Apple Inc. patent applications on November 7th, 2024

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Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on November 7th, 2024

Apple Inc.: 71 patent applications

Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/01 (7), G06F1/16 (7), G02B27/01 (5), G06F3/14 (5), G06F3/041 (5) H04N23/632 (3), G06F9/451 (2), G06F1/1652 (2), G06F3/013 (2), G10L15/22 (2)

With keywords such as: device, user, input, electronic, include, display, wireless, based, data, and media in patent application abstracts.



Patent Applications by Apple Inc.

20240366111. WORKOUT MONITOR INTERFACE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Kevin Will CHEN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jay BLAHNIK of Venice CA (US) for apple inc., Gary Ian BUTCHER of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Jules K. FENNIS of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., David Chance GRAHAM of Columbus OH (US) for apple inc., Lawrence Y. YANG of Bellevue WA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): A61B5/11, A61B5/00, A63B24/00, G16H20/30

CPC Code(s): A61B5/1118



Abstract: the present disclosure relates to systems and processes for monitoring a workout and for generating improved interfaces for the same. in one example, while receiving activity data for a workout session, a first user interface of a workout application is displayed. while displaying the first user interface of the workout application, user input of a first type is detected. in response to detecting the user input of the first type, a first control affordance to pause receiving the activity data for the workout session is displayed, and activity data for the workout session is continued to be received.


20240367679. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE DEVICE MOVEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Libo Cao Meyers of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): B60W60/00, B60W50/02

CPC Code(s): B60W60/001



Abstract: in one implementation, a communication is received at a first mobile device () from a second mobile device (). the first mobile () device is experiencing a perception issue. a follow mode is initiated in response to receipt of the communication from the second mobile device () at the first mobile device (). the follow mode corresponds to a travel path from a current geographical location of the first mobile device to a destination location. external motion data is received from the second mobile device at the first mobile device in connection with the follow mode. the external motion data is obtained by the second mobile device () as the second mobile device moves along the travel path. the first mobile device () moves along the travel path () by generating a motion plan using the external motion data.


20240369744. OPTICAL PRISM WITH INTERLOCK_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Norimichi Shigemitsu of Yokohama (JP) for apple inc., Jun Yoshida of Yokohama (JP) for apple inc., Shunsuke Otake of Yokohama (JP) for apple inc., Keiichi Yamazaki of Yokohama (JP) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G02B5/04, G02B7/02, H04N23/55

CPC Code(s): G02B5/04



Abstract: an optical prism that includes an interlock structure that precisely couples to a complementary structure of a refractive lens. for precision, the interlock structure may be formed at the same time and using the same technique as the optical surface of the prism. the interlock structure provides high accuracy when assembling a folded lens system by precisely aligning the object side optical surface of the lens with the image side optical surface of the prism so that the optical axis is centered in the lens. the prism may have refractive power. a portion of the object side surface may be coated with an opaque material to provide an aperture stop at that surface.


20240369841. Adjusting a Tunable Lens in an Electronic Device_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Igor Stamenov of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Gareth D Hastings of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., James E Pedder of Oxon (GB) for apple inc., Jason Chen of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew D. Hollands of Cambridge (GB) for apple inc., Amrith V. Ram of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B3/14, G02B27/00, G02F1/29

CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172



Abstract: an electronic device may include a lens module with a tunable lens. the tunable lens may be operable in multiple modes such as a normal mode, a presbyopia-mitigation mode, a near-focus mode, and a negative power boost mode. during operation, the electronic device may gather data and adjust the tunable lens based on the gathered data. the tunable lens may be switched from the normal mode to the presbyopia-mitigation mode in response to determining that a nearby object is being viewed through the lens module. the tunable lens may be switched from the normal mode to the negative power boost mode in response to ambient light levels being low and/or eye fatigue levels being high. the tunable lens may switch between modes over a transition period. an output device may notify the user when the tunable lens changes modes.


20240369843. A HEAD MOUNTABLE DEVICE COMPRISING ADJUSTABLE AND MODULAR LENSES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Joshua N. HADDOCK of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Nikhil D. KALYANKAR of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B3/02

CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172



Abstract: a wearable electronic device can include an optical assembly that combines installable lens assemblies with built-in adjustable lenses that provide vision correction appropriate for any given user. by providing wearable electronic devices with modular features and adjustable vision correction, certain lens assemblies can provide the desired vision correction for any given user and facilitate exchange with a different lens assembly for a different user.


20240369847. MODULAR COMPONENTS FOR WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Kendall L. Helbert of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Heidi Williamson of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., James W. Vandyke of Sydney (AU) for apple inc., Neal D. Evans of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Nikolas T. Vitt of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Samuel G. Smith of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nicolas Lylyk of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Richard P. Howarth of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Trevor J. Ness of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Darshan R. Kasar of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Muhammad F. Hossain of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher S. Graham of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel C. Wagman of Scotts Valley CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G06F1/16

CPC Code(s): G02B27/0176



Abstract: a component for a wearable electronic device can include a housing defining an internal volume, a first connector that is removably attachable to a head-mounted display. the first connector configured to electrically connect to the head-mounted display. and a second connector that is removably attachable to a supplemental unit. the second connector configured to electrically connect to the supplemental unit. the component can include a stiffener disposed in the internal volume, and the stiffener can be flexible along a first axis and rigid along two axes that are perpendicular to the first axis and to each other. an operational component can be disposed in the internal volume, and the operational component can be electrically connected to at least one of the first connector or the second connector.


20240370053. BI-STABLE SPRING WITH FLEXIBLE DISPLAY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Fletcher R. Rothkopf of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Derek W. Wright of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Scott A. Myers of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F3/041, G06F3/0488, H04N7/18

CPC Code(s): G06F1/163



Abstract: a wearable accessory device is disclosed. the wearable accessory device includes a flexible display coupled to a bi-stable spring. coupling the display to the bi-stable spring allows the accessory device to be easily worn in a number of convenient locations.


20240370058. Segmented Glass for Foldable Devices_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Christopher D. Jones of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Que Anh S. Nguyen of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew S. Rogers of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher C. Bartlow of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G09F9/30

CPC Code(s): G06F1/1652



Abstract: an electronic device may have a display and may be configured to fold about a bend axis that overlaps the display. the display may have a display cover layer having first, second, and third portions that are joined side-by-side. the second portion may have a strip shape that extends along the bend axis and may be configured to bend as the first and third portions are folded towards each other. the second portion may be formed from a different material than the first and third portions to facilitate bending. the second portion may also be characterized by a compressive stress layer that is shallower than compressive stress layers on the first and third portions.


20240370059. Electronic Devices With Flexible Displays Having Fastened Bent Edges_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): John Raff of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Scott A. Myers of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher Stringer of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F1/00, H04L1/00, H10K77/10

CPC Code(s): G06F1/1652



Abstract: an electronic device may be provided with a display having a flexible substrate with fastened bent edges. the flexible substrate may have an active region that includes an array of light-emitting elements such as organic light-emitting diodes. the flexible substrate may also have inactive regions that lie outside of the active region. the bent edges may include portions of the inactive regions and portions of the active region. the bent edges may be wrapped to conform to the shape of an internal support structure. the bent edges may be fastened to the support structure with fastening members that attach a housing member or an internal clamp to the support structure. the bent edges may be secured between the housing member or the internal clamp and the support structure. the fastening members may be engaged in openings in the support structure and may pass through or alongside the bent edges.


20240370061. COMPUTER WITH KEYBOARD_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Paul X. Wang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Alex J. Lehmann of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Zheng Gao of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F1/16, G06F3/02, G06F3/023, G06F3/0354, G06F3/041, G06F3/044, G06F3/04886, H01H13/83, H03K17/96, H03K17/967, H03K17/972

CPC Code(s): G06F1/1662



Abstract: a device may include a display portion that includes a display housing and a display at least partially within the display housing. the device may also include a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion and including a bottom case, a top case coupled to the bottom case and defining an array of raised key regions, and a sensing system below the top case and configured to detect an input applied to a raised key region of the array of raised key regions.


20240370082. Controlling Devices Using a Wearable Device_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Guilherme Klink of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew Muehlhausen of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Gregory Lutter of Boulder Creek CA (US) for apple inc., Luis R. Deliz Centeno of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Paulo R. Jansen dos Reis of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Peter Burgner of Venice CA (US) for apple inc., Rahul Nair of Hayward CA (US) for apple inc., Yutaka Yokokawa of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Anshu K. Chimalamarri of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Ashwin K. Vijay of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin S. Phipps of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Brandon K. Schmuck of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G02B27/01, G06F3/038

CPC Code(s): G06F3/013



Abstract: a head-mounted device may be used to control one or more external electronic devices. gaze input and camera images may be used to determine a point of gaze relative to a display for an external electronic device. the external electronic device may receive information regarding the user's gaze input from the head-mounted device and may highlight one out of multiple user interface elements that is targeted by the gaze input. the head-mounted device may receive input such as keystroke information from an accessory device and relay the input to an external electronic device that is being viewed. the head-mounted device may receive a display configuration request, determine layout information for displays in the physical environment of the head-mounted device, and transmit the layout information to an external device associated with the displays.


20240370083. Presenting Notifications in a System with Electronic Devices_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Rahul Nair of Hayward CA (US) for apple inc., Paulo R Jansen dos Reis of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/14

CPC Code(s): G06F3/013



Abstract: a head-mounted device may be used with an external electronic device. one or more sensors on the head-mounted device may obtain sensor data that is used to determine whether the external electronic device is actively being viewed. when the external electronic device is actively being viewed, a notification may be presented on a display of the external electronic device. when the external electronic device is not actively being viewed, a notification may be presented on a display of the head-mounted device. an electronic device may determine whether a display in the electronic device is being viewed by one or more viewers. when the display is being viewed by more than one viewer, the electronic device may send an instruction to a head-mounted device to cause the head-mounted device to present a notification.


20240370093. USER INTERFACES FOR GESTURES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Yiqiang NIE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Giovanni M. AGNOLI of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Gary I. BUTCHER of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Edward CHAO of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., David S. CLARK of Corona Del Mar CA (US) for apple inc., Dylan R. EDWARDS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Adam J. LEONARD of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/0482

CPC Code(s): G06F3/017



Abstract: a computer system detects an input and performs an operation based on the input. in some embodiments, the input is a touch input. in some embodiments, the input is a button press. in some embodiments, the input is a motion gesture. in some embodiments, the input is an air gesture.


20240370100. ATTENTION AWARE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT DISMISSAL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Musa M. HINDI of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Rohit DASARI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Trungtin TRAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/0346, G06F3/01, G06F3/041, G06F3/16, G10L15/07, G10L15/22, G10L25/78

CPC Code(s): G06F3/0346



Abstract: systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. an example process includes initiating a virtual assistant session responsive to receiving user input. in accordance with initiating the virtual assistant session, the process includes determining, based on data obtained using one or more sensors of the electronic device, whether one or more criteria representing expressed user disinterest are satisfied. in accordance with determining that the one or more criteria representing expressed user disinterest are satisfied prior to a first time, the process includes automatically deactivating the virtual assistant session prior to the first time. the first time is defined by a setting of the electronic device. in accordance with determining that the one or more criteria representing expressed user disinterest are not satisfied prior to the first time, the process includes automatically deactivating the virtual assistant session at the first time.


20240370104. CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL FOR SENSING MECHANICAL INPUTS TO A DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Anna-Katrina SHEDLETSKY of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher WERNER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Colin M. ELY of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Fletcher R. ROTHKOPF of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/0362, G06F3/041, G06F3/044

CPC Code(s): G06F3/0362



Abstract: a device including a mechanical input and a touch-sensitive surface for detecting one or more touch inputs and an input from the mechanical input. the touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs, and a second portion for detecting at least the mechanical input. the touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs and the mechanical input. the mechanical input can comprise an electrically conductive material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the mechanical input and the touch-sensitive surface. the device can include a sensing element, the mechanical input can comprise an electrically insulating material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the touch-sensitive surface and the sensing element. the device can include logic to differentiate between the touch inputs and the mechanical input.


20240370110. FABRIC SENSING DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Daniel A. Podhajny of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Kathryn P. Crews of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel D. Sunshine of Austin TX (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/041, D03D15/00, G06F3/044, G06F3/045

CPC Code(s): G06F3/041



Abstract: a touch-sensitive textile device that is configured to detect the occurrence of a touch, the location of a touch, and/or the force of a touch on the touch-sensitive textile device. in some embodiments, the touch-sensitive textile device includes a first set of conductive threads oriented along a first direction, and a second set of conductive threads interwoven with the first set of conductive threads and oriented along a second direction. the device may also include a sensing circuit that is operatively coupled to the first and second set of conductive threads. the sensing circuit may be configured to apply a drive signal to the first and second set of conductive threads. the sensing circuit may also be configured to detect a touch or near touch based on a variation in an electrical measurement using the first or second set of conductive threads.


20240370128. USER INTERFACES WITH DYNAMIC CONTENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Chun Kin Minor WONG of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Mani AMINI of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Pavel PIVONKA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Raymond S. SEPULVEDA of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., William M. TYLER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin C. SHANFELDER of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Peter D. CALLAWAY of Creeting St Peter (GB) for apple inc., Patrick L. COFFMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/0481

CPC Code(s): G06F3/0481



Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to displaying user interfaces with dynamic content. in some examples, a method for transitioning user interface, a method for displaying a user interface, a method for displaying a widget, a method for placing a widget, a method for displaying widget information is described.


20240370129. USER INTERFACES FOR REMOTE CONTENT DISPLAY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Jae Woo CHANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Raymond S. SEPULVEDA of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Marcel VAN OS of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Chun Kin Minor WONG of Portland OR (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/04812, G06F3/14

CPC Code(s): G06F3/04812



Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for displaying remote content. in some embodiments, the display of remote content can be split across two or more local display screens. in some embodiments, virtual displays can be generated to view remote content. in some embodiments, visual effects can be displayed associated with a cursor to provide indication of an input at a remote computer system.


20240370137. DISPLAYING A SCROLLABLE LIST OF AFFORDANCES ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Aled Hywel WILLIAMS of Llandeilo (GB) for apple inc., Gary Ian BUTCHER of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. LEMAY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher D. SOLI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Molly Pray WIEBE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/0482, A61B5/00, A61B5/0205, A61B5/11, A63B24/00, A63B69/00, A63B71/06, G06F1/16, G06F3/04817, G06F3/0484, G06F3/0485, G06F3/0488, G06F3/04886, H04W4/02

CPC Code(s): G06F3/0482



Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to managing user interfaces associated with physical activities. the user interface displays a scrollable list of affordances associated with physical activities. the affordances may contain physical activity and heart rate information. a user can launch a physical activity tracking function or an interface to change a workout metric using an affordance. users can also control the music that is played in response to selecting a workout. further, the interface can be used to compose a reply message to a received message that contains workout information. the interfaces can show a graph that includes heart data when the user's heart rate meets a heart rate alert criteria.


20240370140. Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Switching Between Tab Groups in a Browser Application_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Marco Triverio of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/0483, G06F3/0482

CPC Code(s): G06F3/0483



Abstract: a method is performed at a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices. a first set of representations of open pages associated with a first tab group of a plurality of tab groups of a browser application and a plurality of tab group representations corresponding to a subset of the plurality of tab groups are concurrently displayed. while the first set of representations of open pages and the plurality of tab group representations are concurrently displayed, a first input directed to the plurality of tab group representations is detected. in response and in accordance with a determination the first input meets first directional criteria, a second set of representations of open pages associated with a second tab group of the plurality of tab groups is displayed.


20240370141. SEARCH TO APPLICATION USER INTERFACE TRANSITIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Cameron BURGESS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nathan DE VRIES of Alameda CA (US) for apple inc., Ramon GILABERT LLOP of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., James N. JONES of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Shubham KEDIA of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Jedidiah LEWISON of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Jamie L. MYROLD of Chicago IL (US) for apple inc., Nikhil SANCHETI of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/0484, G06F3/01, G06F3/04886

CPC Code(s): G06F3/0484



Abstract: systems and processes for providing search user interfaces are provided. an example process includes while displaying a home screen, in response to detecting a gesture input, displaying a search user interface; while displaying the search user interface, detecting an input selecting a result; in response to detecting the input selecting the result, displaying an application user interface associated with the result; while displaying the application user interface: detecting an input; and in response to detecting the input: in accordance with a determination that the input is detected before a time threshold, displaying the search user interface with a state corresponding to the detection of the input selecting the result; in accordance with a determination that the input of the predetermined type is detected after the time threshold or after another input is detected, displaying the home screen.


20240370155. OUT-OF-PROCESS HIT-TESTING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Mark A. EBBOLE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew T. FINKE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Abhinay ASHUTOSH of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/04847, G06F3/0481

CPC Code(s): G06F3/04847



Abstract: out-of-process hit-testing can provide increased privacy and efficiency in computer user input systems. in an aspect, an application specifies a control style for a ui window to be managed separately from the application, such as by a system process running outside of the application process. when a user input is received at a location corresponding to a part of the application ui that is separate from the ui window for which the control style has been specified, the user input may be redirected to the ui window for which the control style has been specified.


20240370220. REMOTE USER-INTERFACE VIEWS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Joshua H. SHAFFER of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew B. CATO of Apex NC (US) for apple inc., Antony J. DZERYN of Round Rock TX (US) for apple inc., John S. HARPER of London (GB) for apple inc., Kevin J. VAN VECHTEN of Montecito CA (US) for apple inc., Kyle S. MACOMBER of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas J. CIRCOSTA of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Gina LU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Kartik R. VENKATRAMAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/14, G06F3/0486, G06F9/451

CPC Code(s): G06F3/1462



Abstract: some techniques are described herein for managing user-interface views on different devices.


20240370278. TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING INTERACTIONS WITH UI ELEMENTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Joshua H. SHAFFER of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Andrew B. CATO of Apex NC (US) for apple inc., Kyle S. MACOMBER of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Luca BERNARDI of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., John S. HARPER of London (GB) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F9/451

CPC Code(s): G06F9/451



Abstract: some techniques are described herein for managing an interaction with a ui element of a respective application in a ui managed by a system process. such techniques can allow the ui element to be (1) displayed by the system process with content provided by the respective application and (2) interacted with by a user without needing to display a user interface of the respective application. in some examples, an interaction with the ui element is provided to the system process and, via another system process, an action is identified and executed to update the ui element with different information provided by the respective application. other techniques described herein can allow different endpoints of an application, such as different extensions or the application itself, to handle interactions with information provided by the application depending on a current state of an electronic device, the application, and/or the different extensions.


20240370279. Head-Mounted Device with Shortcuts_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Ashwin K. Vijay of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Paul Ewers of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F9/451, G02B27/01, G06F3/01, G06F3/0484

CPC Code(s): G06F9/451



Abstract: an electronic device may include one or more sensors that gather sensor data. the sensors may include cameras that capture images. the electronic device may determine contextual information based on the captured images and/or other sensor data. the determined contextual information may be compared to the contextual triggers of shortcuts in a shortcut database. in response to identifying a match between the determined contextual information and a shortcut in the shortcut database, the head-mounted device may present a suggestion associated with the shortcut. based on user input, the head-mounted device may perform one or more actions associated with the shortcut and/or automatically perform the actions associated with the shortcut during subsequent identifications of the contextual trigger.


20240370344. DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR PROVIDING ENVIRONMENT TRACKING CONTENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Karen EL ASMAR of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher D. MCKENZIE of Burlingame CA (US) for apple inc., Kaely COON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F11/30, G06T19/00

CPC Code(s): G06F11/3003



Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing content that utilizes environment tracking, such as environment tracking of a physical environment.


20240370371. Scalable System on a Chip_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Per H. Hammarlund of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Lior Zimet of Kerem Maharal (IL) for apple inc., James Vash of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Gaurav Garg of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Sergio Kolor of Haifa (IL) for apple inc., Harshavardhan Kaushikkar of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Ramesh B. Gunna of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Steven R. Hutsell of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F12/0831, G06F12/0811, G06F12/0815, G06F12/109, G06F12/128, G06F13/16, G06F13/28, G06F13/40, G06F15/173, G06F15/78

CPC Code(s): G06F12/0831



Abstract: a system including a plurality of processor cores, a plurality of graphics processing units, a plurality of peripheral circuits, and a plurality of memory controllers is configured to support scaling of the system using a unified memory architecture.


20240370542. DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Amy E. DEDONATO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Karen EL ASMAR of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. LEMAY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Kaely COON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jay MOON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F21/32, G06F3/01, G06F3/0484, G06F3/14, G06F21/62, G06V40/16, G06V40/18

CPC Code(s): G06F21/32



Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to interacting with computer systems that are operable in multiple modes of operation and/or can be transitioned between multiple modes of operation.


20240370548. AUTOMATED DEVICE ACCESS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Matthew E. LAST of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F21/35, H04L9/40, H04W12/06, H04W12/08

CPC Code(s): G06F21/35



Abstract: a method of unlocking a locked device includes receiving a device identifier over a wireless communication protocol, determining if the device identifier is associated with a list of trusted devices, transmitting a request to generate an acoustic signal over the wireless communication protocol based on the determination, receiving the acoustic signal as an audio sound generated external to the locked device, estimating a distance between a source of the audio sound and the locked device, and unlocking the locked device based on the estimation.


20240370969. Fitness System_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Gutemberg B. Guerra Filho of El Dorado Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Saumil B. Patel of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06T3/10, A61B5/107, G06T3/18, G06T7/33

CPC Code(s): G06T3/10



Abstract: a method includes obtaining one or more images associated with a user. the method further includes generating, using a body-assessment classifier, one or more body-assessment vectors. each of the one or more body-assessment vectors is a function of a particular one of the one or more images. the one or more body-assessment vectors include quantitative physique and biometric assessments associated with the user. the method further includes displaying, on the display, a body-assessment indicator that is based on the one or more body-assessment vectors.


20240371117. INERTIAL DATA MANAGEMENT FOR EXTENDED REALITY FOR MOVING PLATFORMS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Abdelhamid DINE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Kuen-Han LIN of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Stergios ROUMELIOTIS of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Oleg NARODITSKY of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06F3/0346, G06F3/04815, G06T7/20

CPC Code(s): G06T19/006



Abstract: implementations of the subject technology provide extended reality display devices that can be used on and/or off of a moving platform. systems and methods are disclosed for separating out the motion of the moving platform from other motions of the device so that virtual content can be displayed without erroneous motions caused by the motion of the moving platform. the subject technology can provide extended reality settings on any suitable moveable platform such as in a car, a watercraft, an aircraft, a train, or any other vehicle.


20240371252. Separation Alerts for Notification While Traveling_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Benjamin A. Detwiler of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Siva Ganesh Movva of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Katherine K. Ernst of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Richard Akira Heru of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Johan O. Bergerengen of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Langford M. Wasada of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Ernst Thomas Erdmann, IV of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G08B21/24, H04W4/02, H04W4/029, H04W76/14, H04W76/19

CPC Code(s): G08B21/24



Abstract: methods to provide separation notifications are described. in an embodiment, movement is detected beyond a threshold distance from a trusted location, in response to the detecting, receiving an indication that at least one accessory device is nearby the electronic device and storing information on a status of a wireless connection with the at least one accessory device, receiving an indication that the electronic device is in transit, monitoring the wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, and upon detection of a lost wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, send a separation notification


20240371373. DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTIONS IN A VOICE COMMUNICATION SESSION BETWEEN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A REMOTE ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Miles MUNRO of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan H. RUSSELL of Incline Village NV (US) for apple inc., Felicia W. EDWARDS of Loveland CO (US) for apple inc., Keith C. STRICKLING of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G10L15/22, G06F3/14, G10L15/18, G10L15/30, G10L21/0208, G10L21/034

CPC Code(s): G10L15/22



Abstract: an example process includes: while an electronic device is engaged in a voice communication session with at least one remote device: receiving a request to invoke a digital assistant operating on the electronic device; receiving a natural language input; in accordance with a determination that a set of one or more criteria is satisfied, where the set of one or more criteria includes a criterion that is satisfied when the natural language input is received from a near-end user of the voice communication session: providing a response to the near-end user, where the response is generated by the digital assistant based on the natural language input; and forgoing causing the response to be provided to the at least one remote device; and in accordance with a determination that the criterion is not satisfied: forgoing generating, by the digital assistant, the response.


20240371378. USING VISUAL CONTEXT TO IMPROVE A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Saurabh ADYA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sameer BADASKAR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Akanksha BINDAL of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Ahmed S. HUSSEN ABDELAZIZ of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaochuan NIU of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Alkeshkumar M. PATEL of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Srikanth VISHNUBHOTLA of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G10L15/22, G06F18/214, G06V10/82, G06V20/50, G10L15/06, G10L15/16, G10L15/18, G10L15/24

CPC Code(s): G10L15/22



Abstract: systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. an example method for processing an image include receiving an image, generating, based on the image, a question corresponding to a first object in the image, generating, based on the image, a caption corresponding to a second object of the image, receiving an utterance from a user, and determining a plurality of speech recognition results from the utterance based on the question and the caption.


20240371381. INTELLIGENT ASSISTANT FOR HOME AUTOMATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Ryan M. ORR of La Honda CA (US) for apple inc., Garett R. NELL of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin L. BRUMBAUGH of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G10L17/22, G05B15/02, G06F3/16, H04L12/28

CPC Code(s): G10L17/22



Abstract: this relates to systems and processes for using a virtual assistant to control electronic devices. in one example process, a user can speak an input in natural language form to a user device to control one or more electronic devices. the user device can transmit the user speech to a server to be converted into a textual representation. the server can identify the one or more electronic devices and appropriate commands to be performed by the one or more electronic devices based on the textual representation. the identified one or more devices and commands to be performed can be transmitted back to the user device, which can forward the commands to the appropriate one or more electronic devices for execution. in response to receiving the commands, the one or more electronic devices can perform the commands and transmit their current states to the user device.


20240371516. WELLNESS AGGREGATOR_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Afshad M. MISTRI of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Adam L. BEBERG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Anton M. DAVYDOV of Gilroy CA (US) for apple inc., Dylan R. EDWARDS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zachery W. KENNEDY of Marina Del Rey CA (US) for apple inc., Zachury B. MINJACK of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Dennis S. PARK of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Lawrence Y. YANG of Bellevue WA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G16H40/67, G06Q50/00, G16H10/60, G16H50/30, G16H50/70, G16H80/00

CPC Code(s): G16H40/67



Abstract: the present disclosure relates to aggregating and sharing wellness data. the wellness data can be received by a user device from any number of sensors external or internal to the user device, from a user manually entering the wellness data, or from other users or entities. the user device can securely store the wellness data on the user device and transmit the wellness data to be stored on a remote database. a user of the device can share some or all of the wellness data with friends, relatives, caregivers, healthcare providers, or the like. the user device can further display a user's wellness data in an aggregated view of different types of wellness data. wellness data of other users can also be viewed if authorizations from those users have been received.


20240372130. BATTERY CONFIGURATIONS HAVING THROUGH-PACK FASTENERS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Dylan Erb of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Abraham B. Caulk of Livermore CA (US) for apple inc., Ross L. Johnstal of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Paul W. Firehammer of West Olive MI (US) for apple inc., Edward T. Hillstrom of Vancouver (CA) for apple inc., Zhongying Shi of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Ian E. O'Connor of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander J. Clarabut of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H01M10/04, H01M10/42, H01M10/613, H01M10/6556, H01M50/20

CPC Code(s): H01M10/0481



Abstract: energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a base plate. the batteries may include a first circuit board overlying the base plate. the batteries may include a battery stack overlying the first circuit board and electrically coupled with the first circuit board. the battery stack may include a plurality of battery cells. the battery stack may define an aperture through an active region of the battery stack. the batteries may include a second circuit board overlying the battery stack and electrically coupled with the battery stack. the batteries may include a compression plate overlying the second circuit board. the batteries may include a retaining member compressibly coupling the compression plate with the base plate. the retaining member may extend through the aperture through the active region of the battery stack.


20240372245. COUPLING STRUCTURES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSINGS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Matthew D. Hill of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Michael B. Wittenberg of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Shane Bustle of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Duy P. Le of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H01Q1/24, B29C37/00, B29C45/14, B29L31/34, G06F1/16, H04M1/02

CPC Code(s): H01Q1/243



Abstract: a housing for an electronic device is disclosed. the housing comprises a first component and a second component separated from the first component by a gap. the housing also includes a first molded element disposed at least partially within the gap and defining at least a portion of an interlock feature, and a second molded element disposed at least partially within the gap and mechanically engaging the interlock feature. the first component, the second component, and the second molded element form a portion of an exterior surface of the housing. a method of forming the housing is also disclosed.


20240372324. Wafer-Level Laser Assemblies Having Extended Resonant Cavities_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Chin-Han Lin of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Nicolas Hotellier of Champagnier (FR) for apple inc., Alexander Hein of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Siddharth Joshi of Saint-Egreve (FR) for apple inc., Fei Tan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H01S5/10, H01S5/02, H01S5/0237, H01S5/183

CPC Code(s): H01S5/1025



Abstract: a laser assembly includes a set of one or more substrates having a first surface opposite a second surface. the set of one or more substrates defines a resonant cavity extension. the resonant cavity extension extends into the set of one or more substrates from an opening in the first surface. the laser assembly further includes a first reflector disposed within the resonant cavity extension and configured to reflect at least one wavelength of electromagnetic radiation received through the opening back through the opening; a laser having an active region configured to generate the at least one wavelength of electromagnetic radiation; and a second reflector. the active region is disposed in a resonant cavity extending between the first reflector and the second reflector. the resonant cavity includes the resonant cavity extension.


20240372328. Techniques for Providing Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection to Resonant Cavity Mesas_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Siddharth Joshi of Saint-Egreve (FR) for apple inc., Nicolas Hotellier of Champagnier (FR) for apple inc., Fei Tan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Anne-Laure Bavencove of La Sure en Chartreuse (FR) for apple inc., Chin-Han Lin of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Arnaud Laflaquiere of Paris (FR) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H01S5/183, H01L27/02

CPC Code(s): H01S5/18344



Abstract: an optoelectronic device includes a silicon interposer and an array of resonant cavity mesas. the array of resonant cavity mesas is monolithically integrated in a set of one or more epitaxial layers and flip-chip bonded to the silicon interposer. the array of resonant cavity mesas includes a first subset of resonant cavity mesas connected to a first subset of conductors of the silicon interposer and biased to a first electrical polarity, and a second subset of resonant cavity mesas connected to a second subset of conductors of the silicon interposer. the second subset of resonant cavity mesas provides electrostatic discharge (esd) protection for the first subset of resonant cavity mesas.


20240372511. FEEDBACK-TUNING BASED VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Hongrui Wang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Reetika K Agarwal of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., James Mawdsley of Costa Mesa CA (US) for apple inc., Abbas Komijani of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H03F1/56, H03F1/32, H03G3/30

CPC Code(s): H03F1/565



Abstract: this disclosure is directed to an amplifier (e.g., a variable gain amplifier (vga)) with improved linearity compared to other amplifiers. the amplifier may include degeneration inductors and a tunable degeneration resistor to generate amplified signals. the degeneration inductors and the tunable degeneration resistor may form a resonant circuit to improve linearity of the amplified signal at a desired frequency by reducing direct current (dc) components and harmonic components of the amplified signal having the desired frequency. moreover, the amplifier may also generate the amplified signals with improved linearity at back-off output powers based on using the tunable degeneration resistor and the degeneration inductors. as such, the amplifier may include the degeneration inductors and the tunable degeneration resistor to generate the amplified signals having an output power across a range of output powers, such as a peak output power and one or multiple back-off output powers, with improved linearity.


20240372555. Electronic Devices Having Wireless Transceivers with Reference Clock Selection_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Thomas Mayer of Linz (AT) for apple inc., Christian Wicpalek of Puchenau (AT) for apple inc., Juergen Koechl of Linz (AT) for apple inc., Jongmin Park of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H03L7/093, H03L7/099, H04B1/30

CPC Code(s): H03L7/093



Abstract: an electronic device may include wireless circuitry with first and second mixers on a signal path for converting a signal using first and second clock signals via high side injection (hsi) or low side injection (lsi). a first phase-locked loop (pll) may generate the first clock signal and a second pll may generate the second clock signal. a switch may couple the first pll to a reference oscillator when lsi is used and may couple the first pll to a third pll when hsi is used. the third pll may generate a second reference signal based on a first reference signal from the reference oscillator. the second pll may generate the second clock signal based on the output of the third pll. this may serve to may minimize phase noise even as the mixers switch between hsi and lsi.


20240372560. COMBINED IQ-POLAR RADIO FREQUENCY DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG-CONVERTER (RFDAC) SYSTEMS AND METHODS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Bevin G Perumana of Anaheim CA (US) for apple inc., Saikat Sarkar of Irvine CA (US) for apple inc., Tirdad Sowlati of Irvine CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H03M1/66

CPC Code(s): H03M1/662



Abstract: a combined radio frequency (rf) digital-to-analog converter (dac) may include an in-phase and quadrature-(iq-) based dac to generate a phase component of an output rf signal and a polar-based dac to generate an amplitude component of the rf signal. additionally, modulation circuitry may combine the amplitude component and the phase component to generate the output rf signal.


20240372578. Electronic Devices Having Reconfigurable Power Amplifiers_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Mohammad B. Vahid Far of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Danyom Berhane of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yilin Feng of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin Bastin of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04B1/401, H03F1/56, H03F3/24

CPC Code(s): H04B1/401



Abstract: an electronic device may include wireless circuitry with radios and a front end module coupled to an antenna. the module may include a multi-stage, multi-cell reconfigurable power amplifier and a radio-frequency coupler shared by the radios and different radio access technologies (rats). one or more processors may adjust a number of active stages of the power amplifier, circuitry and bias conditions of the active stages, tunable capacitors on the module, adjustable impedance matching networks on the module and/or in the power amplifier, and/or the coupler using a digital interface to place the module in different operating modes corresponding to different rats, power levels, modulation schemes, and/or frequencies. adjusting the operating mode may allow the power amplifier to be reconfigured to meet performance requirements while maximizing performance, meeting regulatory requirements, and minimizing power. sharing the power amplifier and the coupler across radios and rats may produce space and power savings.


20240372654. METHOD FOR ENHANCED HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunahai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego 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., Sigen Ye of Whitehouse Station NJ (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L1/1829, H04W72/11, H04W72/232

CPC Code(s): H04L1/1854



Abstract: some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for enhanced hybrid automatic repeat request (harq)-ack in a fifth generation (5g) wireless communications system. a user equipment (ue) can receive, during a harq-ack window, a semi-persistent scheduling (sps) physical downlink shared channel (pdsch) transmission or a physical downlink control channel (pdcch) transmission corresponding to a sps pdsch release. the ue can generate a hybrid automatic repeat request (harq)-ack information bit corresponding to the reception. the ue can be configured with an offset value, k, and a length, l, of the harq-ack window associated with an uplink transmission slot n, of a physical uplink control channel (pucch) transmission, and determine a starting slot of the harq-ack window as n-k. when a corresponding valid uplink transmission slot is not available, the ue can transmit the harq-ack information bit in the uplink transmission slot n of the pucch transmission.


20240372683. UPLINK CODEWORD TO LAYER MAPPING AND PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNALING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of 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., 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, H04W72/044

CPC Code(s): H04L5/0053



Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus. systems, and methods for mapping codewords to transmission layers and transmitting phase tracking reference signals in wireless networks.


20240372684. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING SCHEME FOR CAST-TYPE INDICATION AND RESOURCE INDICATION_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., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04L1/1812, H04W72/20

CPC Code(s): H04L5/0055



Abstract: methods, systems, and devices for signaling in cast-type indication for a wireless communication system may include receiving, at a first user equipment (ue), a first stage sidelink control information (sci) format from a second ue, decoding the first stage sci format, determining a second stage sci format using the decoded first stage sci format, decoding the second stage sci format, and determining a sidelink feedback status using the second stage sci format. the sidelink feedback status may indicate whether sidelink feedback is enabled or not enabled. second stage sci content may include a distance setting associated with a communication range between the first ue and the second ue.


20240372692. Precise Time Management Using Local Time Base_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Christopher D. Finan of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander Ukanwa of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Charles F. Dominguez of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Jean-Didier Allegrucci of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey J. Irwin of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Kalpana Bansal of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Michael Bekerman of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Remi Clavel of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L7/00, G06F1/12

CPC Code(s): H04L7/0016



Abstract: a method and apparatus for synchronizing a timebase is disclosed. a timebase management circuit includes limit circuitry, in a first clock domain, which generates, based on a global timebase, an initial timebase limit. the timebase management circuit includes, in a second clock domain, adjustment circuitry that generates an adjusted timebase limit based on the initial timebase limit. a storage circuit in the second clock domain stores a local timebase. update circuitry, coupled to an output of the storage circuit, generates an updated local timebase using a clock signal in the second clock domain, wherein the updated local timebase is subject to the adjusted timebase limit.


20240372843. ENCRYPTED SHARED STATE FOR ELECTRONIC CONFERENCING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Daniel B. POLLACK of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jingyao ZHANG of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jose A. LOZANO HINOJOSA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Emad OMARA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yilmaz Can CECEN of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc., Angus N. BURTON of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Blerim CICI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, H04L9/08, H04L9/16

CPC Code(s): H04L63/065



Abstract: aspects of the subject technology provide for shared experience sessions within a group communications session such as a video call. the shared experience session may be, as one example, a co-watching session in which the participants in the call watch a video together while in the call. encrypted shared state data may be exchanged between the participant devices, with which the participant devices can provide synchronized and coordinated output of shared experience data for the shared experience session of the group communications session.


20240372855. TECHNIQUES FOR SIGNING INTO A USER ACCOUNT USING A TRUSTED CLIENT DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Max M. GUNTHER of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Onar VIKINGSTAD of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ramiro CALVO of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Isabella M. FUNKE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Eric D. FRIEDMAN of Berkeley CA (US) for apple inc., Hervé SIBERT of Le Mans (FR) for apple inc., David P. REMAHL of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Yannick L. SIERRA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Frank B. DANCS of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Sudhakar N. MAMBAKKAM of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, G06F21/71, G06K7/14, G06K19/06, H04L9/08, H04L9/32, H04L65/1069

CPC Code(s): H04L63/0838



Abstract: this application relates to establishing a communication session between a host device and a trusted client device. a host device generates a one-time secret (ots) and transmits the ots to a trusted client device via an out-of-band communication channel. the trusted client device verifies an identity of a user of the trusted client device utilizing one or more sensors of the trusted client device. responsive to verifying the identity of the user, the trusted client device negotiates an encryption key with the host device based on the ots. the trusted client device then establishes a communication session with the host device utilizing the encryption key. the communication session can be utilized to pass credentials in a protected manner from the trusted client device to the host device that enable the host device to access a user account associated with a service.


20240372968. DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR DISPLAYING A REPRESENTATION OF A PERSON_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Jason D. RICKWALD of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Giancarlo YERKES of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Rupert BURTON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., William A. SORRENTINO, III of Mill Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Peter D. ANTON of Portola Valley CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04N7/15, G06T13/40, G06T15/50, G06V40/16

CPC Code(s): H04N7/157



Abstract: techniques for displaying a representation of a person based on a background, viewing angle, and/or a mouth occlusion.


20240373120. USER INTERFACES FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA CAPTURE SETTINGS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Johnnie B. MANZARI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey A. BRASKET of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel T. PRESTON of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04N23/63, H04N5/272, H04N23/62, H04N23/69

CPC Code(s): H04N23/632



Abstract: user interfaces for controlling media capture settings are described, including user interfaces for controlling capture of media with associated depth information (e.g., for applying simulated depth-of-field effects), controlling media capture settings with multiple input types, controlling zoom settings for media capture (e.g., conditionally displaying a secondary preview at a different zoom level), capturing and viewing media using internal and external media storage, and controlling an indicator for level capture guidance.


20240373121. USER INTERFACES FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA CAPTURE SETTINGS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Johnnie B. MANZARI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., William A. SORRENTINO, III of Mill Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04N23/63, H04N23/67, H04N23/959

CPC Code(s): H04N23/632



Abstract: user interfaces for controlling media capture settings are described, including user interfaces for controlling capture of media with associated depth information (e.g., for applying simulated depth-of-field effects), controlling media capture settings with multiple input types, controlling zoom settings for media capture (e.g., conditionally displaying a secondary preview at a different zoom level), capturing and viewing media using internal and external media storage, and controlling an indicator for level capture guidance.


20240373122. USER INTERFACES FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA CAPTURE SETTINGS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Johnnie B. MANZARI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04N23/63, H04N23/959

CPC Code(s): H04N23/632



Abstract: user interfaces for controlling media capture settings are described, including user interfaces for controlling capture of media with associated depth information (e.g., for applying simulated depth-of-field effects), controlling media capture settings with multiple input types, controlling zoom settings for media capture (e.g., conditionally displaying a secondary preview at a different zoom level), capturing and viewing media using internal and external media storage, and controlling an indicator for level capture guidance.


20240373124. USER INTERFACES FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA CAPTURE SETTINGS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Johnnie B. MANZARI of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey A. BRASKET of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Brandon J. COREY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Etienne DUCHESNE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Alan C. DYE of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Craig M. FEDERIGHI of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Nicholas D. LUPINETTI of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan I. MCCORMACK of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Aaron MORING of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel T. PRESTON of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Vitor M. SILVA of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., William A. SORRENTINO, III of Mill Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Andre SOUZA DOS SANTOS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Adrian ZUMBRUNNEN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04N23/60, H04N23/62, H04N23/63, H04N23/667

CPC Code(s): H04N23/64



Abstract: user interfaces for controlling media capture settings are described, including user interfaces for controlling capture of media with associated depth information (e.g., for applying simulated depth-of-field effects), controlling media capture settings with multiple input types, controlling zoom settings for media capture (e.g., conditionally displaying a secondary preview at a different zoom level), capturing and viewing media using internal and external media storage, and controlling an indicator for level capture guidance.


20240373157. WIRELESS AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Robert D. WATSON of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., David John SHAW of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ganesh Adkasthala GANAPATHI BATTA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chandrahas Aralaguppe CHANDRAMOHAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Gregory Robert BURNS of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin Huth BYER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04R1/10, H04L9/40, H04L67/51, H04L101/622, H04M1/72406, H04R5/033, H04W4/70, H04W4/80, H04W12/04, H04W12/50, H04W74/06, H04W84/18

CPC Code(s): H04R1/1016



Abstract: systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for determining when to wirelessly communicatively couple together a pair of untethered wireless audio output devices, such as wireless ear buds, and for determining when to erase a connection history stored on one or both of the wireless audio output devices. some embodiments of the present technology involve a wireless ear bud case for housing a pair of wireless ear buds.


20240373190. Geofencing for Non-Public Networks_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Tao Tao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Divyaprakash P. Bhojkumar of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Li Li of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Raj S. Chaugule of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W4/021, H04W8/20

CPC Code(s): H04W4/021



Abstract: methods, devices, and systems for establishing a geofence for a non-public network (npn) using an embedded subscriber identity module (esim) associated with the npn. the method includes receiving, by a receiver of a user equipment (ue), an esim associated with an npn, where the esim includes geofencing data. the ue performs wireless communication using the npn when the ue is within an area defined by the geofencing data.


20240373198. ADAPTABLE MESSAGE TRANSMISSION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Zara LALJI of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Niranjan JAYADEVAPRAKASH of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W4/16, H04W4/14

CPC Code(s): H04W4/16



Abstract: systems and processes for adaptable message transmission are provided. in some embodiments, a first electronic device receives, from a user, a speech input including a spoken message for transmission to another user. in some embodiments, the first electronic device obtains a textual representation of the spoken message, and in accordance with a determination that a first criterion is met, transmits the textual representation. in some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the first criterion is not met and in accordance with a determination that a second criterion is met, the first electronic device transmits the textual representation after a delay condition is satisfied. in some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the second criterion is not met, the first electronic device transmits the textual representation after a user confirmation is received.


20240373201. TRANSFERRING CONTENT BETWEEN COMPUTER SYSTEMS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Jae Woo CHANG of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Darren GUINNESS of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Travis JONES of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W4/80, G06F9/451

CPC Code(s): H04W4/80



Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to transferring content between computer systems.


20240373209. Network Access by a Reduced Capability User Equipment_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Naveen Kumar R. PALLE VENKATA 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., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sarma V. VANGALA of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Sudeep Manithara VAMANAN of Uttenreuth (DE) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W8/24, H04W48/10, H04W74/0833

CPC Code(s): H04W8/24



Abstract: a user equipment (ue) may camp on a base station of a network. the ue receives, from the base station of a wireless network, a broadcast including access restrictions, wherein the access restrictions include one or more predetermined criteria that must be satisfied to camp on the base station. the ue then determines whether the ue satisfies the one or more predetermined criteria.


20240373222. CELLULAR SERVICE MANAGEMENT FOR SECONDARY MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Li LI of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Abishek Kumar VAIDYANATHAN of Union City CA (US) for apple inc., Anish Kumar GOYAL of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Keizo MARUI of New Dundee (CA) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W12/06, H04L67/55, H04W8/18, H04W12/08, H04W12/72

CPC Code(s): H04W12/06



Abstract: this application sets forth techniques for cellular service management for a secondary mobile wireless device assisted by a primary mobile wireless device, including provisioning and management of electronic subscriber identity modules (esims) for a secondary mobile wireless device with user authorization obtained via the primary mobile wireless device.


20240373268. Synchronization Signal Block Based Beam Failure Detection_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Guotong Wang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Hua Li of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Jie Cui of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W24/08, H04L5/00

CPC Code(s): H04W24/08



Abstract: systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for performing beam failure detection (bfd), and in particular, for performing synchronization signal block (ssb) based bfd and/or channel state information reference signal (csi-rs) based bfd. disclosed embodiments include quasi co-location (qcl) and use case restrictions for ssb for bfd and physical downlink control channel (pdcch), transition period handling for bfd, and implicit configuration ssb for bfd. other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.


20240373342. DYNAMIC WINDOW ACCESS POINT (AP) POWER SAVE ENHANCEMENTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Sidharth R. THAKUR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jarkko L. KNECKT of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Yong LIU of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu WU of Monterey CA (US) for apple inc., Ahmad Reza HEDAYAT of Carisbad CA (US) for apple inc., Jinjing JIANG of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong YONG of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Qi WANG of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Lochan VERMA of Danville CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W52/02

CPC Code(s): H04W52/0206



Abstract: some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for dynamic window access point (ap) power save enhancements. some embodiments include transmitting an availability window (aw) of an ap to stations (stas) and dynamically modifying the aw. in some embodiments, a mobile device may perform soft ap functions and associate with the stations. the modifications can include truncating or extending the aw. some embodiments include: a broadcast availability frame that informs stas of the modified aw; an availability clear to send (a-cts) frame that allows the ap to inform associated stas of the modified aw; and/or an uplink (ul) multi-user (mu)-request to send (rts) enabled feature, that allows an ap to be available while operating in a low power receive (lpr) state (e.g., low power mode) and transition to a full power state to receive data using a bandwidth greater than 20 mhz.


20240373405. V2X FREQUENCY AND TIME RESOURCE INDICATION SIGNALING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): 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., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yuchul Kim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W72/02, H04L1/08, H04W72/0453, H04W72/20

CPC Code(s): H04W72/02



Abstract: systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for performing sidelink communication. in one example, a user equipment (ue), includes a memory and one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the ue to determine a sci stage 2 scrambling initialization value (cinit) based on at least a portion of a physical sidelink control channel (pscch) cyclic redundancy check (crc) code and a resource pool constant nconst_rp, wherein nconst_rp is configured for a resource pool allocated for sidelink communication by the ue; generate a scrambling sequence based on the sci stage 2 cinit; and transmit a sci stage 2 to the second ue based on the scrambling sequence.


20240373434. Playback Stall Expectation Reporting_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Waqar Zia of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Ping-Heng Kuo of London (GB) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W72/23, H04W24/10, H04W88/06

CPC Code(s): H04W72/23



Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for reporting a playback stall expectation in a wireless communication system. a wireless link may be established between a wireless device and a cellular base station. the wireless device may receive an indication of a playback stall expectation event from an application executing on the wireless device. the wireless device may transmit information indicating the playback stall expectation event to the cellular base station.


20240373457. Sub-Transmit Opportunities within Transmit Opportunities_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Lochan Verma of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong Yong of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Liu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jarkko L. Kneckt of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Jinjing Jiang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ahmad Reza Hedayat of Carlsbad CA (US) for apple inc., Sidharth R Thakur of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W74/08

CPC Code(s): H04W74/08



Abstract: systems, methods, and mechanisms for a sub-transmit opportunity (sub-txop) and/or sub-txops within a transmit opportunity (e.g., txop) to reduce channel access delays in wireless systems, e.g., such as in current and future ieee 802.11 systems. a wireless device (e.g., an access point or wireless station) may transmit, at a start of a txop to one or more wireless devices, signaling indicating that the txop includes one or more sub-txops. the wireless device may contend, during a first contention period (cp) preceding a first sub-txop of the one or more sub-txops, for access to a medium. the wireless device may transmit, upon determining that the wireless device can transmit in the first sub-txop, data to at least one wireless device of the one or more wireless devices.


20240373461. Scheduling Request Enhancements For 5G Networks_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Anthony Lee of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Seau S. Lim of Swindon (GB) for apple inc., Youn Hyoung Heo of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W74/0808, H04W16/14, H04W72/12, H04W72/21, H04W76/19

CPC Code(s): H04W74/0808



Abstract: an apparatus of user equipment (ue) includes processing circuitry coupled to memory, where to configure the ue for communication of data in a new radio-unlicensed (nr-u) spectrum, the processing circuitry is to decode rrc signaling from a base station. the rrc signaling includes configuration information to configure a listen-before-talk (lbt) timer and a scheduling request (sr) prohibit timer. an lbt procedure is performed while the lbt timer is activated. an sr is encoded for transmission to the base station, based on detecting an unoccupied transmission resource within the nr-u spectrum during the lbt procedure. the sr transmission activates the sr prohibit timer. an uplink grant from the base station is decoded in response to the sr, the uplink grant received while the sr prohibit timer is activated. a buffer status report (bsr) is encoded for transmission to the base station based on the uplink grant.


20240373468. TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONFIGURING A BEAM FOR RECEPTION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): 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 Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W74/0808, H04L5/00, H04W72/044, H04W72/0453, H04W72/53

CPC Code(s): H04W74/0825



Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to address spatial collisions between physical downlink control channel and default physical downlink shared channel beams in wireless communication systems.


20240373574. ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CLAD COMPONENTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Misra of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Hoishun Li of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Todd S. Mintz of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Isabel Yang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., James A. Curran of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Lei Gao of Shanghai (CN) for apple inc., Chuan Liu of Honghu (CN) for apple inc., Yu Yan of Shanghai (CN) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H05K5/04, H05K5/00

CPC Code(s): H05K5/04



Abstract: a housing for an electronic device can include an exterior titanium portion, an interior metal joined to the exterior titanium portion, the interior metal being a different metal than the exterior titanium portion, and an intermetallic compound having a thickness of less than 1 �m disposed between the interior metal and the exterior titanium portion.


20240373575. ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CLAD COMPONENTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Misra of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Hoishun Li of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Todd S. Mintz of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Isabel Yang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., James A. Curran of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Lei Gao of Shanghai (CN) for apple inc., Chuan Liu of Honghu (CN) for apple inc., Yu Yan of Shanghai (CN) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H05K5/04, H05K5/00

CPC Code(s): H05K5/04



Abstract: a housing for an electronic device can include an exterior titanium portion, an interior metal joined to the exterior titanium portion, the interior metal being a different metal than the exterior titanium portion, and an intermetallic compound having a thickness of less than 1 �m disposed between the interior metal and the exterior titanium portion.


20240373721. Backing Films For Displays With Curved Surfaces_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Bulong Wu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Zhen Zhang of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Paul S Drzaic of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Yong Sun of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Izhar Z Ahmed of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Kuan H Lu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Han-Chieh Chang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mingjing Ha of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Yung-Yu Hsu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H10K59/80, H10K77/10, H10K102/00

CPC Code(s): H10K59/871



Abstract: an electronic device may have a display overlapped by a display cover layer. portions of the surface of the display and cover layer may have curved profiles. for example, a display cover layer may have transparent sidewall portions with curved surface profiles. the transparent sidewall portions of the display cover layer may include rounded corners having areas of compound curvature. a flexible display panel may be pressed over a mold to impart desired curvature (such as compound curvature) to the flexible display panel. to mitigate wrinkling in a flexible display panel molded to have compound curvature, a backfilm may be included that absorbs compressive strains in the display panel. the backfilm may have a coefficient of thermal expansion that is higher than that of the display panel. instead or in addition, the backfilm may have portions with different young's modulus magnitudes or different thickness magnitudes.


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