Apple Inc. patent applications on October 17th, 2024

Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on October 17th, 2024

Apple Inc.: 38 patent applications

Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/0482 (3), H04L5/00 (3), H04W80/02 (2), H05K5/03 (2), H04W72/23 (2) G01C21/36 (1), H04N23/73 (1), H04L5/0035 (1), H04L5/0051 (1), H04L51/222 (1)

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

Patent Applications by Apple Inc.

20240344839. Map Application With Improved Search Tools_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Bradford A. Moore of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua C. Weinberg of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jorge Fino of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mark B. Larus of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Sarah G. Barbour of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G01C21/36, G06F3/0482, G06F16/242, G06F16/248, G06F16/29, G06F16/9537, H04W4/024, H04W4/12

CPC Code(s): G01C21/36

Abstract: some embodiments provide a mapping application that provides a variety of ui elements for allowing a user to specify a location (e.g., for viewing or serving as route destinations). in some embodiments, these location-input ui elements appear in succession on a sequence of pages, according to a hierarchy that has the ui elements that require less user interaction appear on earlier pages in the sequence than the ui elements that require more user interaction. in some embodiments, the location-input ui elements that successively appear in the mapping application include (1) selectable predicted-destination notifications, (2) a list of selectable predicted destinations, (3) a selectable voice-based search affordance, and (4) a keyboard. in some of these embodiments, these ui elements appear successively on the following sequence of pages: (1) a default page for presenting the predicted-destination notifications, (2) a destination page for presenting the list of predicted destinations, (3) a search page for receiving voice-based search requests, and (4) a keyboard page for receiving character input.

20240345635. DESKTOP ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Brett W. Degner of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Richard D. Kosoglow of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Joshua D. Banko of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., David H. Narajowski of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan L. Berk of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Michael E. Leclerc of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Michael D. McBroom of Leonard TX (US) for apple inc., Asif Iqbal of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Paul S. Michelsen of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mark K. Sin of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Paul A. Baker of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Harold L. Sontag of Gilroy CA (US) for apple inc., Wai Ching Yuen of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Matthew P. Casebolt of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin S. Fetterman of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Alexander C. Calkins of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel L. McBroom of Leonard CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F1/18, G06F1/20, G06F3/00, G08B5/36, G08B21/18, H01L23/40, H05K1/02, H05K5/03, H05K7/20

CPC Code(s): G06F1/181

Abstract: an internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. a computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (gpu) board, a central processing unit (cpu) board, an input/output (v/o) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (psu).

20240345647. Method for Performing System and Power Management Over a Serial Data Communication Interface_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): James M. Hollabaugh of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F1/3234, G06F13/42, H03M9/00

CPC Code(s): G06F1/3253

Abstract: a system and method for efficiently transferring data between devices. in various embodiments, a host computing device receives parallel data, encodes the parallel data as a count of pulses as serial data, and conveys the serial data to a peripheral device. the peripheral device decodes the received serial data to determine the parallel data, which is sent to processing logic. the devices send the encoded pluses on a bidirectional line, so the pulses are capable of being sent in both directions. the devices send the encoded pulses on the bidirectional line using a non-zero base voltage level. the devices are capable of using a voltage headroom when conveying encoded pulses between one another. therefore, a full voltage swing between a ground reference voltage level and a power supply voltage level is not used when conveying the encoded pulses, which reduces power consumption.

20240345683. SYSTEM AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD FOR SEPARATING NOISE AND SIGNAL IN MULTITOUCH SENSORS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Lichen WANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Behrooz SHAHSAVARI of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Hojjat SEYED MOUSAVI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Nima FERDOSI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Baboo V. GOWREESUNKER of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/041, G06F3/044, G06N3/044, G06N3/08

CPC Code(s): G06F3/04182

Abstract: in some examples, touch data can include noise. machine learning techniques, such as gated recurrent units and convolutional neural networks can be used to mitigate noise present in touch data. in some examples, a gated recurrent unit stage and a convolutional neural network stage can be arranged in series, such as by providing the output of the gated recurrent unit as input to the convolutional neural network. the gated recurrent unit can remove noise caused by a first component of the electronic device and the convolutional neural network can remove noise caused by a second component of the electronic device, for example. thus, together, the gated recurrent unit and the convolutional neural network can remove or substantially reduce the noise in the touch data.

20240345694. Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Application Window_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Kristin Marie Forster of Los Altos Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Raymond S. Sepulveda of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Eric Lance Wilson of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., John O. Louch of Santa Barbara CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/0481, G06F3/01, G06F3/04845

CPC Code(s): G06F3/0481

Abstract: a method includes displaying, on a display, a first desktop space including a window of an application. the window includes a window tiling affordance displayed within a chrome of the window. the method includes receiving, from one or more input devices, a window movement input. the method includes, in accordance with a determination that the window movement input includes selection of the window tiling affordance, tiling the window on the display. tiling the window on the display includes resizing the window to fill a predefined portion of the display. the method includes, in accordance with a determination that the window movement input includes selection of a portion of the window chrome that does not include the window tiling affordance, adjusting a position of at least a portion of the window without tiling the window on the display.

20240345697. Displaying Representations of Environments_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Bruno M. Sommer of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Tucker Bull Morgan of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Shih Sang Chiu of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Connor Alexander Smith of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/04815, G06F3/01, G06F3/0482, G06F3/16, G06V20/10

CPC Code(s): G06F3/04815

Abstract: a method includes displaying diorama-view representations from corresponding viewing vectors. the diorama-view representations respectively correspond to enhanced reality (er) environments. each of the diorama-view representations is associated with a respective set of er world coordinates that characterizes a respective er environment. the diorama-view representations include a first diorama-view representation displayed from a first viewing vector. the first diorama-view representation includes a first one or more of er objects arranged according to a first set of er world coordinates. the method includes detecting an input associated with the first diorama-view representation, and in response thereto, changing display of the first diorama-view representation from the first viewing vector to a second viewing vector while maintaining the first one or more er objects arranged according to the first set of er world coordinates.

20240345714. Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Presenting Representations of Media Containers_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Ofer Morag of Okland CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/04847, G06F3/0485, G06F16/635, G06F16/638, G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536, G06F21/60

CPC Code(s): G06F3/04847

Abstract: a method includes, while displaying a media browsing user interface, receiving a request to display a different view of the media browsing user interface, and responsive thereto, concurrently displaying a representation of a first media container and a representation of a second media container. in accordance with a determination that the first media container meets an engagement criteria that other users with whom the first user has a predetermined relationship have engaged with the respective media container, displaying an engagement marker for the representation of the first media container to indicate that other users have engaged with the first media container. in accordance with a determination that the first media container does not meet the engagement criteria for the first user, displaying the representation of the first media container without displaying an engagement marker for the representation of the first media container.

20240345799. CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HANDLING OF INTERRUPTIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Thomas R. GRUBER of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Donald W. PITSCHEL of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/16

CPC Code(s): G06F3/165

Abstract: a list of notification items is received, the list including a plurality of notification items, wherein each respective one of the plurality of notification items is associated with a respective urgency value. an information item is detected. in some implementations, the information item is a communication (e.g., an email). in some implementations, the information item is a change in context of a user. upon determining that the information item is relevant to the urgency value of the first notification item, the urgency value of the first notification item is adjusted. upon determining that the adjusted urgency value satisfies the predetermined threshold, a first audio prompt is provided to a user.

20240345892. Compute Kernel Parsing with Limits in one or more Dimensions_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Andrew M. Havlir of Orlando FL (US) for apple inc., Ajay Simha Modugala of Orlando FL (US) for apple inc., Karl D. Mann of Geneva FL (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F9/50, G06T1/20

CPC Code(s): G06F9/505

Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to dispatching compute work from a compute stream. in some embodiments, a graphics processor executes instructions of compute kernels. workload parser circuitry may determine, for distribution to the graphics processor circuitry, a set of workgroups from a compute kernel that includes workgroups organized in multiple dimensions, including a first number of workgroups in a first dimension and a second number of workgroups in a second dimension. this may include determining multiple sub-kernels for the compute kernel, wherein a first sub-kernel includes, in the first dimension, a limited number of workgroups that is smaller than the first number of workgroups. the parser circuitry may iterate through workgroups in both the first and second dimensions to generate the set of workgroups, proceeding through the first sub-kernel before iterating through any of the other sub-kernels. disclosed techniques may provide desirable shapes for batches of workgroups.

20240346063. Synchronized Shared Playlists_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Arvind S. Shenoy of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Thomas M. Alsina of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Paul C. Irvine of Mill Valley CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F16/438, G06F16/40, H04N21/43, H04N21/6587, H04N21/81

CPC Code(s): G06F16/4387

Abstract: the present disclosure relates to synchronized sharing of playlists from a source client device to a listening client device. to facilitate synchronized sharing, a current playlist of one or more tracks of digital content is obtained from the source client device. a current playback location within the currently playing playlist is also obtained from the source client device. a shared queue accessible by the listener client device is generated. further, a shared queue context for the listener client device is identified based in part upon the current playback location. this enables the listener client device to start playback synchronized with the source client device.

20240346282. VIRTUAL ASSISTANT IN A COMMUNICATION SESSION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Mehul K. SANGHAVI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey P. SCHWERDTFEGER of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06N3/006, G06F40/30, G06F40/35, G06Q10/10, H04L51/02, H04L51/212

CPC Code(s): G06N3/006

Abstract: disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for utilizing a virtual assistant as part of a communication session. one or more of the participant users can select to utilize a virtual assistant to assist the participant users with tasks during the communication session. a user can use a communication application to enter a message directed to the virtual assistant. the virtual assistant can analyze the entered message and determine that the message was directed to the virtual assistant rather than to the other participants of the communication session. as a result, the message will not be transmitted to the other participants of the communication session and the virtual assistant will assist the user with the identified task. a virtual assistant can assist a user with a variety of different tasks. for example, the virtual assistant can gather requested data for the user from one or more web servers, such as weather data, traffic data, etc.

20240346453. BUSINESS MESSAGING INTERFACE_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., Freddy A. ANZURES of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Nicole R. RYAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Hoan PHAM of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06Q10/107, G06F3/0354, G06F3/04817, G06F3/04842, G06F3/0488, G06F3/04883, G06Q10/1093, G06Q10/20, G06Q30/016, G06Q50/00, H04L65/1069, H04M1/72436, H04M1/72451, H04M1/72457, H04M1/72469

CPC Code(s): G06Q10/107

Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to messaging user interfaces. in some embodiments, at an electronic device having one or more processors, memory, and a display, a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and a business entity is initiated via a messaging user interface. a task affordance is displayed in a conversation transcript of the messaging user interface. an interaction to select the task affordance is detected. a task is initiated in response to detecting the interaction to select the task affordance.

20240346817. PERSONAL COMPUTING DEVICE CONTROL USING FACE DETECTION AND RECOGNITION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Jeff GONION of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Duncan Robert KERR of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G06V10/94, G06F1/3231, G06F3/00, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0485, G06F18/40, G06F21/32, G06F21/62, G06V40/16

CPC Code(s): G06V10/945

Abstract: systems and methods are provided for control of a personal computing device based on user face detection and recognition techniques.

20240347041. DIGITAL ASSISTANT FOR PROVIDING AND MODIFYING AN OUTPUT OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Daniel A. CASTELLANI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Didier GUZZONI of Mont-sur-Rolle (CH) for apple inc., Pierre-Louis JALLERAT of Saint-Cyr-en-Val (FR) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G10L13/10, G10L13/033

CPC Code(s): G10L13/10

Abstract: systems and processes for providing and modifying an output of an electronic document using a digital assistant of an electronic device are provided. an example method includes, receiving, at a first electronic device, a user input requesting an audible output of an electronic document including text; and in accordance with a determination to provide the audible output of the electronic document: generating a media item based on the text of the electronic document; after generating the media item, outputting, based on a semantic structure of the electronic document, the media item; while outputting the media item, receiving a second user input; and in accordance with a determination that the second user input is associated with an intent to modify the output: modifying, based on the second user input and the semantic structure of the electronic document, the output of the media item.

20240347059. DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTION IN A VIDEO COMMUNICATION SESSION ENVIRONMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Niranjan MANJUNATH of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Willem MATTELAER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jessica PECK of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Lily Shuting ZHANG of Seattle WA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): G10L15/22, G10L15/08, G10L15/18, G10L15/26

CPC Code(s): G10L15/22

Abstract: this relates to an intelligent automated assistant in a video communication session environment. an example method includes, during a video communication session between at least two user devices, and at a first user device: receiving a first user voice input; in accordance with a determination that the first user voice input represents a communal digital assistant request, transmitting a request to provide context information associated with the first user voice input to the first user device; receiving context information associated with the first user voice input; obtaining a first digital assistant response based at least on a portion of the context information received from the second user device and at least a portion of context information associated with the first user voice input that is stored on the first user device; providing the first digital assistant response to the second user device; and outputting the first digital assistant response.

20240347250. NESTED CARRIER ACTUATORS FOR MOVING OPTICAL COMPONENTS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Sinclair A. Minshull of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sanush N. Kehelella of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H01F7/06, G02B5/02, H01F7/126, H01F7/16

CPC Code(s): H01F7/064

Abstract: various embodiments disclosed herein describe electromagnetic actuator arrangements having nested carriers. the nested carriers include an intermediate carrier moveably connected to a stationary base, and an inner carrier moveably coupled to the intermediate carrier. the inner carrier may carry an optical component, such as a diffuser, and may move the optical component relative to the stationary base by controlling the movement of the intermediate and/or inner carrier.

20240347516. MICRO LED BASED DISPLAY PANEL_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Dmitry S. Sizov of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Ion Bita of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Jean-Jacques P. Drolet of Bavaria (DE) for apple inc., John T. Leonard of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan S. Steckel of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Nathaniel T. Lawrence of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaobin Xin of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Ranojoy Bose of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H01L25/075, H01L23/00, H01L25/16, H01L25/18, H01L33/00, H01L33/38, H01L33/60

CPC Code(s): H01L25/0753

Abstract: light emitting structures and methods of fabrication are described. in an embodiment, led coupons are transferred to a carrier substrate and then patterned to led mesa structures. patterning may be performed on heterogeneous groups of led coupons with a common mask set. the led mesa structure are then transferred in bulk to a display substrate. in an embodiment, a light emitting structure includes an arrangement of leds with different thickness, and corresponding bottom contacts with different thicknesses bonded to a display substrate.

20240348104. FRIENDLY METAL LOSS ESTIMATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Shubha Ramakrishnan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Adam L. Schwartz of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Jizhen Fu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H02J50/60, H02J50/10, H02J50/80

CPC Code(s): H02J50/60

Abstract: a wireless power transfer device can include a coil that couples to a corresponding coil of a counterpart device to facilitate wireless power transfer, a power converter coupled to the coil, and controller and communication circuitry that monitors one or more observable parameters associated with the wireless power transfer to detect a presence of a foreign object that is not the counterpart device and control the power converter responsive to detection of a foreign object. the controller and communication circuitry can perform foreign object detection based on power accounting that includes estimating friendly metal losses associated with the counterpart device. the controller and communication circuitry can receive from the counterpart device friendly metal loss modeling parameters associated with the counterpart device, the modeling parameters including one or more coefficients relating to a wireless power transfer current and one or more coefficients relating to a wireless power transfer voltage.

20240348254. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED CHARGE PUMP PHASE-LOCKED LOOP PHASE STABILITY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Hongrui Wang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Abbas Komijani of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Hideya Oshima of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Reetika K Agarwal of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H03L7/089, H02M3/07

CPC Code(s): H03L7/0893

Abstract: in a charge pump-based pll circuit, charge pump output current variation may cause phase instability at an output of a vco. the output current variation may be caused by low-frequency disturbances (e.g., tuning voltage (vtune) drift with channel length modulation effect), disturbance in a gate bias voltage of a transistor, or a vdd transient. such a low-frequency disturbance may occur during initial lock, which may affect phase settling time, or after lock, which may result in phase instability. a replica charge pump and a current filtering and compensation circuit may be implemented at the output of a main charge pump to provide error current compensation to suppress channel length modulation effect, improve phase stability, and reduce phase noise.

20240348258. DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER WITH HYBRID COUPLER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Filipe Tabarani of Hohenlinden (DE) for apple inc., Timo W. Gossmann of Neubiberg (DE) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H03M1/00, H03M1/06, H04L27/20, H04L27/36, H03M1/66

CPC Code(s): H03M1/002

Abstract: the current disclosure is related to a column and line digital-to-analog converter (dac) with a hybrid coupler for generating quadrature analog signals. the dac may include an array of unit power amplifiers (cells). a first portion of the cells of the array may be coupled to a first column decoder to receive in-phase components of digital signals and a second portion of the cells may be coupled to a second column decoder to receive quadrature components of the digital signals. the first portion of the cells of the array may generate in-phase components of analog signals and the second portion of the cells of the array may generate quadrature components of the analog signals. a hybrid coupler of the dac may receive the in-phase and quadrature components of the analog signals with a similar phase, delay the quadrature components by a phase delay (e.g., 90 degrees), and output the resulting analog signals.

20240348307. CMR AND IMR CONFIGURATION ENHANCEMENT FOR MULTI-TRP CSI-RS REPORTING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui 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., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04B7/06, H04W24/10

CPC Code(s): H04B7/0626

Abstract: configuring channel state information reference signal (csi-rs) reporting at a network may include encoding a single csi-rs reporting configuration for transmission to a user equipment (ue) that is in connected mode with both a first transmission and reception point (trp) and a second trp. the single csi-rs reporting configuration may include a plurality of csi-rs resource sets. each of the plurality of csi-rs resource sets may include a plurality of csi-rs resources. at least one of the plurality of csi-rs resource sets may include csi-rs resources that correspond to the first trp or the second trp. a csi measurement communication received from the ue may be decoded. the csi measurement communication may be based on the single csi-rs reporting configuration communication. based on the csi measurement communication, one or more downlink data transmissions may be scheduled.

20240348320. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY FOR MULTI-DCI MODE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) 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 Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04B7/08, H04L1/20, H04W72/02, H04W72/044, H04W72/23, H04W74/0833, H04W76/19

CPC Code(s): H04B7/088

Abstract: beam failure recovery (bfr) in a multiple downlink control information (mdci) mode may include receiving, by a user equipment (ue), a downlink reference signal (dl rs) set from a next generation node b (gnb). the dl rs set may be associated with a link between the ue and the gnb and indicate beam failure detection (bfd) is to be performed for the link. the bfr may further include performing, by the ue, a beam failure detection (bfd) for the link using the dl rs set, and performing, by the ue, a candidate beam detection (cbd) for the link, the cbd determining a candidate beam for the link by determining a beam having a reference signal receiving power (rsrp) that is larger than an rsrp threshold. the bfr may further include transmitting, by the ue, a beam failure recovery request (bfrq) indicating the link to the gnb.

20240348385. Handling Multi-TRP Transmissions_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04W72/23

CPC Code(s): H04L5/0035

Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured with multi-transmission and reception point (multi-trp) operation. the ue groups capabilities of handling two overlapping physical downlink shared channel (pdsch) transmissions into a plurality of groups, determining a ue capability of handling two overlapping pdsch transmissions based on the plurality of groups and transmits the ue capability to a next generation nodeb (gnb) of a 5g new radio (nr) wireless network. the ue also determines if a demodulation reference signal (dmrs) of a physical downlink shared channel (pdsch) transmission collides with a cell-specific reference signal (crs) of a long term evolution (lte) transmission and determines if the crs originated from a same multi-transmission/reception point (trp) as the dmrs.

20240348402. PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04L27/26, H04W72/1268

CPC Code(s): H04L5/0051

Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for physical uplink shared channel transmissions with repetitions on different transmit beams with phase tracking reference signals.

20240348571. LIVE LOCATION SHARING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Roberto Garcia of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Eugene M. Bistolas of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Justin Wood of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Lawrence Yuan Yang of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Scott Lopatin of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Richard R. Dellinger of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L51/222, H04L51/043, G06F3/04842

CPC Code(s): H04L51/222

Abstract: techniques for live location sharing are described. a first mobile device and a second mobile device can communicate with one another using an im program. the first mobile device can receive a user input to share a location of the first mobile device in the im program. sharing the location can include causing the second mobile device to display a location of the first mobile device in an im program user interface on the second mobile device. duration of sharing the location can be user-configurable. the second mobile device may or may not share a location of the second device for display in the im program executing on the first mobile device.

20240348714. USER INTERFACES FOR DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Richard R. DELLINGER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Conrad H. ALBRECHT-BUEHLER of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04M1/72412, B60K35/215, B60K35/22

CPC Code(s): H04M1/72412

Abstract: a basic console user interface includes an indication that the computer system is attempting to connect to one or more external devices. when the connection is successfully established before a first threshold duration of time is reached, the display is updated with an enhanced console user interface.

20240348715. DELIVERY/READ RECEIPTS FOR ELECTRONIC MESSAGING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Chanaka G. KARUNAMUNI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Richard R. DELLINGER of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04M1/7243, G06Q10/107

CPC Code(s): H04M1/7243

Abstract: systems, methods, and computer program products for delivery/read receipts for electronic messaging are disclosed. during one-on-one electronic messaging sessions in a conversation view format, only a single read receipt is shown only for the most recent message transmitted in the conversation. in some implementations, a delivery receipt is shown which then can be replaced or morphed into a read receipt. in a group conversation, a read receipt can be displayed for the recipient who most recently caught up in the ongoing conversation.

20240348767. Pixel Arrangements for Displays with Lenticular Lenses_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Ping-Yen Chou of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., ByoungSuk Kim of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Cheng-Ho Yu of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Fu-Chung Huang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hao Chen of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Juan He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jun Qi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Manjap Singh of Mountain House CA (US) for apple inc., Xiaofeng Wang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Li of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yi Huang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yi-Pai Huang of Zhubei (TW) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04N13/305, H04N13/324, H04N13/351

CPC Code(s): H04N13/305

Abstract: a display may include an array of pixels covered by lenticular lenses. the lenticular lenses may cause expansion of light primarily in a horizontal direction. to improve the perceived resolution of the display, the horizontal resolution of the pixels on the display may be increased. in one possible layout, each pixel includes one red sub-pixel, one blue sub-pixel, and one green sub-pixel. the sub-pixels may be non-square rectangular. the sub-pixels may be the same size or may have the same widths and different heights. each pixel may be asymmetric about a horizontal axis. in a given row, the pixels may alternate between first and second layouts. the second layout may be a vertically flipped version of the first layout.

20240348933. ADAPTIVE EXPOSURE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Simon Fortin-Deschenes of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Christian I. Moore of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel A. Glynn of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Anthony Ghannoum of Montreal (CA) for apple inc., Paolo Di Febbo of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Luke A. Pillans of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Christophe Seyve of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Zhongmin Wang of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04N23/73, H04N13/239, H04N13/296, H04N13/344, H04N13/371, H04N13/383, H04N23/68, H04N23/71, H04N23/745, H04N23/76

CPC Code(s): H04N23/73

Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein improve the appearance of captured video by accounting for motion-induced blur, noise, lighting, and/or other factors related to the appearance of video captured by rotating or otherwise moving wearable electronic device. some implementations reduce or eliminate camera motion blur during video capture by dynamically adjusting the exposure used to capture the video based on user motion. for example, exposure may be reduced to reduce the amount of blur during motion. since such a reduced exposure captures a lesser amount of light, gain may be increased such that the captured video maintains a relatively constant image brightness in spite of the changing exposure over time.

20240348960. HEADPHONES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Edward Siahaan of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel R. Bloom of Alameda CA (US) for apple inc., Lee M. Panecki of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Phillip Qian of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin A. Shaffer of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Christopher J. Stringer of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Eugene A. Whang of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., David H. Narajowski of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Scott Y. Oshita of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Dustin A. Hatfield of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Zachary G. Segraves of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Sean J. Docherty of Mississauga (CA) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04R1/10, H04R5/033

CPC Code(s): H04R1/1008

Abstract: this disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. designs that include earpad assemblies that improve acoustic isolation are discussed. user convenience features that include automatically detecting the orientation of the headphones on a user's head are also discussed. various power-saving features, design features, sensor configurations and user comfort features are also discussed.

20240348961. BISTABLE HINGE FOR PORTABLE WIRELESS LISTENING DEVICE CASE_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Sean T. McIntosh of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jason C. Della Rosa of Morgan Hill CA (US) for apple inc., Samuel G. Parker of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc., Benjamin A. Cousins of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Ethan L. Huwe of Davis CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04R1/10, A45C11/00, A45C13/00, E05F1/12, E05F3/20, G01V3/08, H01F7/02, H04B1/38, H04B1/3827, H04R1/02, H05K5/00, H05K5/02, H05K5/03

CPC Code(s): H04R1/1016

Abstract: embodiments describe an eartip including an eartip body having an attachment end and an interfacing end opposite from the attachment end. the eartip body can include an inner eartip body having a sidewall extending between the interfacing end and the attachment end, the sidewall defining a channel and having a first thickness near the attachment end and a second thickness different from the first thickness at the interfacing end. the eartip can also include an attachment structure coupled to the inner eartip body at the attachment end, the attachment structure having an inner surface and an outer surface. the attachment structure can include an upper region interfacing with the sidewall and defining discrete through-holes, a lower region below the upper region where the inner surface defines a plurality of recesses positioned around the lower region, and a mesh extending across the channel and into the upper region.

20240349042. DIFFERENTIATING OWN ACCESSORIES FROM THOSE OF OTHERS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Benjamin A. Detwiler of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Brent M. Ledvina of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Chen Ganir of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Emmanuel Lalande of Lachine (CA) for apple inc., Michael C. Laster of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Siva Ganesh Movva of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Ernst T. Erdmann of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yannick L. Sierra of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W12/04, H04W12/121

CPC Code(s): H04W12/04

Abstract: portable electronic devices can be used to perform tracking functionality through the exchange of proximity messages. based on the payload in these messages, a mobile device can detect whether a portable electronic device is likely performing unwanted tracking. the mobile device user may wish to identify an account that is associated with the portable device. in response to a request from the mobile device, the portable electronic device can provide a partial identifier that can be used to determine an associated account. the portable electronic device can also provide information that the mobile device can use to locate disablement instructions that can show how to stop the portable device from performing tracking functionality.

20240349076. UPLINK SPATIAL RELATION SWITCH DELAY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., 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., Panagiotis Botsinis of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sameh M. Eldessoki of Munich (DE) 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): H04W16/28, H04L5/00, H04W24/10

CPC Code(s): H04W16/28

Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide uplink spatial relation switch delay for an uplink spatial relation switch based at least in part on a pathloss reference signal associated with uplink spatial relation switch.

20240349080. PI CONTROLLER FOR CELLULAR BASEBAND MITIGATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Amir Rajaee of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc., Hao Ping Wen of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., De Jun Li of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Murali Mohan Chakka of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Douglas A MacKay of San Mateo CA (US) for apple inc., Vasanthakumar Balasubramaniam of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Achmed Rumi Zahir of Menlo Park CA (US) for apple inc., Prashant H Vashi of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Mingkun Li of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Priyank Mamania of Milpitas CA (US) for apple inc., Michael V Yeh of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Luca Aldegheri of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Reza Arastoo of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Tu Le of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Punit H Awatramani of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W24/02, H04W52/02

CPC Code(s): H04W24/02

Abstract: communication device may include a transmitter and a receiver respectively coupled to one or more antennas to communicate (e.g., transmit or receive signals) with a base station. the communication device may receive an operating characteristic of a cellular modem within the communication device operating in a first cellular configuration and determine if the operating characteristic are greater than a threshold. the operating characteristic may include power and/or temperature. the threshold may include a power budget and/or a temperature threshold. if the operating characteristic is greater than the threshold, then the communication device may determine a control effort value based on the operating characteristic and the threshold. the communication device may map the control effort value to a second cellular configuration, which may correspond to reduced operating characteristics in comparison to the first cellular configuration. the communication device may then cause the cellular modem to operate in the second cellular configuration.

20240349275. LOGICAL CHANNEL PRIORITIZATION FOR MULTI-PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL GRANT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Ping-Heng Kuo of London (GB) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Peng Cheng of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W72/1268, H04W72/566, H04W76/20, H04W80/02

CPC Code(s): H04W72/1268

Abstract: techniques for flexible hybrid automatic repeat request selection by a user equipment are provided. an example method includes a user equipment (ue) processing a plurality of physical uplink shared channel (pusch) opportunities associated with a configured grant (cg) cycle. the ue can apply a first logical channel prioritization (lcp) setting when processing a first pusch opportunity of the plurality of pusch opportunities. the ue can evaluate whether a condition for switching from the first lcp to a second lcp of the plurality of pusch opportunities has been met. the ue can, based on the evaluation, apply a second lcp setting when processing the second pusch opportunity.

20240349333. SIDELINK UNLICENSED (SL-U) GAP SYMBOL AND CYCLIC PREFIX EXTENSION (CPE) CONFIGURATION_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W74/0808, H04L27/26, H04W72/40

CPC Code(s): H04W74/0808

Abstract: a user equipment (ue), a base station, a baseband processor or other network device can operate to generate a sidelink (sl) communication by sensing an sl channel with a clear channel assessment (cca) and configuring a gap length based on a subcarrier spacing (scs) and a cyclic prefix extension (cpe) with a cpe length. the cpe length and the gap length can be based on one or more conditions. the sl communication can then be transmitted in response to acquiring the sl channel.

20240349374. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTILINK DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Jarkko L. KNECKT of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Gaurav JAIN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yong LIU of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Jinjing JIANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Tianyu WU of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Su Khiong YONG of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Guoqing LI of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Charles F. DOMINGUEZ of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W76/15, H04W12/0471, H04W48/16, H04W76/11, H04W80/02, H04W84/12

CPC Code(s): H04W76/15

Abstract: some embodiments include utilizing a multilink media access control (mac) address structure to support multilink devices (mlds) that can operate concurrently in more than one link such as extremely high throughput (eht) access points (aps) and eht stations (sta), where the multilink mac address structure is compatible with legacy devices. an eht ap can utilize a multilink basic service set (bss) identification (bssid) mac address to communicate with an eht sta identified by a multilink mac address. values of the multilink bssid and the multilink mac address of the eht sta are independent of which of the multiple links are used in the communication. in addition, to utilizing a multilink bssid, the eht ap can also support unique link-specific mac addresses to concurrently support legacy and mld stations. the eht sta can also utilize unique link-specific mac addresses that can be different than the eht ap's link-specific mac addresses.

20240349397. SIDELINK DRX OPTIMIZATIONS FOR RRC_CONNECTED USER EQUIPMENT (UE)_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)

Inventor(s): Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) 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., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.

IPC Code(s): H04W76/28, H04W92/10, H04W92/18

CPC Code(s): H04W76/28

Abstract: sl-drx involves both uu and pc5 interfaces. for an rrc_connected ue (also referred to as a connected mode ue, or simply connected ue), several sl-drx enhancements are described in this disclosure to trigger sl drx and share configurations. alignment of sl-drx alignment with uu-drx (referred to as uu/sl drx alignment or simply alignment) is also described, as an optional feature (since not all schedules can temporally align).

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