Apple Inc. patent applications on April 18th, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on April 18th, 2024
Apple Inc.: 35 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/04883 (6), G06F3/0481 (6), G06F3/0484 (6), G06F3/01 (5), G09G3/3266 (4)
With keywords such as: device, user, display, include, data, based, circuit, transistors, information, and wireless in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
Inventor(s): Johannes Anne Bruinsma of Drachten (NL) for apple inc., Emo H. Klaassen of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Paras Samsukha of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaoyu Guo of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/00, A61B5/282, A61B5/304, A61B5/316, A61B5/332
Abstract: disclosed herein are devices and methods of using a mobile or wearable device for the acquisition and spatial filtering of ecg signals from an electrode array. one variation of a mobile or wearable device comprises an array of electrodes, one or more reference electrodes, and a controller in communication with the electrodes. in one example, the one or more reference electrodes are located on a wrist-worn device (e.g., a watch), and the electrode array is located on an accessory device that may be contacted with a fingertip. one variation of a spatial filtering method comprises identifying the electrodes that have high levels of noise and excluding the ecg signals from those electrodes from further analyses. in another variation, a method of spatial filtering comprises identifying electrodes with low levels of noise and including only the ecg signals from those electrodes in further analyses.
20240126120.Display Modules with Direct-lit Backlight Units_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Meizi Jiao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua A. Spechler of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Xiang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zhenyue Luo of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Chungjae Lee of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Morteza Amoorezaei of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mengyang Liang of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Xinyu Zhu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mingxia Gu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Qi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Eric L. Benson of Burlingame CA (US) for apple inc., Victor H. Yin of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Youchul Jeong of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang Fang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yanming Li of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Michael J. Lee of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Marianna C. Sbordone of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ari P. Miller of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Edward J. Cooper of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Michael C. Sulkis of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Francesco Ferretti of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Seth G. McFarland of Trinidad CA (US) for apple inc., Mary M. Morrison of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Eric N. Vergo of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Terence Chan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ian A. Guy of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Keith J. Hendren of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Sunitha Chandra of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02F1/13357, G02F1/1333, G02F1/1335, G06F1/16
Abstract: a display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. the pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. the backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes (leds) on a printed circuit board. the display may have a notch to accommodate an input-output component. reflective layers may be included in the notch. the backlight may include a color conversion layer with a property that varies as a function of position. the light-emitting diodes may be covered by a slab of encapsulant with recesses in an upper surface.
Inventor(s): Steven J. Taylor of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Brenton A. Baugh of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G04G21/08, G06F3/01, G06F3/0481, G06F3/04883
Abstract: an electronic device, such as a watch, has a variable friction mechanism for providing variable frictional feedback as an input mechanism, such as a crown, is rotated. the variable frictional feedback may correspond to operational states, events, or other conditions at the electronic watch. the variable frictional feedback may be provided by changing a frictional force between the crown and the variable friction mechanism. the variable friction mechanism may include a friction element adapted to contact a shaft of the crown and an actuator adapted to change a frictional force between the friction element and the shaft.
20240126353.Current Measurement for Power Converter Circuits_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Shawn Searles of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Fabio Gozzini of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sanjay Pant of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Inder M. Sodhi of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/26, G01R15/14
Abstract: a power converter circuit included in a computer system may include a phase circuit and a sample circuit. the phase circuit compares a voltage level of the regulated power supply node to a reference voltage to generate a demand current that is used to adjust the voltage level of the regulated power supply node. the phase circuit also digitizes the demand current and stores the resultant bit stream in a memory circuit. the sample circuit generates timestamp information that points to particular storage locations in the memory circuit that correspond to trigger events, allowing the operation of the power converter circuit to be analyzed during different circumstances as well as to adjust operating parameters of the power converter circuit.
Inventor(s): Aaron M. BURNS of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan GITTER of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Alexis H. PALANGIE of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Pol PLA I. CONESA of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., David M. SCHATTEL of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/04842, G06T7/70, G06T19/00
Abstract: in accordance with some embodiments, an exemplary process for controlling representations of virtual objects based on respective user contexts that each correspond to different respective locations in a computer-generated reality (cgr) environment is described.
Inventor(s): Supratik DATTA of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., John K. FRANKOVICH of Alameda CA (US) for apple inc., Ehsan KHAJEH of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Omid MAHDAVIPOUR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/043, G06F3/044
Abstract: examples of the disclosure are directed to the use of one or more piezoelectric (pe) transducers for detecting one or more touches on a surface. in some embodiments, the one or more pe transducers can complement a capacitive touch sensor array and provide a confirmation that a touch has in fact occurred, and can provide a secondary determination of touch location. in some examples, the one or more pe transducers can be formed on, or as part of, a flex circuit that is adhered to a housing or other structure to which the touch surface is affixed. the flex circuit can be formed as a strip upon which the one or more pe transducers are attached, and can be shaped and sized (optionally with a fold to create a tail for electrical connections) to adhere to an inner or outer surface of the housing.
20240126401.USER INTERFACES FOR SETTING UP AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Pavan RAJAM of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick L. COFFMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Dennis Sungwoo PARK of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Richard MONDELLO of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Vijay SUNDARAM of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Caleb DAVENPORT of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Neil P. CORMICAN of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0481, G06F3/0484, G06F3/14
Abstract: in some embodiments a second electronic device with which an output device is associated facilitates associating the output device with a first electronic device. in some embodiments, a second electronic device that is associated with an additional user facilitates associating the additional user with a first electronic device.
Inventor(s): Nicholas V. King of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher P. Foss of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan R. Dascola of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel T. Preston of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Behkish J. Manzari of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Justin S. Titi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Henrique D. Penha of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Graham R. Clarke of Scotts Valley CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0487, G06F3/04817, G06F3/04842, G06F3/04845, G06F3/0485, G06F3/0488, G06F3/04883, G06V10/10, G06V20/00, G11B27/00, G11B27/031, G11B27/034, G11B27/10, G11B27/34, H04N1/00, H04N1/21, H04N23/60, H04N23/62, H04N23/63, H04N23/73
Abstract: an electronic device displays a wake screen that includes a representative image in a sequence of images. while displaying the wake screen, the electronic device detects an input that includes a contact over the wake screen. in response to detecting the contact over the wake screen, the electronic device displays, in sequence, a plurality of images in the sequence of images.
Inventor(s): Marcel van Os of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Donald W. Pitschel of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G06F1/3206, G06F3/0484, G06F3/04847, G06F3/0488, H04W4/029
Abstract: a method is performed at a mobile device with a display. the method includes displaying a first mode of a plurality of modes of the device. the first mode of the device is active when a first set of time and/or device location criteria are met and the second mode of the device is active when a second set of time and/or device location criteria are met. while the first set of time and/or device location criteria are met and the first mode of the device is active, the mobile device detects a first input that overrides the first mode of the device. in response to detecting the first input, the mobile device activates the second mode of the device. the mobile device detects a second input and, in response to detecting the second input, performs an operation in the second mode of the device.
20240126457.Dynamic Allocation of Cache Memory as RAM_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Rohit Natarajan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jurgen M. Schulz of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher D. Shuler of Davis CA (US) for apple inc., Rohit K. Gupta of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas T. Zou of Millbrae CA (US) for apple inc., Srinivasa Rangan Sridharan of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/06, G06F12/0831
Abstract: an apparatus includes a cache controller circuit and a cache memory circuit that further includes cache memory having a plurality of cache lines. the cache controller circuit may be configured to receive a request to reallocate a portion of the cache memory circuit that is currently in use. this request may identify an address region corresponding to one or more of the cache lines. the cache controller circuit may be further configured, in response to the request, to convert the one or more cache lines to directly-addressable, random-access memory (ram) by excluding the one or more cache lines from cache operations.
Inventor(s): Brian D. Pietsch of Foster City CA (US) for apple inc., Jianhong Jiang of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin W. Mar of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas R. Powell of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Glenn A. Anderson of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/14, G06F3/0481, G06F3/0484
Abstract: in some implementations, a user device can coordinate adjustments to a composite gui generated in cooperation with an accessory device that presents the composite graphical user interface. for example, the user device can receive configuration data that defines the maximum gui display area (e.g., size, dimensions) of the accessory device, various view areas within the gui display area of the accessory device into which the user device can render guis, and/or transitions between the various view areas. the user device can generate a display buffer based on the maximum gui display area, generate a graphical user interface in an area of the buffer corresponding to a current view area specified by the accessory device, and send to the accessory device video frames corresponding to the display buffer. the accessory device can generate a composite gui based on the received video frames that include the user device generated gui.
20240126804.MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL AND REMOTE MEDIA ITEMS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Christopher John SANDERS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas M. ALSINA of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Imran CHAUDHRI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Patrice O. GAUTIER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Sean Boland KELLY of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Timothy B. MARTIN of Golden CO (US) for apple inc., Lucas C. NEWMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey L. ROBBIN of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew M. WADYCKI of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F16/438
Abstract: a method at a client device includes displaying media library information corresponding to a set of media items. the media items include one or more local media items, the one or more local media items including media items stored at the client device, and one or more remote media items, the one or more remote media items including media items stored at a remote system and not at the client device. the method also includes displaying, concurrently with displaying the media library information, affordances identifying the remote media items; detecting user interaction with an affordance identifying a respective remote media item; and in response to detecting the user interaction, initiating a process for downloading a copy of the respective remote media item to the client device for storage at the client device.
Inventor(s): Joel N. RUSCHER of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Amrith V. RAM of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., James E. ORR of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Travis J. MCQUEEN of Lee NH (US) for apple inc., Jack ERDOZAIN, JR. of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06K7/10
Abstract: this application sets forth techniques for managing (e.g., tracking or detecting the presence or absence of) physical cards stored in a physical wallet. in particular, the techniques set forth a smart wallet configured to detect the physical cards stored therein, as well as a smart card configured to be inserted into a traditional wallet and to detect the physical cards stored therein. the smart wallet/smart card can be configured to, upon detecting a change to physical cards stored in the smart wallet/traditional wallet, gather information associated with the physical cards and store the information into a memory of the smart wallet/smart card. the smart wallet/smart card can, upon being communicably coupled to a wireless device, transmit the information to the wireless device. subsequently, the wireless device can output a notification indicating any missing physical cards as well as provide remedial options.
Inventor(s): Can Jin of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Nicolas Pierre Marie Frederic Bonnier of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Hao Pan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T5/20, G02B27/01, G06F3/01, G06T19/00
Abstract: a multi-layer low-pass filter is used to filter a first frame of video data representing at least a portion of an environment of an individual. a first layer of the filter has a first filtering resolution setting for a first subset of the first frame, while a second layer of the filter has a second filtering resolution setting for a second subset. the first subset includes a data element positioned along a direction of a gaze of the individual, and the second subset of the frame surrounds the first subset. a result of the filtering is compressed and transmitted via a network to a video processing engine configured to generate a modified visual representation of the environment.
20240127491.Improved Predictive Coding for Point Cloud Compression_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Khaled Mammou of Vancouver (CA) for apple inc., David Flynn of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Alexandros Tourapis of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T9/40
Abstract: a system receives encoded data regarding a points in a point cloud. the data includes a prediction tree having a nodes generated based on spatial information regarding the points and properties of a sensor system that obtained the spatial information. a value of each node represents first spatial coordinates of a respective one of the points according to a first coordinate system, and the value of at least a first node in the prediction tree is determined based on ancestor nodes of the first node and the properties of the sensor system. the system decodes the data to determine first data, including the first spatial coordinates of at least some of the points, and quantization parameters associated with the first spatial coordinates. the system determines second data based on the first data, including second spatial coordinates of at least some of the points according to a second coordinate system.
Inventor(s): Peter Meier of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Michael Kuhn of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Frank Angermann of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06T7/73
Abstract: a method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment comprises providing a virtual object having a global position and orientation with respect to a geographic global coordinate system, with first pose data on the global position and orientation of the virtual object, in a database of a server, taking an image of a real environment by a mobile device and providing second pose data as to at which position and with which orientation with respect to the geographic global coordinate system the image was taken. the method further includes displaying the image on a display of the mobile device, accessing the virtual object in the database and positioning the virtual object in the image on the basis of the first and second pose data, manipulating the virtual object or adding a further virtual object, and providing the manipulated virtual object with modified first pose data or the further virtual object with third pose data in the database.
20240127565.MODIFYING USER REPRESENTATIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Michael S. Hutchinson of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/20, G06T5/70, G06V10/24, G06V10/54, G06V40/16
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate a combined 3d representation of a user. for example, a process may include obtaining a first three-dimensional (3d) representation of a first portion of a user. the process may further include obtaining a sequence of frame-specific second 3d representations in a period of time, each of the frame-specific second 3d representations represent a second portion of the user. the process may further include generating a combined 3d representation of the user for the period of time by modifying the first 3d representation with a respective frame-specific second 3d representation.
20240127683.DETECTING FALLS USING A MOBILE DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Xing Tan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huayu Ding of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Parisa Dehleh Hossein Zadeh of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Harshavardhan Mylapilli of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Hung A. Pham of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Yann Jerome Julien Renard of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Sheena Sharma of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander Singh Alvarado of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Umamahesh Srinivas of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaoyuan Tu of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Hengliang Zhang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Geoffrey Louis Chi-Johnston of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Vivek Garg of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G08B21/04, A61B5/00, A61B5/0205, A61B5/024, A61B5/11, G01C5/06, G01C21/12, G01S19/13, G06F3/01, G08B13/24
Abstract: in an example method, a mobile device obtains a signal indicating an acceleration measured by a sensor over a time period. the mobile device determines an impact experienced by the user based on the signal. the mobile device also determines, based on the signal, one or more first motion characteristics of the user during a time prior to the impact, and one or more second motion characteristics of the user during a time after the impact. the mobile device determines that the user has fallen based on the impact, the one or more first motion characteristics of the user, and the one or more second motion characteristics of the user, and in response, generates a notification indicating that the user has fallen.
20240127705.FITNESS AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jay Kriz Blahnik of Venice CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09B5/08, G06Q10/10, G09B5/02, G09B19/00
Abstract: techniques described herein include receiving selection of information identifying one or more members for participating in a fitness session and a session type of the fitness session. the techniques also includes determining fitness related notification transmit parameters for a first member of the one or more members. the techniques also includes presenting one or more notifications from a second computing device associated with a second member of the one or more members at a rate, wherein the rate is based at least in part on the session type.
20240127754.Display With Light-Emitting Diodes_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Chin-Wei Lin of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hung Sheng Lin of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Shih Chang Chang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Shinya Ono of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3233, G09G3/3266, G09G3/3275, H01L27/12, H01L29/786
Abstract: a display may have an array of pixels each of which has a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. a drive transistor and an emission transistor may be coupled in series with the light-emitting diode of each pixel between a positive power supply and a ground power supply. the pixels may include first and second switching transistors. a data storage capacitor may be coupled between a gate and source of the drive transistor in each pixel. signal lines may be provided in columns of pixels to route signals such as data signals, sensed drive currents from the drive transistors, and predetermined voltages between display driver circuitry and the pixels. the switching transistors, emission transistors, and drive transistors may include semiconducting-oxide transistors and silicon transistors and may be n-channel transistors or p-channel transistors.
Inventor(s): Shinya Ono of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Chin-Wei Lin of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chen-Ming Chen of Taoyuan City (TW) for apple inc., Hassan Edrees of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3266
Abstract: a display may include an array of pixels that receive control signals from a chain of gate drivers. the pixels can be formed using semiconducting oxide transistors, whereas the gate drivers can be formed using silicon transistor. each gate driver may include a shift register subcircuit and an output buffer subcircuit. the shift register subcircuit may include a first set of transistors at least partially controlled by one or more shift register clock signals. the output buffer subcircuit may include a second set of transistors at least partially controlled by one or more output buffer clock signals. the output buffer clock signals can toggle independently from the shift register clock signals. operated in this way, the shift register clock signals can have pulse widths optimized for stability while the output buffer clock signals can have pulse widths optimized for speed.
Inventor(s): Vasudha Gupta of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jae Won Choi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Shih Chang Chang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Tsung-Ting Tsai of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Young Bae Park of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L27/12, G02F1/1362, G02F1/1368, H10K59/121, H10K59/126
Abstract: an electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels on a substrate. the display pixels may be organic light-emitting diode display pixels or display pixels in a liquid crystal display. in an organic light-emitting diode display, hybrid thin-film transistor structures may be formed that include semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors, silicon thin-film transistors, and capacitor structures. the capacitor structures may overlap the semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors. organic light-emitting diode display pixels may have combinations of oxide and silicon transistors. in a liquid crystal display, display driver circuitry may include silicon thin-film transistor circuitry and display pixels may be based on oxide thin-film transistors. a single layer or two different layers of gate metal may be used in forming silicon transistor gates and oxide transistor gates. a silicon transistor may have a gate that overlaps a floating gate structure.
Inventor(s): Harald Pretl of Schwertberg (AT) for apple inc., Ehrentraud Hager of Linz (AT) for apple inc., Aly Ismail of Rancho Santa Fe CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03B5/32, H01L29/78, H03B5/04, H03B5/12
Abstract: an integrated circuit may include oscillator circuitry having a resonator formed from fin field-effect transistor (finfet) devices. the resonator may include drive cells of alternating polarities and sense cells interposed between the drive cells. the resonator may be connected in a feedback loop within the oscillator circuitry. the oscillator circuitry may include an amplifier having an input coupled to the sense cells and an output coupled to the drive cells. the oscillator circuitry may also include a separate inductor and capacitor based oscillator, where the resonator serves as a separate output filter stage for the inductor and capacitor based oscillator.
Inventor(s): Lijie ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhiwei WANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Lakshmi N. KAVURI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/0413, H04B7/06, H04B17/336, H04W72/21, H04W72/54
Abstract: systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can compensate for imbalances between multiple transport streams of an uplink (ul)-multiple-input and multiple-output (mimo) transmission. these systems, methods, and apparatuses can adjust one or more signal metrics of multiple recovered transport streams of the ul-mimo transmission that are received in the presence of imbalances between the multiple transport streams of the ul-mimo transmission. as an example, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can inject noise into one or more of the multiple recovered transport streams to adjust the one or more signal metrics of the multiple recovered transmission streams to lessen the imbalances between the multiple transmission streams. as another example, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can attenuate and/or amplify transmit powers of one or more the multiple transport streams for the ul-mimo transmission to adjust the one or more signal metrics of the multiple recovered transmission streams to lessen the imbalances between the multiple transmission streams
Inventor(s): Martin Kugler of Poing (DE) for apple inc., Cahya A. Masputra of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christoph Paasch of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hans Jürgen Steffen of Nuremberg (DE) for apple inc., Murtaza A. Shikari of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Vijay Venkataraman of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L47/32, H04L47/193, H04L47/2483
Abstract: a client device in a wireless network accesses a queue comprising transmission control protocol acknowledgement (tcp ack) packets. at least some packets include packet descriptors with a flow identifier indicating a corresponding tcp flow, and a tcp ack generation count. the device inspects a packet descriptor of a first tcp ack packet, and identifies a first flow identifier and a first tcp ack generation count. the device accesses entries in a data structure that each includes a first field and a second field respectively storing a flow identifier and a tcp ack generation count. the device determines that a condition is satisfied, comprising that an entry in the data structure includes a flow identifier and a tcp ack generation count matching the first flow identifier and the first tcp ack generation count, respectively. in response to the determination, the device marks the first tcp ack packet to be dropped.
Inventor(s): Xudong LIU of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Guozhi HUANG of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathon SODOS of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04M15/00, H04M1/27457, H04M3/42
Abstract: this application sets forth techniques for managing phone number-based user accounts. according to some embodiments, a server computing device can be configured to carry out the steps of (1) receiving, from a first client computing device, a request to create a user account based on a phone number, (2) in response to authenticating that the first client computing device is associated with the phone number: creating the user account based on the phone number, creating a hidden contact address based on the phone number, and assigning the hidden contact address to the user account, and (3) in response to receiving a notification that a second client computing device is associated with the phone number: requiring the user account to be updated to be based on a different phone number, or assigning, to the user account, a visible contact address based on the phone number.
20240129450.Pre-Processing in a Display Pipeline_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sheng Zhang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chaohao Wang of Shanghai (CN) for apple inc., Yue Ma of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N13/305, G06F16/16, G06T3/40, G06T5/20, G06T5/70, H04N13/398
Abstract: an electronic device may include a lenticular display. the lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film formed over an array of pixels. the display may have a number of independently controllable viewing zones. each viewing zone displays a respective two-dimensional image. each eye of the viewer may receive a different one of the two-dimensional images, resulting in a perceived three-dimensional image. the electronic device may include display pipeline circuitry that generates and processes content to be displayed on the lenticular display. content generating circuitry may initially generate content that includes a plurality of two-dimensional images, each two-dimensional image corresponding to a respective viewing zone. pre-processing circuitry may subsequently anisotropically resize each two-dimensional image. pixel mapping circuitry may then be used to map the resized two-dimensional images to the array of pixels in the lenticular display.
20240129472.CONTEXT MODELING IN ENTROPY CODING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yeqing WU of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yunfei ZHENG of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Alican NALCI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yixin DU of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Hilmi Enes EGILMEZ of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Guoxin JIN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Alexandros TOURAPIS of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Jun XIN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hsi-Jung WU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N19/13, H04N19/129, H04N19/176
Abstract: improved lossless entropy coding techniques for coding of image data include selecting a context for entropy coding based on an ordered scan path of possible context locations. a symbol for a current location within a source image may be entropy coded based on a context of prior encoded symbols of other locations within source images, where the context is selected based on an ordered scan path enumerating a series of potential context locations within one or more source images. to select a context, a predetermined number of prior symbols may be selected by qualifying or disqualifying locations in the scan path, and then the current symbol may be encoded with a context based on prior symbols corresponding to the first qualifying context locations in the order of the scan path.
20240129563.TECHNIQUES FOR SECURE VIDEO FRAME MANAGEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Anush G. Nadathur of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Keith W. Rauenbuehler of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kenneth A. York of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Varinder Singh of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas M. Fraioli of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N21/2347, G06V10/44, G06V10/764, G06V10/82, G06V20/40, G06V20/52, G06V20/64, H04L9/08, H04N5/14, H04N23/61
Abstract: the present disclosure can provide devices, methods, and computer-readable medium for secure frame management. the techniques disclosed herein provide detection of triggering items in one or more frames of streaming video. the camera transmits one or more frames of the video over a network to a computing device. the computing device can begin a streaming session with a server and stream the one or more frames of video and accompanying metadata to the server. the frames, metadata, and associated keys can all be encrypted prior to streaming to the server. for each subsequent segment of video frames that includes the triggering item, the server can append the frames of that segment to the video clip in an encrypted container.
20240129670.WIRELESS HEADPHONE INTERACTIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): David Chance GRAHAM of Columbus OH (US) for apple inc., Patrick L. COFFMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas S. HULBERT of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Cyrus Daniel IRANI of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel Max STRONGWATER of Santa Fe NM (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R5/04, G06F3/01, G06F9/54, G10L21/0208, H04R3/04, H04R5/033
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for electronic audio devices. in some examples, the operating mode of the device changes to various states of sound transparency.
20240129690.Distributed Device Location Finding_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Mads N. Paulin of Vejle (DK) for apple inc., Scott Lopatin of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan R. Schoenberg of Fishers IN (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W4/02
Abstract: in an embodiment, an electronic device includes a communications radio, memory to store instructions, one or more processors to execute the instructions, where the instructions cause the one or more processors to receive a request for location information for a target accessory device associated with an owner electronic device, wherein the request includes a data packet with at least one public key, receive a beacon signal from a wireless device and determine at least one proximity value to the wireless device from the beacon signal, perform a comparison between a key from the received beacon signal for the wireless device and the at least one public key, and selectively send location information to the owner electronic device based on the comparison result, where the location information includes the at least one proximity value and information on a defined space within a location environment.
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., Huarui LIANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Mona AGNEL of Guildford (GB) for apple inc., Ralf ROSSBACH of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Robert ZAUS of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sudeep MANITHARA VAMANAN of Uttenreuth (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/06, H04W12/37
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) configured to connect to an edge data network. the ue connects to a first edge application server (eas) of an edge data network (edn), the connecting comprising performing a first authorization/authentication procedure, receives a message indicating the ue is to connect to a second eas of the edn, the message including an indication as to whether the ue is to perform a second authorization/authentication procedure to connect to the second eas and performs a discovery procedure to locate the second eas based on at least the indication in the message.
20240129805.WI-FI SPECTRUM EFFICIENCY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alexander Sirotkin of Hod Hasharon (IL) for apple inc., Zhaohua Yi of Portland OR (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/26, H04L27/26, H04W72/0446, H04W72/0453
Abstract: a device of a user equipment (ue), a method to operate the device, and a machine readable medium. the device includes processing circuitry and a radio frequency (rf) interface coupled to the processing circuitry, the processing circuitry to: decode a signal sent in a cellular network from a base station (bs), the signal including a network allocation vector (nav) information update regarding a nav corresponding to a wi-fi network, the nav to be set by a wi-fi station (sta) that is in the wi-fi network, and that is to be coupled to the ue via a connection; and send the nav information update to the sta by way of the connection to allow the sta to set its nav in the wi-fi network based on the nav information update.
20240129828.Assisted Roaming_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Lochan Verma of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Brajesh K. Dave of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Yu of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/32, H04W12/06, H04W36/02
Abstract: methods, systems and apparatuses for managing roaming by access points (ap), a controller, and a wireless device are described. the wireless device may indicate intent to roam from a source ap to a target ap. the wireless device, aps, and controller may adjust buffering in anticipation of the change. the wireless device, aps, and controller may deliver buffered data via the target ap following a successful change from the source ap.
20240129952.Transmission Preemption for Wi-Fi_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ahmad Reza Hedayat of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc., Lochan Verma of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu Wu of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jinjing Jiang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W74/08
Abstract: this disclosure relates to methods for transmission preemption in a wireless local area network. an access point wireless device may establish a wireless association with another wireless device. a first data transmission may be initiated. the transmitting wireless device may determine to preempt the first data transmission prior to its completion. the transmitting wireless device may transmit signaling indicating that the first data transmission is preempted.
- Apple Inc.
- A61B5/00
- A61B5/282
- A61B5/304
- A61B5/316
- A61B5/332
- Apple inc.
- G02F1/13357
- G02F1/1333
- G02F1/1335
- G06F1/16
- G04G21/08
- G06F3/01
- G06F3/0481
- G06F3/04883
- G06F1/26
- G01R15/14
- G06F3/04842
- G06T7/70
- G06T19/00
- G06F3/043
- G06F3/044
- G06F3/0484
- G06F3/14
- G06F3/0487
- G06F3/04817
- G06F3/04845
- G06F3/0485
- G06F3/0488
- G06V10/10
- G06V20/00
- G11B27/00
- G11B27/031
- G11B27/034
- G11B27/10
- G11B27/34
- H04N1/00
- H04N1/21
- H04N23/60
- H04N23/62
- H04N23/63
- H04N23/73
- G06F1/3206
- G06F3/04847
- H04W4/029
- G06F3/06
- G06F12/0831
- G06F16/438
- G06K7/10
- G06T5/20
- G02B27/01
- G06T9/40
- G06T7/73
- G06T19/20
- G06T5/70
- G06V10/24
- G06V10/54
- G06V40/16
- G08B21/04
- A61B5/0205
- A61B5/024
- A61B5/11
- G01C5/06
- G01C21/12
- G01S19/13
- G08B13/24
- G09B5/08
- G06Q10/10
- G09B5/02
- G09B19/00
- G09G3/3233
- G09G3/3266
- G09G3/3275
- H01L27/12
- H01L29/786
- G02F1/1362
- G02F1/1368
- H10K59/121
- H10K59/126
- H03B5/32
- H01L29/78
- H03B5/04
- H03B5/12
- H04B7/0413
- H04B7/06
- H04B17/336
- H04W72/21
- H04W72/54
- H04L47/32
- H04L47/193
- H04L47/2483
- H04M15/00
- H04M1/27457
- H04M3/42
- H04N13/305
- G06F16/16
- G06T3/40
- H04N13/398
- H04N19/13
- H04N19/129
- H04N19/176
- H04N21/2347
- G06V10/44
- G06V10/764
- G06V10/82
- G06V20/40
- G06V20/52
- G06V20/64
- H04L9/08
- H04N5/14
- H04N23/61
- H04R5/04
- G06F9/54
- G10L21/0208
- H04R3/04
- H04R5/033
- H04W4/02
- H04W12/06
- H04W12/37
- H04W28/26
- H04L27/26
- H04W72/0446
- H04W72/0453
- H04W36/32
- H04W36/02
- H04W74/08
