Apple Patent Applications

Apple patent applications that are pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240103916
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for effectuating a transaction by an intermediary. An example method can include receiving, from a second user device, a first request for a target item, the second user device being associated with the target item. A second request for first information associated with the target item can be transmitted to a third device based at least in part on the first request. The first information associated with the target item can be received from the third device, the first information including a first parameter describing the target item. The first parameter can be compared with a threshold parameter. A third request can be transmitted to the third device associated with the target item, a third request for the target item. A confirmation of the third request can be received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed M. Soliman, Ayman F. Naguib
  • Publication number: 20240106011
    Abstract: Described are pre-lithiated anode active materials, lithium-ion electrochemical cells comprising pre-lithiated anode active materials, methods for preparing pre-lithiated anode active materials, and lithium-ion electrochemical cells comprising pre-lithiated anode active materials. The disclosed processes are useful for adapting various methods for manufacturing for lithium-ion electrochemical cells with modifications to achieve pre-lithiation. The pre-lithiation process used by some embodiments described herein include treating an incomplete lithium-ion cell structure with a lithiation redox agent prior to injecting electrolyte into the cell, using techniques similar to the electrolyte injection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Hong, Shabab Amiruddin, Karthikeyan Kumaresan
  • Publication number: 20240107249
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a structure with a substrate, an electronic device, and a molding compound layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, where the substrate includes a first opening. The electronic device is disposed on the first surface of the substrate and includes a second opening aligned with the first opening of the substrate. Further, the molding compound layer is disposed on the second surface of the substrate and includes a third opening aligned with the second opening of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kyusang KIM, Ali N. Ergun, Anthony D. Minervini, Bilal Mohamed Ibrahim Kani, Kishore N. Renjan
  • Publication number: 20240106137
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that can provide a robust and reliable connection to a board and have a small form factor. An example can provide connector receptacles that provide a robust and reliable connection to a board by providing contacts having highly planarized solder tails. The solder tails can be supported by extensions of housing portions to provide consistent placement and alignment, as well an amount of shock absorption. The solder tails can include chamfered surfaces to improve soldered connections to pads of a board. The chamfered surfaces can also enable a reduced pitch between solder tails thereby helping to provide a reduced form factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Jeon, Mahmoud R. Amini, Marc Soriano Baliarda, Tianrun Jiang
  • Publication number: 20240106158
    Abstract: Connector receptacles and connector receptacle interfaces that can detect a connection to a corresponding connector insert, can detect liquid in the connector receptacle, and can limit damage to the connector receptacle caused by the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eric B. Wankoff, Peter J. Cameron, Mahmoud R. Amini, Daren L. Rimando, Sotirios Lyrintzis, Makiko K. Brzezinski, Adam H. Herzog, Mohammed Nasser Khamis Al Jashmi, George Tziviskos, Aaron N. Miletich, Collin Greene, Jason S. Sloey, Sydney Puckett
  • Publication number: 20240104814
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for using electronic diffusers to implement message indicators are described. A segment of a diffuser attached to an electronic device is configured to indicate an informational message in response to signals that result in a change to an optical property. A set of information to be displayed using the segment is determined, and a signal is transmitted to the segment to display the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Joel S. Armstrong-Muntner
  • Publication number: 20240107167
    Abstract: An actuator assembly for a camera module is provided. The actuator assembly includes a transversal actuator for motion of an image sensor of the camera module in one or more directions orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera module. The actuator assembly also includes an axial actuator for motion of the image sensor in one or more directions parallel to the optical axis of the camera module. The actuator assembly further includes a carrier retaining a portion of the transversal actuator and a portion of the axial actuator. The carrier moves with the image sensor in the one or more directions orthogonal to the optical axis of the camera module and is static relative to motion of the image sensor in the one or more directions parallel to the optical axis of the camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seyed Mohammad Javid Mahmoudzadeh, Aurelien R Hubert
  • Publication number: 20240105046
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to enable performance of a lens distance test in head-mounted displays (HMDs) to determine the distance between a user's eye and a lens of the HMD (e.g. the display lens in a virtual or augmented reality device). In embodiments, the HMD is configured to determine a current pose of the eye based on a series of captured eye images. The pose information is used to determine the distance from the apex of the cornea to a closest point on the lens. If the determined distance is too small or too large, an alert or notification is generated instructing to adjust the HMD or change the light seal to achieve better distancing, in order to reduce the risk of eye injury and/or improve user experience. In embodiments, the lens distance test may be repeated during a user session to reevaluate and/or monitor the lens distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Yin Tsai, Kai Benjamin Quack, Hua Gao, Tom Sengelaub, Alper Yildirim
  • Publication number: 20240106161
    Abstract: Connector structures that can help to reduce corrosion of contacts in a connector receptacle and can reduce liquid ingress into an electronic device that houses the connector receptacle. An example can increase an effective width between adjacent contacts. This and other examples can force dendritic growth to occur in a location where it can be at least partially cleared by the insertion of a corresponding connector into the connector receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud R. Amini, Eric B. Wankoff, Nikhil S. Pansare, Ibuki Kamei, Samira Chizari, Peter J. Cameron
  • Publication number: 20240102712
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for coordinated operation of refrigerant climate control systems in an optimized manner. In an example process, climate control information for a plurality of refrigerant climate control systems is maintained. An energy optimization signal is received that describes a characteristic associated with an electrical energy source. A set of control signals is generated for a set of refrigerant climate control systems based on climate control information and the energy optimization information. The set of control signals is then sent to a set of refrigerant climate control systems. Each control signal may be configured to cause a respective refrigerant climate control system to operate using the electricity from the electrical energy source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Gregorich
  • Publication number: 20240104691
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an image processing circuit able to perform image fusion on received images in at least a first mode for fusing demosaiced and downscaled image data, and a second mode for fusing raw image data. Raw image data is received from an image sensor in Bayer RGB format. In the first mode, the raw image data is demosaiced and resampled prior to undergoing image fusion. On the other hand, in the second raw image mode, the image processing circuit performs image fusion on the raw Bayer image data, and demosaics and resamples the generated fused raw Bayer image. This may ensure a cleaner image signal for image fusion, but consumes more memory. The image processing circuit is configured to support both modes of operation, allowing for fused images to be generated to satisfy the requirements of different applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Maxim SMIRNOV, David R. POPE
  • Publication number: 20240103124
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for cross-polarization-based object detection and classification. One example includes a system implemented for cross-polarization-based object detection and classification. The system includes a first transmitter antenna configured for radiating a first millimeter wave electromagnetic signal, where the first millimeter wave electromagnetic signal including a first polarization. The system further includes a first receiver antenna configured for receiving a second millimeter wave electromagnetic signal, the second millimeter wave electromagnetic signal including a second polarization. The system further includes a processing circuitry configured to detect an object based at least in part on the second millimeter wave electromagnetic signal, the object being impacted by the first millimeter wave electromagnetic signal to cause the second millimeter wave electromagnetic signal to reflect off the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Mow, Jiaming Cui, Fanfan He, Joseph Hakim
  • Publication number: 20240106899
    Abstract: When a mobile device comes within a proximity of one or more accessories, the one or more accessories can generate an indication for sending to the mobile device. The indication can be based on a state of the one or more accessories and can include state information. The indication can be used to communicate state information about the one or more accessories to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Johnson, Amber N. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240103713
    Abstract: In some implementations, at least a partial view of a jog wheel user interface (UI) element is displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI). The jog wheel UI element is operable to manipulate one or more secondary elements. In response to a touch input for controlling the jog wheel UI element, a rotation of the jog wheel UI element is animated concurrently with manipulation of the secondary element(s). In some embodiments, the jog wheel UI element is rotated at an initial rotational speed based on the touch input, continues rotating after cessation of the touch input, and is reduced until it reaches zero. In one embodiment, a distance between the contact of the touch input and the jog wheel UI element is used to determine a degree of rotation of jog wheel UI element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Fleischhauer, David Karp, Itrat U Khan, Kenneth C Meehan
  • Publication number: 20240107247
    Abstract: Examples can provide circuits, methods, and apparatus that can determine a quality of a seal formed using an audio device, can inform a user of the quality of the seal, and can help the user to improve the quality of the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Terlizzi
  • Publication number: 20240105639
    Abstract: Structures, methods, and apparatus for protecting interconnections between components and boards in an electronic device from damage resulting from a physical shock. This damage can occur due to differential tensile forces being applied between the component and the board during a drop or other shock event. An example can reduce or prevent damage by providing differential compression forces between the component and board that can cancel differential tensile forces between the component and board during the shock event. Another example can reduce or prevent damage by reducing differential tensile forces between a component and board. Another example can secure a component to the board to directly reduce the differential force in order to prevent damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Helia Rahmani, Stephane J. Marcadet, Scott J. Campbell, Zhiyong C. Xia, Stephen V. Jayanathan, Vineet Negi, Christian Kettenbeil
  • Publication number: 20240104967
    Abstract: A personalized eye model is used to generate synthetic gaze features at ground-truth eye poses Gg. Corresponding synthetic gaze poses Gs are estimated from the synthetic gaze features using an average eye model. A linear regression is applied between Gg and Gs to generate a gaze correction function. The gaze correction function represents differences between the synthetic gaze Gs of the subject eye at the display and that of the average eye model Gg at the display, but does not contain security- or privacy-sensitive information. Further, the personalized eye model cannot be recovered from the gaze correction function, and thus the gaze correction function can be stored unencrypted and available for use during a cold boot of a device prior to login. On a cold boot of the device, the gaze correction function may be accessed and used with an average eye model to improve gaze-based interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rene Heideklang, Hua Gao, Hao Qin, Tom Sengelaub
  • Publication number: 20240107312
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for reader initiated provisioning. An example method includes a device detecting a trigger to establish a connection with a second device. The device can receive a first input to verify an identity associated with the second computing device. The device receives from the second device, a first information item comprising identification information based at least in part on the first input. The device receives a comparison result from a server. The device receives a second input to provision a digital access asset onto the second device based on the comparison result. The device transmits, to the second device, the digital access asset based at least in part on the second input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Brudnicki, Christopher Sharp
  • Publication number: 20240104778
    Abstract: Methods for performing a camera calibration process for outward-facing cameras on devices such as head-mounted display devices are disclosed. Using cameras with overlapping fields of view, relative rotational parameters of the cameras with respect to one another may be determined using an optimization technique such as a two-view bundle adjustment algorithm. A statistical analysis of the relative rotational parameters of the cameras, determined for a plurality of moments in time, may then be made to provide updated relative rotational parameters for recalibration of the cameras. A camera calibration process, such as those disclosed, may not depend on tracking points of interest over multiple moments in time, but rather on a convergence of the relative rotational parameters determined for respective moments in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tianheng Wang, Stergios Roumeliotis, Shuntaro Yamazaki, Oleg Naroditsky
  • Publication number: 20240107144
    Abstract: An actuator assembly for a camera module includes a transversal actuator for motion of an image sensor in one or more directions orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera module. The actuator assembly also includes an axial actuator for motion of the image sensor in one or more directions parallel to the optical axis of the camera module. The actuator assembly further includes a shared magnet for operation of the transversal actuator for motion of the image sensor in the one or more directions orthogonal to the optical axis and for operation of the axial actuator for motion of the image sensor in one or more directions parallel to the optical axis. A portion of the transversal actuator and a portion of the axial actuator are configured to move with the image sensor. The shared magnet is static relative to motion of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Miller, Alfred N. Mireault, Vito Lisma, Hao Zheng
  • Publication number: 20240103904
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for effectuating a transaction by an intermediary. An example method can include receiving a first message from a second device, the first message comprising a request for a first item, wherein the first message is received by a backend process executing on the first device. A second message that includes a request for a first information associated with the first item, can be transmitted. A third message comprising the first information associated with the first item can be received. A fourth message comprising a request to initiate a transaction for the first item can be transmitted to a third device. A fifth message can be received from the third computing device, the fifth message comprising a confirmation of the transaction based at least in part on the fourth message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed M. Soliman, Ayman F. Naguib
  • Publication number: 20240106975
    Abstract: A system for collaborative video recording is described. The system may include a reference clock configured to track a reference time. The system may provide, to a plurality of recording devices, a synchronization code for a collaborative video recording session. The system may identify the plurality of recording devices as participants in the collaborative video recording session. The collaborative video recording session may include broadcasting one or more synchronization signals to synchronize the plurality of recording devices to the reference time tracked by the reference clock. The collaborative video recording session may include receiving a plurality of videos from the plurality of recording devices, wherein the plurality of videos comprise timestamps based on synchronization to the reference time. The collaborative video recording session may include generating a shared timeline for the plurality of videos, wherein the shared timeline synchronizes the timestamps between the plurality of videos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K Molholm, Michael B Johnson, Michael C Tchao, Jeffrey A Wozniak, Vincent B Laforet, Pramod M Shantharam
  • Publication number: 20240107405
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for implementing prioritized return of a UE to NR RAT from a GSM/UMTS RAT through RAT reselection based approach. An embodiment operates by determining whether the UE is camped on a first radio access technology (RAT), and in response to a determination that the UE is camped on the first RAT, stores a list of frequencies and a plurality of cell reselection parameter values corresponding to the first RAT. The embodiment determines whether the UE is camped on a second RAT and whether one of a plurality of trigger conditions is satisfied, and in response to a determination that the UE is camped on the second RAT and that one of the plurality of trigger conditions is satisfied, performs measurements on one or more frequencies of the list of frequencies. The embodiment performs cell reselection to a cell of the first RAT based at least in part on the measurements and the plurality of cell reselection parameter values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Parvez SHEIKH, Bernd H. KEMMER, Prasad P. ASHTEKAR, Deepak DASH, Nitin KUPPELUR
  • Publication number: 20240107433
    Abstract: The present application relates to apparatus, systems, and methods to provide a service based interface in wireless communication systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Alexander Sirotkin, Behrouz Aghili, Haijing Hu, Krisztian Kiss, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Peng Cheng, Ralf Rossbach, Vivek G. Gupta, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
  • Publication number: 20240107500
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for low power page scanning through identifier sensing. An example method includes a first computing device determining that an operation of a first core of the first computing device during a first duration corresponds to a paging message scan by a second core of the first computing device scheduled during a second duration. The first computing device can determine the operation of the first core prevents transmission of a paging message response for establishing a connection with a second computing device via a short range transmission protocol. The first computing device can determine a third duration for the paging message scan such that the operation of a first core does not prevent the transmission of the paging message response. The first computing device can cause the second core to scan for a paging message during the third duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xianbo Chen, David J. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20240107434
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to share channel maps between devices for channel selection for connections. A device may perform channel scanning operations for determining channel conditions and generating channel maps, and may provide the channel maps to other devices. The other devices can reduce channel scanning operations based on receiving the channel maps from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lokanath Penukonda, Dongwoon Hahn
  • Publication number: 20240107498
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for smart page scanning through identifier sensing, An example method includes a first core receiving, by a first core of a first computing device, a first paging message from a second device at a first duration. The first computing device can determine that a second core of the first computing device is performing an operation that prevents completion of a paging process. The first computing device can determine a second duration for a second paging message based at least in part on determining that the second core is performing the operation. The first computing device can cause the second core to scan for the second paging message from the second computing device at the second duration. The second core can receive the second paging message at the second duration. The second core can transmit a paging response for establishing the connection with the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xianbo Chen, David J. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20240107291
    Abstract: The present application relates to controlling the use of edge-anchored indications for a UE. In an example, a UE can communicate with an edge entity via a network. The network can determine based on one or a combination of UE authorization or AF authorization whether the related traffic is to be edge-anchored or not. Edge anchoring the traffic can help avoid the UE switching the traffic to an alternate network that may be available to the UE. The network can send an edge-anchored indication to the UE accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Sudeep Manithara Vamanan
  • Publication number: 20240097667
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes embodiments of driver circuit. The driver circuit includes a first impedance element electrically coupled to a first inverter circuit and a second impedance element electrically coupled to the first impedance element and a second inverter circuit. For a first encoding using the driver circuit, the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit are controlled such that a first current flows through the first and second impedance elements, the first current having a first value and a first direction. For a second encoding using the driver circuit, the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit are controlled such that a second current flows through the first and second impedance elements, the second current having a second value and a second direction. The first value is substantially the same as the second value and the first direction is opposite to the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Charles L. WANG, Yi-Hsiu E. CHEN, Pranavi SUNKARA
  • Publication number: 20240097767
    Abstract: Herein described are apparatuses, systems, and methods for measurement and reporting of channel state information within wireless network systems. In embodiments, an apparatus for a user equipment (UE) may include memory to store a rank indicator (RI), a precoding matrix index (PMI), and a channel quality indicator (CQI) of channel state information (CSI) for the UE. The apparatus may further include circuitry to concatenate the RI, the PMI, and the CQI to produce a concatenated CSI element, generate a CSI report that includes the concatenated CSI element, and cause the CSI report to be transmitted to a base station within a single slot. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexei DAVYDOV, Sameer PAWAR, Wook Bong LEE, Yushu ZHANG, Victor SERGEEV, Joonyoung CHO, Dmitry DIKAREV
  • Publication number: 20240098746
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide reduced sensing schemes to facilitate sidelink transmissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Jia Tang, Oghenekome Oteri, Weidong Yang, Zhibin Wu, Wei Zeng
  • Publication number: 20240096275
    Abstract: A electronic display device designed to calibrate brightness levels in a flat-panel display by using adjacent code calibration for a variable electroluminescence voltage supply in the flat-panel display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Shubham A. Gandhi, Jonathan H. Beck, Koorosh Aflatooni, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Graeme M. Williams, Kingsuk Brahma, Snehal T. Jariwala, Salman Kabir, Josiah Smith
  • Publication number: 20240098655
    Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed toward smart external interference detection and avoidance. An example method includes determining a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value of a received first signal across a radio band, wherein the first RSSI value is based at least in part on a second signal transmitted by an interfering device. The first received RSSI value is compared with a threshold value. A first gain adjustment value is determined for a receiver chain of the first computing device and a second gain adjustment value of a transmitter chain based at least in part on the comparison. A first gain of a first amplifier of the receiver chain is adjusted based at least in part on the first gain adjustment value. A second gain of a second amplifier of the transmitter chain is adjusted based at least in part on the second gain adjustment value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sathish Shanbhag Kota, Vijay Kumar Ramamurthi, Vijaykrishnan Ramakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20240097244
    Abstract: A battery may include an enclosure and an electrode cell disposed within the enclosure. A first pair of notches may be formed in the enclosure. Each notch of the first pair of notches may include a protrusion that extends into the enclosure. A second pair of notches may be formed in the electrode cell. The first pair of notches may be aligned with the second pair of notches. The protrusions may be configured to engage with the second pair of notches when the cell moves within the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zuqin Liu, Shabab Amiruddin, Aswin Karthik Manohar, Hongxia Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240097807
    Abstract: Some aspects relate to apparatuses and methods for calculating an uplink pathloss in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) can be configured to perform operations for calculating the uplink pathloss. The operations can include determining a transmission power of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission for a UE, TxpPUSCH, where the PUSCH transmission is from the UE to a base station. The operations can further include determining a receiving power of a sounding reference signal (SRS) by the base station, Rxpsrs; and further calculating the uplink pathloss based on the transmission power of the PUSCH transmission TxpPUSCH and the receiving power of the SRS Rxpsrs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dongzhou YANG, Lijie ZHANG, Kai ZHANG, Zhiwei WANG, Qiang MIAO, Lele CUI
  • Publication number: 20240094023
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for an application executing on a mobile device. The method renders an animated navigation presentation for output to an external display screen not part of the mobile device. The navigation presentation includes an animated map showing at least a portion of a route to a destination. The method simultaneously displays information regarding a maneuver along the route on a display screen of the mobile device without displaying a same animated map on the mobile device. In some embodiments, the displayed information regarding the maneuver comprises a graphical instruction and a text instruction for a next maneuver along the route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Emanuele A. Vulcano, Jorge Fino, Marcel Van Os
  • Publication number: 20240090782
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises: establishing, by a wireless wearable computer worn by a user, a wireless communication connection with a fitness machine; obtaining machine data from the fitness machine while the user is engaged in a workout session on the fitness machine; obtaining, from a heart rate sensor of the wireless device, heart rate data of the user; determining a calibrated maximal oxygen consumption of the user based on the heart rate data and the machine data; determining a heart rate caloric expenditure based on the heart rate data and the calibrated maximal oxygen consumption of the user; and providing information corresponding to the heart rate caloric expenditure for presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bharath Narasimha Rao, Jennifer Strasser, Umamahesh Srinivas, Kevin Sheridan, James Ochs, Vinay R. Majjigi, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Olivier Humblet, Jay Kriz Blahnik
  • Publication number: 20240095958
    Abstract: Methods for performing a calibration process for outward-facing cameras on devices such as head-mounted display devices are disclosed. Extrinsic parameters of the camera are first estimated using inputs to the calibration process such as information from an inertial measurement unit and points of interest within images captured by the camera that are tracked with time. Then, extrinsic and intrinsic parameters are concurrently determined in an optimization problem such that updated values of said parameters may be stored and used by applications that run on the device and make use of the camera. The calibration process may be extended to concurrently calibrate multiple cameras based, at least in part, on information from the inertial measurement unit that is local to the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shuntaro Yamazaki, Ravi Teja Sukhavasi, Oleg Naroditsky, Stergios Roumeliotis, Daniel C Byrnes
  • Publication number: 20240097937
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to including information in a data packet transmitted by a transmitting integrated circuit (e.g., SOC) to account for a time delay associated with an unsuccessful arbitration attempt to send the data packet over a multi-drop bus. The unsuccessful arbitration attempt by the integrated circuit may delay the transmission of the data packet until the multi-drop bus becomes available for the integrated circuit to send the data packet. The data packet includes a data field to include time delay information caused by the unsuccessful arbitration attempt. A receiving integrated circuit may determine the time that the data packet would have been sent out from the transmitting integrated circuit absent the unsuccessful arbitration attempt based on the delay information. Embodiments also relate to a synchronization generator circuit in an integrated circuit that generates timing signals indicating times at which periodic events occur at another integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Matthias SAUER, Jorge L. RIVERA ESPINOZA
  • Publication number: 20240098690
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for paging timing collision control, with respect to exchange of offset values (e.g., IMSI offset values) between a user equipment and a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Vivek G. Gupta, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Sridhar Prakasam
  • Publication number: 20240096199
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for facilitating disabling an alarm in response to particular types of activity-indicative data. More specifically, activity-indicative data (e.g., measurements obtained by an electronic device) can be detected prior to a preset alarm time. Upon determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition is satisfied, the alarm can be disabled such that the alarm stimuli is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bharath Narasimha Rao, Kevin Will Chen, Reed E. Olsen, Umamahesh Srinivas, Kevin M. Lynch, John-Peter E. Cafaro
  • Publication number: 20240097248
    Abstract: A battery may include an enclosure that defines an interior volume, an electrode cell disposed within the interior volume, and a pair of retaining elements. The electrode cell may include a pair of notches formed therein. The pair of retaining elements may be disposed within volumes defined by the pair of notches. The pair of retaining elements may be connected to the enclosure and may be configured to engage with a respective notch of the pair of notches to arrest movement of the electrode cell with respect to the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zuqin Liu, Shabab Amiruddin, Aswin Karthik Manohar, Hongxia Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240098645
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for Wake up signal monitoring in a radio resource control connected (RRC) mode. An example method can include a base station receiving an indication from a user equipment (UE) of a capability for wake-up signal (WUS) monitoring in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode while in a sleep state. The base station can configure the UE with a first frequency domain resource for WUS monitoring in the RRC connected mode while in the sleep state. The base station can transmit a WUS using the first frequency domain resource and a first time domain resource, wherein a main radio of the UE is configured to transmit and receive based on the WUS. The base station can transmit a first downlink (DL) transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sigen Ye, Ankit Bhamri, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • Publication number: 20240098644
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for Wake up signal monitoring in a radio resource control connected (RRC) mode. An example method can include a user equipment (UE) determining capability information associated with wake-up signal (WUS) monitoring, the capability information to include an indication that the UE supports WUS monitoring in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode. The UE can transmit, to a base station, an indication of the capability. The UE can perform, while in a sleep state in which transmitting and receiving by a main radio is suspended, WUS monitoring to detect a trigger. The UE can transition from the sleep state to the awake state based on the trigger. The UE can monitor for a downlink (DL) transmission in the awake state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sigen Ye, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Ankit Bhamri, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Chunxuan Ye, Weidong Yang, Huaning Niu, Chunhai Yao, Oghenekome Oteri
  • Publication number: 20240098571
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can mitigate transmitting latency to improve the quality of a voice or the video call. These systems, methods, and apparatuses reset a transmitting latency timer upon retrieving a packet from a transmitting buffer. Thereafter, these systems, methods, and apparatuses start the count of the transmitting latency timer as the packet is being processed. And these systems, methods, and apparatuses compare the transmitting latency timer e with a transmitting latency threshold as these systems, methods, and apparatuses are processing a packet for transmission. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can drop the packet and/or can select another packet for processing in response to the transmitting latency timer exceeding the transmitting latency threshold to mitigate the transmitting latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kai ZHANG, Lele CUI, Deepankar BHATTACHARJEE
  • Publication number: 20240085734
    Abstract: A panel includes an outer layer and an inner layer. A mask layer is positioned between the outer layer and the inner layer. An active layer is positioned between the mask layer and the inner layer and adjacent to an outer edge of the panel. The active layer extends from the outer edge of the panel toward a central portion of the panel and includes an independently controllable active element configured to limit viewing of the mask layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David E. Kingman, Paul M. Connolly, Peter F. Masschelein
  • Publication number: 20240089880
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide uplink synchronization for a user equipment with one or more uplink transmissions to be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Ping-Heng Kuo, Ralf Rossbach
  • Publication number: 20240086062
    Abstract: The systems described herein provide a remote keyboard service for a media device on a computing device without having to invoke an application or unlock the computing device. The computing device can receive a message indicating that a text input field on the other device is selected and present a notification to the user prompting the user to invoke the virtual keyboard on the computing device to provide text input to the selected text input field. The computing device can receive user input selecting the notification and present a virtual keyboard for providing text input to the other device. The computing device can receive keyboard input from the user selecting characters and send the characters to the other device. The other device can then user the characters as text input to the selected text input field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Sanciangco, Bob Bradley, Marc Krochmal, Graham Clarke
  • Publication number: 20240085968
    Abstract: A system for a given device may include a plurality of systems on a chip (SOCs). Each SOC may include an interface circuit and a bridge circuit for communicating with other SOCs. The interface circuit of an SOC may include a plurality of communication devices to transfer data packets from/to the SOC to the other SOCs. The bridge circuit may provide various control functions for the interface circuit. An indication may be generated when the system enters an idle mode. In response, the bridge circuit may generate signal(s) to cause some of the communication devices of the interface circuit into a low power state. The interface circuit may obtain the signal(s) and accordingly transition some of the communication devices to the low power state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tzach Zemer, Lior Zimet, Sagi Lahav
  • Publication number: 20240089933
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing time domain bandwidth part (TD-BWP) switch for balancing between the UE power consumption and a latency of the UE. For example, a UE can be configured to add a plurality of padding bits to a transport block (TB) to reach a predetermined slot capacity for one transmission time interval (TTI) associated with UE traffic in response to determining that a parameter associated with the UE traffic meets a condition. The UE can be further configured to transmit the TB over the TTI to the base station and receive a message from the base station. The UE is further configured to change a time domain bandwidth part (TD-BWP) based on the received message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sushant VIKRAM, Gibran ALI, Pradeep S. SHARMA, Ajay SINGH, Deepankar BHATTACHARJEE, Guillaume MONGHAL