Apple Patent Applications

CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR A STACKED BATTERY DESIGN

Granted: December 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240421323
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.

SECURE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION

Granted: December 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240419842
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…

SECURE DOCUMENT TRANSFER

Granted: December 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240419825
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…

Map Generation Using Locally Captured Sensor Data

Granted: December 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240416957
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.

Point Cloud Attribute Transfer Algorithm

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240412419
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…

BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR EMISSION POWER

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240414659
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide beam management for beams with reduced maximum transmission power.

TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL (TRS) ENHANCEMENT WITH DOPPLER SHIFT PRE-COMPENSATION

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240414029
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…

BEAM REPORTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240413915
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.

RECEIVER STATE BASED ANTENNA TUNING

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240413537
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…

TRANSFORMER INDUCTORS WITH TUNABLE COUPLING COEFFICIENT

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240412912
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…

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240411308
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.…

ACTIVE ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240411218
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…

ROUTE RECONSTRUCTION USING SPARSE DATA SET

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240401958
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…

TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING AND USING NONLINKABLE DIGITAL CREDENTIALS

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240406010
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…

ROBUST UPLINK AND DOWNLINK BEAM INDICATION

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240405954
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…

WAYPOINTS FOR LAST KNOWN NETWORK CONNECTIVITY

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240405900
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…

Video and Media Messaging Content Analysis

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240404280
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…

LOCATION MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240402211
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…

Venues Map Application And System

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240401968
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…

LOW-POWER PEDESTRIAN ROUTE RECONSTRUCTION

Granted: December 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240401967
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…