Patents Assigned to Apple
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Publication number: 20240251281Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for serving data traffic on an access stratum (AS) radio bearer (RB) using independently configured bearer flows. Having their own resource sets, bearer flows remove the dependency of processing and transmission, and retransmission among different traffic flows assigned to the same AS RB.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Amr Abdelrahman Yousef Abdelrahman Mostafa, Christian Hofmann, Panagiotis Botsinis, Sameh M. Eldessoki, Tarik Tabet
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Publication number: 20240251412Abstract: Provided is a method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a base station (BS), one or more messages comprising: configuration parameters of a plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of cells are to be associated with a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) groups comprising: a first PUCCH group comprising an active serving cell, and a secondary PUCCH group comprising a PUCCH secondary cell to be activated; and performing operations during activation of the PUCCH secondary cell based on at least one of a capability of the UE or timing advance group (TAG) configurations in the configuration parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
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Publication number: 20240251369Abstract: Some aspects relate to apparatuses and methods for a wireless system supporting two timing advances in a serving cell for a user equipment (UE) communicating with two different transmission reception points (TRPs). The UE can determine that a first timing advance (TA) group (TAG) and a second TAG are configured for a serving cell based on a configuration received from the base station; and further determine a first TA adjustment value based on a first timing advance command (TAC) and a second TA adjustment value based on a second TAC. The UE can select a TAC from the first TAC or the second TAC to be applied to an uplink transmission. The UE can further select, based the selected TAC, a TAG from the first TAG or the second TAG; and transmit the uplink transmission according to the selected TAC with the selected TAG.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong SUN, Xiang CHEN, Wei ZENG, Hong HE, Ankit BHAMRI, Dawei ZHANG, Huaning NIU, Oghenekome OTERI
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Patent number: 12047775Abstract: This Application sets forth techniques for cellular service management for a secondary mobile wireless device assisted by a primary mobile wireless device, including provisioning and management of electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) for a secondary mobile wireless device with user authorization obtained via the primary mobile wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Li Li, Abishek Kumar Vaidyanathan, Anish Kumar Goyal, Keizo Marui
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Patent number: 12047320Abstract: A base station serves as a positioning node for locating a user equipment (UE). The base station receives information from a network component indicating the UE is transmitting positioning sounding reference signals (SRS), monitors for the positioning SRS based on, at least, the information and when positioning SRS are received from the UE, transmits SRS information to the network.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Manasa Raghavan, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Zhibin Wu
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Patent number: 12047821Abstract: Systems and methods for ultra reliable reporting of secondary cell group (SCG) measurements to a secondary node (SN) used in multi-radio dual connectivity (MR-DC) operation that specifically account for the possibility of SCG special cell (SpCell) degradation are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) may establish a signaling radio bearer (SRB) 3 with the SN. The UE may then identify that a handover condition (which may be associated with SCG SpCell degradation) for the SCG SpCell is met, and accordingly send an SCG measurement report over each of the SRB3 and an SRB1 between the UE and a master node (MN) used in the MR-DC operation. Such information received at the MN is forwarded to the SN. Accordingly, the reception of SCG measurement reports (to enable handover to a new SpCell by the SN) is not solely dependent messages on the SpCell of the SCG alone (using SRB3), improving reliability.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Kulwinder Saini, Vijayant Kumar
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Patent number: 12043194Abstract: A system includes a body structure that defines a enclosure, a support system that is located in the enclosure, and a support structure that includes a top portion and an adjustable support assembly. The top portion is located adjacent to the support system, the adjustable support assembly includes actuators, and the adjustable support assembly is configured to move the top portion with respect to the support system. The system also includes sensors that are configured to generate sensor outputs regarding an environment outside of the system, and a controller that detects an event based on the sensor outputs. In response to the detection of the event, the controller outputs a control signal that controls the adjustable support assembly so that the adjustable support assembly moves at least part of the top portion away from the support system.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Arturo Llamazares Domper, Nicholas A. White, Alexander M. Zoellner
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Patent number: 12048066Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may camp on a base station of a network. The UE receives, from the base station of a wireless network, a broadcast including access restrictions, wherein the access restrictions include one or more predetermined criteria that must be satisfied to camp on the base station. The UE then determines whether the UE satisfies the one or more predetermined criteria.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Hong He, Sarma V. Vangala, Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Wei Zeng, Yuqin Chen
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Patent number: 12047172Abstract: A user equipment (UE) monitors a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH). The UE receives a configuration for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including repetitions for PDCCH candidates comprising first PDCCH data, wherein the PDCCH candidates are repeated across multiple durations of a DL resource grid, detects, based on a repetition detection scheme, each of the PDCCH candidates and combines soft bits from each of the PDCCH candidates, wherein the combined soft bits are jointly decoded to determine the first PDCCH data and calculates a number of blind decodes (BDs) for the durations of the DL resource grid carrying the PDCCH candidates, wherein at least one BD value for the PDCCH candidates is scaled by a scaling factor for the calculation of the number of BDs.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
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Patent number: 12045431Abstract: Some embodiments provide a navigation application with a novel declutter navigation mode. In some embodiments, the navigation application has a declutter control that when selected, directs the navigation application to simplify a navigation presentation by removing or de-emphasizing non-essential items that are displayed in the navigation presentation. In some embodiments, the declutter control is a mode-selecting control that allows the navigation presentation to toggle between normal first navigation presentation and a simplified second navigation presentation, which below is also referred to as a decluttered navigation presentation. During normal mode operation, the navigation presentation of some embodiments provides (1) a representation of the navigated route, (2) representations of the roads along the navigated route, (3) representation of major and minor roads that intersect or are near the navigated route, and (4) representations of buildings and other objects in the navigated scene.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan L. Berk, Bradley L. Spare, Edward J. Cooper
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Patent number: 12043571Abstract: Embodiments disclosed therein generally pertain to selectively strengthening glass. More particularly, techniques are described for selectively strengthening cover glass, which tends to be thin, for electronic devices, namely, portable electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Douglas J. Weber
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Patent number: 12047218Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for maximizing use of discovery reference (DRS) resources for remaining minimum system information (RMSI) allocation. An example method includes configuring Type 0 physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) CORESET monitoring to include monitoring in either a first slot or a first slot and a second slot; generating a synchronization signal block (SSB) encoding the configured PDCCH CORESET monitoring; and transmitting the SSB to a user equipment (UE) by way of a discovery reference signal (DRS).Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bishwarup Mondal, Debdeep Chatterjee, Yongjun Kwak, Dae Won Lee, Avik Sengupta
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Patent number: 12044391Abstract: A system may have an interior region. The system may have lighting that provides illumination for the interior region. The lighting may include light-emitting elements such as light-emitting diodes arranged in strips or two-dimensional patterns. A gesture sensor such as a touch gesture sensor or proximity gesture sensor may overlap the light-emitting diodes. As gesture input is received over the light-emitting elements, the lighting may toggle the states of the light-emitting elements, turning on elements that are off and turning off elements that are on. The lighting may toggle the states of the elements based on gesture input such as gesture input made along a strip of elements or gesture input involving gestures that pass over a selected set of elements in a two-dimensional array.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A Sewell, Arian Behzadi, Clarisse Mazuir
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Patent number: 12047101Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a transmit antenna that transmits signals and a receive antenna that receives reflected signals. The wireless circuitry may detect a range between the device and an external object based on the transmitted signals and the reflected signals. When the range exceeds a first threshold, the wireless circuitry may use the transmitted signals and received signals to record background noise. When the range is less than a second threshold value, the wireless circuitry may detect the range based on the reflected signals and the recorded background noise. This may allow the range to be accurately measured within an ultra-short range domain even when the device is placed in different device cases, placed on different surfaces, etc.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Joonhoi Hur, Jochen Schrattenecker, Bin Xiao, Andre Hanke, Harald Pretl, Rastislav Vazny, Bernhard Sogl, Andreas Menkhoff
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Patent number: 12047133Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to receive a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) configuration from a network, wherein the PUSCH configuration includes a codebook based Transmit Precoding Matrix Indicator (TPMI) with an indication of a Transmit Precoding Matrix (TPM) for 8 antenna ports and transmit PUSCH according to the PUSCH configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Huaning Niu, Sigen Ye, Xiang Chen, Wei Zeng
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Patent number: 12047088Abstract: A data processing system can include a first IC including one or more A/D converters that receive analog inputs from one or more sensors and generate corresponding digital data, a second IC including one or more processing elements that operate on the digital data, and communication circuitry, coupled between the one or more A/D converters and processing elements, that includes a packetizer on the first IC that receives samples and sample data from the one or more A/D converters and assembles each sample and corresponding sample data into a packet, a primary physical interface on the first IC that communicates the packet to a secondary physical interface on the second IC, and a de-packetizer that on the second IC that receives the packet, de-packetizes it, and delivers the sample and sample data to the one or more processing elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jose V Santos Martinez, Yongxuan Hu, Nileshbhai J Shah
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Patent number: 12045416Abstract: Various embodiments for detecting and rejecting false, unintended rotations of rotary inputs of electronic devices are disclosed herein. In one example, an electronic device is provided with an optical detector that measures the distance between the electronic device and the wearer's forearm or hand, and when the distance is smaller than a threshold distance, the turns of the rotary input are false, unintended turns. In another example, a crown of a rotary input includes a plurality of capacitive sensors that detects the presence of a wearer's finger, which when absent, the turns of the rotary input are false turns. In another example, deflections or positions of a shaft of the rotary input are measured and if the deflections/positions indicate an upward force on the rotary input (which are likely caused by the wearer's forearm or hand), the turns of the rotary input are false turns. Other embodiments are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Christopher M. Werner, Colin M. Ely, Samuel Weiss
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Patent number: 12047329Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are described for physical resource block indexing to provide coexistence for narrow band, carrier aggregation, and wide band user equipment in new radio. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeongho Jeon, Joonyoung Cho, Gang Xiong, Hong He, Debdeep Chatterjee
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Patent number: D1036290Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D1036435Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Alexandre B. Girard, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, M. Evans Hankey, Anne-Marie Heck, Moises Hernandez Hernandez, Richard P Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang