Apple Inc. patent applications on January 2nd, 2025
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on January 2nd, 2025
Apple Inc.: 36 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/01 (5), G02B27/01 (4), G06T19/00 (3), H04W56/00 (2), G06F1/16 (2) G06F1/163 (2), H04B7/06952 (1), G06T19/006 (1), G06V10/751 (1), H02J7/0042 (1)
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Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20250000461. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HEALTH EVENTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Burak Arda OZILGEN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Gopal VALSAN of Gilroy CA (US) for apple inc., Chin S. HAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Thilaka S. SUMANAWEERA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/00, G16H40/67
CPC Code(s): A61B5/7282
Abstract: a system including one or more electronic devices calculates the likelihood of the user of the system experiencing a health event, such as a seizure. in some examples, the system collects data including environmental data and/or physiological data and uses the data to calculate the likelihood of the user of the system experiencing the health event. in some examples, in response to calculating that the likelihood of the user experiencing the health event exceeds a predetermined threshold, the system generates an alert.
20250001861. SYNCHRONIZED RENDERING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Vikrant KASARABADA of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Bartosz CIECHANOWSKI of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Eldad EILAM of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Andre M. BOULE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Michael L. KNIPPERS of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc., Sylvain P. REBAUD of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Gennadiy SHEKHTMAN of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Mark J. VAN BELLEGHEM of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Francesco ZULIANI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): B60K35/00, G06F3/14, G06T11/00, G06T11/60, G06T13/80
CPC Code(s): B60K35/00
Abstract: current techniques for rendering content using data on multiple devices are generally ineffective and/or inefficient. this disclosure provides more effective and/or efficient techniques for rendering such content. the techniques optionally complement or replace other methods for rendering content.
Inventor(s): Soheil GOLARA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel Joel Bankman of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Robin Gupta of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Seyedeh Sedigheh Hashemi of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Mansour Keramat of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01K7/01
CPC Code(s): G01K7/01
Abstract: the present disclosure describes embodiments of a temperature sensor with full band psr. the temperature sensor can include a reference voltage generator, a temperature circuit, and an analog-to-digital converter (adc). the reference voltage generator is configured to generate a reference voltage. the temperature circuit is configured to operate under a substantially constant bias current and to generate a temperature signal proportional to temperature. the adc is electrically coupled to the reference voltage generator and the temperature circuit and configured to convert the temperature signal to a digital representation based on a sampling frequency. the adc comprises a frequency generator configured to generate a modulation frequency having a random variation. the sampling frequency is modulated by the modulation frequency.
20250003814. SMART ENCLOSURES FOR BATTERIES IN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Mona Shirpour of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Alan R. Gilchrist of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Shabab Amiruddin of Pacifica CA (US) for apple inc., Ryan J. Balliet of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan J. Bohney of Encinitas CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01L1/20, H01M10/42, H01M10/44, H01M10/48
CPC Code(s): G01L1/20
Abstract: a battery includes an enclosure, a battery management unit (bmu), a conductive trace including conductive particles disposed on a surface of the enclosure and electrically coupled with the bmu to form a closed-loop electrical path. the bmu is configured to detect a resistance in the closed-loop electrical path caused by a percolation of the conductive particles, and determine a swollen condition of the battery based on the resistance.
20250004273. Electronic Devices With Nose Sensing_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Matin Seadat Beheshti of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Javier Mendez of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Xinsheng Chu of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Corentin A. Guebels of Bainbridge Island WA (US) for apple inc., Laurence M. Flath of Moss Beach CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G01L19/00
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: a head-mounted device may include optical assemblies for presenting images to a user. optical assembly positioning systems may be used to adjust the spacing between the optical assemblies to accommodate different interpupillary distances. the optical assembly positioning systems may have motors. nose pressure sensors may be provided to detect nose pressure as optical assemblies are moved towards each other and towards nose surfaces by the motors. motion of the optical assemblies can be halted whenever the detected nose pressure rises. the nose pressure sensors may each include an air pressure sensor and a pressure-sensing compressible air-filled chamber coupled to the air pressure sensor.
Inventor(s): Scott P. FOSTER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Branko PETLJANSKI of Munich, Bavaria-Bayern (DE) for apple inc., Qiong HUANG of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Richard G. HUIZAR of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, H04N23/20
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0179
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include electronic devices, systems, and methods that detect reflections of light produced by a plurality of light sources reflected from an eye. an example electronic device may include a frame, an image sensor, a transparent substrate coupled to the frame, a waveguide coupled to the transparent substrate, and a processor coupled to the plurality of ir light sources. the transparent substrate may include a plurality of infrared (ir) light sources that may be configured in a spatial arrangement within the transparent substrate or on a surface of the transparent substrate. the waveguide may be configured to display a projected image. the processor may be configured to receive sensor data from the image sensor. the sensor data may correspond to a plurality of reflections of light produced by the plurality of ir light sources and reflected from an eye.
20250004342. Waveguide Display with Sealed Tint Layer_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Zachary M. Beiley of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Sean E. Doris of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Tuncay Ozel of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander D. Schlaupitz of Longmont CO (US) for apple inc., Xiaonan Wen of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02F1/157, G02B27/01, G02F1/1503, G02F1/1514, G02F1/161
CPC Code(s): G02F1/157
Abstract: an electronic device may include a display with a waveguide that directs image light to an eye box using an output coupler. the display may include an electrically adjustable tint layer overlapping the output coupler. the tint layer may serve to maximize contrast of images in the image light. the tint layer may include a peripheral edge seal between first and second substrates and laterally surrounding an electrochromic gel. the peripheral edge seal may protect the gel from water and oxygen. the peripheral edge seal may include one or more rings of material and/or a glass ring spacer, the substrates may include cavities, and/or the gel may include spacer beads to help minimize warpage upon curing and thus maximize flatness of the tint layer. the electrochromic gel may include first and second redox species and a third redox species configured to tune a color response of the tint layer.
Inventor(s): Antonio F. Herrera of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Erik G. de Jong of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jiahui Liang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G04G21/08, G01D5/30, G04G9/00, G04G17/08
CPC Code(s): G04G21/08
Abstract: an electronic watch includes a housing and a crown assembly including a rotatable actuation member. the rotatable actuation member includes a knob external to the housing and configured to receive a rotational input and a shaft assembly coupled to the knob and positioned at least partially within the housing, the shaft assembly defining a sensing surface configured to rotate in response to the rotational input. the electronic watch further includes an optical sensing system configured to detect the rotational input, the detecting including directing light onto the sensing surface, receiving reflected light from the sensing surface, and producing a signal corresponding to a rotational motion of the sensing surface, the signal based at least in part on an interference between the light directed onto the sensing surface and the reflected light.
20250004501. SEALED COMPONENTS FOR HEAT MANAGEMENT AND GROUNDING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ritu SHAH of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Edward S. HUO of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Anthony S. MONTEVIRGEN of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, H05K7/20
CPC Code(s): G06F1/163
Abstract: a head-mountable device () can include electronic circuits, such as cameras (), sensors (), and input/output devices. the head-mountable device can secure such electronic circuits with an assembly that also provides thermal dissipation, electrical grounding, and a sealed chamber () to isolate the electronic circuit from ingress of debris. the assembly can provide a degree of mobility, where desired. accordingly, the electronic circuit can operate more optimally and with lower risk of degradation and interference with other components of the head-mountable device.
20250004502. MULTI-NODE ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Li-Tyng Hung of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Maegan K. Spencer of Emerald Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Albert Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Salome Bavetta of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lindsay M. Epstein of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Wing Shan Wong of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Wegene H. Tadele of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Michael A. Kinney of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Aaron N. Miletich of Lodi CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G06F1/163
Abstract: embodiments are directed to wearable electronic devices including a band having a flexible layer and a routing layer coupled to the flexible layer. the routing layer including one or more electrical traces. a first enclosure is coupled to the band at a first opening and includes a first upper enclosure segment coupled to a first side of the band and a first lower enclosure segment coupled to a second side of the band. a processing unit is enclosed within the first enclosure and electrically coupled to the routing layer. a second enclosure is coupled to the band at a second opening and includes a second upper enclosure segment coupled to the first side of the band and a second lower enclosure segment coupled to the second side of the band. a battery is enclosed within the second enclosure and electrically coupled to the processing unit via the routing layer.
20250004545. Head-Mounted Device Input_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul X. Wang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Ashwin Kumar Asoka Kumar Shenoi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Shuxin Yu of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin R. Blachnitzky of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Gu of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Fletcher R. Rothkopf of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/04815, G06F3/0487
CPC Code(s): G06F3/013
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure, a gaze tracker in the head-mounted support structure, and one or more displays in the head-mounted support structure. for example, two displays may display images to two eye boxes. the display may display a virtual keyboard and may display a text input in response to a gaze location that is determined by the gaze tracker. the gaze tracker may additionally determine a gaze swipe input, or a camera in the support structure may determine a hand swipe input, and the swipe input may be used with the gaze location to determine the text input. in particular, the swipe input may create a swipe input curve that is fit to the text input to determine the text input. a user's hand may be used as a secondary input to indicate the start or end of a text input.
20250004566. MACHINE LEARNING BASED GESTURE DETECTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Charles MAALOUF of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Kaan E. DOGRUSOZ of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Giovanni M. AGNOLI of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Louis W. BOKMA of Eagle ID (US) for apple inc., Adam J. LEONARD of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Behrooz SHAHSAVARI of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Yiqiang NIE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Hojjat Seyed MOUSAVI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Heriberto NIETO of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Christopher M. SANDINO of Belmont CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06N20/20
CPC Code(s): G06F3/017
Abstract: aspects of the subject technology provide improved gesture detection including collection of data from multiple sensors into a data structure that may be analyzed to estimate a plurality of gesture inferences, and then the plurality of gesture inferences may be integrated into a detected gesture for the period of time. analysis of the data package may be performed by separate machine learning models, each model producing a corresponding gesture inference.
Inventor(s): Aaron M. Burns of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Anette L. Freiin von Kapri of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Arun Rakesh Yoganandan of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin R. Blachnitzky of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher L. Nolet of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David M. Schattel of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Samantha Koire of Sacramento CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/038, G06F3/01, G06F3/0346, G06V20/20
CPC Code(s): G06F3/038
Abstract: in one implementation. a method for dynamically selecting an operation modality for a physical object. the method includes: obtaining a user input vector that includes at least one user input indicator value associated with one of a plurality of different input modalities; obtaining tracking data associated with a physical object; generating a first characterization vector for the physical object, including a pose value and a user grip value, based on the user input vector and the tracking data, wherein the pose value characterizes a spatial relationship between the physical object and a user of the computing system and the user grip value characterizes a manner in which the physical object is being held by the user; and selecting, based on the first characterization vector, a first operation modality as a current operation modality for the physical object.
Inventor(s): Harish GOVINDARAJAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yazan Z. ALNAHHAS of Stanford CA (US) for apple inc., Prabhakar GULGUNJE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Shubhaditya MAJUMDAR of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Wei LIN of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Jianmin GONG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Anael A. GUILMO of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yohai ZMORA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Meng ZHANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey B. FIXLER of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/042, G02B6/036, G02B6/42
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0421
Abstract: a touch screen device includes a transmitter optical fiber, optical transmitter circuitry, a receiver optical fiber, optical receiver circuitry, and cover material. the transmitter optical fiber and/or the receiver optical fiber include a respective core, a respective absorptive clad circumferentially surrounding the respective core, and/or a respective absorptive jacket circumferentially surrounding the respective absorptive clad.
Inventor(s): Grant R. PAUL of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0484, H04L51/212
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0484
Abstract: some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that display a plurality of user interfaces corresponding to messaging in hybrid group messaging conversations. some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to adding a user to a hybrid group messaging conversation. some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed towards deleting a hybrid group messaging conversation.
20250004622. Object Manipulation in Graphical Environment_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Connor A. Smith of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Fatima Broom of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Luis R. Deliz Centeno of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Miao Ren of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04845, G02B27/01, G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04845
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for manipulating and/or annotating objects in a graphical environment. in some implementations, a device includes a display, one or more processors, and a memory. in some implementations, a method includes detecting a gesture being performed using a first object in association with a second object in a graphical environment. a distance is determined, via the one or more sensors, between a representation of the first object and the second object. if the distance is greater than a threshold, a change in the graphical environment is displayed according to the gesture and a gaze. if the distance is not greater than the threshold, the change in the graphical environment is displayed according to the gesture and a projection of the representation of the first object on the second object.
Inventor(s): Michael S. SMOCHKO of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Justin T. VOSS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Eliza J. VON HAGEN of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G06F3/0354, G06F3/038, G06F3/0482, G06F3/04842
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04883
Abstract: some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more input devices that simulate dedicated remote control functionality for navigating and playing content items available on other electronic devices, and one or more operations related to the above that the input devices and other electronic devices optionally perform. some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more multifunction devices via which keyboard input to electronic devices is provided, and one or more operations related to the above that the multifunction devices and the electronic devices optionally perform. some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more multifunction devices via which control and/or navigational inputs to electronic devices is provided, and one or more operations related to the above that the multifunction devices and the electronic devices optionally perform.
Inventor(s): Jedd O. Haberstro of Acton MA (US) for apple inc., Mladen Wilder of Cambridge (GB) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F12/0891, G06F12/0842
CPC Code(s): G06F12/0891
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to smashing atomic operations. in some embodiments, cache control circuitry caches data values in cache storage circuitry and receive multiple requests to atomically update a cached data value according to one or more arithmetic operations. the control circuitry may perform updates to a cached data value based on the multiple requests, in response to determining that the one or more arithmetic operations meet one or more criteria and store operation information that indicates a most-recent requested atomic arithmetic operation for the updated data value. the control circuitry may, in response to an event, flush, to a higher level in a memory hierarchy that includes the cache storage circuitry both: the updated data value and the operation information. this may advantageously smash atomic operations at the cache and reduce operations to the higher-level cache or memory (which may be the actual coherence point for atomic requests).
20250005031. USER INTERFACES FOR SEARCHING IN MESSAGES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Grant R. PAUL of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christian X. DALONZO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F16/248, G06F16/28
CPC Code(s): G06F16/248
Abstract: some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate searching of messages in a messaging application, wherein the search results are displayed in a search results user interface. in some embodiments, the electronic device displays search results associated with a search of messages performed in a messaging application at a search results user interface.
20250005195. DEVICE MONITORING TO IDENTIFY SAFETY OF A USER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Daniel P. Shepard of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Michael P. Dal Santo of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Ping-Ko Chiu of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kumar Gaurav Chhokra of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Yannick L. Sierra of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew M. Pace of Gloucestershire (GB) for apple inc., Richard L. Hagy of Montara CA (US) for apple inc., Lindsey McAllister of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Dharini Sitaraman of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew N. Khoury of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Richard Bower Warren of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Brent M. Ledvina of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Siva Ganesh Movva of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ronald Keryuan Huang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Robert W. Mayor of Half Moon Bay CA (US) for apple inc., Stacey F. Lysik of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Areeba Kamal of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Ryan D. Shelby of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kanika Malhotra of Belmont CA (US) for apple inc., Gillian T. Verga of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/62, G06Q50/26, H04L9/32
CPC Code(s): G06F21/6245
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, monitoring a user device to determine whether a user associated with the device is safe. in some examples, a user (which may be referred to herein as an “initiator” establishes a device monitoring session (which may be referred to herein as “session”) with a user, or a group of users, so that the user(s) are notified either when the initiator has safely ended the device monitoring session or receives access to session data that was collected during the session. in some configurations, the session can be handed off from a first user device that is currently active to a different user device. instead of the first user device always being the device that interacts with the server, a different first user device may be selected as the active device to interact with the server.
Inventor(s): Wesley M. HOLDER of Union City CA (US) for apple inc., Matan STAUBER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. LEMAY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., William A. SORRENTINO, III of Mill Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Ichha ARORA of Rancho Cucamonga CA (US) for apple inc., Harshad UNTWALE of Folsom CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T17/00, G06V20/40, G06V20/70, H04N13/279
CPC Code(s): G06T17/00
Abstract: in some embodiments, a computer system displays media playback controls at a position based on an arrangement between a user and media content. in some embodiments, a computer system displays captions concurrently with media content at a position based on a spatial arrangement between the computer system and a reference point corresponding to the media content. in some embodiments, a computer system changes the spatial arrangement between captions and the viewpoint of the user based on user input.
Inventor(s): James M. DESSERO of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Michael A. BREYMANN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew G. PLEC of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Michael A. DUNKLEY of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Ryan W. BAKER of Los Angeles CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan MOORMAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel J. RUBENFIELD of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Alexander J. HAWORTH of San Rafael CA (US) for apple inc., Austin C. GERMER of Novato CA (US) for apple inc., Peter DOLLAR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06T13/60
CPC Code(s): G06T19/00
Abstract: in some embodiments, a computer system changes a level of detail with which a respective environment is being displayed. in some embodiments, a computer system applies a neutralization adjustment to generate a representation of the physical environment. in some embodiments, a computer system displays a user interface object in a three-dimensional environment with a three-dimensional stereoscopic effect. in some embodiments, a computer system facilitates light blending. in some embodiments, a computer system transitions between three-dimensional environments using visual effects. in some embodiments, a computer system detects a movement in a viewpoint of a user while displaying a portal to a virtual environment, and either maintains or ceases display of the portal based on the amount of movement and/or a direction in which the portal opens. in some embodiments, a computer system outputs a different sound effect when initiating display of different virtual three-dimensional environments.
Inventor(s): Yutaka Yokokawa of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Devin W. Chalmers of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Brian W. Temple of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Rahul Nair of Hayward CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas G. Salter of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06F3/01, G06T7/246, G06T7/73, G06V20/50, H04S7/00
CPC Code(s): G06T19/006
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that present virtual content based on detecting a reflective object and determining a three-dimensional (3d) position of the reflective object in a physical environment. for example, an example process may include obtaining sensor data in a physical environment that includes one or more objects. the method may further include detecting a reflection of a first object of the one or more objects upon a reflective surface of a reflective object based on the sensor data. the method may further include determining a 3d position of the reflective object in the physical environment based on determining a 3d position of the reflection of the first object. the method may further include presenting virtual content in a view of the physical environment. the virtual content may be positioned at a 3d location based on the 3d position of the reflective object.
20250005894. Contextual Matching_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Chen Huang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Hesameddin Najafi Shoushtari of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Frankie Lu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Shih-Yu Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua M. Susskind of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V10/75, G06V10/34, G06V10/40
CPC Code(s): G06V10/751
Abstract: feature descriptor matching is reformulated into a graph-matching problem. keypoints from a query image and a reference image are initially matched and filtered based on the match. for a given keypoint, a feature graph is constructed based on neighboring keypoints surrounding the given keypoint. the feature graph is compared to a corresponding feature graph of a reference image for the matched keypoint. relocalization data is obtained based on the comparison.
20250007303. RECONFIGURABLE BATTERY PACK_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Juntao Yao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew J. McDowell of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J7/00, H01M10/44, H01M10/46, H01M50/509
CPC Code(s): H02J7/0042
Abstract: a reconfigurable battery pack can include a plurality of cell stacks; a plurality of charger ports each adapted to couple to a respective charger, the plurality of charger ports including a high voltage charger port and a plurality of low voltage charger ports each corresponding to one of the plurality of cell stacks; a low voltage load port adapted to couple to one or more loads; a plurality of switches corresponding to each cell stack and allowing the cell stacks to be selectively connected for series charging at a relatively higher voltage from the high voltage charger port and to be selectively connected to the low voltage load port for discharging at a relatively lower voltage; and a battery pack controller that operates the plurality of switches responsive to signals received from at least one of a charger and the plurality of cell stacks.
20250007332. Wireless Power System With Charging Alerts_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Arash Mehrabi of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Dmitry Berdnikov of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J50/80, H02J50/10, H02J50/40
CPC Code(s): H02J50/80
Abstract: a wireless power system has first and second electronic devices. the first electronic device may receive power from an alternating-current-to-direct-current power converter. a magnetic sensor and/or other sensing circuitry may detect when a second electronic device is attached to the first electronic device. in response to detecting device attachment and receipt of power from the power converter, the first electronic device sends test wireless power signals to the second electronic device. during reception of the test signals, the second electronic device adjusts a ballast load so that output current from a rectifier in the second electronic device flows through the ballast load. the output of the rectifier is measured and compared to a threshold voltage. if the rectifier output voltage exceeds the threshold, the first electronic device is directed to alert the user that wireless charging of the second electronic device is commencing.
20250007549. Electronic Device with Non-Coherent Receiver_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ramin Khayatzadeh of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/16, H04B1/00
CPC Code(s): H04B1/16
Abstract: an electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a non-coherent receiver and a phased antenna array that receives a radio-frequency signal having a sub-thz carrier and one or two sidebands separated from the carrier by an intermediate frequency and carrying wireless data. the receiver may include respective receive paths coupled to each antenna in the phased antenna array, a signal combiner coupled to each of the receive paths, and a demodulator. each receive path may have a respective passive square law envelope detector and a respective phase shifter. the envelope detectors may generate intermediate frequency signals at the intermediate frequency based on the radio-frequency signals. the phase shifters may phase shift the intermediate frequency signals to generate a phase-aligned intermediate frequency signal. the demodulator may recover the wireless data by demodulating the phase-aligned intermediate frequency signal.
Inventor(s): Ramin Khayatzadeh of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Bernhard Raaf of Neuried (DE) for apple inc., Josef Hausner of Germering (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/04, G01S5/02
CPC Code(s): H04B7/04013
Abstract: a communication system may include an electronic device, one or more external devices, and one or more reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (ris's). wireless signals may be incident upon the ris(s) from the external device(s). the ris(s) may have antenna elements that reflect the signals towards the electronic device while being swept over a set of reflected angles. the device may include one or more antennas that receive the reflected wireless signals. the device may perform measurements of the received wireless signals and may generate a steering vector using the measurements. the device may input the steering vector to a super-resolution algorithm that outputs angles-of-arrival of the wireless signals at the ris(s), which can be used to detect the position of the external device(s). the device may receive the wireless signals using a single antenna to minimize resource and space consumption or using multiple antennas to maximize location accuracy.
Inventor(s): Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/06, H04L1/00, H04W56/00, H04W72/1273, H04W72/231, H04W72/51
CPC Code(s): H04B7/06952
Abstract: systems and methods for the use of smart repeater (smr) control information from a base station to an smr to control aspects of smr operation are disclosed herein. the smr control information may control the operation of to either or both of an smr synchronization signal block (ssb) beam sweep or an smr channel state information reference signal (csi-rs) beam sweep. an smr may report, to a base station, smr capability information; receive, from the base station, smr control information corresponding to the smr capability information that includes a first portion configuring an ssb beam sweep and/or a second portion configuring a csi-rs beam sweep; and perform, based on the smr control information, one or both of the smr ssb beam sweep and the smr csi-rs beam sweep. systems and methods for signaling the smr control information between the smr and the base station are also provided.
Inventor(s): Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San DIego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/1829, H04W72/11, H04W72/21
CPC Code(s): H04L1/1861
Abstract: a method for wireless communications, including receiving first semi-persistent scheduling (sps) information indicating a set of receiving occasions; receiving second sps information for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (harq) information for the set of receiving occasions; determining sps harq transmitting occasion based on the received second sps information; monitoring for transmissions during one or more receiving occasions; determining harq feedback value for the one or more receiving occasions based on the monitoring; determining that the sps harq transmitting occasion can be skipped based on the harq feedback value; identifying a first transmitting occasion for transmitting other information to the wireless node; determining that the sps harq transmitting occasion overlaps the first transmitting occasion; determining sps harq feedback information based on the determination that the that the sps harq transmitting occasion overlaps the first transmitting occasion; and multiplexing the sps harq feedback information and the other information.
Inventor(s): Shih-Sang CHIU of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jason D. RICKWALD of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Rupert BURTON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Giancarlo YERKES of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. LEMAY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan PERRON of Felton CA (US) for apple inc., Wei WANG of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N7/15, G06T19/00, H04S7/00
CPC Code(s): H04N7/157
Abstract: in some embodiments, a computer system changes visual appearance of visual representations of participants moving within a simulated threshold distance of a user of the computer system. in some embodiments, a computer system arranges representations of users according to templates. in some embodiments, a computer system arranges representations of users based on shared content. in some embodiments, a computer system changes a spatial arrangement of participants in accordance with a quantity of participants that are a first type of participant. in some embodiments, a computer system changes a spatial arrangement of elements of a real-time communication session to join a group of participants. in some embodiments, a computer system facilitates interaction with groups of spatial representations of participants of a communication session. in some embodiments, a computer system facilitates updates of a spatial arrangement of participants based on a spatial distribution of the participants.
20250008399. ENHANCEMENT ON TN CELL AND NTN CELL RESELECTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen 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., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Peng Cheng of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Ping-Heng Kuo of London (GB) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/08, H04W36/00
CPC Code(s): H04W36/083
Abstract: provided is a method for a user equipment (ue). the ue obtains a cell reselection indication from a network device. the cell reselection indication indicates to the ue whether a terrestrial network (tn) cell or a non-terrestrial network (ntn) cell serves as a camping cell for which the ue performs cell reselection; the ue performs the cell reselection based on the cell reselection indication.
Inventor(s): Yann LY-GAGNON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Arun UNKN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chen GANIR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Duy N. PHAN of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Langford M. WASADA of Poway CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W56/00, H04W4/80, H04W8/00, H04W76/15
CPC Code(s): H04W56/001
Abstract: some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a synchronized short range communication protocol scan mechanism across multiple devices. some aspects relate to an electronic device including a transceiver configured to communicate based on a short range communication protocol and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. the processor receives one or more parameters from a peripheral electronic device and determines, based at least on the one or more parameters, one or more synchronization parameters. the processor further transmits the one or more synchronization parameters to the peripheral electronic device. the one or more synchronization parameters can include at least a scan offset associated with the peripheral electronic device.
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of Cupertino 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 (CH) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/51, H04L5/00, H04W24/08, H04W72/0446, H04W72/566
CPC Code(s): H04W72/51
Abstract: embodiments are disclosed for capability reporting for antenna switching, as, sound reference signals, srs. a user equipment (ue) can transmit a capability report for as srs that includes a plurality of receive antenna (e.g., six or eight receive antenna), and receive srs instructions based on the capability report. the ue can transmit a first temporary capability reduction for a duration, and transmit a first srs according to the first temporary capability reduction and the srs instructions, while maintaining phase continuity. to maintain phase continuity, the ue can calibrate one or more srs ports participating in the as srs to transmit with substantially a same transmit power. the ue can determine that a second srs overlaps an other transmission in a time domain, determine that the other transmission has an absolute priority over the second srs, and transmit the other transmission but not the second srs.
Inventor(s): Chen GANIR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Duy N. PHAN of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Jiawei CHEN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Michael GILES of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Rahul SARNA of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/10, H04W8/22, H04W12/03
CPC Code(s): H04W76/10
Abstract: an apparatus configured to generate, for transmission to a device, first connection related information associated with establishing a short-range communication link, process, based on signals received from the device, second connection related information associated with establishing the short-range communication link with the device, establish the short-range communication link with the device using the first connection related information and the second connection related information, wherein the establishing further comprises the processing circuitry being configured to generate, for transmission to the device, an indication the apparatus supports a fast connection process, generate, for transmission to the device, an indication the apparatus comprises the second connection related information, process, based on signals received from the device, an indication the wireless device supports the fast connection process and process, based on signals received from the device, an indication the device comprises the first connection related information.
20250008799. Displays Having Signal Lines with Transparent Portions_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Shyuan Yang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Gihoon Choo of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jae Won Choi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jean-Pierre S. Guillou of La Jolla CA (US) for apple inc., Jonglo Park of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Kyounghwan Kim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ricardo A. Peterson of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Sungki Lee of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Ting-Kuo Chang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Tsung-Ting Tsai of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Warren S. Rieutort-Louis of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yi Qiao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuchi Che of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Yue Cui of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Yue Jack Chu of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Zhizhen Ma of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H10K59/131, H10K59/121, H10K59/65
CPC Code(s): H10K59/1315
Abstract: a display may include an active area with a first region and a second region. the first region may overlap an input-output component such as a camera and may have a higher transparency than the second region. the first region may have a lower pixel density than the second region. signal lines that pass through the first region may have transparent portions that overlap the first region and opaque portions that overlap the second region. to mitigate artifacts caused by high resistance of the transparent portions of the signal lines, the signal lines may include supplemental opaque portions that are electrically connected in parallel to the transparent portions and that are routed through the second region around the first region.
- Apple Inc.
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- CPC A61B5/7282
- Apple inc.
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- CPC G06F3/0484
- G06F3/04845
- CPC G06F3/04845
- G06F3/04883
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- G06F3/0482
- G06F3/04842
- CPC G06F3/04883
- G06F12/0891
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- CPC G06F12/0891
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- CPC G06T19/00
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- G06T7/73
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- CPC G06V10/751
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- CPC H02J7/0042
- H02J50/80
- H02J50/10
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- CPC H02J50/80
- H04B1/16
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- CPC H04B1/16
- H04B7/04
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- H04W72/1273
- H04W72/231
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- CPC H04B7/06952
- H04L1/1829
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- CPC H04L1/1861
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- CPC H04N7/157
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- H04W72/0446
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