Apple Patent Applications

GROUP CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) REPORTING ENHANCEMENT FOR MULTI-RX CHAIN CAPABLE UE

Granted: October 10, 2024
Application Number: 20240340675
Aspects are described for a user equipment (UE) comprising two or more transceivers configured to enable wireless communication with a first base station, and a processor communicatively coupled to the two or more transceivers. The processor is configured to measure a first reference signal and a second reference signal during a measuring period to determine a first measuring result of the first reference signal and a second measuring result of the second reference signal. The processor…

INPUT AND OUTPUT SPATIAL CROPPING OPERATIONS IN NEURAL PROCESSOR CIRCUITS

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240330217
An SoC circuit includes a neural processor circuit coupled to a CPU. The neural processor circuit includes neural engines, a data processor DMA circuit, a system memory, and a data processor circuit. The CPU is configured to execute a compiler, which is in turn configured to determine to perform a mode of spatial cropping and the associated crop offset. The neural processor circuit is configured to support arbitrary cropping in the x and y dimensions. The compiler is configured to…

Techniques To Reduce Radio Resource Management Measurements And User Equipment Power Consumption

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334338
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for reducing radio resource management (RRM) measurements and user equipment (UE) power consumption in a wireless cellular network. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADAPTATION OF REFERENCE SIGNAL (RS) MONITORING FOR USER EQUIPMENT (UE) POWER SAVING

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334331
Embodiments are provided for resource monitoring and power saving in a user equipment (UE) operating according to a discontinuous reception (DRX) in new radio (NR) wireless communication system. The UE, operating in the DRX mode, monitors for a wake up occasion in control signal prior to the DRX ON time. If the wake occasion is detected, then the UE monitors for a channel state information (CSI) resource signal (RS) prior to the DRX ON time. If no wake up occasion is detected, then at…

CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR MOBILE NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334321
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for apparatuses and methods for providing continuous communication services for a user equipment (UE) connected to a non-terrestrial network (NTN) and/or one or more satellites providing cellular coverage. The UE may receive a list of neighbor cells from a serving cell, which may be a satellite moving relative to the Earth and having a moving coverage area. After receiving the list of neighbor cells, the UE may sort the…

CONFIGURATION OF SENSING SIGNAL AND SENSING RESULTS REPORTING

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334230
The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for configuring sensing signals and reporting results.

MULTI-ILLUMINATION WHITE BALANCE CIRCUIT WITH THUMBNAIL IMAGE PROCESSING

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240334073
An image processing circuit for multi-illumination white balance with thumbnail processing. The image processing circuit determines a set of initial weights for a source pixel in a thumbnail image by determining component values for multiple color channels of the source pixel. The image processing circuit determines a set of weights for the source pixel in a weight map for the thumbnail image. Each weight in the set of weights is determined based on corresponding initial weights from the…

ISSUANCE OF A DIGITAL PRESENTABLE USER IDENTITY

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240333512
Techniques are described for generating a verified data package. An example method includes receiving data including biographical information and an associated portrait. The method further includes causing a prompt for a user to capture a self-portrait photograph to be displayed based at least in part on receiving the data. The method further includes receiving the self-portrait photograph based at least in part on the displayed prompt. The method further includes causing data and the…

AP-SRS TRIGGERING OFFSET ENHANCEMENT FOR FURTHER ENHANCED MIMO

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240333449
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…

CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) REPORT CONFIGURATION FOR NETWORK SPATIAL ELEMENTS ADAPTATION

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240333355
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for supporting channel state information (CSI) report configuration for network spatial elements adaptation. The UE can receive a CSI report configuration from the base station indicating a first configuration to configure a first CSI report, and a second configuration to configure a second CSI report. The UE can determine one or more active configurations selected from the first configuration and the second configuration,…

Processing of Synchronization Barrier Instructions

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240329990
A system, e.g., a system on a chip (SOC), may include one or more processors. A processor may execute an instruction synchronization barrier (ISB) instruction to enforce an ordering constraint on instructions. To execute the ISB instruction, the processor may determine whether contexts of the processor required for execution of instructions older than the ISB instruction are consumed for the older instructions. Responsive to determining that the contexts are consumed for the older…

Navigation Application With Novel Declutter Mode

Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number: 20240329792
Some embodiments provide a navigation application with a novel declutter navigation mode. In some embodiments, the navigation application has a declutter control that when selected, directs the navigation application to simplify a navigation presentation by removing or de-emphasizing non-essential items that are displayed in the navigation presentation. In some embodiments, the declutter control is a mode-selecting control that allows the navigation presentation to toggle between normal…

Crowd Sourced Privacy Preserving Access Point Mapping

Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240323742
In some implementations, a computing system can perform crowd sourced access point mapping using privacy preserving techniques. For example, a server device can receive access point data reports from multiple user devices that includes various attributes and/or measurements with respect to access points with which the user devices have established connections. The access point data reports can be delivered without identifying the user devices, or users thereof, and their exact locations.…

PREDICTION AND USE OF PROCESSOR INACTIVITY FOR RENDERING FRAMES

Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240320897
A computing device performs a first operation before a first commit deadline, resulting in a first frame being rendered and displayed in a first cycle. A second operation is performed, before a second commit deadline, resulting in a second frame being rendered and displayed in a second cycle. A time remaining to a third commit deadline is determined, using the current time. A third operation is predicted, performable before a third commit deadline. An additional operation is predicted,…

Behavioral Curation of Media Assets

Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240320258
In some implementations, a computing device may create a semantic mapping that includes identified features that appear in a particular percentage of assets in a subset of assets of a media library. Also, the computing device may analyze assets of the media library using the semantic mapping to generate semantic scores, which may be used to determine a first tier of assets from the media library that rate highest for semantic score out of all assets. The computing device may present at…

Data Migration Synchronization Process Using A Manifest From A Source Device To A New Destination Device

Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240319895
In some implementations, a computing device may configure a new device based on a current state of an old device, including settings, preferences, and other user data. The data may be transferred from the old device to the new device, and then relocated according to a manifest that details positions of the data on the old device. The destination device may be rebooted into a configuration mode to allow for the relocation of the transferred data, and then rebooted again to configure the…

MAP DATA ADJUSTMENTS FOR ANOMALY CORRECTION

Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240318977
Techniques described herein are used to identify buildings that intersect or otherwise overlap a road, and independently scaling the buildings until they no longer overlap. For example, a computer system may identify an intersection condition corresponding to an intersection between a first polygon of a first type and a second polygon of a second type. The first polygon may include a set of edges connected by a set of vertexes. The computer system may select a first pivot point for the…

Configuring Context-Based Restrictions For A Computing Device

Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240311513
In some implementations, a computing device can restrict the use of another computing device in certain contexts. For example, a parent may wish to use the parent's computing device to restrict her children's use of the children's computing devices while the children are in school while the children should be participating in some other activity. For example, the parent's controller device may be enabled to remotely configure and control the usage of the satellite device(s) without…

Camera with Image Sensor Shifting

Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240314435
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.

Remotely Controlling Playback Devices

Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240314383
In some implementations, a system can be configured to allow remote control devices to quietly obtain status information related to various audio/video playback devices. For example, a streaming device (e.g., a user device, phone, etc.) can establish a streaming connection to a playback device. The playback device can be configured to only accept a single streaming connection (i.e., master connection). A remote control device (e.g., a user device, phone, etc.) can quietly connect (i.e.,…