ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250113190
The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for an application function (AF) direct access to a radio access network (RAN) management function.
SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE IMMUNITY
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250112172
The present disclosure describes a structure that includes an electromagnetic interference (EMI) immunity layer and a doped epitaxial layer on the EMI immunity layer. The EMI immunity layer has a first resistivity and a first thickness. The doped epitaxial layer has a second resistivity and a second thickness. A sum of thicknesses is defined by a combination of the first thickness and the second thickness. A first ratio is the sum of the first thicknesses to the second thickness. A…
NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS WITH STORE AND FORWARD
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250105913
The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for non-terrestrial networks with store and forward operation.
TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRANSMISSION OF AUDIO AND RANGING SIGNALS
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250106805
The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and techniques for joint transmission of audio data and ranging signals. The transmitter may use multicasting to transmit the audio data and ranging signal(s) to one or more devices. The transmitter may use a daisy chain transmission scheme in which the transmitting device may include the audio data of one or more devices in the payload and send them to one receiving device.
POINTER MECHANISMS FOR COMMUNICATING AUTHENTICATION AND KEY MANAGEMENT (AKM) AND CIPHERS
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250106627
Some aspects of this disclosure include a system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product and/or combinations and/or sub-combinations thereof, for implementing multi-credential mapping mechanisms in wireless communication networks, such as a wireless local area network (WLAN). The multi-credential mapping mechanisms can use pointer schemes for communicating multiple credentials (e.g., Authentication and Key Managements (AKMs) and ciphers) in the…
ENHANCED AUTOMOTIVE PASSIVE ENTRY
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250106587
Methods and devices are provided for allowing a mobile device (e.g., a key fob or a consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, watch, or other wearable device) to interact with a vehicle such that a location of the mobile device can be determined by the vehicle, thereby enabling certain functionality of the vehicle. A device may include both RF antenna(s) and magnetic antenna(s) for determining a location of a mobile device relative to the vehicle. Such a hybrid approach can…
HEADPHONES
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250106558
This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that reduce the size of headphones and allow for small form-factor storage configurations are discussed. User convenience features that include synchronizing earpiece stem positions and automatically detecting the orientation of the headphones on a user's head are also discussed. Various power-saving features, design features, sensor configurations and user…
CAPACITIVE IN EAR DETECT ON EARPHONES
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250106546
An earphone comprising: a device housing that defines an internal cavity within the device housing; an acoustic port formed through the device housing and having an opening at an exterior surface of the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; a plurality of capacitive pixels disposed within the internal cavity, wherein at least two of the capacitive pixels are disposed radially around the acoustic port and…
Sensor Shift Assembly for Camera Module
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250106512
A camera is provided. The camera includes an optical assembly having one or more lens defining an optical axis. The camera also includes an image sensor and an enclosure forming an exterior wall of the camera. The camera further includes an actuator assembly to move the image sensor relative to the optical assembly. In addition, the camera includes a base that is a static component of the camera, wherein the base comprises a seat that faces in a direction that is parallel to the optical…
Camera Focusing for Video Passthrough Systems
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250106506
Methods and apparatus for camera focusing for video passthrough devices. Gaze information from a gaze tracking subsystem, either alone or along with depth information from a depth tracking system, may be leveraged to determine depths at which to focus. Gaze information, or a combination of depth and gaze information, may be used. As an alternative, the user can manually control the focus distance. For example, a manual bifocal method may provide two focus distances (near focus and far…
MIM MAGNETS
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250104895
Examples provide magnets for electronic devices. The magnets can be formed as unitary structures using metal-injection molding. The magnets can be referred to as neodymium magnets. That is, they can be formed of neodymium, iron, and boron. The magnet can comprise a plurality of easy axes, where the plurality of easy axes are not parallel.
BRANCHING OPERATION FOR NEURAL PROCESSOR CIRCUIT
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250103870
A neural processor includes neural engines for performing convolution operations on input data corresponding to one or more tasks to generate output data. The neural processor circuit also includes a data processor circuit that is coupled to one or more neural engine. The data processor circuit receives the output data from the neural engine and generates a branching command from the output data. The neural processor circuit further includes a task manager that is coupled to the data…
Multiple Illumination Conditions for Biometric Authentication
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250103693
Methods and apparatus for illuminating a biometric aspect, such as periocular region features or iris features, with multiple illumination configurations to create multiple illumination channels for computer analysis are disclosed. Multiple illumination channels may be used for quality assurance by comparing the actual illumination channel property of a given image to the illumination channel that was activated for image capture. Images captured at the multiple illumination channels can…
Camera With Curved Electromagnetics
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250102821
Various embodiments include a camera system that includes one or more voice coil motor (VCM) actuators having curved electromagnetics. In various embodiments, the VCM actuator(s) may include an optical image stabilization (OIS) VCM actuator configured to tilt/rotate a lens group, together with an image sensor, about multiple axes orthogonal to an optical axis of the camera system. Additionally, or alternatively, the VCM actuator(s) may include a theta-Z correction VCM actuator configured…
Breath Signal Estimation Using Point Cloud Data
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250098987
Respiration data is measured from point cloud data containing points associated with an upper body of a user. A device may receive the point cloud data via a wired or wireless connection or may generate it from one or more image sensors integrated into the device. Movement of points associated with the upper body, or within a region of interest, may be measured to estimate a breath signal. The estimated breath signal may be further processed to derive values representative of the breath…
Adaptive On-Chip Digital Power Estimator
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250093926
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a dynamic power estimation (DPE) unit that adapts weights in real-time are described. A system includes a processor, a DPE unit, and a power management unit (PMU). The DPE unit generates a power consumption estimate for the processor by multiplying a plurality of weights by a plurality of counter values, with each weight multiplied by a corresponding counter. The DPE unit calculates the sum of the products of the plurality of weights and…
SUBSTRATE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250098354
The present disclosure describes an integrated circuit device that includes a ceramic-based substrate, a stack of layers disposed on the ceramic-based substrate, and electronic elements. The stack of layers includes an insulation layer and a conductive layer having conductive traces. The electronic elements are electrically connected to the conductive layer. The conductive layer is configured to route electrical signals to the electronic elements.
CONTROL PLANE AND USER PLANE SUBNETWORK TECHNOLOGIES
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250097759
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for employing subnetworks to communicate with cellular networks.
CARRIER SPECIFIC SCALING FACTOR WITHOUT MEASUREMENT GAP FOR MEASUREMENTS IN DUAL CONNECTIVITY
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250097746
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for carrier-specific scaling factor for measurements without measurement gaps in dual connectivity networks.
Consistent Speculation of Pointer Authentication
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250094567
In an embodiment, a processor includes hardware circuitry which may be used to authenticate instruction operands. The processor may execute instructions that perform operand authentication both speculatively and non-speculatively. During speculative execution of such instructions, the processor may execute authentication such that no differences in observable state of the processor, relative to authentication result, are detectable via a side channel. During speculative execution, a…
