Apple Patent Applications

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPLINK PANEL SELECTION WITH POWER SAVING

Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240381264
Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for uplink panel selection with power saving. In some embodiments, user equipment (UE) may experience a positional change. In response, the UE may deactivate a first communication panel to save power and activate a second communication panel. The UE may then transmit a status message to a communication node indicating the activation and/or deactivation. The node may then register this activation and/or deactivation. In…

TECHNOLOGIES FOR BUFFER DELAY INFORMATION REPORTING

Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240381167
The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems. and methods for buffer status reporting in wireless networks.

ADDRESSING BEYOND-CP RTD FOR MULTI-RX CHAIN DL RECEPTION

Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240381126
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for implementing multiple receive (multi-Rx) chain downlink (DL) reception when the receive timing difference (RTD) at a user equipment (UE) from multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) is greater than the cyclic prefix (CP). An embodiment operates by configuring a first base station (BS) to transmit a first data and a second BS to transmit a second data simultaneously to a user equipment (UE) during…

Camera With Sensor Shift Autofocus Actuator Arrangement

Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240380959
Various embodiments include a camera system having an autofocus (AF) actuator arrangement for moving an image sensor to provide AF. For example, the AF actuator may be used to move the image sensor, relative to a lens group of the camera system, in at least one direction parallel to an optical axis of the camera system. The AF actuator arrangement may include one or more voice coil motor (VCM) actuators. According to various embodiments, the VCM actuator(s) may include fixed drive…

METHOD FOR ENHANCED DIRECT SECONDARY CELL ACTIVATION

Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240380562
Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for enhanced direct secondary cell activation in a 5G wireless communications system. A user equipment (UE) can receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) command from a 5G Node B (gNB) via a Primary Cell (PCell) or via a Primary Secondary Cell (PSCell) that includes configuration data for a Secondary Cell (SCell), where the SCell operates in Frequency Range 2 (FR2). The RRC command includes a first Transmission…

POSITIONING OF USER EQUIPMENT (UE) USING REFERENCE SIGNALS

Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240380555
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for UE positioning. In an example, a UE transmits a sounding reference signal for positioning (SRSp) to a base station. The SRSp transmission can use frequency hopping and can rely on a window and/or a collision rule associated with the entire frequency hopping sequence or only a frequency hop of such a sequence. The window and/or collision rule can reduce the potential for signal…

Scene removal, cinematic video editing, and image grid operations in video editing application

Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240379127
In some implementations, a system generates a video clip in which the user can select which entity is in-focus and which other entities are out-of-focus based on a source video clip that has already been recorded. Multiple video clips may be generated based on the source video clip with different selected entities in-focus and other entities out-of-focus. In other implementations, a system overlays an image grid on frames of a video clip and analyzes the frames based on annotation…

Auto-reframing and multi-cam functions of video editing application

Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240378850
In one or more embodiments, a computing device is configured to modify an original video by applying a machine learning model. The computing device obtains multiple training data sets, with each particular training data set including an original video and a corresponding modified video. One or more frames from the original video are cropped to generate corresponding frames in the corresponding modified video. The computing device trains a machine learning model, using the training data…

DYNAMIC WINDOW ACCESS POINT (AP) POWER SAVE ENHANCEMENTS

Granted: November 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240373342
Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for dynamic window access point (AP) power save enhancements. Some embodiments include transmitting an availability window (AW) of an AP to stations (STAs) and dynamically modifying the AW. In some embodiments, a mobile device may perform soft AP functions and associate with the stations. The modifications can include truncating or extending the AW. Some embodiments include: a broadcast availability frame that…

TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONFIGURING A BEAM FOR RECEPTION

Granted: November 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240373468
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to address spatial collisions between physical downlink control channel and default physical downlink shared channel beams in wireless communication systems.

Synchronization Signal Block Based Beam Failure Detection

Granted: November 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240373268
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for performing Beam Failure Detection (BFD), and in particular, for performing Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) based BFD and/or Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) based BFD. Disclosed embodiments include quasi co-location (QCL) and use case restrictions for SSB for BFD and Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), transition period handling for BFD, and implicit configuration SSB for BFD. Other…

UPLINK CODEWORD TO LAYER MAPPING AND PHASE TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNALING

Granted: November 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240372683
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus. systems, and methods for mapping codewords to transmission layers and transmitting phase tracking reference signals in wireless networks.

METHOD FOR ENHANCED HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Granted: November 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240372654
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…

OPTICAL PRISM WITH INTERLOCK

Granted: November 7, 2024
Application Number: 20240369744
An optical prism that includes an interlock structure that precisely couples to a complementary structure of a refractive lens. For precision, the interlock structure may be formed at the same time and using the same technique as the optical surface of the prism. The interlock structure provides high accuracy when assembling a folded lens system by precisely aligning the object side optical surface of the lens with the image side optical surface of the prism so that the optical axis is…

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY AND CARRIER AGGREGATION IN NEW RADIO (NR)

Granted: October 31, 2024
Application Number: 20240365417
The disclosure is directed to a system and method of operating a user equipment (UE) to make the new radio (NR) carrier aggregation more effective. The system and method can include at least: receiving a release message confirming release of the UE from a base station, the release message including Long Term Evolution radio access technology (RAT) frequencies and New Radio (NR) RAT frequencies; measuring during an IDLE state, the LTE RAT frequencies and the NR RAT frequencies;…

INTER-INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NODE CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING

Granted: October 31, 2024
Application Number: 20240365151
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods and apparatuses for measurements and reports in integrated access and backhaul networks.

NOISE CANCELLATION CIRCUIT

Granted: October 31, 2024
Application Number: 20240364285
The present disclosure describes an apparatus, system, and method for cancelling noise (e.g., power supply noise). For example, the apparatus can include a load circuit, a sense resistor, and a current compensation circuit. The load circuit is configured to draw a first current (e.g., a load current). The sense resistor is configured to provide a voltage based on the first current. The current compensation circuit is configured to generate a second current (e.g., a compensation current)…

SECURITY MODEL AND INTERFACE FOR DIGITAL PURCHASES ON A WEARABLE DEVICE

Granted: October 31, 2024
Application Number: 20240362689
Embodiments described herein provide a security model and interface for wearable device digital purchases that can be made without the assistance of a companion device. The satellite device can be configured to be used as a primary device, without reliance upon a paired device. A provisioning process may be implemented to generate and validate one or more tokens to authenticate the wearable device and a set of cryptographic keys can be generated. Subsequently, the token(s) and…

Transit Navigation

Granted: October 31, 2024
Application Number: 20240361133
Some embodiments provide a map application that identifies a transit route that includes one or more transit legs between a starting location and a destination location. In response to a request to start navigating the identified transit route, the map application of some embodiments provides a first display area for displaying a set of navigation instructions, each of which describes a transit maneuver that is associated with a transit leg of the transit route. The map application also…

Presenting Labels In Augmented Reality

Granted: October 24, 2024
Application Number: 20240355058
In some implementations, a computing device can present augmented reality (AR) labels in an AR video stream. For example, the computing device can obtain route information for a route requested by a user and can determine locations along the route for placing candidate AR labels. The computing device can determine the precise location of the computing device using camera depth information obtained in response to the user scanning the local real-world environment with a camera of the…