Apple Inc. patent applications on September 12th, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on September 12th, 2024
Apple Inc.: 56 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of H04L5/00 (5), G06F3/01 (4), G06F3/0488 (4), G02B27/01 (3), G06F9/451 (3) H04W36/0033 (2), G02B27/0172 (2), G06F3/04883 (2), A63B24/0062 (1), H04N23/687 (1)
With keywords such as: device, image, circuit, user, display, electronic, data, include, configured, and some in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20240299807. AUTOMATIC EXERCISE ROUTE DETECTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kenneth M. PESYNA, JR. of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christina SELLE of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A63B24/00, A63B71/06
CPC Code(s): A63B24/0062
Abstract: the subject system may be implemented by at least one processor configured to determine that a location of a user is within a bounding box corresponding to a pre-defined exercise route, receive an indication of a pre-defined segment corresponding to the pre-defined exercise route, and retrieve exercise route data for the pre-defined exercise route. the exercise route data may include pre-determined distance information corresponding to the pre-defined segment of the pre-defined exercise route. the at least one processor may be further configured to receive user location data corresponding to a traversal of the pre-defined segment, generate segment-matched location data by correlating the user location data to the pre-determined distance information corresponding to the pre-defined segment, and provide an exercise metric determined based at least in part on the segment-matched location data.
20240300273. Spring System_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Troy A. Carter of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): B60G17/00, B60G11/27, B60G11/30, B60G17/04
CPC Code(s): B60G17/002
Abstract: a spring system includes a bladder, a pump in fluid communication with the bladder, and an air line coupled with the pump and configured to fluidly communicate with a thermal conditioning unit. the pump is configured to draw the air through the air line from the thermal conditioning unit and transmit the air to the bladder.
20240302025. Light Source Module with Adaptive Illumination_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Angelo M. Alaimo of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Blake M. Coughenour of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Bryan Dang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Florian R. Fournier of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Katherine J. Armstrong of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): F21V5/02, F21V5/00, G02B3/08, G03B21/62
CPC Code(s): F21V5/02
Abstract: various embodiments disclosed herein include adaptive light source modules that can provide adaptive illumination to a scene. the adaptive light source modules may comprise a housing, an emitter array, and a lens. the emitter array comprises a plurality of emitters. the lens may redirect light emitted from the emitter array through a transparent window of the housing. the housing may further include a prismatic surface that distorts light emitted from the emitter array and/or one or more non-transparent portions that limits light travelling therethrough. the adaptive light source module may optionally comprise a light sensor, and a portion of the lens may be configured to direct light toward the light sensor.
Inventor(s): Benjamin A. Werner of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Merrick K. McCracken of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Wobert W. Brumley of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S13/46, G01S5/02, G01S5/10, H04W64/00
CPC Code(s): G01S13/46
Abstract: a mobile device may receive a plurality of timestamps, wherein the plurality of timestamps indicate sending and receiving time for ranging packets and response packets. the mobile device may calculate a responder turn-around time as a first difference between the second time and the first time. the mobile device may calculate a responding round trip time as a second difference between the second time and the third time. the mobile device may receive from the electronic device an initiator turn-around time and an initiator round trip time. the mobile device may calculate a frequency offset for the wireless protocol using the responder turn-around time, the responding round trip time, the initiator turn-around time, and the initiator round trip time. the mobile device may compare an observed frequency offset to the calculated frequency offset to determine a frequency offset difference and whether it exceeds a threshold, adjusting a ranging measurement.
20240302657. User Interfaces for Adjusting a Tunable Lens_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): James E. Pedder of Oxon (GB) for apple inc., Gareth D. Hastings of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Igor Stamenov of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew D. Hollands of Cambridge (GB) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B3/14, G02B27/00, G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: an electronic device may include a display and a lens module through which the display is viewable. the lens module may include a tunable lens with an adjustable spherical power, cylindrical axis, and/or cylindrical power. to tune the tunable lens to compensate for a viewer's eyesight, the display may present at least one target. the optical power of the tunable lens may be set based on the point of gaze relative to the at least one target. multiple targets with associated optical powers may be presented and the optical power of the tunable lens may be set depending on which target is aligned with the point of gaze. the display may present an image through a masking layer with a ring of pinhole pairs. the electronic device may include an input device that receives user input regarding a perceived image associated with the display and the masking layer.
20240302664. Optical Systems for Displays_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Graham B. Myhre of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Eric J. Hansotte of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Guolin Peng of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Hyungryul Choi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Se Baek Oh of Hillsborough CA (US) for apple inc., Paul Gelsinger-Austin of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: an electronic device may include a display system for presenting images close to a user's eyes. the display system may include a display unit that directs light and an optical system that redirects the light from the display unit towards a user's eyes. the optical system may include an input coupler and an output coupler formed on a waveguide. the input coupler may redirect light from the display unit so that it propagates in the waveguide towards the output coupler. the output coupler may redirect the light from the input coupler so that it exits the waveguide towards the user's eyes. a light-redirecting element may be used to redirect edge light that would otherwise be outside of the user's field of view towards the user's eyes.
20240302669. ADJUSTABLE HEAD SECUREMENT FOR HEAD-MOUNTABLE DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Dustin A. HATFIELD of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Geng LUO of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin A. SHAFFER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Julian JAEDE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nicolas LYLYK of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Paul X. WANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Trevor J. NESS of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: systems of the present disclosure can provide a head-mountable device with a head securement element that allows a user to adjust both the magnitude, location, and direction of forces applied to the face of the user. examples of adjustment mechanisms described herein allow a user to control the tilt of the head-mountable device relative to a head securement element, as well as the tightness of the head securement element. accordingly, the user can select a fit that distributes forces widely, maximizes comfort, allows the user to enjoy the head-mountable device for longer durations of time.
20240302850. Shared Compressor_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Shi Yan of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Peter L. Bielawski of Sandpoint ID (US) for apple inc., Jia Tao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Johnny L. Wall of Valencia CA (US) for apple inc., Islam M. Shawki of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan L. Hall of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Zheng Li of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G05D7/06, B01D53/26
CPC Code(s): G05D7/0652
Abstract: a system includes a compressor that receives air from a source and is configured to supply compressed air, a first system that is configured to receive the compressed air, and a second system that is configured to receive the compressed air. in first control mode, a first control valve blocks flow of compressed air to the first system and a second control valve allows flow of compressed air from to the second system. in a second control mode, the second control valve allows flow of the compressed air from the second system to a dryer along, and the first control valve allows flow of the compressed air from the dryer to the first system.
Inventor(s): Ivan S. Maric of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Anthony S. Montevirgen of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Evan D. Christensen of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lijun Zhang of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Phil M. Hobson of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Samuel A. Resnick of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yi Jiang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G02B7/12, H01Q1/38, H01Q1/40, H04N23/57, H04N23/90
CPC Code(s): G06F1/163
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. the housing may include a frame with left and right openings that receive respective left and right optical modules that present images to a user's eyes. each optical module may have a lens and display that presents an image through the lens. camera support members may be coupled to respective left and right peripheral portions of the frame. each camera support member may have openings configured to receive cameras. antennas may be formed on a camera support member. the antennas may have metal traces on a surface of the camera support member, may have conductive structures embedded within the camera support member, and/or may have patterned metal traces on printed circuits attached to or embedded in the camera support member. the cameras may operate through portions of a display cover layer that covers an outwardly-facing display on the head-mounted housing.
20240302865. Electronic Device with Wrapped Display_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Scott A. Myers of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Derek Wright of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Fletcher R. Rothkopf of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F3/0485, G06F3/0487, G06F3/0488, G06F3/147
CPC Code(s): G06F1/1652
Abstract: an electronic device may have a hollow display cover structure. the hollow display cover structure may be formed from a structure having an inner surface. the structure may be an elongated member having a longitudinal axis. a material such as sapphire, other crystalline materials, or other transparent materials may be used in forming the hollow display cover structure. a flexible display layer such as an organic light-emitting diode display layer or other flexible display structure may be wrapped around the longitudinal axis to cover the interior surface of the hollow display cover structure. the electronic device may have a touch sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, and other sensors for gathering input such as user input. the electronic device may use one or more sensors to gather information on rotational motion of the device and can display content on the flexible display layer accordingly.
Inventor(s): Bryce L. Schmidtchen of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Ioana Negoita of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Anshu K. Chimalamarri of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Gregory Lutter of Boulder Creek CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas J. Moore of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Trevor J. McIntyre of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/0482, G06T7/55, G06T7/60, G06T7/73
CPC Code(s): G06F3/013
Abstract: a method is performed at an electronic device with one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and a display. the method includes displaying, on the display, a first user interface (ui) element that is associated with a first selection region and a second selection region. the method includes, while displaying the first ui element, determining, based on eye tracking data, that a targeting criterion is satisfied with respect to the first selection region or the second selection region. the eye tracking data is associated with one or more eyes of a user of the electronic device. the method includes, while displaying the first ui element, selecting the first ui element based at least in part on determining that the targeting criterion is satisfied.
Inventor(s): Benjamin HYLAK of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Alexis H. PALANGIE of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jordan A. CAZAMIAS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan GITTER of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Aaron M. BURNS of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04845, G06F3/01, G06F3/0482
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04845
Abstract: methods for displaying user interfaces in a computer-generated environment provide for an efficient and intuitive user experience. in some embodiments, user interfaces can have different immersion levels. in some embodiments, a user interface can have a respective immersion level based on its location in the three-dimensional environment or distance from the user. in some embodiments, a user interface can have a respective immersion level based on the state of the user interface. in some embodiments, a user interface can switch from one immersion level to another in response to the user's interaction with the user interface.
Inventor(s): Policarpo B. WOOD of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jeff TAN-ANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Florian M. PONSON of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G06F3/04817, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0488, G06F9/451, H04N21/472, H04N21/8549
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04883
Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. in some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options for playing an item of content in accordance with the manners in which the item of content is available to be played on the electronic device. in some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of episodes in a series of episodic content. in some embodiments, an electronic device presents an enhanced preview of content. in some embodiments, an electronic device presents a control panel. in some embodiments, an electronic device switches the active user profile of a device. in some embodiments, an electronic device enters into a picture-in-picture mode.
Inventor(s): Jeffrey Traer Bernstein of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Avi E. Cieplinski of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G06F3/0481, G06F3/0486, G06F3/0488
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04883
Abstract: in response to detecting a first gesture that includes movement of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface, in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is in a first direction, a first user interface corresponding to a first application of a set of applications selected based on application use criteria is displayed. while displaying the first user interface, a second gesture including movement of a contact is detected. in response to detecting the second gesture, in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is in the first direction, a second user interface corresponding to a second application that is a next application in the set of applications based on the application use criteria is displayed. in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact associated is in a second direction, a third user interface corresponding to a third application is displayed.
20240303033. Audio Output Device with Hardware Volume Control_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Hilary K. Mogul of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Eric J. Day of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hannes Breitschaedel of Vienna (AT) for apple inc., Juha O. Merimaa of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16, H04R1/10
CPC Code(s): G06F3/165
Abstract: a method performed by an audio source device that is communicatively coupled with an audio output device, the method includes obtaining an audio signal; receiving a volume adjustment; applying the volume adjustment to the audio signal; applying dynamic range compression on the volume adjusted audio signal; and applying an inverse volume adjustment to the compressed audio signal, where the inverse volume adjusted audio signal is to be transmitted to the audio output device.
Inventor(s): Alec H. Little of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/451, G06F3/0481, G06F3/0486, G06F3/0488, G09B5/02
CPC Code(s): G06F9/453
Abstract: a computing device may include an application operating in a learning mode. when in the learning mode, an instruction panel is provided over a full version of the application to guide the user through use and understanding of the application. the instruction panel displays, in sequential order, instructional slides from a selected tutorial. each instructional slide of the set of instructional slides may include instructions to a user to perform an operation or otherwise engage the interface as part of the selected tutorial. the application monitors the user's interactions with gui to determine whether the operation provided for in the instructional slide has been completed. in response to determining that the user interactions with the gui completed the operation provided on the instructional slide, the instruction panel updates the instruction panel to display the next instructional slide in the set of instructional slides for the selected tutorial.
20240303268. INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR MEDIA EXPLORATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): David Chance GRAHAM of Columbus OH (US) for apple inc., Cyrus Daniel IRANI of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Aimee PIERCY of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas ALSINA of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F16/632, G06F3/16, G06F9/451, G06F16/332, G06F16/432, G06F16/435, G06F16/635, G06F16/683, G10L15/18, G10L15/22, G10L15/30
CPC Code(s): G06F16/634
Abstract: systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. in accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a first natural-language speech input indicative of a request for media, where the first natural-language speech input comprises a first search parameter; providing, by a digital assistant, a first media item identified based on the first search parameter. the method further includes, while providing the first media item, receiving a second natural-language speech input and determining whether the second input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media. the method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the second speech input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media: identifying, based on the first parameter and the second speech input, a second media item and providing the second media item.
Inventor(s): Alec H. Little of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F16/635, G06F16/64
CPC Code(s): G06F16/635
Abstract: a system reorders filters in a set of the filters that may be used to update a list of content. in response to receiving user input selecting a particular filter, the system may filter and/or reorder the content in the list of content and reorder the remaining un-selected filters. filters that would result in a more even split of the content may be ranked higher than filters that would result in a less even split of that content. a filter that would result in selection of half of the content would be ranked higher than another filter that would result in selection of one-fourth or three-fourth of the content. the system may rank filters based on a user's historical usage. the system may apply a variety of factors to select an order for the filters by, for example, using a weighted average of scores that correspond respectively to the factors.
Inventor(s): Luc Dolcino of Laval (CA) for apple inc., Sebastien Fontaine of Laval (CA) for apple inc., Benjamin Du Hays of Hampstead (CA) for apple inc., Maxime De Nanclas of Montreal (CA) for apple inc., Xavier Alberti of Montreal (CA) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06Q20/32, G06Q20/20, G06Q20/34, G06Q20/38, G06Q20/40
CPC Code(s): G06Q20/3227
Abstract: a device, an add-on and a secure element for conducting a secured financial transaction are disclosed. the device comprises a central processing unit; a communication interface for establishing a communication between the device and a financial institution related to a financial account; an interface for acquiring data relating to the financial account; the secure element for processing at least a portion of the data relating to the financial account acquired by the interface; and control logic for acquiring a purchase amount to be debited from the financial account and for obtaining a transaction authorization from the financial institution related to the financial account, the transaction authorization being based, at least partially, on data processed solely by the secure element independently of data processed by the central processing unit. a method of conducting the secured financial transaction, and a computer program product for execution by the secure element are also disclosed.
Inventor(s): Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T3/18, G06T19/20
CPC Code(s): G06T3/18
Abstract: in some implementations, a method includes: obtaining a reference image and forward flow information; identifying a neighborhood of pixels corresponding to a pixel within a target image based on the forward flow information; in accordance with a determination that a characterization vector for the neighborhood of pixels satisfies a background condition, generating a warp result for the pixel based on a first warp type; in accordance with a determination that the characterization vector satisfies a foreground condition, generating the warp result for the pixel based on a second warp type; and in accordance with a determination that the characterization vector does not satisfy the foreground or background conditions, generating the warp result for the pixel based on a third warp type; and populating pixel information for the pixel within the target image based on pixel information for a reference pixel within the reference image that corresponds to the warp result.
20240303768. Multidimensional Image Scaler_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yang Li of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., ByoungSuk Kim of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Fu-Chung Huang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Qi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sheng Zhang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Victor H. Yin of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wei H. Yao of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yi Huang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yi-Pai Huang of Zhubei (TW) for apple inc., Ping-Yen Chou of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T3/40, G06T15/00, G06V20/70
CPC Code(s): G06T3/40
Abstract: an electronic device uses a multidimensional (e.g., 3d) scaler to process multiple-viewing-angle (e.g., 3d-aware) images by resampling each view image and processing image data of each view image according to a view map to change resolution or improve perceived image quality. after being processed, each view image of the multiple-viewing-angle image is used to rebuild a final processed multiple-viewing-angle (e.g., 3d-aware image) with all views for displaying on the electronic device.
Inventor(s): Maxim Smirnov of Wilsonville OR (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T5/00, G06T5/20
CPC Code(s): G06T5/70
Abstract: embodiments relate to an image processing circuit that performs noise reduction on image data. the image processing circuit includes a noise reduction circuit with a kernel calculation circuit, a noise filtering circuit, and a blending circuit. the kernel calculation circuit generates a machine learning (ml) kernel for at least one pixel of an image and a bilateral kernel for the at least one pixel of the image. the noise filtering circuit performs noise filtering of the image using the ml kernel to generate a first de-noised version of the image, and performs noise filtering of the image using the bilateral kernel to generate a second de-noised version of the image. the blending circuit blends each color component of the first de-noised version of the image with a corresponding color component of the second de-noised version of the image to generate a de-noised multi-color version of the image.
Inventor(s): Ying-Chih Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Michael J. Brown of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Michael B. Wittenberg of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Paul C. Kelley of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Rasamy Phouthavong of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Tyler R. Kakuda of Stockton CA (US) for apple inc., Jean-Pierre S. Guillou of La Jolla CA (US) for apple inc., Marwan Rammah of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/20, G02B6/12, G09F9/30
CPC Code(s): G09G3/20
Abstract: an electronic device may have a display with pixels configured to display an image. the pixels may be overlapped by a cover layer. the display may have peripheral edges with curved cross-sectional profiles. an inactive area in the display may be formed along a peripheral edge of the display or may be surrounded by the pixels. electrical components such as optical components may be located in the inactive area. an image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or anderson localization material. the image transport layer may overlap the pixels, may have an opening that overlaps portions of the inactive area, may have an output surface that overlap portions of the inactive area, and/or may convey light associated with optical components in the electronic device.
Inventor(s): Vincent Z Young of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Mahesh B Chappalli of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Tae-Wook Koh of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yifan Zhang of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jared S Price of Hayward CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/32
CPC Code(s): G09G3/32
Abstract: image processing circuitry may include burn-in compensation circuitry that receives image data indicative of luminance outputs for display pixels of an electronic display and compensates the image data for burn-in related aging associated with the display pixels, generating compensated image data. moreover, compensating the image data may include applying gains based on estimated amounts of aging associated with the display pixels and estimated amounts of current to be delivered to the display pixels. the image processing circuitry may also include burn-in statistics circuitry that tracks the estimated amounts of aging based on the compensated image data.
20240304162. Displaying Image Data based on Ambient Light_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Pavel V. Dudrenov of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Karol E. Czaradzki of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Felipe Bacim de Araujo e Silva of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Edwin Iskandar of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G5/10
CPC Code(s): G09G5/10
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for displaying image data based on ambient light. in some implementations, a device includes an image sensor, an environmental sensor, a display, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors. in some implementations, a method includes capturing, via the image sensor, first image data that corresponds to a body part of a user of the device. in some implementations, the method includes detecting, via the environmental sensor, environmental data that indicates a current ambient light condition of a physical environment surrounding the device. in some implementations, the method includes generating second image data by modifying the first image data based on a function of the current ambient light condition and a threshold ambient light condition detected during enrollment. in some implementations, the method includes displaying the second image data on the display.
Inventor(s): Yung-Chin Chen of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hopil Bae of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Sheng Zhang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yanghyo Kim of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Young Don Bae of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G5/12, G09G5/18
CPC Code(s): G09G5/12
Abstract: an electronic device uses a leader synchronize signal generator to synchronize clock signal generators used by multiple components in the electronic device to a common time-base. a processor core complex of the electronic device sends per-frame configuration to a timing controller for frames to be displayed on an electronic display before a corresponding frame begins.
20240304891. STRUCTURAL BATTERY PACK WITH ADHESIVE AND GAP FILLERS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Edward T Hillstrom of Vancouver (CA) for apple inc., Alexander Bartlett of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Nivay Anandarajah of San Leandro CA (US) for apple inc., Dylan C Erb of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zhongying Shi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01M10/653, H01M10/655, H01M50/204
CPC Code(s): H01M10/653
Abstract: a battery pack includes an enclosure forming an enclosure interior, a stack of battery cells disposed within the enclosure interior, and an adhesive extending between a wall of the enclosure and the stack. the battery pack also includes a first gap filler extending between the wall and the stack, where the first gap filler is disposed adjacent to a first edge of the stack and includes a first thermal conductivity constant greater than a second thermal conductivity constant of the adhesive. the battery pack also includes a second gap filler extending between the wall and the stack, where the second gap filler is disposed adjacent to a second edge of the stack and includes a third thermal conductivity constant greater than the second thermal conductivity constant.
Inventor(s): Pengfei Qiao of El Cerrito CA (US) for apple inc., James J. Dudley of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Tong Chen of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01S5/183, H01S5/11
CPC Code(s): H01S5/18361
Abstract: an optoelectronic device may include a first set of distributed bragg reflective (dbr) layers, a second set of dbr layers, a gain region, and an enclosure layer between the gain region and the second set of dbr layers. in some cases, the enclosure layer defines a non-limiting mode oxide aperture. the optoelectronic device may also include a high contrast grating (hcg) mirror element disposed on a side of the second set of dbr layers. in some cases, the hcg mirror element has a first reflection coefficient that is greater than a second reflection coefficient of the second set of dbr layers. another optoelectronic device may include a photonic crystal (phc) mirror layer and a gain region disposed between the phc mirror layer and a set of dbr layers.
20240305246. Switching Amplifier Circuits with Supply Tracking_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Eddie L. Ng of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Adriane S. Niehaus of Wilton NH (US) for apple inc., Ali Motamed of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03F1/02, H03F3/217
CPC Code(s): H03F1/0211
Abstract: a switching-amplifier circuit for computer systems generates a buffered version of a received input signal. power supply circuits coupled to the switching-amplifier circuit adjust driver power supply and driver ground supply voltage levels over respective continuous ranges of voltages based on a magnitude of the buffered signal. an output stage included in the switching-amplifier circuit generates an amplified version of the received input signal that includes a series of pulses that transition between the respective voltage ranges of the driver power supply and driver ground supply, where the respective widths or frequencies of the series of pulses encode a magnitude of the amplified version of the received input signal.
20240305250. Radio-frequency Amplifier with Large Signal Protection_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Mohamed Abouzied of La Jolla CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03F1/52, H03F3/21
CPC Code(s): H03F1/523
Abstract: wireless circuitry can include a radio-frequency amplifier, a power detection circuit coupled to an output of the radio-frequency amplifier and configured to output a power detection voltage, protection circuitry coupled to the power detection circuit and configured to output a protection voltage, and a control circuit configured to adjust the amplifier based on the power detection voltage and the protection voltage. the protection circuitry can include a current mirroring circuit that outputs a current proportional to a supply current of the power detection circuit and an adjustable current-to-voltage converter such as an adjustable resistor that receives the current to generate the protection voltage. the control circuit can adjust the radio-frequency amplifier by tuning a supply voltage or a bias voltage of the radio-frequency amplifier to reduce the gain of the radio-frequency amplifier, thereby proactively preventing the amplifier from outputting signals with large swings that can potentially damage the wireless circuitry.
Inventor(s): Charles L. Wang of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Yi-Hsiu E. Chen of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Pranavi Sunkara of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03K9/02, H03K7/02
CPC Code(s): H03K9/02
Abstract: the present disclosure describes embodiments of driver circuit. the driver circuit includes a first impedance element electrically coupled to a first inverter circuit and a second impedance element electrically coupled to the first impedance element and a second inverter circuit. for a first encoding using the driver circuit, the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit are controlled such that a first current flows through the first and second impedance elements, the first current having a first value and a first direction. for a second encoding using the driver circuit, the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit are controlled such that a second current flows through the first and second impedance elements, the second current having a second value and a second direction. the first value is substantially the same as the second value and the first direction is opposite to the second direction.
20240305303. Clock Frequency Limiter_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jose A. Tierno of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Ajay M. Rao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03L7/083, H03L7/085, H03L7/099
CPC Code(s): H03L7/083
Abstract: a receiver circuit that limits the frequency of a clock signal used in a computer system is disclosed. an embodiment of the receiver circuit includes a front-end circuit configured to generate an equalized signal, a clock generator circuit configured to generate a clock signal using a plurality of samples of the equalized signal, and a measurement circuit. the measurement circuit is configured to monitor a frequency of the clock signal and activate an indication signal in response to determining that the frequency of the clock signal exceeds a threshold frequency. in response to activation of the indication signal, the clock generator circuit is configured to set the frequency of the clock signal to a particular frequency.
20240305318. DUAL-CONNECTIVITY MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Wassim El-Hassan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Brian H. Bremer of Arlington Heights IL (US) for apple inc., Lydi Smaini of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Abhinav Dayal of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Daphne I. Gorman of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Xuefeng Zhao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/00
CPC Code(s): H04B1/0064
Abstract: a wireless communication includes multiple transceivers that may be utilized for wireless communication over multiple frequency ranges. one of the transceivers is communicatively coupled to antennas that may be utilized to transmit or receive wireless signals having frequencies in different portions of one of the frequency ranges.
20240305387. Wireless Power Systems With Interference Mitigation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sujeet Milind Patole of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Cheung-Wei Lam of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Vaneet Pathak of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B15/02, H02J50/10, H02J50/80
CPC Code(s): H04B15/02
Abstract: a wireless power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. a clock signal may be provided to inverter circuitry in wireless power transmitting circuitry at a power transmission frequency. the clock signal may cause transistors in the inverter circuitry to turn on and off to create ac current signals through the wireless power transmitting coil. the clock signal may be processed to mitigate electromagnetic interference in the system.
Inventor(s): Mohamed Abouzied of La Jolla CA (US) for apple inc., Abbas Komijani of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B17/15
CPC Code(s): H04B17/15
Abstract: wireless circuitry can include a radio-frequency amplifier and a power detection circuit coupled to an output of the radio-frequency amplifier. the power detection circuit can include an input transistor, a biasing circuit configured to output a bias voltage for the input transistor and configured to track temperature and voltage variations, and a non-linearity cancellation component configured to generate a current that at least partially cancels a non-linear current associated with the input transistor. the input transistor may be an n-type transistor, and the non-linearity cancellation component may be a p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor. the biasing circuit can include n-type and p-type diode-connected bias transistors.
20240305408. Multi-Resource-Unit Aggregation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Tianyu Wu of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jinjing Jiang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Lochan Verma of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Anuj Batra of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/1607, H04L1/00, H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04L1/1621
Abstract: an electronic device (such as an access point) is described. this electronic device transmits an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (ofdma) frame to a recipient electronic device (such as a client or a station). the ofdma frame includes multiple predefined resource units (rus) allocated to the recipient electronic device in a set of predefined rus having associated frequency bandwidths. moreover, the multiple predefined rus include two or more first predefined rus having a first number of tones less than a predefined amount, or two or more second predefined rus having a second number of tones greater than or equal to the predefined amount. for example, the predefined amount may include 242 tones. note that the multiple predefined rus may have the same or different numbers of tones. moreover, the electronic may receive an acknowledgment or a block acknowledgment from the recipient electronic device.
20240305409. ACCESS POINT (AP)-ASSISTED AP TRANSITION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Lochan Verma of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Sidharth R. Thakur of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jinjing Jiang of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu Wu of Monterey CA (US) for apple inc., Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Ahmad Reza Hedayat of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/1607, H04L1/1867, H04W28/02
CPC Code(s): H04L1/1642
Abstract: some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for access point (ap)-assisted ap transition. using ap-assisted ap transitions, when the sta is associated with a first access point (ap) and is transitioning to a second ap, a station (sta) can transmit to the second ap a control signal including a first indication for sequence number (sn) maintenance. the sta can receive from the second ap responsive to the first indication for sn maintenance, a first downlink (dl) transmission including a next sn. the next sn can be a continuation of an sn sequence utilized by the first ap for one or more previous dl transmissions.
Inventor(s): Tianyu Wu of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Ahmad Reza Hedayat of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc., Anuj Batra of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Jinjing Jiang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lochan Verma of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Oren Shani of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Wook Bong Lee of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04L1/00, H04W80/02
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0053
Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including detecting a reception opportunity of a physical layer protocol data unit (ppdu) scheduled to be transmitted by a transmitter, where the ppdu includes a preamble and one or more media access control (mac) pdus (mpdus); decoding the preamble of the ppdu; detecting that reception of the one or more mpdus has failed; and in response to the detecting, preparing a negative acknowledgment (nack) message for transmission to the transmitter.
Inventor(s): Josef W. Koller of Burglengenfeld (DE) for apple inc., Bjoern Lenhart of Nürnberg (DE) for apple inc., Dominic Koehler of Viereth-Trunstadt (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/14, H04B1/40
CPC Code(s): H04L5/14
Abstract: a communication device includes an antenna tracker having a circuit architecture that includes at least one l-c resonance circuit component with an adjustable resonance frequency value. in particular, each of the l-c resonance circuit components may include a tunable capacitor and an inductor coupled in parallel. the antenna tracker may be single-ended and include at least one ground coupling, while in some embodiments, the antenna tracker may be differential. the circuit architecture of the antenna tracker may enable the antenna tracker to increase an impedance coverage range of the communication device, thus increasing a range of impedance within which an antenna impedance may be effectively tracked and matched, enabling effective isolation between the transmitter and receiver across an increased range of antenna impedance.
20240305682. Gaze-Based Copresence System_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jay Mayur Khandhar of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Borna Ghavam of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jinbo Qiu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher M. Garrido of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Karthick Santhanam of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick Miauton of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaosong Zhou of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Dazhong Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Kristian D. Pereira of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dan Miao of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L65/75, G06F3/01, G06T13/40, G06V10/25
CPC Code(s): H04L65/762
Abstract: a technique for transmitting data in a copresence environment includes initiating a virtual communication session between a local device and remote devices in a shared copresence environment, where each of the plurality of sending devices are transmitting a sending quality data stream in the virtual communication session. a region of interest for the local device is determined that includes a portion of the copresence environment. the local device subscribes to a first quality data stream for the remote devices represented in the region of interest, and a second quality data stream for the remote devices not represented in the region of interest.
Inventor(s): Christopher J. SANDERS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Neil P. CORMICAN of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Tommy J. PAYNE of Santa Monica CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N21/25, H04N21/258, H04N21/43, H04N21/45, H04N21/466, H04N21/482
CPC Code(s): H04N21/252
Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device presents recommended content for a set of users in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. the electronic device is associated with a plurality of user accounts, including a first user account, displaying, via a display generation component, a media browsing user interface associated with the first user account. in accordance a determination that the first user account satisfies one or more criteria and in accordance with a determination that a first subset of user accounts of the plurality of user accounts associated with the electronic device has been selected for inclusion in content recommendations, the electronic device is configured to display, in the media browsing user interface, one or more representations of media content recommendations based on one or more characteristics of the first user account and the first subset of user accounts.
Inventor(s): Aurelien R. Hubert of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Qiang Yang of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Douglas S. Brodie of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Scott W. Miller of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Shashank Sharma of San Franciscio CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/68, G02B7/08, G02B27/64, G03B5/00, G03B13/36, H02K41/035, H04N23/63
CPC Code(s): H04N23/687
Abstract: in some embodiments, a camera actuator includes an actuator base, an autofocus voice coil motor, and an optical image stabilization voice coil motor. in some embodiments, the autofocus voice coil motor includes a lens carrier mounting attachment moveably mounted to the actuator base, a plurality of shared magnets mounted to the base, and an autofocus coil fixedly mounted to the lens carrier mounting attachment for producing forces for moving a lens carrier in a direction of an optical axis of one or more lenses of the lens carrier. in some embodiments, the optical image stabilization voice coil motor includes an image sensor carrier moveably mounted to the actuator base, and optical image stabilization coils moveably mounted to the image sensor carrier within the magnetic fields of the shared magnets, for producing forces for moving the image sensor carrier in a plurality of directions orthogonal to the optical axis.
Inventor(s): Sarvesh Swami of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/84
CPC Code(s): H04N23/843
Abstract: embodiments relate to demosaicing a raw image into a full-resolution green pixels and using high-frequency components of the full-resolution green pixels to add details into red image pixels and blue image pixels. the full-resolution green pixels are generated by interpolating green pixels in the raw image using residual weights based on correlation between green pixels and non-green pixels along different directions, and then combining the green pixel values interpolated along different directions using weights derived from gradient information. the full-resolution red and blue pixels are generated by determining weights according to the correlation of interpolated red and blue pixels relative to the full-resolution green pixels, and adding the high-frequency components of the full-resolution green pixels to the interpolated red and blue pixels.
Inventor(s): Wayne Eric Burk of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oren Kerem of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Hoi Man S. Ng of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Michael Bekerman of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N25/76, H04N17/00, H04N23/95, H04N25/703
CPC Code(s): H04N25/7795
Abstract: embodiments relate to detecting a timeout error on receipt of valid pixel data from an image sensor by a sensor interface circuit. when the valid pixel data is not timely received at the sensor interface circuit, a timeout error signal is generated by the sensor interface circuit. a time limit for determining the timeout error signal may be defined by a global clock that provides a clock signal to the sensor interface circuit and other circuits. as a result, the sensor interface circuit generates a dummy frame and sends out the dummy frame to subsequent circuits so that the timeout error does not bottleneck subsequent processing stages. in contrast, if the valid pixel data is timely received, sensor data received from the image sensor is unpacked into a frame of pixels.
Inventor(s): Pranav TRIPATHI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dhiraj J. SHIRKE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W4/16, H04W68/00
CPC Code(s): H04W4/16
Abstract: the embodiments set forth techniques for managing connections for wireless devices configured for multiple subscriber identity module (sim) environments, such as dual sim, dual standby (dsds) environments. a common scenario involves a first wireless device receiving a voice call (e.g., using a first sim of the first wireless device) while carrying out a data call with a second wireless device (e.g., using a second sim of the first wireless device). in such a scenario, the data call is often disrupted due to the voice call, which can cause confusion to a user of the second wireless device. accordingly, the techniques disclosed herein include the first wireless device providing, in conjunction with receiving the voice call, a notification of the voice call to the second wireless device. in turn, the second wireless device can inform the user of the event to help mitigate the aforementioned confusion.
20240306004. Beam Management for High-Speed Train_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Manasa RAGHAVAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Xiang CHEN of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W16/28, H04L5/00, H04W8/22, H04W76/28, H04W84/00
CPC Code(s): H04W16/28
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for beam failure management, and in particular for beam management for high-speed train (hst) in frequency range 2 (fr2). according to embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device receives from a network device a configuration concerning a high-speed mode of the terminal device, the terminal device determines a reduced evaluation period for beam management in the high-speed mode based on the configuration. the reduced evaluation period determined by the terminal device is shorter than an evaluation period in a non-high-speed mode. then, the terminal device performs the beam management using the reduced evaluation period.
20240306021. SIDELINK FEEDBACK ENHANCEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose 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., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W24/10, H04W92/18
CPC Code(s): H04W24/10
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) associated with a wireless communication network is disclosed. the ue comprises one or more processors configured to form a sidelink group with one or more other ues associated with the wireless communication network. in some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured to receive a sidelink (sl) groupcast message from a select ue of the one or more other ues of the sidelink group, the sl groupcast message comprising a sl channel state information (csi) request and a transmission of a sl channel state information reference signal (csi-rs). in some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured to process the sl groupcast message; and selectively provide an sl csi report derived based on a measured sl csi, to the select ue, in response to processing the sl groupcast message.
Inventor(s): Ansab ALI of Hillsboro OR (US) for apple inc., Kyeongin JEONG of Allen TX (US) for apple inc., Sangeetha L. BANGOLAE of Houston TX (US) for apple inc., Youn Hyoung HEO of Seoul (KR) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W4/40, H04W28/24
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0268
Abstract: an apparatus of a first user equipment (ue) comprises one or more baseband processors to generate a message for a second ue to configure a new radio (nr) vehicle-to-everything (v2x) link between the first ue and the second ue, wherein the message includes a quality of service (qos) metric to encode a plurality of qos parameters for the nr v2x link, and to encode a packet for the second ue according to the qos parameter. the apparatus can include a memory to store the message.
20240306046. MULTI-DEVICE COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Joe S. ABUAN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Ian J. BAIRD of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaosong ZHOU of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher M. GARRIDO of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Dazhong ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Keith W. RAUENBUEHLER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yan YANG of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick MIAUTON of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Eric L. CHIEN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Berkat S. TUNG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Karthick SANTHANAM of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00, G06F9/48, H04B17/318, H04B17/336, H04L9/08, H04L9/40, H04L12/18, H04L65/403, H04L67/14, H04L67/141, H04L67/143, H04W4/08, H04W12/0433, H04W12/06, H04W36/02
CPC Code(s): H04W36/0033
Abstract: a device implementing the subject technology may include at least one processor configured to receive downlink condition reports from device, each downlink condition report indicating a downlink channel condition of a respective device. the at least one processor is further configured to determine an uplink channel condition for each of the devices. the at least one processor is further configured to determine, for each respective device and based at least in part on the downlink condition reports and the uplink channel conditions, quality tiers, each of the quality tiers indicating a quality of at least one of an audio stream or a video stream. the at least one processor is further configured to provide for transmission, to each respective device, the quality tiers determined for the respective device.
20240306047. MULTI-DEVICE COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Joe S. ABUAN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Ian J. BAIRD of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaosong ZHOU of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher M. GARRIDO of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Dazhong ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Keith W. RAUENBUEHLER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yan YANG of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick MIAUTON of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Eric L. CHIEN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Berkat S. TUNG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Karthick SANTHANAM of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00, G06F9/48, H04B17/318, H04B17/336, H04L9/08, H04L9/40, H04L12/18, H04L65/403, H04L67/14, H04L67/141, H04L67/143, H04W4/08, H04W12/0433, H04W12/06, H04W36/02
CPC Code(s): H04W36/0033
Abstract: a device implementing the subject technology may include at least one processor configured to establish a group communication session for two or more electronic devices utilizing a first communication modality. the at least one processor may be further configured to determine to utilize a second communication modality for the group communication session. the at least one processor may be further configured to transition the group communication session from the first communication modality to the second communication modality.
20240306062. Enhanced Roaming_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Lochan Verma of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Brajesh K. Dave of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Prathamesh S. Deshpande of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/08, H04L5/00, H04W28/02, H04W60/06
CPC Code(s): H04W36/08
Abstract: methods, systems and apparatuses for managing roaming by access points (ap), a controller, and a wireless device are described. the wireless device can indicate intent to roam from a source ap to a target ap. the wireless device, aps, and controller can adjust delivery of uplink and/or downlink data in association with the roam.
Inventor(s): Sarma V. VANGALA of Campbell 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., Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Sree Ram KODALI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Srinivasan NIMMALA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Srirang A. LOVLEKAR of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Vijay VENKATARAMAN of San Jose 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): H04W48/18, H04W12/06, H04W48/16, H04W60/04, H04W76/10
CPC Code(s): H04W48/18
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to join a standalone non-public network (snpn). the receives snpn information from one or more broadcast messages transmitted from a base station serving as an onboarding base station for the snpn, determines whether the onboarding base station may be used for onboarding by the ue based on the snpn information and ue snpn information stored at the ue and onboards the ue to the snpn when it is determined that the onboarding base station may be used for onboarding by the ue.
20240306089. ACCESS POINT (AP) POWER SAVE ENHANCEMENTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Sidharth R. Thakur of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Qi Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu Wu of Monterey CA (US) for apple inc., Lochan Verma of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jinjing Jiang of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Ahmad Reza Hedayat of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/02, H04W74/0816
CPC Code(s): H04W52/0206
Abstract: some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for access point (ap) power save enhancements. ap power save enhancements reduce power consumption for aps including multi-link device (mld) aps, mobile aps and mobile ap stations. some embodiments include an uplink (ul) multi-user (mu)-request to send (rts) power save feature, that allows an ap to be available while operating in a low power receive (lpr) state (e.g., low power mode) and transition to a full power mode to receive data using a bandwidth greater than 20 mhz. some embodiments include a target wake time (twt) ul mu-rts ap power enhancement feature that allows an ap to operate in the lpr during a twt service period (sp). some embodiments allow mobile devices (e.g., a smart phone) to operate in as an ap (e.g., a mobile ap, a mobile ap station) and reduce power consumption.
Inventor(s): Gang Xiong of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Joonyoung Cho of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Alexei Davydov of Nizhny Novgorod (RU) for apple inc., Seunghee Han of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/20, H04L1/1812, H04L5/00, H04W84/04
CPC Code(s): H04W72/20
Abstract: techniques discussed herein can facilitate multi-transmission reception point (multi-trp) operation for new radio (nr). one example apparatus may be employed at a user equipment (ue) and may comprise one or more processors configured to transmit uplink control information (uci) on two physical uplink control channels (pucchs). the two pucchs occupy different symbols in the same slot.
20240306176. SMART DATA MODE FOR 5G WIRELESS DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Madhusudan CHAUDHARY of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Arun G. MATHIAS of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Rajesh AMBATI of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Ajay SINGH of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Franco TRAVOSTINO of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Muthukumaran DHANAPAL of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Lakshmi N. KAVURI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ajoy K. SINGH of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Thanigaivelu ELANGOVAN of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Ioannis PEFKIANAKIS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Raghuveer MALLIKARJUNAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Faraz FAHEEM of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Geoffrey R. HALL of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Harshit CHUTTANI of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Rohan C. MALTHANKAR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Prashant H. VASHI of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Hisham A. MAHMOUD of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Henri S. BERGER of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Divyaprakash P. BHOJKUMAR of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/51, H04L65/61, H04W52/02, H04W72/0453
CPC Code(s): H04W72/51
Abstract: embodiments described herein relate to managing access to 5g cellular baseband resources for 5g-capable wireless devices. a wireless device can monitor application workloads by analyzing communication network performance requirements for a given application in-use or launching for future use along with system-level indications of overall device usage, battery level, and mobility status to determine whether access to 5g cellular baseband resources is recommended for an application. a 5g cellular baseband resource recommendation is provided for an application indicating a level of bandwidth in current use or expected for future use as well as a confidence metric in the bandwidth level indication. the 5g cellular baseband resource recommendation is used with additional device criteria to determine whether access to one or more 5g radio frequency bands is allowed.
Inventor(s): Anne M. Mason of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Chad O. Simpson of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., William Hannon of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mark J. Beesley of Carmel Valley CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H05K1/11, H05K3/00, H05K3/42
CPC Code(s): H05K1/115
Abstract: structures that implement three-dimensional (3d) conductive material (e.g., copper) in printed circuit boards (pcbs) are disclosed. 3d (three-dimensional) conductive material may include trenches and/or buried vias that are filled with conductive material in the pcbs. trenches may be formed in build-up layers of a pcb by overlapping multiple laser drilled vias. the trenches may be filled with conductive material using electroplating process(es). buried vias may be formed through the core layers of the pcb by mechanical drilling. the buried via may be filled with solid conductive material using a combination of electroless plating and electrolytic plating of conductive material. various pcb structures are disclosed that implement combinations of these trenches and/or these buried vias filled with conductive material.
- Apple Inc.
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- CPC A63B24/0062
- Apple inc.
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- CPC H04L65/762
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- H04W72/51
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- H04W72/0453
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