Apple Inc. patent applications on July 18th, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on July 18th, 2024
Apple Inc.: 35 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of H04L5/00 (4), G06F1/3296 (3), H01L25/16 (2), H04B17/318 (2), H04W76/20 (2) G06F1/3296 (2), H04W72/21 (2), A44C5/0007 (1), H04L45/586 (1), H04W74/0841 (1)
With keywords such as: device, user, circuit, power, electronic, information, network, based, circuits, and include in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20240237788. WRISTBANDS WITH MAGNETIC COUPLING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Zaki MOUSTAFA of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Qigen JI of Fairfield CA (US) for apple inc., Caitlin M. MCLAIN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Clayton J. MCCOY of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Hao ZHU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hsiang Hung CHEN of New Taipei (TW) for apple inc., Stephen E. DEY of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Fernando F. CUNHA of Ormond Beach FL (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A44C5/00, A41D20/00
CPC Code(s): A44C5/0007
Abstract: a wristband can comfortably secure an electronic device, such as a wristwatch or fitness/health tracking device, to a wrist of a user. the wristband can include a number of magnets that allow the wristband to be magnetically coupled to itself when folded over or when separate band portions are overlapping. the magnets can include a polymer mixed with a magnetic material to provide magnetic properties and flexibility. the magnets can be joined together by a continuous support structure that extends through opposing pairs of the magnets. the support structure can provide substantial and ability as well as tensile strength. the magnets and the support structure can be surrounded by a flexible cover to protect the components within.
Inventor(s): Bradford Moore of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher Blumenberg of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Marcel Van Os of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Graham Gyatt of El Granada CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01C21/36, G01C21/20, G01C21/34
CPC Code(s): G01C21/3626
Abstract: devices, methods, and machine-read le media to facilitate intuitive comparison and selection of calculated navigation routes are disclosed. an electronic device for navigation includes a touch-sensitive screen and a processing module for displaying a map, calculating a number or navigation routes simultaneously on the touch-sensitive screen, and receiving a selection of a route. callouts, or markers for presenting key information about each route, are also displayed discretely on the map. navigation tiles including key route information and route pictorials can also be created and displayed for each calculated route.
20240241350. Wide Field of View Five Element Lens System_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yuhong Yao of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B13/00, G02B5/20, G02B7/09, G02B9/60, G02B13/04, H04N23/55
CPC Code(s): G02B13/0045
Abstract: lens systems are described that may be used in small form factor cameras. an imaging lens system may include a front aperture and five lens elements, and provides a low f-number (<=2.4), wide field of view (>=82 degrees), and short total track length (ttl). lens system parameters and relationships may be selected at least in part to reduce, compensate, or correct for optical aberrations and lens artifacts and effects across the field of view.
20240241386. HEAD-MOUNTABLE DEVICES WITH MODULAR LENS ASSEMBLIES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul X. WANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jeremy C. FRANKLIN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Adam Y. KOLLGAARD of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: a head-mountable device can include assemblies that provide fit adjustment capabilities when assembled together. by providing head-mountable devices with modular features, certain assemblies can provide fit adjustment capabilities without requiring other assemblies to be custom designed or available in a wide variety of sizes and/or shapes. a lens assembly can provide one or more lenses that accommodate a user's vision correction needs. the lenses can be provided in a manner that allows them to be coupled to displays of the head-mountable device, which can move as needed. the lenses can be coupled to displays to move with the displays.
Inventor(s): Daniel J. Barrett of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Dakota A. Bass of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Sameer Pandya of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Shang L. Tsuei of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Elizabeth C. Porter of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Erik G. de Jong of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jingjing Xu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jacquelynn M. Pok of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Kiran S. Pillai of San Bruno CA (US) for apple inc., Xuan Liu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Adam J. Brinkman of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Paul Choiniere of Livermore CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel W. Jarvis of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jia Liu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G06F1/1652
Abstract: an electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. the display may have a display panel with an array of pixels on a flexible substrate. a display cover layer may overlap the display panel. the flexible substrate may have a protruding portion that forms a tail. the tail may be coupled to a printed circuit on which a display driver integrated circuit and/or other circuitry is mounted. when the display is mounted in the housing, the tail may be bent back on itself to create a bend. the bend may be embedded in a molded polymer member. the molded polymer member may be attached to the housing with adhesive and may directly contact an inner surface of the display cover layer.
Inventor(s): Doron Rajwan of Rishon Lezion (IL) for apple inc., Karl D. Wulcan of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Tal Kuzi of Tel Aviv (IL) for apple inc., Inder M. Sodhi of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Achmed R. Zahir of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Ilya Granovsky of Kiryat Tivon (IL) for apple inc., Nir Leshem of Beit Yanai (IL) for apple inc., Lior Zimet of Kerem Maharal (IL) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3206, G06F1/3228, G06F1/324, G06F1/3293, G06F1/3296
CPC Code(s): G06F1/3206
Abstract: various techniques and circuit implementations for power reduction management in integrated circuits are disclosed. trigger logic circuits and rate control circuits may be implemented in combination with a power management circuit to control power provided to components of the integrated circuits. power may be controlled based on receiving trigger signals from a power management unit. the power management circuit may implement power budgets for various components in the integrated circuits.
20240241570. ADAPTIVE WAKE-UP FOR POWER CONSERVATION IN A PROCESSOR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ping Zhou of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Nikolai Schlegel of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Navid Ehsan of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Zhimin Chen of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Gerard D. Jennings of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3296, G06F13/16
CPC Code(s): G06F1/3296
Abstract: a processor can include various processing pipelines that perform different data processing operations, with different pipelines having dedicated logic and memory circuits. a power management circuit can determine when to supply power to various pipelines, including the logic and memory circuits of the various pipelines, depending on a current operating mode of the processor. when a memory circuit transitions to a lower power state such as a sleep state, data can be saved to a different memory circuit that is not transitioning to a lower power state, and when the memory circuit is powered up again, the data can be restored from the different memory circuit.
20240241571. Scalable Power Delivery System_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Shawn Searles of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Sanjay Pant of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Ludmil N. Nikolov of Chippenham (GB) for apple inc., Tiago Filipe Galhoz Patrao of Swindon (GB) for apple inc., Enrico Zanetti of Cascina (IT) for apple inc., Hao Zhou of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Vincenzo Bisogno of Swindon (GB) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3296, H02M1/00, H02M3/157
CPC Code(s): G06F1/3296
Abstract: a power delivery system included in a computer system uses multiple power converter circuits to generate respective voltage levels on multiple power supply nodes. an embodiment of the power delivery system includes an input power converter circuit that generates a voltage level for use by host and follower power converter circuits. the host power converter circuit generates an external demand current that is shared by multiple follower power converter circuits to regulate the voltage level on the multiple power supply nodes. the power delivery system can be scaled to different platforms of the computer system by adjusting the number of follower power converter circuits.
Inventor(s): Reuben J. Williams of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Clark E. Waterfall of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Eng Eow Goh of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Karan S. Jain of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/044, G06F3/04883
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0446
Abstract: touch input devices are provided with the capability of sensing a capacitive load in a two-dimensional array while also being able to sense deflection or movement of the input device in multiple different locations under an input pad. a touch input device can beneficially be used in a remote control device and can be used with multiple input buttons or platforms overlaying multiple capacitive touch input regions on a capacitive touch sensor substrate. movement and position of a capacitive load can be tracked and calculated via output signals from a set of electrodes or other capacitance sensors with irregular shapes, with inconsistent distances from the capacitive load, and which are positioned below variable materials and material compositions.
Inventor(s): Reuben J. Williams of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Clark E. Waterfall of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Eng Eow Goh of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Karan S. Jain of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/044, G06F3/04883
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0446
Abstract: thus, tracking gestures and taps can be detected using the capacitance sensing devices, and deflection input can be detected using switches or other actuators situated under the capacitance sensing devices.
20240241615. CURSOR TRANSPORT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jack H. LAWRENCE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Mark A. EBBOLE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04812, G06F3/04815
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04812
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that transport a cursor between surfaces of objects within an xr environment. for example, an example process may include displaying a movement of a cursor across a first surface of a first object in a view of a three-dimensional (3d) environment. the process may further include determining that movement of the cursor approaches or intersects a boundary of the first surface at a first position. the process may further include determining a second position on a second surface of a second object in the 3d environment based on a path of the cursor. the process may further include moving the cursor from the first position to the second position.
20240241627. USER INTERFACE FOR INITIATING A TELEPHONE CALL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Aled Hywel WILLIAMS of Llandeilo CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan P. IVE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Bronwyn JONES of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Ieyuki KAWASHIMA of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin LYNCH of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Natalia MARIC of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Andreas E. SCHOBEL of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Molly Pray WIEBE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04842, G06F3/01, G06F3/04817, G06F3/0482, G06F3/04883, G06F3/04886, H04M1/72469
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04842
Abstract: an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, one or more processors, and memory detects a first user input. in response to detecting the first user input, the device displays on the touch-sensitive display a user interface screen including a first affordance and a second affordance. the device detects a second user input including a contact on the touch-sensitive display. in accordance with a determination that the contact corresponds to selection of the first affordance, the electronic device is caused to turn off. in accordance with a determination that the contact corresponds to selection of the second affordance, the device causes initiation of a telephone call to a determined number.
Inventor(s): Christopher T. Eubank of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Tomlinson Holman of Palm Springs CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16, G11B20/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/165
Abstract: a method performed by a portable media player device. the method receives a microphone signal that includes audio content output by an audio playback device via a loudspeaker. the method determines identification information regarding the audio content, wherein the identification information is determined through an acoustic signal analysis of the microphone signal. in response to determining that the audio playback device has ceased outputting the audio content, the method retrieves from local memory of the portable media player device or a remote device with which the portable media player device is communicatively coupled, an audio signal that corresponds to the audio content and drives a speaker that is not part of the audio playback device using the audio signal to continue outputting the audio content and any additional audio content related to the audio content.
Inventor(s): Brian E. GOLDBERG of Raleigh NC (US) for apple inc., Blade E. CHAPMAN of Cary NC (US) for apple inc., Ken T. LOH of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/20, G06T7/70
CPC Code(s): G06T19/20
Abstract: in some aspects, an electronic device displays virtual objects in a three-dimensional extended reality (“xr”) environment with automatically determined location(s) and/or orientation(s). in some aspects, the electronic device receives an input corresponding to a request to display the virtual objects in the xr environment. in some aspects, in response to the input, the electronic device displays the virtual objects in the xr environment. in some aspects, the electronic device compares characteristics of a physical environment of the electronic device with characteristics of the at least the subset of the collection of the virtual objects, including determining first locations of walls of the physical environment relative to at least one of a second location of the user interface of the first application or a third location of a user of the electronic device, to determine the location(s) and orientation(s) at which to display the virtual object(s).
20240242499. VISUAL SEARCH FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Lukas A. BOSSARD of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Matthias DANTONE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Pulah J. SHAH of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wentao WU of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yang ZHAO of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V20/20, G06F18/40, G06N20/00, G06Q30/0601, G06T11/00, G06V10/25, H04N23/617, H04N23/63, H04N23/80
CPC Code(s): G06V20/20
Abstract: the subject technology provides visual search systems and methods that can be used to efficiently perform visual searches on an electronic device. the subject technology provides systems and methods for presenting one or more visual indicators corresponding to the searchable portions of digital content. a visual search may include identifying, at an electronic device, an element of interest in an image. a visual indicator for the element of interest may be overlaid on the image at a location corresponding to the element of interest. the visual indicator may be selectable to cause a display of information associated with the element of interest responsive to the selection.
20240242692. BILLBOARD FOR CONTEXT INFORMATION SHARING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Helena Deirdre O’Shea of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Matthias Sauer of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jorge L. Rivera Espinoza of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G5/00, G06F12/14, G06F13/40, G06F13/42
CPC Code(s): G09G5/006
Abstract: embodiments relate to a billboard circuit that stores context information received from various component circuits in an electronic device. the context information indicates an operating status of the corresponding component circuit, system or shared resources. the stored context information may be retrieved by one or more component circuits when events (e.g., turning on of a component circuit) are detected. by using the billboard circuit, a component circuit may detect changes in the operating status of other components circuits and configure or update its operations even when the changes occurred while the component circuit was asleep or disabled. the billboard circuit may monitor updating of the context information by the component circuit and initiate notification to other components circuits when certain entries of the context information is updated.
20240242840. HEALTH EVENT LOGGING AND COACHING USER INTERFACES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Rajiv B. KUMAR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Susie H. BUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Louis CHATTA of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Kelsey D. VARBEL of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Justin P. DOBSON of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Shonn P. HENDEE of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Brett L. LAREAU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Tal LORBERBAUM of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Helen T. VO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G16H50/30, G16H40/67
CPC Code(s): G16H50/30
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to logging health-related events and for health-related coaching. in some embodiments, an event is logged by associating an action with a specific time and a user sentiment. in some embodiments, an event challenge, associated with a log entry, is transmitted to an external electronic device.
Inventor(s): Vidhya Ramachandran of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Zhai of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chonghua Zhong of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Kunzhong Hu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Shawn Searles of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Joseph T. DiBene, II of Corralitos CA (US) for apple inc., Mengzhi Pang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L21/77, H01L21/66, H01L23/00, H01L25/03, H01L25/16, H01L25/18
CPC Code(s): H01L21/77
Abstract: systems including voltage regulator circuits are disclosed. in one embodiment, an apparatus includes a voltage regulator controller integrated circuit (ic) die including one or more portions of a voltage regulator circuit. the apparatus further includes a capacitor die, an inductor die, and an interconnect layer arranged over the voltage regulator controller ic die, the capacitor die and the inductor die. the interconnect provides electrical connections between the voltage regulator controller ic die, the capacitor die and the inductor die to form the voltage regulator circuit. in a further embodiment, the voltage regulator controller ic die, the capacitor die and the inductor die are arranged in a planar fashion within a voltage regulator module. in still another embodiment, a system ic is coupled to the voltage regulator module and includes one or more functional circuit blocks coupled to receive a regulated supply voltage generated by the voltage regulator circuit.
20240243113. THIN SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE WITH SHIELDED STEPPED MOLD_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sidharth S. Dalmia of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L25/16, H01L23/00, H01L23/31, H01L23/498, H01L23/538, H01L23/552
CPC Code(s): H01L25/165
Abstract: a system-in-package for an electronic device with a reduced thickness is presented herein. the system-in-package includes a stepped mold, an insulation film substrate, at least one processor die, and at least one passive element. the insulation film substrate is connected to a multi-layer board via a first plurality of connectors. the at least one processor die is integrated into the stepped mold and stacked onto the insulation film substrate via a second plurality of connectors. the at least one passive element is integrated into the stepped mold and stacked onto the insulation film substrate.
Inventor(s): Weidong Yang of San Digeo CA (US) for apple inc., Amir Aminzadeh Gohari of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Chao Jin of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ruoheng Liu 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., Wenshu Zhang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yinghui Li of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/1829, H04L1/00, H04L1/1607
CPC Code(s): H04L1/1854
Abstract: systems and methods for modularized design for inter-physical layer priority uplink control information (uci) multiplexing are disclosed herein. a user equipment (ue) may determine a first code rate for a first portion of uci and a second code rate for a second portion of uci. different code rates may be used to encode different portions of uci (e.g., hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (harq-ack) bits, channel state information (csi) reporting bits, scheduling request (sr) bits, cyclic redundancy check (crc) bits, etc.). further, a ue may select a group of bets offset sets based on a physical layer priority type and a uci multiplexing type.
20240243999. SYMMETRIC ROUTING IN VIRTUALIZED NETWORKS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Chirag Wighe of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Samrat Ganguly of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L45/586, H04L9/40, H04L12/46
CPC Code(s): H04L45/586
Abstract: embodiments disclosed herein relate to source-based symmetric routing of network traffic in virtual networks. in particular, a source of network traffic in the virtual network is equipped with a routing table that causes the source of the network traffic to route the network traffic symmetrically across zones of the virtual network.
20240244097. ALARMS FOR A SYSTEM OF SMART MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Thomas M. ALSINA of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., David C. GRAHAM of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew M. WADYCKI of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Edward T. SCHMIDT of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Joel M. LOPES DA SILVA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Richard M. POWELL of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Gregory R. CHAPMAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L65/60, G08B3/10, H04L12/28, H04L65/612, H04L67/306, H04L67/60, H04N21/2387, H04N21/262, H04N21/41, H04N21/436, H04N21/45, H04N21/458, H04N21/472, H04N21/482, H04N21/488
CPC Code(s): H04L65/60
Abstract: one embodiment provides for a media playback device comprising a memory device to store instructions; one or more processors to execute the instructions stored on the memory device, the instructions to cause the one or more processors to provide a playback queue manager to manage one or more media playback queues including a set of media items associated with a scheduled event and a playback routing manager to determine an output destination for the set of media items based on context associated with the scheduled event, the playback routing manager to route output of playback of the set of media items to one or more of multiple different connected media playback devices based on the context associated with the scheduled event.
20240244118. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE USER DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Christopher M. BELL of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christoph PAASCH of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L67/55, H04L12/18, H04W4/18, H04L51/04, H04L67/10, H04L67/306, H04L67/54, H04W4/021, H04W4/80
CPC Code(s): H04L67/55
Abstract: a server network accepts asynchronous notification messages from multiple application servers and efficiently routes notification messages in the form of notification taps to a user device, which can operate in a low power mode. the user device may or may not be a cellular device. the server network maintains states for the user devices in terms of identifiers useful for routing. a network server proximate to the user device registers the identifiers useful for routing the notifications. when the server network receives a notification from a source application, the proximate network server determines a routing based on the registration and sends a notification tap to the user device. the user device can obtain notification content sourced by the source application. the user device can delegate the role of receiving notification taps to a delegate device, where the delegate device may have wall-power and/or a wired or wireless network connection.
20240244329. AUTOMATIC REFRAMING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Onur E. TACKIN of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Dhruv SAMANT of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Samuel D. POST of Great Falls MT (US) for apple inc., Mahmut DEMIR of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/695, H04L12/18, H04N23/611
CPC Code(s): H04N23/695
Abstract: this disclosure provides more effective and/or efficient techniques for image and/or video capture. for example, some techniques include identifying a subject in a view of a camera and, based on the subject, shifting the view of the camera. shifting the view of the camera based on the subject can allow the computer system to automatically adjust the view of the camera without explicit user input and/or allow the subject to guide the view of the camera without the subject needing to physically move the camera and/or navigate through cumbersome user interfaces. such techniques optionally complement or replace other techniques for image and/or video capture.
20240244336. IMAGE SYNCHRONIZATION FOR MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Arun KANNAN of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Dario A. ARANGUIZ of Lafayette CO (US) for apple inc., Mohamed AL SHARNOUBY of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Rajiv KUMAR of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Rohan Sanjeev PATIL of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Varadharajan CHANDRAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Venu M. DUGGINENI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/90, G06V10/44
CPC Code(s): H04N23/90
Abstract: aspects of the subject technology may provide time-synchronized image frames from multiple cameras to various system and/or application processes running on an electronic device. in one or more implementations, a frame identifier may be determined for each image frame from each camera based on a system pulse associated with the capture of the image frame. by generating frame identifiers based for images from multiple cameras based on a centralized source such as the system pulses, subsequent processes can immediately identify images from multiple cameras having the same frame identifier for co-processing of those images.
20240244424. LAYER-2 SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Christian Hofmann of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Panagiotis Botsinis of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sameh M. Eldessoki of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Tarik Tabet of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/00, H04W12/033
CPC Code(s): H04W12/009
Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including generating a layer-2 (l2) header block for a medium access control (mac) subprotocol data unit (subpdu), the mac subpdu including a mac service data unit (sdu) that includes an internet protocol (ip) packet; ciphering at least a portion of the l2 header block; and assembling a transport block that includes the ciphered portion of the l2 header block in the mac subpdu.
Inventor(s): Daniel FREEMAN of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Derek B. BARRENTINE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/02, G10L15/22, H04M1/72403, H04M1/72409, H04M1/72415, H04M1/72454, H04M1/57, H04M1/60, H04M1/72412, H04M1/7243, H04M1/72433, H04M1/72442
CPC Code(s): H04W52/0254
Abstract: methods and systems in which a portable electronic device can be voice activated are disclosed. the portable electronic device can be a multi-function electronic device. the voice activation can be robust and context sensitive. the voice activation can also be utilized without any preparatory user action with respect to the portable electronic device. the portable electronic device can also interact with a media system.
20240244533. UL GAP TRIGGERING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing HU of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Sharad SAMBHWANI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang CHEN of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/14, H04B17/318, H04W52/02, H04W52/36, H04W76/20, H04W80/02
CPC Code(s): H04W52/146
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to uplink (ul) gap triggering. according to embodiments of the present disclosure, a processor of user equipment is configured to perform following operations. the operations comprise transmitting to a network a user preference via a first signaling, wherein the user preference indicates a preference of the ue in uplink (ul) gap configuration; transmitting to the network an ul gap activation request via a second signaling, wherein the ul gap activation request indicates the network that an ul gap activation for the ue is needed; and transmitting to the network device an ul gap deactivation request via a third signaling, wherein the ul gap deactivation request indicates the network that an ul gap deactivation for the ue is needed.
Inventor(s): Amr Abdelrahman Yousef Abdelrahman Mostafa of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Panagiotis Botsinis of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Tarik Tabet of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc., Christian Hofmann of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sameh M. Eldessoki of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/04
CPC Code(s): H04W72/04
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for uplink (ul) grant adjustment in wireless networks.
Inventor(s): Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/1268, H04L5/00, H04W72/044, H04W72/231
CPC Code(s): H04W72/1268
Abstract: systems and methods for associating phase tracking reference signal (ptrs) and demodulation reference signal (dmrs) ports for multi-beam physical uplink shared channel (pusch) transmissions are described herein. a base station may provide, to a user equipment (ue), ptrs and dmrs port associations for the multiple beams on which the pusch is transmitted. in some cases, a 2-bit downlink control information (dci) field may be used to alternatively provide single beam or multiple beam ptrs and dmrs port associations to a ue. for non-codebook (ncb) based transmissions, the ue may alternatively determine ptrs and dmrs port associations for multiple beams independently of any ptrs and dmrs port association indicated in dci.
Inventor(s): Weidong Yang of San Digeo CA (US) for apple inc., Amir Aminzadeh Gohari of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Chao Jin of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ruoheng Liu 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., Wenshu Zhang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yinghui Li of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/21, H04B7/06, H04L1/00, H04L1/1812, H04L5/00, H04W72/12, H04W72/566
CPC Code(s): H04W72/21
Abstract: systems and methods for modularized design for inter-physical layer priority uplink control information (uci) multiplexing are disclosed herein. a user equipment (ue) may determine a first code rate for a first portion of uci and a second code rate for a second portion of uci. different code rates may be used to encode different portions of uci (e.g., hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (harq-ack) bits, channel state information (csi) reporting bits, scheduling request (sr) bits, cyclic redundancy check (crc) bits, etc.). further, a ue may select a group of bets offset sets based on a physical layer priority type and a uci multiplexing type.
Inventor(s): Weidong Yang of San Digeo CA (US) for apple inc., Amir Aminzadeh Gohari of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Chao Jin of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ruoheng Liu 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., Wenshu Zhang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yinghui Li of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/21, H04W72/232, H04W72/563
CPC Code(s): H04W72/21
Abstract: systems and methods for modularized design for inter-physical layer priority uplink control information (uci) multiplexing are disclosed herein. a user equipment (ue) may determine a first code rate for a first portion of uci and a second code rate for a second portion of uci. different code rates may be used to encode different portions of uci (e.g., hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (harq-ack) bits, channel state information (csi) reporting bits, scheduling request (sr) bits, cyclic redundancy check (crc) bits, etc.). further, a ue may select a group of bets offset sets based on a physical layer priority type and a uci multiplexing type.
Inventor(s): Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri 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., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/23, H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04W72/23
Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. to monitor a pdcch for ca, a ue may receive pdcch candidates in a plurality of configured component carriers (ccs). in response to a determination that a maximum number of virtual ccs that the ue is capable of monitoring for pdcch is smaller than a number of the plurality of configured ccs, the ue groups the plurality of configured ccs into cc groups based at least in part on scs numerologies and pdcch monitoring configurations corresponding to span patterns within a slot of a dl subframe. the ue determines a maximum number of blind decoding operations and non-overlapped cces for each of the cc groups. the ue then monitors at least a first portion of the pdcch candidates based on the maximum number of blind decoding operations and non-overlapped cces for each of the cc groups.
20240244641. SIDELINK POSITIONING WITH DEDICATED RESOURCE POOL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/25, H04B17/318, H04L5/00, H04W72/40
CPC Code(s): H04W72/25
Abstract: a processor is provided. the processor has circuitry that executes instructions to cause a user equipment (ue) to perform operations. the operations include obtaining a message that configures a dedicated resource pool for sidelink positioning. the operations include determining a sidelink positioning resource from the dedicated resource pool. the operations include transmitting a sidelink positioning reference signal (sl-prs) using the sidelink positioning resource. a method and a ue are also provided.
Inventor(s): Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Longda Xing of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Murtaza A. Shikari of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Sarma V. Vangala of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Srinivasan Nimmala of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W74/0833, H04W56/00, H04W76/20
CPC Code(s): H04W74/0841
Abstract: techniques discussed herein can facilitate inactive state transmissions for a base station (bs) via a 4-step or 2-step inactive state rach process. one example aspect is a bs including communication circuitry and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communication circuitry and configured to cause the bs to transmit a radio link quality threshold and an uplink data size for a radio resource control (rrc) inactive data transmission. receive a random access channel (rach) preamble in response to the radio link quality threshold and the uplink data size being satisfied. receive the rrc inactive data transmission, and transmit a rach message in response to receiving the rrc inactive data transmission.
Inventor(s): Lochan Verma of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Martijn T. Haring of Utrecht (NL) for apple inc., Florian Galdo of Emerald Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Siegfried Lehmann of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yann Ly-Gagnon of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/11, H04W76/14
CPC Code(s): H04W76/11
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for access control operation between devices in a wireless communication system. an access device may store reader group identifier information for one or more reader devices. the access device may receive an advertisement indication from a reader device in a wireless manner. the advertisement indication may include a reader group identifier for the reader device. the access device may determine that the reader group identifier information stored by the access device includes the reader group identifier indicated by the reader device. the access device may attempt to perform access control communication exchange with the reader device based at least in part on determining that the reader group identifier information stored by the access device includes the reader group identifier indicated by the reader device.
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- Apple inc.
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