Apple Patent Applications

LAYER 3 (L3) MEASUREMENT ASSISTED GROUP-BASED BEAM REPORTING (GBBR)

Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number: 20250031061
Embodiments are disclosed for enhanced layer 3 (L3) measurement reporting that supports L3 measurement assisted group-based beam reporting (GBBR). Some embodiments include a user equipment (UE) that can receive a first reference signal from a network at a first angle of arrival (AoA), and receive a second reference signal from the network at a second AoA. The UE can perform L3 measurements on the first reference signal and the second reference signal, and generate and transmit to the…

CONSISTENCY CHECKING OF A DELEGATED TRIGGER IN AN AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENT

Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number: 20250030572
A first device can identify a trigger. The trigger can include a triggering event and an action to be performed on an accessory device in response to detecting the triggering event. When the trigger is delegated to the first electronic device, the first electronic device can execute the trigger by monitoring for the triggering event and transmitting a control message to the accessory device in response to detecting the triggering event. When the trigger is delegated to a second…

Proximity Based Personalization Of A Computing Device

Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number: 20250024538
In some implementations, a computing device can be configured for users (e.g., user devices) that are detected nearby the computing device. For example, the computing device may be a communal device configured for a single user but generally used by multiple users. The communal device can discover when a known (e.g., authorized, trusted, etc.) user device is near the communal device and obtain personalization data from the nearby user device. The communal device can configure the…

MULTIMEDIA PRIORITY SERVICE OVER WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK

Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number: 20250024489
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide multimedia priority service (MPS) prioritization for a network via wireless local area network (WLAN) access.

HEADPHONES

Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number: 20250024183
This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that enhance user comfort and improve user control of the headphones are discussed. Various sensor configurations and electronic component positions are also discussed. User convenience features that include detachable cushions and automatically detecting the donning and doffing of headphones are also discussed.

METHOD FOR TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL (TRS) ENHANCEMENT

Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number: 20250023685
Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for tracking reference signal (TRS) support of high speed use cases of 5G communications in a single frequency network (SFN), where a user equipment (UE) can measure a Doppler offset of a combined signal from two or more transmission reception points (TRPs) of the 5G communications system. A 5G node B (gNB) node can transmit a periodic, semi-persistent (SP), or aperiodic TRS with high measurement density that the…

Compression and Signaling of Displacements in Dynamic Mesh Compression

Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number: 20250022182
A system comprises an encoder configured to compress and encode data for a three-dimensional dynamic mesh. The three-dimensional dynamic mesh is compressed and signaled using a base-mesh sub-bitstream and a displacement sub-bitstream. The displacement sub-bitstream comprises displacement information to be applied at sub-division points of the base mesh to recreate the three-dimensional dynamic mesh at a given moment in time. A separate data unit type is used to signal the displacement…

MAPPABLE FILTER FOR NEURAL PROCESSOR CIRCUIT

Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number: 20250021808
Embodiments relate to a neural processor circuit that may include a fetch circuit that fetches coefficient data of a machine learning model from a memory source. The neural processor circuit may also include one or more neural engine circuits that are coupled to the fetch circuit. A neural engine circuit may include a buffer circuit that stores the coefficient data. The neural engine circuit may also include a coefficient organizing circuit that generates at least a first mapping and a…

TECHNIQUES FOR LOCALIZING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number: 20250020759
An electronic device may receive a first signal from a first transmitting device at a first time. The electronic device may receive a second signal from a second transmitting device at a second time. The electronic device may access location information for the first transmitting device and the second transmitting device. The electronic device may receive a message from a second electronic device having a known distance relationship to the first transmitting device and the second…

DISCOVERY FRAMES AND GROUP ADDRESSED FRAMES TRANSMISSION

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250016550
Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing discovery frames and group addressed frames communication. For example, some embodiments relate to a method including generating a first frame to be transmitted to a first electronic device. An association identifier (AID) value of the first frame is set to a first value to indicate that the first frame is an individually addressed frame addressed to the first electronic device. The method further…

Guidance Of Autonomous Vehicles In Destination Vicinities Using Intent Signals

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250010847
Signals usable to determine a path of a vehicle towards a particular stopping point in a vicinity of a destination are detected from an individual authorized to provide guidance with respect to movements of the vehicle. Based at least in part on the signals and a data set pertaining to the external environment of the vehicle, one or more vehicular movements to be implemented to proceed along the path are identified. A directive is transmitted to a motion control subsystem of the vehicle…

Generating Unexpected Location Notifications

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250016524
In some implementations, a first computing device can send notifications at times that the first computing device is not in an expected location. A user of a second computing device can remotely configure an expected location for the first computing device, which may be a particular location for a certain period of time. During that time, the first computing device can monitor its own location and check whether it is within the expected location. If the first computing device…

Spatial Light System

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250016292
A spatial light system that may, for example, be used to project image content onto surfaces of a room. The system may include two or more projection units for emitting light onto surfaces within a room. The system may include a controller and two or more projection units, each module including an LED array, an array of light pipes, and a condenser lens. Two or more projection units may be connected to a flexible strip that provides power and data (e.g., serial data) to the projection…

DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY FOR MESSAGE TEXT CONTENT MINING

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250016131
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining whether a message received by a client may be spam, in a computing environment that preserves privacy. The message may be encrypted. A client invokes the methods when a message is received from a sender that is not known to the client. A client can decrypt the message, break the message into chunks, and apply a differentially private algorithm to the set of chunks. The client transmits the differentially private message sketches to an…

DEVICE COUPLING FOR WIRELESS CHARGING

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015636
Electronic apparatuses according to embodiments of the present technology may include an electronic device a first surface and a second surface opposite the first. The electronic device may include a battery and a wireless charging coil within an interior volume of the device. The electronic device may include a first magnetic conductor and positioned between the battery and the wireless charging coil. The electronic device may also include an integrated circuit coupled with the battery…

BONDING STRUCTURES IN SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250015027
Various embodiments of an integrated circuit (IC) die package are disclosed. An IC die package includes an IC die, an interposer structure electrically connected to the IC die, a first bonding structure, and a second bonding structure. The first bonding structure includes a first dielectric layer disposed on the IC die and also includes a first conductive pad having an embedded portion disposed in the first dielectric layer and an anchor portion extending over a top surface of the first…

MOLDING COMPOUND LAYERS IN SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250014960
Various embodiments of an integrated circuit (IC) die package are disclosed. An IC die package includes an IC die, an interposer structure electrically connected to the IC die, a first bonding structure, a second bonding structure, and a molding compound layer. The first bonding structure includes a first dielectric layer disposed on the IC die and a first conductive plug disposed in the first dielectric layer. The second bonding structure includes a second dielectric layer disposed on…

Augmented Reality System

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250014292
A light system that may project virtual content onto surfaces of a room. The system may include one or more low-resolution light-emitting diode (LED) projectors for emitting light representing low-resolution virtual content, and a high-resolution LED projector for emitting light representing high-resolution virtual content. The high-resolution projector may be used to project a 2D image of augmented or virtual reality content being viewed by a person in a room using a device such as a…

RANGE FINDING AND ACCESSORY TRACKING FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEMS

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250013292
Range finding methods and apparatus that may be implemented by VR/MR systems that include a head-mounted display (HMD) and an accessory that the user holds or wears. Range finding sensors (e.g., ultrasonic transducers) may be included on the HMD and on the accessory and used to track distances to and relative position of walls, objects, and other obstacles within constrained physical environments such as rooms, gyms, yards, or fields, or in unconstrained physical environments. Range…

SCHEDULING DEVICE FOR CUSTOMIZABLE ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATIONS

Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number: 20250013203
First interaction data may be received and used to determine a beginning sleep time. Second interaction data may be received and used to determine an interrupted period during an expected sleep period. Third interaction data may be received and used to determine an end sleep time.