Apple Patent Applications

Apple patent applications that are pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240427122
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a tilt actuator and a spring suspension arrangement for use in a camera having a folded optics arrangement. In some embodiments, the folded optics arrangement may include a light path-folding element that is coupled with a carrier and that is tilted using the tilt actuator. The spring suspension arrangement may suspend the carrier and the light path-folding element from a base structure, and may allow motion of the light path-folding element enabled by the tilt actuator. The spring suspension arrangement may include one or more springs attached to the carrier and to the base structure. In some embodiments, the spring suspension arrangement may further include one or more suspension wires attached to the spring(s) and to a stationary structure of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Miller, Alfred N. Mireault, Junwei Liu, Hao Zheng
  • Publication number: 20240419842
    Abstract: Techniques for storing health data can include a multi-node data structure. A data node, a category node, and an institution node of a multi-node data structure can be generated in accordance with a configuration file. The data node can include health data and can be identified by a first unique data identifier and encrypted using a first cryptographic key. The category node can include the first unique data identifier and the first cryptographic key. The category node can be identified by a second unique data identifier and encrypted using a second cryptographic key. The institution node can include the second unique data identifier and the second cryptographic key. The institution node can be identified by a third unique data identifier and encrypted using a third cryptographic key. The data node, the category node, and the institution node can be shared with a service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Antonio Gonzalez Cervantes, Mohan Singh Randhava, Jorge F. Pozas Trevino, Samuel A. Mussell, Isaac Pinol Catadau, Steven A. Myers, Dongsheng Zhang, Suhail Ahmad, Zhengjun Jiang, Yannick L. Sierra, Amir H. Jadidi
  • Publication number: 20240421323
    Abstract: Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a first cell and a second cell disposed adjacent the first cell. The devices may include a stacked current collector coupled between the first cell and the second cell. The current collector may include a grid or matrix, and may include a combination of conductive and insulative materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew C. Chu, Christopher T. Campbell, Qingcheng Zeng, Kenzo Nagai, Isaac S. Harper, Donald G. Dafoe
  • Publication number: 20240419825
    Abstract: After NFC transaction information is sent from the first device to the second device via the NFC protocol, the second device sends the NFC transaction information to the third-party. Both the first device and the third-party compute the same transaction identifier utilizing the NFC transaction information, and both the first device and the third-party register with a host server utilizing this transaction identifier. The first device may then send a public key to the host server with the transaction identifier, and the host server may send the public key to the third-party. The third-party may encrypt a document using the public key and may send the encrypted document to the host server with the transaction identifier. The host server may then send the encrypted document to the first device, where the first device may decrypt and present/store the decrypted document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Shearer, Sunil Nair, Felix-Johannes A. Visée, Eric K. Kimn, Salma Elshatanoufy
  • Publication number: 20240416957
    Abstract: A rules of the road module and database determines rules using information about segments identified from locally captured image data and observables identified in the image data. The rules are generated without reliance on a high-definition map. Also, in some embodiments, the rules are determined in real-time, or near-real time by the rules of the road module during travel based on acquired images and sensor data about a path being travelled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dimitar H Lukarski, Karsten Ahnert, Sayanan V. Sivaraman
  • Publication number: 20240411218
    Abstract: Fiducial patterns that produce diffraction patterns at a camera sensor are etched or otherwise provided on the surface of a cover glass (CG) in front of a camera. An active light source injects light into the cover glass or into a diffractive optical element to strengthen the signal from the fiducial pattern, or alternatively an active light source is used to reflect light off a reflective fiducial pattern on the cover glass, thus requiring fewer frames to capture and process the diffraction pattern caused by the fiducial pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christian I Moore, Ravi Teja Sukhavasi, Taufiq Habib, Tushar Gupta, Zhiheng Jia
  • Publication number: 20240411308
    Abstract: Autonomous navigation of a vehicle along one or more portions of a driving route based on monitoring, at the vehicle, various features of the route as the vehicle is manually navigated along the route to develop a characterization of the route is described. The characterization is progressively updated with repeated manual navigations along the route, and autonomous navigation of the route is enabled when a confidence indicator of the characterization meets a threshold indication. Characterizations can be updated in response to the vehicle encountering changes in the route and can include a set of driving rules associated with the route, where the driving rules are developed based on monitoring the navigation of one or more vehicles of the route. Characterizations can be uploaded to a remote system which processes data to develop and refine route characterizations and provide characterizations to one or more vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmad Al-Dahle, Matthew E. Last, Phillip J. Sieh, Benjamin Lyon
  • Publication number: 20240412419
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. A point cloud attribute transfer algorithm may be used to determine distortion between an original point cloud and a reconstructed point cloud. Additionally, the point cloud attribute transfer algorithm may be used to select attribute values for a reconstructed point cloud such that distortion between an original point cloud and a reconstructed version of the original point cloud is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Khaled Mammou, Yeping Su, Alexandros Tourapis, Jungsun Kim, Valery G. Valentin, Fabrice A. Robinet
  • Publication number: 20240414659
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide beam management for beams with reduced maximum transmission power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng
  • Publication number: 20240413915
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to beam reporting using media access control (MAC) control element (CE) in wireless communication systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Huaning Niu, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye
  • Publication number: 20240412912
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a circuit that includes a first inductor having a first terminal and second terminal, a second inductor having a third terminal and a fourth terminal, a first capacitor circuit, and a second capacitor circuit. The first and third terminals have a same polarity. The first capacitor circuit is cross-coupled to the first terminal and the fourth terminal. The second capacitor circuit is cross-coupled to the second terminal and the third terminal. The first and second capacitor circuits adjust an electrical coupling between the first and second inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bo YU, Zhang JIN, Zhengan YANG
  • Publication number: 20240413537
    Abstract: In some implementations, the disclosed techniques may include tuning a first antenna element to a first tuning state during an acquisition mode for establishing communication channels with satellites. The first tuning state can configure the first antenna element to receive signals in a first frequency range. The techniques may include establishing the communication channels using the first antenna element in the first tuning state during the acquisition mode. The techniques may include transitioning from the acquisition mode to a tracking mode. The techniques may include changing the tuning state of the first antenna element. The techniques may include determining a location of the mobile device during the tracking mode: (1) using the first antenna element and a second antenna element of the mobile device or (2) not using the first antenna element and using the second antenna element that is configured to receive signals in a second frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn D. MacGougan, Richard Najarian, Aditya N. Srivastava, Rajesh Bezawada, Thomas E. Biedka
  • Publication number: 20240414029
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for a network to use Doppler shift pre-compensation values for communicating Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) to a user equipment (UE) and for implementing mechanisms for triggering the UE to measure the Doppler shift pre-compensated TRS. Some aspects of this disclosure relate to a base station including a processor that determines a Doppler shift pre-compensation value associated with the UE in response to determining that the UE is moving with a speed greater than a threshold. The processor further generates an aperiodic Tracking Reference Signal (AP-TRS) or a semi persistent TRS (SP-TRS) for the UE. The AP-TRS or the SP-TRS is decoupled from a periodic TRS (P-TRS). The processor further transmits the AP-TRS or the SP-TRS to the UE. The AP-TRS or the SP-TRS can be used for time and frequency synchronization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Weidong Yang, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Chunhai Yao
  • Publication number: 20240406215
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for device onboarding. An example method can include receiving an identifier of an accessory device and a request to connect with the accessory device, via a first network, connectivity being restricted by a security mechanism of a second network. The method can further include transmitting a message to a management system of the second network to configure the security mechanism to permit connectivity between the user device and the accessory device based at least in part on the request and the identity of the accessory device. The method can further include receiving a message indicating that the management system has changed a configuration of the security mechanism to permit connectivity between the user device and the accessory device. The method can further include transmitting connectivity information for establishing a connection between the user device and the identified accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erik R. Turnquist, Manasi Jahagirdar
  • Publication number: 20240401968
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can provide a map application providing a representation of a physical structure of venues (e.g., shopping centers, airports) identified by the application. In addition, the application can provide an inside view that includes the physical layout and geometry of the venue's structure as well as the location, structure and layout of points of interest (e.g., stores, security check points, restrooms) within the venue. The views become more detailed as the user zooms into the venue to reveal points of interest and to give the user a feel for traversing the venue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Shelby, Ryan W. Apuy, Vincent P. Arroyo, Sunny Chan, Jae Woo Chang, Megan M. Frost, Brett L. Lareau, Sean P. O'Brien, Tadayasu Sasada, Sebastian A. Araya
  • Publication number: 20240404489
    Abstract: An augmented reality display system included in a vehicle generates an augmented reality display, on one or more transparent surfaces of the vehicle. The augmented reality display can include an indicator of the vehicle speed which is spatially positioned according to the speed of the vehicle relative to the local speed limit. The augmented reality display can include display elements which conform to environmental objects and can obscure and replace content displayed on the objects. The augmented reality display can include display elements which indicate a position of environmental objects which are obscured from direct perception through the transparent surface. The augmented reality display can include display elements which simulate one or more particular environmental objects in the environment, based on monitoring manual driving performance of the vehicle by a driver. The augmented reality display can include display elements which identify environmental objects and particular zones in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kjell F. Bronder, Scott M. Herz, Karlin Y. Bark
  • Publication number: 20240406671
    Abstract: A mobile device may install and monitor geofences. The application or the operating system (OS) may store a set of geofences. The application or OS may determine the mobile device's current location and generate a first bounding area around the current location. The application or OS may determine the size or radius of the first bounding area such that no more than a specified number of geofences fall inside the first bounding area. The application or OS may monitor the mobile device's location in the first bounding area and determine whether the mobile device exits the first bounding area. In response to determining that the mobile device exits the first bounding area, the application or OS may determine the mobile device's location and generate a second bonding area such that no more than the specified number of the geofences fall inside the second bounding area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Raj S. Chaugule, Michael P. Dal Santo, Nai Tao Cui, Divya Cherukupalli
  • Publication number: 20240402279
    Abstract: A mobile device may determine a set of range values between the first mobile device and the second mobile device based on a difference between the first time and the second time for ranging wireless signals. The mobile device can determine first odometry information using a first sensor on the first mobile device, the first odometry information indicating a first motion of the first mobile device during a time period. The mobile device can receive, via a data channel, second odometry information determined from second measurements captured using a second sensor on the second mobile device. The mobile device can solve an angle between a first reference frame for the first device and a second reference frame for the second device using the set of range values, and the first and second odometry information to display a directional arrow pointing to a current position of the second mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Werner, Anup Dhital, Alexander Singh Alvarado, Brian G. Kilberg, Kenneth M. Pesyna, JR., Tunc Ertan, Mohamed Youssef, Ranjini Narayan, Shreya Dilip Date, Jonathan M. Beard, Lucie A. Huet, Xiaoyuan Tu, Ryan K. Burns, Ozhan Turgut
  • Publication number: 20240401958
    Abstract: Techniques are described for improving driver efficiency. An example method can include a device accessing sparse location data indicative of one or more geographic locations along a route of the user device during a first time period. The route includes a starting location data point and an ending location data point. The device can access motion data collected by the sensors of the user device. The motion data can be collected by the sensors during the first time period. After a conclusion of the first time period, the device can generate, using the sparse location data and the motion data, a dense data set to reconstruct a route that includes the starting location data point and the ending location data point. The reconstructed route can include second dense location data and velocity data. The device can store the reconstructed route in a local memory of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Saurabh Godha, James T. Curran, Fatemeh Ghafoori, Changlin Ma, Isaac T. Miller
  • Publication number: 20240403456
    Abstract: After NFC transaction information is sent from the first device to the second device via the NFC protocol, the second device sends the NFC transaction information to the third-party. Both the first device and the third-party compute the same transaction identifier utilizing the NFC transaction information, and both the first device and the third-party register with a host server utilizing this transaction identifier. The first device may then send a public key to the host server with the transaction identifier, and the host server may send the public key to the third-party. The third-party may encrypt a document using the public key and may send the encrypted document to the host server with the transaction identifier. The host server may then send the encrypted document to the first device, where the first device may decrypt and present/store the decrypted document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Shearer, Sunil Nair, Felix-Johannes A. Visée, Eric K. Kimn, Salma Elshatanoufy
  • Publication number: 20240403320
    Abstract: A first user device associated with a user profile can receive a health database associated with the user profile from a service provider configured to store the health database. The first user device can receive first health information associated with the user profile. The first user device can generate a first health sync object based on the first health information. The first health sync object can include a first sync identity that includes a first hardware identifier indicative of the first user device and a first database identifier indicative of the health database. The first user device can determine to transmit the first health sync object to the service provider based on the first user device having responsibility to transmit health sync objects with the first sync identity to the service provider. The first user device can transmit the first health sync object to the service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Wilson, Pratik Solanki, Vishani Kankariya, Netra S. Kenkarey, Maher S. Tantawy
  • Publication number: 20240405472
    Abstract: Power adapters and other electronic devices that are durable and can provide a large amount of power while having a small form factor. An example can provide a durable power adapter by providing a connector receptacle having a reinforced tongue. The tongue of the connector receptacle can be reinforced by having a center plate with one or more vertical portions that can be at least approximately at a right angle to a lateral portion of the center plate. This and other examples can provide a large amount of power while having a small form factor by providing a space efficient transformer having thermal dissipation components. This and other examples can provide a small form-factor by including a series of chokes formed as a module and including a variety of types of wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bahram Raad, Cesar Lozano Villarreal, Mathieu P. Roy, Jose Del Carmen, Jr., Michael J. Reis, Mahmoud R. Amini, Long Le, Adam H. Herzog, Nikhil S. Pansare, Peter J. Cameron, Balal Khan
  • Publication number: 20240404661
    Abstract: A second computing device can receive a hold instruction from a first computing device. The hold instruction can instruct the second computing device to hold a second notification until the second computing device receives first health information. The first computing device can be configured to transmit the hold instruction based on rescheduling a first notification on the first computing device to be displayed at a first time based at least in part on the first health information. The second notification can have been previously scheduled to be displayed at a second time. The second notification can correspond to the first notification. The second computing device can hold the second notification. The second computing device can receive the first health information. The second computing device can reschedule the second notification to be displayed at a third time based at least in part on the first health information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Barker, Nathan G. Racklyeft
  • Publication number: 20240406162
    Abstract: A computing device can receive a request from a requesting device for one or more data elements associated with a digital credential. The computing device can store the digital credential which includes a set of data elements and a security object. The computing device can determine a subset of the data elements based at least in part on the request. The computing device can generate the response, wherein the response includes the subset of the data elements and the security object. The computing device can transmit the response to the requesting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Chotrani, Ahmer A. Khan, David W. Silver, Gianpaolo Fasoli, Ka Yang, Vishnu Janardhanan
  • Publication number: 20240402211
    Abstract: In some implementations, responsive to a trigger signal at an associated first time, a mobile device generating a first location value using a first ranging session with one or more other devices. The technique may include storing the first location value in a memory. The technique may include tracking, using a motion sensor of the mobile device, motion of the mobile device to determine a present location relative to the first location value. Further, the technique may include determining that a present location for the mobile device has changed by a predetermined threshold amount from the first location value since the associated first time. Responsive to the present location for the mobile device having changed by more than the predetermined threshold amount since the associated first time, the technique may include, generating a second location value using a second ranging session with the one or more other devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Schoenberg, Yoav Feinmesser, Alexander Singh Alvarado, Evan G. Kriminger, Jonathan M. Beard, Hollie R. Figueroa, Eyal Waserman, Rafi Vitory, Ron Eyal, Yunxing Ye
  • Publication number: 20240402972
    Abstract: A first device is used to execute a first application for conducting a video call. The first application displays a video stream of the video call on a display screen of the first device using voice data and video data captured by the first device. When a first trigger condition is detected, either by the operating system of the first device or by the operating system of the first application, the first device transfers the display of the video stream of the video call to a second device. Although the video stream is being displayed on the second device, the first application continues to use the first device to capture the voice data and the video data for the video call. At the same time, the first device is displaying the video stream on the second device, the first device is also displaying application data corresponding to a second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jad Osseiran, Bradley D. Ford, Yu Xing
  • Publication number: 20240403559
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to utilize a machine-learning model for generating and/or organizing lists within an application. In some embodiments, the machine-learning model may be utilized for determining classifications for entries within the list, where the classifications can be utilized for organizing the list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bicrumjit S. Bhullar, Dongning Wang
  • Publication number: 20240403998
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method may include receiving, by an operating system running on a computing device, first image data from a physical camera of the computing device, the operating system being associated with one or more applications. The method may include identifying, by the operating system, a virtual camera control to be performed on the first image data, the virtual camera control configured to represent a physical camera control of the physical camera. The method may include generating, by the operating system, manipulated image data based at least in part on the first image data and the identified virtual camera control. The method may include providing, by the operating system, at least a portion of the manipulated image data to a particular application of the one or more applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shuang Gao, Zixuan Li, Janardhan Kumar Amburi, Tanvi M. Jivtode, Tim Ko
  • Publication number: 20240405900
    Abstract: Waypoints can be automatically created by monitoring network wireless signal strength to help a user of a mobile device in a non-urban location to find a previous location with known network connectivity and make emergency calls. In some embodiments, a backtrack route is displayed on the mobile device to the closest previous location with network connectivity. In some embodiments, for privacy considerations, access to waypoint information stored in a secured storage/database is restricted based on the determination of location state, and backtrack routes are displayed in stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jared K. McGann, Stephen P. Jackson, Adam M. Driscoll, Alexandru Popovici, Nicholas D. Felton, Todd R. Grooms
  • Publication number: 20240406010
    Abstract: A computing device can generate a set of transaction keys, the computing device configured to present a digital credential to a requesting device. The computing device can generate a request bundle. The request bundle can include the set of transaction keys. The computing device can transmit, to a first server, the request bundle. The first server can be configured to verify the request bundle. The first server can be configured to send the request bundle to a second server with a request for a set of credentials. Each credential of the set of credentials can correspond to a transaction key of the set of transaction keys. Each credential can include data elements and a security object. The data elements for each credential can be the same. The security object for each credential can be different. The computing device can receive, from the first server, the set of credentials. The computing device can store the set of credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Chotrani, Ahmer A. Khan, David W. Silver, Gianpaolo Fasoli, Ka Yang, Vishnu Janardhanan
  • Publication number: 20240403102
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to manage kernels within a secure element for performance of a data transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul Narayan Singh, Luc F. Dolcino, Vincent Pozzuoli, Catalin Giurca, Robin Burel, Sylvain Pilon, Mamta Devi
  • Publication number: 20240404280
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computing device is configured to analyze media mail for sensitive content, prior to exposing a user of the computing device to the content of the media mail. The computing device receives a media mail targeting a user of the computing device. The computing device analyzes a first set of media content of the media mail to determine whether the first set of media content meets a first set of sensitivity criteria. Responsive to determining that the first set of media content meets the first set of sensitivity criteria, the computing device displays an alert notifying the user of the sensitive content. Subsequent to displaying the alert, the computing device receives user input approving playback of the first set of media content and initiates the playback of the first set of media content on the computing device responsive to receiving the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin H Roos, Sasanka T Vemuri, Mathew R Cruz, David S Evans, Yaseen Mahmoud
  • Publication number: 20240404660
    Abstract: A process may include detecting, by a user device at a first time, a distance between a display of the user device and a user. The process may include determining contextual information corresponding to a state of the user device at the first time. The process also may include determining an eye health event associated with the first time based at least in part on the distance and the contextual information. The process also may include performing an action relating to the eye health event based at least in part on the eye health event and other eye health events that occurred during other times, following the first time. The process also may then include generating an entry in a health datastore in response to determining the eye health event. The entry may include information about the eye health event and the contextual information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Adam W. Ward, Henning Zimmer, Jonathan T. Natale
  • Publication number: 20240401967
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for low-power pedestrian route reconstruction. A method can include accessing location data comprising a set of location points collected by a user device during a workout and defining an initial route. The method can further include accessing map data comprising a plurality of paths within a geographic region. The method can further include, for a plurality of location point pairs of the set of location points, determining a route segment between the pair of location points that follows a path segment of the plurality of paths. The method can further include combining route segments for each location point pair of the plurality of location point pairs to define a reconstructed route that begins with a first location route pair based on an initial location point and ends with a second location route pair based on a final location point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Pesyna, JR., Aditya Marawar, Christina Selle, Isaac T. Miller, Saurabh Godha
  • Publication number: 20240405954
    Abstract: An exemplary unified framework that is disclose for identifying which communication beams are to be uplink and/or downlink communication beams. This exemplary unified framework can utilize one or more universal Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) states to identify the one or more communication beams that are to be utilized for uplink and/or downlink communication. The one or more universal TCI states can be used identify the one or more communication beams. And the one or more universal TCI states can include applicability information to identify which control channels, such as the PDCCH and the PUCCH to provide some examples, data channels, such as the PDSCH and/or the PUSCH to provide some examples, and/or signals, such as the DMRS, the PTRS, the SRS, and/or the CSI-RS to provide some examples, are to utilize the communication beams identified by the one or more universal TCI states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yushu ZHANG, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Wei ZENG
  • Publication number: 20240406929
    Abstract: A method may include accessing service data associated with a service and associated with a group of geographical regions. The method may also include assigning at least some of the service data of the group of geographical regions corresponding to a map tile. The method may include generating an initial batch of service data corresponding to the map tile, thereby generating initial batches of service data. The method may also include receiving, from a mobile device, a request to download map data corresponding a geographical area. The method may also include determining one or more map tiles corresponding to the geographical area. The method may also include determining a subset of the initial batches associated with the one or more map tiles corresponding to the geographical area. The method may also include providing, to the mobile device, the subset of the initial batches responsive to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Frank S. Fejes, III, Scott G. Jackson, Michael H. Schrag, Ozgur Ekici, Venkata S. Kondapalli, Rachid Kachemir
  • Publication number: 20240404253
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for training a feature extraction model. A computing device can receive a training image and generate noised feature vectors using a feature extraction model characterized by first parameters and taking the training image as input. The computing device can determine the noised feature vectors by at least determining a feature vector for individual pixels in the training image and applying noise to each feature vector. The computing device can generate a reconstructed image using a reconstructor model characterized by second parameters and taking the noised feature vectors as input. The computing device can determine a reconstruction loss by comparing the training image with the reconstructed image and a noise loss using the noise applied to each feature vector. The computing device can update the first parameters based on the noise loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Rahul Raguram, Vivek Roy, Shashank Tyagi, Huy Tho Ho, Kjell Fredrik Larsson
  • Publication number: 20240394960
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can simulate a virtual parallax to create three dimensional effects. For example, the computing device can obtain an image captured at a particular location. The captured two-dimensional image can be applied as texture to a three-dimensional model of the capture location. To give the two-dimensional image a three-dimensional look and feel, the computing device can simulate moving the camera used to capture the two-dimensional image to different locations around the image capture location to generate different perspectives of the textured three-dimensional model as if captured by multiple different cameras. Thus, a virtual parallax can be introduced into the generated imagery for the capture location. When presented to the user on a display of the computing device, the generated imagery may have a three-dimensional look and feel even though generated from a single two-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gunnar Martin Byrod, Jan H. Bockert, Johan V. Hedberg, Ross W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20240397025
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing an expanded field of view (FoV) using multiple cameras of a device. A device may include front-facing cameras that capture views of an environment, as well as side cameras that capture wider-angle views. Images from the front and side cameras may be processed to provide a stereo view of the environment with an expanded FoV. Images from the front cameras are processed to provide stereo images, and depth information is generated from the stereo images. The depth information is expanded into a second layer, and a median depth is set for a third layer. The side camera images are undistorted, pixel information from the side camera images is then reprojected into the second and third layers, and the second and third layers are blurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Berger, Dan C Lelescu, Tobias Rick
  • Publication number: 20240394952
    Abstract: A mixed reality system that includes a device and a base station that communicate via a wireless connection The device may include sensors that collect information about the user's environment and about the user. The information collected by the sensors may be transmitted to the base station via the wireless connection. The base station renders frames or slices based at least in part on the sensor information received from the device, encodes the frames or slices, and transmits the compressed frames or slices to the device for decoding and display. The base station may provide more computing power than conventional stand-alone systems, and the wireless connection does not tether the device to the base station as in conventional tethered systems. The system may implement methods and apparatus to maintain a target frame rate through the wireless link and to minimize latency in frame rendering, transmittal, and display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Y Zhang, Ray L. Chang, Timothy R. Oriol, Ling Su, Gurjeet S. Saund, Guy Cote, Jim C. Chou, Hao Pan, Tobias Eble, Avi Bar-Zeev, Sheng Zhang, Justin A. Hensley, Geoffrey Stahl
  • Publication number: 20240397544
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein describe uplink (UL) multiplexing of transmissions with different reliability and/or latency requirements. In particular, how one or more indications of impacted resources may be conveyed to one or more user equipments so that an ongoing or imminent UL transmission may be adjusted in order to avoid adversely impacting other UL transmission that may occur in shared resources. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Toufiqul ISLAM, Debdeep CHATTERJEE, Sergey PANTELEEV, Fatemeh HAMIDI-SEPEHR
  • Publication number: 20240394921
    Abstract: Fiducial patterns that include sub-patterns of dot-like markers are generated or applied on or in transparent glass or plastic material, for example an optical element such as a cover glass or lens attachment. A camera may capture multiple images through the glass or plastic element that include diffraction patterns caused by the fiducial patterns. The diffraction patterns from multiple images may be processed and analyzed to extract information including but not limited to centroids of the sub-patterns of the fiducial patterns. This information may, for example, be used to estimate location of the fiducial 10 patterns with respect to the camera, and thus to estimate pose of the glass or lens element with respect to the camera. Information such as serial numbers and prescriptions can also be encoded in the fiducial patterns and extracted from the respective diffraction patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tushar Gupta, Arthur Y Zhang, Aleksandr M Movshovich, Ray L Chang, Fletcher R Rothkopf
  • Publication number: 20240397217
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to image signal processors (ISP) that include binner circuits that down-sample an input image. An input image may include a plurality of pixels. The output image of the binner circuit may include a reduced number of pixels. The binner circuit may include a plurality of different operation modes. In a bin mode, the binner circuit may blend a subset of input pixel values to generate an output pixel quad. In a skip mode, the binner circuit may select one of the input pixel values as the output pixel pixel. The selection may be performed randomly to avoid aliasing. In a luminance mode, the binner circuit may take a weighted average of a subset of pixel values having different colors. In a color value mode, the binner circuit may select one of the colors in a subset of pixel values as an output pixel value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng LIN, D. Amnon Silverstein, David R. Pope
  • Publication number: 20240389942
    Abstract: An integrated window for a photosensor for use in an electronic device has first and second transparent regions separated by an opaque region. The first transparent region allows a transmitter to emit light out of the housing of the electronic device and the second transparent region allows a receiver to receive light through the housing. The opaque region is disposed between the first and second transparent regions to isolate them from one another such that the transmitted light is isolated from the received light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Adam T. Clavelle, Maegan K. Spencer, Jaden Alyssa Barney, Dale N. Memering, Ueyn L. Block, Paul D. Mannheimer
  • Publication number: 20240394950
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for concurrently presenting two synchronized animations based on an input value that is received through an input interface of a device. The method defines, based on the received input, a first animation that presents a first animated object, and then uses a set of attributes of the first animation to define a second animation that presents a second animated object. The method then displays at least portions of the first and second animations concurrently. In some embodiments, the method displays the first and second animations on a display screen of the device, or on a display screen connected to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Sean P. O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20240397520
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fangli XU, Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY, Huaning NIU, Yushu ZHANG, Chunhai YAO, Wei ZENG, Haitong SUN, Weidong YANG, Dawei ZHANG, Sigen YE
  • Publication number: 20240395377
    Abstract: A first user interface may include a health category section and a health record section. Selection of a first selectable user interface element representing a first type of health record item may result in accessing a personal health ontology stored on the user device. The personal health ontology may be used to retrieve health record data associated with the first type of health record item. A portion of the health record data may be presented in a second user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick W. Granvold, Jason B. Morley, Zhe Li
  • Publication number: 20240397291
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for transmitting an announcement to one or more devices. In one example, a first device receives a first message that includes an announcement, the announcement associated with a voice that spoke the announcement. The first device may determine the announcement from the first message, and then identify one or more devices for receiving the announcement. The one or more devices may have a particular device type of a plurality of different device types comprising at least a mobile device. The first device may then transmit a second message to the one or more devices for presentation of the announcement by the one or more devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Powell, John A. Aguilar, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Publication number: 20240388651
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for connecting third-party accessories to a cellular-capable device to participate in a telephone call. In one example, a user can voice a request to make a call to an accessory device. The accessory device can transmit the request to a controller device. Upon processing the request, the controller device can identify an appropriate cellular-capable device and instruct the cellular-capable device to place the requested call. The controller device can also instruct the cellular-capable device to establish an audio connection with the accessory device to relay the call audio. In another example, the controller device can listen for a word spoken at the accessory device indicating the end of the call. Upon receiving the end of call word, the controller device can instruct the cellular-capable device to terminate the call. While in the listening state, the controller device may continue processing user requests received at other accessory devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jared S. Grubb, Robert M. Stewart, Gabriel Sanchez, Zaka ur Rehman Ashraf, Anshul Jain
  • Publication number: 20240388388
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for selecting timer values and starting or stopping timers related to configured grant or discontinuous reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ping-Heng Kuo, Fangli Xu, Zhibin Wu, Ralf Rossbach, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Peng Cheng, Yuqin Chen, Haijing Hu, Alexander Sirotkin