Patents Assigned to Apple
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Publication number: 20240381249Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing one or more low-power wake-up receivers (LP-WUR) at the UE and for implementing mechanisms for improving receiver sensitivity loss for the LP-WUR. According to some aspects, apparatuses and methods are provided to improve the receiver sensitivity loss for the LP-WUR using time domain coverage improvement, power domain coverage improvement, spatial domain coverage improvement, and/or frequency domain coverage improvement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong SUN, Dawei ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Sigen YE, Yang TANG, Ankit BHAMRI
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Publication number: 20240378610Abstract: A customer interfacing with a credential manager may be enabled to request and obtain securely from the credential manager additional details related to a service transaction previously effected between the customer and a service provider using a customer transaction credential managed by the credential manager. To obtain such a detailed customer receipt for presentation to a customer, the credential manager may provide an authenticatable customer receipt request to the service provider that may include certain information indicative of an active session between the credential manager and an authenticated customer and/or certain information indicative of a trusted relationship between the credential manager and service provider. When a request is authenticated, the service provider may provide a detailed customer receipt to the credential manager in a format that may be presented to the customer but that may not be used by the credential manager to easily access details conveyed by the receipt.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chunlai Ma, Eric J. Gray, Fei Gao, David L. Neumann, Xinyu Zhao
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Publication number: 20240380939Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a computing device is configured to display a first frame, of a media composition, corresponding to a first position of a moveable playhead along a timeline. The first frame is displayed in a first display area of a GUI, while the timeline is concurrently displayed in a second display area of the GUI. The computing device also detects an initiation of a hover user input associated with a second position along the timeline. Responsive to detecting the initiation of the hover user input, the computing device replaces, in the first display area of the GUI, the display of the first frame with a display of the second frame of the media composition. Thereafter, responsive to detecting termination of the hover user input, the computing device resumes a display of the first frame of the media composition in the first display area of the GUI.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Itrat U Khan, Nathan T Bingham, Muhammad H Khawar
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Publication number: 20240380555Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for UE positioning. In an example, a UE transmits a sounding reference signal for positioning (SRSp) to a base station. The SRSp transmission can use frequency hopping and can rely on a window and/or a collision rule associated with the entire frequency hopping sequence or only a frequency hop of such a sequence. The window and/or collision rule can reduce the potential for signal collision with non-SRSp signals. Further, the UE can implement a low power high accuracy position (LPHAP) technique. In this technique, a fallback behavior or an SRSp transmission can be stopped if the UE is not able to accurately measure āNā configured reference signals, where āNā can be based on the positioning method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Oghenekome OTERI, Haitong SUN, Wei ZENG, Dawei ZHANG, Chunxuan YE
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Publication number: 20240378588Abstract: There is disclosed a method and system for authorizing payment for a transaction between a buyer and a seller. A payment request may be received from a device associated with the seller. An authentication request comprising transaction information may be transmitted to an authentication service. An indication that the buyer has been authenticated may be received from the authentication service. A transaction request may be transmitted after the buyer has been authenticated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Eran Hollander, Damien Balsan, Olivier M. Martin de la Bastide, Sebastien Fontaine, Frank Andries van den Berg
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Publication number: 20240380798Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for creating an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) conference call with privacy controls.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vivek G. Gupta, Farha Hameed, Sanjay K. Verma, Santosh Koraddi
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Publication number: 20240380519Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for wireless local area network (WLAN) link adaptation for multi-user transmission. For example, a receiving device can receive a multi-user-physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (MU-PPDU) including a preamble and a plurality of data portions. The preamble can include a PHY multi-user-block acknowledgement request (MU-BAR) frame indicating a frequency band for transmitting a trigger-based (TB)-PPDU. The receiving device can decode at least a portion of a first data portion of the and transmit the TB-PPDU including feedback (FB) data corresponding to the first data portion in the frequency band. Even if the decoding of the first data portion fails, the receiving device can use information in the PHY MU-BAR frame to transmit a TB-PPDU to the transmitting device that includes a negative acknowledgment (NACK) frame and a FB sequence number of the MU-PPDU.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Wook Bong LEE, Tianyu WU, Zhou LAN, Feng JIANG, Mohamed ABOUELSEOUD, Chitto GHOSH, Anuj BATRA, Yan ZHANG
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Publication number: 20240378850Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a computing device is configured to modify an original video by applying a machine learning model. The computing device obtains multiple training data sets, with each particular training data set including an original video and a corresponding modified video. One or more frames from the original video are cropped to generate corresponding frames in the corresponding modified video. The computing device trains a machine learning model, using the training data sets, to generate modified videos from original videos such that one or more frames in the original videos are modified to generate corresponding frames in respective modified videos. Once the machine learning model is trained, the computing device obtains a target original video and applies the trained machine learning model to the target original video to generate a target modified video.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Paul M. Bombach, James C. Arndt, David N. Chen, Todd E. Kramer, Shaun M. Poole, Rupamay Saha, Eugene M. Walden
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Publication number: 20240377651Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera system having a tilt actuator arrangement for tilting an image sensor. For example, the tilt actuator may be used to tilt the image sensor, relative to a lens group of the camera system, to provide tilt compensation and/or optical image stabilization (OIS). The tilt actuator arrangement may include one or more voice coil motor (VCM) actuators. According to various embodiments, the VCM actuator(s) may include fixed drive magnets and movable drive coils. The drive magnets may be coupled with a housing of the camera system. The drive coils may be coupled with a substrate, and the substrate may also be coupled with the image sensor, such that the image sensor and the substrate move together.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zilun Gong, Paulom Shah, Yu-Min Lee
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Publication number: 20240378583Abstract: There is disclosed a method and system for performing a transaction between a buyer and a seller. A payment request may be received from a first device associated with the seller. An identifier of a second device associated with the buyer may be determined. Data corresponding to the payment request may be transmitted to the second device. The second device may request that the buyer present a payment card to the second device. Payment card data may be received, where the payment card data was read by an NFC interface of the second device communicating with the payment card. After receiving the payment card data, a request may be transmitted to complete the transaction. A notification of the transaction result may be transmitted to the first device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Frank Andries van den Berg, Sebastien Fontaine, Olivier M. Martin de la Bastide, Eran Hollander
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Publication number: 20240380959Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera system having an autofocus (AF) actuator arrangement for moving an image sensor to provide AF. For example, the AF actuator may be used to move the image sensor, relative to a lens group of the camera system, in at least one direction parallel to an optical axis of the camera system. The AF actuator arrangement may include one or more voice coil motor (VCM) actuators. According to various embodiments, the VCM actuator(s) may include fixed drive magnets and movable drive coils. The drive magnets may be coupled with a housing of the camera system. The drive coils may be coupled with a substrate, and the substrate may also be coupled with the image sensor, such that the image sensor and the substrate move together.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zilun Gong, Paulom Shah, Yu-Min Lee
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Publication number: 20240381167Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems. and methods for buffer status reporting in wireless networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Ping-Heng Kuo, Weidong Yang, Zhibin Wu, Fangli Xu, Ralf Rossbach, Peng Cheng, Yuqin Chen, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Haijing Hu, Alexander Sirotkin
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Publication number: 20240378767Abstract: A computing device harmonizes output image properties displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) when a user switches between two or more images of different image formats to display on the GUI. When a user interacts with a user interface to change one or more display properties of an image, a system modifies displayed image properties based on the user's modifications. If the user selects another image with different dynamic range than the first image, the system performs a backend image conversion so that the displayed properties of the second image correspond to the user-selected modifications to the displayed properties of the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel Pettigrew, Robert J. Bell, Peter H. Chou, Michael J. Garber, Shaun M. Poole
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Publication number: 20240380489Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that can route signals for wireless communications throughout an electronic device in an efficient manner that can save space, reduce noise, improve coexistence, and be readily assembled. An example can route signals through an electronic device using a bus, ring, or daisy-chain topology. Use of this topology can simplify routing, thereby saving space that can be used for additional functionality for the electronic device, a reduction in size of the electronic device, or both. Fiber-optic segments can be used for signal routing to decrease noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Stefan Meyer, Bertram R. Gunzelmann, Jan K. Ellenbeck, Zdravko Boos
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Publication number: 20240381168Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus. systems, and methods for buffer delay reporting with configured grants in wireless networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ping-Heng Kuo, Ralf Rossbach
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Patent number: 12139946Abstract: A door system for a passenger vehicle includes a door, a first movement stage, a second movement stage, a second movement stage, and a movement transfer system. The door includes inboard and outboard door panels, and an inner door structure disposed in a cavity defined between the inboard and outboard door panels. The first movement stage moves the door outboard and inboard to open and close an opening of a vehicle body. The second movement stage moves the door forward and backward relative to the opening. The movement transfer system mechanically links the first and second movement stages to cause simultaneous movement of the first and second movement stages. The first movement stage is coupled to and extends between the vehicle body and the second movement stage. The second movement stage is coupled to and extends between the first movement stage and an inner door.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Ali Tavakoli Targhi, Nathan J. Raff, Thuan D. Doan, Donald R. Monroe
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Patent number: 12144052Abstract: Triggering an uplink (UL) gap at a base station may include decoding a user equipment (UE) UL gap capability report received from a UE. A radio resource control (RRC) UL gap configuration for transmission to the UE may be encoded. The RRC UL gap configuration may include configuration information associated with at least one of a periodicity, offset, or length. Measurement information received from the UE may be decoded. The measurement information may include at least one of a power headroom value, a PCMAX,f,c value, or a P value. Based on the power headroom value, the PCMAX,f,c value, or the P value, the UL gap configuration may be activated by encoding a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC CE) for transmission to the UE.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Laxminarayana Pillutla, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Sharad Sambhwani, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
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Patent number: 12141904Abstract: A method includes displaying, via a display device, a virtual agent moving according to a motion type. The virtual agent is defined by a plurality of virtual joints and motions of the virtual agent are controllable by providing a corresponding plurality of torques to the plurality of virtual joints. The method includes, while the virtual agent is moving according to the motion type, registering an interaction event with the virtual agent. The interaction event initiates a change to the motion type. The method includes, in response to registering the interaction event, generating, using a motion controller, a plurality of torque values for the virtual agent based on a function of the motion type and the interaction event, and generating an animation for the virtual agent by providing the plurality of torque values to the plurality of virtual joints of the virtual agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Siva Chandra Mouli Sivapurapu, Edward S. Ahn, Mark Drummond, Aashi Manglik
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Patent number: 12142632Abstract: A foldable electronic device may bend about a bend axis. A foldable display panel may be configured to bend along the bend axis as the foldable device is folded. A display cover layer may overlap the display panel. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image viewable through the display cover layer. The display cover layer may be formed from a layer of glass. A recess may be formed in the layer of glass that runs parallel to the bend axis and that overlaps the bend axis. The recess forms a flexible locally thinned portion in the glass that allows the display cover layer to bend. A rough surface texture and polymer coating may be provided in the recess. The recess may have shallowly sloping walls.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Que Anh S. Nguyen, Christian Weddeling, Hoon Sik Kim, Terry C. Lam
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Patent number: 12143726Abstract: A camera may use a multi-axis image sensor shifting system to implement both autofocus (AF) and optical image stabilization (OSI) functions. The multi-axis image sensor shifting system may include a flexure suspension arrangement and an actuator. The flexure suspension arrangement may include an inner frame, an intermediate frame, and an outer frame. The actuator may include one or more magnets, and two sets of one or more coils attached respectively to some of the frames of the flexure suspension arrangement. Current flowing through the coils may be regulated to interact with the magnetic field of the magnets to generate motive force to move an image sensor of the camera relative to a lens group in multiple directions.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bin Xu, Aurelien R. Hubert