Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 12058597Abstract: The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device, determines an activity identifier for the activity information, and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising the activity identifier. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device requests extended activity data from the source electronic device. The source electronic device responds by sending extended activity data from the first application to the companion electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher S. Linn, Keith Stattenfield, Alexander J. Dunn
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Patent number: 12058361Abstract: Predictive coding techniques may include resampling of reference pictures, where various coding parameters are determined based on the resolution(s) or pixel format(s) of the prediction references. In a first aspect, lists of weights for use in weighted prediction are based on the resolution(s) of prediction references. In a second aspect, resampling filter parameters are selected based on the resolutions of prediction references. In a third aspect, deblocking filter parameters are based on the resolution(s) of prediction references.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Krishnakanth Rapaka, Alexandros Tourapis, David W. Singer
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Patent number: 12057727Abstract: A wireless power system may include an electronic device. The electronic device can include a camera and wireless power circuitry configured to perform a wireless power transfer operation with an external device. To promote coexistence of the camera with the wireless power circuitry, the electronic device can alter the wireless power transfer operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David A Karol, Ali Navrozally, Lior Ben-Yehoshua, Zachary P Jasensky
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Patent number: 12058741Abstract: Indicating repetitions at a UE in an NTN includes decoding a communication indicating a timing relationship value associated with a distance between a serving satellite and a farthest UE in the NTN. A PRACH communication is encoded for transmission. The PRACH communication includes an indication of a number of PRACH repetitions determined based on the timing relationship value. A RAR including an uplink (UL) grant corresponding to the UE and an indication of a number of RAR repetitions is decoded. The number of RAR repetitions is determined based on the timing relationship value. A PUSCH communication including an indication of a number of PUSCH repetitions is encoded. The number of PUSCH repetitions is determined based on the timing relationship value. A content resolution communication including an indication of a number of content resolution repetitions is decoded. The number of content resolution repetitions is determined based on the timing relationship value.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Chunxuan Ye, Chunhai Yao, Dan Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Idan Bar-Sade, Ruoheng Liu, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
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Patent number: 12055984Abstract: A computing device can include an enclosure that defines an internal volume and an external surface. An input component can be positioned at the external surface. A processing unit and a memory can be communicatively coupled and disposed within the internal volume. A singular input/output port can be positioned at an orifice defined by the enclosure. The singular input/output port can be communicatively coupled to the processing unit and the memory. The singular input/output port can be configured to receive data and power and configured to output data from the processing unit. The computing device can include an air-moving apparatus to move air along an airflow pathway. The enclosure can include a thermally conductive base.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Michael E. Leclerc, Brett W. Degner, Ian P. Shaeffer
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Patent number: 12057892Abstract: An approach is described to for new radio (NR) antenna test function (ATF) measurements by a user equipment (UE). The approach includes measuring a first average phase of receive signals on resource elements that carry secondary synchronization signals (SS) received by a reference individual receiver branch. The approach also includes measuring a second average phase of the receive signals on the resource elements that carry secondary synchronization signals received by one other individual receiver branch different from the reference individual receiver branch. The approach further includes determining a difference between the first average phase and the second average phase. An indication of the difference is reported to test equipment.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Andrey Chervyakov, Dmitry Belov, Aida Vera Lopez, Alexei Davydov, Jie Cui
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Patent number: 12058548Abstract: Systems and methods for performing measurements of one or more cells during an small data transmission (SDT) procedure between a user equipment (UE) and a network when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) INACTIVE state are described herein. Beam and/or cell measurements taken during an SDT measurement period of the SDT procedure may be used to determine one or more respective cell qualities, among other possibilities. Beginnings and endings of the SDT measurement period, and the manner (timing) for taking measurements within the SDT measurement period, are also described. The cell qualities so determined can then be used to monitor, during the SDT measurement period, for a measurement event, which causes the UE to send a measurement report to the network having data determined using those cell qualities, and/or to send messaging intended to induce the network to change the RRC state of the UE.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, Ralf Rossbach, Sarma V. Vangala, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
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Patent number: 12058614Abstract: An electronic device (such as an access point) may provide a management frame, intended for at least a recipient electronic device, that includes slotted-operation information corresponding to a power-save mode of the electronic device for communication with at least the recipient electronic device. The slotted-operation information may include a sequence of temporal slots and associated channel information for the temporal slots. When a channel for a temporal slot comprises a null value, the power-save mode may include transitioning the electronic device into a lower-power-consumption mode during the temporal slot. Alternatively, when a channel for a temporal slot is different than a null value, the power-save mode may include performing another activity than communicating with the recipient electronic device during the temporal slot.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Guoqing Li, Yong Liu, Lawrie Kurian, Tashbeeb Haque
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Patent number: 12058720Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the robustness of a DCI triggered beam update in 5G NR are disclosed herein. A g Node B (gNB) may associate a reference signal to a beam pattern (or beam configuration) and prepare Downlink Control Information (DCI) of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) that includes aperiodic Channel-State Information Reference Signal (AP CSI-RS) information indicating the beam pattern. A user equipment (UE) may decode the DCI, extract the AP CSI-RS information, update the beam pattern of a reference signal based on the AP CSI-RS information, and generate an uplink (UL) feedback message indicating that the PDCCH was successfully decoded by the UE. The gNB may then decode the uplink (UL) feedback message and, in response, update a receive (RX) beam of the gNB to correspond to the beam pattern associated to the reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12058494Abstract: A media system and a method of using the media system to accommodate hearing loss of a user, are described. The method includes selecting a personal level-and-frequency dependent audio filter that corresponds to a hearing loss profile of the user. The personal level-and-frequency dependent audio filter can be one of several level-and-frequency-dependent audio filters having respective average gain levels and respective gain contours. An accommodative audio output signal can be generated by applying the personal level-and-frequency dependent audio filter to an audio input signal to enhance the audio input signal based on an input level and an input frequency of the audio input signal. The audio output signal can be played by an audio output device to deliver speech or music that the user perceives clearly, despite the hearing loss of the user. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: John Woodruff, Yacine Azmi, Ian M. Fisch, Jing Xia
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Patent number: 12055920Abstract: The systems and methods provide an action recognition and analytics tool for use in manufacturing, health care services, shipping, retailing and other similar contexts. Machine learning action recognition can be utilized to determine cycles, processes, actions, sequences, objects and or the like in one or more sensor streams. The sensor streams can include, but are not limited to, one or more video sensor frames, thermal sensor frames, infrared sensor frames, and or three-dimensional depth frames. The analytics tool can provide for process validation, anomaly detection and in-process quality assurance.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Prasad Narasimha Akella, Ananya Honnedevasthana Ashok, Krishnendu Chaudhury, Ashish Gupta, Sujay Venkata Krishna Narumanchi, David Scott Prager, Devashish Shankar, Ananth Uggirala
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Patent number: 12057857Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry having analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry. The ADC circuitry may include a sampling switch coupled to a bootstrap circuit. The bootstrap circuit may include a bootstrap capacitor, a first transistor coupled between an input of the sampling switch and a bottom plate terminal of the bootstrap capacitor, a second transistor coupled between the bottom plate terminal of the bootstrap capacitor and ground, and a resistor or transistor that is disposed between the first transistor and the bottom plate terminal of the bootstrap capacitor and that is configured to boost the input impedance of the bootstrap circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sang Hyun Woo, Florian Mrugalla
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Patent number: 12058689Abstract: An approach to reduce the signaling overhead for tracking reference signal (TRS) configuration signaling to idle and inactive user equipments (UEs) operating in a wireless communication system. Conventional signaling approaches require more bits that can be conveyed in the maximum system information block (SIB) message size. One proposed approach optimizes the signaling by removing unnecessary or redundant information, using a single TRS configuration to replace multiple configurations, size reduction in some fields, and the sharing of some fields across different TRS configurations. Another proposed approach uses an SIB message to carry the TRS configurations for a particular beam or subset of beams. These two proposed approaches may be combined to provide further optimization possibilities.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Huaning Niu, Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Wei Zeng, Haitong Sun, Weidong Yang, Dawei Zhang, Sigen Ye
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Patent number: 12058727Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling behavior for overriding grants for channel state information (CSI) feedback. A user equipment (UE) may control override of a first grant of a first radio resource by a second grant of a second radio resource. The UE determines that the second radio resource at least partially overlaps with the first radio resource. The UE also determines a physical layer priority of the first grant of the first radio resource and the second grant of the second radio resource. The physical layer priority is based on at least one of the first grant of the first radio resource and the second grant of the second radio resource being configured for transmitting CSI feedback over a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a base station. The UE then generates a transmission according to the physical layer priority.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Weidong Yang, Jie Cui, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Amir Aminzadeh Gohari, Hong He, Haijing Hu, Chao Jin, Ruoheng Liu, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Ralf Rossbach, Haitong Sun, Yang Tang, Sarma V. Vangala, Fangli Xu, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Wenshu Zhang, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12057821Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a resonator formed from FinFET devices. The resonator may include drive cells of alternating polarities and sense cells interposed between the drive cells. Each of the drive cells may include at least two drive transistors having fins coupled to a drive terminal. Each sense cell may include two sense transistors having one fin coupled to a sense terminal and another fin coupled to ground. Adjacent drive and sense cells may be separated by an intervening region that can accommodate a number of fins. Configured in this way, the resonator can exhibit a high quality factor, low phase noise, and can operate at a frequency that is less than the characteristic resonant frequency as defined by the fin pitch of the drive and sense transistors.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ehrentraud Hager, Harald Pretl
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Patent number: 12058573Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The method includes obtaining a processing delay for handover (HO) with primary secondary cell (PSCell) and performing a procedure of the HO with PSCell based on the obtained processing delay for the HO with PSCell.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Yushu Zhang, Haitong Sun
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Patent number: 12057331Abstract: Mass transfer tools and methods for high density transfer of arrays of micro devices are described. In an embodiment, a mass transfer tool includes a micro pick up array with an array of transfer heads arranged in clusters. The clusters of transfer heads can be used to pick up a high density group of micro devices followed by sequential placement onto a receiving substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hyeun-Su Kim, Dariusz Golda, Chae Hyuck Ahn, Kevin T. Huang, Eric B. Newton
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Patent number: D1037729Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Schwalbach, Sheng Yang, Russell John Kaaihue Heirakuji, Carly Lynn Marasco, Michael Gorman
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Patent number: D1038149Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Robert W. Baker, Joshua W. Decker, Soeren Kelling, Ole Lagemann
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Patent number: D1038170Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jay Christopher Capela, Gary William Gehiere, Alexander Charles MacLean, Ryan Olshavsky