Apple Inc. patent applications on June 27th, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on June 27th, 2024
Apple Inc.: 63 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/01 (13), G06F1/16 (10), G06T19/00 (6), G02B27/01 (5), H04L5/00 (5) G06F3/013 (3), G06V20/20 (2), G02B27/0176 (2), H04W76/15 (2), G06F1/1652 (2)
With keywords such as: device, user, electronic, include, data, based, network, environment, devices, and object in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20240210080.Thermal System_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Scott S. Wujek of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Alen Milosevic of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): F25B43/00, F25B41/40, F25B43/02
CPC Code(s): F25B43/006
Abstract: a thermal system includes an accumulator having a housing defining a housing cavity. the accumulator includes a low pressure inlet line, a first low pressure outlet line, and a second low pressure outlet line.
20240210519.SOUND-BASED LOCATION DETECTION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jian YU of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Alessandro TOSO of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew L. DOYLE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David W. ROBISON of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Joyce E. GORNY of Fort Lee NJ (US) for apple inc., Prateek MURGAI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S5/26, G06F3/16, H04R1/02, H04R1/40, H04R3/00
CPC Code(s): G01S5/26
Abstract: aspects of the subject technology relate to determining a location of a device using sound that is output from the device. for example, an audio output from one or more speakers of an electronic device may be received at one or more microphones of another electronic device, and used by the other electronic device to determine the location of the electronic device.
20240210710.SECUREMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Andrew Gallaher of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Aiden D. Mossop of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Samuel G. Smith of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: an electronic device can include a band that having a bifurcated rear portion. the bifurcated rear portion can include an upper elongate structure and a lower elongate structure that extend between bifurcation points of the band. in one example, each of the upper and lower elongate structures includes an outer tube, one or more inner tubes at least partially disposed within the outer tubes, and a biasing member, such as an elastic cord, disposed within both the upper and lower elongate portions. the inner tubes can be anchored to another portion of the electronic device such that the outer tubes, which slidably engage respective inner tubes, can be moved or pulled backward from the inner tubes and the display portion to adjust the size of the band. the elastic biasing member disposed within the upper and lower elongate members, including the outer tubes and the inner tubes, is configured to resist the backward movement and provide a tension force against the user's head when the user dons the electronic device.
20240210711.LIGHT SEAL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Paul X. Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin A. Shaffer of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jeremy C. Franklin of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G06K7/10
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176
Abstract: an electronic device includes a head mountable display having a sensor and a light seal removably connectable to the hmd. the light seal can include an identification feature detected by the sensor. in one example, the hmd includes a display screen configured to display a confirmatory image and the light seal can include a unique visual component corresponding to the confirmatory image. in another example, the hmd can include an optical lens connection feature and the sensor can detect a depth of the light seal.
20240210712.Systems With Position Sensors_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Darshan R Kasar of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher Patton of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dominic P Cincione of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Ivan S Maric of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas C Soldner of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G01C21/16, G06T3/18, G06T5/80
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0179
Abstract: a head-mounted device such as a pair of glasses may have a head-mounted housing. the head-mounted device may include displays such as projector displays and may include associated optical components. the optical components may include waveguides that are used in providing images received from the displays to corresponding eye boxes for viewing by a user. changes in the relative orientation between the displays and waveguides may warp the images in the eye boxes. to compensate for this effect, control circuitry in the head-mounted device may use position sensors to measure the relative positions of the displays and waveguides. image warping due to misalignment between the displays and waveguides may be removed by applying compensating image warping to the images being produced by the displays.
20240210728.CONFIGURABLE ARM TIP_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alison B. Schutzberg of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Austin S. Young of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., John Raff of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Kristine S. Atom of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02C5/14, G02C11/00, G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G02C5/143
Abstract: a wearable electronic device, including a display, and a support arm connected to the display, the support arm including a static portion connected to the display, a dynamic portion connected to the static portion, and an adjustment mechanism positioned in the dynamic portion and configured to change a thickness of the dynamic portion.
20240210990.ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Keith J. Hendren of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christiaan A. Ligtenberg of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Ari P. Miller of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas Alan Rundle of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dinesh C. Mathew of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Simon J. Trivett of Waterloo (CA) for apple inc., Ron A. Hopkinson of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Michael E. Leclerc of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F1/18
CPC Code(s): G06F1/1616
Abstract: a laptop computer may include a lid portion including a housing structure, a glass cover positioned coupled to the housing structure and defining a concave region, and a display positioned below the concave region of the glass cover. the laptop computer may also include a base portion positionable in a closed configuration and an open configuration with respect to the lid portion and defining a convex region along a top side of the base portion, the convex region configured to extend into the concave region of the glass cover when the lid portion and the base portion is in the closed configuration, the base portion including a keyboard positioned at the convex region.
20240210993.ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A HYBRID HOUSING ASSEMBLY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Drake W. Stacy of Austin TX (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G06F1/1637
Abstract: an electronic device enclosure including a housing assembly is described. the housing assembly may include a composite housing component. for example, the housing assembly may include a housing component formed at least in part from a metal and coupled to a composite housing component at least in part by a metal joining element included in the composite housing component. electronic devices including these enclosures are also described.
20240210995.Stretchable Display_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Prashant Mandlik of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Mahendra Chhabra of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Chia-Hao Chang of Taoyuan (TW) for apple inc., Shiyi Liu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Siddharth Harikrishna Mohan of Aurora IL (US) for apple inc., Zhen Zhang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Han-Chieh Chang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yi Qiao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yue Cui of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Tyler R Kakuda of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Michael Vosgueritchian of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Sudirukkuge T. Jinasundera of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Warren S Rieutort-Louis of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Tsung-Ting Tsai of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jae Won Choi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jiun-Jye Chang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jean-Pierre S Guillou of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Rui Liu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Po-Chun Yeh of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Chieh Hung Yang of Taipei (TW) for apple inc., Ankit Mahajan of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Takahide Ishii of Taoyuan (TW) for apple inc., Pei-Ling Lin of New Taipei City (TW) for apple inc., Pei Yin of Taoyuan (TW) for apple inc., Gwanwoo Park of Seoul (KR) for apple inc., Markus Einzinger of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Martijn Kuik of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Abhijeet S Bagal of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Kyounghwan Kim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan H Beck of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Chiang-Jen Hsiao of New Taipei City (TW) for apple inc., Chih-Hao Kung of Hsinchu (TW) for apple inc., Chih-Lei Chen of Tai Chung (TW) for apple inc., Chih-Yu Chung of Zhongli (TW) for apple inc., Chuan-Jung Lin of Yunlin (TW) for apple inc., Jung Yen Huang of Taoyuan (TW) for apple inc., Kuan-Chi Chen of Hsinchu (TW) for apple inc., Shinya Ono of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Jung Hsieh of Taoyuan (TW) for apple inc., Wei-Chieh Lin of Hsinchu (TW) for apple inc., Yi-Pu Chen of New Taipei City (TW) for apple inc., Yuan Ming Chiang of Zhubei (TW) for apple inc., An-Di Sheu of Taipei (TW) for apple inc., Chi-Wei Chou of New Taipei City (TW) for apple inc., Chin-Fu Lee of Yuanlin (TW) for apple inc., Ko-Wei Chen of New Taipei City (TW) for apple inc., Kuan-Yi Lee of New Taipei City (TW) for apple inc., Weixin Li of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Shin-Hung Yeh of Taipei (TW) for apple inc., Shyuan Yang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Themistoklis Afentakis of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Asli Sirman of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Baolin Tian of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Han Liu of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, H10K59/131, H10K59/40, H10K77/10
CPC Code(s): G06F1/1652
Abstract: a display may have a stretchable portion with hermetically sealed rigid pixel islands. a flexible interconnect region may be interposed between the hermetically sealed rigid pixel islands. the hermetically sealed rigid pixel islands may include organic light-emitting diode (oled) pixels. a conductive cutting structure may have an undercut that causes a discontinuity in a conductive oled layer to mitigate lateral leakage. the conductive cutting structure may also be electrically connected to a cathode for the oled pixels and provide a cathode voltage to the cathode. first and second inorganic passivation layers may be formed over the oled pixels. multiple discrete portions of an organic inkjet printed layer may be interposed between the first and second inorganic passivation layers.
20240210997.ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH WRAP AROUND DISPLAY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Scott A. Myers of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F3/01, G06F3/041, G06F3/04817, G06F3/0487, G06F3/14, H04M1/02, H05K7/06, H05K13/00
CPC Code(s): G06F1/1652
Abstract: a consumer electronic product includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing. in the described embodiment, the flexible display assembly is configured to present visual content at any portion of the transparent housing.
20240211005.PARALLEL MOTION TRACKPAD_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Brett W. Degner of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas R. Matzinger of Los Osos CA (US) for apple inc., Bradley J. Hamel of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Ryan P. Brooks of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Scott J. Krahn of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Arka P. Roy of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F3/01, G06F3/0338, G06F3/0354, G06F3/041, G06F3/04883
CPC Code(s): G06F1/169
Abstract: an input device includes a touch plate having a central axis and a top surface with three outer points evenly spaced away from the central axis. a touch sensor is used to detect a user touch on the top surface at the first outer point, and a support mechanism supports the touch plate and is configured to translate the touch plate at the second and third outer points upon application of the user touch and translation of the touch plate at the first outer point. translation of the three outer points is substantially equal along the central axis.
20240211035.FOCUS ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON ATTENTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Arthur Y. Zhang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ray L. Chang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yanli Zhang of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Luke A. Pillans of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ryan J. Dunn of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey N. Gleason of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christian Moore of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Simon Fortin-Deschenes of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Emmanuel Piuze-Phaneuf of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F1/16, H04N23/62
CPC Code(s): G06F3/013
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that adjust a focus of a camera based on a distance associated with a determined user attention. for example, an example process may include obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors in a physical environment. the process may include determining at least one gaze direction of at least one eye based on the sensor data. the process may further include determining a distance associated with user attention based on a convergence determined based on an intersection of gaze directions of the at least one gaze direction, or a distance of an object in a 3d representation of the physical environment based on the at least one gaze direction. the process may further include adjusting a focus of a camera of the one or more sensors based on the distance associated with the user attention.
20240211038.Gesture-Initiated Eye Enrollment_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Hao Qin of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hua Gao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Tom Sengelaub of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G02B27/01, G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/013
Abstract: methods to trigger eye enrollment without requiring good gaze interaction are described that allow a guest user of a device to initiate partial or full eye enrollment even though their eye model is not known and thus conventional gaze-based interactions do not work well. a gaze tracking system collects gaze data in the background. at any time (or within an interval after a user puts on the device), an eye enrollment can be triggered by detecting some gaze gesture, for example rolling the eyes in a large circle, or moving the eyes randomly for a time that exceeds a threshold. depending on the coverage of the gaze/cornea data collected in the background, a full eye enrollment or only a visual axis enrollment may be performed in response to the gesture.
20240211039.Visual Axis Enrollment_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Hao Qin of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hua Gao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Tom Sengelaub of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F1/16, G06T7/73
CPC Code(s): G06F3/013
Abstract: in an unobtrusive visual axis enrollment process, a line of text or other content is displayed at a known vertical location and virtual depth that the user can then read. this line of text may be content that the user needs to read as part of the normal enrollment process. as the user reads the line of text, eye tracking cameras may capture images of the eye. this data may then be used to estimate a stimulus plane. the error between the estimated stimulus plane and the ground truth stimulus plane (the actual location of the line of text in virtual space) may then be used to estimate the kappa angle.
Inventor(s): Adam G. Poulos of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Aaron M. Burns of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Arun Rakesh Yoganandan of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin R. Blachnitzky of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nicolai Georg of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G06F3/014
Abstract: a method includes displaying a plurality of computer-generated objects, and obtaining finger manipulation data from a finger-wearable device via a communication interface. in some implementations, the method includes receiving an untethered input vector that includes a plurality of untethered input indicator values. each of the plurality of untethered input indicator values is associated with one of a plurality of untethered input modalities. in some implementations, the method includes obtaining proxy object manipulation data from a physical proxy object via the communication interface. the proxy object manipulation data corresponds to sensor data associated with one or more sensors integrated in the physical proxy object. the method includes registering an engagement event with respect to a first one of the plurality of computer-generated objects based on a combination of the finger manipulation data, the untethered input vector, and the proxy object manipulation data.
Inventor(s): James T. TURNER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Peter L. HAJAS of Lafayette CO (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/04815, G06F3/16
CPC Code(s): G06F3/017
Abstract: aspects of the subject technology provide for intention-based user interface control for electronic devices. for example, an electronic device may utilize multiple indirect engagement indicators performed by a user of the electronic device, to confirm which of several displayed user interfaces with which the user intends to engage. once the electronic device determines which of the multiple user interfaces the user intends to engage with, the electronic device may provide a user input to the application or other process underlying that user interface. the user input may be based, in whole or in part, one or more of the multiple indirect engagement indicators.
20240211091.APPLICATION-FREE SYSTEMS AND METHODS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Michael J. ROCKWELL of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Bradley W. PEEBLER of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey S. NORRIS of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04815, G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04815
Abstract: implementations of the subject technology provide application-free extended reality systems and methods. in an application-free extended reality environment, data may be visualized for a user using a data visualization utility that is provided by an operating system of a computing device. the operating system can also provide, separately from the data visualization utility, interaction tools for interacting data that is displayed in the mixed reality environment by the data visualization utility.
Inventor(s): Benjamin B. LOGGINS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04815, G06F3/0484, G06F9/451, G06T13/40, G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/04815
Abstract: some examples of the disclosure are directed to a virtualized system on an electronic device. in some embodiments, a simulator application that includes a guest operating system is provided on an electronic device. in some embodiments, the simulator application provides a testing environment for a virtual experience of a secondary application that is in communication with the guest operating system. in some embodiments, the electronic device displays a user interface associated with the simulator application, the user interface including a computer-generated environment and an object. in some embodiments, while displaying the user interface, the electronic device receives an input that corresponds to a request to cause the object to perform a respective operation in the computer-generated environment. in some embodiments, in response to receiving the input, the electronic device causes the object to perform an operation based on the input and updates the computer-generated environment based on the operation.
Inventor(s): Yutaka YOKOKAWA of Belmont CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H05B47/165, G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): H05B47/165
Abstract: an indication of a notification can be provided via a plurality of lighting devices of a device. in some examples, the device presents a first indication of a notification via one or more first lighting devices of the plurality of lighting devices. in accordance with a determination that a first input satisfies one or more first criteria indicative of attention toward the one or more first lighting devices, the device presents a second, different indication of the notification via one or more second lighting device of the plurality of lighting devices. in some examples, in accordance with a determination that a second input satisfies one or more second criteria indicative of attention toward the one or more second lighting devices, the device presents, via the one or more displays, a user interface element corresponding to the notification.
20240211108.DIGITAL ASSISTANT USER INTERFACES AND RESPONSE MODES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Neal ELLIS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Rebecca P. FISH of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., James E. PALMER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Patchaya Beam SEILAUDOM of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Richard R. DELLINGER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Pedro MARI of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Ieyuki KAWASHIMA of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew P. TENNANT of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Peter BOHAC of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ping Fang ZHAO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David PADAWER of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Tyler C. LEPPEK of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Laurie J. VERTELNEY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Shweta D. GRAMPUROHIT of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0482, G06F3/041, G06F3/0481, G06F3/04842, G06F3/04883, G06F3/04886, G06F3/16, G06F9/451, G06F40/134, G06F40/20
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0482
Abstract: an example process includes: at an electronic device with one or more processors, a memory, and a display: receiving a natural language input; initiating the digital assistant; in accordance with initiating the digital assistant, obtaining a response package responsive to the natural language input; after receiving the natural language input, selecting, based on context information associated with the electronic device, a first response mode of the digital assistant from a plurality of digital assistant response modes; and in response to selecting the first response mode, presenting, by the digital assistant, the response package according to the first response mode.
Inventor(s): William M. Tyler of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Caelan G. Stack of Belmont CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher P. Foss of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christian X. Dalonzo of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Craig M. Federighi of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Alan C. Dye of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0484, G06F3/04817, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0483, G06F3/04842, G06F3/04845, G06F3/0485, G06F3/0488, G06F3/04883
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0484
Abstract: at a display of a computer system, a user interface is displayed that includes a placement location configured to spatially accommodate a respective user interface object of a plurality of user interface objects corresponding to different applications. in response to detecting the input that is directed to the placement location and in accordance with a determination that the input meets first criteria, including a duration criterion, one or more selectable options associated with the first user interface object corresponding to the first application are displayed. in response to detecting the input and in accordance with a determination that the input meets second criteria, wherein the second criteria requires that the input includes movement in a first direction, display of the first user interface object is replaced with display of the second user interface object from the plurality of user interface objects associated with the placement location.
Inventor(s): Robert E. Jeter of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Jingkui Zheng of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., David A. Knopf of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Satish B. Dulam of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Kai Lun Hsiung of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Venkata Ramana Malladi of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Rahul Ranjan of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/06, G11C7/22
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0632
Abstract: an apparatus for performing a write data strobe concurrent with a reference voltage calibration is disclosed. a memory controller circuit is configured to convey a write clock signal to a memory. the memory controller circuit includes a calibration circuit configured to send a first command to memory to initiate a calibration of the write clock signal and, after an amount of time has elapsed, receive a calibration value from the memory. the memory controller further includes a delay circuit configured to apply a delay to the write clock signal, wherein the calibration circuit is configured to complete calibration of the write clock signal by adjusting the delay applied to the write clock signal in accordance with the calibration value. the calibration circuit is further configured to perform a reference voltage calibration concurrent with the calibration of the write clock signal.
20240211195.MODULAR STRAP FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kendall L. Helbert of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/14, G06F1/16, G06F1/3218, G06F1/3231, G06K19/06
CPC Code(s): G06F3/14
Abstract: an electronic device includes a display portion and a modular securement assembly.
20240211195.MODULAR STRAP FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Kendall L. Helbert of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/14, G06F1/16, G06F1/3218, G06F1/3231, G06K19/06
CPC Code(s): G06F3/14
Abstract: the modular securement assembly is connectable to the display portion and includes a removable strap. the removable strap can include a communication module. the display portion can also include a sensor and the removable strap can also include an identifier. the sensor can sense the identifier.
Inventor(s): Robert D. Silfvast of Belmont CA (US) for apple inc., Izzet B. Yildiz of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel Javaheri Zadeh of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Grant H. Mulliken of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Srinath Nizampatnam of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Devin W. Chalmers of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16, G06F3/01, H04S7/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/165
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that sense, assess, measure, or otherwise determine user attention to selectively transmit or deliver audio from an audio source (e.g., a talking user's voice captured by their device, a tv, etc.) to one or more listening users' devices and/or adjusts audio cancellation/transparency of environmental noise on the one or more listening users' devices in a multi-person setting.
Inventor(s): Helmut GARSTENAUER of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Martin GARSTENAUER of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Edwin ISKANDAR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Timothy R. ORIOL of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Geoffrey STAHL of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Cody J. WHITE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/451, G06F3/01, G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06F9/451
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to providing a computer-generated reality (cgr) platform for generating cgr environments including virtual and augmented reality environments. in some embodiments, information related to an object to be simulated and rendered in the cgr environment is provided to the cgr platform, and a three-dimensional representation of the object is displayed in the cgr environment.
20240211569.Biometric Multi-Representation Eye Authentication_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Gendong Zhang of Stanford CA (US) for apple inc., Martin Haller of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Abhishek Nagar of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Saurabh Jain of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Stefan Roennecke of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Tomi P Maila of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Andrei Nikiforov of Berlin (DE) for apple inc., Tom Sengelaub of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/32, G06V40/18, G06V40/19
CPC Code(s): G06F21/32
Abstract: methods for performing user authentication based on a multi-representation eye model for devices such as head-mounted display devices are disclosed. the multi-representation eye model may be generated and updated based on feature representations of an identified eye. the user authentication process may be initiated by causing an image to be captured of a current eye under a first set of conditions that may then be transformed into a current feature representation. the current feature representation may be applied to the multi-representation eye model to determine whether the current eye is a match for the identified eye.
20240211627.CONTACT DISCOVERY SERVICE WITH PRIVACY ASPECT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Thomas ALSINA of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Joseph A. TYSON of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., David K. HELLER of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., James M. COSTELLO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/62, G06F16/27, G06F21/60, H04L9/06, H04L9/08, H04L9/32, H04L61/4594, H04L67/01, H04L67/10
CPC Code(s): G06F21/6245
Abstract: this application relates to a client-server architecture that enables user accounts registered with a service to be discoverable to other users of the service. a discovery protocol includes accessing personal information data stored in an address book of a client device, obfuscating the personal information data, transmitting a request to a service to determine if the obfuscated personal information data matches any potential contacts that have registered as discoverable with the service, and comparing information related to the potential contacts with the contacts included in the address book to determine if the contacts in the address book match any of the potential contacts.
20240211805.MACHINE LEARNING MODEL CREATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Michael R. Siracusa of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander B. Brown of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Dheeraj Goswami of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan C. Wertman of Grand Junction CO (US) for apple inc., Jacob T. Sawyer of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Donald M. Firlik of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06N20/00, G06F3/048, G06F3/0486, G06F8/34, G06F18/21, G06F18/214, G06F18/2431, G06V10/776
CPC Code(s): G06N20/00
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure present devices, methods, and computer readable medium for techniques for creating machine learning models. application developers can select a machine learning template from a plurality of templates appropriate for the type of data used in their application. templates can include multiple templates for classification of images, text, sound, motion, and tabular data. a graphical user interface allows for intuitive selection of training data, validation data, and integration of the trained model into the application. the techniques further display a numerical score for both the training accuracy and validation accuracy using the test data. the application provides a live mode that allows for execution of the machine learning model on a mobile device to allow for testing the model from data from one or more of the sensors (i.e., camera or microphone) on the mobile device.
20240211893.INTELLIGENT APPOINTMENT SUGGESTIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Tiffany S. JON of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. LEMAY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Lawrence Y. YANG of Bellevue WA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/1093, G06F3/0481, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0484, G06F3/0488
CPC Code(s): G06Q10/1095
Abstract: some embodiments provide a method for automatically generating an appointment for an electronic calendar. the method receives input to create a new appointment for the calendar. the method analyzes several previous appointments stored for the first calendar. based on the analysis, the method automatically proposes a new appointment that has at least one appointment characteristic shared with at least one past appointment stored for the calendar. in some embodiments, the method receives text input describing a characteristic of the new appointment, and searches through the previous appointments using the text input.
Inventor(s): Eshan Verma of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Angela Blechschmidt of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Gefen Kohavi of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Zhihao Zhu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T7/73, G06F3/01, G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06T7/73
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine a user location within a physical environment. for example, an example process may include obtaining an object relationship model representing positional relationships between objects of a set of objects within a physical environment. the process may further include obtaining sensor data of the physical environment. the process may further include detecting an interaction of a user with an object of the set of objects within the physical environment based on the sensor data. the process may further include determining a location of the user within the physical environment based on a location associated with the object in the physical environment.
20240212251.Online Modeling for Real-Time Facial Animation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): SOFIEN BOUAZIZ of LAUSANNE (CH) for apple inc., MARK PAULY of LAUSANNE (CH) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T13/40, G06T7/292, G06T15/50, G06V40/16
CPC Code(s): G06T13/40
Abstract: embodiments relate to a method for real-time facial animation, and a processing device for real-time facial animation. the method includes providing a dynamic expression model, receiving tracking data corresponding to a facial expression of a user, estimating tracking parameters based on the dynamic expression model and the tracking data, and refining the dynamic expression model based on the tracking data and estimated tracking parameters. the method may further include generating a graphical representation corresponding to the facial expression of the user based on the tracking parameters. embodiments pertain to a real-time facial animation system.
Inventor(s): Brian W. TEMPLE of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Devin W. CHALMERS of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Rahul NAIR of Hayward CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas G. SALTER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T17/00, G06V40/16
CPC Code(s): G06T17/00
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that present virtual content based on detecting a reflection and determining the context associated with a use of the electronic device in the physical environment. for example, an example process may include obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors of the electronic device in a physical environment that includes one or more objects, detecting a reflected image amongst the one or more objects based on the sensor data, and in accordance with detecting the reflected image, determining a context associated with a use of the electronic device in the physical environment based on the sensor data, and presenting virtual content based on the context, wherein the virtual content is positioned at a three-dimensional (3d) location based on a 3d position of the reflected image.
20240212291.ATTENTION CONTROL IN MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Divine Keetle-Maloney of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Steven A. Marchette of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., David Hobbins of Venice CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06F3/01, G06T5/00, G06T7/50, G06V20/20
CPC Code(s): G06T19/006
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide a view of an environment with a visual effect based on a determined objective. for example, an example process may include presenting a view of an environment including one or more objects during a communication session involving a second device. the process may further include determining, during the communication session, an objective of a second user of the second device corresponding to identifying a featured object in the environment. the process may further include, in accordance with the determined objective, providing a view of the environment with a visual effect.
20240212343.CONTEXTUALIZED VISUAL SEARCH_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Divine Keetle-Maloney of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Steven A. Marchette of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., David Hobbins of Venice CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V20/20, G06F3/01, G06T5/00, G06T7/246, G06T7/50, G06T7/73, G06V10/26
CPC Code(s): G06V20/20
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide a view of a physical environment with a visual effect based on determining whether an object is a searched-for object. for example, an example process may include determining an objective corresponding to identifying a searched-for object in a physical environment including one or more objects. the process may further include obtaining depth-based data based on sensor data captured by one or more sensors in the physical environment. the process may further include determining, based on the determined objective and the depth-based data, whether a first object in the physical environment is the searched-for object. the process may further include, in accordance with determining whether the first object is the searched-for object, providing a view of the physical environment with a visual effect.
20240212346.METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HEALTH MONITORING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Anselm Grundhoefer of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Pedro Manuel Da Silva Quelhas of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Phillip N. Smith of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Omar Elafifi of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Eshan Verma of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Daniele Casaburo of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V20/20, A61B5/00, A61B5/0205, A61B5/024, A61B5/08, A61B5/11, A61B5/16, G06F3/147
CPC Code(s): G06V20/20
Abstract: in one implementation, a method of remedying a medical impairment of a user is performed by a device including a processor, non-transitory memory, one or more biometric sensors, an image sensor, and a display. the method includes detecting, based on data from at least one of the image sensor and the one or more biometric sensors, a medical impairment of a user of the head-mounted device from a plurality of potential medical impairments associated with a plurality of remedies. the method includes selecting, from the plurality of remedies, a remedy of the medical impairment of the user. the method includes controlling the display to effect the remedy of the medical impairment of the user.
20240213711.ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Stephen E. Yao of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., James C. Wu of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher S. Graham of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01R13/62, H01R13/627, H01R13/639
CPC Code(s): H01R13/6205
Abstract: an electronic device can include a housing forming an aperture within an exterior surface of the housing. an electronic component can be disposed within the housing and include a receptacle coupled to the electronic component. the housing and the receptacle can form an electrical port. the electronic device can further include a first engagement feature and a cable having a first plug connector and a second plug connector. the first plug connector can include a boot, a plug, and a second engagement feature. the boot is receivable within the aperture formed within the exterior surface of the housing. the plug is receivable within the receptacle to electrically couple the electronic device with the cable. the second engagement feature can interconnect or otherwise engage the first engagement feature to retain the cable to the electronic device.
20240213712.ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Stephen E. Yao of Daly City CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua A. Mendoza of Lancaster CA (US) for apple inc., Varun K. Sanghvi of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Josiah Clark of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hossein Nazari Alikorzani of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., James C. Wu of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel C. Wagman of Scotts Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Tatsuya Sano of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher S. Graham of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yufan Liao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01R13/627, G02B27/01, H01R13/24, H01R13/629, H01R13/635, H01R24/60
CPC Code(s): H01R13/6273
Abstract: an electronic device can include plug connectors and receptacle connectors for providing connections between components of the electronic device. a receptacle connector for an electronic device can include a cavity configured to receive a plug connector; a latch extending at least partially into the cavity; a spring coupled to the latch; and a lever arm coupled to the spring. the latch can be configured to transition between an engaged configuration and an un-engaged configuration. the latch can be configured to retain the plug connector in the cavity when the latch is in the engaged configuration. the spring can be configured to retain the latch in the engaged configuration. the lever arm can be configured to transition the latch to the un-engaged configuration in response to pressure from a tool.
20240213724.ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Joshua A. Mendoza of Lancaster CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel C. Wagman of Scotts Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Ibuki Kamei of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Muhammad F. Hossain of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Samuel G. Smith of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher S. Graham of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01R13/73, H01R12/72, H01R13/405, H01R13/70
CPC Code(s): H01R13/73
Abstract: an electronic device can include an enclosure and a receptacle connector coupled to the enclosure. the receptacle connector can include a housing defining an aperture and an internal volume. in some examples, the housing is configured to receive a plug connector of a support within the internal volume. the receptacle connector can include one or more electrical contacts at least partially disposed within the internal volume and contacting one or more correlating electrical contacts on the plug connector. in some examples, the plug connector and the receptacle connector can define respective convex surfaces and respective concave surfaces such that a cross-sectional shape of the plug connector and/or the receptacle connector has a curved longitudinal axis.
20240214018.Receiver Having Passive Mixer with High-Order Filter_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Simone Gambini of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/16, H03D7/12, H03H11/04
CPC Code(s): H04B1/16
Abstract: an electronic device may include a receiver that receives radio-frequency signals using an antenna. the receiver may include a passive voltage mode mixer coupled to a passive second-or-higher order switched-capacitor filter with complex poles. clocking circuitry may provide a control signal to the filter to cycle the filter through a series of states, may provide first and second local oscillator (lo) signals to the mixer, and may synchronize timing of the control signal with the first and second lo signals. the first and second lo signals may have the same period but may be shifted in time by half the period. the period may be equal to the duration with which the filter is placed in each of the states. the clocking circuitry may pulse the first and second lo signals once while the filter is placed in each of the states.
Inventor(s): Aditya N. Srivastava of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas E. Biedka of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Tianchang Gu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Apexit Shah of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/3827, H04B1/401
CPC Code(s): H04B1/3838
Abstract: obstruction detecting logic may execute touch-sensing algorithms on the electronic device, which may detect when a user is gripping the electronic device from the side, when the fingers or hand of the user is on the edge of the electronic device, when the user is using one or more fingers to touch the electronic device, and may determine thumb and finger orientation. using the touch-sensing methods, it may be determined which antennas are obstructed. to mitigate negative antenna performance due to the determined obstruction, one or more compensation actions may be taken. the touch-sensing algorithms may estimate user thumb/finger orientation and velocity, which may be used to predict future antenna occlusion (e.g., if the hand of the user is in motion).
20240214034.Doppler Shift Estimate Reporting with Pre-Compensation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Irvine CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng 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., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/01, H04B17/364
CPC Code(s): H04B7/01
Abstract: a first cellular base station transmits a configuration message to a reporting device installed on a high-speed vehicle. the configuration message specifies one or more parameters of a doppler measurement report. the reporting device performs one or more first doppler measurements on the first base station and/or one or more second doppler measurements on a second base station. the reporting device transmits the doppler measurement report to the first and/or second base stations. the doppler measurement report may be used by the first and/or second base stations to perform doppler pre-compensation on transmissions to the reporting device.
20240214050.UE CAPABILITY REPORTING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/06
CPC Code(s): H04B7/0628
Abstract: provided is a method for a user equipment (ue). the ue performs at least one of: reporting, to a base station (bs), a ue capability related to port selection codebooks, in accordance with a determination that an active bandwidth part (bwp) has less than a threshold number of physical resource blocks (prbs), operating according to a rule that the ue is not expected to report, to the bs, the port selection codebooks, or in accordance with a determination that the active bwp has less than the threshold number of prbs and that the ue is configured with the port selection codebooks by the bs, assuming that a subset of parameters has a predefined value, wherein the parameters comprise a number, m, of selected frequency basis, a percentage, �, of number of selected ports, a percentage, �, of number of reported non-zero coefficients, and a number, r, of precoding matrix indicator (pmi) sub-bands per channel quality information (cqi) sub-band.
Inventor(s): Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Gang Xiong of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Yujian Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Guotong Wang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/00
CPC Code(s): H04L1/0025
Abstract: a user equipment wireless communication device in a wireless communication environment receives a signal from the network that includes a radio network temporary id. from the radio network temporary id, the user equipment is capable of determining whether a phase tracking reference signal is present based on the radio network temporary id. if any of these are identified by the radio network temporary id, then the user equipment determines that a phase tracking reference signal is present. after the user equipment has determined that the phase tracking reference signal is present, the user equipment can then determine which phase tracking reference signal antenna ports are to be used based on the values of the transmitted precoding matrix indicator value and the transmit rank indicator.
20240214168.SSB AND RMSI MULTIPLEXING PATTERNS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego 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., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga (CA) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04W72/1273
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0064
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods related to multiplexing patterns for synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (ssb) and remaining minimum system information (rmsi).
Inventor(s): Hong He 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., 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): H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0098
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to perform a secondary cell (scell) activation. a network node can send a ue a command to activate a component carrier, where this component carrier is associated with other component carriers of a component carrier group. in turn, the ue can determine one or more cross-component carrier reference signal(s) received on one or more activated component carriers of the component carrier group for use in the activation of the component carrier.
Inventor(s): Srinivas VEDULA of Pleasanton CA (US) for apple inc., Qihe WANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Kyle C. BROGLE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Frederic JACOBS of St. Sulpice (CH) for apple inc., Yannick L. SIERRA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Giuliano PASQUALOTTO of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Anup RATHI of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Duncan A. MCROBERTS of Boulder CO (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/08, G06Q30/06
CPC Code(s): H04L9/0825
Abstract: encrypting and securely transmitting data between devices is disclosed. after a device obtains a request to purchase a prescription lens, including prescription data, to be inserted into a second electronic device, the prescription data is securely encrypted and transmitted to the lens manufacturer. the lens manufacturer may create a prescription lens and calibration data related to the lens. the calibration data can be encrypted and transmitted to a storage device for storage. the second electronic device can retrieve the encrypted calibration data from the storage device and utilize it to perform a full calibration of the device. the second electronic device can present images, in accordance with the calibration data, using a display through an optical path that include the prescription lens.
Inventor(s): Brad K. HERMAN of Culver City CA (US) for apple inc., Shiraz AKMAL of Playa Vista CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/32, E05B65/00, G06T7/50, G06T7/62
CPC Code(s): H04L9/3231
Abstract: this relates generally to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to provide a digital keychain for physical objects. an example method includes receiving a user request and in response to receiving the user request, scanning one or more objects within a real-world environment using a real-time capturing device associated with the electronic device in response to receiving a user request, generating one or more views of the one or more objects, identifying at least one of the one or more objects as a locking device based on the one or more views, authenticating the user based on biometric data and contextual information, obtaining instructions for unlocking the locking device in response to authenticating the user, and providing the instructions to the user.
20240214233.CAMERA FORMAT SELECTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Karthick SANTHANAM of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Eric L. CHIEN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher M. GARRIDO of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Kyle W. HORN of Chicago IL (US) for apple inc., Ian J. BAIRD of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Qian SUN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., David L. BIDERMAN of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L12/18, H04N23/951
CPC Code(s): H04L12/1822
Abstract: the subject technology receives, at a local device, a requested camera format based on specifications of a display associated with a remote device. the remote device and the local device are devices participating in a video conference. the requested camera format includes a first resolution. camera formats supported by a camera associated with the local device are determined. if a second resolution of a first camera format matches among the supported camera formats matches with the first resolution, the first camera format is selected for capturing the video stream by the camera. otherwise, a second camera format among the supported camera formats is determined for capturing the video stream so as to maximize a field of view of the video stream relative to other camera formats supported by the camera.
Inventor(s): Seyed Mohammad Javid Mahmoudzadeh of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Aurelien R Hubert of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Phillip R Sommer of Newark CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/68, G02B7/08, G02B27/64, G03B5/00, G03B13/36, H02K41/035, H04N23/63
CPC Code(s): H04N23/687
Abstract: a camera includes a camera actuator having autofocus (af) voice coil motor (vcm) with a lens carrier mounting attachment moveably mounted to a base, magnets mounted to the base, and an af coil fixedly mounted to the lens carrier mounting attachment for producing forces for moving a lens carrier in a direction of an optical axis of a lens of the lens carrier. the magnets may include a pair of first magnets laterally spaced along a first side of the camera and a pair of second magnets laterally spaced along a second side of the camera opposite the first side. the optical image stabilization (ois) vcm includes an image sensor carrier moveably mounted to the base, and ois coils moveably mounted to the image sensor carrier within the magnetic fields of the magnets, for producing forces for moving the image sensor carrier in directions orthogonal to the optical axis.
20240214728.NOISE MITIGATION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Camellia G. BOUTROS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher T. EUBANK of Santa Barbara CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher J. MOULIOS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Michael J. ROCKWELL of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Ronald J. GUGLIELMONE, JR. of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Steven A. HALES of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R3/00, H04R5/033, H04R5/04
CPC Code(s): H04R3/005
Abstract: aspects of the subject technology provide noise mitigation for electronic devices. noise mitigation can mitigate the effect of a sound-generating component of an electronic device that generates sound as a byproduct of a primary function of the sound-generating component. the noise mitigation can include geometrically distributing another sound in a geometric distribution that mitigates the perceived effect of the sound of the sound-generating component on a user of the electronic device.
Inventor(s): Ping Wen ONG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ante JUKIC of Culver City CA (US) for apple inc., Troy D. SCHULTZ of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04R5/04, G06F1/12, H04R1/32
CPC Code(s): H04R5/04
Abstract: aspects of the subject technology relate to determining a location of a device using sound that is output from the device. for example, an audio output from one or more speakers of an electronic device may be received at one or more microphones of another electronic device, and used by the other electronic device to determine the location of the electronic device.
20240214799.LAYER 2 SECURITY ENHANCEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Bobby Jose 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., Murtaza A. Shikari of Mountain View 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., Shu Guo of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/037, H04W12/108
CPC Code(s): H04W12/037
Abstract: provided is a method of a transmitter in a wireless communication system, that includes: generating protocol data units (pdu) in layer 2 (l2); performing security protection on a control pdu of the pdus in l2 to obtain a protected control pdu for the control pdu, wherein the control pdu in a sublayer lower than service data adaptation protocol (sdap); and transmitting the protected control pdu.
20240214910.IDENTIFYING RELAY USER EQUIPMENT FOR SIDELINK RELAY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Shu Guo of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos 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., Sudeep Manithara Vamanan of Nuremberg (DE) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W48/14, H04W76/14, H04W88/04, H04W92/18
CPC Code(s): H04W48/14
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for managing relay identifiers for sidelink relays in wireless networks.
20240214990.Paging False Alarm Mitigation at a User Equipment_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Fangli XU of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing HU of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Murtaza A. SHIKARI of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Sarma V. VANGALA of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Srirang A. LOVLEKAR of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yuchul KIM of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W68/02, H04W68/06, H04W76/27
CPC Code(s): H04W68/02
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) operates in a network. the ue receives, from the network, a paging area comprising a plurality of cells of the network. when the ue is in one of a radio resource control (rrc) inactive state or rrc idle state with respect to the network, the ue transmits a message to a first cell of the paging area based on the ue moving into a first coverage area of the first cell from a second coverage area of a second cell of the paging area. the ue then monitors the first cell for a page from the network.
Inventor(s): Sassan AHMADI of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/04, H04L5/14, H04W16/14, H04W28/26
CPC Code(s): H04W72/04
Abstract: methods and apparatus for dynamic sharing of resources such as radio frequency (rf) spectrum in a wireless system. in one embodiment, the sharing is conducted among a number of base stations (e.g., enodebs or access points (aps)), or among different radio access technologies (rats). in one implementation, the sharing is accomplished through reservation of new rf carriers, and temporary assignment (and release) of one or more rf carriers to the multi-carrier enabled radio access systems or base stations. such dynamic spectrum sharing allows opportunistic use of additional rf carriers in a multi-carrier system as opposed to permanent availability to the enodeb or ap regardless of their effective usage.
20240215014.FR2 UL GAP CONFIGURATION_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): H04W72/1268, H04W52/34
CPC Code(s): H04W72/1268
Abstract: apparatuses for fr2 ul gap configuration, and associated configuring methods. in one aspect, a dedicated radio resource control (rrc) signaling is used to configure a ul gap by transmitting. the ul gap configuration may indicate a reference cell to determine a ul gap pattern for a multi-radio dual connectivity (mr-dc) configuration. the ul gap configuration may indicate a system frame number (sfn) and a subframe of the reference cell used for calculating the ul gap pattern. the reference cell can be selected from a list of cells including fr1 cells or can be limited to fr2 cells.
Inventor(s): Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego 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., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/232, H04L1/1829, H04L5/00, H04W72/0446
CPC Code(s): H04W72/232
Abstract: provided is a method for a user equipment (ue). the method comprises acquiring a downlink control information (dci) configured for multiple-physical downlink shared channel (pdsch) scheduling; determining, based on the number of pdschs scheduled by the dci, whether a codebook group (cbg)-based operation is enabled for the scheduled pdschs; and determining, based on the number of pdschs scheduled by the dci, a format of the dci.
Inventor(s): Alexei Davydov of Nizhny Novgorod (RU) for apple inc., Gregory V. Morozov of Nizhny Novgorod (RU) for apple inc., Sameer Pawar of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/541, H04B17/336, H04J13/16, H04L5/00, H04W72/044
CPC Code(s): H04W72/541
Abstract: techniques discussed herein can facilitate reduced density csi (channel state information)-rs (reference signals). one example embodiment can be employed at a ue (user equipment) and can comprise processing circuitry configured to receive and process a configuration message that comprises one or more configuration parameters for one or more csi (channel state information)-rs (reference signal) aps (antenna ports) of a configurable density csi-rs. the configuration parameters indicate a density of csi-rs resource per physical resource block (prb) per csi-rs ap and a prb offset. the processing circuitry is further configured to determine a set of res (resource elements) for the one or more csi-rs aps of the configurable density csi-rs based on the one or more configuration parameters and perform measurements on the configurable density csi-rs from the set of res to determine one or more csi parameters. the one or more configuration parameters are provided per csi-rs resource configuration.
20240215087.IP-based UE Aggregation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Pavan NUGGEHALLI of San Carlos 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., 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., Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/14, H04W28/02, H04W76/20, H04W80/02
CPC Code(s): H04W76/14
Abstract: a first user equipment (ue) is configured to establish a device-to-device (d2d) connection with a second ue, generate internet protocol (ip) packets for uplink (ul) transmission to a network and identifying a quality of service (qos) flow for the packets, encapsulate each packet with a header comprising a qos flow identifier (qfi), transmit a first portion of the encapsulated packets to the network via a first radio link and transmitting a second portion of the encapsulated packets to the second ue via the d2d connection for transmission to the network via a second radio link of the second ue.
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Pengkai Zhao of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wen Zhao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of () for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/15, H04L5/00, H04W24/08, H04W72/21, H04W76/30
CPC Code(s): H04W76/15
Abstract: disclosed are methods and apparatuses for improving reliability and reducing power consumption for fr2 rrm. in one aspect, a ue is capable of maintaining connectivity of a first rat and connectivity of a second rat. the ue is configured to send a rat request to the cellular network, the rat request indicating at least one preferred rat that is selected from the first rat and the second rat, and use the at least one preferred rat to carry data transmission between the ue and the cellular network.
Inventor(s): Qiming Li of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang 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., Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Ramon 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): H04W76/15, H04W8/24, H04W24/10, H04W40/02
CPC Code(s): H04W76/15
Abstract: a terminal may communicate through a first communication link with a first network. the terminal may include a transmitter that transmits, to a second network, a terminal capability indicating support for a measurement configuration. the terminal may include a receiver that receives, from the second network, network configuration information including a pattern for establishing a second communication link with the second network. the terminal may include a processor that, based on the pattern, establishes the second communication link with the second network while maintaining the first communication link with the first network. the network configuration information may be based on an independent frequency range (fr) measurement included in the terminal capability.
20240215101.Multi-SIM Scheduling Gaps_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander SIROTKIN of Hod Hasharon (IL) for apple inc., Birgit BREINING of Muenchen (DE) 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., Srirang A. LOVLEKAR of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/27, H04W8/18
CPC Code(s): H04W76/27
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to enter a radio resource control (rrc) connected state on a first network using a first subscriber identification module (sim) and an rrc inactive or rrc idle state on a second network using a second sim, transmit, to the first network, a request for a scheduling gap (sg) configuration, wherein, during a duration of the sg, the first network avoids scheduling resources for the ue, receive, from the first network, an indication of the sg configuration to be used, during the duration of the sg, tune away from the first network to perform operations on the second network and after the duration of the sg, tune back to the first network, wherein the rrc connected state is maintained on the first network during the duration of the sg.
Inventor(s): Hariharan SUKUMAR of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chandrahas ARALAGUPPE CHANDRAMOHAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Angelo K. MALIYIL of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Vaishnavi DHULKHED of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Ke LIU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Alejandro A. RODRIGUEZ of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Vasilios E. ANTON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Chen GANIR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H05K5/02, G06F1/16, H04R1/10, H05K5/00
CPC Code(s): H05K5/0247
Abstract: an electronic device can receive battery charge level information from two different devices and select, between the different devices, which information to use to generate and present battery information on a display of the electronic device. when two separate devices are transmitted by a case and an earbud (or earbuds), the electronic device can receive and select from one of two source based upon the state of the case and the state of the earbud(s). alternatively, based upon the state of the case and the earbud(s), the electronic device can merge the information received from the case and the earbuds, while also determining from the merged information which respective device transmitted the respective information. further, the case can provide battery information on behalf of the earbuds when the earbuds are in the case, and the respective radio circuits are shut down. alternatively, the earbuds can provide battery information on behalf the case.
- Apple Inc.
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- CPC F25B43/006
- Apple inc.
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- CPC H04B1/16
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- CPC H04W72/04
- H04W72/1268
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- CPC H04W72/1268
- H04W72/232
- H04L1/1829
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- CPC H04W72/232
- H04W72/541
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- H04W72/044
- CPC H04W72/541
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