of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Alan C. DYE of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/011
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for controlling and displaying representations of user in environments, such as during a live communication session and/or a live collaboration session.
Inventor(s): Israel PASTRANA VICENTE of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Evgenii KRIVORUCHKO of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G06F3/013
Abstract: techniques and user interfaces for interacting with virtual objects using gaze in an extended reality environment.
20250103163. TOUCH SENSING ARCHITECTURE FOR SMALL FORM FACTORS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Karan S. JAIN of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Nandita VENUGOPAL of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Santosh POKHREL of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/041, G06F3/044
CPC Code(s): G06F3/041662
Abstract: a touch sensor panel operable within small form factor devices utilizes a plurality of discrete column electrodes arranged in a plurality of columns, and a plurality of continuous row electrodes arranged in a plurality of rows. each column is divided into a plurality of regions, with each region formed from a plurality of electrically connected discrete column electrodes within that column. a scan plan includes a series of mutual capacitance scans wherein discrete column electrode(s) in all regions in all columns are sequentially stimulated, and ac signals indicative of mutual capacitance at certain the continuous row electrode(s) is measured. the scan plan includes a series of projection self-capacitance scans, wherein ac signals indicative of self-capacitance at a plurality of continuous row electrodes is measured for all rows, and ac signals indicative of self-capacitance at the discrete column electrodes in each region of all columns is measured.
20250103169. TOUCH SENSOR PANEL WITH REDUCED DIMENSIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Karan S. JAIN of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Eric E. GEMNAY of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Sung Yul CHU of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Ming-Ling YEH of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Abhilash GOYAL of Fremont CA US for apple inc., Jigar M. PATEL of Cupertino CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/044, G06F3/041
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0445
Abstract: disclosed herein is a touch sensor panel including a substrate, a plurality of conductive layers including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, a plurality of vias from the first conductive layer to the second conductive layer, and control circuitry mounted to a printed circuit. the control circuitry can include touch sensing circuitry. the first conductive layer can include a plurality of touch electrodes. the second conductive layer can be separated from the substrate by at least the first conductive layer and can include a bonding region with a plurality of bond pads for interconnection with the plurality of touch electrodes. the printed circuit can be separated from the substrate by at least the plurality of conductive layers and can be bonded to the plurality of bond pads by a conductive bonding material between the second conductive layer and the printed circuit.
20250103175. TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING DISPLAY USAGE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Edward CHAO of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc., Paul T. NIXON of Los Altos CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0481, G01C21/36, G04F10/00, G04G13/02, G06F1/3206, G06F9/451
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0481
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for transitioning between a standard display mode and a low power display mode.
20250103178. NAVIGATION OF USER INTERFACES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Conrad H. ALBRECHT-BUEHLER of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Richard R. DELLINGER of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Nicholas J. HOPE of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Yun Jae KIM of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Kyle C. KRAFT of Half Moon Bay CA US for apple inc., Nitigarn SIRIPANICH of Campbell CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04817, G06F3/04842
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04817
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for navigating one or more user interfaces, such as to access a folder or an application.
Inventor(s): Brandon M. Walkin of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Patrick L. Coffman of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Shubham Kedia of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0482, G06F3/00, G06F3/048, G06F3/0481, G06F3/04845, G06F3/0486, G06F3/04883, G06F3/04886, G06F9/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0482
Abstract: a computer system displays a first user interface containing a selectable representation of content from a first application. an input that moves the selectable representation from within the first user interface to a respective location causes the content to be displayed in a second user interface of the first application if the respective location meets first criteria, where the selectable representation of the content is displayed at the respective location over a portion of a background outside the first user interface when a termination of the input is detected, or causes the content to be displayed in a third user interface if the respective location meets second criteria, where the selectable representation is displayed at the respective location over the third user interface that is displayed concurrently with the first user interface when the termination of the input is detected.
20250103196. Gaze Target for Activating User Interface Elements_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Anshu K. Chimalamarri of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Allison W. Dryer of Tiburon CA US for apple inc., Benjamin S. Phipps of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jessica Trinh of Oakland CA US for apple inc., Nahckjoon Kim of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04842, G06F3/01, G06F3/0483, G06F3/0487
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04842
Abstract: a method includes displaying a user interface (ui) including a first ui element that is associated with a first ui operation and a second ui element that is associated with a second ui operation. the method includes, in response to detecting a first gaze input directed to one of the first ui element and the second ui element, displaying a visual indicator at a fixed location that is separate from the first ui element and the second ui element. the method includes, in response to detecting, via the eye tracker, a second gaze input directed to the visual indicator: performing the first ui operation in response to the first gaze input being directed to the first ui element, and performing the second ui operation in response to the first gaze input being directed to the second ui element.
20250103264. ENHANCED SIMULATED VISION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Thomas G. SALTER of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Christopher I. WORD of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jeffrey S. NORRIS of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., In Young YANG of Kirkland WA US for apple inc., Michael R. ALGER of Mountain View CA US for apple inc., Michael J. ROCKWELL of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/14, G06F1/16, G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G06F3/14
Abstract: some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for selectively displaying an image of a portion of a physical environment of an electronic device with enhanced visibility. in some examples, the image is displayed overlaid on a portion of a view of the physical environment. in some examples, the electronic device displays the image in accordance with one or more first criteria being satisfied. in some examples, the electronic device forgoes displaying the image in accordance with the one or more criteria not being satisfied.
Inventor(s): Jeffrey Traer Bernstein of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Duncan R. Kerr of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., John B. Morrell of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Lawrence Y. Yang of Bellevue WA US for apple inc., Eric Lance Wilson of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Adam S. Meyer of Cupertino CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/14, G06F1/16, G06F3/01, G06F3/02, G06F3/023, G06F3/041, G06F3/048, G06F3/04817, G06F3/0482, G06F3/04845, G06F3/0485, G06F3/04883, G06F3/04886, G09G5/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1423
Abstract: a computing system comprises one or more processors, memory, a first housing that includes a primary display, and a second housing at least partially containing a physical keyboard and a touch-sensitive secondary display that is distinct from the primary display. the computing system displays a first user interface on the primary display, the first user interface includes one or more user interface elements. the computing system identifies, from the one or more user interface elements, an active user interface element that is in focus on the primary display. the computer system, in accordance with a determination that the active user interface element that is in focus on the primary display is associated with the application executed by the computing system, displays, on the touch-sensitive secondary display, a second user interface that includes a first set of one or more affordances corresponding to the application.
Inventor(s): Camellia G. Boutros of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Danielle M. Price of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Hana Z. Wang of Novato CA US for apple inc., Ronald J. Guglielmone, JR. of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Sam D. Smith of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Xavier Prospero of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16, G09G3/00, G10K11/178
CPC Code(s): G06F3/162
Abstract: a method includes measuring an environmental parameter that indicates a sensory condition at a location of an electronic device within a physical environment. the method includes determining whether the environmental parameter is within an acceptable range. the method includes, in response to determining that the environmental parameter is not within the acceptable range, triggering presentation of augmented content in order to enhance the sensory condition at the location of the electronic device.
20250103292. Matrix Multiplier Caching_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): David K. Li of Austin TX US for apple inc., Christopher A. Burns of Austin TX US for apple inc., Daniel E. Barnard of Hemel Hempstead GB for apple inc., Evan R. Lissoos of Austin TX US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F7/544, G06F7/501, G06F17/16
CPC Code(s): G06F7/5443
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to integrated circuits that support matrix operations. in various embodiments, an integrated circuit comprises a dot product accumulate circuit that includes a dot product circuit configured to determine a dot product of a first vector and a second vector, and an adder circuit coupled to an output of the dot product circuit and configured to add a result of the dot product and an accumulation value. the integrated circuit further includes an accumulator cache coupled to an input of the adder circuit and an output of the adder circuit. the accumulator cache is configured to provide the accumulation value to the adder circuit and store a result of the add as a subsequent accumulation value for a subsequent dot product accumulate operation.
20250103338. Processor Operand Management Using Fusion Buffer_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ran Aharon Chachick of Seattle WA US for apple inc., Rajdeep L. Bhuyar of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Kanghong Yan of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/30
CPC Code(s): G06F9/30181
Abstract: techniques are disclosed involving operand management using a fusion buffer. a processor includes operand management circuitry, where the operand management circuitry includes a fusion buffer, and execution circuitry. in one embodiment, the operand management circuitry is configured to detect a first storage instruction operation that is executable to store operand values usable by one or more consumer instruction operations and store the first storage instruction operation in the fusion buffer. in response to detecting a drop condition associated with the first storage instruction operation, the operand management circuitry is configured to remove the first storage instruction operation from the fusion buffer without forwarding the first storage instruction operation for execution. in response to detecting a buffer vacate condition and not detecting the drop condition the operand management circuitry is configured to forward the first storage instruction operation for execution by the execution circuitry.
Inventor(s): Ilya Granovsky of Kiryat Tivon IL for apple inc., Jurgen M. Schulz of Pleasanton CA US for apple inc., Tom Greenshtein of Haifa IL for apple inc., Elli Bagelman of Haifa IL for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F12/02, G06F12/0815, G06F12/12
CPC Code(s): G06F12/0223
Abstract: a memory controller circuit manages access to a memory cache circuit and storage circuits. the memory controller receives a memory access request, and attempts to reserve entries in a first set of storage circuits that are needed to process a cache hit prior to determining whether the memory access request hits in the memory cache circuit. this reservation attempt is performed without attempting to reserve other sets of storage circuits that are needed to process other possible outcomes of the memory access request, including a cache miss. if the memory controller circuit has successfully reserved entries in all of the first set of storage circuits, processing of the memory access request may be initiated. conversely, if the memory controller is unable to reserve an entry in at least one of the first set of storage circuits, processing of the memory access request is inhibited.
20250103492. Remote Cache Invalidation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Brett S. Feero of Lake Oswego OR US for apple inc., Dennis R. Bradford of Portland OR US for apple inc., Gaurav Garg of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Jeff Gonion of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Bernard J. Semeria of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc., James Vash of San Ramon CA US for apple inc., Richard F. Russo of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F12/0808, G06F12/0882, G06F12/1045
CPC Code(s): G06F12/0808
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to performing remote cache invalidations. in some embodiments, primary processor circuitry is configured to, based on execution of a remote invalidate instruction (e.g., an isa-defined instruction), send a cache invalidate command to coprocessor circuitry. the coprocessor circuitry includes coprocessor cache circuitry and cache invalidation control circuitry configured to, in response to the cache invalidate command sent by the primary processor, invalidate one or more cache lines in the coprocessor cache circuitry without executing any instructions on the coprocessor circuitry.
20250103493. Scoreboard for Register Data Cache_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Winnie W. Yeung of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Zelin Zhang of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Cheng Li of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Hungse Cha of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Leela Kishore Kothamasu of Fremont CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F12/0811, G06F12/12
CPC Code(s): G06F12/0811
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to graphics processor data caches. in some embodiments, datapath executes instructions that operate on input operands from architectural registers. data cache circuitry caches architectural register data for the datapath circuitry. scoreboard circuitry tracks, for a given architectural register: map information that indicates whether the architectural register is mapped to an entry of the data cache circuitry and a pointer to the entry of the data cache circuitry. tiered scoreboard circuitry and data storage circuitry may be implemented (e.g., to provide fast scoreboard access for active threads and to give a landing spot for long-latency data retrieval operations). various disclosed techniques may improve cache performance, reduce power consumption, reduce area, or some combination thereof.
20250103496. Coherence Directory Way Tracking in Coherent Agents_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ilya Granovsky of Kiryat Tivon IL for apple inc., Amanvir Singh Sidana of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Sandeep Gupta of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Tom Greenshtein of Haifa IL for apple inc., Vivek Venkatraman of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F12/0817, G06F12/0891
CPC Code(s): G06F12/0817
Abstract: an apparatus includes a plurality of coherent agents, and a coherence directory that includes directory ways for storing coherency information. the coherence directory may be configured to determine that a cache block that is not currently cached among the coherent agents, is stored in a first coherent agent. the coherence directory may be further configured to, in response to this determination, create a particular entry in a selected one of the directory ways. the coherence directory may also be configured to send, to the first coherent agent, an indicator identifying a directory way that includes the entry. in response to a second coherent agent caching the cache block, the coherence directory may update the entry to include the second coherent agent. the first and second coherent agents may be configured to receive copies of the indicator, and to store their copy in locations associated with the cache block.
20250103501. Consistency for Compressed Data Across Graphics Cores_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Mladen Wilder of Cambridge GB for apple inc., Karthik Ramani of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Tyson J. Bergland of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F12/084, G06F12/0817, G06F12/0837
CPC Code(s): G06F12/084
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to data compression in graphics processors. in some embodiments, first and second graphics processor cores include respective shader processor circuitry configured to execute graphics shader programs. cache circuitry may be configured to store surface data, including a compressed block of surface data and metadata for the compressed block of surface data. lock control circuitry may lock metadata for the second graphics processor core for the compressed block of surface data based on an access to the metadata by the first graphics processor core and prevent read accesses to the compressed block by the second graphics processor core until the lock on the metadata is released. this may provide consistency across graphics cores for compressed data.
20250103520. Memory Controller Reservation of Retry Queue_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ilya Granovsky of Kiryat Tivon IL for apple inc., Jurgen M. Schulz of Pleasanton CA US for apple inc., Tom Greenshtein of Haifa IL for apple inc., Elli Bagelman of Haifa IL for apple inc., Brian P. Lilly of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., John H. Kelm of Belmont CA US for apple inc., Rohit K. Gupta of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Sandeep Gupta of San Mateo CA US for apple inc., Anwar Q. Rohillah of Dublin CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F13/16, G06F12/0831
CPC Code(s): G06F13/1642
Abstract: a memory controller circuit receives memory access requests from a network of a computer system. entries are reserved for these requests in a retry queue circuit. an arbitration circuit of the memory controller circuit issues those requests to a tag pipeline circuit that determines whether the received memory access requests hit in a memory cache. as a memory access request passes through the tag pipeline circuit, it may require another pass through this pipeline—for example, if resources such as certain storage circuits needed to complete the memory access request are unavailable (for example a snoop queue circuit). the reservation that has been made in the retry queue circuit thus keeps the request from having to be returned to the network for resubmission to the memory controller circuit if initial processing of the memory access request cannot be completed.
20250103551. Interleave Execution Circuit_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kanghong Yan of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Rajdeep L. Bhuyar of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Ran Aharon Chachick of Seattle WA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F15/80
CPC Code(s): G06F15/8092
Abstract: techniques are disclosed involving interleaving and de-interleaving of operands. an embodiment of an apparatus includes an array storage circuit and a control circuit. the array storage circuit is configured to store elements of an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. the control circuit is configured to write multiple input vectors to the array storage circuit such that elements of a given input vector are split among multiple columns of the plurality of columns and a given row of the plurality of rows has interleaved elements of the multiple input vectors. the control circuit is further configured to output data corresponding to rows of the array to form one or more result values.
Inventor(s): Tomi P Maila of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Gendong Zhang of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Martin Haller of Mountain View CA US for apple inc., Tom Sengelaub of Oakland CA US for apple inc., Andrei Nikiforov of Berlin DE for apple inc., Reza Dehestaniardekani of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc., Kyle C Brogle of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Qijie Xu of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/32, G06V10/141, G06V10/143, G06V40/18
CPC Code(s): G06F21/32
Abstract: methods and apparatus for illuminating a biometric aspect, such as periocular region features or iris features, with multiple illumination configurations to create multiple illumination channels for computer analysis are disclosed. multiple illumination channels may be used for quality assurance by comparing the actual illumination channel property of a given image to the illumination channel that was activated for image capture. images captured at the multiple illumination channels can also be used in biometric authentication by providing additional information for comparison to a stored template generated from images taken at multiple illumination channels during enrollment. biometric authentication using a quality assurance process may be resistant to attempts to bypass biometric authentication.
20250103695. TRACKING BIOMETRIC DATA IN RESPONSE TO DEVICE MOVEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ioana NEGOITA of Mountain View CA US for apple inc., Ian PERRY of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Timothy PSIAKI of Redmond WA US for apple inc., David LOEWENTHAL of Seattle WA US for apple inc., Trent A. GREENE of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Brian W. TEMPLE of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/32, G06V40/18
CPC Code(s): G06F21/32
Abstract: this relates generally to systems and methods for tracking and recording pupil dilation and/or signs of unconsciousness in response to detecting specific movements of the electronic device. in some examples, the electronic device captures and tracks first biometric data including pupil dilation using one or more input devices. in some examples, in response to detecting a movement of the electronic device, such as a rapid acceleration or deceleration of the electronic device, the electronic device captures second biometric data. in some examples, the electronic device displays a virtual object while presenting an extended reality environment, such as a visual indication in response to detecting that the second biometric data meets one or more criteria based on a comparison of the second biometric data with the first biometric data. in some examples, the electronic device initiates an emergency response based on the second biometric data.
20250103828. DYNAMIC PROMPT BUILDER FOR TASK EXECUTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Marco DEL VECCHIO of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Anders T. JOHANNSEN of Cambridge GB for apple inc., Matthew S. HENDERSON of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F40/40, G06F40/284
CPC Code(s): G06F40/40
Abstract: systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. an example process includes receiving an utterance including a user request; in response to receiving the utterance including the user request: determining, based on the received utterance, a potential action capable of being performed by a digital assistant of the electronic device; determining, based on the received utterance and the potential action capable of being performed by the digital assistant of the electronic device, an example corresponding to the potential action; creating a prompt including the potential action, the example corresponding to the potential action, and the utterance; determining, based on the prompt, a response to the user request; and providing an output including the response to the user request.
20250103870. BRANCHING OPERATION FOR NEURAL PROCESSOR CIRCUIT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kenneth W. WATERS of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Christopher L. MILLS of Saratoga CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06N3/063, G06F9/30, G06F9/48, G06N3/045
CPC Code(s): G06N3/063
Abstract: a neural processor includes neural engines for performing convolution operations on input data corresponding to one or more tasks to generate output data. the neural processor circuit also includes a data processor circuit that is coupled to one or more neural engine. the data processor circuit receives the output data from the neural engine and generates a branching command from the output data. the neural processor circuit further includes a task manager that is coupled to the data processor circuit. the task manager receives the branching command from the data processor circuit. the task manager enqueues one of two or more segment branches according to the received branching command. the two or more segment branches are subsequent to a pre-branch task segment that includes the pre-branch task. the task manager transmits a task from the selected one of the segment branches to data processor circuit to perform the task.
20250104181. Coherency Control for Compressed Graphics Data_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Karthik Ramani of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Tyson J. Bergland of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Leela Kishore Kothamasu of Fremont CA US for apple inc., Hongzhou Zhao of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Winnie W. Yeung of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Mladen Wilder of Cambridge GB for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T1/60, G06F12/0891, G06T15/00
CPC Code(s): G06T1/60
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to data compression in graphics processors. in some embodiments, cache circuitry is coupled to shader processor circuitry and is configured to store graphics data that includes a compressed block of data associated with a surface and metadata for the compressed block of data. metadata coherence circuitry may cache the metadata for the compressed block of data, receive an indication of a write command for non-compressed data associated with the surface, wherein the write command identifies the metadata and has a different address than the compressed block of data, and determine, based on the metadata and the indication, to invalidate the compressed block of data in the cache circuitry. this may maintain read/write coherence in a cache that stores both compressed and uncompressed data, in some embodiments.
20250104183. Camera-based Transparent Display_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Brett D. Miller of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Minwoong Kim of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Ricardo J. Motta of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T3/18, G06T7/50, G06T7/521, G06T7/593, G06T7/70, G06V20/10, H04N5/262, H04N9/73, H04N23/63, H04N23/67, H04N23/90
CPC Code(s): G06T3/18
Abstract: presenting an image of a scene may include capturing an image of a scene by a camera of an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises the camera and a display, and wherein the camera and the display have a first spatial relationship, determining a second spatial relationship between a viewpoint and the display of the electronic device, warping the image to obtain an image of a first portion of the scene based on the first spatial relationship and the second spatial relationship, and presenting the warped image on the display, wherein, from the viewpoint, the image of the first portion of the scene is substantially contiguous with a second portion of the scene visible outside an edge of the electronic device.
Inventor(s): David H. HUANG of San Mateo CA US for apple inc., Randal W. LAMORE of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Soravis PRAKKAMAKUL of Emeryville CA US for apple inc., Valentin F. ROUSSELLET of Culver City CA US for apple inc., Arun Rakesh YOGANANDAN of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Anette L. FREIIN VON KAPRI of Mountain View CA US for apple inc., Carmine ELVEZIO of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Eric G. THIVIERGE of Merchantville NJ US for apple inc., Zachary Z. BECKER of Issaquah WA US for apple inc., Jue WANG of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T15/20, G06T15/08, G06T19/20
CPC Code(s): G06T15/20
Abstract: some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for displaying three-dimensional models of virtual three-dimensional environments. in some examples, the three-dimensional model includes representations of the virtual object(s) included in the environment, a representation of a viewpoint of a user of the electronic device in the environment, and a representation of a viewpoint of a second user of a different electronic device in the environment. in some examples, in response to receiving an input requesting to display the virtual three-dimensional environment (e.g., at full size), the electronic device displays the virtual three-dimensional environment from the viewpoint of the user of the electronic device indicated in the model.
20250104346. SHARED EVENT RECORDING AND RENDERING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Daniel Kurz of Hilo HI US for apple inc., Michael J. Rockwell of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T17/00
CPC Code(s): G06T17/00
Abstract: various implementations record a shared event by generating a temporal-based three-dimensional (3d) representation for use in providing/rendering views of the recorded event. for example, a method may include determining that a second device is currently at an event at a physical environment. the method may further include providing a notification to the second device for an option to authorize use of sensor data based on determining that the second device is currently at the event. the method may further include receiving authorization to use the sensor data. the method may further include obtaining the sensor data from the second device in accordance with the authorization. the method may further include generating a temporal-based 3d representation of the event based on the sensor data obtained from the second device and additional sensor data obtained from one or more other devices at the event.
Inventor(s): David H. HUANG of San Mateo CA US for apple inc., Randal W. LAMORE of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Soravis PRAKKAMAKUL of Emeryville CA US for apple inc., Valentin F. ROUSSELLET of Culver City CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06T19/006
Abstract: some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for displaying three-dimensional models of virtual three-dimensional environments. in some examples, the three-dimensional model includes representations of the virtual object(s) included in the environment, a representation of a viewpoint of a user of the electronic device in the environment, and a representation of a viewpoint of a second user of a different electronic device in the environment. in some examples, in response to receiving an input requesting to display the virtual three-dimensional environment (e.g., at full size), the electronic device displays the virtual three-dimensional environment from the viewpoint of the user of the electronic device indicated in the model.
20250104368. Displaying a Prioritized Offscreen Indicator_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Thomas G. Salter of Foster City CA US for apple inc., Gregory Patrick Lane Lutter of Boulder Creek CA US for apple inc., Rahul Nair of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Devin William Chalmers of Oakland CA US for apple inc., Ioana Negoita of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06F3/01, G06F3/03, G06T7/70, G06T11/60
CPC Code(s): G06T19/006
Abstract: a method is performed at an electronic device with a one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and a display. the method includes obtaining a first semantic label value associated with a first object. the method includes determining, based on the first semantic label value, a first display priority value associated with the first object. the method includes prioritizing the first object over a second object based on the first display priority value. the method includes, in response to determining that the first object satisfies an offscreen criterion, displaying, on the display, an offscreen indicator that is associated with the first object according to the prioritization.
20250104377. MODIFYING USER REPRESENTATIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Michael S. Hutchinson of San Carlos CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/20, G06T5/70, G06V10/24, G06V10/54, G06V40/16
CPC Code(s): G06T19/20
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate a combined 3d representation of a user. for example, a process may include obtaining a first three-dimensional (3d) representation of a first portion of a user. the process may further include obtaining a sequence of frame-specific second 3d representations in a period of time, each of the frame-specific second 3d representations represent a second portion of the user. the process may further include generating a combined 3d representation of the user for the period of time by modifying the first 3d representation with a respective frame-specific second 3d representation.
20250104429. USE OF LLM AND VISION MODELS WITH A DIGITAL ASSISTANT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Matthew BIDDULPH of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jack SCHULZE of Los Altos CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V20/50
CPC Code(s): G06V20/50
Abstract: systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. an example process includes receiving a first image from an input device of an electronic device; determining a first semantic description of an environment included in the first image; receiving a second image from the input device; determining a second semantic description of an environment included in the second image; determining a scene description based on the first semantic description and the second semantic description; and determining, based on the scene description, a task to be performed by a digital assistant.
Inventor(s): Marc Geese of Illertissen DE for apple inc., Thomas G. Salter of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Ryan J. Dunn of Santa Cruz CA US for apple inc., Peter Burgner of Venice CA US for apple inc., Lionel E. Edwin of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V30/10, G06T3/4053, G06T5/50, G06T7/20, G06V10/25
CPC Code(s): G06V30/10
Abstract: electronic devices, methods, and program storage devices for achieving improved optical character recognition (ocr) operations are disclosed. performing ocr operations on captured images, e.g., images captured by cameras that are affixed to a user's body (e.g., from mixed reality devices, such as smart hmds) requires a low-power, robust camera design. obtaining high spatial resolution in such captured images faces many challenges. however, images with higher spatial resolution can be created by combining information extracted from multiple images captured by such devices, leveraging information obtained from positional sensors of such devices, and performing sr post-processing operations. such higher spatial resolution images may then be used to enable high-acuity ocr capabilities. the solutions disclosed herein also compensate for the missing ability of such devices due to the lack of a vestibulo-ocular reflex (i.e., the human visual system's ability to use compensating eye movement to fixate and read text clearly, despite head movement).
Inventor(s): Thomas G. SALTER of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jeffrey S. NORRIS of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Christopher I. WORD of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Alexandria G. HESTON of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Thomas J. MOORE of Northglenn CO US for apple inc., Michael J. ROCKWELL of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc., Anshu K. CHIMALAMARRI of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Benjamin S. PHIPPS of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jessica TRINH of Oakland CA US for apple inc., Sanjana WADHWA of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G08B21/18, G06F3/01, G06V20/20, G06V20/50, G06V40/10, G10L25/51
CPC Code(s): G08B21/182
Abstract: this relates generally to systems and methods of presenting extended reality environments and, more particularly, to displaying notifications while operating in different modes while presenting an extended reality environment. in some situations, the electronic device detects an event that satisfies one or more first criteria including a criterion that is satisfied when detecting an interaction with a person using at least an optical sensor. in some examples, in response to detecting the event, the electronic device transitions from a first mode to a second mode. in some examples, the electronic device receives a notification while operating in the second mode. in some examples, if one or more second criteria are satisfied, then the electronic device does not present the notification while in the second mode.
Inventor(s): Stanley K. Melax of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Seyedpooya Mirhosseini of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Fuyi Yang of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Dagny Fleischman of Campbell CA US for apple inc., David M. Cook of Broomfield CO US for apple inc., Yashas Rai Kurlethimar of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Xin Wang of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Travis W. Brown of Boulder CO US for apple inc., Ara H. Aroyan of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Jin Wook Chang of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Abbas Haddadi of San Carlos CA US for apple inc., Yang Li of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Alexander G. Berardino of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Mengu Sukan of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Ermal Dreshaj of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Kyrollos Yanny of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., William W. Sprague of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/00, G06F3/01, G06T7/00, G06T11/00
CPC Code(s): G09G3/001
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that present content items (e.g., movies, tv shows, home-made videos, etc.) on electronic devices such as hmds. some implementations adjust what is being displayed by the electronic devices to mitigate optical module-based artifacts (e.g., ghosting). for example, in an hmd with a catadioptric lens, a mirror layer may leak some light to produce ghosting artifacts that may be mitigated by adjusting brightness, dynamic range, contrast, light-spill, color, etc. some implementations utilize adjustments that are based on content item awareness (e.g., adjustments based on the peak brightness of the scene in a movie that is being displayed within an extended reality (xr) environment, etc.). some implementations provide adjustments based on environment awareness (e.g., how dark is the surroundings or pass-through environment) and/or optical module modeling. the adjustments may change a particular content item and/or an environment in which it is presented.
Inventor(s): Pradeep Nagesh of Irvine CA US for apple inc., Mahesh B Chappalli of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Alexey Kornienko of Watford GB for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G5/06, G09G3/20
CPC Code(s): G09G5/06
Abstract: systems and techniques described herein may correct for chromatic deviations due to ambient dependent color perception in low-light conditions and/or bright-light conditions. processing circuitry may determine a first and a second strength parameter based on an ambient brightness value, an intended display brightness value, one or more vectors, and a two-dimensional look up table. if the first strength parameter is greater than zero, then the processing circuitry may apply chromatic corrections based on luminance and chrominance compensation functions in an opponent color space. for example, per-pixel gains may be determined based on global curves and applied as a function of pixel value (e.g., luminance component). if the first strength parameter is less than zero and the second strength parameter is greater than zero, the processing circuitry may determine chromatic corrections based on a three-dimensional lookup table that may be programmable based on a strength parameter and/or a gain value.
Inventor(s): Ritu Shah of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Ryan J. Dunn of Santa Cruz CA US for apple inc., Tom Sengelaub of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G5/10, G06F3/01, G06T7/90, G06V10/25, G09G3/34
CPC Code(s): G09G5/10
Abstract: operating an outward-facing display device for low light conditions may include receiving information indicative of ambient lighting conditions for the display device's environment; in accordance with a determination that the ambient lighting conditions do not satisfy a brightness criterion, determining a set of pixels in the outward-facing display device corresponding to an area of interest in the environment; and driving the set of pixels at a particular brightness to improve lighting in the area of interest.
Inventor(s): Camellia G. Boutros of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Danielle M. Price of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Hana Z. Wang of Novato CA US for apple inc., Ronald J. Guglielmone, JR. of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Sam D. Smith of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Xavier Prospero of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10H1/36, G10H1/00
CPC Code(s): G10H1/366
Abstract: a method includes displaying, on a display, virtual acoustic instruments as being overlaid onto a pass-through of a physical environment. the method includes performing, based on respective characteristics of the virtual acoustic instruments, an acoustic simulation in order to generate estimated acoustic parameters for respective locations within the physical environment. the method includes displaying, on the display, an indication of the estimated acoustic parameters.
Inventor(s): Christopher C. Painter of Dublin CA US for apple inc., Axit H. Patel of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Joshua D. Atkins of Lexington MA US for apple inc., Moshe H. Malkin of Menlo Park CA US for apple inc., Nicholas C. Soldner of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Robert D. Silfvast of Belmont CA US for apple inc., Zhengrong Shang of Pacifica CA US for apple inc., Timo Birnschein of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Qinghung Lee of Monte Sereno CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10K11/178
CPC Code(s): G10K11/17873
Abstract: embodiments are disclosed for active cancellation of noise in motion sensor signals. in some embodiments, a method comprises: obtaining a motion sensor signal from a motion sensor; obtaining a reference signal indicative of parasitic vibration from a vibration source mechanically coupled to the motion sensor; generating, using an adaptive noise canceller, an estimate of the parasitic vibration; and using the estimated parasitic vibration to cancel the parasitic vibration from the motion sensor signal.
Inventor(s): Hanchi Chen of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Sarthak Khanal of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Yang Lu of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Vladan Bajic of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Esge B. Andersen of Campbell CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10K11/178, H04R3/00
CPC Code(s): G10K11/17881
Abstract: an ear cup housing has several reference microphones, an error microphone and a speaker. a processor drives the speaker for acoustic noise cancellation and transparency, by processing the microphone signals, and performs an oversight process by adjusting the reference microphone signals in response to detecting wind noise events and scratch events. in another aspect, the ear cup housing has an outside face that is joined to an inside face by a perimeter and the reference microphones are on the perimeter. other aspects are also described and claimed.
Inventor(s): Jeffrey MA of Emerald Hills CA US for apple inc., Corey J. PETERSON of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Rob Bowles SINCLAIR of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Hiu Yi CHAN of Seattle WA US for apple inc., Neil P. CORMICAN of Menlo Park CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10L17/22, G06F21/32, H04L67/306
CPC Code(s): G10L17/22
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to managing user profiles. an example method includes, at a computer system in communication with a display generation component and an input device: performing a configuration process for the computer system, wherein the configuration process includes in accordance with a determination that a set of personalized voice recognition criteria is not met for an active user profile of the computer system, causing display, via the display generation component, of a set of one or more user interfaces including an option that, when selected, initiates a process that enables voice recognition for the active user profile; and in accordance with a determination that the set of personalized voice recognition criteria is met for the active user profile, proceeding with the configuration process without providing the option to enable voice recognition for the active user profile during the configuration process.
Inventor(s): Symeon Delikaris Manias of Playa Vista CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10L19/008, G10L25/03
CPC Code(s): G10L19/008
Abstract: a method that includes receiving audio content in a first-order ambisonics (foa) format that includes a first plurality of audio signals, producing a plurality of spatially rendered audio signals by spatially rendering the first plurality of audio signals according to a layout of a virtual loudspeaker array, determining one or more filters by performing a parametric analysis upon at least one of the first plurality of audio signals, filtering at least one of the plurality of spatially rendered audio signals using the one or more filters; and producing a second plurality of audio signals in a higher-order ambisonics (hoa) format based on the plurality of spatially rendered audio signals.
20250104742. Adjustable Clock and Power Gating Control_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Michael Bekerman of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Matthew R. Johnson of Belmont CA US for apple inc., Lior Zimet of Kerem Maharal IL for apple inc., Rohit K. Gupta of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G11C5/14, G06F1/08
CPC Code(s): G11C5/14
Abstract: adjustable clock and power gating control is facilitated hereby. in aspects, a power management circuit is coupled to a memory controller circuit that is coupled to a memory resource circuit and to a plurality of heterogeneous client circuits configured to access the memory resource circuit via the memory controller circuit. the power management circuit is configured to receive operating parameters associated with the plurality of client circuits and to determine, based on the operating parameters, a threshold power state for the memory resource circuit. additionally, the power management circuit is configured to initiate a clock gating operation, a power gating operation, or both for the memory resource circuit and to maintain at least the threshold power state for the memory resource circuit by limiting performance of the clock gating operation, the power gating operation, or both for the memory resource circuit. other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
20250104790. Voltage Ramp Memory Calibration_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Robert E. Jeter of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Jingkui Zheng of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Srinivasa Rao Masanam of Cedar Park TX US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G11C29/12, G11C29/46
CPC Code(s): G11C29/12015
Abstract: an apparatus for performing memory calibrations during a performance state change is disclosed. a memory controller is configured to convey a clock signal to a memory and includes a calibration control circuit configured to perform a plurality of calibrations of the clock signal during a change from a first one to a second one of a plurality of performance states, and a delay circuit configured to apply a delay to clock signal conveyed to the memory. in performing a one of the calibrations, the calibration control circuit is configured to convey, to the memory, a first command to begin a timing test that generates a count value indicative of a current voltage of the memory, receive the count value from the memory at a conclusion of the timing test, and cause the delay circuit to adjust, based on the count value, the delay applied to the clock signal.
Inventor(s): Hamidreza ABBASPOURAZAD of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Udhyakumar NALLASAMY of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Oussama ELACHQAR of Seattle WA US for apple inc., Saba EMRANI of Belmont CA US for apple inc., Andrew MILLER of Brooklyn NY US for apple inc., Ian R. SHAPIRO of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G16H50/20, G16H10/60
CPC Code(s): G16H50/20
Abstract: the subject technology provides for large-scale training of foundation models for physiological signals from wearable electronic devices. an apparatus receives receive input data having a plurality of physiological signal information segments associated with a user. the apparatus applies one or more augmentation functions to the plurality of physiological signal information segments to generate an augmented version of the plurality of physiological signal information segments. the apparatus trains a neural network to produce a trained machine learning model by generating, via an encoder, an embedding of the augmented version having a first number of dimensions in an embedding space. the apparatus maps, via a multilayer perceptron projection, the embedding into a representation having a second number of dimensions. the apparatus determines mutual information between a pair of representations of the augmented version. the apparatus can deploy the trained machine learning model to predict a physiological state of the user.
20250104895. MIM MAGNETS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): John C. DiFonzo of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Eric X. Zhou of Mountain View CA US for apple inc., Christopher S. Graham of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Karl Ruben Fredrik Larsson of Scotts Valley CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01F7/02, H01F1/053
CPC Code(s): H01F7/02
Abstract: examples provide magnets for electronic devices. the magnets can be formed as unitary structures using metal-injection molding. the magnets can be referred to as neodymium magnets. that is, they can be formed of neodymium, iron, and boron. the magnet can comprise a plurality of easy axes, where the plurality of easy axes are not parallel.
Inventor(s): Xin Miao of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Saurabh P. Sinha of Austin TX US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L23/50, H01L23/535, H01L25/11, H01L29/40, H01L29/423
CPC Code(s): H01L23/50
Abstract: integrated circuit devices with buffer transistors or inverter transistors formed between topside beol (back end of line) metal layers are described. the buffer or inverter transistors include active regions and source/drains that can be formed in the spaces between topside metal layers. in certain instances, the transistors are formed in between metal layers furthest away from substrate. the transistors connect to routing either above or below the transistors to buffer and/or invert signals passing through the routing. for instance, the transistors may include active regions positioned between power and ground routings and connect to signal routing between the power and ground routings to boost and/or to invert the signal propagating along the signal routing. in various instances, the active regions of the transistors are formed by thin channel materials.
Inventor(s): Kyusang Kim of Singapore SG for apple inc., David M Kindlon of Felton CA US for apple inc., Kishore N Renjan of Singapore SG for apple inc., Manoj Vadeentavida of Singapore SG for apple inc., Bilal Mohamed Ibrahim Kani of Singapore SG for apple inc., Benjamin J Grena of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Ali N Ergun of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Jerzy S Guterman of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Jee Tung Tan of Singapore SG for apple inc., Steven Webster of Singapore SG for apple inc., Parin R Dedhia of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Howell John Chua Toc of Singapore SG for apple inc., Mandar S Painaik of Chandler AZ US for apple inc., Abhay Maheshwari of Monte Sereno CA US for apple inc., Wyeman Chen of Newark CA US for apple inc., Yanfeng Chen of San Ramon CA US for apple inc., Andrew N Leopold of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jun Zhang of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Dhruv Gaba of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L25/16
CPC Code(s): H01L25/167
Abstract: packages and methods of assembly are described in which barriers are utilized during overmolding to improve volumetric efficiency. in one embodiment, a barrier includes multiple variable height components located on an interior of the barrier, where the barrier prevents the variable height components from being overmolded during the encapsulation process. in one embodiment, a barrier includes a camera module mounted on an image sensor located on an interior of the barrier, where the barrier prevents the camera module and image sensor from being overmolded during the encapsulation process. in an embodiment, a barrier is mounted on a secondary tier with the secondary tier mounted on a primary tier, where the barrier prevents multiple connector components located on an interior of the barrier from being overmolded during the encapsulation process.
20250105306. INTERSPERSED BOND LAYER IN CURRENT COLLECTOR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ulrich A. Bonne of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01M4/78, H01M10/058
CPC Code(s): H01M4/78
Abstract: a battery including a first battery cell, a second battery cell, a current collector electrically connected between the first and second battery cells, where the current collector may define a plurality of apertures, and an electrically conductive adhesive disposed in each aperture of the plurality of apertures.
20250105490. Electronic Device Having Clutch Barrel Antenna Arm_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Nikolaos Chiotellis of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Michael J. Williams of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Joel D. Barrera of Cedar Park TX US for apple inc., Marc Soriano Baliarda of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Ayoub Yari Boroujeni of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Trevor J. Edmonds of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jerzy S. Guterman of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01Q1/22, H01Q1/38, H01Q9/04
CPC Code(s): H01Q1/2266
Abstract: an electronic device such as a laptop computer may have an upper housing and a lower housing. the lower housing may have a clutch barrel coupled to the upper housing by a hinge. the upper housing may be rotatable relative to the lower housing between an open position and a closed position. the upper housing may have a curved metal surface facing the clutch barrel. the device may have an antenna with a radiating arm on a curved interior surface of a substrate in the clutch barrel. the radiating arm may extend parallel to the curved metal surface. the radiating arm may remain separated from the curved metal surface across its lateral area as the upper housing is rotated from the open position to the closed position. this may ensure that the antenna is provided with a uniform capacitive load from the upper housing at all upper housing positions.
20250105502. Wireless Circuitry Access Switch_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alireza Pourghorban Saghati of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Ali N. Ergun of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Mohammed W. Mokhtar of Campbell CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01Q3/24, H01Q1/22
CPC Code(s): H01Q3/24
Abstract: an electronic device may include one or more radios and one or more antennas. the electronic device may include an input-output interface for connecting to a radio or an antenna. to facilitate selective external connections to the radio and the antenna, the electronic device may include a switch having a first terminal coupled to the radio, a second terminal coupled to the antenna, and a third terminal coupled to the input-output interface. the switch may be controlled to connect any two terminals of the three terminals to provide the corresponding connection, thereby facilitating the desired external connection(s) in some scenarios while enabling wireless circuitry operation with the radio and the antenna in other scenarios.
Inventor(s): Pengfei Qiao of El Cerrito CA US for apple inc., Fei Tan of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Tong Chen of Fremont CA US for apple inc., Qinghong Du of Fremont CA US for apple inc., Siddharth Joshi of Saint-Egreve FR for apple inc., Nicolas Hotellier of Champagnier FR for apple inc., Alexander Hein of Munich DE for apple inc., Pierre-Antoine Delean of Domene FR for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01S5/183, H01S5/026, H01S5/042, H01S5/30
CPC Code(s): H01S5/18394
Abstract: embodiments described herein include an optoelectronic sensing device having a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (vcsel), a resonance cavity photodetector (rcpd), and a tunnel junction. the vcsel is at least partly defined by a first set of semiconductor layers disposed on a substrate. the first set of semiconductor layers includes a first active region. the vcsel is configured to emit laser light towards the substrate, upon application of a first bias voltage, and undergo self-mixing interference upon reception of reflections or backscatters thereof. the rcpd is vertically adjacent to the vcsel and is at least partly defined by a second set of semiconductor layers disposed on the substrate. the second set of semiconductor layers includes a second active region. the rcpd is configured to detect, upon application of a second bias voltage, the self-mixing interference. the tunnel junction is disposed between the first active region and the second active region.
20250105622. Low-Leakage Electrostatic Discharge Clamp Circuit_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Akram A. Salman of Cedar Park TX US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02H9/04
CPC Code(s): H02H9/045
Abstract: this disclosure is directed to an electrostatic discharge clamp circuit with reduced leakage including a switching circuit and a trigger circuit. the switching circuit may include a first switch and a second switch. a drain and a gate of the first switch may be couple to a power supply rail. the first switch may close in response to a voltage spike. moreover, a drain of the second switch may be coupled to a source of the first switch and a source of the second switch may be coupled to a ground terminal. the trigger circuit may be coupled to a gate of the second switch and may also couple to the power supply rail and the ground terminal. the trigger circuit may close the second switch in response to the voltage spike.
20250105669. DYNAMIC CAPACITANCE TUNING FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jukka-pekka J Sjoeroos of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Weihong Qiu of San Ramon CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J50/12
CPC Code(s): H02J50/12
Abstract: a method of operating a wireless power transmitter having a wireless power transmitting coil, an inverter that receives an input voltage and generates an ac output voltage that drives the wireless power transmitting coil, and at least one adjustable capacitance coupled to the wireless power transmitting coil to form a series tuning circuit therewith, can be performed by control circuitry of the wireless power transmitter and can include: responsive to increased power demand from a wireless power receiver, determining whether the input voltage is at a maximum value and, if so, reducing the at least one adjustable capacitance to increase gain; or responsive to decreased power demand from the wireless power receiver, determining whether the input voltage is at a minimum value and, if so, increasing the at least one adjustable capacitance to decrease gain.
Inventor(s): Michael Couleur of Rottach-Egern DE for apple inc., Bhanupriya Suresh of Munich DE for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02M3/158, H02M1/00, H02M1/36, H02M3/157
CPC Code(s): H02M3/1582
Abstract: a power converter with a bootstrapped switch is disclosed. a power converter is configured to generate a regulated supply voltage and includes an inductor coupled between a ground node and a switching node. the power converter further includes a switch (e.g., a low-side switch) coupled between the switching node and a supply voltage node, wherein the power converter is configured to generate the supply voltage on the voltage node, and a capacitor, wherein a voltage rating of the capacitor is less than a magnitude of the voltage. the power converter also includes a control circuit configured to, during a first phase, cause the capacitor to accumulate a charge, and during a second phase, cause activation of the switch by causing the capacitor to transfer a portion of the charge to a parasitic capacitance of the switch.
Inventor(s): Omar E. Elaasar of San Diego CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03B5/12, H04B1/04
CPC Code(s): H03B5/1212
Abstract: this disclosure is directed to a voltage-controlled oscillator (vco) with improved phase noise compared to other vcos. the vco may include a first cell and a second cell separated by common-mode (cm) isolation circuitry to reduce an amplitude of cm noise at an output signal. the cm isolation circuitry may inductively couple the first cell to the second cell for generating the output signal based on a resonant frequency range including resonant frequencies of the cm isolation circuitry, the first cell, and the second cell. as such, the first cell and the second cell may each include a portion of an entirety of the cm noise. in some cases, the portions of the cm noise on the first cell and/or the second cell may improve a signal to noise ratio of the output signal.
Inventor(s): Omar E Elaasar of San Diego CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03B5/12, H04B15/00
CPC Code(s): H03B5/1212
Abstract: this disclosure is directed to a voltage-controlled oscillator (vco) with improved phase noise compared to other vcos. the vco may include a first cell and a second cell separated by common-mode (cm) isolation circuitry to reduce an amplitude of cm noise at an output signal. the cm isolation circuitry may inductively couple the first cell to the second cell for generating the output signal based on a resonant frequency range including resonant frequencies of the cm isolation circuitry, the first cell, and the second cell. as such, the first cell and the second cell may each include a portion of an entirety of the cm noise. in some cases, the portions of the cm noise on the first cell and/or the second cell may improve a signal to noise ratio of the output signal.
Inventor(s): Stephan Henzler of Munich DE for apple inc., Andreas Langer of Munich DE for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03F1/02, H03F3/24
CPC Code(s): H03F1/0233
Abstract: wireless circuitry may include a radio-frequency amplifier configured to receive a power supply voltage, a load modulation circuit configured to generate a load control signal, and supply voltage error compensation circuitry configured to generate an error signal that is applied to the load control signal to produce a compensated load control signal. the compensated load control signal can be used to tune an adjustable load component of the radio-frequency amplifier. the power supply voltage may exhibit a piecewise constant waveform. the supply voltage error compensation circuitry can include a reference signal generator configured to generate a reference signal and a filter configured to generate a target signal based on the reference signal. the error signal can be computed based on a difference between the target signal and a sensed or estimated version of the power supply voltage received at the amplifier.
Inventor(s): Nitesh Singhal of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Mark G. Forbes of San Carlos CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03F3/19, H03G3/30, H04B1/04, H04B1/40
CPC Code(s): H03F3/19
Abstract: an electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a processor, a transceiver, an antenna, and a front-end module coupled between the transceiver and the antenna. the front-end module may include one or more radio-frequency amplifiers for amplifying a radio-frequency signal. the radio-frequency amplifier may include input transistors cross-coupled with capacitance neutralization transistors and/or coupled to cascode transistors. one or more n-type gain adjustment transistors may be coupled to source terminals of the capacitance neutralization transistors. one or more p-type gain adjustment transistors may be coupled to source terminals of the cascode transistors. one or more processors in the electronic device can selectively activate one or more of the gain adjustment transistors to reduce the gain of the radio-frequency amplifier without degrading noise performance and without altering the in-band frequency response of the radio-frequency amplifier.
20250105807. SAMPLED-DATA RECEIVER WITH CHOPPER STABILIZATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Long Kong of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Simone Gambini of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03F3/387, H03F1/26, H03F3/45
CPC Code(s): H03F3/387
Abstract: embodiments herein provide various apparatuses and techniques to reduce flicker noise and voltage offset from the buffers and/or amplifiers while avoiding additional alias components in a sampled-data receiver with chopper stabilization. additionally, a direct-conversion baseband chain may be improved by disposing alternating current (ac) coupling circuits between chopper circuits in the transmitter or receiver chain to enable selection of a distinct common-mode level at each stage of the direct-conversion chain, while reducing or eliminating signal loss at direct current (dc) frequencies.
20250105808. SAMPLED-DATA RECEIVER WITH CHOPPER STABILIZATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Long Kong of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Simone Gambini of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03F3/393, H03F3/00, H03L7/091, H03L7/099
CPC Code(s): H03F3/393
Abstract: embodiments herein provide various apparatuses and techniques to reduce flicker noise and voltage offset from the buffers and/or amplifiers while avoiding additional alias components in a sampled-data receiver with chopper stabilization. additionally, a direct-conversion baseband chain may be improved by disposing alternating current (ac) coupling circuits between chopper circuits in the transmitter or receiver chain to enable selection of a distinct common-mode level at each stage of the direct-conversion chain, while reducing or eliminating signal loss at direct current (dc) frequencies.
Inventor(s): Milad Darvishi of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Hongrui Wang of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Abbas Komijani of Mountain View CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03G3/30, H03F3/19
CPC Code(s): H03G3/3036
Abstract: systems and methods are provided for using a metal oxide semiconductor based (mos-based) resistor bank as a load of an amplifier/mixer to adjust the gain of the amplifier/mixer across pvt variations. the gain is adjusted by regulating the impedance of the mos-based resistor bank to emulate a desirable resistance change over temperature across all ptv variations. the voltage adding on the gate of the mos-based resistor bank is controlled so that the resistance of the mos-based resistor bank is a desired value and follow a predetermined variation across the pvt variations.
Inventor(s): Haitao Cheng of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Karim M. Megawer of San Diego CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03H7/01
CPC Code(s): H03H7/1708
Abstract: techniques for isolation between filters using inductive coupling cancellation are disclosed. an apparatus includes a first filter including a first plurality of inductors and a second filter including a second plurality of inductors. the first and second filters are implemented physically adjacent to one another. first and second ones of the first plurality of inductors and a first one of the second plurality of inductors are polarized in a first direction, while a second one of the second plurality of inductors is polarized in a second direction opposite that of the first direction. the second one of the second plurality of inductors is physically adjacent to one of the first and second ones of the first plurality of inductors such that magnetic coupling currents induced into one another are canceled.
20250105862. Electronic Device Having Switched Filter Combining_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Bradley D. Scoles of Morgan Hill CA US for apple inc., Qishan Yu of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Christopher J. Huber of North Reading MA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/04, H03F3/24
CPC Code(s): H04B1/04
Abstract: an electronic device may include a radio-frequency front end (rffe) module coupled to antenna(s). the module may have a power amplifier, a transmit switch, a receive switch, low noise amplifiers, and an antenna switch. the transmit switch may be coupled to the antenna switch over transmit paths. the antenna switch may be coupled to the low noise amplifiers over receive paths. filters on different transmit paths may have passbands overlapping the transmit bands of respective first and second frequency bands. a filter on the receive path may have a passband overlapping the receive bands of the first and second frequency bands. the antenna switch may have multiple throws for concurrently coupling one of the transmit paths and one of the receive paths to the antenna(s). combining filters and switching in this way may minimize the number of low noise amplifiers and filters on the module without sacrificing performance.
Inventor(s): Fei Wang of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Xiang Guan of Saratoga CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/40
CPC Code(s): H04B1/40
Abstract: an electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a transmission line path coupled between a transceiver and antenna. an amplifier may be disposed on the transmission line path. the amplifier may have a reconfigurable matching network at its output. the network may have coupled lines such as transmission line segments or transformer coils. the coupled lines may couple an input port of the network to a load port and a control port of the network. the load port may be coupled to the antenna. the control port may be coupled to an adjustable termination. the control port may receive a control signal that configures the adjustable termination to exhibit an impedance selected based on a vswr of the antenna. the impedance of the adjustable termination may be tuned so the amplifier sees a consistent load impedance at the load port even as the vswr of the antenna changes over time.
20250105870. Reflection Cancellation for Single-Ended Signaling_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yu Chang of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Mitesh D. Katakwar of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Huabo Chen of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Huy M. Nguyen of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/525, H04L25/03
CPC Code(s): H04B1/525
Abstract: circuits for reflection cancellation in single-ended signaling are disclosed. a transmission circuit includes a control circuit configured to receive a plurality of input signals that include a plurality of symbols having at least one bit and a data driver circuit configured to generate a particular signal on a transmission medium using a particular symbol of the plurality of symbols. the transmission circuit further includes a reflection cancellation circuit configured to, after a generation of the particular signal, generate a reflection cancellation signal on the transmission medium using an inverted value of a different symbol of the plurality of symbols received prior to the particular symbol. a first composite of the particular signal and the cancellation signal is readable at a load as a value of the particular symbol, wherein the load is configured to receive a transmitted signal via the transmission medium.
Inventor(s): Jinqian Yu of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Sherjeel Shehzad of Auckland NZ for apple inc., Gordon Y Scott of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Ho Cheung Chung of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Nan Liu of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Selestino L Rodan of Auckland NZ for apple inc., Andrew C Chang of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., William R Walitsch of Fremont CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B5/00, H02J50/10
CPC Code(s): H04B5/79
Abstract: an electronic device may transmit a self-identification message indicating its capabilities as a wireless power transmitter to nearby devices.
Inventor(s): Wanlu Sun of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Sharad Sambhwani of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Ioannis Sarkas of San Carlos CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/04, H04B7/0426, H04B7/06, H04W52/26
CPC Code(s): H04B7/04013
Abstract: a communication system may include a wireless base station (bs), one or more user equipment (ue) devices, and optionally one or more reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (ris's). phased antenna arrays may be implemented on one or more of these devices. the phased antenna arrays may exhibit beam squint. the beam squint may be leveraged to optimize communications efficiency in the system. for example, a transmit device may leverage beam squint to perform modulation coding scheme (mcs) adjustment, transmit power level adjustment, reference signal allocation, beam width adjustment, frequency domain resource allocation, carrier aggregation band selection, and/or beam management procedures. beam squint may also be leveraged to ensure that satisfactory communications are maintained between the bs and the ue devices even as the ue devices move over time.
20250105908. ADAPTIVE OPERATION TO MITIGATE SPECULAR REFLECTIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Dhruv KHATI of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Shiva Krishna NARRA of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Sudhir K. BAGHEL of Hillsborough NJ US for apple inc., Sanjeevi BALASUBRAMANIAN of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Sebastian Balint SEEBER of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Anjaneyulu MAGANTI of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Jeremiah HSU of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Venkateswara Rao MANEPALLI of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/08, G01S19/22, G01S19/42
CPC Code(s): H04B7/0894
Abstract: methods, devices, and apparatus to adapt operating parameters for satellite signal reception and transmission by a wireless device to mitigate effects of fading due to specular reflections are described herein. the wireless device measures received signal power levels and compares characteristics of the measurements over an observation duration to at least one fading criteria to determine whether to operate in a normal or adaptive mode. while operating in the adaptive mode, the wireless device alternates between high performance mode time periods and low performance mode time periods. the wireless device indicates to a ground station associated with the satellite in which operating mode the wireless device is operating via an uplink data message transmitted during a data cycle at the start of a high or low performance mode time period. the ground station schedules data transmissions accordingly during subsequent data cycles of the high or low performance mode time periods.
20250105913. NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS WITH STORE AND FORWARD_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yuqin Chen of Beijing CN for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Ping-Heng Kuo of London GB for apple inc., Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing CN for apple inc., Alexander Sirotkin of Tel Aviv IL for apple inc., Peng Cheng of Beijing CN for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich DE for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/185, H04W48/16, H04W76/10
CPC Code(s): H04B7/18513
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for non-terrestrial networks with store and forward operation.
20250105949. Uplink Control Information Reporting_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Hong HE of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Fangli XU of Beijing CN for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/1829, H04L1/1607, H04L1/1812, H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04L1/1854
Abstract: a computer readable storage medium, a user equipment, a method and an integrated circuit that are used to perform operations. operations include receiving, from a network, a plurality of physical downlink shared channel (pdsch) transmissions in slots of a hybrid automatic repeating request acknowledgement (harq-ack) window, decoding each of the pdsch transmissions in the slots of the harq window, determining a harq-ack feedback for each pdsch transmission in the harq-ack window, bundling the harq-ack feedback for at least two of the pdsch transmissions and reporting the bundled harq-ack feedback for the harq window to the network.
Inventor(s): Wanlu Sun of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Mithat C. Dogan of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Boqiang Fan of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Sharad Sambhwani of San Diego CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H01Q3/22, H04B7/04, H04B7/06
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0094
Abstract: a communication system may include a wireless base station (bs), one or more user equipment (ue) devices, and optionally one or more reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (ris's). phased antenna arrays may be implemented on one or more of these devices. the phased antenna arrays may exhibit beam squint. the beam squint may be leveraged to optimize communications efficiency in the system. for example, a transmit device may leverage beam squint to perform modulation coding scheme (mcs) adjustment, transmit power level adjustment, reference signal allocation, beam width adjustment, frequency domain resource allocation, carrier aggregation band selection, and/or beam management procedures. beam squint may also be leveraged to ensure that satisfactory communications are maintained between the bs and the ue devices even as the ue devices move over time.
Inventor(s): Libo Cao Meyers of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04M1/72484
CPC Code(s): H04M1/72484
Abstract: systems and methods described herein provide shared electronic device operation. in one example, a shared operation configuration for a plurality of users of an electronic device is obtained. a device trigger corresponding to operation of the electronic device is detected. a particular user is identified amongst the plurality of users based on the shared operation configuration. a user device associated with the particular user is identified. an operation alert representing the device trigger is generated, wherein the operation alert is sent to the user device.
Inventor(s): Luis R. DELIZ CENTENO of Fremont CA US for apple inc., Ronald J. GUGLIELMONE, JR. of Redwood City CA US for apple inc., Devin W. CHALMERS of Oakland CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N7/14
CPC Code(s): H04N7/147
Abstract: some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for augmenting and/or minimizing environment audio based on video characteristics associated with a video communication session facilitated by a video communications application. the video characteristics include activation of an outward facing camera. in response to detecting the activation of an outward facing camera, an electronic device augments an environment audio stream associated with the video communication session and attenuates a first person audio stream associated with the video communication session such that the user listening to the audio stream hears audio that has the environmental audio emphasized while the first person audio is deemphasized. in response to detecting the activation of an inward facing camera, the device emphasizes the first person audio stream and deemphasizes the environmental audio stream.
20250106491. Electrostatic Brakes for Camera Modules_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Zachary W. Birnbaum of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/54, G03B30/00
CPC Code(s): H04N23/54
Abstract: embodiments disclosed herein relate to a camera module having a lens holder with a lens module, a sensor carrier with an image sensor positioned to receive light from the lens module, and an electrostatic brake assembly. the sensor carrier is moveable relative to the lens holder along a first direction. the electrostatic brake assembly is configured to lock a relative position between the sensor carrier and the lens holder in the first direction. the electrostatic brake assembly includes a first plate attached to the lens holder, a second plate attached to the sensor carrier, a first driver for charging the first plate to a first voltage, and a second driver for charging the second plate to a second voltage. a voltage differential between the first plate and the second plate locks the relative position between the sensor carrier and the lens holder.
20250106506. Camera Focusing for Video Passthrough Systems_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Brett D Miller of San Carlos CA US for apple inc., Bosheng Zhang of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Kathrin Berkner Cieslicki of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Stephane P Bersot of San Mateo CA US for apple inc., Noah D Bedard of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/67, G06F3/01, H04N23/62
CPC Code(s): H04N23/67
Abstract: methods and apparatus for camera focusing for video passthrough devices. gaze information from a gaze tracking subsystem, either alone or along with depth information from a depth tracking system, may be leveraged to determine depths at which to focus. gaze information, or a combination of depth and gaze information, may be used. as an alternative, the user can manually control the focus distance. for example, a manual bifocal method may provide two focus distances (near focus and far focus.
20250106512. Sensor Shift Assembly for Camera Module_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Qiang Yang of Fremont CA US for apple inc., Aurelien R Hubert of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Bin Zhu of Milpitas CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/68, G03B17/02, H04N23/51, H04N23/55
CPC Code(s): H04N23/687
Abstract: a camera is provided. the camera includes an optical assembly having one or more lens defining an optical axis. the camera also includes an image sensor and an enclosure forming an exterior wall of the camera. the camera further includes an actuator assembly to move the image sensor relative to the optical assembly. in addition, the camera includes a base that is a static component of the camera, wherein the base comprises a seat that faces in a direction that is parallel to the optical axis and away from the optical assembly. the camera also includes a flexure that is attached to the seat, that suspends the image sensor from the base, and that allows motion of the image sensor enabled by the actuator assembly. in some cases, the base does not extend between the flexure and the enclosure.
20250106546. CAPACITIVE IN EAR DETECT ON EARPHONES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Karan S. Jain of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Michael M. Nannini of Dublin CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R1/10
CPC Code(s): H04R1/1058
Abstract: an earphone comprising: a device housing that defines an internal cavity within the device housing; an acoustic port formed through the device housing and having an opening at an exterior surface of the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; a plurality of capacitive pixels disposed within the internal cavity, wherein at least two of the capacitive pixels are disposed radially around the acoustic port and spaced apart from each other by at least 90 degrees; and sensor control circuitry disposed within the internal cavity and operatively coupled to drive the plurality of capacitive pixels at a predetermined frequency to readout a capacitance at each of the plurality of capacitive pixels and determine if the earphone is within an ear of a user
20250106558. HEADPHONES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Brett W. Degner of Menlo Park CA US for apple inc., Michael E. Leclerc of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., David H. Narajowski of Venice CA US for apple inc., Kristopher P. Laurent of Campbell CA US for apple inc., William K. Smith of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Christopher J. Stringer of Woodside CA US for apple inc., Daniele G. De Iuliis of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Markus Diebel of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Sung-Ho Tan of San Francisco CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R5/033, H04R1/10
CPC Code(s): H04R5/0335
Abstract: this disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. designs that reduce the size of headphones and allow for small form-factor storage configurations are discussed. user convenience features that include synchronizing earpiece stem positions and automatically detecting the orientation of the headphones on a user's head are also discussed. various power-saving features, design features, sensor configurations and user comfort features are also discussed.
20250106562. MAGNETIC STIFFNESS REDUCTION FOR AUDIO TRANSDUCERS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Stuart M. NEVILL of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Andrew M. HULVA of Gilroy CA US for apple inc., Chanjuan FENG of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Martial A. ROUSSEAU of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Scott P. PORTER of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R9/02, H04R7/12, H04R9/04, H04R9/06
CPC Code(s): H04R9/025
Abstract: aspects of the subject technology relate to stiffness reduction for audio transducers, such as speakers. stiffness reduction can be provided using one or more magnetic structures configured to move with a voice coil and/or a diaphragm of the speaker, and assist in the motion of the voice coil and/or diaphragm via magnetic interaction with one or more magnets of the speaker. in one or more implementations, the one or more magnetic structures may form a tri-stable system with the one or more magnets.
Inventor(s): Symeon Delikaris Manias of Playa Vista CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04S7/00, H04R5/04
CPC Code(s): H04S7/30
Abstract: a method that includes receiving a higher-order ambisonics (hoa) representation of a sound field that includes a first plurality of audio signals, separating a second plurality of audio signals from the first plurality of audio signals that are associated with a first-order ambisonics (foa) representation of the sound field, determining a plurality of adaptive filters based on at least some of the second plurality of audio signals, producing a plurality of output audio signals based on the first plurality of audio signals and the plurality of adaptive filters, each output audio signal having at least a portion of the sound field, and driving a plurality of speakers using the plurality of output audio signals.
Inventor(s): Gregory LUTTER of Boulder Creek CA US for apple inc., Robert T. HELD of Seattle WA US for apple inc., Luis R. DELIZ CENTENO of Fremont CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04S7/00, H04R1/32
CPC Code(s): H04S7/302
Abstract: some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for dynamically updating simulated source locations of audio sources within spatialized audio content based on detection of a change in the location and/or orientation of an audio output device (e.g., earbuds or speakers that are optionally worn by a user and are optionally included in a headset). in some examples, the simulated source locations are updated if the change in the location and/or orientation of the audio output device is greater than a threshold amount of change, and the simulated source locations are not updated if the change in the location and/or orientation of the audio output device is not greater than the threshold amount of change. in some examples, a simulated source location is identified in a three-dimensional environment. in some examples, a mode of outputting audio is changed in response to movement of an electronic device.
Inventor(s): Gregory LUTTER of Boulder Creek CA US for apple inc., Robert T. HELD of Seattle WA US for apple inc., Luis R. DELIZ CENTENO of Fremont CA US for apple inc., Sam D. SMITH of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Sylvain J. CHOISEL of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Shai MESSINGHER LANG of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04S7/00
CPC Code(s): H04S7/303
Abstract: some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for dynamically updating simulated source locations of audio sources within spatialized audio content based on detection of a change in the location and/or orientation of an audio output device (e.g., earbuds or speakers that are optionally worn by a user and are optionally included in a headset). in some examples, the simulated source locations are updated if the change in the location and/or orientation of the audio output device is greater than a threshold amount of change, and the simulated source locations are not updated if the change in the location and/or orientation of the audio output device is not greater than the threshold amount of change. in some examples, a simulated source location is identified in a three-dimensional environment. in some examples, a mode of outputting audio is changed in response to movement of an electronic device.
20250106587. ENHANCED AUTOMOTIVE PASSIVE ENTRY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Brent M. Ledvina of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Robert W. Brumley of Menlo Park CA US for apple inc., Robert William Mayor of Half Moon Bay CA US for apple inc., William J. Bencze of Half Moon Bay CA US for apple inc., Alejandro J. Marquez of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Shang-Te Yang of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Xu Chen of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Indranil S. Sen of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Mohit Narang of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W4/02, B60R25/24, G07C9/29
CPC Code(s): H04W4/023
Abstract: methods and devices are provided for allowing a mobile device (e.g., a key fob or a consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, watch, or other wearable device) to interact with a vehicle such that a location of the mobile device can be determined by the vehicle, thereby enabling certain functionality of the vehicle. a device may include both rf antenna(s) and magnetic antenna(s) for determining a location of a mobile device relative to the vehicle. such a hybrid approach can provide various advantages. existing magnetic coils on a mobile device (e.g., for charging or communication) may be re-used for distance measurements that are supplemented by the rf measurements. any device antenna may provide measurements to a machine learning model that determines a region in which the mobile device resides, based on training measurements in the regions.
20250106595. Pairing Groups of Accessories_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Siva Ganesh Movva of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Tunc Ertan of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Ariane Cotte of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Kerry Nguyen of Milpitas CA US for apple inc., Anita Desai of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Steven Douglas Laver of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Brent Ledvina of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Kenneth U. Victa of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Ping-Ko Chiu of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Michal Adam Kaluzny of Berlin DE for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W4/029, H04W12/50, H04W76/14
CPC Code(s): H04W4/029
Abstract: embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. in an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.
20250106598. MESSAGE EXTENSION APP STORE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Adele C. PETERSON of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Bhaskar P. SARMA of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Kevin J. LINDEMAN of Morgan Hill CA US for apple inc., Roberto GARCIA of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Keith KOWALCZYKOWSKI of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Imran CHAUDHRI of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Chanaka KARUNAMUNI of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W4/14, H04L51/04, H04L51/224, H04L67/02, H04W4/12, H04W4/60
CPC Code(s): H04W4/14
Abstract: a service for providing messaging extension apps can be an online store that can be browsed and searched for the apps. the store uses extension app identifiers which are related to app identifiers that are sent between devices in a conversation of messages so that a receiving device can, when it does not have the extension app installed to interact with received content, use the extension app identifier to download and install the required extension app. in one embodiment, the download and install can occur while the messaging app remains the foreground app, and the messaging app adds an icon of the newly installed extension app into a browsable tray in the ui of the messaging app.
20250106612. Presence Server for Edge Computing_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Walter FEATHERSTONE of Cirencester GB for apple inc., Haijing HU of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Mona AGNEL of Guildford GB for apple inc., Robert ZAUS of Munich DE for apple inc., Shu GUO of Beijing CN for apple inc., Sudeep MANITHARA VAMANAN of Uttenreuth DE for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W8/14, H04W24/02
CPC Code(s): H04W8/14
Abstract: an edge computing component is configured to receive application specific user information for a first application client (ac) user from a first user equipment (ue) with a first ac, receive application specific user information for a second ac user from a second ue with a second ac, identify a condition related to a location of the first ac relative to one or more service areas related to edge computing and transmit a notification to the second ue, the notification indicating a presence of the first ac user relative to the one or more service areas.
20250106618. ENTERPRISE REMOTE MANAGEMENT FOR CELLULAR SERVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Can XIONG of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Sherman X. JIN of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Eric ZELENKA of Bend OR US for apple inc., Graham S. McLUHAN of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Li LI of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Raj S. CHAUGULE of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Rohan C. MALTHANKAR of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W8/20, H04W4/50, H04W8/18, H04W12/30
CPC Code(s): H04W8/205
Abstract: this application describes mechanisms for enterprise remote management of cellular services provided via access credentials, e.g., subscriber identity modules (sims) and/or electronic sims (esims), for wireless devices. to minimize requirements for user interaction, installation and management of business-supplied cellular service profiles on the wireless device can intercept alert notifications to reduce interruptions and allow for background management of the business-supplied cellular service profiles. additionally, a business enterprise can use multiple, distinct services to initiate installation of an esim to a wireless device. when two different services attempt to install esims on the wireless device in parallel, management software on the wireless device can control an order of installation and disallow duplicate installations of an identical esim to the wireless device. the management software can also monitor esim installations and manage alert notifications that occur during the esim installation process.
Inventor(s): Srinivasan Balasubramanian of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Pankaj Subhash Vasandani of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Lakshmi Iyer of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Sreevalsan Vallath of Dublin CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W8/26, H04L67/104, H04W4/02, H04W8/18, H04W36/14, H04W36/30
CPC Code(s): H04W8/26
Abstract: a communications system may include at least a first user equipment (ue) device and a second ue device that communicate with one or more hosts via a cellular network and a call routing server. the first ue and the second ue may be paired and may convey peer-to-peer (p2p) signals between each other when in close proximity. the first ue may communicate with the cellular network using a mobile station international subscriber directory number (msisdn). the msisdn may, as one example, be shared between the first ue and the second ue. in response to a trigger condition associated with the second ue moving out of proximity to the first ue and/or a user input, communication with the cellular network using the msisdn may switch from the first ue to the second ue. this may be reversed when the second ue moves back into proximity to the first ue.
Inventor(s): Sidharth R. Thakur of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA US for apple inc., Ahmad Reza Hedayat of Carlsbad CA US for apple inc., Charles F. Dominguez of San Carlos CA US for apple inc., Neelakantan Nurani Krishnan of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Daniel R. Borges of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Jinjing Jiang of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Lochan Verma of Danville CA US for apple inc., Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Tianyu Wu of Monterey CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/06, H04W12/0433
CPC Code(s): H04W12/06
Abstract: some aspects of this disclosure include a system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product and/or combinations and/or sub-combinations thereof, for implementing multi-credential mapping mechanisms in wireless communication networks, such as a wireless local area network (wlan). the multi-credential mapping mechanisms can use pointer schemes for communicating multiple credentials (e.g., authentication and key managements (akms) and ciphers) in the wireless communication networks. the multi-credential mapping mechanisms can reduce congestion in the communication medium and improve the communications between an access point (ap) and stations (stas).
20250106636. TEMPORARY PAIRING FOR WIRELESS DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Natalia A. FORNSHELL of Woodinville WA US for apple inc., Aarti KUMAR of Los Altos CA US for apple inc., Robert D. WATSON of Menlo Park CA US for apple inc., Ariane COTTE of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Bob BRADLEY of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Marc J. KROCHMAL of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc., Kang SUN of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Chen GANIR of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Sarang S. RANADE of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Akshay MANGALAM SRIVATSA of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/50, H04W4/80, H04W12/041, H04W12/0471, H04W12/61, H04W12/63
CPC Code(s): H04W12/50
Abstract: a device providing temporary pairing for wireless devices may include a memory and at least one processor configured to receive a request to temporarily pair with a wireless device. the at least one processor may be further configured to pair with the wireless device, wherein the pairing comprises generating a link key for connecting to the wireless device. the at least one processor may be further configured to connect to the wireless device using the link key. the at least one processor may be further configured to initiate a timer upon disconnecting from the wireless device. the at least one processor may be further configured to automatically and without user input, delete the link key when the timer reaches a timeout value without having reconnected to the wireless device using the link key.
20250106644. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SATELLITE BAND ALLOCATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alexander Sayenko of Munich DE for apple inc., Daniel Popp of Munich DE for apple inc., Anatoliy S Ioffe of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W16/14, H04L5/00, H04W28/20
CPC Code(s): H04W16/14
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to allocating a satellite band (e.g., a satellite channel) with a new radio (nr) channel and at least one long-term evolution (lte) channel to enable a user equipment to communicate using a satellite network. the satellite band may be configured to include the nr channel positioned (e.g., placed) such that the nr channel is shifted away from an edge of the satellite band (e.g., not disposed or located at the edge of the satellite band) and/or in the middle (e.g., center) of the satellite band with respect to frequency. additionally, the satellite band may be configured to include the at least one lte channel positioned at one or both of outer edges of the satellite band (rather than the middle). further, the nr channel may be placed within a carrier center frequency range to reduce allowed additional maximum power reduction (a-mpr) values.
20250106719. ENHANCEMENT IN NTN MOBILITY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jie Cui of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Hong He of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Huaning Niu of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Manasa Raghavan of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing CN for apple inc., Sarma V. VANGALA of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Xiang CHEN of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Yang TANG of Cupertino CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/08, H04W36/00, H04W36/24
CPC Code(s): H04W36/083
Abstract: apparatuses, systems, and methods for enhancement in ntn mobility. a cellular base station may serve as a source base station of a handover procedure from the source base station to a target non-terrestrial network (ntn) base station. the cellular base station may configure a parameter associated with the target ntn base station in a handover command, the parameter being related to ntn mobility, and send the handover command to a wireless device for use by the wireless device during the handover procedure. the wireless device may receive the handover command from the cellular base station, and perform the handover procedure using the parameter associated with the target ntn base station.
20250106736. Detailed Basic Service Set Load Information_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Lochan Verma of Danville CA US for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Veerendra Boodannavar of Cupertino CA US for apple inc., Charles F. Dominguez of San Carlos CA US for apple inc., Debashis Dash of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Neelakantan Nurani Krishnan of San Diego CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W48/12, H04W48/16, H04W84/12
CPC Code(s): H04W48/12
Abstract: this disclosure relates to methods for providing detailed basic service set load information in a wireless local area network. a wireless device may receive basic service set load information including one or more of overlapping basic service set channel utilization information, in basic service set channel utilization information for a basic service set, or load history information for the basic service set. the wireless device may select a basic service set with which to associate based at least in part on the load information for the basic service set.
20250106742. PERSONAL INTERNET-OF-THINGS NETWORKS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sudeep Manithara Vamanan of Uttenreuth DE for apple inc., Babar Qaisrani of Issaquah WA US for apple inc., Biljana Badic of Munich DE for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA US for apple inc., Krisztian Kiss of Rancho Santa Fe CA US for apple inc., Robert Zaus of Munich DE for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W48/16, H04W40/24, H04W76/10
CPC Code(s): H04W48/16
Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: generating a registration request comprising a capability of the ue to serve as a gateway for a personal internet-of-things network (pin); sending the registration request to a base station serving the ue; receiving, from the base station, a registration accept message comprising a pin gateway authorization; and initiating establishment of the pin with at least one other device, wherein the ue serves as the gateway of the pin to the base station.
Inventor(s): Huaning NIU of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Manasa RAGHAVAN of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing CN for apple inc., Xiang CHEN of Campbell CA US for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing CN for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/36, H04W52/28
CPC Code(s): H04W52/367
Abstract: a user equipment including a transceiver and a processor is configured to receive, from a base station and via the transceiver, a set of resource indicators identifying a set of beams and a configuration for reporting a duty cycle for transmission in an uplink direction for at least one resource indicator of the set of resource indicators. the processor is also configured to, at least one of periodically or based on an event reported by a body proximity sensor (bps), determine the duty cycle for transmission in the uplink direction for the at least one resource indicator of the set of resource indicators; and transmit, to the base station via using the transceiver, the determined duty cycle and the corresponding at least one resource indicator of the set of resource indicators according to the received configuration for reporting the duty cycle.
Inventor(s): Murat Mese of Atherton CA US for apple inc., Igor V. Ryshakov of Mountain View CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, H04W74/04
CPC Code(s): H04W64/00
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and techniques for joint transmission of audio data and ranging signals. the transmitter may use multicasting to transmit the audio data and ranging signal(s) to one or more devices. the transmitter may use a daisy chain transmission scheme in which the transmitting device may include the audio data of one or more devices in the payload and send them to one receiving device.
Inventor(s): Kai Zhang of Beijing CN for apple inc., Ajay Singh of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Deepankar Bhattacharjee of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Lele Cui of Beijing CN for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/231, H04L1/08, H04W72/1268, H04W76/20
CPC Code(s): H04W72/231
Abstract: methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer programs for transmission of a radio resource control (rrc) reconfiguration complete message are disclosed. in one aspect, operations are performed by a ue and can include receiving, from a base station, a first downlink control information (dci) indicating a first uplink grant for a first physical uplink shared channel (pusch) transmission, wherein the first dci includes a redundancy version (rv) corresponding to the first pusch transmission; determining whether the rv is self-decodable; and determining whether to transmit a rrc reconfiguration complete message using the first uplink grant for the first pusch transmission, based at least in part on the determination of whether the rv is self-decodable.
Inventor(s): Fangli Xu of Beijing CN for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Beijing CN for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Shenzhen CN for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing CN for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing CN for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/30
CPC Code(s): H04W72/30
Abstract: user equipment devices (ues) may receive multimedia broadcast and multicast service (mbms) transmissions over a bandwidth part (bwp) specifically allocated for mbms point-to-multipoint (ptm) transmissions, or over mbms-specific resources configured for ptm transmissions within a ue-dedicated bwp. the network (e.g. base station) may configure the mbms-specific bwp for the ue for the ptm transmissions per serving cell. the mbms-specific bwp may be used for downlink transmissions, and may be cell specific or ue specific per serving cell. the base station may provide mbms ptm scheduling information per bwp to the ue, may indicate whether a ue-dedicated bwp may be used for ptm scheduling and transmission, and may provide the corresponding scheduling configuration when applicable. the ue may communicate its various capabilities related to mbms reception and simultaneous reception of ptm and point-to-point (ptp) transmissions to the base station to aid the base station in scheduling communications of the ue.
Inventor(s): Yilok L WONG of San Diego CA US for apple inc., Imran LATIF of Pleasanton CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/14, G01S17/66, H04W64/00
CPC Code(s): H04W76/14
Abstract: an apparatus comprising configured to determine a distance between the apparatus and an accessory device based on at least information collected by one or more cameras, select one or more signaling techniques to utilize for short-range communication with the accessory device based on the distance and generate a signal for transmission to the accessory device using the one or more signaling techniques.
20250106995. COMPACT INTERFACE THROUGH HINGE CONNECTOR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Parin R Dedhia of Sunnyvale CA US for apple inc., Andrew N Leopold of San Francisco CA US for apple inc., Bilal Mohamed Ibrahim Kani of Singapore SG for apple inc., Henry H Yang of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Jun Zhang of San Jose CA US for apple inc., Kishore N Renjan of Singapore SG for apple inc., Manoj Vadeentavida of Singapore SG for apple inc., Takayoshi Katahira of San Jose CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H05K1/11, H05K1/02, H05K3/32
CPC Code(s): H05K1/111
Abstract: electronic devices and methods include a first electronic device that includes a printed circuit board and a quad plug connector coupled to a first surface of a printed circuit board. a first set of wires is coupled to a second surface of the printed circuit board, and the first set of wires are parallel to each other and are located on a first plane. a second set of wires is coupled to the second surface of the printed circuit board. the second set of wires are parallel to each other and are located on a second plane. the first and second planes are each parallel to each other and to the second surface of the printed circuit board. moreover, the first set of wires is vertically above the second set of wires.
20250107054. Electronic Device with Housing Slot Antennas_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul X Wang of Cupertino CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H05K7/20, G06F1/16, H01Q1/27, H01Q13/10, H04N23/90
CPC Code(s): H05K7/20972
Abstract: an electronic device such as a head-mounted display device may include an outer conductive chassis and wireless circuitry. the wireless circuitry may include an antenna. the antenna may have an antenna resonating element formed from a slot in the conductive chassis. the antenna may have antenna feed terminals coupled to the conductive chassis on opposing sides of the slot. the slot may form a thermal vent, a sensor window, a charging port, a card port, an acoustic port, or a button opening for the device, as examples.
20250107177. Nanosheet Sizing for Power Delivery_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Praveen Raghavan of Cupertino CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L29/06, H01L27/088, H01L29/10, H01L29/423, H01L29/66, H01L29/775, H01L29/786
CPC Code(s): H10D62/121
Abstract: various structures that implement nanosheet transistors are disclosed. the various structures include nanosheet transistors with different widths inside a transistor device. variation of the width of nanosheet transistors within a transistor device allows for different designs of the input stage and the output stage of the transistor device that may improve power utilization and performance of the transistor device. in some instances, the input stage has nanosheet transistors with smaller width nanosheet fins than nanosheet transistors in the output stage. variations in nanosheet transistor width may also be implemented within the input stage or the output stage by merging of nanosheet fins.
Inventor(s): Xin Miao of Saratoga CA US for apple inc., Emre Alptekin of Santa Clara CA US for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L27/092
CPC Code(s): H10D84/856
Abstract: device layouts for integrated circuit devices that include threshold voltage shift induced by placement of alternate work function metals adjacent active gates are disclosed. the device layouts include a single epitaxy for active regions in the device with common source/drain regions among the active region rows in the layouts. metal gate sections above one or more rows of active regions may be replaced with metal of a different work function in inactive regions of the layout. the different work function metal in the inactive regions will induce threshold voltage shift in adjacent (neighboring) active transistors of the device layouts.
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- G06T19/20
- CPC G06T15/20
- G06T17/00
- CPC G06T17/00
- CPC G06T19/006
- G06F3/03
- G06T5/70
- G06V10/24
- G06V10/54
- G06V40/16
- CPC G06T19/20
- G06V20/50
- CPC G06V20/50
- G06V30/10
- G06T3/4053
- G06T5/50
- G06T7/20
- G06V10/25
- CPC G06V30/10
- G08B21/18
- G06V20/20
- G06V40/10
- G10L25/51
- CPC G08B21/182
- G06T7/00
- G06T11/00
- CPC G09G3/001
- G09G5/06
- G09G3/20
- CPC G09G5/06
- G09G5/10
- G06T7/90
- G09G3/34
- CPC G09G5/10
- G10H1/36
- G10H1/00
- CPC G10H1/366
- CPC G10K11/17873
- H04R3/00
- CPC G10K11/17881
- G10L17/22
- H04L67/306
- CPC G10L17/22
- G10L19/008
- G10L25/03
- CPC G10L19/008
- G11C5/14
- G06F1/08
- CPC G11C5/14
- G11C29/12
- G11C29/46
- CPC G11C29/12015
- G16H50/20
- G16H10/60
- CPC G16H50/20
- H01F7/02
- H01F1/053
- CPC H01F7/02
- H01L23/50
- H01L23/535
- H01L25/11
- H01L29/40
- H01L29/423
- CPC H01L23/50
- H01L25/16
- CPC H01L25/167
- H01M4/78
- H01M10/058
- CPC H01M4/78
- H01Q1/38
- H01Q9/04
- CPC H01Q1/2266
- H01Q3/24
- CPC H01Q3/24
- H01S5/026
- H01S5/042
- H01S5/30
- CPC H01S5/18394
- H02H9/04
- CPC H02H9/045
- H02J50/12
- CPC H02J50/12
- H02M3/158
- H02M1/00
- H02M1/36
- H02M3/157
- CPC H02M3/1582
- H03B5/12
- H04B1/04
- CPC H03B5/1212
- H04B15/00
- H03F1/02
- H03F3/24
- CPC H03F1/0233
- H03F3/19
- H03G3/30
- H04B1/40
- CPC H03F3/19
- H03F3/387
- H03F1/26
- H03F3/45
- CPC H03F3/387
- H03F3/393
- H03F3/00
- H03L7/091
- H03L7/099
- CPC H03F3/393
- CPC H03G3/3036
- H03H7/01
- CPC H03H7/1708
- CPC H04B1/04
- CPC H04B1/40
- H04B1/525
- H04L25/03
- CPC H04B1/525
- H04B5/00
- H02J50/10
- CPC H04B5/79
- H04B7/04
- H04B7/0426
- H04B7/06
- H04W52/26
- CPC H04B7/04013
- H04B7/08
- G01S19/22
- G01S19/42
- CPC H04B7/0894
- H04B7/185
- H04W48/16
- H04W76/10
- CPC H04B7/18513
- H04L1/1829
- H04L1/1607
- H04L1/1812
- H04L5/00
- CPC H04L1/1854
- H01Q3/22
- CPC H04L5/0094
- H04M1/72484
- CPC H04M1/72484
- H04N7/14
- CPC H04N7/147
- H04N23/54
- G03B30/00
- CPC H04N23/54
- H04N23/62
- CPC H04N23/67
- H04N23/68
- G03B17/02
- H04N23/55
- CPC H04N23/687
- H04R1/10
- CPC H04R1/1058
- H04R5/033
- CPC H04R5/0335
- H04R9/02
- H04R7/12
- H04R9/04
- H04R9/06
- CPC H04R9/025
- H04S7/00
- H04R5/04
- CPC H04S7/30
- H04R1/32
- CPC H04S7/302
- CPC H04S7/303
- H04W4/02
- B60R25/24
- G07C9/29
- CPC H04W4/023
- H04W4/029
- H04W12/50
- H04W76/14
- CPC H04W4/029
- H04W4/14
- H04L51/04
- H04L51/224
- H04L67/02
- H04W4/12
- H04W4/60
- CPC H04W4/14
- H04W8/14
- H04W24/02
- CPC H04W8/14
- H04W8/20
- H04W4/50
- H04W8/18
- H04W12/30
- CPC H04W8/205
- H04W8/26
- H04L67/104
- H04W36/14
- H04W36/30
- CPC H04W8/26
- H04W12/06
- H04W12/0433
- CPC H04W12/06
- H04W4/80
- H04W12/041
- H04W12/0471
- H04W12/61
- H04W12/63
- CPC H04W12/50
- H04W16/14
- H04W28/20
- CPC H04W16/14
- H04W36/08
- H04W36/00
- H04W36/24
- CPC H04W36/083
- H04W48/12
- H04W84/12
- CPC H04W48/12
- H04W40/24
- CPC H04W48/16
- H04W52/36
- H04W52/28
- CPC H04W52/367
- H04W64/00
- H04W74/04
- CPC H04W64/00
- H04W72/231
- H04L1/08
- H04W72/1268
- H04W76/20
- CPC H04W72/231
- H04W72/30
- CPC H04W72/30
- G01S17/66
- CPC H04W76/14
- H05K1/11
- H05K1/02
- H05K3/32
- CPC H05K1/111
- H05K7/20
- H01Q1/27
- H01Q13/10
- CPC H05K7/20972
- H01L29/06
- H01L27/088
- H01L29/10
- H01L29/66
- H01L29/775
- H01L29/786
- CPC H10D62/121
- H01L27/092
- CPC H10D84/856