Apple Inc. patent applications on February 8th, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on February 8th, 2024
Apple Inc.: 95 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of H04L5/00 (16), G06F3/04842 (10), H04W72/23 (10), H04W72/1268 (8), G06T13/00 (6)
With keywords such as: device, user, display, configured, based, data, information, signal, network, and transmission in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20240041354.TRACKING CALORIC EXPENDITURE USING A CAMERA_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Aditya Sarathy of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., James P. Ochs of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yongyang Nie of New York NY (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/11, A61B5/00, G06T7/254, G06T7/246, G06V40/16
Abstract: the enclosed embodiments are directed to tracking caloric expenditure using a camera. in an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining face tracking data associated with a user; determining a step cadence of the user based on the face tracking data; determining a speed of the user based on the step cadence and a stride length of the user; obtaining device motion data from at least one motion sensor of the device; determining a grade of a surface on which the user is walking or running based on at least one of the device motion data or the face tracking data; and determining an energy expenditure of the user based on the estimated speed, the estimated grade and a caloric expenditure model.
20240042961.Connector Assembly_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Nathaniel J. Dennis of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): B60R22/343, B60R22/02, B60R22/48
Abstract: a system for securing a restraint system includes a retractor enclosing a spool, a sensor coupled to the spool, and a motor coupled to the spool and configured to rotate the spool about a spool rotation axis. the system also includes webbing configured to be wound and unwound from around the spool. an automatic locking retractor mode is enabled and disabled to selectively and automatically lock the retractor to prevent rotation of the spool when a predetermined length of the webbing is unwound from the spool.
20240043710.Ultraviolet-Curable Conductive Ink_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ken Hsuan Liao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ying-Chih Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Shu Yang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yu-Jen Fang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Po-Jui Chen of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew H Moon of El Dorado Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Sarah Trabia of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan K Gupta of Hillsborough CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): C09D11/52, H05K5/03, H01B1/24, C09D11/037, C09D11/101
Abstract: a conductive ink may include an ultraviolet-curable resin and high-aspect-ratio conductors, such as nanowires or carbon nanotubes, dispersed in the ultraviolet-curable resin. the conductive ink may be fully curable at room temperature in under a minute with a curing depth of at least 100 microns, without heat, moisture, or a secondary curing step. the conductive ink may also have pigment and/or dyes within the ultraviolet-curable resin, and the conductive ink may be opaque at infrared wavelengths and transparent at ultraviolet wavelengths. the conductive ink may ground the cover glass of an electronic device display to a metal structure within the electronic device, such as a metal plate of the display, to prevent an accumulation of charge at the cover glass.
20240044655.TRANSIT NAVIGATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Usama M. Hajj of London (GB) for apple inc., Marcel Van Os of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Brian Andrich of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Ian Leighton of Kensington CA (US) for apple inc., Justin O'Beirne of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David Hodge of Larkspur CA (US) for apple inc., Eleanor Cady Wachsman of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nathaniel V. Kelso of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Aaron A. Reiner of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Christine B. McGavran of Pacifica CA (US) for apple inc., Wesley Yue of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Eric L. Grundstrom of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01C21/34, G08G1/123, G06F16/9038, G01C21/36, G06F3/04842, G06F3/0485, G06F3/0488, G08G1/01, G01C21/20
Abstract: some embodiments provide a map application that identities a transit route that includes one or more transit legs between a starting location and a destination location. in response to a request to start navigating the identified transit route, the map application of some embodiments provides a first display area for displaying a set of navigation instructions, each of which describes a transit maneuver that is associated with a transit leg of the transit route. the map application also provides a second display area for displaying a map region presentation associated with the navigation instruction that is displayed in the first display area.
20240044656.SEARCHING FOR STOPS IN MULTISTOP ROUTES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Francimar C. SCHMITT of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Nick PROVENZANO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Brian J. ANDRICH of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Woon Yung CHOI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Darious L. ALLEN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kirill NEGODA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., William A. VIGLAKIS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01C21/34, G01C21/36
Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device detects a first user input corresponding to a request to search for an additional destination in a multi stop route, and the location on which the search is centered depends on whether or not navigation along the route is ongoing.
20240044717.CMOS-BASED TEMPERATURE SENSOR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Soheil GOLARA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mansour KERAMAT of Los Gatas CA (US) for apple inc., Seyedeh Sedigheh HASHEMI of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01K7/01, H03K17/687
Abstract: the present disclosure describes embodiments of a compact low voltage cmos-based temperature sensor. the cmos-based temperature sensor can include a reference voltage generator, a temperature front-end circuit, and an analog-to-digital converter (adc). the reference voltage generator can be configured to generate a reference voltage independent of temperature. the temperature front-end circuit can include first and second transistors configured to generate a temperature signal proportional to temperature. the first mos transistor can include first and second terminals. the first terminal can be electrically coupled to the reference voltage. the second terminal can be electrically coupled to the second mos transistor. the second terminal can provide the temperature signal. the adc can be electrically coupled to the reference voltage and configured to convert the temperature signal to a digital signal.
Inventor(s): Joachim S. Hammerschmidt of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Santhoshkumar Mani of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Eren Sasoglu of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S5/02, H04W72/0446, H04W64/00, H04B1/713
Abstract: techniques are provided for utilizing a hybrid of ultra-wideband (uwb) and narrowband (nb) signaling to provide more efficient operating range and operating efficiency. in one example, a first subsystem of a first device may determine parameter data for a ranging round (e.g., uwb and/or nb-assisted (nba) uwb multi-millisecond (mms) ranging), and transmit the parameter data to a second subsystem of the first device. the parameter data may indicate a first time associated with a first time domain for performing ranging. the second subsystem may determine a second time based on the first time, whereby the second time is associated with a second time domain for performing nb signaling (e.g., via a bluetooth low energy (ble) protocol). the first device may transmit via an nb signal an advertisement packet that indicates the second time. the first device may then initiate the ranging round at the first time.
Inventor(s): Glenn D. MacGougan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Robert G. Lorenz of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin X. Chin of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., William J. Bencze of Half Moon Bay CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S19/30, G01S19/29
Abstract: user equipment receives a gnss signal that includes a gnss signal from a satellite. the user equipment also receives a first data input from a motion sensor of the user equipment that is indicative of a motion of the user equipment, receives a second data input from the temperature sensor of the user equipment that is indicative of a temperature of the user equipment, and performs a coherent operation based on the pilot channel of the gnss signal over a coherent period of time based on the first data input and the second data input to generate a resulting signal. the user equipment performs a non-coherent operation based on the resulting signal to amplify the resulting signal, and outputs a position of the user equipment based on the resulting signal.
20240045101.Electronic Devices with Low-Reflectance Coatings_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Peter J Guest of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ivan S Maric of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Cole Snider of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ming Kun Shi of Mogan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., David Carnahan of Waltham MA (US) for apple inc., Thomas T Morgan of Waltham MA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B1/04, G02B27/00, G06F1/16, C09D5/00, C09D7/20, C09D7/61, C09D7/40, C09D7/45, C09D7/65
Abstract: an electronic device may include components that emit and detect infrared light. for example, a head-mounted device may have optical modules that present images to a user's left and right eyes. each optical module may have an infrared light-emitting diode that emits infrared light that illuminates an eye box at an infrared wavelength, and an infrared camera that captures an image from the eye box at the infrared wavelength. a low-reflectance coating may be applied to one or more electronic device housing walls to prevent interference with the infrared components or with the visibility for a user. in particular, the low-reflectance coating may be a low-visible-reflectance-and-low-infrared-reflectance coating that exhibits low-reflectance across both visible and infrared wavelengths. the low-reflectance coating may be formed from carbon nanotubes and at least one organic solvent with zero polarity to ensure a low volatile organic component in the coating.
20240045128.Lens Assembly Including Wave Plate_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Guolin Peng of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Elson Y Liu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Yuan Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Khoa Nguyen of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Kaikai Guo of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Zhibing Ge of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Seung Hoon Lee of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Se Hyun Ahn of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B5/30, G02B17/08, G06F1/16
Abstract: an electronic device may include a display panel configured to produce light and a lens assembly that receives the light from the display panel. the lens assembly may include a first lens and a second lens. the second lens may be a removable lens that is configured to be selectively attached to the lens assembly. the lens assembly may also include a partially reflective mirror that is interposed between the first lens and the display panel, a reflective polarizer that is interposed between the first lens and the second lens when the second lens is attached to the lens assembly, and a quarter wave plate that is interposed between the reflective polarizer and the second lens when the second lens element is attached to the lens assembly.
20240045146.Grating coupler with high efficiency_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Nurul Taimur Islam of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Helen H. Liang of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Malcolm J. Northcott of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Ariel Lipson of Tel Aviv (IL) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B6/34, G02B6/27, G02B6/28
Abstract: an optical coupling device includes a first waveguide layer, including a first semiconductor material, which is disposed over a dielectric substrate layer. a dielectric intermediate layer overlies the first waveguide layer. a second waveguide layer, which includes a different, second semiconductor material, is disposed over the dielectric intermediate layer and is patterned to define a waveguide. a first grating in the second waveguide layer diffracts light of a given wavelength from the waveguide into a specified diffraction order at a given coupling angle, whereby a first fraction of the light propagates out of the device while a second fraction of the light is diffracted into the intermediate dielectric layer in a conjugate diffraction order. a second grating in the first waveguide layer diffracts the second fraction of the light into a second diffraction order, propagating out of the device at the given coupling angle.
20240045147.Optical Systems with Modulated Surface Relief Gratings_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Brandon Born of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B6/34, G02B6/26
Abstract: a display may include a waveguide and a surface relief grating (srg) structure on the waveguide. the srg structure may perform expand image light propagating in the waveguide. the srg structure may also couple the expanded image light out of the waveguide and towards an eye box. the srg structure may include at least first and second srgs that expand the image light in opposite directions. the first srg may couple the image light expanded by the second srg out of the waveguide and the second srg may couple the image light expanded by the first srg out of the waveguide. modulation functions may be used to vary the grating strengths of the srgs in the srg structure between brow and cheek regions of the srg structure. diffraction efficiency of the srg structure may additionally or alternatively be varied between nasal and temple regions of the srg structure.
Inventor(s): Guanjun Tan of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Glenn M. Schuster of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Jin Yan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mehmet Mutlu of Grover Beach CA (US) for apple inc., Giovanni Carbone of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B27/00
Abstract: a display may include a display panel that emits light. the light from the display panel may be focused by a lens assembly towards a viewer. a light redirecting layer may be included in the display between the display panel and the lens assembly to ensure that the lens assembly receives incident light at an optimal angle. the light redirecting layer may redirect light by different amounts at different portions of the light redirecting layer. the magnitude of the redirection angle may increase with increasing separation from the center of the light redirecting layer. the light redirecting layer may redirect light away from the center of the light redirecting layer. the light redirecting layer may be a geometric phase lens formed using a liquid crystal film. the display may also include a circular polarizer, an additional circular polarizer, and an additional quarter waveplate.
20240045213.Optical Module For Head-Mounted Device_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ivan S. Maric of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jan K. Quijalvo of Mississauga (CA) for apple inc., Anna V. Mirabella of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Wey-Jiun Lin of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Jeremy C. Franklin of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Forrest C. Wang of Petaluma CA (US) for apple inc., Marinus Meursing of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Blake N. Trekell of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Aidan N. Zimmerman of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B27/62
Abstract: an optical module for a head-mounted device is configured to present content to a user. the optical module includes an optical module housing assembly, a display assembly, and an eye camera. the optical module housing assembly has a first end and a second end. the lens is connected to the optical module housing assembly and positioned at the first end of the optical module housing assembly. the display assembly is connected to the optical module housing assembly and is positioned at the second end of the optical module housing assembly. the display assembly is configured to cause the content to be displayed to the user through the lens. the eye camera is connected to the optical module housing assembly and is positioned at the second end of the optical module housing assembly. the eye camera is configured to obtain images through the lens.
20240045219.Electronic Devices with Fabric Bands_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kathryn P. Crews of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Charlotte M. Baravian of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Lia M. Uesato of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
Abstract: a head-mounted device may include a main housing portion and a fabric head band for supporting the head-mounted device on a user's head. the fabric head band may include first and second flat knit end portions without ribs and a ribbed fabric extending between the first and second flat knit end portions. the ribbed fabric portion may include a stretchable inner fabric layer formed from mesh fabric. a first set of ribs may be formed on a first side of the inner fabric layer and a second set of ribs may be formed on a second opposing side of the inner fabric layer. the head band may include one or more pockets. a pocket along the border of the head band may receive a cord. a pocket at one of the end portions may receive a user input device or other electronic component.
20240045220.Head-Mounted Device With Tension Adjustment_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Grant H. Mulliken of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., David A. Kalinowski of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Brandon R. Neale of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., David A. Schmuck of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Eric N. Vergo of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jae Hwang Lee of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G06F3/01, G01P13/00, G01L1/12, G01L1/16, G06F1/16, G02B27/00
Abstract: a head-mounted device includes a device housing, a support structure that is connected to the device housing to support the device housing with respect to a user, a display device that is connected to the device housing to display content, an optical system that is associated with the display device, and sensors that generate sensor output signals. the head-mounted device also includes a tension controller that determines a tensioning command based on the sensor output signals, and a tension adjuster that applies tension to the user according to the tensioning command in order to restrain motion of the device housing with respect to the user.
20240045259.Display with Off-State Transparency_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Tao Zhan of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua A Spechler of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Qi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ling Han of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Rong Liu of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Victor H Yin of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02F1/1335, G02F1/137, G02F1/1334
Abstract: an electronic device may include a projection display that has a high transparency when the display is turned off. the high off-state transparency may create the appearance of the display being invisible in the off-state, which may be desirable in certain electronic devices. the projection display may include an adjustable diffuser, a spatial light modulator that projects images onto the adjustable diffuser, a mirror that reflects the images from the spatial light modulator to the adjustable diffuser, and a light source that provides light to the spatial light modulator. the projection display may also include an adjustable opacity layer that is controlled based on detected ambient light levels. the projection display may also include an adjustable reflectivity layer. the adjustable diffuser and/or light source may be pixelated to increase contrast in the projection display.
20240045382.Multi-Chain Measurement Circuit_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Bo Zhao of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Joao Pedro da Silva Cerqueira of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Pangjie Xu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Steven Lu of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G04F10/00, G01R19/255
Abstract: a multi-chain measurement circuit is disclosed. the measurement circuit includes first and second chains of serially-connected buffer circuits coupled in parallel, each of which propagates an input signal. a set of storage circuits is configured to store logic values generated by the first and second sets of buffer circuits in response to the transitioning of a clock signal. the logic values stored in the storage circuits result in a digital value indicative of a total number of serially-connected storage circuits through which the input signal has propagated at the time of the transition of the operating clock signal
20240045383.CROWN ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC WATCH_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Steven C. Roach of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Sameer Pandya of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Erik G. de Jong of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Erik L. Wang of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Peter J. Kardassakis of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Steven P. Cardinali of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G04G21/08, G01D5/30, G04G9/00, G04G17/08, G04G21/02
Abstract: an electronic watch may include a housing defining a side wall having a through-hole and a crown assembly including an actuation member. the actuation member may include a crown shaft extending through the through-hole and having an exterior portion defining an input surface and a crown ring coupled to the exterior portion of the crown shaft and electrically isolated from the crown shaft. the crown assembly may further include an optical encoder component attached to the actuation member and defining a group of optical features. the electronic watch may further include an optical detector configured to detect rotation of the crown assembly by detecting motion of the group of optical features and an electrocardiograph sensor comprising a sensing component. the sensing component may be conductively coupled to the actuation member via a conductive path at least partially defined by the crown shaft.
20240045475.Electronic Devices Having Displays With Expanded Edges_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Tyler S. Bushnell of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G04G17/04, H04B1/3827, G06F3/041, G06F3/044, G04G17/08, H10K50/84
Abstract: an electronic device may be provided with a display. the display may have a flexible display layer covered by a protective display cover layer. the flexible display layer may be an organic light-emitting diode display layer or other layer with a flexible substrate. the flexible display layer may have a central region with peripheral edges. the central region may be rectangular, may be octagonal, or may have other shapes. strip-shaped protrusions may extend along each of the peripheral edges of the central region. the strip-shaped protrusions may be bent to provide the protrusions with curved surface profiles. the display cover layer may have a cushion shape with bowed edges that overlap parts of the strip-shaped protrusions, may have curved inner and outer surfaces and/or planar surfaces, may have rounded corners with compound curvature, may have edges with curved surface profiles, and/or may have other configurations.
20240045492.Presenting Content Based on Activity_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ian M. Richter of Los Angeles CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, A61B5/11, A63F13/428
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for presenting content based on activity. in various implementations, a device includes a sensor, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the sensor and the non-transitory memory. in various implementations, a method includes obtaining environmental data via the sensor. in some implementations, the method includes identifying a physical activity of a user of the device based on the environmental data. in some implementations, the method includes obtaining contextual data associated with the device or the user of the device. in some implementations, the method includes presenting content based on the physical activity of the user and the contextual data associated with the device or the user of the device.
Inventor(s): Mu Qiao of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Dan Feng of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Bo Morgan of Emerald Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Mark E. Drummond of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G02B27/01
Abstract: according to various implementations, a method is performed at an electronic device including one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and a display. the method includes displaying, on the display, a virtual agent that is associated with a first viewing frustum. the first viewing frustum includes a user avatar associated with a user, and the user avatar includes a visual representation of one or more eyes. the method includes, while displaying the virtual agent associated with the first viewing frustum, obtaining eye tracking data that is indicative of eye behavior associated with an eye of the user, updating the visual representation of one or more eyes based on the eye behavior, and directing the virtual agent to perform an action based on the updating and scene information associated with the electronic device.
Inventor(s): Yang Li of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Alexandre Chapiro of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Mehmet N. Agaoglu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Nicolas Pierre Marie Frederic Bonnier of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yi-Pai Huang of Zhubei (TW) for apple inc., Chaohao Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew B. Watson of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Pretesh A. Mascarenhas of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G09G5/10, G09G5/02
Abstract: in an embodiment, an electronic device includes a display and an eye tracker. the display includes one or more foveated areas. in the embodiment, the eye tracker is configured to collect eye tracking data regarding a gaze of one or more eyes of a user on the display. the electronic device also includes processing circuitry operatively coupled to the display. in the embodiment, the processing circuitry is configured to receive an indication of a motion associated with the gaze from the eye tracker. the processing circuitry is also configured to determine a previous location associated with the gaze during a previous frame and a target position associated with the gaze during a target frame. in the embodiment, the processing circuitry is configured to expand one or more foveated areas of the display adjacent a previous position of the gaze of the user.
Inventor(s): Meng-Tse CHEN of Hsinchu City (TW) for apple inc., Arnoldus Alvin BARLIAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Bayu Atmaja THEDJOISWORO of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Boris RUSS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ziyang ZHANG of Foster City CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan Krishan GUPTA of Hillsborough CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/041, G06F3/044, H05K1/02, H05K1/11
Abstract: a touch screen () can include electrodes () (e.g., first and second touch electrodes, reference electrodes) on opposite sides (e.g., top and bottom) of a substrate (). in some examples, vias () can be used to couple the touch electrodes () to conductive connections () of flex circuits () such that the connections () to the flex circuits () can be on the same side of the substrate () even if the touch electrodes () are on opposite sides of the substrate (). the conductive filling material of the via () can make direct contact with the conductive connections () of the flex circuits (), for example.
20240045543.LUMINESCENCE SHOCK AVOIDANCE IN DISPLAY DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kai Achim Pantfoerder of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/041, G06T7/11, G06F3/0488, G06V40/10, G09G3/20, G09G5/10, G06F3/042
Abstract: a luminescence shock avoidance algorithm selectively limits the brightness level of a display device when the display device is activated in a dark environment to prevent the temporary vision impairment that can occur when a display device is activated in a dark environment. the algorithm receives the state of the display (e.g. on or in standby mode), and can optionally receive an ambient lighting value from an ambient light sensor and a user-selectable manual brightness adjustment setting to determine whether luminescence shock avoidance should even be triggered, and if it is triggered, how much should the brightness level of the display be limited.
Inventor(s): Allison W. Dryer of Tiburon CA (US) for apple inc., Giancarlo Yerkes of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Grant R. Paul of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Lisa K. Forssell of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Joseph A. Malia of Isle of Wight (GB) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04815, G06T19/00, G06T19/20, G06T7/55, G06T7/62, G06T7/13, G06F3/03, G06F3/0484, G06T11/20, G06T13/00, G06V20/20
Abstract: a system displays a representation of a camera field of view including a first portion of a physical environment, captures depth information indicative of a first subset of the first portion, and displays, overlaid on a portion of the representation of the field of view corresponding to the first subset, an indication of an extent of the first portion for which depth information has been captured. in response to detecting movement of the field of view, the system: updates the representation of the field of view to include a representation of a second portion of the physical environment; captures depth information indicative of a second subset of the second portion; and updates the indication to indicate an extent of the second portion for which depth information has been captured, including displaying the indication overlaid on a portion of the representation of the field of view corresponding to the second subset.
Inventor(s): Brandon M. Walkin of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Wan Si Wan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04817, G06F3/04845, G06F3/04842
Abstract: an electronic device displays a first application and a second application along an edge of the display and, while concurrently displaying the first and second applications, detects an edge-swipe gesture. in response, if the location corresponds to a location of a respective application on the display, the respective application is associated with standard edge-swipe gesture criteria, and the edge-swipe gesture meets the standard edge-swipe gesture criteria, the device performs a system operation that includes displaying a system user interface at a portion of the display previously occupied by at least a portion of the first application and at least a portion of the second application; if the location of the edge-swipe gesture corresponds to a location of the respective application, the respective application is associated with enhanced edge-swipe gesture criteria, and the edge-swipe gesture does not meet the enhanced edge-swipe gesture criteria, the device forgoes performing the system operation.
Inventor(s): Henrique D. PENHA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Graham R. CLARKE of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey L. ROBBIN of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., William M. BACHMAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin W. KEIGHRAN of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jennifer L.C. FOLSE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan LOCHHEAD of Scotts Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Joe R. HOWARD of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua K. MCGLINN of Mooresville NC (US) for apple inc., Elbert D. CHEN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Brian A. SCHMITT of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0482, G06F16/74, G11B27/34, G06F3/04812, G06F3/14, G09G5/00, G11B27/00, G06F3/04845, G06F3/04883, H04N21/431, H04N21/472, G06F3/0488, G06F3/04817, G06F3/04847, G06T13/80, G06F3/04842, G11B27/36
Abstract: an electronic device provides, to a display, while in a screensaver mode, data to present a first media, that includes a first visual motion effect. in response to receiving a user input on a remote user input device, a type of the user input on the remote user input device is determined. if the user input is of a first type, the device provides, to the display, data to present the first media, that includes the first visual motion effect, with corresponding descriptive text. if the user input is of a second type, the device exits the screensaver mode.
20240045578.USER INTERFACES RELATED TO TIME_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kevin W. CHEN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Giovanni M. AGNOLI of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Edward CHAO of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Devon P. ENDICOTT of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Aurelio GUZMAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., David A. SCHIMON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0484, G06F40/109, G06F3/0482, G06T11/60, G06T13/00
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for managing watch face user interfaces. in some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing watch faces based on depth data of a previously captured media item are described. in some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing clock faces based on geographic data are described. in some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing clock faces based on state information of a computer system are described. in some embodiments, methods and user interfaces related to the management of time are described. in some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for editing user interfaces based on depth data of a previously captured media item are described.
Inventor(s): Nathan GITTER of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Aaron M. BURNS of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin HYLAK of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan R. DASCOLA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Alexis H. PALANGIE of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04842, G06F3/04815
Abstract: a representation displayed in a three-dimensional environment may be selected with different types of selection inputs. when a representation displayed in the three-dimensional environment is selected, an application corresponding to the representation may be launched in the three-dimensional environment in accordance with the type of selection received. in such embodiments, when the representation is selected with a first type of selection, the application corresponding to the selected representation may be launched in a first manner, and when the representation is selected with a second type of selection, the application corresponding to the selected representation may be launched in a second manner. in some embodiments, the manner in which the application is launched may determine whether one or more previously launched applications continue to be displayed or cease to be displayed in the three-dimensional environment.
Inventor(s): Patrick Coffman of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Meriko Borogove of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan Bennett of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Gregory Chapman of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Anthony Guetta of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Deepak Iyer of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Eric Johnson of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16
Abstract: controlling the output of audio based on the mode of an electronic device having a sound mode, silent mode, and mute mode, along different audio output routes. in the sound mode, all audio can be output, while only registered or authorized audio can be output in the silent mode. in the mute mode, no audio can be output. the sound and silent modes can be enabled using an interface of the device, while the mute mode can be enabled using an accessory coupled to the device. to disengage the mute mode, a user can provide a corresponding instruction using the accessory or providing an instruction on the device related to volume control. other aspects are also described and claimed.
20240045678.Hardware Verification of Dynamically Generated Code_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jeffrey E. Gonion of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Michael D. Snyder of Cedar Park TX (US) for apple inc., Filip J. Pizlo of Capitola CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/30, G06F9/455, H04L9/08, G06F21/53
Abstract: in an embodiment, dynamically-generated code may be supported in the system by ensuring that the code either remains executing within a predefined region of memory or exits to one of a set of valid exit addresses. software embodiments are described in which the dynamically-generated code is scanned prior to permitting execution of the dynamically-generated code to ensure that various criteria are met including exclusion of certain disallowed instructions and control of branch target addresses. hardware embodiments are described in which the dynamically-generated code is permitted to executed but is monitored to ensure that the execution criteria are met.
20240045680.Coprocessor Register Renaming_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ran Aharon Chachick of Providence RI (US) for apple inc., Aditya Kesiraju of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew J. Beaumont-Smith of Cambridge MA (US) for apple inc., Jong-Suk Lee of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/30, G06F15/80, G06F9/38
Abstract: a coprocessor with register renaming is disclosed. an apparatus includes a plurality of processors and a coprocessor respectively configured to execute processor instructions and coprocessor instructions. the coprocessor receives coprocessor instructions from ones of the processors. the coprocessor includes an array of processing elements and a result register set comprising storage elements respectively distributed within the array of processing elements. for a given member of the array of processing elements, a corresponding storage element is configured to store coprocessor instruction results generated by the given member. the result register set implements a plurality of contexts to store respective coprocessor states corresponding to coprocessor instructions received from different processors. based on a determination that one of the contexts is inactive, the coprocessor is configured to store coprocessor instruction results corresponding to an active context within storage elements of the result register set corresponding to the inactive context.
Inventor(s): Brandon M. Walkin of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Chanaka G. Karunamuni of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Marcos Alonso Ruiz of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan de Vries of Alameda CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/451, G06F3/04886, G06F3/0486, G06F3/04845, G06F3/0485, G06F3/0487, G06T13/00, G06F3/04883, G06T13/80
Abstract: an electronic device displays a plurality of user interface elements in accordance with values of an associated plurality of output properties that define output attributes of respective user interface elements; and detects a user input directed to a first user interface element, including detecting changes to one or more input parameters that describe the user input. the device modifies a first output property value of the first user interface element based on one or more behavior models that are driven by one or more input parameters of the user input; if the user interface meets first operation criteria (e.g., the first output property value of the first user interface element is above a first threshold), performs a first operation; and if the user interface meets second operation criteria (e.g., the first output property value of the first user interface element is below the first threshold), performs a second operation.
20240045808.On-demand Memory Allocation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Justin A. Hensley of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Karl D. Mann of Geneva FL (US) for apple inc., Yoong Chert Foo of London (GB) for apple inc., Terence M. Potter of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Frank W. Liljeros of Sanford FL (US) for apple inc., Ralph C. Taylor of Deland FL (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F12/1018, G06F12/084
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to dynamically allocating and mapping private memory for requesting circuitry. disclosed circuitry may receive a private address and translate the private address to a virtual address (which an mmu may then translate to physical address to actually access a storage element). in some embodiments, private memory allocation circuitry is configured to generate page table information and map private memory pages for requests if the page table information is not already setup. in various embodiments, this may advantageously allow dynamic private memory allocation, e.g., to efficiently allocate memory for graphics shaders with different types of workloads. disclosed caching techniques for page table information may improve performance relative to traditional techniques. further, disclosed embodiments may facilitate memory consolidation across a device such as a graphics processor.
20240045835.COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR VERTICES OF GRAPHIC MODELS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Lars M. LINDBERG of Bjaerred (SE) for apple inc., Ali SAZEGARI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F16/174, G06F16/23
Abstract: methods for lossy and lossless pre-processing of image data. in one embodiment, a method for lossy pre-processing image data, where the method may include, at a computing device: receiving the image data, where the image data includes a model having a mesh, the mesh includes vertices defining a surface, the vertices including attribute vectors, and the attribute vectors including values. the method also including quantizing the values of the attribute vectors to produce modified values, where a precision of the modified values is determined based on a largest power determined using a largest exponent of the values, encoding pairs of the modified values into two corresponding units of information. the method also including, for each pair of the pairs of the modified values, serially storing the two corresponding units of information as a data stream into a buffer, and compressing the data stream in the buffer.
20240046031.ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Thomas J. MILLER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lori CHOY of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ryan H. DEPAOLA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin C. KUPILLAS of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Adam M. NOFFSINGER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Allie M. PERRY of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Elsma RAMIREZ of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew C. SANDERS of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F40/174, G06F3/04842, G06Q20/36, G06Q20/10, G06Q20/40, G06Q20/38
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to account management. in some examples, an account is provisioned onto the computer system. in some examples, an account is used for performing an autofill operation. in some examples, order information is presented to the user. in some examples, input is received to apply future rewards to a specified account. in some examples, awards are displayed.
20240046507.LOW BANDWIDTH TRANSMISSION OF EVENT DATA_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ian M. Richter of Los Angeles CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T7/73, G06T7/292, G06T13/40, G06N3/02, H04L65/80, G06V40/20, G06V20/52, G06V40/10, G06V10/764, G06V10/82, G06V10/44, G06V10/40
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for low bandwidth transmission of event data. in various implementations, a device includes one or more cameras, a non-transitory memory, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more cameras and the non-transitory memory. in various implementations, the method includes obtaining, by the device, a set of images that correspond to a scene with a person. in various implementations, the method includes generating pose information for the person based on the set of images. in some implementations, the pose information indicates respective positions of body portions of the person. in some implementations, the method includes transmitting the pose information in accordance with a bandwidth utilization criterion.
Inventor(s): Christopher A. Burns of Austin TX (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T15/06, G06T15/50
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to intersection tests for ray tracing in graphics processors. in some embodiments, test circuitry is configured to perform an intersection test based on traversal of an acceleration data structure that includes hierarchically-arranged bounding volumes for a graphics scene, where the test operates on: reduced-precision representations of rays that are quantized versions of initial representations of the rays and reduced-representatives of primitives that are quantized versions of initial representations of the primitives. the test may generate a first result for a first ray and a first primitive that indicates that a line coincident with the first ray definitively intersects the first primitive. the graphics processor may record an intersection for the first ray with the first primitive, based on the first result, without performing an intersection test for the first ray using the initial representation of the first ray and the first primitive.
Inventor(s): Hanchi Chen of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sarthak Khanal of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Lu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Vladan Bajic of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Esge B. Andersen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10K11/178, H04R3/00
Abstract: an ear cup housing has several reference microphones, an error microphone and a speaker. a processor drives the speaker for acoustic noise cancellation and transparency, by processing the microphone signals, and performs an oversight process by adjusting the reference microphone signals in response to detecting wind noise events and scratch events. in another aspect, the ear cup housing has an outside face that is joined to an inside face by a perimeter and the reference microphones are on the perimeter. other aspects are also described and claimed.
20240046914.ASSISTED SPEECH_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ian M. Richter of Los Angeles CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10L13/00, G06T11/00
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for synthesizing virtual speech. in various implementations, a device includes a display, an audio sensor, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory. a computer-generated reality (cgr) representation of a fictional character is displayed in a cgr environment on the display. a speech input is received from a first person via the audio sensor. the speech input is modified based on one or more language characteristic values associated with the fictional character in order to generate cgr speech. the cgr speech is outputted in the cgr environment via the cgr representation of the fictional character.
20240047156.MEMBRANE SEALED KEYBOARD_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul X. Wang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Abidur R. Chowdhury of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Bart K. Andre of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Dinesh C. Mathew of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Keith J. Hendren of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01H13/86
Abstract: keyboards and other input devices are provided with at least one flexible layer that extends over or under the keycaps. the flexible layer spans interkey spaces and lies between inner and outer keycaps. the flexible layer prevents intrusion of invasive material to the keyboard mechanisms and simplifies the appearance of the keyboard area. some flexible layers help align keycaps by connecting inner and outer keycaps or by providing a mechanical connection interface for the keycaps. some membranes used in the flexible layer have a layered or composite construction that increases durability and tear resistance by attaching or infusing a mesh material or other tough material to a less durable, elastic material.
Inventor(s): Sanjay Dabral of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Zhai of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jung-Cheng Yeh of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Kunzhong Hu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Raymundo Camenforte of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas Hoffmann of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L23/528, H01L23/538, H01L23/48, H01L25/065, H01L23/58
Abstract: multi-die structures and methods of fabrication are described. in an embodiment, a multi-die structure includes a first die, a second die, and die-to-die routing connecting the first die to the second die. the die-to-die interconnection may be monolithically integrated as a chip-level die-to-die routing, or external package-level die-to-die routing.
Inventor(s): Matthew T. Morea of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel Mahgerefteh of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Romain F. Chevallier of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L31/0304, H01L31/0224, H01L31/18, H01L31/109
Abstract: an electromagnetic radiation detector includes a pn junction between two group iii-v semiconductor materials. the pn junction is defined by in-situ doping of the layers to improve the quality of the junction and the performance of the electromagnetic radiation detector.
Inventor(s): Matthew T. Morea of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel Mahgerefteh of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Romain F. Chevallier of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Tomas Sarmiento of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L31/18, H01L31/0224, H01L31/0304, H01L31/0352, H01L31/11
Abstract: an electromagnetic radiation detector includes one or more dark current isolation regions provided to position one or more pn junctions formed in the device away from areas that may exacerbate dark current when a depletion region is present.
Inventor(s): Saihua Lin of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Hongrui Wang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sohrab Emami-Neyestanak of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03F3/195, H03F3/213
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for operating transceiver circuitry to transmit or receive signals on various frequency ranges. to do so, a transmitter or a receiver of the transceiver circuitry is selectively coupled to or uncoupled from an antenna of the transceiver circuitry. additionally, radio frequency filters may be individually or collectively coupled to and/or uncoupled from the antenna to filter different frequencies in the transmitting or receiving signals.
Inventor(s): Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Manasa RAGHAVAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang CHEN of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B17/318, H04W24/10, H04W72/0446
Abstract: some aspects include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for beamforming to perform received signal strength indicator (rssi) measurements in a 5g wireless communications system. this beamforming may apply to rssi measurements in an unlicensed spectrum. in some aspects, user equipment (ue) may use beam sweeping to analyze multiple received beams and to determine an rssi measurement. when using beam sweeping, network nodes may use scheduling and/or measurement restrictions to avoid data collisions. these restrictions may apply to multiple active serving cells. in some aspects, a ue may use beam selection to determine an rssi measurement. for example, the ue may select one or more beams from a serving component carrier (cc). in some aspects, a network node may indicate to the ue which beams to use for the rssi measurement. in some aspects, the ue may use a frequency domain resource to perform the rssi measurement.
20240048276.GROUP ADDRESSED FRAME DELIVERY OVER MULTI-LINK SYSTEMS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Jinjing Jiang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yoel Boger of Shoham (CN) for apple inc., Guoquing Li of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu Wu of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/1607, H04L1/1867, H04W76/15, H04W72/12
Abstract: embodiments may relate to group addressed frame delivery over multi-link systems. systems and methods are configured for identifying, by an access point (ap) multilink device (mld) in a wireless network, a first sequence number space (sns) that is to be used by the ap mld to transmit data to a non-ap mld over a first communications link and a second communications link, wherein frames with identical data that are transmitted over the first and second communications links will have an identical first sn based on the first sns; identifying, by the mld in the wireless network, the first sn based on the first sns; and transmitting, by the ap mld in the wireless network, a frame that includes the data to the non-ap mld based on the first sn.
Inventor(s): Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen YE of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/1829, H04W72/21, H04W72/56
Abstract: some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for a user equipment (ue) to multiplex a first harq of a first priority and a second harq of a second priority to form an initial uci payload. the ue can select a pucch resource accordingly to a pucch configuration, and generate a second uci payload by removing or replacing at least a portion of the initial uci payload when a size of the initial uci payload is larger than a size of the pucch resource. the ue can encode at least a part of the second uci payload including the first harq to generate an error correction code word. afterwards, the ue can add the error correction code word to the second uci payload to generate a transmission uci payload, and transmit the transmission uci payload to the base station.
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (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., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zheng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods that support multiple demodulation reference signal (dmrs) ports per code division multiplexing (cdm) group. in an example, a frequency domain orthogonal cover code (fd-occ) of length three or six is used, thereby allowing at least six dmrs ports for dmrs configuration type 1 with a single symbol dmrs, at least twelve dmrs ports for dmrs configuration type 1 with a double symbol dmrs, at least nine dmrs ports for dmrs configuration type 2 with a single symbol dmrs, and at least eighteen dmrs ports for dmrs configuration type 2 with a double symbol dmrs.
Inventor(s): Hong He of Cupertino 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., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of San Diego 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., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04W72/12
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a wireless communication system. a plurality of transmission control indication states may be indicated for future use, e.g., using one or more separately identified lists. a subset of the indicated states may be activated. one or more states of the subset may be used for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a single downlink control information mode.
Inventor(s): Weidong YANG of San Diego 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 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., 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, H04W72/21, H04W72/1268
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to received phase tracking-reference signals (pt-rs). the ue receives configuration information associated with inserting phase tracking-reference signals (pt-rs) into a physical uplink control channel (pucch) signal, generates a first signal that is to be transmitted over the pucch and is configured to include one or more pt-rs and transmits the first signal over the pucch. the ue may also generate a second signal that is to be transmitted over the pusch and is configured to include one or more pt-rs, wherein the configuration information further comprises configuration information associated with inserting pt-rs into a physical uplink control (pusch) signal and transmit the second signal over the pusch, wherein the pucch and pusch transmissions are performed simultaneously over different component carriers (ccs).
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga 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): H04L5/00, H04W72/232
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to communicate with one or more transmission and reception points (trps). the ue receives a sounding reference signal (srs) resource set configuration including a first resource set corresponding to a first transmission and reception point (trp) and a second resource set corresponding to a second trp, receives a downlink control information (dci) transmission including an srs resource indicator (sri) indicating (i) which resource from the first resource set should be selected for a first physical uplink shared channel (pusch) transmission to a first trp, and (ii) which resource from the second resource set should be selected for a second pusch transmission to a second trp and transmits the first pusch transmission to the first trp and the second pusch transmission to the second trp.
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose 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, H04W76/20
Abstract: some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for reducing interferences for sounding reference signal (srs) by, for example, one or more of frequency domain interference randomization, code domain interference randomization, or power control. for example, a user equipment (ue) can be configured to determine a comb offset and/or a cyclic shift for each sounding reference signal (srs) transmission occasion for the ue. the comb offset and/or the cyclic shift change between different srs transmission occasions of the ue. the ue is further configured to transmit an srs to the base station using the determined comb offset and/or the determined cyclic shift during the srs transmission occasion corresponding.
Inventor(s): Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) 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., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00
Abstract: the present application relates to selecting one or more of activated transmission configuration indicator (tci) states for communications between a network and a user equipment. in an example, the network includes multiple transmission and reception points (trps) with which the ue communications. an activated tci state can be a unified downlink tci state that applies to multiple downlink channels or a unified uplink tci state that applies to multiple uplink channels, where this state has already been activated by the network for the ue. based on a predefined set of rules or network-based signaling, the ue can determine for a downlink or uplink communication with the network, one or more of the activated tci states to use to then perform the downlink or uplink communication with the network.
Inventor(s): Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) 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., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04W72/23
Abstract: the present application relates to selecting one or more of activated transmission configuration indicator (tci) states for communications between a network and a user equipment. in an example, the network includes multiple transmission and reception points (trps) with which the ue communications. an activated tci state can be a unified downlink tci state that applies to multiple downlink channels or a unified uplink tci state that applies to multiple uplink channels, where this state has already been activated by the network for the ue. based on a predefined set of rules or network-based signaling, the ue can determine for a downlink or uplink communication with the network, one or more of the activated tci states to use to then perform the downlink or uplink communication with the network.
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose 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): H04L27/26, H04L5/00
Abstract: some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for reducing interferences for sounding reference signal (srs) by, for example, one or more of frequency domain interference randomization, code domain interference randomization, or power control. for example, a user equipment (ue) can be configured to determine a comb offset and/or a cyclic shift for each sounding reference signal (srs) transmission occasion for the ue. the comb offset and/or the cyclic shift change between different srs transmission occasions of the ue. the ue is further configured to transmit an srs to the base station using the determined comb offset and/or the determined cyclic shift during the srs transmission occasion corresponding.
Inventor(s): Yizhi Yao of Chandler AZ (US) for apple inc., Joey Chou of Scottsdale AZ (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L41/0803, G06F8/65, H04L41/02
Abstract: systems and methods of managing creation and configuration for 5g networks, nfs and nssis are provided. an instantiation or configuration request received from a managed entity respectively instantiates or configures the appropriate element. for nf instantiation, when the nf has a virtualized part to be instantiated by a vnf, interaction with an nfv mano system instantiates the vnf is followed by nf instantiation notification and moi creation for the nf. for nf configuration, the nf is configured and notification provided thereof. for network instantiation, after reception of a network creation request, interaction with the system to instantiate a ns that realizes the network is followed by determination that a new vnf associated with the ns has been instantiated, creation of a nf (constituting the network) moi is realized by the new vnf, and nf configuration. for nssi creation, a nf constituting the nssi is created and configured.
20240048470.Network Performance Monitoring Devices_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Daniel P Ellis of West Pittston PA (US) for apple inc., Daniel V Chioreanu of Royal Oak MI (US) for apple inc., Gino Joachim L Ledesma of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jarett M Morrow of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L43/16, H04L43/12, H04L43/50, H04L43/0823
Abstract: a communications system may include user equipment (ue) devices, communications satellites, gateways, a satellite communications (satcom) network, and network performance monitoring devices. the monitoring devices may generate forward link signal information associated with forward link signals received from the satellites and may generate reverse link packets transmitted to the gateways via the satellites. the monitoring devices and the gateways may generate reverse link signal information associated with the reverse link packets. the satcom network may identify differences between the first and second reverse link signal information or between the forward link signal information and predicted forward link signal information for the monitoring devices. when the differences exceed a threshold value, the satcom network may generate and transmit error information used to diagnose, debug, and/or repair the potential errors in the constellation or gateways.
20240048531.OBFUSCATION IN PRIVACY BEACON_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Debashis Dash of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Elliot S. Briggs of Carmel CA (US) for apple inc., Nisan Reuven of Rehovot (IL) for apple inc., Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sidharth R. Thakur of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu Wu of Monterey CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, H04L5/00
Abstract: techniques are disclosed for obfuscation in a privacy beacon. an example method includes a first communication device creating a beacon field to be included in a beacon frame. the first communication device can generate a timing synchronization field to be included in the beacon frame. the first communication device can apply an offset to the timing synchronization field of the beacon frame. the first communication device can transmit the beacon frame to a second communication device, the beacon frame comprising the offset timing synchronization field and the beacon field.
20240048533.MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL HEADER OBFUSCATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Debashis Dash of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Elliot S. Briggs of Carmel CA (US) for apple inc., Nisan Reuven of Rehovot (IL) for apple inc., Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sidharth R. Thakur of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu Wu of Monterey CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, H04L69/22
Abstract: techniques are provided for medium access control header obfuscation. one example method includes a first device encrypting a data payload using a first encryption algorithm. the first device can encrypt a field of a medium access control (mac) header using a second encryption algorithm, different from the first encryption algorithm. the first device can generate a data frame comprising the encrypted mac header field and the encrypted payload. the first device can transmit the data frame to a second communication device.
Inventor(s): Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Debashis Dash of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Elliot S. Briggs of Carmel CA (US) for apple inc., Nisan Reuven of Rehovot (IL) for apple inc., Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sidharth R. Thakur of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu Wu of Monterey CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40
Abstract: techniques are directed toward secure scrambling. an example method includes a first device encrypting a payload to be included in a physical layer protocol data unit (ppdu) frame. the determining a ppdu frame type based at least in part on an association with a second device. the first device can select a key based at least in part on the association with second device. the first device can encrypt a payload to be included in a physical layer protocol data unit (ppdu) frame. the first device can determine a ppdu frame type based at least in part on an association with a second communication device. the first device can obfuscate the field of the mac header. the first device can scramble the encrypted payload using a service field value. the first device can transmit the ppdu frame to the second device.
20240048631.DEMAND RESOURCES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Stephen Richard LEWALLEN of Woodinville WA (US) for apple inc., David MAKOWER of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan Joseph HESS of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick HEYNEN of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Terry J. SANTAMARIA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., William M. BUMGARNER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., David PICKFORD of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher L. OKLOTA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Anthony S. PARKER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L67/00, G06F16/28, G06F8/61
Abstract: a computer-implemented method for building a software application is disclosed. the method includes: generating a plurality of application resources; creating a plurality of tags; applying one of the tags on each of the plurality of application resources; grouping the application resources by their tags to form at least two asset packs, each identifiable by at least one tag shared by all application resources in the asset pack; and creating an asset pack manifest comprising a location of each of the asset packs and an order in which the asset packs are to be downloaded.
20240048776.REDUCING BLOCKINESS FOR CODECS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yixin Du of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Alexandros Tourapis of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Alican Nalci of La Jolla CA (US) for apple inc., Guoxin Jin of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Hilmi Enes Egilmez of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hsi-Jung Wu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Xin of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yeqing Wu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yunfei Zheng of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N19/86, H04N19/117, H04N19/139, H04N19/176
Abstract: disclosed is a method that includes receiving an image frame having a plurality of coded blocks, determining a prediction unit (pu) from the plurality of coded blocks, determining one or more motion compensation units arranged in an array within the pu, and applying a filter to one or more boundaries of the one or more motion compensation units. also disclosed is a method that includes receiving a reference frame that includes a reference block, determining a timing for deblocking a current block, performing motion compensation on the reference frame to obtain a predicted frame that includes a predicted block, performing reconstruction on the predicted frame to obtain a reconstructed frame that includes a reconstructed pu, and applying, at the timing for deblocking the current block, a deblocking filter based on one or more parameters to the reference block, the predicted block, or the reconstructed pu.
20240048847.Dynamic Camera Field of View Adjustment_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kartthik Kumarasamy of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Bohan Hao of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Angelo M. Alaimo of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N5/232
Abstract: various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for adjusting the lateral position of a default field of view of a camera. the camera may change the lateral position of its field of view by creating relative movement between an image sensor and a lens of the camera, and may maintain the camera's field of view to the default field of view when the camera is stationary. in some embodiments, the lateral position may be set using orientation information associated with the camera. in other embodiments, the lateral position may be set using position information associated with a target object.
Inventor(s): Martin E. Johnson of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Simon K. Porter of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Suzanne Hardy of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., John H. Sheerin of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R1/28, H04R1/40, H04R1/02, H04R1/26, H04R3/14
Abstract: loudspeakers are described that may reduce comb filtering effects perceived by a listener by either 1) moving transducers closer to a sound reflective surface (e.g., a baseplate, a tabletop or a floor) through vertical (height) or rotational adjustments of the transducers or 2) guiding sound produced by the transducers to be released into the listening area proximate to the reflective surface through the use of horns and openings that are at a prescribed distance from the reflective surface. the reduction of this distance between the reflective surface and the point at which sound emitted by the transducers is released into the listening area may lead to shorter reflected path that reduces comb filtering effects caused by reflected sounds that are delayed relative to the direct sound. accordingly, the loudspeakers shown and described may be placed on reflective surfaces without severe audio coloration caused by reflected sounds.
20240048967.UE Capability Transfer and Storage_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sudeep K. PALAT of Cheltenham Gloucestershire (GB) for apple inc., Naveen PALLE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Alexandre Saso STOJANOVSKI of Paris (FR) for apple inc., Youn Hyoung HEO of Seoul (KR) for apple inc., Richard C. BURBIDGE of Shrivenham Oxfordshire (GB) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W8/24, H04W36/08, H04W60/04, H04W72/51
Abstract: systems and methods of providing ue capability are described. a capability id is associated with the same radio capability information for multiple ues. if the capability id is validated at a network node, the ue provides the capability id to a ran node, which obtains the capability information from the network node after providing the received capability id to the ran node. the capability id is received in an rrc setup complete. security mode complete or reconfiguration complete message. the network node, if the radio capability information is not available, requests and receives the radio capability information and associates it with the capability id, and marks that the capability id as not validated until a threshold number of the ues have provided the same radio capability information. the capability id is based on a ue device type, manufacturer and software version.
20240048974.OBFUSCATION IN PRIVACY BEACON_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Debashis Dash of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Elliot S. Briggs of Carmel CA (US) for apple inc., Nisan Reuven of Rehovot (IL) for apple inc., Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sidharth R. Thakur of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu Wu of Monterey CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/037, H04W12/02
Abstract: techniques are disclosed for obfuscation in a privacy beacon. an example method includes the first device receiving, from a second communication device, a beacon frame comprising a medium access control (mac) header and an encrypted beacon frame field, the mac header comprising an obfuscated timing synchronization field (tsf). the first device can select a key for de-obfuscating the tsf based at least in part on information associated with the beacon frame. the first device can de-obfuscate the tsf based at least in part on the key. the first device can decrypt the encrypted beacon frame field of the beacon frame based at least in part on information associated with the de-obfuscated tsf.
20240048985.SECURE PASSWORD SHARING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alexander D. SANCIANGCO of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Bob BRADLEY of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Marc J. KROCHMAL of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan A. KRALIAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Welly KASTEN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick L. COFFMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/069, H04L9/32, H04B17/318, H04L9/40, H04W12/08, H04L9/14, H04W12/50, H04W12/63, H04W12/06
Abstract: this application relates to a computing device that can be configured to implement a method for enabling a nearby computing device to access a wireless network by carrying out the techniques described herein. in particular, the method can include the steps of (1) receiving a request from the nearby computing device to access the wireless network, where the request includes user information associated with the nearby computing device, (2) presenting a notification associated with the request in response to determining, based on the user information, that the nearby computing device is recognized by the computing device, and (3) in response to receiving an approval for the nearby computing device to access the wireless network: providing, to the nearby computing device, a password for accessing the wireless network.
Inventor(s): Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W16/26, H04W16/28, H04W72/04
Abstract: the present disclosure is related to techniques for configuring a repeater device by control signaling in a wireless communications system. in some embodiments, a repeater device is configured to form separate coverage regions. for example, the repeater device determines a first coverage region based on a first beam at the repeater device paired with a network device, wherein the first coverage region corresponds to a direction such that the first beam falls within the first coverage region for serving a control link or a backhaul link between the repeater device and the network device. based on a first indication, the repeater device determines one or more coverage regions with respect to the first coverage region, wherein the one or more coverage regions are configured to communicate with a user equipment via an access link of the repeater device.
20240049000.SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IAB MEC_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sarma V. Vangala of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Sudeep Manithara Vamanan of Munich, Bavaria-Bayern (CN) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Krisztian Kiss of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Mona Agnel of Greater London (GB) for apple inc., Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Neubiberg, Bavaria-Bayern (DE) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W16/28
Abstract: systems and methods for using integrated access and backhaul (iab) nodes configured to provide multi-access edge computing (mec) functionality are disclosed herein. an tab node includes a distributed unit (du) having a local application instance of a mec-enabled application. the local application instance is configured for communication with a first user equipment (ue) connected to the tab node. a mobile termination functionality (mt) of the tab node uses a packet data convergence protocol (pdcp) layer to transport data of the local application instance between the mt and an iab donor. further, data of the local application instance is transported between the ue and the tab node via one of a variety of methods, including the use of a second pdcp layer at the du (and optionally the use of service data adaptation protocol (sdap) layers at each of the du and the mt), and/or via sidelink.
Inventor(s): Peng Cheng of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gratos CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Ping-Heng Kuo of London (GB) for apple inc., Alexander Sirotkin of Hod Hasharon (IL) for apple inc., Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W24/04, H04W76/14, H04W40/22
Abstract: a user equipment (ue), a baseband processor or other network device can operate in a new radio (nr) unlicensed network can operate to communicate in a ue to ue (u2u) relay path through a first relay ue with another ue as a source or destination ue according to a direct communication request initiating from the source ue. the ue can further perform a u2u relay reselection to a second relay ue in response to a trigger condition, either as a source ue or a destination ue.
20240049012.Systems and Methods for Network Performance Monitoring_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Daniel P Ellis of West Pittston PA (US) for apple inc., Daniel V Chioreanu of Royal Oak MI (US) for apple inc., Gino Joachim L Ledesma of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jarett M Morrow of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W24/08, H04W24/04, H04W72/04
Abstract: a communications system may include user equipment (ue) devices, communications satellites, gateways, a satellite communications (satcom) network, and network performance monitoring devices. the monitoring devices may generate forward link signal information associated with forward link signals received from the satellites and may generate reverse link packets transmitted to the gateways via the satellites. the monitoring devices and the gateways may generate reverse link signal information associated with the reverse link packets. the satcom network may identify differences between the first and second reverse link signal information or between the forward link signal information and predicted forward link signal information for the monitoring devices. when the differences exceed a threshold value, the satcom network may generate and transmit error information used to diagnose, debug, and/or repair the potential errors in the constellation or gateways.
Inventor(s): Yang TANG of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Manasa RAGHAVAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang CHEN of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli XU of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00, H04W74/08
Abstract: some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for a user equipment (ue) having dual connectivity. the ue can communicate with a first primary base station in a first primary cell (pcell) and a second primary base station in a second pcell. the ue has dual connectivity in the second pcell using a first wireless carrier to communicate with the second primary base station and a second wireless carrier to communicate with a secondary base station in a primary secondary cell (pscell). the ue receives a message from the first primary base station to perform a handover procedure. the ue performs the handover procedure according to the received message, and further perform an addition procedure for the secondary base station in parallel with the handover procedure. a start time of the addition procedure can be before an end time of the handover procedure.
Inventor(s): Peng Cheng of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gratos CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Ping-Heng Kuo of London (GB) for apple inc., Alexander Sirotkin of Hod Hasharon (IL) for apple inc., Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00, H04W76/14, H04W36/30
Abstract: a user equipment (ue), a baseband processor or other network device can operate in a new radio (nr) unlicensed network can operate to communicate in a ue to ue (u2u) relay path through a first relay ue with another ue as a source or destination ue according to a direct communication request initiating from the source ue. the ue, as a source ue, can also perform the u2u relay reselection based on a measurement report received from a destination ue.
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Fangli XU of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing HU of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Sudeep Manithara VAMANAN of Nuremberg (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W40/12, H04W40/22, H04W28/24
Abstract: an approach is described for a user equipment (ue) comprising a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication with a second ue and a wireless device and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. the processor is configured receive, from the second ue, an end-to-end (e2e) quality of service (qos) requirement of an e2e connection between the second ue and the wireless device, wherein the e2e connection includes a first hop between the ue and the second ue and a second hop between the ue and the wireless device. the processor is further configured to obtain a first hop link condition and a second hop link condition; split the e2e qos requirement into a first hop qos requirement and a second hop qos requirement based on the first hop link condition and the second hop link condition; and transmit, using the transceiver, the first hop qos requirement to the second ue. the wireless device is a third ue or a base station.
20240049113.System Information Block Segmentation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli XU of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing HU of Los Gatos CA (US) 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., Sigen YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Srirang A. LOVLEKAR of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W48/08, H04L5/00
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to decode a system information block (sib). the ue receives a first signal, wherein the first signal includes a first individual system information block (sib) segment of a sib, receives a second signal, wherein the second signal includes a second individual sib segment of the sib, reassembles the sib using first sib segment and the second sib segment and decodes the contents of the sib.
Inventor(s): Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos 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.
IPC Code(s): H04W48/08, H04L5/00
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to configure time-domain offset for non-cell defining synchronization signal blocks.
20240049137.Transmitting Wake-up Signals for Paging Operations_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Fangli XU of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Clive E. RODGERS of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing HU of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Longda XING of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Murtaza A. SHIKARI of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Sarma V. VANGALA of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Srirang A. LOVLEKAR of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yuchul KIM of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/02, H04W56/00, H04W68/00
Abstract: a base station is configured to transmit wake-up signals to a user equipment to wake-up the ue to receive a page from the base station. the base station transmits one or more synchronization signals, wherein the synchronization signals correspond to a wake-up signal (wus) that is to be transmitted to a user equipment (ue) operating in a paging discontinuous reception (drx) cycle, wherein the paging drx cycle includes a paging occasion (po) and transmits the wus to the ue during a wus occasion, wherein the wus indicates whether the ue is to utilize an active mode or a sleep mode during the po.
20240049138.SYNCHRONIZATION AND RS DESIGN FOR LP-WUR UE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming Li of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuexia Song of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Rolando E. Bettancourt Ortega of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/02, H04W68/02
Abstract: aspects are described for a user equipment (ue) comprising a low power wake up radio (lp-wur) and a main radio configured to enable wireless communications with a base station, and a processor communicatively coupled to the lp-wur and the main radio. the processor is configured to receive a first low power wake up signal (lp-wus) from the base station; determine that the first lp-wus corresponds to a cell of the ue; and determine that the first lp-wus indicates powering on the main radio. the processor is further configured to turn on the main radio and receive a paging message from the base station.
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose 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): H04W52/32, H04W52/10, H04W52/24, H04W52/42
Abstract: some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for reducing interferences for sounding reference signal (srs) by, for example, one or more of frequency domain interference randomization, code domain interference randomization, or power control. for example, a user equipment (ue) can be configured to determine a comb offset and/or a cyclic shift for each sounding reference signal (srs) transmission occasion for the ue. the comb offset and/or the cyclic shift change between different srs transmission occasions of the ue. the ue is further configured to transmit an srs to the base station using the determined comb offset and/or the determined cyclic shift during the srs transmission occasion corresponding.
20240049165.METHODS AND ARCHITECTURES FOR SECURE RANGING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jerrold V. HAUCK of Windermere FL (US) for apple inc., Alejandro J. MARQUEZ of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Timothy R. PAASKE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Indranil S. SEN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Herve SIBERT of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yannick L. SIERRA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Raman S. THIARA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, H04W12/03, H04W12/033, H04W12/041, H04W12/062, H04W12/63, H04W12/065, H04W12/069, H04W12/0431, H04W12/0433, H04W12/0471, H04W76/10, H04L9/32, H04L9/40, H04W12/02, H04W12/04, H04W12/06
Abstract: a secure ranging system can use a secure processing system to deliver one or more ranging keys to a ranging radio on a device, and the ranging radio can derive locally at the system ranging codes based on the ranging keys. a deterministic random number generator can derive the ranging codes using the ranging key and one or more session parameters, and each device (e.g. a cellular telephone and another device) can independently derive the ranging codes and derive them contemporaneously with their use in ranging operations.
20240049207.Beam Management in Multi-TRP Operation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Saratoga CA (US) 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., 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., Yeong-Sun HWANG of Germering (DE) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/044, H04B7/0408, H04L5/00, H04W16/28
Abstract: a cell performs beam management operations for a user equipment (ue). the cell transmits a first group of multiple reference signals via a first transmission reception point (trp) to a user equipment (ue), transmits a second group of multiple reference signals via a second different trp to the ue, receives an indication that the ue has selected a first beam associated with one of the multiple reference signals of the first group and a second beam associated with one of the multiple reference signals of the second group and transmits downlink data to the ue using the first beam and the second beam.
Inventor(s): Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Debashis Dash of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Elliot S. Briggs of Carmel CA (US) for apple inc., Nisan Reuven of Rehovot (IL) for apple inc., Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sidharth R. Thakur of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu Wu of Monterey CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/044, H04L5/00
Abstract: techniques are directed toward secure scrambling. an example method includes receiving, by a first communication device a physical layer protocol data unit (ppdu) frame from a second communication device. the first communication device can determine a ppdu frame type based at least in part on a preamble of the ppdu frame. the first communication device can apply a ppdu frame type-based key and a determined service field value to implement a descrambling process for a medium access control (mac) header of the ppdu frame. the first communication device can descramble a payload based at least in part on de-obfuscating the mac header. the first communication device selecting a scrambler seed for scrambling an acknowledgement (ack) message. the first communication device scrambling the ack message based on the selected scrambler seed.
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., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/12
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) includes a transceiver and a processor that is configured to identify a plurality of flows corresponding to data to be sent in an uplink (ul) direction. the processor is also configured to map a subset of the plurality of flows to a logical channel (lch) of a plurality of lchs. the processor is further configured to multiplex two or more scheduling requests (srs) into an integrated sr for requesting one or more physical uplink control channel (pucch) resources corresponding to each flow of the subset of the plurality of flows of at least one lch of the plurality of lchs. each sr included in the integrated sr corresponds to an sr for the data associated with at least one flow of the subset of the plurality of flows.
Inventor(s): Hong He of Cupertino 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., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of San Diego 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., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/12, H04L5/00
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a wireless communication system. a plurality of transmission control indication states may be indicated for future use, e.g., using one or more lists. a subset of the indicated states may be activated and the subset may be greater than 8 states. one or more states of the subset may be used for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a single downlink control information mode.
20240049223.Cancellation and Replacement of PUSCH_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ruoheng Liu of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Amir Aminzadeh Gohari of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Narayan Vishwanathan of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/1268, H04W72/23, H04W72/566
Abstract: apparatuses, systems, and methods for cancellation and/or replacement of puschs. a user equipment device (ue) may configure a first pusch and a second pusch, where the first pusch may correspond to a configured grant and where the second pusch may correspond to a configured grant or scheduled by a pdcch on a serving cell. the ue may determine that at least one transmission occasion associated with the first pusch overlaps in time with at least one transmission occasion associated with the second pusch. the ue may drop transmissions scheduled for the second pusch, e.g., based on determining that a priority of the first pusch is higher than a priority of the second pusch, e.g., starting with a first symbol of a repetition of the second pusch which overlaps in time with one or more repetitions of the first pusch.
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Irvine 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 San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of Cupertino 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 Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zhang of Santa Clara 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): H04W72/1268, H04W72/23, H04L5/00
Abstract: methods and devices for a base station acting as a primary cell to perform dual spectrum sharing (dss) with a first user equipment device (ue) over a 5g nr connection and a second ue over an lte connection. the first ue establishes the 5g nr connection with the primary cell and one or more secondary cells. one of the secondary cells is configured in the 5g nr connection to provide downlink control information to the ue for the primary cell, to avoid collisions by the primary cell with lte control transmissions.
Inventor(s): Hong He of Cupertino 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., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of San Diego 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., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/04
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a wireless communication system. a plurality of transmission control indication states may be indicated for future use and divided into groups of states. a subset of the indicated groups may be activated. one or more groups of the subset may be used for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a single downlink control information mode.
Inventor(s): Hong He of Cupertino 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., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of San Diego 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., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/04
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a wireless communication system. a plurality of transmission control indication states may be indicated for future use, e.g., using one or more paired lists. a subset of the indicated states may be activated. one or more states of the subset may be used for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a single downlink control information mode.
20240049288.Enhancement of Message 3 for RACH Procedure_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Amir GOHARI 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 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., 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): H04W74/08, H04W72/232, H04W48/08, H04W72/1268, H04L5/00
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to receive message 3 (msg3) transmissions. the ue receives a system information block (sib) transmission from a base station of a wireless network, receives a downlink control information (dci) transmission scheduling a message 2 (msg2) transmission from the base station, receives the msg2 transmission including an uplink (ul) grant for a message 3 (msg3) initial transmission from the base station, determines the number of repetitions for the msg3 initial transmission based on at least one of the sib transmission, the dci transmission, and the msg2 transmission and determines a frequency hopping (fh) type and fh pattern based on at least one of the sib transmission, the dci transmission, and the msg2 transmission.
Inventor(s): Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang 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., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) 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.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/10, H04W72/23, H04L1/08
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for performing beam failure recovery and receiving control information with improved reliability in a wireless communication system. the techniques may include the use of multiple beams in conjunction with performing beam failure recovery, for example including identifying multiple candidate beams for beam failure recovery. the techniques may also or alternatively include the use of multiple beams to provide repetitions of control information for search space and control resource set index 0.
20240049315.MULTI-DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION AND DATA TRANSMISSION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Firouz Behnamfar of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Ahmed Moustafa of Unterhaching (DE) for apple inc., Ahmed Mostafa Ali Soliman of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sree Ram Kodali of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christian W. Mucke of Bad Hofgastein (AT) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/14, H04W76/15, H04W72/0453, H04W72/23, H04W72/541
Abstract: first user equipment (ue) exchanges at least a portion of data to be transmitted to a communication network with a second ue on a side channel. the ues then send the data to the network at increased transmission power by using transmit antennas of both the first and second ues, instead of just those of the first ue. in some cases, the second ue may transmit a variation of the data sent by the first ue to perform transmit diversity and improve signal-to-noise ratio. to avoid unintended beamforming of the transmissions, the network may mix signals (e.g., having a same symbol) received at the same time period but at different sub-carriers, or mix the signals received at different time periods but at the same sub-carrier. the network may notify the ues of a phase correction value based on the signals, and the ues may adjust using the phase correction value.
20240049322.TDM Transmission for Inter-RAT Dual Connectivity UE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yuchul Kim of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Xiangying Yang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Zhu Ji of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Li of Plano TX (US) for apple inc., Beibei Wang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jia Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sami M. Almalfouh of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Johnson O. Sebeni of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zhang of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyan Pu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Vijay Venkataraman of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Christian W. Mucke of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/15, H04W72/12, H04W72/21, H04B7/26, H04W72/0453, H04W88/10
Abstract: apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform substantially concurrent communications with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. the wireless device may be configured to stablish a first wireless link with a first cell according to a rat, where the first cell operates in a first system bandwidth and establish a second wireless link with a second cell according to a rat, where the second cell operates in a second system bandwidth. further, the wireless device may be configured to perform uplink activity for both the first rat and the second rat by tdm uplink data for the first rat and uplink data for the second rat if uplink activity is scheduled according to both the first rat and the second rat.
20240049499.Electronic Devices With Flexible Displays_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jiang Ai of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Erik A. Uttermann of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Soyoung Kim of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H10K50/84
Abstract: an electronic device may have a hinge that allows the device to be flexed about a bend axis. a display may span the bend axis. to facilitate bending about the bend axis, the display may have layers such as a display cover layer with grooves or other recesses. the recesses form a flexible portion in the display layer. the display layer may be formed from glass or other materials that are transparent. elastomeric material, fluids, and other materials may be placed in the recesses in the display layer. the material in the display layer may have an index of refraction that is matched to the index of refraction of the display layer. a hinge may be formed between rigid planar layers that are separated by a gap. flexible layers that lie flush with opposing surfaces of the rigid planar layers may be used to span the gap.
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