Apple Inc. patent applications on May 16th, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on May 16th, 2024
Apple Inc.: 42 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of H04W72/23 (6), H04L5/00 (5), H04W72/21 (4), H04W72/20 (4), G06F3/0482 (4)
With keywords such as: user, device, configured, data, application, embodiments, some, portion, output, and processor in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
Inventor(s): Bronwyn Harris of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Todd Murphy of Baltimore MD (US) for apple inc., Michael Carchia of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/00, A61B5/024, A61B5/08, A61B5/11, G16H10/60
Abstract: devices, systems and methods are provided to assist with the monitoring or management of a patient's medical condition, which have one or more sensors sensing individual patient data on or near the patient. this individual patient data corresponds to at least one physiological parameter of the patient and includes a sensor that does not require the patient to apply it or activate it. the data is then transmitted to a processor for computing a risk or status signal that is based on comparison from a baseline related to a patient or related population and an alert or alarm can be generated based on the result of the signal.
20240157745.Support System With Air Reservoir_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Samuel G. Fowle of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Troy A. Carter of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): B60G11/27, B60G11/28, B60G17/048, B60G17/052
Abstract: a support system includes an air spring includes an air spring housing, defines an internal working volume, and is configured to support a body structure. the support system also includes an air reservoir that is supported by the air spring housing and defines a reservoir volume that is in fluid communication with the internal working volume of the air spring.
20240159512.Wearable Skin Vibration or Silent Gesture Detector_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Mehmet Mutlu of Grover Beach CA (US) for apple inc., Ahmet Fatih Cihan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01B9/02, G06F3/01, G06F3/16, H04R1/10
Abstract: disclosed herein are wearable devices, their configurations, and methods of operation that use self-mixing interferometry signals of a self-mixing interferometry sensor to recognize user inputs. the user inputs may include voiced commands or silent gesture commands. the devices may be wearable on the user's head, with the self-mixing interferometry sensor configured to direct a beam of light toward a location on the user's head. skin deformations or vibrations at the location may be caused by the user's speech or the user's silent gestures and recognized using the self-mixing interferometry signal. the self-mixing interferometry signals may be used for bioauthentication and/or audio conditioning of received sound or voice inputs to a microphone.
20240159554.NAVIGATIONAL USER INTERFACES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul T. NIXON of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Edward CHAO of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin W. CHEN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yeobeen CHUNG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Diogo Jose DA SILVA VALENTE SOARES of Moss Beach CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas D. FELTON of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Todd R. GROOMS of Nashville TN (US) for apple inc., Jared K. MCGANN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01C21/36, G01C21/34, H04W4/024
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to navigational user interfaces, including displaying indications of locations, transitioning from displaying a watch face user interface in a first mode to displaying the watch face user interface in a second mode, displaying a navigational complication for an application, and displaying different views of indications of locations.
20240159884.Optical Crosstalk Compensation for Optical Sensors_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Dianbo Guo of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mengshu Huang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S7/497, G01S7/481
Abstract: an optical sensor module includes a housing, an optical emitter, a photodetector, a sensor circuit, and an optical crosstalk compensation circuit. the optical emitter is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation toward and through the housing. the photodetector is configured to provide a photocurrent to an output node. the photocurrent is responsive to a receipt of first portions of the electromagnetic radiation redirected by an intended target and received through the housing, and second portions of the electromagnetic radiation redirected by an unintended target or received directly from the optical emitter. the sensor circuit is connected to the output node and configured to generate a sensor output. the optical crosstalk compensation circuit is configured to inject a bias current into the output node or the sensor circuit.
20240160022.Video Compression Methods and Apparatus_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Geoffrey Stahl of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Avi Bar-Zeev of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G06F3/01, G06F3/04815, G06T7/70, H04N19/139
Abstract: a mixed reality system including a head-mounted display (hmd) and a base station. information collected by hmd sensors may be transmitted to the base via a wired or wireless connection. on the base, a rendering engine renders frames including virtual content based in part on the sensor information, and an encoder compresses the frames according to an encoding protocol before sending the frames to the hmd over the connection. instead of using a previous frame to estimate motion vectors in the encoder, motion vectors from the hmd and the rendering engine are input to the encoder and used in compressing the frame. the motion vectors may be embedded in the data stream along with the encoded frame data and transmitted to the hmd over the connection. if a frame is not received at the hmd, the hmd may synthesize a frame from a previous frame using the motion vectors.
20240160088.MOBILE ZOOM USING MULTIPLE PRIME CAMERAS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Claus Molgaard of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Iain A. McAllister of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G03B13/34, H04N5/262, H04N23/45, H04N23/58, H04N23/62, H04N23/63, H04N23/69, H04N25/40
Abstract: some embodiments include methods and/or systems for using multiple cameras to provide optical zoom to a user. some embodiments include a first camera unit of a multifunction device capturing a first image of a first visual field. a second camera unit of the multifunction device simultaneously captures a second image of a second visual field. in some embodiments, the first camera unit includes a first optical package with a first focal length. in some embodiments, the second camera unit includes a second optical package with a second focal length. in some embodiments, the first focal length is different from the second focal length, and the first visual field is a subset of the second visual field. in some embodiments, the first image and the second image are preserved to a storage medium as separate data structures.
20240160267.Telemetry Push Aggregation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Doron Rajwan of Rishon LeZion (IL) for apple inc., Karl Daniel Wulcan of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Lital Levy-Rubin of Tel Aviv (IL) for apple inc., Tal Kuzi of Tel Aviv (IL) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3206, G06F11/30, G06F11/34
Abstract: systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing telemetry push aggregation techniques are described. a computing system includes one or more input/output (i/o) agents interposed between functional units and a communication fabric. a given i/o agent receives a set of aggregation rules from a power management unit. the i/o agent monitors traffic from the functional units, and the i/o agent generates telemetry data from the traffic data based on the set of aggregation rules. the telemetry data is used by the power management unit to make adjustments to one or more power settings.
20240160268.Systems and Methods for Coherent Power Management_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Joseph T. DiBene, II of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Inder M. Sodhi of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Keith Cox of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Gerard R. Williams, III of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3206, G06F1/3203, G06F1/3296
Abstract: in an embodiment, a system includes multiple power management mechanism operating in different time domains (e.g., with different bandwidths) and control circuitry that is configured to coordinate operation of the mechanisms. if one mechanism is adding energy to the system, for example, the control circuitry may inform another mechanism that the energy is coming so that the other mechanism may not take as drastic an action as it would if no energy were coming. if a light workload is detected by circuitry near the load, and there is plenty of energy in the system, the control circuitry may cause the power management unit (pmu) to generate less energy or even temporarily turn off. a variety of mechanisms for the coordinated, coherent use of power are described.
20240160293.USER INTERFACES FOR BRACKETS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Emmet R. SMITH of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mark D. MAJDANSKI of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Leticia P. POWER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jessica R. HARRBACK of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01
Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of events arranged in a bracket. in some embodiments, in response to receiving an input corresponding to a request to update a view level of the bracket, the electronic device updates the presentation of information included in representations of events included in the bracket.
20240160479.HARDWARE ACCELERATORS USING SHARED INTERFACE REGISTERS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Mahesh B. Chappalli of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/50, G06F9/48
Abstract: methods and systems include processors and hardware accelerators. the processor initiates a first process in a first hardware accelerator configured to aid the processor in performing the first process. the processor initiates the first process using one or more interface registers. the processor performs additional processing while the first hardware accelerator performs the first process after initiation of the first process. the processor also initiates a second process in a second hardware accelerator configured to aid the processor in performing a second process. moreover, the processor initiates the second process using the one or more interface registers.
20240160766.FILE SYSTEM METADATA PROTECTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Eric B. Tamura of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Wade Benson of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., John Garvey of Victoria (CA) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/62, G06F21/31, G06F21/60, H04L9/14
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to securely storing file system metadata in a computing device. in one embodiment, a computing device includes a processor, memory, and a secure circuit. the memory has a file system stored therein that includes metadata for accessing a plurality of files in the memory. the metadata is encrypted with a metadata encryption key that is stored in an encrypted form. the secure circuit is configured to receive a request from the processor to access the file system. in response to the request, the secure circuit is configured to decrypt the encrypted form of the metadata encryption key. in some embodiments, the computing device includes a memory controller configured to receive the metadata encryption key from the secure circuit, retrieve the encrypted metadata from the memory, and decrypt the encrypted metadata prior to providing the metadata to the processor.
20240161308.ACTIVITY ZONE FOR CAMERA VIDEO_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sara Bolouki of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Yah Yah Cason of Las Vegas NV (US) for apple inc., Jonghoon Jin of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Nils Ängquist of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Hendrik Dahlkamp of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick L. Coffman of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T7/20, G06N3/08
Abstract: methods and systems are provided for establishing an activity zone within video captured by a camera. a user device may establish an activity zone or an exclusion zone within video representing a physical view captured by the camera. an automatic monitoring system may analyze the video of the camera with respect to the activity zone or exclusion zone and trigger notifications that are associated with a zone so as to limit notifications transmitted to the user device to those notifications that are relevant to the user. with activity or exclusion zones video from a camera may be automatically monitored to reduce a volume of notifications transmitted to the user device.
20240161401.Representing Traffic Along a Route_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Christopher D. Moore of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Aroon Pahwa of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Yaohua Hu of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T17/05, G01C21/36, G06Q10/047, G06T17/20, G08G1/0962, G08G1/0967, G08G1/0968
Abstract: some embodiments provide a mapping application that has a novel way of displaying traffic congestion along roads in the map. the mapping application in some embodiments defines a traffic congestion representation to run parallel to its corresponding road portion when the map is viewed at a particular zoom level, and defines a traffic congestion representation to be placed over its corresponding mad portion when the map is viewed at another zoom level. the mapping application in some embodiments differentiates the appearance of the traffic congestion representation that signifies heavy traffic congestion from the appearance of the traffic congestion representation that signifies moderate traffic congestion. in some of these embodiments, the mapping application does not generate a traffic congestion representation for areas along a road that are not congested.
20240161410.FLOORPLAN GENERATION BASED ON ROOM SCANNING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Feng Tang of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Afshin Dehghan of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kai Kang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Yang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yikang Liao of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Guangyu Zhao of Bejing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06F18/21, G06F18/214, G06F18/24, G06N3/045, G06T7/50, G06T7/73, G06T11/00, G06T15/20, G06T19/20, G06V10/22, G06V20/00, G06V20/10, G06V20/64, G06V30/262, H04N7/18
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3d) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
20240161527.Camera Parameter Estimation Using Semantic Labels_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Payal Jotwani of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V30/262, G06F18/24, G06T7/10, G06T7/70, G06T7/80
Abstract: a device obtains a point cloud of a scene including a plurality of points. each point has three-dimensional coordinates in a three-dimensional coordinate system. a first cluster of points has a first semantic label. the device obtains a two-dimensional image of the scene with a camera with an intrinsic parameter. the device detects, in the two-dimensional image, a representation of a first object corresponding to the first semantic label. the device determines two-dimensional coordinates in a two-dimensional coordinate system of the two-dimensional image corresponding to the first object. the device determines, from the first cluster of points, three-dimensional coordinates in the three-dimensional coordinate system of the scene corresponding to the two-dimensional coordinates in the two-dimensional coordinate system of the two-dimensional image of the scene. the device estimates the intrinsic parameter based on the two-dimensional and the three-dimensional coordinates.
Inventor(s): Hasan AKYOL of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Xuebei Yang of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3233
Abstract: a sensing circuit includes at least a first gain stage and a controller for controlling the operation of the first gain stage. the first gain stage includes an amplifier having at least one input and one output, and a feedback loop coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier. the feedback loop includes a first capacitor coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier, and a second capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the input of the amplifier through a first switch and a second terminal coupled to the output of the amplifier through a second switch. the second capacitor is configured to be coupled in parallel to the first capacitor during a first portion of a measurement cycle, and disconnected from the first capacitor during a second portion of the measurement cycle.
20240161721.MOVEMENT-BASED AUDIO OUTPUT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Bryan G. LANSER of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Aram M. LINDAHL of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Tony S. VERMA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10H7/00
Abstract: systems, devices, and methods for motion-based output of audio content are provided. the motion-based output of audio content may include synchronizing a tempo and a phase of audio content being output with a cadence and a phase of a cyclic movement of a user of an electronic device. the motion-based output can be performed by a system-level process such that synchronizations to motion cadence and phase can be provided for local audio content and/or audio content from any of various content streaming sources. the motion-based output can also account for algorithmic and/or transmission latencies, to output beats of the audio content in sync with user footfalls, including in implementations in which wireless headphones or earbuds are used. tempo and phase matching can also be provided across a delay or interval in which there is no output of audio content, such as during the gap between adjacent songs in a playlist.
Inventor(s): Sukalpa Biswas of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Farid Nemati of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G11C11/402, G11C5/02, G11C5/04, G11C5/06, G11C7/02, G11C11/406, H01L23/00, H01L25/065, H01L25/10
Abstract: in an embodiment, a memory system may include at least two types of dram, which differ in at least one characteristic. for example, one dram type may be a high density dram, while another dram type may have lower density but may also have lower latency and higher bandwidth than the first dram type. dram of the first type may be on one or more first integrated circuits and dram of the second type may be on one or more second integrated circuits. in an embodiment, the first and second integrated circuits may be coupled together in a stack. the second integrated circuit may include a physical layer circuit to couple to other circuitry (e.g., an integrated circuit having a memory controller, such as a system on a chip (soc)), and the physical layer circuit may be shared by the dram in the first integrated circuits.
20240161888.USER INTERFACES FOR SHARED HEALTH-RELATED DATA_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Matthew W. CROWLEY of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas D. FELTON of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Tiffany S. JON of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Kristin M. CANAVAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Pablo F. CARO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Dmitri CAVANDER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Heather E. DANIEL of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher D. LAURITZEN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Charmian B. NAGUIT of San Rafael CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G16H10/60, G06F3/0482, G16H10/40
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing sharing of health-related data. in some embodiments, user interfaces for establishing sharing of health-related data are described. in some embodiments, user interfaces for viewing and managing shared health-related data are described.
20240162182.Asymmetric Stackup Structure for SoC Package Substrates_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yikang Deng of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Taegui Kim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yifan Kao of Taoyuan City (TW) for apple inc., Jun Chung Hsu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L23/00, H01L23/498, H01L25/00, H01L25/065
Abstract: an asymmetric stackup structure for an soc package substrate is disclosed. the package substrate may include a substrate with one or more insulating material layers. a first recess may be formed in an upper surface of the substrate. the recess may be formed down to a conductive layer in the substrate. an integrated passive device may be positioned in the recess. a plurality of build-up layers may be formed on top of the substrate. at least one via path may be formed through the build-up layers and the substrate to connect contacts on the lower surface of the substrate to contacts on the upper surface of the build-up layers.
20240162651.Connector Assembly_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Darshan R. Kasar of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel C. Wagman of Scotts Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua A. Mendoza of Lancaster CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher S. Graham of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., James C. Wu of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Varun K. Sanghvi of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Muhammad F. Hossain of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01R13/627, H01R13/15
Abstract: a receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing, pin contacts, and a retainer. the receptacle housing has a convex wall portion, a concave wall portion, a first side wall portion that extends between the convex wall portion and the concave wall portion, and a second side wall portion that extends between the convex wall portion and the concave wall portion. the convex wall portion, the concave wall portion, the first side wall portion, and the second side wall portion at least partially define a cavity having an open end. the pin contacts are located in the cavity of the receptacle housing. the retainer has a first side latch and a second side latch that are configured to extend into the cavity in an engaged position and to move outward from the cavity to a disengaged position.
20240162970.SENSOR ASSISTED BEAM TRACKING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yakun Sun of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Rohit U. Nabar of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Mithat C. Dogan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Parvathanathan Subrahmanya of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Han Yan of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Louay Jalloul of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/08, H04B7/0426, H04B7/06
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for determining a beam for communication between a user equipment and a base station. for example, angle of arrival estimates may be utilized for determining the beam for communication.
Inventor(s): Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian 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., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/185
Abstract: a user equipment (ue), a base station (e.g., next generation nodeb (gnb)), or other network component can operate to configure a beam failure recovery (bfr) timing based on a time offset and a number of symbols in a bfr procedure, as well as enable beam switching and bandwidth part (bwp) switching to be correlated. a beam failure recovery request (bfrq) can be processed or transmitted in response to a detection of a beam failure. a beam failure recovery response (bfrr) can be generated via a physical downlink control channel (pdcch) based on at least four slots after the bfrq and a time offset for a non-terrestrial network (ntn).
20240163006.COMPRESSED PSDU FORMAT FOR NBA-MMS-UWB CONTROL SIGNALS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alexander Krebs of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Moche Cohen of Pardes Hanna (IL) for apple inc., Santhoshkumar Mani of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Lochan Verma of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jinjing Jiang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/00
Abstract: a wireless device may transmit ranging transmissions using a compressed psdu. the compressed psdu may be configured to support poll packets, response packets, and report packets. the compressed psdu may comprise an identifier (id) field, an address field, id specific data, and a cyclic redundancy check (crc) field. further, the wireless device may use an optimized header ie for broadcast.
Inventor(s): Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU 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.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04B7/06, H04W72/21
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to determine to perform a sounding reference signal (srs) transmission with an antenna port switch operation, wherein the srs transmission with the antenna port switch operation is performed during an srs transmission occasion comprising one or more symbols of a slot and apply one or more scheduling restriction rules corresponding to the srs transmission with the antenna port switch to provide one or more scheduling restrictions for the ue, wherein the scheduling restrictions cause the ue to omit performing at least one of transmission operations or reception operations during one or more symbols of the slot or one or more symbols of an adjacent slot.
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego 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., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to receive, from a serving base station, a configuration for a control resource set (coreset) including two transmission configuration indicator (tci) states for a frequency resource, wherein a first tci state is associated with a beam transmitted from a first transmission and reception point (trp) and a second tci state is associated with a beam transmitted from a second trp, determine, for the beams transmitted from each of the first and second trps, respective one or more reference signal (rs) resources to monitor for radio link monitoring (rlm) or beam failure detection (bfd) and monitor the rs transmitted from the first trp using the first tci state and the rs transmitted from the second trp using the second tci state.
20240163319.Conversation Privacy for Third Party Applications_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Luis R. Deliz Centeno of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Joseph P. Cerra of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L65/403, H04L65/1089, H04N7/15
Abstract: the disclosure pertains to techniques for collaborating in a multiuser communication session, including, at a first device, receiving a request to launch a first application in a multiuser communication session with a second device; presenting an environment of the first application in the multiuser communication session; receiving, by one or more processes of the multiuser communication session, data from the first user, the data including input data and first communications data; providing, by the one or more processes, the input data to the first application; providing, by the one or more processes, the first communications data to the second device; receiving, by the one or more processes, second communications data from the second device; and presenting, by the one or more processes, the second communications data in the environment of the first application, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing the first communications data and second communications data.
20240163345.PUSH NOTIFICATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Huan HE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathon SODOS of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas J. CIRCOSTA of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Sean GEIGER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nelson M. LEDUC of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Cisto CYRIAC of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew E. SHEPHERD of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., David A. SCHAEFGEN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Elliot T. GARNER of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jose A. LOZANO HINOJOSA of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Mursalin AKON of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Robert D. BUTLER of Middletown DE (US) for apple inc., Xudong LIU of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L67/55, H04L67/50, H04L67/53
Abstract: a push notification distribution system centralizes the management and delivery of push notifications to applications executing on electronic devices. registration requests to register applications for push notifications may be aggregated and sent as an aggregated registration request. the delivery priority of push notifications may be managed according to specified preferences. upon receiving a push notification intended for an electronic device, a delivery priority of the push notification may be changed if an application identifier associated with the push notification is found on a list of application identifiers with designed delivery priorities.
Inventor(s): Jae Woo CHANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan DE VRIES of Alameda CA (US) for apple inc., Marcel VAN OS of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher Patrick FOSS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Heena KO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick L. COFFMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Robert GARCIA, III of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04M1/57, H04M1/72439, H04M1/72469
Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device displays an incoming call user interface in response to receiving an indication of an incoming call. in some embodiments, the incoming call user interface is displayed overlaid on a respective user interface that is optionally associated with an application other than the application associated with the incoming call.
20240163365.DISPLAYING AND UPDATING A SET OF APPLICATION VIEWS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Nathan DE VRIES of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Lee S. BROUGHTON of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin Will CHEN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher Patrick FOSS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. LEMAY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher WILSON of Sonoma CA (US) for apple inc., Eric Lance WILSON of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Giancarlo YERKES of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04M1/72469, G06F3/048, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0488, H04M1/72403, H04M1/725
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to viewing and updating application views. a device receives a user input, the input, when received initiating display of a plurality of application views of a set of application views. the device, in response to receiving the user input, displays the plurality of application views of the set of application views, wherein the set of application views includes preselected application views and an adaptive view that corresponds to a most recently opened application that is not one of the preselected application views.
20240163436.JUST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES-BASED VIDEO ENCODING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Wei LI of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hye-Yeon CHEONG of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Jiancong LUO of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Linfeng GUO of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N19/124, H04N19/105, H04N19/176, H04N19/61
Abstract: techniques are disclosed for achieving quantization in video coding applications that achieves high coding efficiency and retains high image quality. these techniques employ quantization processes using quantization parameters that have been developed according to just noticeable difference (“jnd”) models for estimating coding artifacts from video coding. according to these techniques, an input pixel block of video is predictively coded with reference to a prediction reference, and prediction residuals obtained therefrom are transformed to transform domain coefficients. a transform coefficient is quantized by a quantization parameter read from a table populated by jnd-quality quantization values, which is indexed by a value representing a statistical analysis of the input pixel block.
20240163609.Audio Encoding with Compressed Ambience_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Tomlinson Holman of Palm Springs CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher T. Eubank of Santa Barbara CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua D. Atkins of Los Angeles CA (US) for apple inc., Soenke Pelzer of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dirk Schroeder of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R5/027, G10L19/16, G10L21/0216, H04R3/00, H04R3/04, H04R5/033, H04R5/04
Abstract: an audio device can sense sound in a physical environment using a plurality of microphones to generate a plurality of microphone signals. clean speech can be extracted from microphone signals. ambience can be extracted from the microphone signals. the clean speech can be encoded at a first compression level. the ambience can be encoded at a second compression level that is higher than the first compression level. other aspects are also described and claimed.
Inventor(s): Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Manasa RAGHAVAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) 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): H04W24/08, H04B7/06, H04L5/00, H04W72/21
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to report beam information for a secondary cell. the ue receives a signal from a network indicating that a physical uplink control channel (pucch) secondary cell (scell) activation procedure has been initiated, collects beam information corresponding to a target pucch scell, reports the beam information to the network, determines that the target pucch scell has been activated as a pucch scell and transmits uplink control information (uci) over a pucch to the pucch scell, wherein the ue is also configured with a different pucch corresponding to a primary cell (pcell).
20240163717.LATENCY MANAGEMENT FOR INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Murali Narasimha of Lake Oswego CA (US) for apple inc., Bharat Shrestha of Hillsboro OR (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W72/20, H04W72/23
Abstract: technology for an integrated access and backhaul (iab) node in an iab network is disclosed. the iab node can decode, at a distributed unit (du) of the iab node, a first resource request received from one of a user equipment (ue) or a child iab node, wherein the first resource request is associated with the ue. the iab node can encode, at a mobile terminal (mt) of the iab node, a second resource request for transmission to the parent iab node or the iab donor triggered by receipt of the first resource request, wherein the second resource request is transmitted prior to a receipt of a protocol data unit (pdu) at the du of the iab node.
Inventor(s): Jie Cui 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., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu 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., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00, H04W36/08, H04W76/20
Abstract: apparatus and method are provided for a user equipment (ue) to perform measurement operations for a handover procedure including target nr primary secondary cell (pscell) change or addition. the measurements of a target pscell are performed in accordance with a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (ss/pbch) block measurement time configuration (smtc) included in a measurement object received from a base station (bs). a source primary cell (pcell) is used for reference timing of the smtc if the measurement object is configured by the source pcell on same frequency and subcarrier spacing of the target pscell. a source pscell is used for reference timing of the smtc if the measurement object is configured by the source pscell on same frequency and subcarrier spacing of the target pscell.
Inventor(s): Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Manasa RAGHAVAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) 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): H04W36/00, H04W36/06
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to perform layer 1 (l1), layer 2 (l2) and layer (3) mobility operations. the ue determines a measurement gap sharing scheme for layer 1 (l1)/layer 2 (l2) based mobility and layer 3 (l3) based mobility, determines a measurement gap pattern, wherein at least one measurement gap includes l1/l2 measurement occasions and l3 measurement occasions and collects measurement data during the at least one measurement gap in accordance with the measurement gap sharing scheme.
Inventor(s): Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Amith CHINCHOLI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Kirk BURROUGHS of Alamo 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., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, H04L5/00, H04W72/23
Abstract: a base station of a network is configured to transmit a first indication to a user equipment (ue) of a mapping of code points, wherein each code point maps to one or more corresponding aperiodic or semi-persistent positioning reference signals (prs) to be transmitted from one or more transmission and reception points (trp), transmit a second indication to the ue of a first one of the mapped code points to activate the one or more corresponding prss for reception at the ue and transmit the one or more activated prss to the ue.
20240163836.Systems and Methods of Providing New Radio Positioning_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alexey KHORYAEV of Nizhyn Novgorod (RU) for apple inc., Sergey SOSNIN of Zavolzhie (RU) for apple inc., Gang XIONG of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Seunghee HAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sergey PANTELEEV of Nizhny Novgorod (RU) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, H04L5/00
Abstract: systems and methods are provided to determine an estimated location of a user equipment (ue). for instance, a ue can provide a positioning request to a node while the ue is in a radio resource control idle (rrc_idle) or inactive (rrc_inactive) state. the positioning request can be implemented in a random access channel (rach) message a (msga). the ue can then receive a positioning response from the node. the positioning response can be implemented in a rach message b (msgb).
Inventor(s): Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen YE of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/115, H04W72/20, H04W72/56
Abstract: aspects are described for a user equipment (ue) comprising a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication with a base station and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. the processor is configured to determine one or more configured grant (cg) transport blocks (tbs) of one or more cg uplink transmissions and determine one or more dynamic grant (dg) tbs of one or more dg uplink transmissions. the processor is further configured to determine that a first cg tb of the one or more cg tbs overlaps with a first dg tb of the one or more dg tbs in time and determine that a priority level of the first cg tb is lower than a priority level of the dg tb. the processor is further configured to determine that the priority level of the first cg tb is lower than the priority level of the first dg tb and transmit, in the first dg tb, a first dg uplink transmission corresponding to the first dg tb.
Inventor(s): Hong He of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Debdeep Chatterjee of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Gang Xiong of Beaverton OR (US) for apple inc., Hwan-Joon Kwon of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Sergey Sosnin of Zavolzhie (RU) for apple inc., Yongjun Kwak of Portland OR (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/23, H04L1/1812, H04L1/1867, H04W72/044, H04W72/12
Abstract: embodiments of a user equipment (ue), generation node-b (gnb) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. the ue may receive a physical downlink control channel (pdcch) that schedules a physical downlink shared channel (pdsch) in a slot, and on a component carrier (cc) of a plurality of ccs. the pdcch may include a total downlink assignment index (dai) and a counter dai for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (harq-ack) feedback of the pdsch. the total dai may indicate a total number of pairs of ccs and slots for the harq-ack feedback. the ue may encode the harq-ack feedback to include a bit that indicates whether the pdsch is successfully decoded. a size of the harq-ack feedback may be based on the total dai, and a position of the bit may be based on the counter dai.
20240163943.MultiLink Operations in a Wireless Local Area Network_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jinjing JIANG of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jarkko L. KNECKT of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Lochan VERMA of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Qi WANG of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong YONG of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu WU of Monterey CA (US) for apple inc., Yong LIU of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/15, H04W48/12, H04W74/0816
Abstract: a multilink access point may communicate with a legacy device. the multilink access point identifies an attempt, by at least one legacy station, to connect to the access point, determines that the at least one legacy station does not support multilink communications, broadcasts a beacon identifying information for a basic communication link that can be used by the at least one legacy station and associates with the at least one legacy station based at least on information included in the beacon, wherein the at least one legacy station communicates exclusively on the basic communication link with the access point.
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