Patents Assigned to Apple
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Patent number: 11815677Abstract: Image projection apparatus includes an image generating assembly, which is configured to project a sequence of line images extending in a first direction. A scanning mirror is positioned to receive and to reflect the line images while rotating about a mirror axis parallel to the first direction. A pupil expander has an edge positioned to receive the line images reflected by the scanning mirror and a face extending in a second direction non-parallel to the first direction and to the edge, and which is configured to direct simultaneously through the face multiple, parallel replicas of the expanded line images arrayed along the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Arman Hajati, Alexander Shpunt, Robert S. Upton, Yuval Gerson
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Patent number: 11816303Abstract: An electronic device provides, to a display, while in a screensaver mode, data to present a first media, that includes a first visual motion effect. In response to receiving a user input on a remote user input device, a type of the user input on the remote user input device is determined. If the user input is of a first type, the device provides, to the display, data to present the first media, that includes the first visual motion effect, with corresponding descriptive text. If the user input is of a second type, the device exits the screensaver mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Henrique D. Penha, Graham R. Clarke, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Jeffrey L. Robbin, William M. Bachman, Benjamin W. Keighran, Jennifer L. C. Folse, Jonathan Lochhead, Joe R. Howard, Joshua K. McGlinn, Gary I. Butcher, Pavel Pivonka, Christopher I. Wilson, Aled H. Williams, Samuel H. Bebbington
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Publication number: 20230362696Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hybrid measurement gap operation. A network-side device may provide a hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration to a wireless device, the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration scheduling measurement operation of the wireless device in accordance with hybrid measurement gap patterns. The wireless device may receive the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration, and thus perform measurement operation based on the hybrid measurement gap patterns as scheduled.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qiming LI, Yang TANG, Dawei ZHANG, Jie CUI, Huaning NIU, Xiang CHEN, Manasa RAGHAVAN
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Publication number: 20230361967Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for counting active resources for UE processing complexity related capability. A cellular base station may comprise at least one antenna; at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna; and a processor coupled to the at least one radio. The cellular base station is configured to count a total number of active resources in a slot, wherein an active resource is defined for counting a number of CSI resources a UE needs to process simultaneously in a slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong SUN, Yeong-Sun HWANG, Dawei ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Yushu ZHANG, Ismael GUTIERREZ GONZALEZ
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METHOD FOR NETWORK ELEMENT, NETWORK ELEMENT, METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT, USER EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS
Publication number: 20230362697Abstract: A method for a network element is provided. The method comprises: determining multiple concurrent measurement gap (MG) patterns; encoding a message for transmission to a user equipment (UE) including MG configuration information that includes an indication of the multiple concurrent MG patterns, wherein the indication of the multiple concurrent MG patterns includes at least time offsets for respective MG patterns; and transmitting the message to the UE.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qiming LI, Dawei ZHANG, Huaning NIU, Jie CUI, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Xiang CHEN, Yang TANG -
Publication number: 20230362929Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing downlink control for multi-TRP transmission. A network-side device may provide a downlink control information transmission to a wireless device scheduling downlink transmission to the wireless device from multiple transmission reception points. The downlink transmission may relate to Hybrid automatic repeat request process and/or system information transmission. And the downlink control information may include information about scheduling of HARQ processes from different TRPs, and/or information about scheduling of SI transmission from different TRPs. The wireless device may receive the downlink transmissions from the plurality of transmission reception points in accordance with the downlink control information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong SUN, Dawei ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Yushu ZHANG, Jia TANG, Amir FARAJIDANA, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230361632Abstract: A magnetic alignment system can include a primary annular magnetic alignment component and a secondary annular magnetic alignment component. The primary alignment component can include an inner annular region having a first magnetic orientation, an outer annular region having a second magnetic orientation opposite to the first magnetic orientation, and a non-magnetized central annular region disposed between the primary inner annular region and the primary outer annular region. The secondary alignment component can have a magnetic orientation with a radial component. Additional features, such as a rotational magnetic alignment component and/or an NFC coil and circuitry can be included.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Karl Ruben F. Larsson, Aaron A. Oro, Timothy J. Rasmussen, Christopher S. Graham, Eric S. Jol, James C. Wu, Demetrios B. Karanikos, Miranda L. Daly, Paul J. Thompson
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Publication number: 20230362798Abstract: An approach is described for a base station to generate a first message and a second message. The base station transmits the first message and the second message to a user equipment (UE). The first message is associated with a cell supported by the base station and includes a first public land mobile network (PLMN) identity index and a first list of one or more network slices supported by a first PLMN associated with the first PLMN identity index. The second message is associated with one or more neighboring cells, and includes the first PLMN identity index and a second list of one or more network slice data associated the first PLMN as supported by the one or more neighboring cells. In addition, at least one of the one or more network slice data in the second list includes a sub-list of one or more neighboring cell data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fangli XU, Ralf ROSSBACH, Sudeep Manithara VAMANAN, Mona AGNEL, Krisztian KISS, Sarma V. VANGALA, Naveen Kumar R PALLE VENKATA, Zhibin WU, Haijing HU, Dawei ZHANG, Yuqin CHEN, Huarui LIANG
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Publication number: 20230361938Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for enhanced Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-ACK in a fifth generation (5G) wireless communications system. A user equipment (UE) can receive, during a HARQ-ACK window, a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission or a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission corresponding to a SPS PDSCH release. The UE can generate a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)-ACK information bit corresponding to the reception. The UE can be configured with an offset value, k, and a length, l, of the HARQ-ACK window associated with an uplink transmission slot n, of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission, and determine a starting slot of the HARQ-ACK window as n?k. When a corresponding valid uplink transmission slot is not available, the UE can transmit the HARQ-ACK information bit in the uplink transmission slot n of the PUCCH transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hong HE, Dawei ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Haitong SUN, Yushu ZHANG, Chunhai YAO, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Chunxuan YE, Huaning NIU, Oghenekome OTERI, Sigen YE, Weidong YANG, Yang TANG, Jie CUI
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Publication number: 20230361946Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing downlink control for multi-TRP transmission. A wireless device, comprising: at least one antenna; at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna; and a processor coupled to the at least one radio and configured to cause the wireless device to: determine a gap period is to be applied between a first uplink transmission to a cellular base station via a first transmission reception point (TRP) and a second uplink transmission to the cellular base station via a second TRP; and perform the first and second uplink transmissions consecutively with the gap period applied between them.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qiming LI, Dawei ZHANG, Huaning NIU, Jie CUI, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Xiang CHEN, Yang TANG, Yushu ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230359645Abstract: In some implementations, a user device can maintain a multi-device context store. For example, the user device can receive device and/or user context information from multiple devices and store the context information in a local data store. The user device can collect local device and/or user context information and store the context information in the local context store. The user device can receive user/device context queries from client processes and send the client processes user/device context information from multiple devices in response to the queries.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kartik Venkatraman, Umesh Vaishampayan
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Publication number: 20230360507Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for in-home health intercom and notification. In one example, a first device receives a message comprising a description of an event of a first person in an environment from a first user device using a first transmission protocol. The first device detects that the message is an event message. The first device transmits the event message to the second computing device in the environment using a second transmission protocol, where the first device and the second device are in operable communication using a local area network. The first device receives, using the second transmission protocol, a response from the second device that the second computing device has transmitted the event message to a second user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Kshitij S. Deshpande
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Publication number: 20230359557Abstract: A cache may include multiple request handling pipes, each of which may further include multiple request buffers, for storing device requests from one or more processors to one or more devices. Some of the device requests may require to be sent to the devices according to an order. For a given one of such device requests, the cache may select a request handling pipe, based on an address indicated by the device request, and select a request buffer, based on the available entries of the request buffers of the selected request handling pipe, to store the device request. The cache may further use a first-level and a second-level token stores to track and maintain the device requests in order when transmitting the device requests to the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sandeep Gupta, Brian P. Lilly, Krishna C. Potnuru
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Publication number: 20230362489Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to shift an image sensor along multiple axes. Some embodiments include a magnet and coil arrangement. Some embodiments include a position sensing arrangement. Some embodiments include a flexure arrangement. Some embodiments include a coil structure and coil carrier assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Shashank Sharma, Scott W. Miller
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Publication number: 20230356692Abstract: Some embodiments provide a vehicle navigation system which can navigate a vehicle through an environment based on driving commands received from a remote control system based on manual operator interaction with an interface of the remote control system. Remote driving control can be engaged based on determination, via processing vehicle sensor data, of a health emergency associated with one or more occupants of the vehicle, and the remote control system can generate remote driving commands which cause the vehicle to be navigated to a particular location without requiring the occupant associated with the health emergency to manually navigate the vehicle. The remote control system can monitor the occupant via communicated vehicle sensor data and can control remote control devices included in the vehicle to provide external indication that the vehicle is being navigated according to remote driving control.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bartholomeus C. Nabbe, Tie-Qi Chen, Benjamin B. Lyon
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Publication number: 20230362937Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for a user equipment (UE) to transmit a configured grant (CG) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) including an uplink control information (UCI) without transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The UE determines, based on a configuration received from the base station, a first set of CG PUSCHs. Each CG PUSCH of the first set of CG PUSCHs overlaps with the PUCCH, and is configured to transmit data from the UE to the base station. The UE further determines a second set of CG PUSCHs by excluding a third set of CG PUSCHs from the first set of CG PUSCHs. and select a CG PUSCH from the second set of CG PUSCHs to carry the UCI contained in the PUCCH. The UE further transmits the selected CG PUSCH including the UCI without transmitting the PUCCH.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Wenshu ZHANG, Weldong YANG, Fangli XU, Wei ZENG, Dawei ZHANG, Chunhai YAO, Yushu ZHANG, Oghenekome OTERI, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKORIAN, Sigen YE, Raif ROSSBACH
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Publication number: 20230362943Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for supporting cross carrier scheduling in LTE and NR dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS). A cellular base station may generate control information in accordance with a set of criteria, wherein the set of criteria supports a special Secondary Cell (sSCell) which is a Secondary Cell (SCell) in scheduling a special Primary Cell (SpCell) which is either a Primary Cell (PCell) or a Primary Secondary Cell (PSCell). The cellular base station sends the control information to a wireless device. The control information may be associated with Type3-PDCCH CSS configuration including DCI Format 2_5 and 2_6, SCell dormancy behavior, scheduling restrictions, USS configuration including non-fallback and fallback DCI Formats, and interaction with Multi-DCI Multi-TRP operation. After receiving the control information, the wireless device may conduct corresponding performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong SUN, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Jie CUI, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG, Yang TANG, Yushu ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230361952Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to AP-SRS triggering offset enhancement for further enhanced MIMO. User equipment (UE), base stations, apparatus, methods, computer-readable memory media, and computer program products are disclosed. The UE may be configured to receive an offset information associated with AP-SRS transmission of the UE; determine a slot offset associated with the AP-SRS transmission, at least based on the offset information; determine a specific slot for the AP-SRS transmission, based on the determined slot offset; and perform the AP-SRS transmission in the determined specific slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong SUN, Dawei ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Yushu ZHANG, Hong HE, Chunxuan YE, Huaning NIU, Weidong YANG, Oghenekome OTERI, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Sigen YE, Chunhai YAO
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Publication number: 20230362764Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for generating a report result based on a set of measurements performed at measurement gaps during a reporting period. The set of measurements are performed on a reference signal at a first bandwidth part (BWP) or a second BWP when BWP switching is performed. The first BWP has a first measurement gap configuration, the second BWP has a second measurement gap configuration. The measurement gaps of the reporting period are configured according to a third measurement gap configuration that is determined based on the first measurement gap configuration and the second measurement gap configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Dawei ZHANG, Yang TANG, Jie CUI, Xiang CHEN, Manasa RAGHAVEN, Huaning NIU, Qiming LI
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Publication number: 20230362914Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for facilitating processing times in a 5G wireless communications system. When operating at higher frequency subcarrier spacing (SCS), slot times for receiving and/or transmitting data between user equipment (UE) and a 5G Node B (gNB) become shorter. Because of this, some UE may face difficulty in processing physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and/or physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) data with sufficient speed. To address potential limitations, a flexible minimum processing time may be used to accommodate different UE processing capabilities. The UE may report its processing capabilities to the gNB. The gNB may then schedule communications according to the UE’s processing capabilities. The gNB may consider whether the UE implements a single or multiple processing engines. Further, the gNB may apply single-slot and/or multi-slot scheduling techniques to also prevent timing issues.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hong HE, Dawei ZHANG, Oghenekome OTERI, Chunxuan YE, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Chunhai YAO, Yushu ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Sigen YE