Apple Inc. patent applications published on November 30th, 2023
Summary of the patent applications from Apple Inc. on November 30th, 2023
Apple Inc. has recently filed several patents related to electronic devices, power-saving techniques, communication channels, buffering messages, managing network operators, messaging systems, altering visual media, and displaying images. These patents showcase Apple's ongoing efforts to innovate and improve various aspects of their products and services.
In terms of electronic devices, Apple has filed a patent for a display with pixels in an active area, where a hole or inactive region is formed within the active area. Multiple gate lines carrying the same signal are merged together before being routed around the hole to reduce congestion. Dummy circuits are added to increase the parasitic loading on the merged segments. This innovation aims to maximize the active area and accommodate multiple sub-display sensor components.
In the power-saving techniques patent, Apple describes a device that can be set to a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode, receiving signaling to wake up or go to sleep. The signaling can be specific to a group of devices, focusing on improving power efficiency.
For communication over common control channels, Apple's patent involves a User Equipment (UE) determining a selected Common Control Channel (CCCH) message configuration and generating an Uplink (UL) CCCH message according to the selected configuration. The UL CCCH message includes a Medium Access Control (MAC) header with a Logical Channel Identify (ID) field, transmitted to a Next Generation Node B (gNB) over a logical channel.
In the ultra-wide band (UWB) network, Apple's patent describes a system for coordinating and managing communication channels using an out-of-band (OOB) channel arbitration scheme. Devices periodically transmit advertisement packets containing UWB channel usage patterns, enabling efficient and coordinated use of the UWB channel.
In the messaging system patent, Apple introduces a method for two different messaging apps on separate devices to exchange messages and transmit content from extension apps. The content can be processed by the extension apps and displayed in message bubbles within a conversation transcript.
Apple's patents also cover user interfaces for altering visual media, displaying a stream of images, and managing media capture. These user interfaces allow for capturing, playing back, editing, and managing visual media with synthetic depth-of-field effects.
Notable applications:
- Electronic device with a display and hole/inactive region for accommodating sub-display sensor components.
- Power-saving techniques for devices, focusing on improving power efficiency.
- Communication over common control channels, including UL CCCH message generation and transmission.
- Coordinating and managing communication channels in a UWB network using an OOB channel arbitration scheme.
- Buffering paging or notification messages during ongoing procedures.
- Managing a list of preferred network operators and selecting a PLMN based on the list.
- Messaging system allowing exchange of messages and content between different apps on separate devices.
- User interfaces for altering visual media with synthetic depth-of-field effects.
- Displaying a stream of images with focus on a specific area of the display.
- Efficient transportation and storage of image data using superframes.
Contents
- 1 Patent applications for Apple Inc. on November 30th, 2023
- 1.1 Seals for Optical Components (18447209)
- 1.2 Controlled Deployment of Structures (18134136)
- 1.3 Sensor Module Having an Intermediate Pedestal on Which One or More Die Are Mounted (18125649)
- 1.4 Built-in Self-Test for Die-to-Die Physical Interfaces (18303401)
- 1.5 A lidar system with enhanced performance (18154880)
- 1.6 Electronic Device With Facial Sensors (18447045)
- 1.7 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR DESIGN FOR DETECTION OF MULTIPLE ACCESSORIES (18231725)
- 1.8 ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH STRUCTURAL GLASS MEMBERS (18233362)
- 1.9 Input Devices Incorporating Biometric Sensors (18231896)
- 1.10 Hinged Wearable Electronic Devices (18448081)
- 1.11 Scalable, Hierarchical Power Delivery System (18326430)
- 1.12 ADAPTIVE WAKE-UP FOR POWER CONSERVATION IN A PROCESSOR (17664999)
- 1.13 DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A REPRESENTATION OF A USER (18131833)
- 1.14 Electronic Device with an Input Device Having a Haptic Engine (18233112)
- 1.15 GESTURE DETECTION, LIST NAVIGATION, AND ITEM SELECTION USING A CROWN AND SENSORS (18232710)
- 1.16 Devices, Methods, and User Interfaces for Processing Input Events (18234259)
- 1.17 NAVIGATING USER INTERFACES WITH MULTIPLE NAVIGATION MODES (18325378)
- 1.18 DIFFERENTIAL ACOUSTIC TOUCH AND FORCE SENSING (18325565)
- 1.19 INPUT LOCATION CORRECTION BASED ON DEVICE MOTION (18231649)
- 1.20 METHODS FOR RELATIVE MANIPULATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT (18298994)
- 1.21 HANDWRITING KEYBOARD FOR SCREENS (18141754)
- 1.22 Private Memory Management using Utility Thread (18362686)
- 1.23 Secure Public Key Acceleration (18301860)
- 1.24 MANIPULATION OF HANDWRITTEN CONTENT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18325968)
- 1.25 Electronic Devices With Optical Identification Sensor (18446228)
- 1.26 SEMANTICS PRESERVATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS DEPLOYED AS DEPENDENT ON OTHER MACHINE LEARNING MODELS (18228645)
- 1.27 Two-Layer Bandit Optimization for Recommendations (18318513)
- 1.28 Changing Locked Modes Associated with Display of Computer-Generated Content (18200552)
- 1.29 INSERTING IMAGERY FROM A REAL ENVIRONMENT INTO A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (18233653)
- 1.30 Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Displaying and Manipulating Virtual Objects in Augmented Reality Environments (18219627)
- 1.31 METHOD AND DEVICES FOR PRESENTING AND MANIPULATING CONDITIONALLY DEPENDENT SYNTHESIZED REALITY CONTENT THREADS (18233867)
- 1.32 Systems and Methods for Switching Vision Correction Graphical Outputs on a Display of an Electronic Device (18141751)
- 1.33 DIGITAL ASSISTANT RESPONSE FRAMEWORK (17944752)
- 1.34 REDUCING THE NEED FOR MANUAL START/END-POINTING AND TRIGGER PHRASES (18231135)
- 1.35 DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTION IN A VIDEO COMMUNICATION SESSION ENVIRONMENT (18232267)
- 1.36 DETECTING VISUAL ATTENTION DURING USER SPEECH (18132793)
- 1.37 SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR MULTIPLE USERS USING SPEECH PROFILE COMBINATION (17939805)
- 1.38 Embedded Packaging Concepts for Integration of ASICs and Optical Components (18316962)
- 1.39 DISPLAY WITH EMBEDDED PIXEL DRIVER CHIPS (18303929)
- 1.40 BATTERY CONFIGURATIONS HAVING THROUGH-PACK FASTENERS (18308672)
- 1.41 BATTERY PACK BUS SYSTEMS (17804822)
- 1.42 BATTERY PACK BUS SYSTEMS (17804817)
- 1.43 BATTERY PACK BUS SYSTEMS (18329558)
- 1.44 Electronic Devices with Interconnected Ground Structures (17828859)
- 1.45 Data Detection on Serial Communication Links (17823952)
- 1.46 Ultra-Wide Band Channel Access–Opportunistic Reservation (17951280)
- 1.47 BEAMFORMING MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS (18448051)
- 1.48 Reference Clock Switching in Phase-Locked Loop Circuits (18152492)
- 1.49 Analog Channel Equalization and Channel Adaptation (17804476)
- 1.50 Data Encoding and Packet Sharing in a Parallel Communication Interface (18326246)
- 1.51 GROUP COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM (18232822)
- 1.52 ACCELERATED TASK PERFORMANCE (18204884)
- 1.53 ENVIRONMENT FOR REMOTE COMMUNICATION (18231437)
- 1.54 TRANSMISSION AND CONSUMPTION OF MULTIPLE IMAGE SUBFRAMES VIA SUPERFRAME (18231648)
- 1.55 System and Method for Displaying a Stream of Images (18214752)
- 1.56 USER INTERFACES FOR ALTERING VISUAL MEDIA (18228591)
- 1.57 MESSAGING SYSTEM INTERACTING WITH DYNAMIC EXTENSION APP (18231230)
- 1.58 Steering of Roaming PLMN List Update and Management (18324706)
- 1.59 PAGING COLLISION WITH 5GMM SPECIFIC PROCEDURE OR SERVICE REQUEST PROCEDURE (18044937)
- 1.60 Ultra-Wide Band Channel Access-Periodic Reservation (17951328)
- 1.61 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION OVER COMMON CONTROL CHANNELS (18233571)
- 1.62 Systems, Methods, and Devices for Signaling for Power Saving (18335762)
- 1.63 Reducing Border Width Around a Hole in Display Active Area (18449611)
Patent applications for Apple Inc. on November 30th, 2023
Seals for Optical Components (18447209)
Main Inventor
Zachary M Beiley
Controlled Deployment of Structures (18134136)
Main Inventor
Arturo Llamazares Domper
Sensor Module Having an Intermediate Pedestal on Which One or More Die Are Mounted (18125649)
Main Inventor
Caleb C. Han
Built-in Self-Test for Die-to-Die Physical Interfaces (18303401)
Main Inventor
Fabien S. Faure
A lidar system with enhanced performance (18154880)
Main Inventor
Vladimir Koifman
Electronic Device With Facial Sensors (18447045)
Main Inventor
Muhammad F. Hossain
ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR DESIGN FOR DETECTION OF MULTIPLE ACCESSORIES (18231725)
Main Inventor
Christopher M. PINCIUC
ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH STRUCTURAL GLASS MEMBERS (18233362)
Main Inventor
Jeremy C. Franklin
Input Devices Incorporating Biometric Sensors (18231896)
Main Inventor
Robert Y. Cao
Hinged Wearable Electronic Devices (18448081)
Main Inventor
Paul X. Wang
Scalable, Hierarchical Power Delivery System (18326430)
Main Inventor
Keith Cox
ADAPTIVE WAKE-UP FOR POWER CONSERVATION IN A PROCESSOR (17664999)
Main Inventor
Ping Zhou
DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A REPRESENTATION OF A USER (18131833)
Main Inventor
Amy E. DEDONATO
Electronic Device with an Input Device Having a Haptic Engine (18233112)
Main Inventor
Tyler S. Bushnell
GESTURE DETECTION, LIST NAVIGATION, AND ITEM SELECTION USING A CROWN AND SENSORS (18232710)
Main Inventor
Colin M. ELY
Devices, Methods, and User Interfaces for Processing Input Events (18234259)
Main Inventor
Jason Clay Beaver
NAVIGATING USER INTERFACES WITH MULTIPLE NAVIGATION MODES (18325378)
Main Inventor
Christopher J. SANDERS
DIFFERENTIAL ACOUSTIC TOUCH AND FORCE SENSING (18325565)
Main Inventor
Marduke YOUSEFPOR
INPUT LOCATION CORRECTION BASED ON DEVICE MOTION (18231649)
Main Inventor
Adam S. Meyer
METHODS FOR RELATIVE MANIPULATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT (18298994)
Main Inventor
Benjamin H. BOESEL
HANDWRITING KEYBOARD FOR SCREENS (18141754)
Main Inventor
Ryan S. DIXON
Private Memory Management using Utility Thread (18362686)
Main Inventor
Benjiman L. Goodman
Secure Public Key Acceleration (18301860)
Main Inventor
Timothy R. Paaske
MANIPULATION OF HANDWRITTEN CONTENT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18325968)
Main Inventor
Jennifer P. CHEN
Electronic Devices With Optical Identification Sensor (18446228)
Main Inventor
David D. Dashevsky
SEMANTICS PRESERVATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS DEPLOYED AS DEPENDENT ON OTHER MACHINE LEARNING MODELS (18228645)
Main Inventor
Edouard GODFREY
Two-Layer Bandit Optimization for Recommendations (18318513)
Main Inventor
Siyong Ma
Changing Locked Modes Associated with Display of Computer-Generated Content (18200552)
Main Inventor
Gregory Lutter
INSERTING IMAGERY FROM A REAL ENVIRONMENT INTO A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (18233653)
Main Inventor
Bertrand NEPVEU
Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Displaying and Manipulating Virtual Objects in Augmented Reality Environments (18219627)
Main Inventor
Nicolas V. Scapel
METHOD AND DEVICES FOR PRESENTING AND MANIPULATING CONDITIONALLY DEPENDENT SYNTHESIZED REALITY CONTENT THREADS (18233867)
Main Inventor
Ian M. Richter
Systems and Methods for Switching Vision Correction Graphical Outputs on a Display of an Electronic Device (18141751)
Main Inventor
Sung Chang Lee
DIGITAL ASSISTANT RESPONSE FRAMEWORK (17944752)
Main Inventor
Rebecca P. FISH
REDUCING THE NEED FOR MANUAL START/END-POINTING AND TRIGGER PHRASES (18231135)
Main Inventor
Philippe P. PIERNOT
DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTION IN A VIDEO COMMUNICATION SESSION ENVIRONMENT (18232267)
Main Inventor
Niranjan MANJUNATH
DETECTING VISUAL ATTENTION DURING USER SPEECH (18132793)
Main Inventor
Maxwell C. HORTON
SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR MULTIPLE USERS USING SPEECH PROFILE COMBINATION (17939805)
Main Inventor
Leo LIU
Embedded Packaging Concepts for Integration of ASICs and Optical Components (18316962)
Main Inventor
Kishore N. Renjan
DISPLAY WITH EMBEDDED PIXEL DRIVER CHIPS (18303929)
Main Inventor
Hsin-Hua Hu
BATTERY CONFIGURATIONS HAVING THROUGH-PACK FASTENERS (18308672)
Main Inventor
Dylan Erb
BATTERY PACK BUS SYSTEMS (17804822)
Main Inventor
Abraham B. Caulk
BATTERY PACK BUS SYSTEMS (17804817)
Main Inventor
Abraham B. Caulk
BATTERY PACK BUS SYSTEMS (18329558)
Main Inventor
Abraham B. Caulk
Electronic Devices with Interconnected Ground Structures (17828859)
Main Inventor
Siddharth Ravichandran
Data Detection on Serial Communication Links (17823952)
Main Inventor
Vishal Varma
Ultra-Wide Band Channel Access–Opportunistic Reservation (17951280)
Main Inventor
Lochan Verma
BEAMFORMING MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS (18448051)
Main Inventor
Yushu Zhang
Reference Clock Switching in Phase-Locked Loop Circuits (18152492)
Main Inventor
Hairong Yu
Analog Channel Equalization and Channel Adaptation (17804476)
Main Inventor
Lizhi Zhong
Data Encoding and Packet Sharing in a Parallel Communication Interface (18326246)
Main Inventor
Dany Davidov
GROUP COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM (18232822)
Main Inventor
Bruno M. SOMMER
ACCELERATED TASK PERFORMANCE (18204884)
Main Inventor
Ari WEINSTEIN
ENVIRONMENT FOR REMOTE COMMUNICATION (18231437)
Main Inventor
Devin W. CHALMERS
TRANSMISSION AND CONSUMPTION OF MULTIPLE IMAGE SUBFRAMES VIA SUPERFRAME (18231648)
Main Inventor
Yung-Chin Chen
System and Method for Displaying a Stream of Images (18214752)
Main Inventor
Eberhard Schmidt
USER INTERFACES FOR ALTERING VISUAL MEDIA (18228591)
Main Inventor
Johnnie B. MANZARI
MESSAGING SYSTEM INTERACTING WITH DYNAMIC EXTENSION APP (18231230)
Main Inventor
Stephen M. LOTTERMOSER
Steering of Roaming PLMN List Update and Management (18324706)
Main Inventor
Sridhar Prakasam
PAGING COLLISION WITH 5GMM SPECIFIC PROCEDURE OR SERVICE REQUEST PROCEDURE (18044937)
Main Inventor
Nitin KUPPELUR
Ultra-Wide Band Channel Access-Periodic Reservation (17951328)
Main Inventor
Lochan Verma
APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION OVER COMMON CONTROL CHANNELS (18233571)
Main Inventor
Sudeep PALAT
Systems, Methods, and Devices for Signaling for Power Saving (18335762)
Main Inventor
Toufiqul Islam
Reducing Border Width Around a Hole in Display Active Area (18449611)
Main Inventor
Warren S. Rieutort-Louis