Apple Patent Applications

CONTROL CHANNEL AND REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240314780
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus. systems, and methods for control signaling and reference signal transmission in wireless networks.

RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES BASED ON PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDDCH) ORDERS

Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240314709
Methods, systems, and storage media are described for random access procedures triggered based on physical downlink control channel (PDDCH) orders. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

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.

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…

User Interfaces for Sound Engineering Application on Touch Device

Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240303269
A system reorders filters in a set of the filters that may be used to update a list of content. In response to receiving user input selecting a particular filter, the system may filter and/or reorder the content in the list of content and reorder the remaining un-selected filters. Filters that would result in a more even split of the content may be ranked higher than filters that would result in a less even split of that content. A filter that would result in selection of half of the…

ACCESS POINT (AP) POWER SAVE ENHANCEMENTS

Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240306089
Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for access point (AP) power save enhancements. AP power save enhancements reduce power consumption for APs including multi-link device (MLD) APs, mobile APs and mobile AP stations. Some embodiments include an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU)-Request to Send (RTS) power save feature, that allows an AP to be available while operating in a low power receive (LPR) state (e.g., low power mode) and transition to a full…

Optical Image Stabilization With Voice Coil Motor for Moving Image Sensor

Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240305889
In some embodiments, a camera actuator includes an actuator base, an autofocus voice coil motor, and an optical image stabilization voice coil motor. In some embodiments, the autofocus voice coil motor includes a lens carrier mounting attachment moveably mounted to the actuator base, a plurality of shared magnets mounted to the base, and an autofocus coil fixedly mounted to the lens carrier mounting attachment for producing forces for moving a lens carrier in a direction of an optical…

ACCESS POINT (AP)-ASSISTED AP TRANSITION

Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240305409
Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for access point (AP)-assisted AP transition. Using AP-assisted AP transitions, when the STA is associated with a first access point (AP) and is transitioning to a second AP, a station (STA) can transmit to the second AP a control signal including a first indication for sequence number (SN) maintenance. The STA can receive from the second AP responsive to the first indication for SN maintenance, a first downlink…

CODING FOR PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION WITH AN ODD NUMBER OF OUTPUT LEVELS

Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240305287
The present disclosure describes embodiments of driver circuit. The driver circuit includes a first impedance element electrically coupled to a first inverter circuit and a second impedance element electrically coupled to the first impedance element and a second inverter circuit. For a first encoding using the driver circuit, the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit are controlled such that a first current flows through the first and second impedance elements, the first…

METHOD, DEVICE, ADD-ON AND SECURE ELEMENT FOR CONDUCTING A SECURED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION ON A DEVICE

Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240303625
A device, an add-on and a secure element for conducting a secured financial transaction are disclosed. The device comprises a central processing unit; a communication interface for establishing a communication between the device and a financial institution related to a financial account; an interface for acquiring data relating to the financial account; the secure element for processing at least a portion of the data relating to the financial account acquired by the interface; and…

User Interfaces for Lessons and Audio Plugins in Sound Engineering Application on Touch Device

Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240303098
A computing device may include an application operating in a learning mode. When in the learning mode, an instruction panel is provided over a full version of the application to guide the user through use and understanding of the application. The instruction panel displays, in sequential order, instructional slides from a selected tutorial. Each instructional slide of the set of instructional slides may include instructions to a user to perform an operation or otherwise engage the…

TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING RANGING BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240302518
A mobile device may receive a plurality of timestamps, wherein the plurality of timestamps indicate sending and receiving time for ranging packets and response packets. The mobile device may calculate a responder turn-around time as a first difference between the second time and the first time. The mobile device may calculate a responding round trip time as a second difference between the second time and the third time. The mobile device may receive from the electronic device an…

TECHNIQUES FOR CHANGING FREQUENCY OF RANGING BASED ON LOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICE

Granted: September 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240298140
Certain embodiments are directed to techniques (e.g., a device, a method, a memory or non-transitory computer readable medium storing code or instructions executable by one or more processors) for communication techniques between an electronic device (e.g., a smart speaker, a smart TV, a smart appliance, etc.) and one or more mobile devices (e.g., a smartphone, a tablet, a wearable device etc.). Techniques can vary the rate the mobile device responds to ranging messages based on one or…

DISCOVERY REFERENCE SIGNAL DESIGN FOR QUASI CO-LOCATION AND FRAME TIMING INFORMATION IN NEW RADIO USER EQUIPMENT

Granted: September 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240297759
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for performing Synchronization Single Block (SSB) transmission using a number of SSB beams. An embodiment operates by determining a SSB index for a SSB based on a candidate position in a set of candidate positions and the number of SSB beams. The embodiment determines a shift value for the SSB index based on the candidate position and the number of SSB beams. The embodiment determines a frame timing for the SSB…

TECHNIQUES FOR HYBRIDIZED ULTRA-WIDEBAND AND NARROWBAND SIGNALING

Granted: September 5, 2024
Application Number: 20240297758
Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium are provided for utilizing a hybrid of ultra-wideband (UWB) and narrowband (NB) signaling to provide more efficient operating range and operating efficiency. For example, a first device may schedule transmission of a packet via a narrowband signal to a second device. The first device may then transmit the packet, whereby the packet conveys synchronization data that is used by the second device to schedule reception of a plurality of…

POWER SAVE IN OVERLOADED WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240292327
Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing power consumption mitigation techniques for downlink transmission of a high priority payload in wireless communication networks. For example, an electronic device includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, using the transceiver and from a second electronic device, a preamble associated with a first payload. The processor is further configured to determine, based at least…

TIME DOMAIN BANDWIDTH PART (TD-BWP) SWITCHING FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240291601
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing time domain bandwidth part (TD-BWP) switch for carrier aggregation (CA) for balancing between the UE power consumption and a latency of the UE. For example, the UE includes one or more transceivers configured to wirelessly communicate with a base station on a plurality of component carriers (CCs) in a carrier aggregated (CA) network. The UE also includes a processor communicatively coupled to the one or…

CODEBOOK SUBSET RESTRICTION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240291530
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for configuring codebook subset restriction and channel state information reporting for artificial intelligence/machine learning enabled channel state information reporting.

SYSTEM FOR LINK MANAGEMENT BETWEEN MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION CHIPS

Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number: 20240289292
Embodiments relate to an integrated circuit of an electronic device that coordinates activities with another integrated circuit of the electronic device. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit and a processor circuit. The interface circuit communicates over a multi-drop bus connected to multiple electronic components. The processor circuit receives an authorization request from the integrated circuit via the interface circuit and the multi-drop bus. The received…

Dynamic Types For Activity Continuation Between Electronic Devices

Granted: August 22, 2024
Application Number: 20240284154
described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device, determines an activity identifier for the activity information, and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising the activity identifier. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether…