Apple Inc. patent applications on February 1st, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on February 1st, 2024
Apple Inc.: 80 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/04883 (8), G06F3/04842 (6), H04W72/23 (6), H04W72/12 (6), G09G3/3208 (5)
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Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
Inventor(s): Aditya Sarathy of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Bharath Narasimha Rao of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Umamahesh Srinivas of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A63B24/00, A63B22/02
Abstract: an electronic device may use motion and/or activity sensors to estimate a user's maximum volumetric flow of oxygen (vomax). in particular, the electronic device may use the user's heart rate, speed, and grade to determine the vomax. however, in indoor environments, it may be difficult to accurately measure the user's speed and grade. therefore, the device may receive the speed and grade from external equipment, such as exercise equipment. to ensure that the user is moving at the reported speed, a discordance detector may compare the user's cadence to an expected cadence based on the speed and grade reported by the external equipment. if the user's cadence is within an acceptable range of the expected cadence, the user's vomax may be estimated based on the speed and grade. if the user's cadence is not within the acceptable range, the speed and grade may be discarded or corrected.
20240034272.USER-TO-VEHICLE INTERACTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Benjamin B. LYON of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Donald J. NOVOTNEY of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., James J. REUTHER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Birju N. SHAH of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Kurt R. STIEHL of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): B60R25/24, B60R25/01
Abstract: a transit request is initiated, which requests dispatch of a vehicle to a location of the electronic device. information, including authentication information, is received and a communication channel is established with the vehicle.
20240035327.Panel_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Trevor M. Sultana of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Ali Tavakoli Targhi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Steven H. Klotz of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Moshe J. Baum of Merritt Island FL (US) for apple inc., Donald R. Monroe of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): E05F7/00, B60J1/16, B60J5/04, B60J10/74, E05D15/20, E05F15/689
Abstract: a first portion and a second portion cooperate to define an opening. guide structures are in engagement with bracket assemblies so that the bracket assemblies are movable with respect to the guide structures to allow movement of a panel between a closed position and an open position. a stabilizer engages the panel in the open position. in some implementations, the panel may be flush relative to the first portion and/or the second portion in the closed position.
20240035892.CONTACTLESS SENSORS FOR A HEAD-MOUNTABLE DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Javier Mendez of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Darshan R. Kasar of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Grant H. Mulliken of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Samuel G. Smith of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01J5/00
Abstract: an apparatus includes a display, a facial interface, interface material positioned on the facial interface, the interface material including a first surface that abuts the facial interface and a second opposing the first surface, and a sensor positioned on the facial interface or within the interface material, the sensor being oriented towards the second surface, and at least a portion of the interface material being sensorally transparent and positioned between the sensors and the second surface.
20240035912.PROTECTIVE CAP FOR PRESSURE SENSORS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Seow Yuen YEE of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Ashwin BALASUBRAMANIAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Eric T. CHIANG of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Michael J. GLICKMAN of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Roberto M. RIBEIRO of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01L19/06
Abstract: aspects of the subject technology relate to an apparatus having a housing including a port exposed to an environment. a pressure sensor is disposed within the housing to measure a pressure of the environment. a medium partially fills a sensor cavity or is coated over the pressure sensor, and a cap including multiple openings is disposed over the pressure sensor. the openings of the cap are arranged to be offset from the port.
Inventor(s): Jochen Schrattenecker of Alberndorf in der Riedmark (AT) for apple inc., Bernhard Sogl of Unterhaching (DE) for apple inc., Andreas Menkhoff of Oberhaching (DE) for apple inc., Joonhoi Hur of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Harald Pretl of Schwertberg (AT) for apple inc., Christian Mayer of Wilhering (AT) for apple inc., Andreas Langer of Unterschleissheim (DE) for apple inc., Rastislav Vazny of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S7/40
Abstract: an electronic device may include radar circuitry. control circuitry may calibrate the radar circuitry using a multi-tone calibration signal. a first mixer may upconvert the calibration signal for transmission by a transmit antenna. a de-chirp mixer may mix the calibration signal output by the first mixer with the calibration signal as received by a receive antenna or loopback path to produce a baseband multi-tone calibration signal. the baseband signal will be offset from dc by the frequency gap. this may prevent dc noise or other system effects from interfering with the calibration signal. the control circuitry may sweep the first mixer over the radio frequencies of operation of the radar circuitry to estimate the power droop and phase shift of the radar circuitry based on baseband calibration signal. distortion circuitry may distort transmit signals used in spatial ranging operations to invert the estimated power droop and phase shift.
20240036238.Privacy Films for Curved Displays_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yi Huang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Steven M. Scardato of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., ByoungSuk Kim of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Qi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Victor H. Yin of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wenyong Zhu of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B5/00, G02F1/1335, B32B27/08, B32B27/36, H10K50/858, H10K50/86
Abstract: a privacy film may have a light-blocking layer that is interposed between first and second transparent substrates. the light-blocking layer may have a plurality of opaque portions and a plurality of transparent portions. the opaque portions may be shaped to ensure light from the display is directed only to the primary viewer of the display. each opaque portion of the light-blocking layer may extend along a respective longitudinal axis between the first and second transparent substrates. privacy films used to cover curved displays may have opaque portions that extend along longitudinal axes that have different angles relative to the transparent substrates. opaque portions in the edge of the privacy film may have longitudinal axes that are at non-perpendicular angles with respect to the transparent substrates. a privacy film for a curved display may also include a light-redirecting layer such as a prism layer or a liquid crystal layer.
20240036293.FOLDED OPTICAL SYSTEMS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Takeyoshi Saiga of Tokyo (JP) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B13/00, G03B17/17
Abstract: single fold optical systems that include a power prism and a lens stack including two or more refractive lens elements. the single fold optical system may provide a long mechanical back focus without increasing the z-height of the optical system. providing power on the prism may reduce the optical total length and reduce the x-length of the optical system. the single folded optical systems may provide reduced z-axis height and reduced x-axis length when compared to conventional double folded optical systems with similar optical characteristics. in addition, the optical systems may include an anamorphic lens that is oriented to correct for astigmatism caused by surface errors of the reflective surface of the prism.
20240036324.Electronic Devices with Light-Blocking Covers_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Darshan R. Kasar of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas R. Trincia of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Timon A. Wright of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Vedant A. Dhandhania of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
Abstract: a head-mounted device may include a main housing portion and a temple housing portion. displays in the main housing portion may be configured to present images that are viewable from eye boxes. a light-blocking cover may extend between the main housing portion and the temple housing portion and may be configured to prevent outside light from reaching the eye boxes. the light-blocking cover may have a stretchable outer fabric layer and an inner light-blocking layer formed from fabric or other suitable materials. the light-blocking cover may include slack in the inner light-blocking layer so that the inner light-blocking layer can accommodate movement of the main housing portion relative to the temple housing portion without sacrificing opacity. the slack may be heat-set, molded, or covered with a layer of elastic so that the slack returns to a retracted state within the temple housing portion after being expanded.
20240036325.Optical Systems with Sequential Illumination_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Itai Afek of Kefar Sava (IL) for apple inc., Ariel Lipson of Tel Aviv (IL) for apple inc., Eran Tal of Petah Tikva (IL) for apple inc., Mark R. Ayres of Boulder CO (US) for apple inc., Ken Anderson of Longmont CO (US) for apple inc., Maria I. Campana of Boulder CO (US) for apple inc., Daniel Ott of Boulder CO (US) for apple inc., Roei Remez of Tel Aviv (IL) for apple inc., Sagee Rosen of Netzer Sereni (IL) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B27/00, G02B5/32, G02B5/02, G02B26/08, G02B26/10, F21V8/00, G02B17/00
Abstract: a display may include an optical emitter that emits infrared light, a first coupler that couples the infrared light into a waveguide, and a second optical coupler that couples the infrared light out of the waveguide and towards the eye box. the infrared light may reflect off an eye as reflected light. the second optical coupler may couple the reflected light into the waveguide and the first optical coupler may couple the reflected light out of the waveguide and towards a camera for performing gaze tracking operations based on the sensor data. the display may sequentially illuminate different regions of the eye with the infrared light at different times using a scanning mirror, an array of light sources, or a wavelength-adjustable light source and gratings. this may minimize infrared light scattering, which minimizes background generation and maximizes signal-to-noise ratio for gaze tracking operations.
20240036360.Wear Detection_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Michael J. Oudenhoven of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Brian S. Lau of Sacramento CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan M. Anderson of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02C11/00, G01D5/24, G02B27/01
Abstract: a head-mounted device includes a frame and a sensor coupled to the frame. the sensor includes a first conductive plate coupled to the frame and a first contact pad coupled to the frame and electrically coupled to the first conductive plate. the first contact pad includes an electrically conductive material embedded in a non-electrically conductive material, and the first contact pad is resiliently flexible and is configured for facial engagement. the sensor is configured to generate a signal that indicates a change in a capacitance of the sensor, and a controller is configured to change a power state of the head-mounted device based on the signal.
20240036523.SWITCH MODULE FOR ELECTRONIC CROWN ASSEMBLY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sameer Pandya of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Antonio Herrera of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Colin M. Ely of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G04C3/00, H05K5/00, H05K5/02, H01H19/14, A61B5/00, G04G21/02, G04G21/08, H01H19/08, A61B5/332
Abstract: a switch module for an electronic device detects translational inputs and defines at least portion of a conductive path from an input surface of the electronic device to a processing unit of the electronic device. the switch module may be a component of a crown assembly for detecting rotational inputs, translational inputs, touch inputs and/or biological signals such as electrocardiogram (ecg) signals. the switch module may include a conductive dome and a friction guard that is positioned between the conductive dome and the actuation member of the crown assembly. the conductive dome and/or the friction guard may define at least a portion of the conductive path from the input surface to the processing unit.
20240036577.Device Management And Configuration_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Libo Cao Meyers of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G05D1/02, G06F21/31, G06Q50/30
Abstract: techniques include transferring control of a device from a provider entity to a user and transferring control of the device from the user to the provider entity.
Inventor(s): Shinya Ono of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Suhwan Moon of Gumi (KR) for apple inc., Dong-Gwang Ha of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Jiaxi Hu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hao-Lin Chiu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Kwang Soon Park of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Hassan Edrees of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Wen-I Hsieh of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jiun-Jye Chang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chin-Wei Lin of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Kyung Wook Kim of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/041, G09G3/3208, G06F3/044
Abstract: an electronic device may have a display with touch sensors. one or more shielding layers may be interposed between the display and the touch sensors. the display may include transistors with gate conductors, a first planarization layer formed over the gate conductors, one or more contacts formed in a first source-drain layer within the first planarization layer, a second planarization layer formed on the first planarization layer, one or more data lines formed in a second source-drain layer within the second planarization layer, a third planarization layer formed on the second planarization layer, and a data line shielding structure formed at least partly in a third source-drain layer within the third planarization layer. the data line shielding structure may be a routing line, a blanket layer, a mesh layer formed in one or more metal layers, and/or a data line covering another data line.
Inventor(s): Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christoph H. Krah of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/042, G06F3/041
Abstract: an electronic device may have a touch sensitive display that is insensitive to the presence of moisture. an array of pixels in the display may be used to display images. a display cover layer may overlap the array of pixels. a light source may illuminate an external object such as a finger of a user when the object contacts a surface of the display cover layer. this creates scattered light that may be detected by an array of light sensors. the light source may supply light to an edge of the display cover layer at an angle that ensures total internal reflection within the display cover layer is sustained across the display cover layer even when the display cover layer is immersed in water or otherwise exposed to moisture.
Inventor(s): Mark A. Ebbole of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Leah M. Gum of Sunol CA (US) for apple inc., Chia-Ling Li of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ashwin Kumar Asoka Kumar Shenoi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04815, G06F3/01
Abstract: while a view of an environment is visible via a display generation component of a computer system, the computer system detects a gaze input directed to a first location, corresponding to a first user interface element, in the environment. in response to detecting the gaze input: if a user's hand is in a predefined configuration during the gaze input, the computer system: provides, to the first user interface element, information about the gaze input; and then, in response to detecting the gaze input moving to a different, second location in the environment while the user's hand is maintained in the predefined configuration, provides, to a second user interface element that corresponds to the second location, information about the gaze input. if the user's hand is not in the predefined configuration during the gaze input, the computer system forgoes providing, to the first user interface element, information about the gaze input.
20240036703.ELECTRONIC MESSAGE USER INTERFACE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Lawrence Y. YANG of Bellevue WA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. LEMAY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Alan C. DYE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher Patrick FOSS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher WILSON of Sonoma CA (US) for apple inc., Imran CHAUDHRI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Gary Ian BUTCHER of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan R. DASCOLA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0482, G06F3/0362, G06F3/04883, G06F3/04886, H04L51/42
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to electronic message user interfaces. a device, including a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing, composing, and manipulating electronic messages. in response to detecting the user input activating the electronic conversation object, the device displays, one or more messages in an electronic conversation corresponding to the activated electronic conversation object. while displaying the electronic conversation, user input is received. if the user input is a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism, the device displays, on the display, an affordance associated with replying to the electronic conversation.
20240036711.Controlling an Interface Using Gaze Input_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Gregory Lutter of Boulder Creek CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0484, G06F3/01
Abstract: in a head-mounted device, gaze input may be used to select a user interface element that is displayed on a display. to select a user interface element, the user may target the user interface element with gaze input. targeting the user interface element with gaze input may cause the user interface element to shift towards a selection region (which may be identified using a displayed selection indicator). the user interface element may continue to shift towards the selection region while being targeted by gaze input. if the user interface element is targeted with gaze input while in the selection region, the user interface element is considered to have been selected and an action associated with the user interface element may be performed. multiple user interface elements in a list may shift in unison when one of the user interface elements shifts due to gaze input.
20240036713.SHARING AND USING PASSES OR ACCOUNTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jae Woo CHANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04842, H04L67/306, G06F3/0485, G06Q20/32, G06Q20/22, G06Q20/40
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to a computer system displaying user interfaces for accessing passes and transfer accounts. in some examples, passes are added to the computer system. in some examples, passes are accessed. in some examples, transfers relating to the passes and transfer accounts are displayed, such as in search user interfaces.
20240036717.EDITING FEATURES OF AN AVATAR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Marco TRIVERIO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04845, G06F3/04842, G06F3/04883, G06T13/40, G06T19/20
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to an avatar editing user interface. the avatar editing user interface includes a first view of an avatar at a first size. a request to enter an editing mode for a first feature of a plurality of avatar features of the avatar enables an editing mode for the first feature and causes a second view of the avatar at a second size to be displayed. the editing mode also shifts the avatar to emphasize the first feature relative to other avatar features.
20240036723.CHARACTER RECOGNITION ON A COMPUTING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Joe HOWARD of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ryan S. DIXON of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua MC GLINN of Mooresville NC (US) for apple inc., Jonathan LOCHHEAD of Scotts Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin W. KEIGHRAN of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., William M. BACHMAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Elbert D. CHEN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey L. ROBBIN of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Jennifer L. C. FOLSE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Lynne KRESS of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G06F3/041, G06F3/023, G06F3/04886, G06F40/274, G06V30/32, G06F3/04842
Abstract: in some embodiments, a device performs character recognition based on spatial and temporal components of touch input detected on a touch-sensitive surface. in some embodiments, a device provides feedback about handwritten input and its recognition by the device. in some embodiments, a device presents a user interface for changing previously-inputted characters.
20240036724.MULTITOUCH DATA FUSION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Wayne Carl WESTERMAN of Burlingame CA (US) for apple inc., John Greer ELIAS of Townsend DE (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G06F3/038, G06V40/10
Abstract: a method for performing multi-touch (mt) data fusion is disclosed in which multiple touch inputs occurring at about the same time are received to generating first touch data. secondary sense data can then be combined with the first touch data to perform operations on an electronic device. the first touch data and the secondary sense data can be time-aligned and interpreted in a time-coherent manner. the first touch data can be refined in accordance with the secondary sense data, or alternatively, the secondary sense data can be interpreted in accordance with the first touch data. additionally, the first touch data and the secondary sense data can be combined to create a new command.
20240036804.SHARED-CONTENT SESSION USER INTERFACES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jae Woo CHANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Mani AMINI of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick L. COFFMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kaely COON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kyle W. HORN of Chicago IL (US) for apple inc., Raymond S. SEPULVEDA of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Marcel VAN OS of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Chun Kin Minor WONG of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Brandon O. YOUNG of Snohomish WA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/14, H04L65/403, H04L65/401, G06F3/0481
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing shared-content sessions. in some embodiments, content is shared with a group of users participating in a shared-content session. in some embodiments, the content is screen-share content that is shared from one device to other participants of the shared-content session. in some embodiments, the content is synchronized content for which output of the content is synchronized across the participants of the shared-content session.
20240036870.Coprocessor Operation Bundling_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Aditya Kesiraju of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Brett S. Feero of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Nikhil Gupta of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Viney Gautam of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/38, G06F9/30, G06F9/48, G06F9/52
Abstract: in an embodiment, a processor includes a buffer in an interface unit. the buffer may be used to accumulate coprocessor instructions to be transmitted to a coprocessor. in an embodiment, the processor issues the coprocessor instructions to the buffer when ready to be issued to the coprocessor. the interface unit may accumulate the coprocessor instructions in the buffer, generating a bundle of instructions. the bundle may be closed based on various predetermined conditions and then the bundle may be transmitted to the coprocessor. if a sequence of coprocessor instructions appears consecutively in a program, the rate at which the instructions are provided to the coprocessor (on average) at least matches the rate at which the coprocessor consumes the instructions, in an embodiment.
Inventor(s): Steve Hengchen Hsu of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Thirunathan Sutharsan of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Mohanned Omar Sinnokrot of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., On Wa Yeung of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/38, G06F3/06, G06F9/30
Abstract: a cellular modem processor can include dedicated processing engines that implement specific, complex data processing operations. the processing engines can be arranged in pipelines, with different processing engines executing different steps in a sequence of operations. flow control or data synchronization between pipeline stages can be provided using a hybrid of firmware-based flow control and hardware-based data dependency management. firmware instructions can define data flow by reference to a virtual address space associated with pipeline buffers. a hardware interlock controller within the pipeline can track and enforce the data dependencies for the pipeline.
Inventor(s): Elbert D. CHEN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F16/64, G06F16/68, G06F16/638, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0488
Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device receives, via one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to search content available on the electronic device, wherein the input includes one or more search terms. in some embodiments in response receiving the input corresponding to the request to search content available on the electronic device, an electronic device displays, via a display device, one or more representations of one or more search results including a first representation of a first search result, wherein the first search result is a first content item that is associated with a first transcript of dialog included in the first content item, and the first search result is included in the one or more search results as a result of a relationship between the one or more search terms and the first transcript for the first content item.
20240037274.SECURE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Pablo Antonio Gonzalez Cervantes of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mohan Singh Randhava of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Jorge F. Pozas Trevino of Emerald Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Samuel A. Mussell of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Isaac Pinol Catadau of Union City MA (US) for apple inc., Steven A. Myers of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dongsheng Zhang of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Suhail Ahmad of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Zhengjun Jiang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yannick L. Sierra of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Amir H. Jadidi of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/62, G16H10/60, H04L9/08, H04L9/14
Abstract: techniques for storing health data can include a multi-node data structure. a data node, a category node, and an institution node of a multi-node data structure can be generated in accordance with a configuration file. the data node can include health data and can be identified by a first unique data identifier and encrypted using a first cryptographic key. the category node can include the first unique data identifier and the first cryptographic key. the category node can be identified by a second unique data identifier and encrypted using a second cryptographic key. the institution node can include the second unique data identifier and the second cryptographic key. the institution node can be identified by a third unique data identifier and encrypted using a third cryptographic key. the data node, the category node, and the institution node can be shared with a service provider.
[[20240037399.TEXTURE UNIT CIRCUIT IN NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)]]
Inventor(s): Christopher L. MILLS of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06N3/08
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a texture unit circuit in a neural processor circuit. the neural processor circuit includes a tensor access operation circuit with the texture unit circuit, a data processor circuit, and at least one neural engine circuit. the texture unit circuit fetches a source tensor from a system memory by referencing an index tensor in the system memory representing indexing information into the source tensor. the data processor circuit stores an output version of the source tensor obtained from the tensor access operation circuit and sends the output version of the source tensor as multiple of units of input data to the at least one neural engine circuit. the at least one neural engine circuit performs at least convolution operations on the units of input data and at least one kernel to generate output data.
20240037533.EXPRESS CREDENTIAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Najeeb M. ABDULRAHIMAN of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Matthias LERCH of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., George R. DICKER of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Oren M. ELRAD of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Glen W. STEELE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Charles T. AHN of Portola Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Onur E. TACKIN of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Gordon Y. SCOTT of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06Q20/32, G06Q20/36, G06Q20/40, G06Q20/34
Abstract: a device implementing an express credential transaction system includes at least one processor configured to receive an indication that a payment applet for a service provider has been provisioned on a secure element of the device with a first attribute indicating that the payment applet can be utilized for a transaction without authentication associated with the transaction. the processor is configured to set the first attribute of the payment applet to indicate that authentication is required to utilize the payment applet when another payment applet for the service provider provisioned on the secure element of the device has an attribute that indicates the other payment applet can be utilized for the transaction without user authentication. the at least one processor is configured to control whether the user authentication is requested when utilizing the payment applet or the other payment applet, respectively, in transactions.
20240037874.LOCALIZATION ACCURACY RESPONSE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jean-Charles Bernard Marcel Bazin of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Anselm Grundhoefer of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Bart Trzynadlowski of Reno NV (US) for apple inc., Thomas J. Moore of Northglenn CO (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06T7/70, G06T15/00
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide xr in which virtual objects are positioned based on the accuracy of localizing an electronic device in a physical environment. in some implementations, the technique assesses the accuracy of localization (e.g., centimeter-level accuracy, room-level accuracy, and building-level accuracy) and dynamically adjusts a display strategy. in some implementations, the technique determines a condition causing inaccuracy (e.g., a semantic condition such as “too fast”, “too far”, “too dark”), and provides a notification (e.g., “too fast-slow down”, “too far-move closer”, “too dark-turn on a light”) at the electronic device based on the condition causing the inaccuracy in the localization.
20240037886.ENVIRONMENT SHARING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Shih-Sang Chiu of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Alexandre Da Veiga of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David H. Huang of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan Perron of Felton CA (US) for apple inc., Jordan A. Cazamias of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/20, G06T17/05
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate and share/transmit a 3d representation of a physical environment during a communication session. some of the elements (e.g., points) of the 3d representation may be replaced to improve the quality and/or efficiency of the modeling and transmitting processes. a user's device may provide a view and/or feedback during a scan of the physical environment during the communication session to facilitate accurate understanding of what is being transmitted. additional information, e.g., a second representation of a portion of the physical environment, may also be transmitted during a communication session. the second representations may represent an aspect (e.g., more details, photo quality images, live, etc.) of a portion not represented by the 3d representation.
20240037944.COMPUTER-GENERATED REALITY RECORDER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ranjit DESAI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Maneli NOORKAMI of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V20/40, H04N9/87, G06T19/00, G06T17/20
Abstract: implementations of the subject technology provides analyzing a recording of content. the subject technology generates metadata information based at least in part on the analyzing. the subject technology identifies, based at least in part on at least one of a user preference or a detected event, a region of interest or an object of interest in the recording of content. based at least in part on the identified region of interest or object of interest, the subject technology generates a modified version of the recording of content. further, the subject technology stores the modified version of the recording of content for subsequent playback on an electronic device.
Inventor(s): Paul X. WANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Keith J. HENDREN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Adam T. GARELLI of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Antonio CLARKE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua L. DAIGLE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Dinesh C. MATHEW of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V40/16, G06F3/00, G06V10/145, H04N23/80
Abstract: this application relates to a laptop computer. the laptop computer includes a base portion pivotally coupled to a lid portion is described. the laptop computer includes a display assembly carried by the lid portion, where the display assembly includes a light-transmissive cover, a display layer overlaid by the light-transmissive cover, a display stack electrically coupled to and overlaid by the display layer, and a light pattern recognition module adjacent to the display stack and overlaid by the display layer. the light pattern recognition module includes (i) a light pattern projector that projects a light pattern directly through the display layer.
20240038129.HYBRID ARCHITECTURE FOR ZERO BORDER DISPLAY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Xiang Lu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaofeng Wang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Derek K. Shaeffer of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Henry C. Jen of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Hopil Bae of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/20, G09G3/3216, G09G3/3275
Abstract: hybrid architectures and method methods of operating a display panel are described. in an embodiment, row driver and pixel driver functions are combined in a group of backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, wherein global signal lines are distributed to the backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, where the global signals are manipulated and distributed to a row of pixel driver chips.
Inventor(s): Jie Won Ryu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ing-Jye Wang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Alex H Pai of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Alexandre V Gauthier of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Ardra Singh of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Arthur L Spence of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Gihoon Choo of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hyunsoo Kim of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Hyunwoo Nho of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jenny Hu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Graeme M Williams of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Jongyup Lim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Kingsuk Brahma of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Marc J DeVincentis of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Peter F Holland of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Shawn P Hurley of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3208
Abstract: an electronic device may include processing circuitry configured to generate a first frame of image content and a second frame of image content. the second frame of image content is different from the first frame of image content. the electronic device may also include a display configured to display the first frame of image content at a first refresh rate. in response to receiving the second frame of image content, the electronic device may initially increase the refresh rate before tapering back to the first refresh rate while displaying the second frame of image content.
Inventor(s): Lingtao Wang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yingying Tang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Scott R. Johnston of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Chaohao Wang of Shanghai (CN) for apple inc., Sheng Zhang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Woo Shik Jung of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3225
Abstract: an electronic device may include a display and an optical sensor formed underneath the display. the electronic device may include a plurality of transparent windows that overlap the optical sensor. the resolution of the display panel may be reduced in some areas due to the presence of the transparent windows. to prevent a visible border between the reduced resolution areas of the display and full resolution areas of the display, uniformity compensation circuitry may be used to compensate pixel data. the uniformity compensation circuitry may output compensated pixel data for the display using one or more compensation maps that include compensation factors associated with pixel locations. the uniformity compensation circuitry may also use region-specific gamma look-up tables to apply different gamma curves to pixels in different regions of the display. the uniformity compensation circuitry may also be used to form a transition region between different regions of the display.
20240038159.Electronic Devices With Low Refresh Rate Display Pixels_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Chin-Wei Lin of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Shyuan Yang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chuang Qian of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Ting-Kuo Chang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3225, G09G3/3233
Abstract: a display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels operating at a low refresh rate. each display pixel may have six thin-film transistors and one capacitor. one of the six transistors may serve as the drive transistor and may be compensated using the remaining five transistors and the capacitor. one or more on-bias stress operations may be applied before threshold voltage sampling to mitigate first frame dimming. multiple anode reset and on-bias stress operations may be inserted during vertical blanking periods to reduce flicker and maintain balance and may also be inserted between successive data refreshes to improve first frame performance. two different emission signals controlling each pixel may be toggled together using a pulse width modulation scheme to help provide darker black levels.
20240038175.Routing Fanout Coupling Estimation and Compensation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kingsuk Brahma of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Won Ryu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Satish S. Iyengar of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yue Jack Chu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jongyup Lim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3258
Abstract: systems and methods are described here to compensate for crosstalk (e.g., coupling distortions) that may be caused by a fanout overlaid or otherwise affecting signals transmitted within an active area of an electronic display. the systems and methods may be based on buffered previous image data. technical effects associated with compensating for the crosstalk may include improved display of image frames since some image artifacts are mitigated and/or made unperceivable or eliminated.
20240038176.Routing Fanout Coupling Estimation and Compensation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kingsuk Brahma of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Won Ryu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Satish S Iyengar of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yue Jack Chu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jongyup Lim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3258
Abstract: systems and methods are described here to compensate for crosstalk (e.g., coupling distortions) that may be caused by a fanout overlaid or otherwise affecting signals transmitted within an active area of an electronic display. the systems and methods may be based on buffered previous image data. technical effects associated with compensating for the crosstalk may include improved display of image frames since some image artifacts are mitigated and/or made unperceivable or eliminated.
20240038200.Electronic Device Display With Extended Active Area_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Mikael M. Silvanto of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Dinesh C. Mathew of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Victor H. Yin of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G5/14, G06F1/16
Abstract: an electronic device may be provided with a display. the display may be formed from liquid crystal display pixels, organic light-emitting diode pixels, or other pixels. the display may have an active area that is bordered along at least one edge by an inactive area. the active area contains pixels and displays images. the inactive area does not contain any pixels and does not display images. the inactive area may have a layer of black ink or other masking material to block internal components from view. the active area may have an opening that contains an isolated portion of the inactive area or may contain a recess into which a portion of the inactive area protrudes. an electrical component such as a speaker, camera, light-emitting diode, light sensor, or other electrical device may be mounted in the inactive area in the recess or opening of the active area.
20240038228.Power-Sensitive Control of Virtual Agents_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Dan Feng of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Behrooz Mahasseni of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Bo Morgan of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel L. Kovacs of Los Angeles CA (US) for apple inc., Mu Qiao of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10L15/22
Abstract: in some implementations, a method includes displaying, on a display, an environment that includes a representation of a virtual agent that is associated with a sensory characteristic. in some implementations, the method includes selecting, based on the sensory characteristic associated with the virtual agent, a subset of a plurality of sensors to provide sensor data for the virtual agent. in some implementations, the method includes providing the sensor data captured by the subset of the plurality of sensors to the virtual agent in order to reduce power consumption of the device. in some implementations, the method includes displaying a manipulation of the representation of the virtual agent based on an interpretation of the sensor data by the virtual agent.
20240038310.Non-Volatile Memory Power Cycle Protection Mechanism_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): John J. Sullivan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., James M. Hollabaugh of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jason W. Brinsfield of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Calvin M. Ryan of Berkeley CA (US) for apple inc., Andreas Adler of Schlierbach (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G11C16/30, G11C16/10, G11C16/14, G11C16/32
Abstract: techniques for protecting non-volatile memory (nvm) from power cycle interruptions during memory operations are disclosed. a power management integrated circuit (pmic) coupled to a memory circuit with nvm implements the various techniques disclosed. when a power reset signal is asserted to a pmic, the pmic may delay initiation of the power reset cycle when it detects that the nvm coupled to the pmic is active to prevent corruption of the nvm by the power reset cycle. the pmic may detect the activity level of the nvm based on an activity output signal that indicates whether the nvm is active (e.g., programming or erasing) or inactive.
Inventor(s): Todd K. Whitehurst of Lithia FL (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G16H40/63, G16H10/65, G16H40/67, G16H80/00
Abstract: methods of treatment and diagnosis using facilitated communication of health information from a patient device to a physician device are provided herein. methods include improved dissemination and management of health information data while safeguarding patient privacy. a patient may initiate a tele-medicine session for treatment using a portable user device of the patient, after which a physician may request a set of data through the patient device relevant to the treatment. in response, the device of the patient identifies a subset of the data set requested by the physician that is authorized by the patient for release to the physician. the system further facilitates display of differing types of information on a user interface of the physician's device to facilitate improved treatments and diagnostics, health information collection and patient follow-up.
20240038689.Structure and Method for Sealing a Silicon IC_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Vidhya Ramachandran of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Sanjay Dabral of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., SivaChandra Jangam of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Zhai of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Kunzhong Hu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L23/00, H01L21/78, H01L23/58, H01L23/544
Abstract: chip sealing structures and methods of manufacture are described. in an embodiment, a chip structure includes a main body area formed of a substrate, a back-end-of-the-line (beol) build-up structure spanning over the substrate, and chip edge sidewalls extending from a back surface of the substrate to a top surface of the beol build-up structure and laterally surrounding the substrate and the beol build-up structure. in accordance with embodiments, the chip structure may further include a conformal sealing layer covering at least a first chip edge sidewall of the chip edge sidewalls and a portion of the top surface of the beol build-up structure, and forming a lip around the top surface of the beol build-up structure.
20240039078.HEAT DISSIPATING BATTERY PACK_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Christopher R. Pasma of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Angelo V. Marasco of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Brian K. Shiu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Abhishek P. Shiwalkar of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01M10/6551, H01M50/103, H01M50/119, H01M50/124, H01M50/131, H01M10/653, H01M50/128, H01M50/247, H01M50/202
Abstract: aspects of the disclosure involve various battery packs. in general, the battery pack includes a battery cell and an enclosure. the enclosure includes a first portion and a plurality of walls that extend perpendicularly from the first portion. the enclosure includes a second portion connected to the plurality of walls to form a body enclosing the battery cell. the first portion, the second portion, and the plurality of walls are a first material comprising stainless steel. the enclosure includes a layer of a second material covering at least a portion of at least one of the first portion, the second portion, and one of the plurality of walls. the second material comprises aluminum, an aluminum alloy, copper, a copper alloy, graphite, graphene, or a combination thereof and has a greater thermal conductivity than the first material.
20240039341.WIRELESS POWER SYSTEMS WITH FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Adam L. Schwartz of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Niloofar Rashidi Mehrabadi of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Hossein Sepahvand of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J50/60, H02J50/12, H02J50/70, H02J50/80
Abstract: a wireless power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. the wireless power transmitting device uses a wireless power transmitting coil to transmit wireless power signals to the wireless power receiving device. the wireless power transmitting device determines whether an external object is present. the external object may be a foreign object such as a coin or paperclip or may be a wireless power receiving device. external objects are detected using quality-factor measurements. wireless communications are used to discriminate between foreign objects and wireless power receiving devices. quality factor measurements may be compensated for aging and temperature effects using temperature measurements and compensation factors based on frequency and measured resistance.
20240039398.LOW POWER PFC CONVERTER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Bogdan T. Bucheru of Lakeway TX (US) for apple inc., Joao L. Andres of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Marco A. Davila, JR. of Spicewood TX (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02M1/42, H02M3/335, H02M1/00
Abstract: a power converter can include an input pfc stage that receives a rectified input voltage coupled to a flyback stage including a center-tapped primary winding magnetically coupled to a secondary winding and a main switch coupled in series with the primary winding. the output of the pfc stage can be coupled to the center tap of the primary winding, and an output of the power converter can be coupled to the secondary winding of the flyback stage. the converter can further include control circuitry coupled to the main switch and an auxiliary switch in the pfc stage that operates the main switch to regulate an output voltage of the power converter, selectively enables the auxiliary switch responsive to a low line voltage condition at the input of the power converter, and operates the enabled auxiliary switch synchronously with the main switch.
20240039539.SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A SCALABLE SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sanjay Dabral of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Bahattin Kilic of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jie-Hua Zhao of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Kunzhong Hu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Suk-Kyu Ryu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03K19/1776, G06F15/78, H01L23/31, H05K1/02
Abstract: multi-chip systems and structures for modular scaling are described. in some embodiments an interfacing bar is utilized to couple adjacent chips. for example, a communication bar may utilized to coupled logic chips, and memory bar may be utilized to couple multiple memory chips to a logic chip.
20240039564.SPLIT INPUT AMPLIFIER FOR PROTECTION FROM DC OFFSET_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Hongrui Wang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Abbas Komijani of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Xinhua Chen of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/04
Abstract: embodiments presented herein provide apparatus and techniques to reduce a direct current (dc) voltage offset between a transmitter and receiver. embodiments include a shared reference voltage signal generated by a reference voltage source. the receiver may include a first unit gain buffer to receive a reference voltage signal from the reference voltage source. the transmitter may be communicatively coupled to the receiver via one or more connections and may include a second unit gain buffer communicatively coupled to the first unit gain buffer via one of the connections. an amplifier (e.g., an operation amplifier) of the transmitter may include multiple positive inputs coupled to the second unit gain buffer and an offset tracker. the offset tracker may compensate for a dc offset caused by at least a power supply and/or a ground bounce.
Inventor(s): Omar E Elaasar of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Aly Ismail of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/403, H03D7/14, H03L7/099, H03M1/66
Abstract: an electronic device may include wireless circuitry having a mixer configured to receive an oscillating signal from oscillator circuitry. the oscillator circuitry can include a chain of buffer circuits sometimes referred to as oscillator driver circuitry. transformers may be coupled at the input and output of each buffer circuit in the chain. adjustable biasing circuits may be formed at the input of a selected buffer circuit in the chain of the buffer circuits. the adjustable biasing circuits can be digital-to-analog converters (dacs). the adjustable biasing circuits may be configured to apply a differential direct current (dc) offset voltage to the input of the selected buffer circuit. the differential dc offset voltage can have a value chosen to minimize a second harmonic component of the oscillator driver circuitry. configured and operated in this way, a second harmonic conversion gain of the mixer can be reduced and can improve the transmit and receive performance of the wireless circuitry.
20240039591.PROTOCOL FOR BEAM WIDTH CONTROL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Boqiang Fan of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Laxminarayana Pillutla of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Mithat C. Dogan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sharad Sambhwani of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/06, H04B17/318
Abstract: techniques for beam width control, and devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for beam width control are described herein.
20240039597.CSI REPORT ENHANCEMENT FOR HIGH-SPEED TRAIN SCENARIOS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/06
Abstract: configuring channel state information (csi) reporting at a user equipment (ue) in a high speed train scenario may include, in response to being within range of a first transmission and reception point (trp) of a plurality of trps associated with an hst, decoding a csi reporting configuration communication received from a network. the csi reporting configuration indicating that csi reporting is to be performed in an hst scenario and being configured for the hst scenario. measurements based on the decoded csi reporting configuration received from the network may be performed. a csi report communication associated with the hst scenario based on the measurements may be encoded for transmission to the network.
20240039607.BEAM WIDTH CONTROL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Boqiang Fan of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Laxminarayana Pillutla of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Mithat C. Dogan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sharad Sambhwani of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/06, H04W16/28
Abstract: techniques for beam width control, and devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for beam width control are described herein.
20240039658.LTE CRS Rate Matching for 5G NR PDSCH Resource Mapping_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Balaji Raao of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Jia Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Norbert Neurohr of Unterhaching (DE) for apple inc., Hossam K Shokr of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Nico De Laurentiis of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/00, H04L5/00, H04L27/26
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for performing long term evolution cell specific reference signal rate matching for new radio physical downlink shared channel resource mapping in a wireless communication system. a wireless device may establish a wireless link with a fifth generation new radio cell. information indicating to perform long term evolution cell specific reference signal rate matching for a physical downlink shared channel for the cell for a long term evolution carrier may be received by the wireless device. a set of rate matching patterns may be selected by the wireless device. long term evolution cell specific reference signal rate matching for the physical downlink shared channel for the cell may be performed by the wireless device for the long term evolution carrier using the selected set of rate matching patterns.
Inventor(s): Shoichiro Sengoku of Dublin CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L7/00, H03L7/08
Abstract: the present disclosure relates generally to an interface between a host processor device and a peripheral device, such as a camera or sensor, and, more particularly, to improving the generation of data signals with embedded clock information to be more rate-flexible and power efficient. improved techniques are described herein to embed a clock signal into a data signal (e.g., to minimize the number of channels needed)—while allowing for a variable link rate and avoiding the need for a phase lock loop (pll) and/or long link training times at the receiver, which can consume large amounts of power and on-chip area. in some embodiments, a modified manchester encoding scheme, e.g., using a fixed delay for its mid-bit transitions (and wherein the delay is independent of link rate), is used to achieve the dual aims of rate flexibility and power efficiency for an improved data signal interface with embedded clock information.
20240039714.Secure Circuit For Encryption Key Generation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Wade Benson of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Libor Sykora of Prague (CZ) for apple inc., Vratislav Kuzela of Cakovicky (CZ) for apple inc., Michael Brouwer of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew R. Whalley of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jerrold V. Hauck of Windermere FL (US) for apple inc., David Finkelstein of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas Mensch of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/08, H04L9/32, H04L9/00, G06F21/32, H04L9/14, G06F21/74, G06F21/72, G06F21/78, H04L9/40
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to relating to a public key infrastructure (pki). in one embodiment, an integrated circuit is disclosed that includes at least one processor and a secure circuit isolated from access by the processor except through a mailbox mechanism. the secure circuit is configured to generate a key pair having a public key and a private key, and to issue, to a certificate authority (ca), a certificate signing request (csr) for a certificate corresponding to the key pair. in some embodiments, the secure circuit may be configured to receive, via the mailbox mechanism, a first request from an application executing on the processor to issue a certificate to the application. the secure circuit may also be configured to perform, in response to a second request, a cryptographic operation using a public key circuit included in the secure circuit.
Inventor(s): Andrea Camuffo of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L25/02, H03F1/32
Abstract: wireless circuitry can include a processor that generates a reference baseband signal, an upconversion circuit that upconverts the baseband signals to radio-frequency signals, an amplifier that amplifies the radio-frequency signals, and an antenna. the amplifier can be adjusted based on an estimated value computed using error vector magnitude (evm) estimation circuitry. the evm estimation circuitry may include a first filter configured to receive the reference signal, a second filter configured to receive a measured signal coupled from the output of the amplifier, a first signal extraction circuit coupled to an output of the first filter, a second signal extraction circuit coupled to an output of the second filter, and a comparison circuit having a first input that receives signals from the first signal extraction circuit, a second input that receives signals from the second signal extraction circuit, and an output on which the estimated value is provided.
20240040008.Hardware Pairing Communication for Streaming Service_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Madhusudan Rao of Dublin CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L67/51, H04L9/40, G06F21/73, G06F21/82
Abstract: providing a service offer includes receiving, at a local device, a connection request to connect a hardware accessory with the local device, identifying, in response to the connection request, one or more services for the local device based on the hardware accessory, and presenting a prompt on a user interface to initiate access by the local device to the service. the services can be identified based on the hardware accessory device or a user account associated with the connection request.
20240040099.DEPTH OF FIELD IN VIDEO BASED ON GAZE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alexandre Da Veiga of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Timothy T. Chong of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N13/128, G06T7/593, H04N13/383, G06F3/01
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that modify a video to enable replay of the video with a depth-based effect based on gaze of a user during capture or playback of the video. for example, an example process may include tracking a gaze direction during a capture or a playback of a video, wherein the video includes a sequence of frames including depictions of a three-dimensional (3d) environment, identifying a portion of the 3d environment depicted in the video based on the gaze direction, determining a depth of the identified portion of the 3d environment, and modifying the video to enable replay of the video with a depth-based effect based on the depth of the identified portion.
Inventor(s): Hilmi Enes EGILMEZ of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Yunfei ZHENG of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Alican NALCI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yeqing WU of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yixin DU of Cupertino 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): H04N19/122, H04N19/61, H04N19/176, H04N19/70, H04N19/159, H04N19/136, H04N19/18, H04N19/186
Abstract: video coders and decoders perform transform coding and decoding on blocks of video content according to an adaptively selected transform type. the transform types are organized into a hierarchy of transform sets where each transform set includes a respective number of transforms and each higher-level transform set includes the transforms of each lower-level transform set within the hierarchy. the video coders and video decoders may exchange signaling that establishes a transform set context from which a transform set that was selected for coding given block(s) may be identified. the video coders and video decoders may exchange signaling that establishes a transform decoding context from which a transform that was selected from the identified transform set to be used for decoding the transform unit. the block(s) may be coded and decoded by the selected transform.
20240040124.FLEXIBLE COEFFICIENT CODING IN VIDEO COMPRESSION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alican NALCI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yunfei ZHENG of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Hilmi Enes EGILMEZ of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Yeqing WU of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yixin DU of Milpitas 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., Arash VOSOUGHI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Dzung T. HOANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N19/13, H04N19/70, H04N19/61, H04N19/176
Abstract: a flexible coefficient coding (fcc) approach is presented. in the first aspect, spatial sub-regions are defined over a transform unit (tu) or a prediction unit (pu). these sub-regions organize the coefficient samples residing inside a tu or a pu into variable coefficient groups (vcgs). each vcg corresponds to a sub-region inside a larger tu or pu. the shape of vcgs or the boundaries between different vcgs may be irregular, determined based on the relative distance of coefficient samples with respect to each other. alternatively, the vcg regions may be defined according to scan ordering within a tu. each vcg can encode a 1) different number of symbols for a given syntax element, or a 2) different number of syntax elements within the same tu or pu. whether to code more symbols or more syntax elements may depend on the type of arithmetic coding engine used in a particular coding specification. for multi-symbol arithmetic coding (ms-ac), a vcg may encode a different number of symbols for a syntax element. for example, to encode absolute coefficient values inside a tu after performing a transform such as the discrete cosine transform (dct), a vcg region may be defined around lower-frequency transform coefficients and for that vcg m-symbols can be encoded the absolute coefficient values. another vcg region can be defined around the higher-frequency transform coefficients to encode k-symbols, where k may be different than m. for binary arithmetic coders (bacs), fcc allows for coding a variable number of syntax elements in different vcgs. in this case, one vcg in a tu may code m-syntax elements associated with signaling the absolute coefficient value, where each one of the m-syntax elements may have 2-symbols. probability models and context derivation rules may be tailored for each vcg in a given tu or pu. since each vcg may code a different number of symbols or syntax elements in different spatial locations of a tu or pu, different context models may be used for each vcg to provide better granularity for entropy modeling for arithmetic coding. furthermore, different vcgs may also use different entropy coders including combinations of arithmetic coding, golomb-rice coding, huffman coding.
20240040151.COEFFICIENT-BASED TRANSFORM AND MODE SIGNALING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alican Nalci of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yunfei Zheng of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Hilmi E. Egilmez of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Yeqing WU of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yixin Du of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Alexis 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): H04N19/60, H04N19/124, H04N19/18, H04N19/172
Abstract: techniques are described for express and implied signaling of transform mode selections in video coding. information derived from coefficient samples in a given transform unit (tu) or prediction unit (pu) may constrain or modify signaling of certain syntax elements at the coding block (cb), tu, or pu levels. for instance, based on the spatial locations of decoded coefficients, the spatial patterns of coefficients, or the correlation with the coefficients in neighboring blocks, various syntax elements such as the transform type and related flags/indices or secondary transform modes/flags indices, a residual coding mode, intra and inter prediction modes, and scanning order may be disabled or constrained. in another case, if the coefficient samples match a desired spatial pattern or have other desired properties then a default transform type, a default secondary transform type, a default intra and inter prediction mode or other block level modes may be inferred at the decoder side. similar ideas may be extended to infer intra-block copy (ibc) flags/modes/indices from coefficient samples, or to infer flags and modes related to predictive coding techniques such as block-wise differential pulse code modulation (bdpcm), i.e., horizontal and vertical bdpcm modes, palette mode syntax and other block level flags/indices.
Inventor(s): Taylor G. CARRIGAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick L. COFFMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher Patrick FOSS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N21/472, H04N21/218, H04N21/2187, H04N21/845
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces related to sources of video data. user interfaces enables users to configure and interact with the sources of video data, such as for displaying a live video feed and a recorded video from an external source of video data. in some embodiments, a device provides user interfaces for displaying video from a video source and controlling external devices related to the source.
20240040218.Magnetic Camera Brake_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Zachary W. Birnbaum of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew S. Jozefov of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Scott W. Miller of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/54, H02K49/04, H02K41/035, H04N23/68
Abstract: various magnetic camera brake embodiments are disclosed. according to some embodiments, the magnetic camera brakes leverage a magnetic attraction (or repulsion) force between an iron and magnetic body to hold the moving camera components at a desired focus position—even under high amplitude acceleration loads. when high disturbance rejection is desired, the magnet attracts the camera to the desired focus position (e.g., an infinity focus position) with enough force to overcome approximately 10 g's of external acceleration. in some embodiments, ball bearings may be used to provide constraints in up to 5 degrees of freedom (e.g., all but z-axial translation along the optical axis), so there is no rocking of the image sensor (or lens barrel). when “macro” photos are desired of subjects closer than the hyperfocal distance, an actuator mechanism may be configured to pull the image sensor out of the desired focus position and into the macro focus region.
20240040297.ACOUSTIC DETECTION OF IN-EAR HEADPHONE FIT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Esge B. Andersen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew E. Greenwood of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Tom-Davy W. Saux of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Baptiste P. Paquier of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hanchi Chen of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Raghavendra S. Prabhu of Redondo Beach CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R1/10, H04R3/04
Abstract: a method performed by an in-ear headphone. coupled to the in-ear headphone is a first ear tip that is inserted into an ear canal of a user. the method obtains an audio signal from an audio source device paired with the in-ear headphone and uses the signal to drive a speaker of the headphone to output a sound into the ear canal. the method obtains a microphone signal that is responsive to the outputted sound. the method notifies the user to replace the first ear tip with a second ear tip in response to a parameter associated with the microphone signal being less than a threshold.
20240040298.Earbuds_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yi Zou of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chad J. Miller of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel A. Podhajny of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua A. Hoover of Boulder CO (US) for apple inc., Kristen L. Cretella of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas R. Trincia of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Seul Bi Kim of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., William Leith of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yue Chen of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R1/10, H04R31/00, H04R1/04
Abstract: wireless earbuds may be provided with adjustable-shape housings. the housings may have bendable portions. bendable metal members, hinges, or other flexible structures may be used in forming bendable structures for the earbuds. electrical components may be covered by a layer of molded foam. a cover such as a fabric cover may be used to cover the molded foam. spacer fabric or other soft material may be interposed between the fabric cover and the foam. the housing may be bent or otherwise adjusted between two or more states such as a normal, non-sleep, walking state in which the housing is expanded for normal operation while a user is sitting or walking and a sleep state in which the housing is bent to enhance comfort while sleeping. the wireless earbuds may have illumination systems, sensors, and other components.
20240040344.Semantic Communication for Low Bit Rate Applications_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Gencer Cili of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zhen Liu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W4/14, H04W76/50
Abstract: methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for sending a reduced size message. one of the methods includes receiving, by a wireless device, a request to send, over a wireless network, a message comprising one or more phrases; determining that a connection quality for the wireless network does not satisfy a connection quality threshold; generating, responsive to determining that the connection quality threshold is not satisfied, a reduced-size message based at least in part on the one or more phrases; and sending, by the wireless device and via the wireless network, the reduced-size message.
Inventor(s): Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W16/10, H04W16/14, H04W72/23, H04L5/00
Abstract: a base station can support dynamic spectrum sharing (dss) between new radio (nr) services and long term evolution (lte) services. the base station can determine whether a nr physical downlink control channel (pdcch) control resource set (coreset) and a lte pdcch frequency range are partially overlapped in a frequency domain including a first frequency region and a second frequency region. the partial overlap occurs when the lte pdcch frequency range overlaps with the nr pdcch coreset in the first frequency region without overlapping with the nr pdcch coreset in the second frequency region. in response to a determination that the partial overlap occurs, the base station can map a nr pdcch or a nr pdcch demodulation reference signal (dmrs) to resource elements in the second frequency region, and map a lte cell-specific reference signal (crs) to a symbol carrying the lte crs in the first frequency region.
20240040401.PROTOCOL FOR BEAM WIDTH AND POWER CONTROL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Boqiang Fan of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Laxminarayana Pillutla of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Mithat C. Dogan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sharad Sambhwani of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W16/28
Abstract: techniques for beam width and power control, and devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for beam width and power control are described herein.
Inventor(s): Hong He of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W24/08, H04W72/12, H04W76/30
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a wireless communication system. a transmission control indication state may be indicated for future monitoring of a control channel, e.g., using dynamic signaling. the indicated state may be used to provide and receive control information for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation.
Inventor(s): Sudeep Manithara Vamanan of Munich, Bavaria-Bayern (DE) for apple inc., Sarma V. Vangala of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Krisztian Kiss of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Mona Agnel of Greater London (GB) for apple inc., Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Neubiberg, Bavaria-Bayern (DE) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W76/14, H04L41/08
Abstract: systems and methods are disclosed herein for using integrated access and backhaul (iab) nodes configured to provide multi-access edge computing (mec) functionality. an iab node may include a mec functionality that includes an instance of an application configured for mec. a ue using the application connects to the network through an access link with the iab node and establishes a pdu session for traffic of the application with a core network (cn). the cn may determine that the traffic corresponds to the application, and that an instance of the application is present on the iab node. accordingly, the cn may instruct the iab donor to instantiate a remote packet data convergence protocol (pdcp) layer and, in some cases, a remote service data application (sdap) layer that are configured to route the traffic from the ue for the application to the instance of the application on the iab node.
Inventor(s): Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit BHAMRI of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/02, H04B7/155
Abstract: some embodiments include a system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for implicit power saving operations for a network-controlled repeater (ncr) in a wireless network. some embodiments include an ncr that can receive a downlink control information (dci) format including a first physical downlink control channel (pdcch) monitoring periodicity, k, and operate in an on-state for a duration of k. the ncr can detect a skipped pdcch monitoring periodicity, and operate in an off-state for a duration corresponding to the skipped pdcch monitoring periodicity. in some embodiments, the ncr operates with a carrier component (cc) with unpaired spectrum supporting slot configurations time division duplex (tdd)-uplink (ul)-downlink (dl)-configurationcommon or tdd-ul-dlconfigurationdedicated. the ncr can detect from a system information block (sib), a flexible orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (ofdm) symbol, and operate in an off-state for a duration of the flexible ofdm symbol.
Inventor(s): Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit BHAMRI of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/02, H04W72/232
Abstract: some embodiments include a system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for explicit power saving operations for a network-controlled repeater (ncr) in a wireless network. some embodiments include an ncr that can receive a downlink control information (dci) format comprising an offset indication in a single physical downlink control channel (pdcch) monitoring periodicity, k, where kis an integer of slots. the ncr can determine a single on-off pattern (oop) within ks based at least on the offset indication, and communicate with a base station or a user equipment (ue) based at least on the determination. in some embodiments, an off-state of the ncr is a default, and the offset indication identifies a duration of an on-state of the ncr beginning at a starting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (ofdm) symbol of k.
20240040513.FULL POWER UPLINK TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Ismael Gutierrez Gonzalez of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ghaith N. Hattab of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Yuchul Kim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yeong-Sun Hwang of Oberhaching (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/18, H04W72/23, H04W72/51
Abstract: a method for operating user equipment (ue) includes generating, by the ue, a transmit precoding matrix indicator (tpmi) list including one or more tpmis selected from a set of available tpmis stored at a base station (bs). data indicative of the tpmi list is transmitted to the bs. an index of the tpmi list is transmitted to the bs. downlink control information (dci) is received from the bs including an indication of at least one tpmi from the tpmi list based on the index. uplink data is transmitted to the bs on a physical uplink shared channel (pusch) using the at least one tpmi.
Inventor(s): Xuan Guo of Glen Rock NJ (US) for apple inc., Xu Zhao of Edison NJ (US) for apple inc., Mohamed L Haidara of New Providence NJ (US) for apple inc., Syed A. Rahim of Allen TX (US) for apple inc., Baohua Zheng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wenping Lou of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/24
Abstract: user equipment includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first transceiver coupled to the first antenna, a second transceiver coupled to the second antenna, and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the first transceiver and the second transceiver. the first transceiver receives or transmits a first signal via the first antenna, and the second transceiver receives or transmits a second signal via the second antenna. the processing circuitry receives an indication that a signal characteristic of the first signal is less than a first threshold, and decreases power to the first antenna, the first receiver, or both, based on the signal characteristic of the first signal being less than the first threshold.
Inventor(s): Xu ZHAO of Edison NJ (US) for apple inc., Xuan GUO of Glen Rock NJ (US) for apple inc., Mohamed L. HAIDARA of New Providence NJ (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/12
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to operate in a non-standalone carrier aggregation (nsa ca) mode. the ue is also configured to determine an nsa ca bandwidth (bw) associated with bands being used for the nsa ca mode, determine a standalone carrier aggregation (sa ca) bw associated with bands being used for a sa ca mode after the ue is switched to the sa ca mode and determine, based on at least the nsa ca bw and the sa ca bw, for the ue to remain in the sa ca mode or switch to the nsa ca mode.
Inventor(s): Hong He of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Irvine CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/12, H04W76/10, H04W24/08
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation in a wireless communication system. a transmission control indication state may be indicated for future monitoring of a control channel, e.g., using one or more rules. the indicated state may be used to provide and receive control information for performing multi-transmission and reception point operation.
Inventor(s): Hong HE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/232, H04W72/12, H04L1/1829, H04L1/1867
Abstract: systems and methods disclosed herein relate to acknowledgement signaling sent by a user equipment (ue) in response to downlink control information (dci) received from a base station that schedules the use of multiple physical uplink control channels (multi-pusch) or multiple physical downlink control channels (multi-pdsch). acknowledgement signaling may inform the base station that dci scheduling the multi-pusch/multi-pdsch was received (or not), so that the base station may reclaim those scheduled resources in the case that the ue remains unaware of them. methods for performing this signaling include, e.g., the use of harq-ack codebooks (whether in a semi-static or dynamic manner), and aperiodic sounding reference signals (a-srs). embodiments involving such dci received across multiple component carriers of different serving cells of the ue are contemplated. acknowledgment signaling according to multi-pusch/multi-pdsch subgroups, monitoring windows, acknowledgment signaling enablement/disablement, and the use of dci to trigger acknowledgment signaling are also discussed.
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Irvine CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/542, H04L5/00, H04W72/0446, H04W72/23
Abstract: a cellular base station (bs) which transmits more flexible downlink control information (dci) to the ue, and a ue capable of receiving and processing a received dci message. the dci message may have a dci format of 0_1 or 0_2 and further may comprise an ul-sch set to 0, a csi request field of all 0s and an srs request field having a nonzero value. the dci message may indicate to the ue that the ue should: 1) transmit an aperiodic srs corresponding to srs request; and 2) that the ue should not transmit on the pusch. the dci may include existing fields that specify either a slot offset or beam information useable when transmitting the aperiodic srs. the base station may also generate a dci message with an srs trigger that is targeted to a plurality of ues in a group, or a plurality of groups of ues, for greater efficiency.
20240040909.Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Off-axis Uniformity_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yifan Zhang of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Amin Salehi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chieh-Wei Chen of Taichung (TW) for apple inc., Hoyeon Kim of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Paul S. Drzaic of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Yun Liu of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H10K59/80, H10K59/38
Abstract: an electronic device may have a display such as an organic light-emitting diode display. the organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels that each have organic light-emitting diode layers interposed between a cathode and an anode. to improve off-axis luminance and luminance uniformity, the display may include green pixels with emission spectra having a narrow full width at half maximum, the display may include a reflective layer that is formed separately from a transparent anode, and/or the display may include a diffusive layer. the diffusive layer may be embedded in one or more encapsulation layers for the display. the diffusive layer may be a diffusive color filter.
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