Apple Inc. patent applications on June 20th, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on June 20th, 2024
Apple Inc.: 63 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/01 (6), G02B27/01 (6), H04L5/00 (4), G06F3/04883 (4), G06F3/16 (4) H02M3/07 (2), G09G3/3208 (2), G02B27/0172 (2), G06F3/0482 (2), H04W28/0231 (2)
With keywords such as: device, user, display, information, electronic, configured, based, current, input, and embodiments in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
Inventor(s): Srirang A. Lovlekar of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Murtaza A. Shikari of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Srinivasan Nimmala of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sree Ram Kodali of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Longda Xing of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zhiwei Wang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yaoqi Yan of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Muthukumaran Dhanapal of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Beibei Wang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lele Cui of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61L2/24, A61L2/10, A61L2/22
CPC Code(s): A61L2/24
Abstract: devices and associated methods for operating a dual-subscriber identity module (sim) dual-standby (dsds) user equipment device (ue) configured with a first sim and a second sim. the ue performs communications with a first cellular network using the first sim and a first radio resource control (rrc) connection, and receives a request to perform a higher priority communication using the second sim. in response to the request to perform the higher priority communication, the ue transmits a request to the first network to suspend the first rrc connection. after transmission of the request to suspend the first rrc connection, the ue receives a message from the first network to place the first rrc connection in an inactive state, and initiates a timer, wherein the timer is used to determine whether the first rrc connection remains in the inactive state or transitions to an idle state.
20240198881.Energy Absorbing Rail_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Luke T. Ottaway of Brisbane CA (US) for apple inc., Derrick T. Jue of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Arturo Llamazares Domper of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Thuan D. Doan of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jesse T. Buehler of Portola Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Mikael P. Sedlacek of Carmel Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Albert J. Golko of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): B60N3/02
CPC Code(s): B60N3/02
Abstract: a rail that includes an energy absorbing portion surrounded by an outer portion. a connector includes a first end configured to be coupled to a structure and a second end coupled to the rail.
20240198945.Object Detection_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jeffrey A. Sewell of Wyandotte MI (US) for apple inc., Joyce Y. Kwong of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Julia M. Sohnen of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Nathaniel J. Dennis of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Paul J. Costa of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Scott R. Mahr of Somers MT (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): B60R21/015, B60R22/48
CPC Code(s): B60R21/01548
Abstract: a system includes an infrared source is configured to transmit infrared waves. the system also includes a material that reflects infrared waves. an infrared receiver is configured to receive infrared waves reflected from the material.
20240198960.MOBILE KEY ENROLLMENT AND USE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Vitalii KRAMAR of Woodinville WA (US) for apple inc., Dorian D. DARGAN of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Marcel VAN OS of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): B60R25/24, B60K35/00, B60K35/10, B60R25/01, B60R25/25, G07C9/00
CPC Code(s): B60R25/24
Abstract: a computer system performs techniques related to displaying a representation of a secure credential and using the secure credential. in some embodiments, a computer system detects that the computer system is physically near a vehicle. in some embodiments, a computer system permits a user access to use one or more functions of a vehicle using a secure credential.
Inventor(s): Brian W. TEMPLE of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Devin W. CHALMERS of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas G. SALTER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yiqiang NIE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01C21/36, G02B27/01, G06F3/01, G06F3/0346, G06F3/16, G06T19/00, H04M1/72454, H04W4/024
CPC Code(s): G01C21/3632
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provides directional awareness indicators based on context detected in a physical environment. for example, an example process may include obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors of the device in a physical environment, detecting a context associated with a use of the device in the physical environment based on the sensor data, determining whether to present a directional awareness indicator based on determining that the context represents a state in which the user would benefit from the directional awareness indicator, and in accordance with determining to present the directional awareness indicator, identifying a direction for the directional awareness indicator, wherein the direction corresponds to a cardinal direction or a direction towards an anchored location or an anchored device, and presenting the directional awareness indicator based on the identified direction.
20240200967.USER INTERFACES FOR SUPPLEMENTAL MAPS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Vincent P. ARROYO of Union City CA (US) for apple inc., Giovanni S. LUIS of Manhattan Beach CA (US) for apple inc., James KILLICK of Tucson AZ (US) for apple inc., Yuval KOSSOVSKY of Wexford PA (US) for apple inc., Guillaume CROUIGNEAU of Versailles (FR) for apple inc., Sebastian A. ARAYA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel E. MARUSICH of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Neil M. APPEL of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Gregory S. ROBBIN of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Brian R. FRICK of Mt. Pleasant SC (US) for apple inc., Hollie R. FIGUEROA of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Konstantin SINITSYN of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc., Ryan W. APUY of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Linghao LI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Boon Tat Khoo of Singapore (SG) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01C21/36
CPC Code(s): G01C21/3682
Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device displays supplemental map information in a primary map application. in some embodiments, an electronic device displays curated navigation directions using supplemental maps. in some embodiments, an electronic device displays virtual views of a physical location or environment using supplemental maps. in some embodiments, an electronic device displays media content in a map application. in some embodiments, an electronic device displays map information in a media content application. in some embodiments, an electronic device adds annotations to maps which are shared to a second electronic device. in some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates a way to obtain access to supplemental maps via a map store user interface. in some embodiments, an electronic device displays one or more routes associated with a supplemental map. in some embodiments, an electronic device utilizes one or more artificial intelligence modules to generate a supplemental map.
20240201499.Display Devices with Bridge Emitters and Sensors_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Nurul Islam of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Malcolm J Northcott of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, F21V8/00, G03B21/20
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: an electronic device may include a first and second projectors, first, second, and third waveguides, light sources, and optical sensors. the sources may emit calibration light into the third waveguide, which splits the calibration light between the first and second waveguides. couplers on the third waveguide may couple the calibration light out of the third waveguide and partial reflectors on the first and second waveguides may reflect the calibration light back towards the optical couplers as reflected light. the couplers may provide the reflected light to the sensors, which generate electrical signals using the reflected light. control circuitry may compare the electrical signals between different sensor locations to identify relative angles between the first waveguide, the second waveguide, the first projector, and/or the second projector. the control circuitry may use the identified relative angles to adjust projector images to compensate for optical misalignments over time.
20240201500.Displays Having Progressive Lenses_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kevin A. Keilbach of Boulder CO (US) for apple inc., Barbara J. Kruse of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Vikrant Bhakta of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Hyungryul Choi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B6/26
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: a display may include a waveguide that directs image light towards an eye box within a field of view (fov). a first lens may transmit world light to the waveguide and a second lens may transmit the world light and the image light to the eye box. one or more surfaces of the first and second lenses may collectively have a first region with a first optical power, a second region with a second optical power, a corridor with gradient optical power and constant astigmatism, and blending regions with variable astigmatism. the second region may be shifted downwards in elevation angle, the corridor may be elongated, and/or the blending regions may be disposed away from the fov to prevent the blending regions from introducing astigmatism to the image light at the eye box.
20240201512.LENTICULAR IMAGE GENERATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Noah D. Bedard of Pacifica CA (US) for apple inc., Bosheng Zhang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Brett D. Miller of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Seung Wook Kim of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B30/27, G02B27/01, G06F3/01, G06T15/00, H04N13/275
CPC Code(s): G02B30/27
Abstract: methods and apparatus for generating images to be displayed on lenticular displays. in these methods, a fixed mesh is generated offline, and in real-time texture information is mapped to the fixed mesh. in an offline process, texture and 3d mesh information for an object is used to render uv map views for multiple viewpoints of the object, view maps are generated from display calibration data, and a lenticular to uv map is generated from the uv map views and view maps. in real-time, texture information is captured, and a composite process is performed that generates a lenticular image for multiple viewpoints by sampling pixels from the texture based on the lenticular to uv map. the lenticular image is then displayed on the lenticular display. detected positions of persons in the environment may be used to limit the number of viewpoints that are generated during the real-time composite process.
20240201515.ADJUSTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul X. Wang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02C5/14, G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G02C5/143
Abstract: a wearable electronic device including a display and a support arm attached to the display. the support arm can define a sleeve and can include an extendable portion movable within the sleeve. the support arm having a retracted state and an extended state.
20240201766.System-on-Chip with DVFM Protection Circuit_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Doron Rajwan of Rishon Lezion (IL) for apple inc., Ami Schwartzman of Kfar Saba (IL) for apple inc., Lior Zimet of Kerem Maharal (IL) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/28
CPC Code(s): G06F1/28
Abstract: a system includes multiple hardware circuits and protection circuitry. the multiple hardware circuits are coupled to respective power domains having respective sets of domain-specific power settings. the protection circuitry is configured to monitor requests in which one or more of the hardware circuits request transitions between the domain-specific power settings, to determine, from among multiple system-level combinations of the domain-specific power settings, a subset of system-level combinations that could potentially be traversed in performing the requested transitions, and to initiate a responsive action upon detecting that any of the system-level combinations in the subset is specified as invalid.
Inventor(s): David M Jun of Boulder CO (US) for apple inc., Arun Kannan of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Kaushik Raghunath of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc., Nikhil Sharma of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Venu M Duggineni of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3287, G06F1/16, G06F1/20
CPC Code(s): G06F1/3287
Abstract: an electronic device may include software and hardware subsystems that are centrally controlled by a user experience manager. the user experience manager can identify a current user context and enforce a corresponding power and performance policy for the various subsystems that is optimized for the current user context. the user experience manager can provide a set of restrictions at the launch of a user experience, can allow the various subsystems to vary their dynamic behavior based on current operating conditions as long as the dynamic adjustments do not violate the restrictions, and can perform a series of thermal mitigation operations as the internal temperature of the electronic device varies. the centralized user experience manager can also be configured to predict a user context based on monitored states of the subsystems and monitored application usage on the electronic device.
Inventor(s): Stephen O. Lemay of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Sean B. Kelly of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0482, G06F3/04817, G06F3/04842, G06F8/61, G06F9/451, G06Q20/12, G06Q30/0601
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0482
Abstract: a mobile device with a display receives one or more inputs to install an application on the mobile device. the mobile device initiates a download of the application to the mobile device. while the application is downloading to the mobile device, the mobile device displays, on a home screen of the display, a placeholder object associated with the application. the mobile device displays, at the placeholder object on the home screen of the display, an indicator showing progress of installation of the application.
Inventor(s): Graham R. CLARKE of Scotts Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Simon BOVET of Zurich (CH) for apple inc., Eric M. G. CIRCLAEYS of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Lynne DEVINE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Alan C. DYE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Andreas KARLSSON of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Matthieu LUCAS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Johnnie B. MANZARI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nicole R. RYAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., William A. SORRENTINO, III of Mill Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Gregg SUZUKI of Daly City CA (US) for apple inc., Sergey TATARCHUK of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0482, G06F3/01, G06F3/04845, G06F3/0485, G06F3/04883, G06F9/451, G06F16/432, G06F16/435, G06F16/438, G06F16/44
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0482
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to navigating a collection of media items. in accordance with one embodiment, in response to receiving an input, a device displays a first view of a collection of media items, including concurrently displaying a representation of a first time period and a representation of a second time period. in accordance with a determination that a current time is associated with a first recurring temporal event: the representation of the first time period includes a first representative media item and the representation of the second time period includes a second representative media item. in accordance with a determination that the current time is associated with a second recurring temporal event, the representation of the first time period includes a third representative media item and the representation of the second time period includes a fourth representative media item.
20240201838.WEATHER USER INTERFACE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Lawrence Y. YANG of Bellevue WA (US) for apple inc., Wan Si WAN of Sunnyvale 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., Kevin LYNCH of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Brian SCHMITT of Venice CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher WILSON of Sonoma CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0485, G06F3/01, G06F3/0362, G06F3/04847, G06F3/0488, G06F3/04883, H04M1/72451, H04M1/72454, H04M1/72457
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0485
Abstract: reduced-size user interfaces for providing weather information are disclosed. at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, indications of a location and a temperature at the location may be displayed. in some examples, a user may provide input through a touch on the touch-sensitive display and/or through a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism to display additional weather information, such as weather information for another location, another temperature, another time, and so forth. in some examples, the device may obtain data representing an upcoming activity, determine whether the activity is to begin within a threshold amount of time, and display weather information based on the upcoming activity. in some examples, the device may display an affordance at a position to indicate the time of day for which a weather condition is provided.
Inventor(s): Eric T. SEYMOUR of Sonoma CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher B. FLEIZACH of Gilroy CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G06F3/041, G06F3/0482, G06F3/04842, G06F3/0488
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04883
Abstract: an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, a first visual indicator. the electronic device receives a first single touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the first visual indicator; and, in response to detecting the first single touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the first visual indicator, replaces display of the first visual indicator with display of a first menu. the first menu includes a virtual touches selection icon. in response to detecting selection of the virtual touches selection icon, the electronic device displays a menu of virtual multitouch contacts.
20240201946.ZERO LATENCY DIGITAL ASSISTANT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): William F. STASIOR of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., David A. CARSON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Rohit DASARI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yoon KIM of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16, G06F3/038, G06F3/0481, G06F3/06, G10L15/08, G10L15/22, G10L15/28, G10L15/32
CPC Code(s): G06F3/167
Abstract: an electronic device can implement a zero-latency digital assistant by capturing audio input from a microphone and using a first processor to write audio data representing the captured audio input to a memory buffer. in response to detecting a user input while capturing the audio input, the device can determine whether the user input meets a predetermined criteria. if the user input meets the criteria, the device can use a second processor to identify and execute a task based on at least a portion of the contents of the memory buffer.
20240202092.SMART ADVICE TO CHARGE NOTIFICATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Cyril DE LA CROPTE DE CHANTERAC of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Phillip STANLEY-MARBELL of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Katrik VENKATRAMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Gaurav KAPOOR of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F11/32, G06F1/3203, G06F1/3212
CPC Code(s): G06F11/327
Abstract: systems and methods are disclosed for advising a user when an energy storage device in a computing system needs charging. state of charge data of the energy storage device can be measured and stored at regular intervals. the historic state of charge data can be queried over a plurality of intervals and a state of charge curve generated that is representative of a user's charging habits over time. the state of charge curve can be used to generate a rate of charge histogram and an acceleration of charge histogram. these can be used to predict when a user will charge next, and whether the energy storage device will have an amount of energy below a predetermined threshold amount before the next predicted charging time. a first device can determine when a second device typically charges and whether the energy storage device in the second device will have an amount of energy below the predetermined threshold amount before the next predicted charge time for the second device. the first device can generate an advice to charge notification to the user on either, or both, devices.
20240202146.Memory Device Bandwidth Optimization_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Gregory S. Mathews of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Shane J. Keil of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F13/16, G06F1/06
CPC Code(s): G06F13/1684
Abstract: techniques for scheduling memory operations are disclosed in which alternate read/write commands within a multi-bank memory operation are delayed beyond a minimum timing parameter in order to increase memory data bus utilization. the remaining read/write commands are not delayed beyond the minimum timing parameter. every other clock cycle (e.g., even clock cycles) within the memory operation is reserved for activate commands, while other commands such as sync and read/write are scheduled on the intervening clock cycles (e.g., odd clock cycles). for memory devices for which a sync command (which causes a clock of the memory data bus to start) is to precede a corresponding read/write command by a number of clock cycles that would place it in a cycle reserved for activate commands, a particular operation mode is disclosed in which the memory device internally delays a received sync command.
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., Bernd Adler of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F13/36
CPC Code(s): G06F13/36
Abstract: embodiments relate to coordinating the operations of subsystems in a communication system of an electronic device where a coexistence hub device monitors the state information transmitted as coexistence messages over one or more multi-drop buses, processes the monitored coexistence messages and sends out control messages as coexistence messages to other systems on chips (socs). the coexistence hub device can also update the operations of the communication system. the coexistence hub device may receive an operation policy from a central processor and may execute the operation policy without further coordination of the central processor. the coexistence hub device broadcasts the control messages as coexistence messages according to the executed operation policy.
Inventor(s): Tom Bert Etienne Hauspy of Jetzendorf (DE) for apple inc., Biljana Badic of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Christian Drewes of Germering (DE) for apple inc., Christian W. Mucke of Bad Hofgastein (AT) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0601, G06N20/00, G06Q20/32
CPC Code(s): G06Q30/0601
Abstract: smart gesturing may facilitate smart shopping and other contactless experiences by enabling a user to perform a natural gesture toward one or more desired items with or while wearing a wearable or non-wearable electronic device. the electronic device may identify the smart gesture, and determine the one or more desired items are indicated by the smart gesture. the electronic device may identify the desired items by receiving location data of multiple items, determining a vector based on a first position a second position of the smart gesture, extending the vector to a location, and using the location data to determine which item or items correspond to the location. if more than one item is indicated by the smart gesture, the electronic device may enable selection of the items and, if at least one item is selected, provide information on the selected items or enable additional interaction with the selected items.
20240202805.INTELLIGENT DELIVERY AND ACQUISITION OF DIGITAL ASSETS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Christopher B. Chang of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Sean B. Kelly of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Olagappan Manickam of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas Alsina of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Payam Mirrashidi of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Michael Kuohao Chu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin R. Lafferty of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06Q30/0601, G06F16/40, H04L67/06
CPC Code(s): G06Q30/0641
Abstract: improved techniques and systems for delivery and acquisition of digital assets are disclosed. the techniques and systems are especially suitable and useful for delivering digital assets (e.g., media assets) that are available for acquisition and electronic delivery from online stores to electronic devices. in accordance with one aspect, when a digital asset is acquired from an online store via an electronic device associated with a user, the digital asset can be arranged for delivery to a number of other of electronic devices also associated with the user. it will be appreciated that the digital asset can be delivered and acquired without requiring explicit user input or instruction in accordance with another aspect. other aspects of the techniques and systems include customization of configuration and user interfaces that are provided to facilitate acquisition of digital assets in a more efficient manner.
20240202866.Warped Perspective Correction_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Samer Barakat of Elk Grove CA (US) for apple inc., Bertrand Nepveu of Montreal (CA) for apple inc., Christian W. Gosch of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Vincent Chapdelaine-Couture of Carignan (CA) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T3/18, G02B27/01, G06T7/55
CPC Code(s): G06T3/18
Abstract: in one implementation, a method of performing perspective correction of an image is performed by a device including an image sensor, a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. the method includes capturing, using the image sensor, an image of a physical environment. the method includes obtaining a plurality of initial depths respectively associated with a plurality of pixels of the image of the physical environment. the method includes generating a depth map for the image of the physical environment based on the plurality of initial depths and a respective plurality of confidences of the plurality of initial depths. the method includes transforming, using the one or more processors, the image of the physical environment based on the depth map and a difference between a perspective of the image sensor and a perspective of a user. the method includes displaying, on the display, the transformed image.
Inventor(s): Bruno M. SOMMER of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Alexandre DA VEIGA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Long H. NGO of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sebastian P. HERSCHER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T7/33, G06T7/73, G06T19/20
CPC Code(s): G06T7/337
Abstract: various implementations provide a method for determining position data of a first device relative to a three-dimensional (3d) representation during a communication session. for example, a 3d representation is determined by a first device to correspond to a current physical environment of the first device. then a spatial relationship is determined between the 3d representation and the current physical environment. then position data is determined to correspond to a position of the first device relative to the 3d representation and based on a location of the first device in the current physical environment and the spatial relationship between the 3d representation and the current physical environment. the position data is then provided during a communication session between the first device and a second device with a view of the 3d representation including a representation of a user of the first device presented to a user of the second device.
Inventor(s): Long H. NGO of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Alexandre DA VEIGA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T17/20
CPC Code(s): G06T17/20
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate a 3d representation of a physical environment by generating a point cloud and selectively replacing some of the points. for example, points representing flat surfaces (e.g., walls and ceilings) may be replaced with planar elements that are “painted” using image data. in contrast, points representing non-flat portions (e.g. furniture, curtains, wall hangings, etc.) are left as points in the model or altered in a different way. selectively altering the 3d representation may provide (a) a cleaner feeling and/or (b) a more compact 3d representation for more efficient and faster communication and/or rendering.
20240203066.METHODS FOR IMPROVING USER ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ieyuki KAWASHIMA of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin HYLAK of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Garrett L. WEINBERG of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua R. FORD of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Maxime UZAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Pavel V. DUDRENOV of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Katherine W. KOLOMBATOVICH of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Giancarlo YERKES of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Lee S. BROUGHTON of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06F3/01, G06F3/04847, G06F3/0485, G06T7/70, G06V40/10, G06V40/20, G10L25/78
CPC Code(s): G06T19/006
Abstract: in some embodiments, a computer system displays virtual content illustrating an area of likely interaction, and displays immersive virtual content. in some embodiments, a computer system reduces visual prominence of immersive virtual content and displays an area of likely interaction. in some embodiments, a computer system generates alerts associated with physical objects in an environment of a user. in some embodiments, a computer system changes the visual prominence of people in a three-dimensional environment based on one or more attention-related factors.
Inventor(s): Michael Nathaniel ROSENBLATT of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V30/142, G06F3/04842, G06V10/46, H04L67/02, H04N5/76
CPC Code(s): G06V30/142
Abstract: systems and methods for identifying an object and presenting additional information about the identified object are provided. the techniques of the present invention can allow the user to specify modes to help with identifying objects. furthermore, the additional information can be provided with different levels of detail depending on user selection. apparatus for presenting a user with a log of the identified objects is also provided. the user can customize the log by, for example, creating a multi-media album.
Inventor(s): Elizabeth Pieri of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Teun R Baar of Utrecht (NL) for apple inc., Alexander G Berardino of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David M Cook of Broomfield CO (US) for apple inc., Peng Liu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zuo Xia of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/00
CPC Code(s): G09G3/002
Abstract: a head-mounted device may include a camera that captures a live video feed of an environment. a display in the head-mounted device may display passthrough display content that includes the live video feed. control circuitry may dynamically adjust a maximum allowable brightness for the passthrough display content during operation of the head-mounted device. upon an initial donning of the head-mounted device, the passthrough display content may be permitted to use most or all of the achievable brightness range of the display. after a given time period, the user may be adapted to the brightness range of the display and the maximum allowable brightness for the passthrough display content may be reduced to allow additional headroom for rendered display content. the control circuitry may continue to adjust tone mappings for passthrough display content and rendered display content based on whether the display content favors real-world content or virtual content.
Inventor(s): Mario Miscuglio of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Kingsuk Brahma of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Won Ryu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Shengkui Gao of Shoreline WA (US) for apple inc., Yuchi Che of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Graeme M Williams of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yi Qiao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei H Yao of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jean-Pierre S Guillou of La Jolla CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3208, G09G3/32
CPC Code(s): G09G3/3208
Abstract: in a display characterized by regions with different pixel responses due, for example, to local pixel density variation, voltage-to-luminance matching may be non-universal. therefore, in order to avoid visual artifacts that may hinder a desired visualization of displayed content, it may be advantageous to compensate the different gamma responses. in some cases, such as with electronic devices having a single pixel density across the display, optical calibration may be performed to determine voltage-to-luminance matching. however, in electronic devices with local pixel density variations, it may be disadvantageous to perform optical calibrations for each region with a different pixel density. instead of using two distinct gamma curves which may include dedicated optical calibration, a global nonlinear scaler (gnls) compensation may be applied. embodiments may pertain to techniques for applying a per-channel and band-global gamma-to-voltage compensation to reduce or minimize a relative luminance error amongst different responses of display regions.
Inventor(s): Mario Miscuglio of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Xu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Snehal T. Jariwala of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yi Qiao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jean-Pierre S. Guillou of La Jolla CA (US) for apple inc., Jenny Hu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Ming Xu of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wanqing Xin of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zuo Xia of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Xin Zheng of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Won Ryu of Santa Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Graeme M. Williams of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Kingsuk Brahma of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09G3/3208
CPC Code(s): G09G3/3208
Abstract: systems and methods described herein may utilize a non-linear scaling relationship to scale brightness of selective portions of the display in a manner that reduces or eliminates perceivable banding effects. by non-linearly controlling changes in brightness of the display, a viewer may perceive a more uniform, linear dimming towards the relatively dimmer region without perceiving banding, leading to improved user experience when viewing the electronic display.
20240204391.Electronic Device Frame Antennas_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Nahal Niakan of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01Q1/27, G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): H01Q1/273
Abstract: a head-mounted device may include displays that display images to a user while worn. the device may include a conductive frame having a front portion and temple portions. waveguides may be mounted to the front portion for directing image light to eye boxes. projectors that emit the image light may be coupled to the temple portions. the frame may include gaps that divide the frame into segments. two or more of the segments may be fed radio-frequency signals to form one or more antennas in the temple portions, the front portion, or between the temple portions and front portion and/or to form isolation elements. a conductive ring may be disposed between the waveguide and a transparent layer and may extend along a lateral periphery of the waveguide to form one or more conductors for one or more antennas and/or isolation elements between two or more antennas.
20240204551.BUCK-FED QUASI-RESONANT CURRENT MULTIPLIER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Vijay G Phadke of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J7/00, H02M3/07
CPC Code(s): H02J7/00714
Abstract: a buck-fed current multiplier battery charging circuit can include a buck converter having an input configured to receive an input voltage and an output configured to deliver a regulated current, a current multiplier having an input configured to receive the regulated current from the buck converter and an output configured to deliver a multiple of the regulated current to a battery, wherein the current multiplier comprises one or more flying capacitor stages each including a resonant tank circuit; and controller circuitry coupled to the buck converter that operates switches of the buck converter to produce the regulated current and coupled to the current multiplier that operates switches of the current multiplier to deliver the multiple of the regulated current to the battery.
20240204658.SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTER WITH TAP-CHANGE CAPABILITY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Vijay G Phadke of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02M3/07, H02J7/00, H02M1/14
CPC Code(s): H02M3/07
Abstract: a switched capacitor converter battery charging circuit can include an input that receives an input current, an output that delivers an integer multiple of the input current to a battery, a plurality of flying capacitor stages disposed between the input and output, and controller circuitry coupled to the flying capacitor stages that selectively enables or disables one or more of the flying capacitor stages to select the integer multiple responsive to a voltage supplied at the input. the flying capacitor stages can include a first plurality of flying capacitor stages forming a first phase of the converter and a second plurality of flying capacitor stages forming a second phase of the converter. the first and second phases can be operated in an interleaved manner to reduce current or voltage ripple. the converter can include three flying capacitor stages, providing for selection of integer multiples of 4�, 3�, 2�, or 1�.
20240204659.HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER CONVERTER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Francesco Maria Dalena of Livorno (IT) for apple inc., Simone Silvestri of Livorno (IT) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02M3/07, H02J7/00, H02M1/00, H02M3/158
CPC Code(s): H02M3/07
Abstract: a high efficiency battery charger can include a resonant switched capacitor converter that receives an input voltage and input current from a power source and produces an intermediate voltage that is a fraction of the input voltage and an intermediate current that is a corresponding multiple of the input current and a buck regulator that receives the intermediate voltage and the intermediate current and produces an output battery charging voltage and an output battery charging current, wherein the output voltage is less than the intermediate voltage. the resonant switched capacitor converter can include one or more resonant switched capacitor stages.
20240204668.Soft Switching Voltage Divider Circuit_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Francesco Dalena of Livorno (IT) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02M3/335, H02M1/00
CPC Code(s): H02M3/33507
Abstract: a switched-capacitor circuit for use in a high-efficiency power subsystem is disclosed. the switched-capacitor circuit includes a resonant circuit and multiple switches that couple the resonant circuit between an input power supply node and an output node to generate a voltage on the output node that is less than the voltage of the input power supply node. a sense circuit measures the current flowing through the resonant circuit and a control circuit opens and closes different ones of the multiple switches in response to a determination that the current flowing through the resonant circuit is less than a threshold value.
Inventor(s): Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) 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., Hong He 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): H04B7/0456, H04L25/02, H04W72/23
CPC Code(s): H04B7/0465
Abstract: a method is provided for a base station (bs) in communication with a user equipment (ue). the ue is configured with codebook based transmission or non-codebook based transmission for multi-beam physical uplink shared channel (pusch) repetition. various options are provided for the ue to derive uplink precoders for the multi-beam pusch repetition.
Inventor(s): Manasa RAGHAVAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang CHEN of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/06
CPC Code(s): H04B7/06964
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to establish a connection to a base station, wherein the base station configures the ue with a first beam corresponding to a first transmission reception point (trp) and a second beam corresponding to a second trp, wherein the first and second beam are in frequency range 2 (fr2) and wherein the ue does not support simultaneous reception of multiple beams in fr2, detect a beam failure during a beam failure detection (bfd) evaluation period, identify one or more candidate beams during a candidate beam detection (cbd) evaluation period and transmit a beam failure recovery (bfr) request to the base station.
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., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (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): H04L1/1812, H04L1/1867
CPC Code(s): H04L1/1816
Abstract: provided is a method for a user equipment (ue). the method comprises receiving a downlink control information (dci) that indicates a physical uplink control channel (pucch) occasion retransmission; and performing retransmission for the pucch occasion and harq-ack codebook associated with the pucch occasion based on the received dci.
Inventor(s): Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of () 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., Oghenekome Oteri 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., Idan Bar-Sade of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/1867, H04L1/1812, H04W72/30
CPC Code(s): H04L1/1887
Abstract: the disclosure relates to system and method for supporting multicast broadcast service (mbs) service in non-terrestrial network (ntn). in some aspects, a user equipment (ue) device may comprises: at least one antenna; at least one radio, configured to perform wireless communication using at least one radio access technology; and one or more processor coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the at least one radio and the one or more processor are configured to receive multicast broadcast service (mbs) data, wherein the one or more processor are configured to case the ue device to: receive, from a network device, a timing offset indicating a slot offset for a hybrid automatic repeat request (harq) feedback transmission; and determine a transmission timing for an harq feedback transmission for the mbs data based on the timing offset.
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0012
Abstract: provided is a method for a base station, includes: generating, for transmission to at least one ue, control information associated with srs transmission, wherein the control information indicates an srs band including a plurality of rbs for the srs transmission, the control information indicates a first subband for a first ue and a second subband for a second ue in a same srs band for an srs transmission occasion; receiving, from the at least one ue, srs on a plurality of srs transmission occasions according to the control information, wherein a location hopping parameter is applied to the plurality of srs transmission occasions, wherein a first starting location of the first subband for the first ue on a first srs transmission occasion and a second starting location of the first subband for the first ue on a second srs transmission occasion are determined based on the location hopping parameter.
20240204970.REFERENCE SIGNALS IN ACTIVE TCI SWITCHING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jie Cui 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., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming Li of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Xiang Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04B17/318, H04W72/23
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0094
Abstract: techniques discussed herein can facilitate the use of reference signals in active tci switching. one example aspect is a user equipment (ue), comprising: a memory interface; and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the memory interface and configured to: receive a physical downlink shared channel (pdsch) message that includes an activation command indicating a target transmission configuration indicator (tci) state; decode the activation command within a decoding period, where the decoding period is a time period allocated for the ue to decode the activation command; receive a tci resource where the tci resource is a reference signal; perform time and frequency tracking associated with the target tci state according the tci resource; and switch to the target tci state after performing time and frequency tracking.
20240204971.Unified TCI Framework_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Manasa RAGHAVAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang CHEN of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04B17/309
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0096
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to receive a command for a transmission configuration indicator (tci) state change for a joint tci state including uplink (ul) and downlink (dl) signals, decode the joint tci state command and performing measurements necessary to receive and transmit with the target tci state, the measurements including a pathloss (pl) measurement for an ul channel and switch to receive the dl signals and transmit the ul signals with the target tci state no later than a time duration for a switching delay.
20240205315.HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Benjamin J. Pope of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Wing Shan Wong of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04M1/02
CPC Code(s): H04M1/0249
Abstract: a mobile phone may include a housing structure defining a peripheral wall and a front cover formed of glass and coupled to the housing structure and defining at least a portion of a front exterior surface of the mobile phone. the mobile phone may further include a display below the front cover, a circuit board assembly coupled to the housing structure, and a removable rear cover assembly coupled to the housing structure and including a rear cover formed of glass, a rear-facing camera window, a charging coil coupled to the rear cover and configured to wirelessly receive power for charging the mobile phone, and an electrical connector conductively coupling the rear cover assembly to the circuit board assembly. the mobile phone may further include a supplemental housing component configured to be coupled to the housing structure in place of the removable rear cover assembly.
Inventor(s): David R. POPE of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Liran FISHEL of Raanana (IL) for apple inc., Assaf METUKI of Moshav Herut (IL) for apple inc., Muge WANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N5/76, G06T1/60, G06T7/246, H04N1/21
CPC Code(s): H04N5/76
Abstract: embodiments relate to extracting features from images, such as by identifying keypoints and generating keypoint descriptors of the keypoints. an apparatus includes a pyramid image generator circuit, a keypoint descriptor generator circuit, and a pyramid image buffer. the pyramid image generator circuit generates an image pyramid from an input image. the keypoint descriptor generator circuit processes the pyramid images for keypoint descriptor generation. the pyramid image buffer stores different portions of the pyramid images generated by the pyramid image generator circuit at different times and provides the stored portions of the pyramid images to the keypoint descriptor generator circuit for keypoint descriptor generation. when first portions of the pyramid images are no longer needed for the keypoint descriptor generation, the first portions are removed from the pyramid image buffer to provide space for second portions of the pyramid images that are needed for the keypoint descriptor generation.
Inventor(s): James C McIlree of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Jacob Wilson of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jérôme Decoodt of L'Étang-la-Ville (FR) for apple inc., Pierre d'Herbemont of Paris (FR) for apple inc., Seyedpooya Mirhosseini of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Xutao Jiang of Montreal (CA) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N13/156, H04N13/167, H04N13/189, H04N13/327, H04N13/383
CPC Code(s): H04N13/156
Abstract: a head-mounted device is provided that includes a variety of subsystems for generating extended reality content, displaying the extended reality content, and recording the extended reality content. the device can include a graphics rendering pipeline configured to render virtual content, tracking sensors configured to obtain user tracking information, a virtual content compositor configured to composite virtual frames based on the virtual content and the user tracking information, cameras configured to capture a video feed, a media merging compositor configured to overlay the composited virtual frames and the video feed to output merged video frames having a first frame rate for display, and a recording pipeline configured to record content having a second frame rate different than the first frame rate. the recording pipeline can record content exhibiting a higher quality than the content being displayed. a portion of the recorded content containing sensitive information can optionally be blurred.
20240205404.CHROMA QUANTIZATION IN VIDEO CODING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alexandros Tourapis of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Guy Cote of Aptos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N19/124, H04N19/126, H04N19/13, H04N19/136, H04N19/15, H04N19/157, H04N19/159, H04N19/172, H04N19/176, H04N19/186, H04N19/30, H04N19/51, H04N19/61, H04N19/70, H04N19/86, H04N19/96
CPC Code(s): H04N19/124
Abstract: a method of signaling additional chroma qp offset values that are specific to quantization groups is provided, in which each quantization group explicitly specifies its own set of chroma qp offset values. alternatively, a table of possible sets of chroma qp offset values is specified in the header area of the picture, and each quantization group uses an index to select an entry from the table for determining its own set of chroma qp offset values. the quantization group specific chroma qp offset values are then used to determine the chroma qp values for blocks within the quantization group in addition to chroma qp offset values already specified for higher levels of the video coding hierarchy.
Inventor(s): Khaled Mammou of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., David Flynn of Munchen (DE) for apple inc., Alexandros Tourapis of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Jungsun Kim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N19/20, G06T9/00, G06T9/40, H04N19/119, H04N19/12, H04N19/124, H04N19/136, H04N19/176, H04N19/189, H04N19/50, H04N19/61, H04N19/64
CPC Code(s): H04N19/20
Abstract: an encoder is configured to compress point cloud information using a blocks of nodes determined from a prediction tree. a prediction tree is generated for a point cloud. segments of the prediction tree are identified. the segments are divided into blocks that are predicted by predecessor blocks within the segments. the blocks of the prediction tree may then be encoded and may be provided for transmission to a decoder that can regenerate the point cloud from the blocks of the prediction tree.
Inventor(s): Gavin K. DUFFY of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Raymond M. MACHARIA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jessica J. PECK of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Robert M. SCHULMAN of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N21/431, G06F3/01, G06F3/14, G06F3/16, G10L15/18
CPC Code(s): H04N21/4312
Abstract: an example process includes while displaying, on a display, a video event: receiving, by a digital assistant, a natural language speech input corresponding to a participant of the video event; in accordance with receiving the natural language speech input, identifying, by the digital assistant, based on context information associated with the video event, a first location of the participant; and in accordance with identifying the first location of the participant, augmenting, by the digital assistant, the display of the video event with a graphical overlay displayed at a first display location corresponding to the first location of the participant.
20240205605.Context-Aware Voice Guidance_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jonathan A. Bennett of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. Lemay of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Marcel Van Os of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Scott Forstall of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Bradford A. Moore of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Emanuele Vulcano of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Seejo K. Pylappan of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R5/04, G01C21/34, G01C21/36, G06F3/04815, G06F3/04845, G06F3/04883, G06F3/16, G06F16/432, G06F16/44, G06F16/68, G10L15/08, G10L15/22, G10L17/22, G10L21/00, H04R5/00
CPC Code(s): H04R5/04
Abstract: a context-aware voice guidance method is provided that interacts with other voice services of a user device. the voice guidance does not provide audible guidance while the user is making a verbal request to any of the voice-activated services. instead, the voice guidance transcribes its output on the screen while the verbal requests from the user are received. in some embodiments, the voice guidance only provides a short warning sound to get the user's attention while the user is speaking on a phone call or another voice-activated service is providing audible response to the user's inquires. the voice guidance in some embodiments distinguishes between music that can be ducked and spoken words, for example from an audiobook, that the user wants to pause instead of being skipped. the voice guidance ducks music but pauses spoken words of an audio book in order to provide voice guidance to the user.
Inventor(s): Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Rui Huang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yuan Zhu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Shuang Tian of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W24/10, H04L27/26, H04W28/06, H04W36/00
CPC Code(s): H04W24/10
Abstract: an invention to perform a method of cell measurement in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises a plurality of frequency layers, the invention configured to: determine a measurement gap length, mgl, for each one of the plurality of frequency layers operational in the wireless network; determine a gap bitmap to indicate a measurement gap availability in a time sequence for each one of the plurality of frequency layers of the wireless network; and transmit gap assistance information for each one of the plurality of frequency layers of the wireless network to a user equipment, wherein the gap assistance information comprises at least the determined measurement gap length and the determined gap bitmap.
Inventor(s): Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Shenzhen (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Sarma V. Vangala of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Srinivasan Nimmala of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Srirang A. Lovlekar of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04L1/1812, H04W80/02
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0231
Abstract: to accommodate a mix of high frequency carriers and lower frequency carriers, a protocol stack may include a radio link control (rlc) entity that allows configuration of status reporting control parameters on per carrier, or per subcarrier spacing. alternatively, a protocol stack may include two rlc entities, one for handling high frequency carriers, and another for handling lower frequency carriers. (high frequency carriers and lower frequency carriers may be distinguished based on a frequency threshold.) furthermore, a user equipment may transmit (to the network) an indication of its l2 buffer size. the network may configure the ue and/or control scheduling, to ensure the ue's l2 buffer does not overrun. alternatively, the ue may indicate that it can support a percentage of a maximum buffer size. the network may configure the ue and/or control scheduling so that the ue's buffer occupancy does not exceed the percentage.
Inventor(s): Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Shenzhen (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Sarma V. Vangala of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Srinivasan Nimmala of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Srirang A Lovlekar of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04L1/1812, H04W80/02
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0231
Abstract: to accommodate a mix of high frequency carriers and lower frequency carriers, a protocol stack may include a radio link control (rlc) entity that allows configuration of status reporting control parameters on per carrier, or per subcarrier spacing. alternatively, a protocol stack may include two rlc entities, one for handling high frequency carriers, and another for handling lower frequency carriers. (high frequency carriers and lower frequency carriers may be distinguished based on a frequency threshold.) furthermore, a user equipment may transmit (to the network) an indication of its l2 buffer size. the network may configure the ue and/or control scheduling, to ensure the ue's l2 buffer does not overrun. alternatively, the ue may indicate that it can support a percentage of a maximum buffer size. the network may configure the ue and/or control scheduling so that the ue's buffer occupancy does not exceed the percentage.
Inventor(s): Vijay Venkataraman of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar of Singapore (SG) for apple inc., Rohit R. Matolia of Bangalore (IN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00
CPC Code(s): H04W36/0061
Abstract: methods and apparatuses for a user equipment (ue) to perform reselection using slice information. in some embodiments, the ue comprises one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising: accessing ue-specific slice information while in the idle or inactive state; and performing cell reselection based on the ue slice information associated with individual slices.
Inventor(s): Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming Li of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Xiang Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/06, H04W36/00, H04W36/08
CPC Code(s): H04W36/06
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to perform a switch of a tci state from a serving cell to a neighbor cell. a ue determines whether the state of the neighbor cell is known or unknown and whether the neighbor cell's tci state is known or unknown. the total delay time to perform the tci state switch can impacted by this the known/unknown statuses. other factors can also contribute to the total delay time. the ue may also signal its capability to monitor the tci state of the neighbor cell and its capability to switch to such a tci state.
20240205789.MULTI-PATH OPERATION IN UE-TO-NW SIDELINK RELAY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander SIROTKIN of Hod Hasharon (IL) for apple inc., Fangli XU of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing HU of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Naveen Kumar R PALLE VENKATA of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Pavan NUGGEHALLI of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf ROSSBACH of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sarma V VANGALA of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W40/12, H04W8/22, H04W40/24, H04W74/0833
CPC Code(s): H04W40/12
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to multi-path operation. according to embodiments of the present disclosure, a measurement report is transmitted to a base station on a first path between the ue and the base station, wherein the measurement report indicates channel quality information on one or more potential paths between the ue and the base station. a path addition command is then received from the base station, wherein the path addition command indicates the ue to add a path from one or more potential paths as a second path. the second path between the ue and the base station is then established based on the path addition command.
20240205796.UNIFIED ACCESS CONTROL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Alexander Sirotkin of Tel Aviv (IL) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Mona Agnel of Uxbridge (GB) for apple inc., Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Pavan Nuggehalli of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sarma V. Vangala of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Sudeep Manithara Vamanan of Nuremberg (DE) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W48/02, H04W4/50
CPC Code(s): H04W48/02
Abstract: provided is a method by a user equipment (ue), comprising: receiving, from a base station (bs), one or more messages providing different barring configurations for different access identities in an access identity set, the ue has at least one access identity, and the at least one access identity is from the access identity set and indicates that the ue is a disaster inbound roamer with respect to the bs; and performing, by the ue, an access barring check based on the one or more messages.
Inventor(s): Nirlesh Koshta of Bengaluru (IN) for apple inc., Krisztian Kiss of Rancho Santa Fe CA (US) for apple inc., Pradeep Pangi of Bangalore (IN) for apple inc., Sridhar Prakasam of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Vijay Venkataraman of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W48/18, H04W8/12, H04W12/06, H04W60/04, H04W60/06, H04W76/18, H04W84/04
CPC Code(s): H04W48/18
Abstract: disclosed are embodiments for disabling n1 mode in response to several scenarios including an s-nssai failure, searching nr plmns after a loss of coverage in an attempt to maintain network slices, and triggering a ue to reattempt authentication of a rejected s-nssai when authentication credentials change and the ue either has n1 mode enabled or is camped on lte plmn that might be the same as the nr plmn through which the s-nssai was rejected.
20240205834.PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT_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 Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose 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): H04W52/08, H04W52/14, H04W52/38
CPC Code(s): H04W52/08
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to physical uplink control channel (pucch) reliability enhancement. according to embodiments of the present disclosure, a processor of a ue receives, from a bs associated with a first trp and a second trp, a first message for configuring a pucch resource to be used by the ue to perform a pucch transmission with the bs. in this case, the first message indicates a first configuration corresponding to the first trp and the first configuration comprises at least one power control parameter associated with the first trp. the message further indicates a second configuration corresponding to the second trp and the second configuration comprises at least one power control parameter associated with the second trp. the processor performs the pucch transmission with the bs via the first and second trps based on the first message. in this way, the reliability and robustness of the pucch transmission for multiple trp is enhanced.
20240205923.USER EQUIPMENT AGGREGATION FOR UPLINK COMMUNICATIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/21, H04W72/232, H04W72/25
CPC Code(s): H04W72/21
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for ue aggregation for uplink communications in wireless networks.
20240205943.SIDELINK TRANSMISSION COORDINATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Chunxuan YE of San Diego 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., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., 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.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/40, H04W72/02, H04W72/542, H04W72/563
CPC Code(s): H04W72/40
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to sidelink transmission coordination. according to embodiments of the present disclosure, a processor of a user equipment (ue) configured to perform operations comprising: receiving, via a transceiver of the ue and from a second ue, coordination information concerning a transmission from the ue. the coordination information indicates a resource set preferred for the ue to perform resource selection. the operations further comprise determining at least one target resource for the transmission based on the resource set and at least one of the following: measured power of a signal associated with a resource in the resource set, reception time of the coordination information, and a reception scheduled for the ue on a resource in the resource set.
Inventor(s): Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/51, G01S5/00, H04L5/00, H04W72/23, H04W80/02
CPC Code(s): H04W72/51
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for lower-layer activation and release of dynamic downlink positioning reference signals.
20240205971.Channel Access Mechanisms in Wireless Communication_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
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., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Irvine CA (US) for apple inc., Yuchul Kim of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yang Tang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego 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., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zhang of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W74/0816, H04L27/26, H04W72/0446, H04W74/00, H04W74/08
CPC Code(s): H04W74/0816
Abstract: apparatuses, systems, and methods for selecting channel access mechanisms in wireless communications, and particularly in 3gpp nr-u. for example, an appropriate listen-before talk (lbt) channel access category (cat) may be defined for certain messages, such as certain dl and/or ul control messages and certain rach messages. for other messages, an appropriate cat may be signaled by the base station, e.g., in a dci message or sib. mechanisms are provided for the base station to signal to the ue certain channel access profile parameters, such as an appropriate lbt cat, capc, and/or cp extension. mechanisms are also provided for adjustment of contention window duration.
Inventor(s): Huaning Niu of San Jose 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 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., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (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): H04W76/28, H04W72/11
CPC Code(s): H04W76/28
Abstract: provided is a method for a user equipment (ue). the ue obtains a discontinuous reception (drx) switching command from a network device and switches, based on the drx switching command, from a current first connected mode drx (cdrx) configuration to a different second cdrx configuration. each of the first cdrx configuration and the second cdrx configuration is a configuration selected from a group consisting of: a default cdrx configuration; and at least one non-default cdrx configuration. each non-default cdrx configuration of the at least one non-default cdrx configuration comprises a cdrx periodicity and a cdrx offset corresponding to a periodicity and an offset of a semi-persistent scheduling (sps) or configured grant (cg) configuration, respectively.
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