Apple Inc. patent applications on August 22nd, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on August 22nd, 2024
Apple Inc.: 62 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of H04L5/00 (6), G06F3/01 (6), G06F3/16 (4), G06F3/0482 (4), G02B27/01 (4) G02B27/0172 (4), G06F3/04815 (2), H04W28/0252 (2), H04L5/0053 (2), A61B5/113 (1)
With keywords such as: device, user, electronic, data, information, include, embodiments, equipment, based, and display in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20240277260. Respiration Detection_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Nicholas C Soldner of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Arthur Y Zhang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Grant H Mulliken of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Izzet B Yildiz of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Javier Mendez of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sterling R Crispin of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Tushar Gupta of Stanford CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/113, A61B5/00, A61B5/01, A61B5/08
CPC Code(s): A61B5/113
Abstract: methods and apparatus for measuring biometric data including respiration in head-mounted devices (hmds). accelerometers may be integrated into a hmd and used to collect motion data from a user's face. this motion data may be processed to generate estimates of the user's respiration rate and changes to the respiration rate. thermal sensors may also be integrated into the hmd and used to collect thermal data from the surface of the user's face (or other regions of the user's head). this thermal data may also be processed to generate estimates of the user's respiration. the respiration rate and changes to respiration rate derived from signals from the sensors may be used to generate and present biometric data to the user.
20240277293. CONTACT DETECTION FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Chad A. BOSSETTI of Springs CO (US) for apple inc., Thomas J. SULLIVAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaoyu GUO of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Paras SAMSUKHA of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Anirban CHATTERJEE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/00, A61B5/24, A61B5/30, A61B5/304
CPC Code(s): A61B5/6844
Abstract: detecting user contact with one or more electrodes of a physiological signal sensor can be used to ensure physiological signals measured by the physiological signal sensor meet waveform characteristics (e.g., of a clinically accurate physiological signal). in some examples, a mobile and/or wearable device can comprise sensing circuitry, stimulation circuitry, and processing circuitry. the stimulation circuit can drive one or more stimulation signals on one or more electrodes, the resulting signal(s) can be measured (e.g., by the sensing circuitry), and the processing circuitry can determine whether a user is in contact with the electrode(s). additionally or alternatively, in some examples, mobile and/or wearable device can comprise saturation detection circuitry, and the processing circuitry can determine whether the sensing circuitry is saturated.
20240278533. Adhesive Structures for Electronic Devices_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Xiaowei Wu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Farzad Khademolhosseini of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Digvijay Raorane of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Chyi-Huey J Yeh of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yuxi Zhao of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Terry C Lam of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Supriya Goyal of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yasmin F Afsar of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Paul S Drzaic of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Lv of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wenyong Zhu of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Sijun Niu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Masoud Ghorbani Moghaddam of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): B32B7/025, B32B3/26, B32B5/02, B32B7/023, B32B7/12, B32B9/00, B32B9/04, B32B27/08, B32B27/36, C09J7/25, C09J9/00, H01L25/075, H10K59/80
CPC Code(s): B32B7/025
Abstract: in devices with flexible displays, multilayer adhesive stacks may be included. a multilayer adhesive may attach a flexible display panel to the display cover layer in an electronic device. including multiple layers of adhesive in the adhesive stack (as opposed to a single layer) provides more degrees of freedom for the tuning and optimization of the properties of the adhesive stack. the multilayer adhesive stack therefore has better performance than if only a single layer of adhesive is used. the multilayer adhesive stack may include one or more layers of soft adhesive, hard adhesive, hard elastomer, hard polymer, and/or glass to optimize the mechanical and optical performance of the multilayer adhesive stack. soft adhesive layers may be included to optimize lateral decoupling (e.g., during folding and unfolding) of the adhesive stack. harder layers may be included to provide rigidity and prevent denting during impact events.
Inventor(s): Herng-Jeng Jou of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jacob L. Smith of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Weiming Huang of State College PA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): C22C9/00, C23C14/14, C23C14/34, C25D3/38, H01M4/02, H01M4/66, H01M10/0525
CPC Code(s): C22C9/00
Abstract: a method of forming a component can include electrochemically depositing a metallic material onto a carrier component to a thickness of greater than 50 microns. the metallic material can include crystal grains and at least 90% of the crystal grains can include nanotwin boundaries. the metallic material can include a copper-silver alloy (cu—ag) with between about 0.5-2 at %-ag.
20240280675. SENSOR SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul Daniel Kaufhold of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S7/497, B60S1/54, G01S17/931
CPC Code(s): G01S7/497
Abstract: a sensor assembly can include a body defining an aperture and a lens disposed in the aperture. the lens can include an outer surface and an internal surface. the sensor assembly can further include a sensor disposed behind the lens adjacent to the internal surface, an air mover configured to move air across the outer surface, and a vibration mechanism mechanically coupled to the lens and configured to vibrate the lens.
Inventor(s): Gordon S. Franza of Rockledge FL (US) for apple inc., Gregory T. Minteer of Indian Harbour Beach FL (US) for apple inc., Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Dale Setlak of Merritt Island FL (US) for apple inc., Marcus C. Yip of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Ehsan Khajeh of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Aaron S. Tucker of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew W. Joyce of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Brian M. King of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Giovanni Gozzini of Berkeley CA (US) for apple inc., Jason S. Griesbach of Sausalito CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S7/52, G01S15/89, G10K11/34
CPC Code(s): G01S7/52033
Abstract: an acoustic imaging system coupled to an acoustic imaging medium to define an imaging surface. the acoustic imaging system includes an array of piezoelectric acoustic transducers formed at least in part from a thin-film piezoelectric material, such as pvdf. the array is coupled to the acoustic imaging medium opposite the imaging surface and formed using a thin-film manufacturing process over an application-specific integrated circuit that, in turn, is configured to leverage the array of piezoelectric actuators to generate an image of an object at least partially wetting to the imaging surface.
20240280767. Etched Coupling Structures for Bonded Photonic Dies_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jeremy D. Witmer of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey T. Hill of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Yipin Wu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Zhechao Wang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B6/42
CPC Code(s): G02B6/423
Abstract: an integrated photonic system including multiple photonic dies that are laterally aligned using contact between pairs of vertical surfaces. the vertical surfaces can be manufactured by defining, via photolithography processes for example, the shape of the vertical surfaces. thereafter, the vertical surfaces can be aligned and engaged, thereby optically and mechanically intercoupling the multiple photonic dies.
Inventor(s): James E. Pedder of Oxon (GB) for apple inc., Igor Stamenov of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew D. Hollands of Cambridge (GB) for apple inc., Thomas M. Gregory of Cambridge (GB) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G06F3/01, H04W4/80
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: a head-mounted device may include a lens module with a least one adjustable lens. the head-mounted device may be wirelessly paired to an electronic device such as a cellular telephone, watch, laptop computer, etc. to correct for presbyopia, the optical power of adjustable lenses in a head-mounted device may be adjusted when the user is viewing a close object. to allow for intelligent adjustments of the adjustable lenses while minimizing power consumption in the head-mounted device, the head-mounted device may receive sensor data and/or focal point change instructions from a paired electronic device. the paired electronic device may detect a trigger, analyze the user's attention to the paired electronic device, and send focal point change instructions to the head-mounted device based on the obtained information.
Inventor(s): Ivan S. MARIC of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Darshan R. KASAR of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Forrest C. WANG of Petaluma CA (US) for apple inc., Junhan REN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: a head-mountable device can include modules that provide vision correction and operable connections between the modules. by providing head-mountable devices with modular features, certain lens assemblies can provide the desired vision correction for any given user and facilitate exchange with a different lens assembly for a different user. the lens assembly can identify itself and/or a feature thereof (e.g., vision correction and/or user identification) via an operable connection through the optical assembly onto which it attaches. by providing the operable connection through the optical assembly, part count, weight, complexity, and install procedures can be reduced. by sealing the cable providing the operable connect from an external environment, the reliability and robustness of the connection can be enhanced.
Inventor(s): Paul X. Wang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B27/09, G03B21/14, G06F1/16, G06F1/3231, G06F3/01, G06F3/041, H04N13/344, H04N13/368, H04N21/41
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: an electronic device may have an inner display mounted in a housing so that an image on the inner display is presented to an eye box through a lens for viewing by a user while the electronic device is being worn on a head of the user. the electronic device may have input-output devices that are operable on external surfaces of the electronic device. the input-output devices may be used to gather user input for controlling an external device while the electronic device is not being worn on the user's head. the input-output devices may include a touch screen display, buttons, and other input-output components. an input-output component may be formed on a movable member that can be moved between a stored position and a deployed position. a projector may project images onto nearby surfaces. a removable electronic device may be coupled to head-mounted support structures or other housing structures.
20240280824. Devices With Adjustable-Tint Lenses_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Austin S Young of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Michael J Oudenhoven of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02F1/1343
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have eyeglass lenses. each eyeglass lens may have an optical system with inner and outer lens elements and a waveguide and light modulator between the inner and outer lens elements. the waveguide of each system may be configured to receive and guide an image from a projector. the waveguide may have a may have an output coupler configured to direct the image out of the waveguide through the inner lens element to an eye box for viewing by a user. the light modulator in each optical system may be electrically adjustable between a higher transmission state that enhances the visibility of real-world objects through the lens and a lower transmission state that dims ambient light to enhance the visibility of the image from the projector. the light modulator layer may have electrode structures that use portions of the waveguide and/or outer lens element as substrates.
20240280842. Efficient Pin Phase Shifters_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jason S. Pelc of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Liu of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02F1/025, G02B6/02, G02B6/12
CPC Code(s): G02F1/025
Abstract: embodiments are directed to photonic integrated circuits that include a carrier-based phase shifter. the carrier-based phase shifter is configured as a pin phase shifter with a waveguide formed from a strip extending from a slab waveguide. the pin phase shifter includes a first set of doping regions positioned in a slab waveguide and a second set of doping regions positioned the strip. each of the first set of doping regions has a first conductivity type, and each of the second set of doping regions has a second conductivity type that is different that the first conductivity type.
20240281055. TRACKING AND DRIFT CORRECTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Mohamed Selim Ben Himane of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/0346, G06T7/70
CPC Code(s): G06F3/011
Abstract: some implementations provide improved user interfaces for interacting with a virtual environment. the virtual environment is presented by a display of a first device having an image sensor. the first device uses the image sensor to determine a relative position and orientation of a second device based on a marker displayed on a display of the second device. the first device uses the determined relative position of the second device to display a representation of the second device including virtual content in place of the marker.
20240281065. Ring Device_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Stefan Hafeneger of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Amrith V Ram of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Joel N Ruscher of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/0346, G06F3/041, G06F3/16, G06K7/10, G06K19/077, G06T11/00, G10L15/22, G10L25/78, H04B5/73, H04B5/77
CPC Code(s): G06F3/014
Abstract: a ring device may be worn on a user's finger. the ring device may include near-field communications circuitry for emulating near-field communications tags based on biometric data and/or for logging health-related actions such as medicine intake. an inertial measurement unit in the ring device may detect pointing and other gestures for controlling equipment. a microphone may detect voice input and other sounds that can be used to infer the context in which the ring device is operating. motion data from a first device may be used to determine a gaze direction towards a second device so that ring input may be directed towards the second device. a map of locations of different devices that can be controlled by the ring device may be generated using a combination of pointing input, voice input, gaze input, and/or touch input.
Inventor(s): Evgenii KRIVORUCHKO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Wesley M. HOLDER of Union City CA (US) for apple inc., Matan STAUBER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. LEMAY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Zoey C. TAYLOR of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher D. MCKENZIE of Burlingame CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04815
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04815
Abstract: in some embodiments, a computer system displays a user interface object in a three-dimensional environment based on a change in spatial arrangement of a first portion of a user relative to the user interface object. in some embodiments, a computer system displays a user interface object in a three-dimensional environment in response to detecting a change in a spatial arrangement of a viewpoint of a user relative to the three-dimensional environment.
Inventor(s): Niranjan MANJUNATH of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Martynas LAURITA of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Arun K. THAMPI of Dublin CA (US) for apple inc., Haishan YE of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04815, G01C21/36, G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04815
Abstract: some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for transitioning display of user interfaces in an extended reality environment based on tilt of an electronic device. in some examples, an electronic device presents an extended reality environment that includes a virtual object in a first visual state within the extended reality environment. in some examples, if the electronic device detects a first input that includes movement of the viewpoint, in accordance with a determination that the movement of the viewpoint exceeds a threshold movement, the electronic device displays the virtual object in a second visual state, different from the first visual state. in some examples, while displaying the virtual object in the second visual state, if the electronic device detects a second input that satisfies one or more first criteria, the electronic device displays the virtual object in the first visual state.
Inventor(s): William M. Tyler of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Chanaka G. Karunamuni of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher P. Foss of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Marcos Alonso Ruiz of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. Lemay of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Caelan G. Stack of Belmont CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan de Vries of Alameda CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0488, G06F1/16, G06F1/3234, G06F3/01, G06F3/04817, G06F3/0485, G06F3/04883, G06F21/36, G06F21/62, H04L51/224, H04L51/52, H04M1/673, H04M1/724, H04M1/72436
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0488
Abstract: an electronic device concurrently displays a first user interface of first software and status information for an application that is different from the first software. the status information includes content of the application. as a state of the application changes, the device updates the content of the application displayed in the status information. in response to detecting an input corresponding to a request to display a different, second user interface of different, second software, while concurrently displaying the first user interface and a respective user interface object that includes the status information, the device ceases to display the first user interface and the respective user interface object, and displays the second user interface including content of the application, including, as the state of the application changes, updating the content of the application displayed in the second user interface, which includes information that is different from the status information.
Inventor(s): Bas ORDING of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G06F3/0482, G06F3/04845, G06F3/0485, G06F3/0488, G06F40/106, H04M1/72403, H04M1/72427, H04M1/7243, H04M1/72445
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04883
Abstract: in accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a device with a touch screen display is disclosed. in the method, a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display is detected. in response to detecting the movement, an electronic document displayed on the touch screen display is translated in a first direction. if an edge of the electronic document is reached while translating the electronic document in the first direction while the object is still detected on or near the touch screen display, an area beyond the edge of the document is displayed. after the object is no longer detected on or near the touch screen display, the document is translated in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the document is no longer displayed.
20240281189. USER INTERFACES FOR DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE DISPLAYS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Thomas Steven HULBERT of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Madeleine CORDIER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Seung Wook KIM of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Brigit E. LAMBERSON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Gemma ROPER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Max L. L. McCARTHY of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Mikael SILVANTO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/14, G06F3/0482, G06F3/04845, G06F3/0485, G06F3/04883, G09G5/373, G09G5/38
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1423
Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device displays and allows user interaction with content on multiple displays. in some embodiments, an electronic device displays three-dimensional content using coordinated views on multiple displays. in some embodiments, an electronic device shares content while displaying a video conferencing user interface. in some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates the display or keeping private of content on multiple displays. in some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates the display of information from applications using a shared graphical input coordinate space. in some embodiments, an electronic device presents indications of notifications. in some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content that are related to content presented on the one or more electronic devices. in some embodiments, an electronic device presents user interfaces including a soft keyboard.
Inventor(s): Nicholas D. FELTON of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Ruchi N. GOSWAMI of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew E. LEON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David HARRISON of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0484, H04R29/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/165
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and techniques for managing and visualizing sound reduction using a computer system. in accordance with some embodiments, the computer system displays a representation of a noise level including, in accordance with a sound reduction display option being enabled, a first indication of a noise level at a first time and a second indication of a noise level at a time different from the first time. in accordance with some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the sound reduction display option is not enabled, an indication of a noise level at the first time that indicates the noise level.
20240281206. MULTI-MODAL INTERFACES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Thomas R. GRUBER of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Mohammed A. TAYYEB of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Ron C. SANTOS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Madhusudan CHINTHAKUNTA of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16, G06F3/04817, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0488, G10L15/26
CPC Code(s): G06F3/167
Abstract: systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to perform intelligent list reading are provided. in accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors, receiving a first user input of a first input type, the first user input including a plurality of words; displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, the plurality of words; receiving a second user input of a second input type indicating a selection of a word of the plurality of words, the second input type different than the first input type; receiving a third user input; modifying the selected word based on the third user input to provide a modified one or more words; and displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, the modified one or more words.
20240281490. Ranking of Content Based On Implied Relationships_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Xiaoyuan Goodman Gu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuan Yen Tai of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc., Moliang Zhou of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Dayvid Victor Rodrigues de Oliveira of Round Rock TX (US) for apple inc., Brian Knott of New York City NY (US) for apple inc., Jin Cao of Ardsley NY (US) for apple inc., Jia Huang of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F16/954, G06F16/951
CPC Code(s): G06F16/954
Abstract: the present technology has the ability to establish connections between content that do not have direct or explicit relationships. implicit influence relationships can be established from user download sequence data, campaign data with keyword targeting, and content review data that mentions other content. using these influence relationships, the relevance of content items can be determined based on the influence relationship of linked content items and a similarity relationship of content items. however, the importance of the influence relationship in ranking content items can vary depending on the parameters against which the content item is considered relevant. to address this, the present technology includes a context-driven factor that is used as a weight to adjust the impact of the influence relationship of the ranking, depending on the parameters against which the content item is considered relevant.
Inventor(s): Christopher A. Burns of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Casper R. W. van Benthem of Abbots Langley (GB) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T7/00, G06T1/20, G06T15/00, G06T15/06, G06T17/10
CPC Code(s): G06T7/0002
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to testing whether a ray intersects a graphics primitive, e.g., for ray tracing. in some embodiments, intersection circuitry performs a reduced-precision conservative intersection test and shader circuitry performs an original-precision intersection test if the intersection circuitry indicates a hit. the intersection circuitry may quantize the ray (and may quantize the primitive or may receive a quantized representation of the primitive). the intersection circuitry then determines an intersection result for the reduced-precision test based on the quantized primitive data and quantized ray data. in various embodiments, disclosed techniques may improve performance or reduce power consumption by reducing the number of original-precision intersection tests that do not result in hits.
Inventor(s): Philipp Rockel of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Charles C. Hoyt of Pacifica CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06F3/01, G06T19/20
CPC Code(s): G06T19/006
Abstract: a computer system displays a first view of a three-dimensional environment, including a first user interface object, that when activated by a user input meeting first criteria, causes performance of a first operation. while displaying the first view, the computer system detects first movement of a hand in a physical environment, and in response, changes an appearance of the first user interface object in the first view based on the first movement, including: in accordance with a determination that the first movement meets the first criteria requiring the hand move in a first manner, performing and indicating performance of the first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the first movement does not meet the first criteria, moving the first user interface object away from a position in the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a location of the hand in the physical environment without performing the first operation.
20240282107. AUTOMATIC IMAGE SELECTION WITH CROSS MODAL MATCHING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jia Huang of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Robert J. Monarch of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Alex Jungho Kim of Mukilteo WA (US) for apple inc., Jungsuk Kwac of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Parmeshwar Khurd of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Kailash Thiyagarajan of Dallas TX (US) for apple inc., Xiaoyuan Goodman Gu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V20/30, G06F16/53, G06V10/774
CPC Code(s): G06V20/30
Abstract: the present technology pertains to a multi-modal transformer model that is designed and trained to perform cross-modal tasks such as image-text matching, wherein the model is further refined with data for the particular downstream use case of the model. more specifically, the present technology can refine the underlying model with labeled examples derived from a dataset of text-image pairs that ultimately achieved a desired interaction in the proper context. for example, in the use case of advertising applications in an app store, the present technology can refine the underlying model with examples of images used to advertise applications in the app store where the respective invitational content was clicked or converted.
Inventor(s): Aram M. LINDAHL of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10L15/22, G06F3/16, G06F16/43, G10L15/18, G10L15/30, G10L21/06
CPC Code(s): G10L15/22
Abstract: an electronic device may capture a voice command from a user. the electronic device may store contextual information about the state of the electronic device when the voice command is received. the electronic device may transmit the voice command and the contextual information to computing equipment such as a desktop computer or a remote server. the computing equipment may perform a speech recognition operation on the voice command and may process the contextual information. the computing equipment may respond to the voice command. the computing equipment may also transmit information to the electronic device that allows the electronic device to respond to the voice command.
Inventor(s): Christopher M Dodson of Denver CO (US) for apple inc., Guocheng Shao of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L31/02, H01L27/144, H01L31/0216
CPC Code(s): H01L31/02024
Abstract: an electronic device may have an optical sensor such as an ambient light sensor for detecting ambient light. the ambient light sensor may include one or more photodetectors and light control layers disposed over the photodetectors. the light control layers may include light control structures forming concentric strips of opaque or light absorbing material. the light control layers may include one layer of light control structures, two layers of light control structures, or three or more layers of light control structures separated by one or more intervening transparent substrates. the electronic device may include associated control circuitry configured to compute angular information on the ambient light based on readings output from the one or more photodetectors.
20240283301. ELECTRIC SHIELDING STRUCTURES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Andro Radchenko of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Vaneet Pathak of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Martin Schauer of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Cheung-Wei Lam of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Rahul A. Sabnani of Colma CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J50/70, H01F27/28, H01F27/36, H01F38/14, H02J50/10, H02J50/12, H02J50/40
CPC Code(s): H02J50/70
Abstract: wireless power transmitting devices according to embodiments of the present technology may include a contact surface configured to support one or more wireless power receiving devices. the wireless power transmitting devices may include a plurality of coils. the wireless power transmitting devices may also include a shield positioned between the plurality of coils and the contact surface. the shield may include one or more shield members, each shield member axially aligned with a separate coil of the plurality of coils, and may include a multilayer structure exhibiting various conductivities.
Inventor(s): Chad A. Bossetti of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher S. Graham of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David W. Ritter of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Todd K. Moyer of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Steven G. Herbst of Berkeley CA (US) for apple inc., Shimon Elkayam of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Nileshbhai J. Shah of Irvine CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen C. Terry of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zaki Moussaoui of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J50/90, G01D5/16, G01D5/20, G01D5/24, H02J50/10, H02J50/12, H10N30/30
CPC Code(s): H02J50/90
Abstract: a wireless charging mat and method of operating the same. the wireless charging mat includes a detection system configured to determine a location and an orientation of an electronic device on the wireless charging mat. the location and orientation are determined based on detected locations of one or more structural features of the electronic device. the wireless charging mat is operated according to the detected location and orientation.
20240283436. Data Detection on Serial Communication Links_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Vishal Varma of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Dhaval H. Shah of Newark CA (US) for apple inc., Jose A. Tierno of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Sanjeev K. Maheshwari of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Sumeet Gupta of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03K5/08, H04L25/06
CPC Code(s): H03K5/082
Abstract: a serial data receiver subsystem of a computer system includes a data rate detection circuit and a receiver circuit. the data rate detection circuit is configured to detect that a communication link operates in a high-speed mode rather than in a low-speed mode by detecting that a number of transitions in a serial data stream over a reference period of time exceeds a threshold value. the date rate detection circuit is further configured to activate a data rate detection signal indicating that the communication link operates in the high-speed mode, the data rate detection signal activated in response to detection that the number of transitions in the serial data stream over the reference period of time exceeds the threshold value. the receiver circuit is configured to activate one or more of a plurality of subcircuits included in the receiver circuit in response to activation of the data rate detection signal.
20240283450. Bootstrapped Multiplex Circuit_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Gary Seigneuret of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Giulio Maria Iadicicco of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Maria Khukhryanskaya of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Emmanuela M. Campolo of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03K17/693, G06F1/26
CPC Code(s): H03K17/693
Abstract: a multiplex circuit for computer systems includes multiple bootstrap switches that share a common capacitor for generating a boost voltage. when one of the bootstrap switches is activated, it is coupled to the common capacitor which is used to generate the boost voltage to control a switch transistor in the activated bootstrap circuit. upon deactivating an active bootstrap switch, the common capacitor is pre-charged prior to the activation of another bootstrap switch.
Inventor(s): Fucheng Wang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Giuseppe Patane of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sayak Bose of Nashua NH (US) for apple inc., Anatoliy S Ioffe of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/12, H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04B1/123
Abstract: user equipment (ue) may indicate a flexible direct current (dc) leakage location signaling capability to a network that facilitates transmission of accurate dc leakage locations to the network for improved reduction of negative impact of dc leakage on signal quality of uplink (ul) allocated resources. the ue may operate in the first dc leakage location signaling mode when only a single component carrier is activated, and indicate to the network one or more dc leakage locations corresponding to the single component carrier. additionally, the ue may operate in the second dc leakage location signaling mode when at least a portion of two or more component carriers are activated, and enable the network to determine a default dc leakage location associated the two or more component carriers.
Inventor(s): Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) 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 Saratoga 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., Sigen Ye 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.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/1829, H04L1/00, H04W72/23
CPC Code(s): H04L1/1854
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for determining and acknowledging transmission configuration indicator states.
Inventor(s): Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04B17/327, H04W56/00, H04W64/00
CPC Code(s): H04L5/001
Abstract: apparatuses, systems, and methods for receiving and utilizing positioning reference signals (prss) with bandwidth aggregation, e.g., in 5g nr systems and beyond. a ue may adjust its measurement and timing procedures in various ways to accommodate prs bandwidth aggregation across multiple positioning frequency layers and multiple component carriers. for example, various parameters and procedures may be adjusted to reduce power imbalance between component carriers, to accommodate measurement of the aggregated bandwidth, to allow increased measurement gap for receiving prs from neighbor cells, to provide assistance information reporting impairment introduced by the prs bandwidth aggregation, etc.
Inventor(s): Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0053
Abstract: systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for aligning a number of eigen-vectors summarizing channel state information to a number of input nodes of an ai-based csi feedback compression encoder. in one example, a method includes receiving a channel state information (csi) report configuration that indicates a number of prbs; determining a number of subbands and a respective number of prbs in each respective subband; and generating a plurality of eigen-vectors, wherein one or more of the eigen-vectors summarizes a channel state matrix across a respective subband. a number eigen-vectors in the plurality corresponds to number of inputs of an artificial intelligence (ai) encoder used for csi feedback compression.
Inventor(s): Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Parvathanathan Subrahmanya of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04W72/21
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0053
Abstract: systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for quantizing artificial intelligence (ai)-based compressed channel state information (csi) feedback. in one example, a method includes receiving a set of encoder outputs from an ai-based encoder that generates compressed csi feedback. the method includes optimizing a per-segment vector quantization (vq) codebook for use in quantizing respective segments of encoder outputs based on the set of encoder outputs. a number of inputs of the vq codebook and a number of outputs of the vq codebook are based on a number of bits configured for uplink channel information (uci) and a number of segments.
20240283632. Private Retrieval of Location-Based Information_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Rehan Rishi of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Fabian K. Boemer of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Karl Tarbe of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Brandon J. Van Ryswyk of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Marco Zuliani of Willow Glen CA (US) for apple inc., Abhishek (APS) Bhowmick of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Tancrède Lepoint of New York NY (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/00, H04W8/26, H04W12/04
CPC Code(s): H04L9/008
Abstract: a computing device sends a request for location-based information (lbi) to a server, where the request includes first address information indicative of a geographic area (e.g., where the computing device is located), and an encrypted version of second address information that specifies a sub-region of the geographic area. the second address information is encrypted by a first key not accessible to the server. the first address information is used to select a subset of the lbi stored on the server. the server then performs a privacy protocol such as private information retrieval on the selected subset using the encrypted second address information. this produces an encrypted version of the requested lbi without the server having access to information indicating which item of lbi was requested. the encrypted version of the particular item of lbi is returned to the computing device, where it can be decrypted using a second key.
20240283669. Avatar Spatial Modes_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Connor A. Smith of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Bruno M. Sommer of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan R. Dascola of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas W. Henderson of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Timofey Grechkin of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L12/18, G06T13/20
CPC Code(s): H04L12/1818
Abstract: avatars may be displayed in a multiuser communication session using various spatial modes. one technique for presenting avatars includes presenting avatars such that an attention direction of the avatar is retargeted to match the intent of the remote user corresponding to the avatar. another technique for presenting avatars includes a pinned mode in which a spatial relationship between one or more avatars remains displayed in a consistent spatial relationship to a local user regardless of movements of the local user. another technique for presenting avatars includes providing user-selectable presentation modes between a room scale mode and a stationary mode for presenting a representation of a multiuser communication session.
20240284019. VOICE COIL MOTOR OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Richard J. Topliss of Cambridge (GB) for apple inc., Douglas S. Brodie of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Anthony J. Rossetti of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Richard H. Tsai of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Richard L. Baer of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/50, G02B7/08, G02B27/64, H02K41/035
CPC Code(s): H04N23/50
Abstract: some embodiments provide an apparatus for controlling the motion of a camera component. in some embodiments, the apparatus includes an actuator module. the actuator module includes a plurality of magnets. each magnet of the plurality of magnets is poled with magnetic domains substantially aligned in the same direction throughout each magnet. the apparatus further includes a coil rigidly disposed around a lens. each magnet of the plurality of magnets contributes to the forces to adjust focus of the lens based on lorentz forces generated from the coil.
20240284037. USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING MEDIA_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Johnnie B. MANZARI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Teun R. BAAR of Utrecht (NL) for apple inc., Graham R. CLARKE of Scotts Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Samir GEHANI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., William A. SORRENTINO, III of Mill Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/63, G06F3/04842, G06F3/04847, H04N23/90
CPC Code(s): H04N23/633
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for displaying representations of media (an image, video).
Inventor(s): Chihsin Wu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N25/61, G06T3/40, H04N5/52
CPC Code(s): H04N25/61
Abstract: an image processing circuit for performing optical image stabilization before lens shading correction. the image processing circuit determines, for each row of pixels in an image captured through an image sensor receiving light through a lens having an optical center with a first offset along a first direction and a second offset along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a first grid offset along the first direction using the first offset and a coordinate of that row of pixels along the second direction. the image processing circuit determines, for each row of pixels in the image, a second grid offset along the second direction using the second offset and the coordinate of that row of pixels along the second direction. the image processing circuit generates an adjusted grid for the pixels of the image using the first grid offset and the second grid offset.
20240284137. Location Based Audio Rendering_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Shai Messingher Lang of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Symeon Delikaris Manias of Los Angeles CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04S7/00
CPC Code(s): H04S7/303
Abstract: a method may include determining a location of a user, determining a virtual playback format based on the location of the user, where the virtual playback format includes a position of a virtual speaker that is fixed in an environment of the user, and determining an acoustic model based on the location of the user. the method also includes rendering audio at the playback device based on the acoustic model and the virtual playback format.
Inventor(s): Christopher S. Linn of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Keith Stattenfield of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander J. Dunn of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W4/80, G06F9/48, H04L67/10, H04L67/50
CPC Code(s): H04W4/80
Abstract: described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. the source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device, determines an activity identifier for the activity information, and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising the activity identifier. upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. if the second application is available, the companion electronic device requests extended activity data from the source electronic device. the source electronic device responds by sending extended activity data from the first application to the companion electronic device. then, the companion electronic device uses the extended activity data to configure the second application and commences performing the activity with the second application at the companion electronic device.
20240284218. Physical Downlink Control Channel Monitoring Scaling_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Amir FARAJIDANA of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) 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 Saratoga 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., Keith W. SAINTS of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Linbo LI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI 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., Wei ZHANG of Santa Clara 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, H04L1/00, H04W72/0446, H04W72/23
CPC Code(s): H04W24/08
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) monitors a physical downlink control channel (pdcch) in multiple component carriers (cc). the ue determines if the ue is operating in carrier aggregation (ca) mode having a first cc in a first frequency band and a second cc in a second frequency band. when the ue is operating in ca with a first cc in the first frequency band and the second cc in the second frequency band, the ue determines a span pattern for pdcch symbols being received on the first and second cc and selects a pdcch monitoring type based on, at least, the span pattern. a ue also determines if a first cc and a second cc of a ca combination are collocated and selects a pdcch monitoring type based on, at least, the determination of whether the first and second cc are collocated.
20240284234. RELAXATION CRITERION FOR UE POWER SAVING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
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., Sigen Ye 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): H04W24/10, H04B7/06
CPC Code(s): H04W24/10
Abstract: a method for a user equipment (ue) includes: determining that a first set of criteria is met for relaxing an evaluation; in response to the determining that the first set of criteria is met, entering a relaxation mode in which the evaluation is performed by the ue using a relaxed evaluation period, the relaxed evaluation period longer than a normal evaluation period with which the evaluation is not relaxed; determining that a second set of criteria is met for not relaxing the evaluation; and in response to the determining that the second set of criteria is met, exiting the relaxation mode to perform the evaluation using the normal evaluation period.
Inventor(s): Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Bobby Jose of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Vijay Venkataraman of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Ping-Heng Kuo of London (GB) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0252
Abstract: the techniques described herein may include a device, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the device to: communicate, via a wireless communication network, information as in-order traffic; and communicate, via the wireless communication network, information using out-of-order traffic. the out-of-order traffic may comprise selective out-of-order delivery ood or per-packet ood delivery. additional examples, features and other techniques are also described herein.
Inventor(s): Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Bobby Jose of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ping-Heng Kuo of London (GB) for apple inc., Vijay Venkataraman of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0252
Abstract: the techniques described herein may include a device, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the device to: communicate, via a wireless communication network, information as in-order traffic using an in-order radio link control (rlc) entity; and communicate, via the wireless communication network, information as out-of-order traffic using an out-of-order rlc entity. the in-order traffic and the out-of-order traffic may be communicated using the same data radio bearer (drb). the out-of-order traffic may include selective out-of-order delivery (ood) or per-packet ood. additional examples, features and other techniques are also described herein.
Inventor(s): Ping-Heng Kuo of London (GB) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sudeep Manithara Vamanan of Nuremberg (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/06
CPC Code(s): H04W28/06
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for dynamic control of protocol data unit set discarding.
Inventor(s): Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sarma V. Vangala of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Srinivasan Nimmala of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sudeep Manithara Vamanan of Nuremberg (DE) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Shenzhen (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00, H04W4/06, H04W36/02, H04W36/08
CPC Code(s): H04W36/0007
Abstract: techniques are described for improving service continuity for multicast and broadcast services (mbs) communications during handover. techniques are included for supporting lossless handover and data forwarding during handover for peer-to-multiple (ptm) mbs transmission. lossless handover may be achieved in part by the user equipment (ue) providing to the target base station an indication of the next packet of the mbs session to be received following an rrc reconfiguration message, and an indication of any mbs packets provided by the source base station prior to the rrc reconfiguration message that were not properly received by the ue. data forwarding may be performed from the source base station to the target base station if the mbs session was not configured on the target base station prior to the handover. data forwarding may be omitted if the mbs session was configured on the target base station prior to the handover.
20240284296. END DEVICE COMMUNICATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Arun Vijayakumari Mahasenan of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Sarvesh Kumar Varatharajan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Venkateswara Rao Manepalli of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yaranama Venkata Ramana Dass of Belmont CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W40/04, H04W52/02, H04W80/02, H04W84/18
CPC Code(s): H04W40/04
Abstract: embodiments disclosed herein relate to enabling direct wireless device-to-device communication between sleepy end devices (seds) of a mesh (e.g., thread�) network. a router may forward packets between end devices of the mesh network. however, if the router is not available, seds may not be able to communicate with each other using a mesh protocol. embodiments presented herein enable end devices of the mesh network to communicate directly, without a router. some embodiments are directed to changing a role of an end device to temporarily act as a router for a particular target end device. the role change may be based on a trigger event and may be temporary until a target action is performed by the target end device. in some embodiments, the end devices continue to operate as seds and use coordinated sampled listening techniques to communicate via the mesh protocol.
Inventor(s): Vivek Gupta of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Sridhar Prakasam of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W48/16, H04W8/12
CPC Code(s): H04W48/16
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for providing the user equipment (ue) state indication to the policy control function (pcf).
20240284326. Controlling MIMO Layers for UE Power Saving_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yuchul Kim of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Irvine CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/02, H04B7/0456, H04W72/044, H04W72/23, H04W76/10, H04W76/28
CPC Code(s): H04W52/0212
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for dynamically adjusting a number of active receiver chains of a wireless device. based on communication parameters exchanged with a base station, a device may determine a maximum number of receiver chains needed for data reception during one or more time periods. such dynamic adjustment may enable power savings.
20240284339. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-POWER TRANSMISSION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alexander Sayenko of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Anatoliy S Ioffe of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel Popp of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Fucheng Wang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Sumit Verma of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/14, H04W28/02, H04W72/1268, H04W72/23
CPC Code(s): H04W52/146
Abstract: user equipment may include a transmitter coupled to an antenna to enable the user equipment to transmit data with a communication node and/or a non-terrestrial network. the user equipment may transmit using high power over a period of time such that the transmission power of the user equipment is below an emission threshold. for example, the user equipment may adjust a buffer status report to reduce uplink allocation frequency. in another example, the user equipment may determine a duty cycle and transmit the data using high power based on the duty cycle. in another example, the user equipment may determine a priority of uplink symbols and transmit certain uplink symbols using high power. in this way, the user equipment may transmit using high power and may improve transmission range to the non-terrestrial network and/or a likelihood that transmissions may be received by the network while remaining within the emission threshold.
Inventor(s): Dawei YING of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hassan GHOZLAN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Qian LI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Geng WU of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/24, H04B17/336, H04W24/10, H04W52/14, H04W52/36
CPC Code(s): H04W52/243
Abstract: disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for identifying an aggressor device or an aggressor beam of an aggressor device. the embodiments further mitigate the impact of the identified aggressor device or the identified aggressor beam of the aggressor device.
20240284357. ENHANCED RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MEASUREMENTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Panagiotis Botsinis of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Sameh M Eldessoki of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc., Tarik Tabet of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc., Christian Hofmann of Muenchen (DE) for apple inc., Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming Li of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W56/00, H04B7/06, H04W16/28
CPC Code(s): H04W56/0015
Abstract: techniques discussed herein can facilitate enhanced radio resource management measurements for wireless technology including new radio (nr). one example aspect is a baseband processor of a user equipment (ue), including one or more processors configured to receive a measurement link information state link information. the one or more processors are further configured to determine, from the measurement link information, a number of synchronization signal block based measurement timing configurations (smtcs) (y) per rx beam of a number of receive (rx) beams (n); generate at least one of a subset number of rx beams (n) of the number of rx beams based on the measurement link information, or an increased number of smtcs (y) of the number of smtcs corresponding to the number of rx beams; and perform radio resource management (rrm) measurements according to one or more of the subset number of rx beams or the increased number of smtcs.
Inventor(s): Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04W64/00
Abstract: apparatuses, systems, and methods for enhanced positioning techniques using configuration and capability signaling in cellular systems. a method may include reporting, to a network node, an indication of one or more user equipment (ue) capability parameters associated with a processing procedure for positioning reference signal (prs) bandwidth aggregation. the method may include receiving, from the network node and associated with the reported one or more ue capability parameters, a configuration for the processing procedure which supports multiple positioning frequency layer (multi-pfl) processing for aggregation of prs resources across a plurality of pfls and further supports one or more pfl groups comprising the plurality of pfls to be configured on one or more component carriers (ccs). additionally, respective prs resources in respective pfl groups may share one or more common parameters and the method may further include performing, based on the received configuration, the processing procedure.
20240284422. DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED UPLINK THROUGHPUT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jochen O Schrattenecker of Alberndorf in der Riedmark (AT) for apple inc., Stephan Henzler of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/0453, H04B7/0413
CPC Code(s): H04W72/0453
Abstract: user equipment may include a transmitter coupled to an antenna to enable the user equipment to transmit data with a base station and/or the wireless communication network. in certain instances, the user equipment may operate in a double multi-in multi-out (mimo) configuration with or without switching. in the double mimo with switching configuration, the user equipment may transmit data via two antennas on a first frequency band and switch to transmit additional data via the two antennas on a second frequency band. in the double mimo without switching configuration, the user equipment may concurrently transmit data via two antennas on a first frequency band and transmit second data via two additional antennas on a second frequency band. additionally, the user equipment may operate in a pc1.5 configuration using high power via two or more antennas.
Inventor(s): Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Haar (DE) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/11, H04W72/232
CPC Code(s): H04W72/11
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for unified transmission configuration indicator state for multiple-transmit-receive point operation in wireless networks.
20240284446. ENHANCEMENT IN CONFIGURED GRANT TRANSMISSION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/1268, H04L1/1812, H04L5/14, H04W72/0446, H04W72/21, H04W72/232
CPC Code(s): H04W72/1268
Abstract: disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for enhancement in configured grant transmission. an embodiment operates by receiving a configured grant (cg) configuration message configuring a plurality of cg physical uplink shared channel (pusch) transmission occasions (tos) within a cg period. next, the embodiment receives an information element indicating a time division duplexing (tdd) uplink-downlink (ul-dl) slot configuration. the embodiment then determines whether a particular cg pusch to of the plurality of cg pusch tos overlaps with a dl slot indicated by the tdd ul-dl slot configuration. finally, in response to a determination that the particular cg pusch to overlaps with the dl slot, the embodiment skips utilizing the particular cg pusch to.
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Haar (DE) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/20, H04L5/00, H04W72/1268, H04W72/231
CPC Code(s): H04W76/20
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for unified transmission configuration indicator state for multiple-transmit-receive point operation in wireless networks.
Inventor(s): William A. Counts of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew W. Meschke of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lei Gao of Shanghai (CN) for apple inc., Abhijeet Misra of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander W. Williams of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Hoishun Li of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lee E. Hooton of Ridge NY (US) for apple inc., Michael B. Wittenberg of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., James A. Yurko of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H05K5/04, A45C11/00, G06F1/16, H04M1/02, H05K5/00, H05K5/02, H05K5/03
CPC Code(s): H05K5/04
Abstract: a composite housing of an electronic device can include a metal shell including a first material having a first set of material properties and a surface at least partially defining an exterior surface of the electronic device. the composite housing can also include an interior portion including a second material having a second set of material properties independent of the first set of material properties and at least partially defining a feature. the interior portion can be bonded to the shell and disposed interior to the surface of the shell.
20240284752. Display Stack with Integrated Photodetectors_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Niva A. Ran of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Aleksandr N. Polyakov of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lun Tsai of Zhubei (TW) for apple inc., Meng-Huan Ho of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H10K59/60, H10K39/32, H10K59/32, H10K59/40
CPC Code(s): H10K59/60
Abstract: an electronic device includes a frame and a display stack. the frame defines a first part of an interior volume. the display stack includes a cover attached to the frame. the cover may define a second part of the interior volume. the display stack also includes an array of organic light-emitting diodes (oleds) including an array of emissive electroluminescent (el) regions, and at least one organic photodetector (opd) disposed between the cover and at least one emissive el region in the array of emissive electroluminescent regions. the at least one emissive el region emits light through the at least one opd. in alternative embodiments, the oleds may be stacked on the opds, or the oleds and opds may be interspersed with each other instead of stacked.
- Apple Inc.
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