Patents Assigned to Apple
  • Handling of 3GPP and non-3GPP access in the 5G system
    Patent number: 12082067
    Abstract: A computer system that establishes a first registration and a second registration in a common wireless communication system is described. During operation, the computer system performs a first registration of the user equipment over a first access, where, after the first registration, the user equipment is connected via the first access with a first access and mobility management function (AMF). Then, the computer system performs a second registration of the user equipment over a second access, where the second access is different from the first access and, after the second registration, the user equipment is connected via the second access with a second AMF. Moreover, when performing the second registration, the computer system: transfers a context of the user equipment from the first AMF to the second AMF; and/or relocates a network interface in a control plane from the first AMF to the second AMF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Robert Zaus, Alexander Sirotkin
  • Rate control for low latency video encoding and transmission
    Patent number: 12081769
    Abstract: A video encoding system in which pixel data is decomposed into frequency bands prior to encoding. The frequency bands for a slice of a frame may be buffered so that complexity statistics may be calculated across the frequency bands prior to encoding. The statistics may then be used by a rate control component in determining quantization parameters for the frequency bands for modulating the rate in the encoder for the current slice. The quantization parameters for the frequency bands may be calculated jointly to optimize the quality of the displayed frames after decoder reconstruction and wavelet synthesis on a receiving device. Information about one or more previously processed frames may be used in combination with the statistics for a current slice in determining the quantization parameters for the current slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hao Pan, Jim C. Chou, Felix C. Fernandes
  • Dynamic valve for an electronic device
    Patent number: 12081934
    Abstract: A portable electronic device comprising: an enclosure having an enclosure wall that forms an interior chamber and an opening to an environment surrounding the enclosure wall; and a valve comprising a number of sliding actuators operable to open and close the opening to the environment surrounding the enclosure wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gokhan Hatipoglu, Peter C. Hrudey, Scott C. Grinker, Ankur Jain, Patrick B. Wright
  • Generation of dummy frame in image sensor interface circuit responsive to detection of timeout error
    Patent number: 12081892
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to detecting a timeout error on receipt of valid pixel data from an image sensor by a sensor interface circuit. When the valid pixel data is not timely received at the sensor interface circuit, a timeout error signal is generated by the sensor interface circuit. A time limit for determining the timeout error signal may be defined by a global clock that provides a clock signal to the sensor interface circuit and other circuits. As a result, the sensor interface circuit generates a dummy frame and sends out the dummy frame to subsequent circuits so that the timeout error does not bottleneck subsequent processing stages. In contrast, if the valid pixel data is timely received, sensor data received from the image sensor is unpacked into a frame of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Eric Burk, Oren Kerem, Hoi Man S. Ng, Michael Bekerman
  • Reporting interference and noise power fluctuations
    Patent number: 12082032
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to report channel state information (CSI) to a base station of a network. The UE receives configuration information from the base station including one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs) to be measured by the UE, determines a noise power for each of the IMRs, transmits a reference channel state information (CSI) report the base station, measures CSI reference signals (CSI RS) transmitted by the base station to determine an interference and noise power for each of the one or more IMRs and transmits a new CSI report including one of i) only interference and noise power fluctuation feedback or ii) multiple signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) or SINR statistics to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weidong Yang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Power system with battery charging control
    Patent number: 12081047
    Abstract: A power system uses a power transmitting device to charge batteries in power receiving devices. Wireless power is transmitted using coils in the power transmitting device and coils in the power receiving devices. Usage history information such as power consumption, times and dates of device usage, battery charge state information, device location information, and other information is gathered using portable electronic devices in the system. Control circuitry in the power transmitting device or elsewhere in the system controls power transfer so that battery charging is performed in accordance with appropriate battery charging settings. Battery charging settings such as maximum charge level, charge rate, charging start and stop times, and other settings are adjusted based on usage history information from one or more devices and/or one or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kartik R. Venkatraman, Santhanakrishnan Geeyarpuramnadathur
  • SRS signaling in 5G new radio wireless communications
    Patent number: 12081495
    Abstract: A base station is configured to determine a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration that has a plurality of cyclic shifts for a comb 8 SRS, a plurality of user equipment (UE) ports for transmitting the comb 8 SRS and a mapping of the plurality of cyclic shifts to the plurality of UE ports. The base station is further configured to transmit the SRS configuration to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Semi-static resource allocation for new radio integrated access and backhaul (IAB) Network
    Patent number: 12082162
    Abstract: A device of a wireless apparatus, a method and a machine readable medium to implement the method. The method includes: decoding a radio resource control (RRC) signal including an information element (IE) having an indication of a semi-statically configured soft resource; determining the soft resource based on the IE; and cancel, based on the soft resource, at least one of a transmission of an uplink (UL) communication or a reception of a downlink (DL) communication by the wireless apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dawei Ying, Lili Wei, Qian Li, Gang Xiong, Geng Wu
  • CLI-RSSI measurement resource configuration
    Patent number: 12082228
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods of configuring received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurements to determine crosslink interferences (CLI). For instance, a user equipment (UE) can receive, using radio front-end circuitry, a RSSI resource configuration for CLI measurement from a base station in a 5G network. The UE can then measure a RSSI of one or more received signals based at least in part on the RSSI resource configuration. The UE can then perform one or more CLI measurements based at least in part on the measured RSSI. The RSSI resource configuration includes an identifier information element (IE), one or more slot-level indication IEs, one or more symbol-level indication IEs, one or more physical resource block (PRB)-level indication IEs, one or more resource element (RE) pattern indication IEs, and one or more receive beam indication IEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dawei Ying, Hassan Ghozlan, Qian Li, Daewon Lee, Geng Wu
  • User interfaces for managing media
    Patent number: 12081862
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for displaying representations of media (an image, video).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Johnnie B. Manzari, Graham R. Clarke, Andre Souza Dos Santos
  • Content customization and presentation based on user presence and identification
    Patent number: 12081632
    Abstract: The subject technology provides for customizing or personalizing and presenting content based on user presence and identification. The disclosed techniques may include obtaining, at a media device, identification information of a present user, who is present in a predefined space around the media device, and determining whether the identification information of the present user is associated with identification information pre-configured at the media device. Based on a determination that the present user's identification information is associated with the device user's identification information, sending a content request to a data source for digital content related to the present user. The requested digital content may be received and personalized at the media device. A personalized portion of the digital content may be provided from the content pool for rendering using an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Parry Panesar, Tanu Singhal
  • Image data for enhanced user interactions
    Patent number: 12079458
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to using avatars and image data for enhanced user interactions. In some examples, user status dependent avatars are generated and displayed with a message associated with the user status. In some examples, a device captures image information to scan an object to create a 3D model of the object. The device determines an algorithm for the 3D model based on the capture image information and provides visual feedback on additional image data that is needed for the algorithm to build the 3D model. In some examples, an application's operation on a device is restricted based on whether an authorized user is identified as using the device based on captured image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marek Bereza, Adi Berenson, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Mark Hauenstein, Amir Hoffnung, William D. Lindmeier, Joseph A. Malia, Julian Missig
  • XR preferred movement along planes
    Patent number: 12079945
    Abstract: Presenting a virtual object includes obtaining, by a first device, a first geometric representation and a second geometric representation corresponding to a physical surface in a real environment, determining an initialization location on the first physical surface for a virtual object, obtaining a first normal for the first representation and a second normal for the second representation at the initialization location, and rendering the virtual object at the initialization location based on the first normal and the second normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Lui, Hon-Ming Chen, Shuai Song, Xiao Jin Yu
  • TCI change enhancement
    Patent number: 12082287
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to change a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state. The receives, from the base station, a network flag indicating a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state change configuration for the network, determines a time span for continuing to use a current TCI state prior to switching to a new TCI state based on the network flag and switches to the new TCI state after the time span.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Manasa Raghavan, Yang Tang
  • Method for enhanced direct secondary cell activation
    Patent number: 12081493
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for enhanced direct secondary cell activation in a 5G wireless communications system. A user equipment (UE) can receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) command from a 5G Node B (gNB) via a Primary Cell (PCell) or via a Primary Secondary Cell (PSCell) that includes configuration data for a Secondary Cell (SCell), where the SCell operates in Frequency Range 2 (FR2). The RRC command includes a first Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state for the SCell, and the UE can activate the SCell for the UE based at least on the configuration data, concurrently with the first TCI state for receiving the PDCCH transmission. The UE can receive a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission via a first antenna beam from the SCell, where the first antenna beam is based on the first TCI state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang, Fangli Xu, Manasa Raghavan, Huaning Niu, Xiang Chen
  • Automatic pairing of personal devices with peripheral devices
    Patent number: 12082276
    Abstract: Embodiments include devices and methods for using a personal device to interact with a peripheral device. Methods can include receiving a pairing message, generated by the peripheral device, in response to a user interaction with the peripheral device, and detecting, at the personal device, a user gesture that is associated with use of the peripheral device. The methods can also include establishing a dedicated wireless connection with the peripheral device in response to detecting the user gesture, receiving a real-time data stream over the wireless connection, and outputting information at least partially based on data received from the peripheral device via the real-time data stream to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Guild
  • System and methods for dynamic scheduling in new radio with user equipment
    Patent number: 12082219
    Abstract: Dynamic scheduling can be performed by 5G new radio in the licensed or unlicensed band. A UE can be polled by receiving a DCI that indicates dynamically updated resources. UE can be configured to find the DCI and use the resources to send a scheduling request (SR). Other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1040828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Anzures, Stephen O. Lemay, Hoan K. Pham, Wan Si Wan
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1040837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Dellinger, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1040840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arian Behzadi, Alan C. Dye, Markus Hagele, Tiffany Jon, Stephen O. Lemay, Wyatt R. Mitchell, Parthiban Mohanraj