Apple Inc. patent applications on June 6th, 2024
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on June 6th, 2024
Apple Inc.: 65 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G02B27/01 (9), H04W76/20 (6), G06F3/04883 (6), G02B27/0172 (5), G06F1/16 (5)
With keywords such as: device, user, display, information, portion, include, configured, data, electronic, and optical in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20240180445.SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SWIMMING METRICS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Bharath Narasimha Rao of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Craig Mermel of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Hung A. Pham of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Adam S. Howell of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Rami Y. Hindiyeh of Pacifica CA (US) for apple inc., James P. Ochs of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Vinay R. Majjigi of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander Singh Alvarado of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sunny K. Chow of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Umamahesh Srinivas of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Xing Tan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ronald K. Huang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Edith Merle Arnold of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Robin T. Guers of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Gunes Dervisoglu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Adeeti Ullal of Emerald Hills CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/11, A61B5/00, A61B5/0205, A61B5/024, A63B24/00, G01C22/00, G01P15/14, G06F18/2135, G06F18/2411, G06V40/20, H04W4/02
Abstract: the present disclosure relates to methods and systems of determining swimming metrics of a user during a swimming session. the method can include receiving, by a processor circuit of a user device, motion information from one or more motion sensors of the user device; determining, by the processor circuit using the motion information, a first set of rotational data of the user device, wherein the first set of rotational data is expressed in a first frame of reference; converting, by the processor circuit, the first set of rotational data into a second set of rotational data, wherein the second set of rotational data is expressed in a second frame of reference; determining, by the processor circuit, one or more swimming metrics of the user; and outputting the one or more swimming metrics.
20240182117.Panel with Segmented Features_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): David E Kingman of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Albert J Golko of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): B62D25/06, B60J1/00, B60J1/02, B60J3/00
Abstract: a system may include an exterior canopy that extends from a front of a body to a rear of the body. the canopy may include a layer of glass. different feature layers may be coupled to different regions of the layer of glass. window layers may each be coupled to the different feature layers. the feature layers and window layers may form three regions, such as a windshield, roof glass, and backlite. each region may include unique features, such as lighting, display, tinting, and/or haze features. some of the feature layers may be adjustable by control circuitry in the system. material may be included between the window layers and the different feature layers to fill any gaps. for example, trim and/or a masking layer may be used to match the appearance between the different regions.
20240183972.TECHNIQUES FOR RELATIVE LOCATION DETERMINATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Mohamed Youssef of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S13/76, G01S13/02, H04W64/00
Abstract: an electronic device can perform a process for conducting first ranging measurements with a first plurality of electronic devices to obtain first ranging information for a first peer-to-peer coordinate system, the first ranging information providing first relative location information between the mobile device and a first plurality of electronic devices. the method may include generating, using the first ranging information, a first relative location for the mobile device in the first peer-to-peer coordinate system. the device may conduct a second ranging measurements with a second plurality of electronic devices to obtain second ranging information for a second peer-to-peer coordinate system, the second ranging information providing second relative location information between the mobile device and a second plurality of electronic devices, where the first plurality of electronic devices are not within peer-to-peer communication range with the second plurality of electronic devices.
20240184080.Camera Actuator for Lens And Sensor Shifting_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Shashank Sharma of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Douglas S. Brodie of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Scott W. Miller of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B7/09, H02P25/034, H04N23/54, H04N23/55, H04N23/67
Abstract: some embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (vcm) actuator configured to shift a lens and/or an image sensor along multiple axes. the vcm actuator may include a bottom flexure and a top flexure that connect one or more dynamic members to one or more static members. the vcm actuator may include stationary magnets and coils held by dynamic members. in some cases, the vcm actuator may be configured to move the image sensor along an optical axis, to move the image sensor in directions orthogonal to the optical axis, and/or to tilt the image sensor relative to the orthogonal axis. in some examples, the vcm actuator may be configured to move the image sensor in directions orthogonal to the optical axis, to move the lens along the optical axis, and/or to tilt the lens relative to the optical axis.
20240184116.Optical Systems for Mitigating Waveguide Non-Uniformity_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Di Hu of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Guolin Peng of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Vikrant Bhakta of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Jose A Dominguez-Caballero of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hyungryul Choi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
Abstract: an electronic device may have a display system with a module that produces image light and a waveguide that directs the image light towards an eye box. the module may include a light source, spatial light modulator, and collimating lens between the lens and modulator. the lens may direct illumination from the light source to the modulator, which modulates the illumination to produce the image light. the lens may have a geometry that illuminates the modulator with a non-uniform illumination pattern to mitigate subsequent brightness non-uniformity introduced by the waveguide. the light source may include one or more leds that are independently driven by control circuitry over one or more drive lines to help mitigate the non-uniformity introduced by the waveguide and/or to operate the display in a heads-up display mode.
Inventor(s): Scott M. DeLapp of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Vikrant Bhakta of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Di Hu of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Guolin Peng of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Darshan R Kasar of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., John Raff of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B6/34
Abstract: a display system may include a waveguide, an input coupler with a first surface relief grating (srg), and an output coupler with a second srg. a display module may produce image light that is coupled into the waveguide by the first srg. the first srg may have an input vector non-parallel with respect to a normal axis of the waveguide. the display module may have an optical axis tilted with respect to the input vector by a non-zero angle. a prism may redirect the image light from the module to the first srg in a direction parallel to the input vector. the module may include lens elements with an optical axis offset with respect to the center of the field of the image light. this may cause the lens elements to output the image light in a direction parallel to the input vector of the first srg.
20240184118.Infrared Coatings for Gaze Tracking Systems_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Brian S. Lau of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Michael J. Oudenhoven of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Cameron A. Harder of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B5/20, G02B5/28, G02B27/00
Abstract: a head-mounted device may include near-eye displays and gaze tracking components to track a user's gaze. the head-mounted device may include an optical system, including a waveguide and optional lenses to guide images produced by display modules to an eye box. the gaze tracking components may include infrared emitters that emit infrared light toward the user's eyes and infrared sensors that detect infrared light that has been reflected from the user's eyes. to reduce interference with the gaze tracking components from environmental infrared light, the optical system may include an infrared-reflective coating and an infrared-absorptive coating. the infrared-reflective and infrared-absorptive coatings may be formed on the optional lenses or on other transparent structures in the optical system. together, the infrared-reflective and infrared-absorptive coatings may reduce an amount of environmental infrared light that reaches the gaze tracking components and reduce a thermal load on internal components within the head-mounted device.
Inventor(s): Victoria C. Chan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Christina G. Gambacorta of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Igor Stamenov of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B3/10, G02C7/08
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a display that displays computer-generated content for a user. the head-mounted device may have an optical system that directs the computer-generated image towards eye boxes for viewing by a user. the optical system may be a see-through optical system that allows the user to view a real-world object through the optical system while receiving the computer-generated image or the optical system may include a non-removable lens and a removable vision correction lens through which an opaque display is viewable. the optical system may include a removable lens. the removable lens may serve as a custom vision correction lens to correct for a user's vision defects. the optical system may have a projection bias lens that places computer-generated content at one or more desired virtual image distances and a corresponding compensation bias lens.
20240184121.Device with a Removable Cushion_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Erin M Bosch of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Paul X Wang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin A Shaffer of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure that is configured to be worn on a head of a user. the head-mounted support structure may include a flexible rear portion that at least partially defines a central opening through which the displays in the head-mounted device are viewable. the flexible rear portion may conform to a face of the user when the head-mounted device is worn by the user. a removable cushion may be selectively attached to the flexible rear portion of the head-mounted support structure. the removable cushion may conform to and directly contact the face of the user when the head-mounted device is worn by the user. the removability of the cushion may allow for the cushion to be easily cleaned, easily replaced when worn, and customized to a user's aesthetic and comfort preferences.
20240184122.Display System Circuitry_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Christopher Patton of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Michael J. Oudenhoven of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Rick Y. Huang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have projectors that provide images. waveguides in lenses may be used in conveying the images to eye boxes. a head-mounted frame in the head-mounted device may have lens openings that receive the lenses. the frame may include a frame member such as an elongated metal member that extends across the frame above the left and right lenses. the frame may include frame structure such as polymer structures that cover the frame member and that are configured to form the lens openings. the frame member may have a cable channel. cabling may be used to route signals between the projectors, strain gauge circuitry, control circuitry, and other circuits in the head-mounted device. the cabling may be received within the cable channel and encapsulated in a protective polymer. additional polymer may be molded over the protective polymer to form the frame.
20240184134.DUAL-AXIS HINGE MECHANISM_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jonathan M. Anderson of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., John Raff of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Teodor Dabov of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02C5/22
Abstract: eyewear includes a frame connected to an arm using a hinge mechanism that enables movement of the arm to a folded position, a nominal position, and a hyperextended position. in the nominal position, gaps and exposure of any electronic components of the eyewear are minimized or eliminated. a hinge with multiple axes of rotation of different parts allows the arm to automatically snap between multiple stable positions relative to the frame while also being able to flex and apply a clamping force to a wide array of heads. a cable or other electrical connector can extend through a portion of the hinge to protect and guide the cable between electronic parts in the arm and frame.
20240184329.Device With Light-Shielding Structure_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Timon A. Wright of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Evan A. Cernokus of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a main housing containing displays that display images to eye boxes for a user when the head-mounted device is worn by the user. the head-mounted device may include a light-shielding structure coupled to the main housing and configured to rest on the nasal region of the user. the light-shielding structure may include rigid members, flexible members, and/or fabric members. the light-shielding structure may conform to the facial features of the user around the nasal region to block environmental light from entering the eye boxes when the head-mounted device is worn by the user.
20240184330.Devices With Adjustable Headbands_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Aiden D Mossop of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jenna L Withrow of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Ryan M David of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Zebinah P Masse of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher Sa Glaister of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Heidi Williamson of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Timon A Wright of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Evan A Cernokus of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing containing rear-facing displays that display images for a user when the head-mounted housing is worn by the user. the head-mounted device may have an adjustable-tension headband coupled between first and second sides of the head-mounted housing. the adjustable-tension headband may be operable in a stretch fabric tensioned mode in which tension for the headband is provided by stretching a length of stretchable fabric in the headband and may be operable in a cable-tensioned mode in which tension for the headband is applied by a tensioned cable. a knob or other adjustable cable tensioning mechanism may be used to adjust cable tension.
20240184335.Electronic Device With Flexible Display Structures_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Scott A. Myers of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F3/041, G09G3/20, H04M1/02, H05K1/18, H05K5/00, H05K5/02
Abstract: an electronic device may have a flexible display. the electronic device may have housing portions that are rotatably coupled to each other so that the flexible display may fold along one or more bend axes. a device may have rollers that store a flexible display and that help deploy the display from within a housing when additional display area is desired. a touch screen in a housing may be overlapped by a flexible display that has been scrolled outwardly from the housing. wireless transmitter and receiver circuitry may be used to convey image data to display driver circuitry. the display driver circuitry may display images on a pixel array in a flexible display based on the image data. magnets may be used to outwardly bias edge-mounted bistable support structures to help prevent a rolled flexible display from wrinkling.
20240184336.GLASS COVER MEMBER FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCLOSURE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Joseph C. Poole of Hayward CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew S. Rogers of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dale N. Memering of Langhome PA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/16
Abstract: the disclosure provides members formed from multiple layers as well as enclosures and electronic devices that include the members. the members include glass members formed from multiple layers of glass. in some cases, the members include a protruding feature provided over a camera assembly of the electronic device. the member may define one or more through-holes that extend through the protruding feature. the protruding feature may define a textured region that may be configured to provide a matte or glossy appearance.
20240184355.Latency Events in Multi-Die Architecture_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Inder M. Sodhi of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Achmed R. Zahir of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Lior Zimet of Kerem Maharal (IL) for apple inc., Liran Fishel of Raanana (IL) for apple inc., Omri Flint of Ramat Hasharon (IL) for apple inc., Ami Schwartzman of Kfar-Sava (IL) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F1/3296, G06F1/3206
Abstract: techniques are disclosed that pertain to synchronizing power states between integrated circuit dies. a system includes an integrated circuit that includes a plurality of integrated circuit dies coupled together. a particular integrated circuit die may include a primary power manager circuit and one or more remaining integrated circuit dies include respective secondary power manager circuits. the primary power manager circuit is configured to issue a transition request to the secondary power manager circuits to transition their integrated circuit dies from a first power state to a second power state. a given secondary power manager circuit is configured to receive the transition request, transition its integrated circuit die to the second power state, and issue an acknowledgement to the primary power manager circuit that its integrated circuit die has been transitioned to the second power state. techniques are further disclosed relating to managing latency tolerance events within a multi-die integrated circuit.
Inventor(s): Israel Pastrana Vicente of Spring TX (US) for apple inc., Jonathan R. Dascola of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher D. McKenzie of Burlingame CA (US) for apple inc., Jesse Chand of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. Lemay of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Dorian D. Dargan of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Zoey C. Taylor of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/16
Abstract: a computer system displays a view of a communication session between a first and second user of a first and second display generation component, respectively. the view of the communication session includes a view of a three-dimensional environment, virtual content shared between the first and second user, and a representation of the second user based on a virtual spatial relationship between the first and second user in the three-dimensional environment. while displaying the view of the communication session, the computer system displays a user interface, including a control object, and detects a user input activating the control object. in response, the computer system modifies the appearance of a three-dimensional region of the three-dimensional environment for the first user of the first display generation component, and initiates a process for modifying the appearance of the three-dimensional region of the three-dimensional environment displayed at the second display generation component.
20240184370.CONTENT-BASED TACTILE OUTPUTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Camille MOUSSETTE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David H. BLOOM of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Gary Ian BUTCHER of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Alan C. DYE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Dylan Ross EDWARDS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jules K. FENNIS of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Brian T. GLEESON of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Miao HE of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew J. SUNDSTROM of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/0362, G06F3/041, G06F3/04845, G06F3/0487
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to content-based tactile outputs. in some embodiments, user interfaces associated with content-based tactile outputs are described. in some embodiments, user interfaces associated with end-of-content tactile outputs are described. in some embodiments, user interfaces associated with moving a user interface in response to different types of input are described. in some embodiments, user interfaces associated with adjustable item-based tactile outputs are described. in some embodiments, user interfaces associated with input velocity-based tactile outputs are described.
Inventor(s): Behkish J. Manzari of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Britt S. Miura of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. Lemay of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Andre Souza Dos Santos of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Charles A. Mezak of Fairfield CT (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0482, G06F3/0484, G06F3/0485, G06F3/0488, G06F3/04883, G06F16/54
Abstract: an electronic device having a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a representation of a media item that corresponds to a sequence of images including a representative image. in response to detecting a first input, the device displays an editing user interface that concurrently displays: a first area sequentially displaying images in the sequence of images at a first magnification; and a distinct second area including representations of the images at a second magnification less than the first magnification, and a user-adjustable representative-image-selection affordance for selecting a new representative image. the device detects a second input moving the user-adjustable representative-image-selection affordance in the second area. the device displays in the first area an image corresponding to the user-adjustable representative-image-selection affordance current position in the second area.
Inventor(s): Patrick W. Demasco of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher P. Willmore of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., James Magahern of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Justin S. Hogg of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Karl K. Hong of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Matan Stauber of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Lee S. Broughton of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Julian K. Missig of Burlingame CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G06F3/0484
Abstract: systems and methods for responding to continuous-path gestures are disclosed. an example method includes: displaying a plurality of keys on a touch-sensitive keyboard; and in response to a continuous-path gesture on the touch-sensitive keyboard in which a contact associated with the continuous-path gesture travels over two or more of the plurality of keys: begin displaying a punctuation symbol key on the touch-sensitive keyboard; and displaying one or more characters based on keys contacted by the contact during the continuous-path gesture.
Inventor(s): Christopher D. Soli of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Bradley W. Griffin of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel T. Preston of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Tiffany S. Jon of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/04883, G06F3/0354, G06F3/04817
Abstract: a method includes while displaying a drawing user interface, detecting an object insertion input and, in response, inserting a respective object in the drawing user interface. the method includes, while displaying the respective object, detecting a pixel erase input, and, in response, ceasing to display a first portion of the respective object without ceasing to display second and third portions of the respective object. the method includes detecting an object erase input directed to a portion of the respective object, and, in response, when the object erase input is directed to the second portion and the second portion is not connected to the third portion, ceasing to display the second portion, but not the third portion; and when the object erase input is directed to the third portion and the third portion is not connected to the second portion, ceasing to display the third portion, but not the second portion.
Inventor(s): Taylor G. Carrigan of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16, G06F3/04842, H04R5/04, H04S7/00
Abstract: an electronic device, while displaying a first interface, receives a request to display an audio settings interface. in response, the electronic device displays the audio settings interface, including a first interface element that enables a first audio mode of an audio output device. displaying the audio settings interface includes: if the first audio mode is enabled and the electronic device is causing audio that is configured for output using the first audio mode to be output using the first audio mode, displaying the first interface element with a first indication that the first audio mode is being used; and if the first audio mode is enabled and the electronic device is not causing audio to be output using the first audio mode, displaying the first interface element without displaying the first indication that the first audio mode is being used.
20240184515.Vocal Attenuation Mechanism in On-Device App_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Matthias Mauch of London (GB) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16
Abstract: generating vocal attenuation for a media item having an audio component includes obtaining the media item on a client device and modifying the media item to create a modified media item with an isolated audio track. the modified media item is created using an attenuation model via a separator network on the client's device. during playback, functionality is provided to a listener to modify characteristics of the isolated track, such as volume levels. graphical representations of media items are denoted with visual indicators (e.g., icons) when vocal attenuation for the media item is available. vocal attenuation features are made available for media items that satisfy attenuation quality metrics.
20240184869.IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Marcel VAN OS of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Peter D. ANTON of Portola Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Lynne DEVINE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Daamun MOHSENI of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/32, G06F21/31
Abstract: an electronic device performs techniques related to receiving a request to perform an operation that requires authentication, in response to receiving the request to perform the operation that requires authentication, attempting to authenticate a user, if authentication is successful, performing the operation, and if authentication is not successful and that a set of error condition criteria is met: displaying an indication of a location of the one or more biometric sensors, wherein the indication is a graphical indicator that is displayed at a respective location on the display that is a first distance from a first edge of the electronic device, and wherein the respective location on display is a second distance from a second edge of the electronic device, wherein the second edge is opposite from the first edge, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance, and forgoing performing the operation.
20240184879.CONTROLLED IDENTITY CREDENTIAL RELEASE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Irene M. GRAFF of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Ahmer A. KHAN of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher SHARP of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Libor SYKORA of Prague (CZ) for apple inc., Lucia E. BALLARD of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Rupamay SAHA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/45, H04L9/40, H04W12/06
Abstract: a device for controlled identity credential release may include at least one processor configured to receive a request to release an identity credential of a user, the identity credential being stored on the device. the at least one processor may be further configured to authenticate the user associated with the identity credential. the at least one processor may be further configured to, responsive to the authentication, provide at least a portion of the identity credential, such as for display and/or to a terminal device over a direct wireless connection. the at least one processor may be further configured to cause the electronic device to enter a locked state and/or to remain in a locked state, responsive to providing the at least the portion of the identity credential.
20240184986.Text Suggestion Based on Environmental Context_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Christopher D. Fu of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Devin W. Chalmers of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Paulo R. Jansen dos Reis of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F40/274, G06F3/04886, G06V20/50, G06V20/70, G10L25/51
Abstract: in one implementation, a method of displaying text suggestions is performed at a device including an input device, a display, an image sensor, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. the method includes obtaining, using the image sensor, one or more images of a physical environment. the method includes obtaining one or more semantic labels associated with the physical environment based on the one or more images of the physical environment. the method includes receiving, via the input device, text. the method includes determining one or more text suggestions based on the one or more semantic labels associated with the physical environment and the text. the method includes displaying, on the display, the one or more text suggestions.
20240185245.Secure Element Having Multiple Users_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Herve Sibert of Le Mans (FR) for apple inc., Oren M. Elrad of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jerrold V. Hauck of Windermere FL (US) for apple inc., Onur E. Tackin of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Zachary A. Rosen of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Matthias Lerch of Paris (FR) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06Q20/40, G06F21/31, G06F21/32, G06Q20/20, G06Q20/32, G06Q20/38, H04L9/32, H04W12/06, H04W12/065
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to secure data storage. in various embodiments, a mobile device includes a wireless interface, a secure element, and a secure circuit. the secure element is configured to store confidential information associated with a plurality of users and to receive a request to communicate the confidential information associated with a particular one of the plurality of users. the secure element is further configured to communicate, via the wireless interface, the confidential information associated with the particular user in response to an authentication of the particular user. the secure circuit is configured to perform the authentication of the particular user. in some embodiments, the mobile device also includes a biosensor configured to collect biometric information from a user of the mobile device. in such an embodiment, the secure circuit is configured to store biometric information collected from the plurality of users by the biosensor.
20240185481.LYRICS AND KARAOKE USER INTERFACES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Erik LINDHOLM of Stockholm (SE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T11/00, G06F3/0481, G06F3/0485, G06T11/60, G06T13/00
Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device changes a value of a first visual characteristic with which lyrics are displayed in response to detecting a change in a performer of lyrics associated with a song or other type of content item. in some embodiments, an electronic device displays a vocal attenuation control element and changes a vocal volume (e.g., a volume of vocals) of a content item, such as a song, in response to input directed to the vocal attenuation control element.
Inventor(s): Patrick S. Piemonte of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel De Rocha Rosario of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jason D. Gosnell of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Peter Meier of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G01C21/26, G01C21/36, G02B27/01, G06T15/20, G06T17/00, G06T19/20
Abstract: an ar system that leverages a pre-generated 3d model of the world to improve rendering of 3d graphics content for ar views of a scene, for example an ar view of the world in front of a moving vehicle. by leveraging the pre-generated 3d model, the ar system may use a variety of techniques to enhance the rendering capabilities of the system. the ar system may obtain pre-generated 3d data (e.g., 3d tiles) from a remote source (e.g., cloud-based storage), and may use this pre-generated 3d data (e.g., a combination of 3d mesh, textures, and other geometry information) to augment local data (e.g., a point cloud of data collected by vehicle sensors) to determine much more information about a scene, including information about occluded or distant regions of the scene, than is available from the local data.
Inventor(s): Alexander Oser of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V20/20, G06F3/01, G06V20/40
Abstract: in one implementation, a method of generating an affordance linked to an sr representation of an item is performed in a device including one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and one or more displays. the method includes identifying an item; generating an affordance-item pair that corresponds to the item; detecting an input selecting the affordance-item pair; and displaying, on the one or more displays, a simulated reality (sr) environment that includes an sr representation of the item in response to detecting the user input selecting the affordance-item pair. in some implementations, the method includes obtaining an image data frame that includes the item.
20240185739.FLUCTUATING PROGRESS INDICATOR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jay Kriz Blahnik of Venice CA (US) for apple inc., Erno H. Klaassen of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Julie A. Arney of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Alan C. Dye of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Gary I. Butcher of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin M. Lynch of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Nader E. Bagherzadeh of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Gracee Agrawal of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen J. Waydo of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher J. Brouse of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G09B19/00, G09B5/06
Abstract: a configuration for a breathing sequence may be defined using a user interface of a user device. the user interface may also be used to begin the breathing sequence. prior to beginning the breathing sequence, the user device can determine a breath ratio for the breathing sequence based on a breathing profile. the breath ratio is based at least in part on inhale time and exhale time of a breath of the breathing sequence. during the breathing sequence, a fluctuating user interface element may fluctuate at a cyclic rate corresponding to the breath ratio. such fluctuation may include repeated growing and repeated shrinking of the fluctuating user interface element.
20240185856.GAZE BASED DICTATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Timothy S. PAEK of Mercer Island WA (US) for apple inc., Karan M. DARYANANI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kenneth S. FRIEDMAN of Berkeley CA (US) for apple inc., Yue GU of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Susumu HARADA of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Viet Huy LE of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Dmytro RUDCHENKO of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Garrett L. WEINBERG of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G10L15/25, G10L15/18, G10L15/187, G10L15/22
Abstract: systems and processes for operating an intelligent dictation system based on gaze are provided. an example method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, detecting a gaze of a user, determining based on the detected gaze of the user, whether to enter a dictation mode, and in accordance with a determination to enter the dictation mode: receiving an utterance; determining, based on the detected gaze of the user and the utterance, whether to enter an editing mode; and in accordance with a determination not to enter the editing mode, displaying a textual representation of the utterance on a screen of the electronic device.
20240186684.Electronic Devices With Antenna Mounting Structures_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yi Jiang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Boon W Shiu of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jason C Sauers of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jia-Woei Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Killian J Poore of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lijun Zhang of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01Q1/27
Abstract: a head-mounted device may be worn on a head of a user. while the head-mounted device is being worn, optical modules in the head-mounted device may provide images to eye boxes located rearward of the head-mounted device. a forward-facing display on a front portion of the head-mounted device may be covered with a transparent housing portion forming a display cover layer. an antenna may be mounted in the device. an antenna support member may be coupled to the head-mounted housing. a biasing member such as a layer of foam may have first and second opposing surfaces characterized by surface normals. the foam may be characterized by an axis of preferential compression that is not parallel to the surface normals. the support member may press against the foam so that the antenna presses against an edge portion of the display cover layer or other overlapping dielectric layer.
Inventor(s): Yi Jiang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Boon W. Shiu of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jason C. Sauers of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jia-Woei Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Killian J. Poore of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lijun Zhang of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01Q1/27, H01Q9/04
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing that is configured to be worn on a head of a user. while the head-mounted device is being worn, left and right displays in optical modules in the head-mounted device may provide images to eye boxes located rearward of the head-mounted device. a forward-facing publicly viewable display on a front portion of the head-mounted device may be covered with a transparent housing portion forming a display cover layer. a dielectric member having a ring-shaped edge portion surrounding the publicly viewable display may be mounted under a corresponding edge portion of the display cover layer. a flexible printed circuit antenna with compound curvature may be laminated to the edge portion of the dielectric member.
Inventor(s): Yi Jiang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Boon W Shiu of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jason C Sauers of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jia-Woei Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Killian J Poore of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lijun Zhang of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01Q1/27, G06F1/16, H01Q1/38, H05K1/02, H05K1/03
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing that is configured to be worn on a head of a user. while the head-mounted device is being worn, optical modules in the head-mounted device may provide images to eye boxes located rearward of the head-mounted device. a forward-facing display on a front portion of the head-mounted device may be covered with a transparent housing portion forming a display cover layer. an antenna may be mounted in the device. a curved portion of the display cover layer or other dielectric housing layer may overlap the antenna. the antenna and/or other components may be formed by contouring a flexible printed circuit into a shape characterized by a surface with compound curvature. the contoured flexible printed circuit may have polymer layers and a metal trace between the polymer layers. a neutral stress plane may be aligned with the metal trace.
20240186721.Electronic Devices With Millimeter Wave Antennas_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Yi Jiang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jiangfeng Wu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Lijun Zhang of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Mattia Pascolini of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Simon G. Begashaw of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Siwen Yong of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01Q21/06, G02B27/01, H01Q1/27, H01Q1/40
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing that is configured to be worn on a head of a user. while the head-mounted device is being worn, left and right displays in optical modules in the head-mounted device may provide images to eye boxes located rearward of the head-mounted device. a forward-facing publicly viewable display on a front portion of the head-mounted device may be covered with a transparent housing portion forming a display cover layer. millimeter wave antennas may be mounted under a dielectric member that is interposed between the antennas and an edge portion of the transparent housing portion. the antennas may have planar outer surfaces. the dielectric member may have a planar surface separated from the planar outer surfaces by air gaps and a curved outer surface.
20240186746.LOW-PROFILE AXISYMMETRIC POWER CONNECTORS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): James E. Harper of Paso Robles CA (US) for apple inc., Davood Mousanezhad Viyand of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., James M. Jeon of Mountain House CA (US) for apple inc., Mahmoud R. Amini of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Rui Zhou of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sajjad Mohammadiyangijeh of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01R13/62, H01R13/627, H01R13/642, H01R13/6581
Abstract: power connectors that are easy to connect, have a low profile, and can convey one or more data signals. one example can provide a power connector that is easy to connect by providing an axisymmetric connector receptacle and connector insert. magnets can be used to help guide a connection between a connector insert and a connector receptacle. canted springs can be used to provide a tactile response to the insertion of the connector insert into the connector receptacle and to help to secure the connector insert in place when mated with the connector insert. keying or self-aligning features can be included on either or both the connector insert and the connector receptacle to help guide mating.
Inventor(s): Brandon R. GARBUS of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher C. JENSEN of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Alexei E. KOSUT of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J7/00, H02J50/10
Abstract: the embodiments set forth a technique for coordinating notifications across computing devices placed onto a wireless charging apparatus. according to some embodiments, the technique can involve the wireless charging apparatus (1) receiving, from a first computing device, first information that includes (i) a first unique identifier (id) associated with the first computing device, and (ii) one or more unique ids that are each associated with a respective auxiliary computing device known to the first computing device. subsequently, the wireless charging apparatus can receive, from a second computing device, second information that at least includes a second unique id associated with the second computing device. finally, the wireless charging apparatus can, in response to determining that the second unique id is included in the one or more unique ids, and cause both the first and second computing devices to display respective notifications in a coordinated manner.
20240186836.MULTI-COIL WIRELESS CHARGER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ruiyang Lin of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Adam L Schwartz of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J50/40, H02J50/00, H02J50/12
Abstract: a multi-coil wireless power transfer (wpt) arrangement can include a magnetic core; first and second wpt coils positioned adjacent one another above the magnetic core; a third wpt coil positioned above the first and second wireless power transfer coils; a magnet ring located above the first and second wireless power transfer coils; additional magnetic core material disposed atop the magnetic core and associated with the third wpt coil. the first and second wpt coils can be separated by a separation distance selected to accommodate the additional magnetic core material; and a segmented metallic shield positioned between the magnet ring and the first and second wireless power transfer coils. the additional magnetic core material can include a base portion disposed atop the magnetic core and beneath the third wireless power transfer coil and/or a post portion disposed atop the base portion and within the third wireless power transfer coil.
20240187048.CODEBOOK DESIGN FOR HIGH DOPPLER CASES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) 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., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/0456, H04B7/0417, H04B7/06
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to implement a codebook design for doppler cases. for example, a multiple-input, multiple-output code configuration may be utilized for selecting components.
Inventor(s): Zdravko Boos of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Bertram R Gunzelmann of Koenigsbrunn (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B10/112, H04B10/50, H04B10/54
Abstract: an electronic device may include an antenna that conveys wireless signals at frequencies greater than 100 ghz. the antenna may include a radiating element coupled to a uni-travelling-carrier photodiode (utc pd). an optical path may illuminate the utc pd using a first optical local oscillator (lo) signal and a second optical lo signal. an optical phase shift may be applied to the first optical lo signal. a mach-zehnder modulator (mzm) may be interposed on the optical path. during signal transmission, the mzm may modulate wireless data onto the second optical lo signal while control circuitry applies a first bias voltage to the utc pd. during signal reception, the control circuitry may apply a second bias voltage to the utc pd that configures the utc pd to convert received wireless signals into intermediate frequency signals and/or optical signals.
Inventor(s): Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Sarma V Vangala of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander Sirotkin of Hod Hasharon (IL) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) 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., 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): H04L1/1829, H04L1/1825, H04W84/06
Abstract: techniques, described herein, include solutions for managing hybrid automatic repeat request (harq) processes and communications for non-terrestrial networks (ntns) (e.g., a wireless communication network that includes a satellite network component). a user equipment (ue) may connect to an ntn and determine hybrid automatic repeat request (harq) capabilities regarding ntns. the ue may also communicate a harq disablement message to the ntn and communicate with ntn without harq procedures. the harq disablement message may provide the harq disablement capabilities of the ue and/or be a request for the network to disable harq. the harq disablement message may include a radio resource control (rrc) reconfiguration message and may address harq disablement per logical channel identifier (lcid) or dedicated radio bearer (drb).
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., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04W74/00
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to receive a synchronization signal block (ssb) transmission with a first subcarrier spacing (scs) in an ssb burst window (ssbw), decode the ssb transmission to determine parameters for a control resource set 0 (coreset #0) to be transmitted in the ssbw using a second scs that is different from the first scs, monitor physical downlink control channel (pdcch) candidates in the determined coreset #0 based on a mapping between the ssb transmission and the coreset #0 and decode the pdcch and a system information block 1 (sib1) scheduled by the pdcch in the ssbw.
20240187201.Carrier Specific Scaling Factor for Deactivated PSCell_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
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., Xiang CHEN of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to simultaneously connect to a primary cell (pcell) serving a primary component carrier (pcc), a primary secondary cell (pscell) serving a primary secondary component carrier (pscc) and at least one secondary cell (scell) serving a secondary component carrier (scc), wherein the pscell is in a deactivated state. the ue receives a radio resource management (rrm) measurement configuration comprising a pcc measurement object (mo) configuration, a pscc mo configuration, and an scc mo configuration, determines a pcc mo carrier specific scaling factor (cssf), a pscc mo cssf, and an scc mo cssf and applies each respective cssf to a measurement period corresponding to each of the pcc mo, the pscc mo, and the scc mo.
20240187257.DIGITAL LETTER OF APPROVAL (DLOA) FOR DEVICE COMPLIANCE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Xiangying YANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/32, G06F16/955, H04L9/00, H04W12/00
Abstract: a digital letter of approval (dloa) is used by a subscription manager (sm) server to determine whether a device is compliant with requirements for an application to be provisioned. if the device is compliant, the application is provisioned to the device or to an embedded universal integrated circuit card (euicc) included in the device. to increase the security of the device dloa, the device dloa is linked to the euicc, in some embodiments. the linkage may be based on one or more platform label fields in the device dloa. a database is consulted, in some embodiments, to confirm a relationship between the device and the euicc identified in the device dloa. in some embodiments, the euicc signs the device dloa and the device dloa with euicc signature is sent to the sm server. in some embodiments, the device provides a device signature on the dloa independent of the euicc.
20240187361.AVATAR INTEGRATION WITH MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Marcel VAN OS of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Jae Woo CHANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L51/046, G06F3/04817, G06F3/0482, G06T13/80, G06V40/16, H04L51/08, H04L51/10, H04L51/226
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for displaying and using avatars. in some embodiments, avatars are used to generate stickers for sending in a content-creation user interface. in some embodiments, avatars are used to generate a representation of a contactable user in a contactable user editing user interface. in some embodiments, a user interface can be used to create and edit an avatar. in some embodiments, a user interface can be used to display an avatar that is responsive to detected changes in pose of a face of a user. in some embodiments, contact information is transmitted or received.
20240187395.AUTHENTICATED INTERFACE ELEMENT INTERACTIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): James R. MONTGOMERIE of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jessica ARANDA of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Patrick COFFMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Julien FREUDIGER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew H. GAMBLE of Mill Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Ron HUANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Anant JAIN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Glen S. LOW of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Andrey POKROVSKIY of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen J. RHEE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew E. SHEPHERD of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Ansh SHUKLA of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Katherine SKINNER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kyle M. SLUDER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher SOLI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher K. THOMAS of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Guy L. TRIBBLE of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., John WILANDER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, G06F21/10, H04W12/06
Abstract: an access control system is provided to prevent the surreptitious granting of access to privacy related functionality on an electronic device. software-based events to grant access to device functionality can be validated by confirming that the software event corresponds with a hardware input event. this validation prevents the spoofing of a user interface input that may be used to fraudulently grant access to specific functionality.
20240187464.Synchronization in a Multiuser Experience_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Luis R. Deliz Centeno of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Joseph P. Cerra of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L65/403, G06T7/70, G06T19/00
Abstract: facilitating collaboration in a multiuser communication session includes detecting initiation of an interaction between a user of a first device and a virtual object in a multiuser communication session, where the first device and a second device are active in the multiuser communication session, and where state information is synchronized among the first device and second device in the multiuser communication session. in accordance with detecting the initiation of an interaction between the user and the virtual object, synchronization of state information is suspended by the first device, where the state information is related to the interaction between the user and the virtual object. a representation of the multiuser communication session at the first device and a representation of the multiuser communication session at the second device are inconsistent in accordance with the suspended synchronization of the state information.
20240187554.Head-Mounted Devices With Forward Facing Cameras_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): David A. Kalinowski of Davis CA (US) for apple inc., Brian S. Lau of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N7/18, G02B27/01, G06V40/19, H04N23/90
Abstract: a head-mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure with a left side portion, a right side portion, and a transparent front portion forming a lens. the lens may extend across the front of a user's face between the left and right side portions. the lens may have a mirror coating or other optical coating that helps obscure objects on the inner side of the lens when viewed from an exterior region surrounding the head-mounted device. left and right forward-facing cameras with overlapping fields of view may be used to capture visible-light images through the lens. the cameras may also be used for gaze tracking. left and right light sources may provide eye illumination that reflects from the lens into left and right eye boxes. images from the eye boxes may reflect from the lens towards the left and right forward-facing cameras.
Inventor(s): Bae Keun Lee of Seongnam-si (KR) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N19/46, H04N19/105, H04N19/132, H04N19/159, H04N19/176
Abstract: an image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: referring to a first flag for indicating whether intra block-based delta pulse code modulation (bdpcm) signaled through a sequence parameter set is permitted, so as to determine whether a second flag for indicating whether the intra bdpcm is applied to a current block is parsed; determining whether the intra bdpcm is applied to the current block on the basis of the second flag; determining an intra bdpcm mode of the current block when it is determined that the intra bdpcm is applied to the current block; and acquiring a residual sample of the current block on the basis of the intra bdpcm mode.
20240187849.Multicast Broadcast Service Keys_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Shu GUO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli XU of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing HU of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Huarui LIANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Lanpeng CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Xiaoyu QIAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/041, H04W4/06, H04W12/0431
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to join a multicast broadcast service (mbs) session. the ue sends, to a network function, a protocol data unit (pdu) modification request comprising a request to join a multicast broadcast service (mbs) session, generates a first key (k), receives a pdu session modification complete message comprising an encrypted second key (k) and a key identification (kid) corresponding to the kand decrypts the kiss using the k.
Inventor(s): Jean-Marc PADOVA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Xiangying YANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W12/72, H04W8/20, H04W12/069, H04W88/02
Abstract: embodiments described herein relate to eligibility checking for transfer of one or more electronic subscriber identity modules (esims) between two mobile wireless devices. eligibility to transfer an esim to an euicc of a target device can depend on whether the euicc of the target device satisfies certain security requirements for the esims to be transferred. the mobile wireless devices can obtain a transfer eligibility result based on communication with one or more network-based servers that can determine compatibility for esim transfer.
Inventor(s): Jie CUI of San Jose 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): H04W24/10, H04B17/318, H04W76/20, H04W76/30
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to receive a measurement configuration from a serving cell, wherein the measurement configuration comprises event configuration associated with radio resource management (rrm) relaxation, perform measurements of the serving cell, transmit a measurement report to the serving cell and receive an indication from the serving cell that rrm relaxation for radio resource control (rrc) connected mode is enabled at the ue.
20240187916.CONFIGURED GRANT ENHANCEMENT_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., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sarma V. Vangala of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Srinivasan Nimmala of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W72/1268
Abstract: provided is a method for a network, that includes: determining quality of service (qos) information for a plurality of data flows with different qos attributes, transmitting, to a user equipment (ue), a configuration message generated based on the qos information, wherein the configuration message includes configuration information for at least one configured grant (cg); and receiving, from the ue based on the at least one cg, uplink data based on the plurality of data flows.
Inventor(s): Ralf Rossbach of Neubiberg (DE) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Alexander Sirotkin of Tel Aviv (IL) for apple inc., Bobby Jose of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Francois E. Deparis of Zirndorf (DE) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Mohamed Mounir Mohamed Abdelrahman of Unterhaching (DE) for apple inc., Murali Narasimha of San Ramon 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 Itjeshorst of Walpertskirchen (DE) for apple inc., Sarma V. Vangala of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Vijay Venkataraman 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): H04W28/04, H04L1/00, H04W28/02, H04W76/20, H04W80/02
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for concatenating in the packet data convergence protocol sublayer or the service data adaptation sublayer in wireless networks.
20240187928.METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UP ENHANCEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Alexander Sirotkin of Tel Aviv (IL) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) 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., Weidong Yang of San Diego 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): H04W28/06
Abstract: provided is a method for a user equipment (ue), comprising: acquiring configuration information including a first configuration information for determining a configured grant (cg)/semi-persistent scheduling (sps) configuration, the first configuration information is included in a radio resource control (rrc) message; and performing a data transmission/reception via the cg/sps configuration determined by the configuration information.
Inventor(s): Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming Li of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/00, H04W56/00
Abstract: aspects are described for a user equipment (ue) comprising a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication with a serving cell and a target cell and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. the processor is configured to receive a handover command from the serving cell. the handover command comprises an epoch index and ephemeris information of the target cell. the processor is further configured to determine an epoch time of the target cell based on the epoch index and perform time synchronization with the target cell using the epoch time and the ephemeris information.
20240187967.Enhancements for Reduced Capability New Radio Devices_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
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., Yushu ZHANG of Beijjing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W48/02, H04W8/24, H04W72/51, H04W74/0833
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to receive a system information block (sib) from a base station and transmit an indication of a reduced capability (redcap) device type to the base station during a random access procedure, wherein the indication is associated with a ue configuration comprising one or more ue complexity reduction features.
20240188030.UE-BASED POSITIONING USING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Srirang A. Lovlekar of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, H04L5/00, H04W92/18
Abstract: a method includes causing, at a first user equipment (ue), transmission of at least one positioning reference signal (prs) to a second ue via a sidelink (sl) communication based on first positioning assistance data. the transmission enables the second ue to determine positioning measurements from at least part of the at least one prs.
Inventor(s): Lijie Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Alex Yee Kit Ho of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Bing Zhao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Kexin Ma of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Qiang Miao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Tao Huang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Wen Zhao of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yanxia Wang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Ying Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhiwei Wang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/12, H04W72/044, H04W88/06
Abstract: systems and methods for reducing collisions of transmission data for a first subscriber (e.g., a voice subscriber) with transmission data for a second subscriber (e.g., a data subscriber) at a dual sim dual active (dsda) user equipment (ue) are described herein. a dsda ue may be configured to implement a modified skipuplinktxdynamic feature that avoids collisions by buffering transmission data of the data subscriber and sending a (later) scheduling request (sr) for a grant for that data. a dsda ue may regulate data subscriber transmissions to avoid a transmission duration for the voice subscriber. a dsda ue may reduce certain transmissions for a voice subscriber (subject to a block error rate (bler) threshold for the voice subscriber) to lower the probability of collision. a dsda ue may operate a data subscriber and a voice subscriber in the same cell to avoid collisions due to rf tuning and/or relative slot overlap.
Inventor(s): Neha Goel of Herndon VA (US) for apple inc., Ralph Hasholzner of Muenchen (DE) for apple inc., Lakshmi Iyer of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Mikhail Wilhelm of Muenchen (DE) for apple inc., Murali Narasimha of Livermore CA (US) for apple inc., Arjun Bharadwaj of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/1268, H04W28/02
Abstract: an application may provide prebooking information for multiple packet streams to a baseband processor. the prebooking information may include some or all of a first packet stream and information describing one or more additional packet streams. the baseband processor may generate a buffer status report (bsr) corresponding to multiple packet streams to the extent that the data for the packet streams are to arrive at the baseband processor prior to the a preconfigured duration (e.g., the baseband processor receiving a dynamic grant (dg) from the base station). in this sense, application data may be prebooked, by the baseband processor and/or base station, before actually arriving at the baseband processor. these and many other examples and techniques described herein, including the use of dummy packets for a dg, managing dgs based on dummy packets, and more.
20240188077.Configured Grant Operations for Multiple PUSCH_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., 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., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/1273, H04L1/1812, H04W72/0446, H04W72/11, H04W72/232
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to receive from a base station a semi-persistent scheduling (sps) configuration for physical downlink shared channel (pdsch) transmissions wherein multiple pdschs are transmitted within a single period of the sps, the sps configuration including a parameter for a number of hybrid automatic repeat request (harq) processes associated with the sps configuration, receive from the base station a downlink control information (dci) transmission for activating the sps configuration, the dci including a harq process id for one of the pdsch transmissions in the sps configuration, wherein the ue determines a maximum number of pdsch transmissions allowed within the single period based on the parameter for the number of harq processes associated with the sps configuration, validate the dci to determine time domain resources to use for the pdsch transmission and receive from the base station the multiple pdsch transmissions within the single sps period.
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., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/23, H04L5/00, H04W52/52
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) configured to receive secondary cell (scell) activation configuration information from a first cell, receive a medium access control (mac) control element (ce) from the first cell, wherein the mac ce indicates that a scell state is to be changed from a deactivated state to an activated state and receive aperiodic reference signals from a secondary cell (scell), wherein the reception of the aperiodic reference signals is triggered by the mac ce.
Inventor(s): Said Medjkouh of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Tarik Tabet of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc., Kenza Hamidouche of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Ayman F. Naguib of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Sreevalsan Vallath of Dublin CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/20, H04W8/24
Abstract: solutions for user equipment (ue) assisted privacy-aware data-driven network (nw) control. ues, base stations, an aggregation and analysis system, and a data-driven nw control unit may coordinate and communicate with one another to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of a wireless communication network by implementing machine learning tools and exchanging information in a manner that enables the training, development, and use of models. information of various levels of privacy may be exchanged, protected, anonymized, etc., to enable ue-assisted privacy-aware data-driven nw control while still protecting the privacy of individual users.
Inventor(s): Bryan P. KIPLE of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Charles B. WOODHULL of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David A. PAKULA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Tang Y. TAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H05K5/04, B23C5/00, B23C5/10, B23P11/00, B23P17/00, B23P17/02, C25D11/02, C25D11/12, C25D11/24, C25D11/34, G03F1/38, H01Q1/24, H01Q1/42, H04M1/02, H04M1/11, H05K5/02, H05K5/03, H05K13/00
Abstract: various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. the housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. the sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. the coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members.
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