Apple Inc. patent applications on July 25th, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on July 25th, 2024
Apple Inc.: 43 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of H04B1/40 (3), H04W36/00 (3), H04W84/04 (2), H04N19/105 (2), G06F9/38 (2) H04W12/06 (2), H04B1/40 (2), H04W24/10 (2), A61B5/14552 (1), H04B7/145 (1)
With keywords such as: device, signal, user, based, include, network, configured, data, layer, and voltage in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20240245329. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROBUST PULSE OXIMETRY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Saeed MOHAMMADI of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Albert E. CERUSSI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Paul D. MANNHEIMER of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/1455, A61B5/00, A61B5/024
CPC Code(s): A61B5/14552
Abstract: robust estimation of a characteristic of a user's physiological signals can be achieved by filtering or classifying samples. rather than estimating the characteristic of the user's physiological signals based on each sample at a first wavelength and a second wavelength, a robust system and method can, in some examples, estimate the characteristic using samples at the first wavelength and the second wavelength that meet one or more criteria and filter out samples that fail to meet the one or more criteria. in some examples, the system and method can weight samples based on the one or more criteria, and estimate the characteristic using the weighted samples. samples failing to meet the one or more criteria can be given less weight or no weight in the estimation. the one or more criteria can include a criterion based on at least the physiological signal at a third wavelength.
20240246851. Dynamic Mold For Forming Glass_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): David E. Kingman of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Albert J. Golko of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Dale N. Memering of New York NY (US) for apple inc., William J. Skeen of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): C03B23/03, C03B23/035
CPC Code(s): C03B23/0307
Abstract: a glass forming system includes a support that is configured to be installed in a glass bending furnace. the glass forming system further includes rods that are located adjacent to one another and spaced from each other to define a perimeter that encloses an open space. each of the rods is coupled to the support. the glass forming system further includes actuators that are attached to the support. each of the actuators is configured to move a corresponding one of the rods independently from the other rods. the glass forming system further includes a pad that is carried by the rods and that defines an engagement surface upon which a glass substrate is placed. a geometry of the engagement surface is reconfigurable based on movement of one or more of the rods.
20240247929. Electronic Device with Optical Angle Sensor_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ruonan Yang of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., David D. Dashevsky of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dong Zheng of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01B11/26, G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G01B11/26
Abstract: an electronic device can include housing with first and second housing portions configured to rotate relative to one another about a hinge, a hinge angle encoder that rotates with the hinge, an emitter that emits light towards the hinge angle encoder, and a sensor die that receives light reflecting back from the hinge angle encoder. the hinge angle encoder may include an absorptive polarizing filter layer and a reflective diffuser layer. a pixelated polarizer may be formed overlapping an array of photodetectors in the sensor die. the electronic device may include processing circuitry configured to compute a hinge angle by which the first and second housing portions are rotated based on one or more intensity values acquired using the array of photodetectors.
Inventor(s): Adrien F. Vargas of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Timo W. Gossmann of Neubiberg (DE) for apple inc., Sebastian Reinhold of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G05F1/59, H04B1/40
CPC Code(s): G05F1/59
Abstract: this disclosure is directed to a hybrid low dropout voltage regulator circuit, hereinafter referred to as the ldo, including a flipped voltage follower (fvf), coarse grain voltage adjustment circuitry, and fine grain voltage adjustment circuitry. the ldo may provide an output voltage based on receiving a reference voltage. the flipped voltage follower may supply the output voltage to one or more other electronic circuits. the coarse grain voltage adjustment circuitry and the fine grain voltage adjustment circuitry may adjust the output voltage based on a desired voltage level. the ldo may use feedback signals, feedforward signals, or both to provide the output voltage.
20240248509. Wireless Circuitry with Time Aligned Data Streams_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Stephan Henzler of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Alexander Klinkan of Linz (AT) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/10, G06F1/06, H03K3/037
CPC Code(s): G06F1/10
Abstract: a radio-frequency amplifier can have a radio-frequency input configured to receive a radio-frequency signal and a control input for receiving a control signal. the radio-frequency signal can be generated using a first group of digital-to-analog converters (dacs), whereas the control signal can be generated using a second set of dacs. data intended for the first group of dacs can be fed through a first set of retiming circuits and a first crossbar circuit. data intended for the second group of dacs can be fed through a second set of retiming circuits and a second crossbar circuit. a low skew clocking interface and constant latency control and clock domain cross circuits can be employed to ensure that data streams arriving at the first group of dacs are time aligned with data streams arriving at the second group of dacs.
Inventor(s): Kevin Will CHEN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Alan C. DYE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Aurelio GUZMAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan P. IVE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher WILSON of Sonoma CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G04G9/00, G06F3/0484, G06F3/04847, G06F3/04886
CPC Code(s): G06F1/163
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to context-specific user interfaces.
20240248532. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING MULTI-MODAL INPUTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Thomas G. Salter of Foster City CA (US) for apple inc., Brian W. Temple of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Gregory Lutter of Boulder Creek CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06T19/00, G09G3/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/013
Abstract: in one implementation, a method for visualizing multi-modal inputs includes: displaying a first user interface element within an extended reality (xr) environment; determining a gaze direction based on first input data; in response to determining that the gaze direction is directed to the first user interface element, displaying a focus indicator with a first appearance in association with the first user interface element; detecting a change in pose of at least one of a head pose or a body pose of a user of the computing system; and, in response to detecting the change of pose, modifying the focus indicator from the first appearance to a second appearance different from the first appearance.
20240248577. APPLICATION MENU USER INTERFACE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Imran A. CHAUDHRI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Freddy A. ANZURES of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Greg CHRISTIE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Scott HERZ of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Steven P. JOBS of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04817, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0483, G06F3/04883
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04817
Abstract: methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for presenting user interface elements. a first page of one or more user interface elements is presented on a touch-sensitive display. each of the user interface elements corresponds to a respective application. a gesture performed on the touch-sensitive display is detected. in response to the detected gesture, a second page of one or more user interface elements is presented on the touch-sensitive display.
Inventor(s): Michael MATAS of Healdsburg CA (US) for apple inc., Chris BLUMENBERG of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Andre M.J. BOULE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Richard WILLIAMSON of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G01C21/36, G06F3/04817, G06F3/0482, G06F16/9537, G09B29/10, H04M1/27453, H04M1/2746, H04M1/27475, H04M1/72457
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04883
Abstract: a device has a touch screen display configured to display a map application, which is configured to separately display a list of bookmarked locations, a list of recent queries, and a list of contacts. in response to detecting a finger gesture on an input icon associated with a search term input area, the map application displays at least one of the list of bookmarked locations, the list of recent queries, and the list of contacts. in response to detecting a finger gesture on a bookmarked location, an area corresponding to the bookmarked location is displayed on a digital map. in response to detecting a finger gesture on a recent query, one or more results corresponding to the recent query are displayed on a digital map. in response to detecting a finger gesture on a contact, an area associated with the contact is displayed on a digital map.
20240248678. DIGITAL ASSISTANT PLACEMENT IN EXTENDED REALITY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Evgenii KRIVORUCHKO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jay MOON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Lynn I. STREJA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Garrett L. WEINBERG of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Pedro MARI of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16
CPC Code(s): G06F3/167
Abstract: an example process includes: receiving a first input corresponding to a request to initiate a digital assistant; and in response to receiving the first input, initiating a first instance of a digital assistant session, including: in accordance with a determination that a set of display criteria is satisfied, displaying a digital assistant indicator at a first location in an extended reality (xr) environment; and in accordance with a determination that the set of display criteria is not satisfied, displaying the digital assistant indicator at a second location in the xr environment, wherein the second location is different from the first location.
Inventor(s): Brian R. Mestan of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Gideon N. Levinsky of Cedar Park TX (US) for apple inc., Michael L. Karm of Cedar Park TX (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/30, G06F9/32, G06F9/38, G06F9/52
CPC Code(s): G06F9/30043
Abstract: in an embodiment, a processor comprises an atomic predictor circuit to predict whether or not an atomic operation will complete successfully. the prediction may be used when a subsequent load operation to the same memory location as the atomic operation is executed, to determine whether or not to forward store data from the atomic operation to the subsequent load operation. if the prediction is successful, the store data may be forwarded. if the prediction is unsuccessful, the store data may not be forwarded. in cases where an atomic operation has been failing (not successfully performing the store operation), the prediction may prevent the forwarding of the store data and thus may prevent a subsequent flush of the load.
20240248844. Decoupling Atomicity from Operation Size_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Francesco Spadini of Sunset Valley TX (US) for apple inc., Gideon Levinsky of Cedar Park TX (US) for apple inc., Mridul Agarwal of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F12/0804, G06F9/30, G06F9/38
CPC Code(s): G06F12/0804
Abstract: in an embodiment, a processor implements a different atomicity size (for memory consistency order) than the operation size. more particularly, the processor may implement a smaller atomicity size than the operation size. for example, for multiple register loads, the atomicity size may be the register size. in another example, the vector element size may be the atomicity size for vector load instructions. in yet another example, multiple contiguous vector elements, but fewer than all the vector elements in a vector register, may be the atomicity size for vector load instructions.
Inventor(s): Jared S. Grubb of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Robert M. Stewart of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Gabriel Sanchez of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zaka ur Rehman Ashraf of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc., David J. Chandler of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F13/38, G06F11/30, G06F11/34, G06F13/40
CPC Code(s): G06F13/385
Abstract: techniques are disclosed for managing the connection assignments of a plurality of accessory devices to one or more hub devices. in one example, a user device acting as a leader device receives an assignment request from an accessory device. the user device may obtain information corresponding to hub attributes from the one or more hub devices. the user device may also obtain accessory traits from the accessory device. the user device can compare the accessory traits with the hub attributes to determine a connection score for each hub device. the user device can then assign the accessory device to the hub device with the highest connection score.
20240249324. Managing Redistribution Of Digital Media Assets_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Matthew W. Gaddis of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Jeremy J. Templier of Camas WA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0601
CPC Code(s): G06Q30/0601
Abstract: in some implementations, a computing device may obtain an original digital media asset published to a server device along with a distributed ledger that tracks ownership of the original digital media asset. the computing device may generate a customized digital media asset that replaces the original digital media asset, and modify the distributed ledger to indicate the customization or modification of the original digital media asset and identify the customized digital media asset and the ownership thereof. the computing device may publish the customized digital media asset to a server device for distribution. upon transfer of ownership of the customized digital media asset to a new owner, the distributed ledger may be modified to indicate the new ownership of the customized digital media asset.
20240249379. AUTOMATIC CROPPING OF VIDEO CONTENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): May-Li KHOE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Avi E. CIEPLINSKI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David Joshua HART of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T3/20, G06T3/04, G06T7/11, H04N23/611, H04N23/62, H04N23/63, H04N25/443
CPC Code(s): G06T3/20
Abstract: electronic devices are often equipped with a camera for capturing video content and/or a display for displaying video content. however, amateur users often capture video content without regard to composition, framing, or camera movement, resulting in video content that can be jarring or confusing to viewers. there is a need to automate the processing and presentation of video content in an aesthetically pleasing manner. the embodiments described herein provide a method of automatically cropping video content for presentation on a display.
20240249613. Communications With External Services_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Manuel Roman Cuesta of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaoyue Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G08B25/10, A61B5/00, A61B5/11
CPC Code(s): G08B25/10
Abstract: a method includes determining a position of a wearable electronic device relative to the transportation device, detecting an event in which the transportation device has contacted an external object, and in response, obtaining user state information from the wearable electronic device.
20240249989. Selectively Dispensed Underfill and Edge Bond Patterns_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Wei Chen of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Balaji Nandhivaram Muthuraman of Reutlingen (DE) for apple inc., Arun Sasi of Kirchheim unter Teck (DE) for apple inc., Jie-Hua Zhao of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Suk-Kyu Ryu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Zhai of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Dominic Morache of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Young Doo Jeon of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L23/31, H01L23/00, H01L23/34
CPC Code(s): H01L23/3157
Abstract: microelectronic structures with selectively applied underfill material and/or edge bond material are described. in an embodiment, isolated underfill regions and/or edge bond regions are applied to adjacent to one or more edges of an electronic device and form a plurality of vent openings along the one or more edges.
Inventor(s): Yu P. Sun of Yorba Linda CA (US) for apple inc., Caijie Yan of Shanghai (CN) for apple inc., Jared M. Kole of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jia Chen Pang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Qi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ka Ho P. Poon of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Lindsay M. Epstein of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Pulkit Verma of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Rong Liu of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Syed F. Mohiuddin of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Victor H. Yin of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Zhongnan Hu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L25/16, H01L33/48, H01L33/64
CPC Code(s): H01L25/167
Abstract: an electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a cylindrical shape. the electronic device may include a housing, a speaker in the housing configured to emit sound, and a display in the housing. the display may include a substrate, light-emitting components mounted on the substrate, an opaque support structure mounted on the substrate, a diffuser that is mounted to the opaque support structure and that overlaps the light-emitting components, a display cover layer that overlaps the diffuser, and foam that is interposed between the opaque support structure and the display cover layer. the light-emitting components may be arranged in groups that have the same layout and orientations that vary as a function of angular position relative to the center of the display. the foam and/or an adhesive layer may be formed from two or more discrete pieces that have footprints with complementary protrusions.
20240250211. Regrowth Structures for Micro LED_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Erin C. Young of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Ling Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., David P. Bour of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L33/24, H01L25/075, H01L33/00, H01L33/30
CPC Code(s): H01L33/24
Abstract: light emitting diodes with regrown semiconductor layers and methods of manufacture are described. in an embodiment, a light emitting diode includes a base structure including a first cladding layer doped with a first dopant type (e.g. n-type) and step surface. a mesa pillar including an active layer protrudes from the step surface, and a regrown second cladding layer doped with a second dopant type (e.g. p-type) is in direct contact with and spans a bottom surface and sidewalls of the mesa pillar and the step surface.
Inventor(s): Xiaobin Xin of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Dmitry S Sizov of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chi-Kang Li of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Steve M Ting of Dublin CA (US) for apple inc., Fang Ou of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., David P Bour of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L33/44, H01L33/06, H01L33/16
CPC Code(s): H01L33/44
Abstract: light emitting diodes with regrown semiconductor layers and methods of manufacture are described. in an embodiment, a light emitting diode includes a base structure including a first cladding layer and a pillar structure protruding from the base layer. the pillar structure includes a mesa structure and a second cladding layer that includes a plug portion that is laterally adjacent to a plurality of quantum well layers of the mesa structure.
Inventor(s): Adam L. Schwartz of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Alireza Safaee of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen C. Terry of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zhiyuan Hu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J50/70, H01F27/36, H01F38/14, H02J7/02, H02J50/12, H02J50/60
CPC Code(s): H02J50/70
Abstract: a wireless charging system having a power transmitter may wirelessly transfer power to a power receiver. shield saturation, such as saturation of a ferrite structure, in the wireless power receiver may occur under some operating conditions. saturation can lead to disruptive oscillations in power transfer. the power transmitting may include control circuitry for detecting and mitigating saturation.
20240250604. CHARGE PUMP-ENABLED CIRCUIT PROTECTION SWITCH_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): David M. Signoff of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Fei Wang of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Kefei Wu of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Song Hu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Morteza Nick of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang Guan of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02M1/32, H02M3/07
CPC Code(s): H02M1/32
Abstract: radio frequency (rf) transmitters of a device (aggressor device) may unintentionally transmit a high-power output signal to antennas of a receiving device (victim device). in some rf systems, a victim device may have no or little protection between its antennas and transistors in an integrated circuit. performance or lifetime of the transistors may be negatively impacted due to large voltage swings that may result from the high-power signal received from the aggressor device. to prevent or mitigate impact to performance or lifetime of the transistors due to the large voltage swings, protection circuitry including switches and a direct current (dc) power source (e.g., a charge pump) may be implemented at an input of a receiver of the victim device to shunt the power from sensitive circuit components of the victim device.
Inventor(s): Woorim Shin of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Morteza Nick of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., David M. Signoff of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/04, H04B1/16
CPC Code(s): H04B1/0458
Abstract: wireless circuitry can have an antenna coupled to a receiving amplifier. the receiving amplifier may be coupled to a local feedback loop configured to reduce the gain of the receiving amplifier for suppressing the signal power when receiving a large input signal. the local feedback loop can include a detector and a feedback controller. the detector may have an input coupled to the receiving amplifier and can output a detected signal. the feedback controller may receive the detected signal and output a corresponding control signal. the control signal can be used to reduce the gain of the receiving amplifier by adjusting one or more components within or coupled to the receiving amplifier. suppressing large input signals in this way presents no additional parasitic loading to the downlink path and can thus provide overvoltage protection without degrading receiver performance.
Inventor(s): Omar A Abdelatty of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Kefei Wu of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Woorim Shin of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Yi Zhao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/40
CPC Code(s): H04B1/40
Abstract: an electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes a transceiver. the transceiver may include a first signal path and a second signal path extending parallel to the first signal path. the first signal path may include a first chain of gain stages and a first inductive matching network. the second signal path may include a second chain of gain stages and a second inductive matching network. the first inductive matching network may be magnetically coupled to the second inductive matching network. the first and/or second signal path may include one or more crossovers that invert a polarity of the signals on the signal paths. the crossovers may help to mitigate the effects of the magnetic coupling between the first and second signal paths while allowing for minimal spatial separation between the signal paths.
Inventor(s): Omar A Abdelatty of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Kefei Wu of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Woorim Shin of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Yi Zhao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/40
CPC Code(s): H04B1/40
Abstract: an electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes a transceiver. the transceiver may include a first signal path and a second signal path extending parallel to the first signal path. the first signal path may include a first chain of gain stages and a first inductive matching network. the second signal path may include a second chain of gain stages and a second inductive matching network. the first inductive matching network may be magnetically coupled to the second inductive matching network. the first and/or second signal path may include one or more crossovers that invert a polarity of the signals on the signal paths. the crossovers may help to mitigate the effects of the magnetic coupling between the first and second signal paths while allowing for minimal spatial separation between the signal paths.
Inventor(s): Sharad Sambhwani of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Boqiang Fan of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Mithat C Dogan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/145, H04B7/0426
CPC Code(s): H04B7/145
Abstract: a communication system may include a base station (bs), user equipment (ue), and a set of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (ris's). the ris's, the ue, and the bs may communicate using a control rat and a data rat. the bs may transmit downlink (dl) signals to the ue device via reflection off a dl ris. the ue device may transmit uplink (ul) signals to the bs via reflection off a ul ris. this may optimize wireless performance in situations where reflecting the ul and dl signals off the same ris would limit performance under the current data rat channel conditions. the bs and the ue device may use channel measurements of the control rat at the ris's to select the ul ris and the dl ris. this may significantly reduce overhead required to identify the ul and dl ris's relative to scenarios where exhaustive beam training is used.
Inventor(s): Bertram R. Gunzelmann of Koenigsbrunn (DE) for apple inc., Florian Muhr of Viechtach (DE) for apple inc., Mari Kobayashi of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/155
CPC Code(s): H04B7/15507
Abstract: a communication system may include a wireless base station (bs), a user equipment (ue) device, and a hybrid reconfigurable intelligent surface (hris) co-located with the ue device. the hris may be used to offload beam management procedures to the bs. adjustable devices on the hris may configure antenna elements of the hris to reflect incident signals from the bs and may configure antenna elements of the hris to receive the incident signals using a receiver according to a time domain multiplexing scheme, a spatial domain multiplexing scheme, and/or a power domain multiplexing scheme. the ue device may control the hris to switch between the schemes and to adjust a proportion of the incident signal that is reflected or received over time. the hris may be used in facilitating a beam acquisition and tracking procedure for the ue device and the bs, thereby minimizing resource consumption on the ue device.
20240251019. PROVISION OF A LEASE FOR STREAMING CONTENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Srinivas VEDULA of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel P. CARTER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Gianpaolo FASOLI of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Augustin J. FARRUGIA of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Eugene JIVOTOVSKI of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L67/306, H04L9/32, H04L9/40, H04L65/60, H04L67/146
CPC Code(s): H04L67/306
Abstract: this application relates to embodiments for providing a content stream to a device from a content server based on a protocol that is established between the device and an account server. the account server can initiate a session with the device and provide the device with a list of channels available for a user account associated with the device. when a channel is selected at the device, conditional access information can be provided from the account server to the device, which can thereafter relay the conditional access information to the content server. the content server can use the conditional access information to verify that the device has the appropriate permission to receive streaming content. in this way, because the conditional access information originates at the account server, permission to access streaming content can be managed by correspondence between the account server and the device, rather than the content server.
Inventor(s): Bae Keun Lee of Seongnam-si (KR) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N19/105, H04N19/159, H04N19/176, H04N19/593
CPC Code(s): H04N19/105
Abstract: a method for decoding a video, according to the present invention, may comprise the steps of: generating an intra block copy (ibc) merge candidate list for a current block; selecting any one of ibc merge candidates included in the ibc merge candidate list; deriving a block vector of the current block on the basis of the selected ibc merge candidate; and obtaining a prediction sample of the current block on the basis of the block vector.
Inventor(s): Bae Keun Lee of Seongnam-si (KR) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N19/119, H04N19/105, H04N19/159, H04N19/176, H04N19/46, H04N19/61, H04N19/625, H04N19/172, H04N19/179, H04N19/182, H04N19/194, H04N19/196, H04N19/31, H04N19/33, H04N19/426
CPC Code(s): H04N19/119
Abstract: a video decoding method according to the present invention may comprise: a step for determining whether to divide a current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; a step for determining an intra prediction mode for the current block; and a step for performing intra prediction for each sub-block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, when the current block is divided into the plurality of sub-blocks.
20240251159. POWER EFFICIENT OBJECT TRACKING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Anselm GRUNDHOEFER of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/65, H04N23/61, H04N23/667, H04N23/695
CPC Code(s): H04N23/65
Abstract: implementations of the subject technology provide power efficient object detection for electronic devices. power efficient object detection can be provided in order to allow extended tracking of objects by portable devices such as battery powered devices. in one or more implementations, a recommendation engine including a machine learning model and/or a rule-based recommendation process may be provided that has been trained to output a sensor recommendation indicating at least one sensor for object tracking. the sensor recommendation can indicate which of several sensors to operate to track a particular object and/or an accuracy level for operating the recommended sensor.
Inventor(s): Shu GUO of Beijing (CN) 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 Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huarui LIANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Lanpeng CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Mona AGNEL of Guildford (GB) for apple inc., Robert ZAUS of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaoyu QIAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/06, H04W60/00, H04W84/18
CPC Code(s): H04W12/06
Abstract: an edge enabler server of an edge data network is configured to receive a verification request comprising an edge enabler client identification (eec id), wherein the eec id uniquely identifies an edge enabler client (eec), determine whether the eec id is an authorized bec id and provide a verification response based on whether the eec id is authorized.
Inventor(s): Vivek G. Gupta of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Shu Guo of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/06, H04W12/72, H04W84/04, H04W84/12
CPC Code(s): H04W12/06
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatuses, systems, and methods for technologies for non-seamless wireless local area access offload.
Inventor(s): Sameh Eldessoki of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Christian Hofmann of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Panagiotis Botsinis of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W24/04, H04W74/02, H04W76/10, H04W76/25, H04W84/04
CPC Code(s): H04W24/04
Abstract: techniques discussed herein can facilitate autonomous user equipment beam failure recovery abort aspects. one example aspect is a baseband processor configured to, when executing instructions stored in a memory, perform operations comprising: detecting a beam failure of a downlink (dl) beam; determining that a beam recovery abort condition is satisfied after detecting the beam failure; aborting a random access channel (rach) transmission when the beam recovery abort condition is satisfied; and maintaining a connection with the dl beam after aborting the rach transmission.
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose 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., Ankit BHAMRI of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Manasa RAGHAVAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W24/10, H04B17/318
CPC Code(s): H04W24/10
Abstract: some aspects relate to apparatuses and methods for a wireless system implementing mechanisms to transmit a measurement report using physical layer (l1) carrying a sounding reference signal (srs) reference signal received power (srs-rsrp) measurement to provide an indication of cross link interference (cli) between a first user equipment (ue) and a second ue. the first ue can determine a channel state information (csi) configuration received from the base station; and configure, based on the csi configuration, a channel measurement resource (cmr) to include a srs received from the second ue. the first ue can measure the srs to obtain a srs-rsrp measurement, generate a measurement report having the srs-rsrp measurement, and transmit the measurement report to the base station using l1.
Inventor(s): Sameh M. Eldessoki of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Christian Hofmann of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Panagiotis Botsinis of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Tarik Tabet of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W24/10
CPC Code(s): H04W24/10
Abstract: embodiments disclosed herein include: (1) a network (e.g., a g new radio (nr) network) that is configured to use early measurement report (emr) results reported from a user equipment (ue) device to configure or change a secondary cell group (scg) for the ue; (2) a network configured to use service-specific frequency layer configuration information to configure the emr feature for a ue; (3) a ue configured to use crowdsourced frequency layer information to autonomously determine the ue's emr feature; (4) a ue configured to autonomously report idle mode measurements without waiting for network-initiated messaging; (5) a ue configured to receive a set of primary secondary cells (pscells) from a network including an active pscell and one or more deactivated pscells; and (6) a network configured to use service-specific frequency layer configuration information and a list of potential pscells to configure the emr feature for a ue and activate a pscell.
Inventor(s): Amr Abdelrahman Yousef Abdelrahman Mostafa of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Christian Hofmann of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Panagiotis Botsinis of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sameh M. Eldessoki of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Tarik Tabet of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W72/50
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0263
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for serving data traffic on an access stratum (as) radio bearer (rb) using independently configured bearer flows. having their own resource sets, bearer flows remove the dependency of processing and transmission, and retransmission among different traffic flows assigned to the same as rb.
20240251307. CELL RESELECTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Alexander Sirotkin of Tel Aviv (IL) 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., Pavan Nuggehalli of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sarma Vangala of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Sudeep Manithara Vamanan of Nuremberg (DE) for apple inc., Vijay Venkataraman of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00
CPC Code(s): H04W36/0072
Abstract: provided is a method performed by a user equipment (ue), comprising: receiving, from a communication network comprising a radio access network, one or more messages comprising configuration information of at least one network slice and of at least one frequency, wherein the radio access network is associated with a plurality of base stations (bss) providing a plurality of cells, wherein the configuration information indicates for each of the at least one frequency which one or more slices of the at least one network slice are supported; and selecting, based on the configuration information, a cell from the plurality of cells for camping on.
20240251310. Neighbor Cell Measurements_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming Li of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00, H04B17/318, H04B17/336
CPC Code(s): H04W36/0094
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for configuring, performing, and reporting neighbor cell measurements in a wireless communication system. a base station of a serving cell may provide configuration information relevant to performing layer 1 (l1) measurements based on reference signals of one or more neighbor cells. a ue may perform l1 inter-frequency measurements of the neighbor cell(s) based on the configuration. the ue may report the measurements.
20240251311. NETWORK-INITIATED CONNECTION TRANSFER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alexandre S. Stojanovski of Paris (FR) for apple inc., Muthaiah Venkatachalam of Beaverton OR (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/12, H04L61/4511, H04L61/5007, H04L101/35, H04W36/00, H04W36/28, H04W76/12, H04W88/16
CPC Code(s): H04W36/12
Abstract: apparatus, systems, and methods for a network-initiated packet data network connection in communication systems are described.
Inventor(s): Jia Liu of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/14, H04W52/34
CPC Code(s): H04W52/146
Abstract: an electronic device may include wireless circuitry having a modem that conveys data over a data path and that is operable using a dynamic voltage and frequency management (dvfm) profile. a resource and state manager (rsm) may adjust the dvfm profile based on l1, l2, l3, and/or ipc parameters. a routine track may generate a first profile based on an l1 parameter such as dl mac tb size and may generate a second profile based on an l2 parameter such as ul pre-build size. a protective track may independently generate a third profile based on a performance event along the data path. the rsm may aggregate the preferred profiles to update the current dvfm profile in a manner that optimizes efficiency while ensuring that a sufficiently high dvfm profile is used at any given time without consuming unnecessary power.
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang CHEN of Campbell 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., 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.
IPC Code(s): H04W56/00, H04W74/04, H04W74/0836
CPC Code(s): H04W56/0045
Abstract: some aspects relate to apparatuses and methods for a wireless system supporting two timing advances in a serving cell for a user equipment (ue) communicating with two different transmission reception points (trps). the ue can determine that a first timing advance (ta) group (tag) and a second tag are configured for a serving cell based on a configuration received from the base station; and further determine a first ta adjustment value based on a first timing advance command (tac) and a second ta adjustment value based on a second tac. the ue can select a tac from the first tac or the second tac to be applied to an uplink transmission. the ue can further select, based the selected tac, a tag from the first tag or the second tag; and transmit the uplink transmission according to the selected tac with the selected tag.
20240251412. SECONDARY CELL ACTIVATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jie Cui 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., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming Li of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/21, H04W56/00, H04W72/1268, H04W72/51, H04W74/0833
CPC Code(s): H04W72/21
Abstract: provided is a method performed by a user equipment (ue), comprising: receiving, from a base station (bs), one or more messages comprising: configuration parameters of a plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of cells are to be associated with a plurality of physical uplink control channel (pucch) groups comprising: a first pucch group comprising an active serving cell, and a secondary pucch group comprising a pucch secondary cell to be activated; and performing operations during activation of the pucch secondary cell based on at least one of a capability of the ue or timing advance group (tag) configurations in the configuration parameters.
- Apple Inc.
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- CPC A61B5/14552
- Apple inc.
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- H04N19/119
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- H04N23/65
- H04N23/61
- H04N23/667
- H04N23/695
- CPC H04N23/65
- H04W12/06
- H04W60/00
- H04W84/18
- CPC H04W12/06
- H04W12/72
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- H04W24/04
- H04W74/02
- H04W76/10
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- H04W24/10
- H04B17/318
- CPC H04W24/10
- H04W28/02
- H04W72/50
- CPC H04W28/0263
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- CPC H04W36/0072
- H04B17/336
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- H04L61/4511
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- H04W36/28
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