Apple Patent Applications

CAPABILITY REPORTING FOR ANTENNA SWITCHING (AS) SOUND REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) SOUNDING

Granted: January 2, 2025
Application Number: 20250008538
Embodiments are disclosed for capability reporting for antenna switching, AS, sound reference signals, SRS. A user equipment (UE) can transmit a capability report for AS SRS that includes a plurality of receive antenna (e.g., six or eight receive antenna), and receive SRS instructions based on the capability report. The UE can transmit a first temporary capability reduction for a duration, and transmit a first SRS according to the first temporary capability reduction and the SRS…

DISTRIBUTED AND SYNCHRONIZED BLUETOOTH SCAN ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES FOR FASTER BLUETOOTH DISCOVERY

Granted: January 2, 2025
Application Number: 20250008454
Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a synchronized short range communication protocol scan mechanism across multiple devices. Some aspects relate to an electronic device including a transceiver configured to communicate based on a short range communication protocol and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor receives one or more parameters from a peripheral electronic device and determines, based at least on the…

ENHANCEMENT ON TN CELL AND NTN CELL RESELECTION

Granted: January 2, 2025
Application Number: 20250008399
Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The UE obtains a cell reselection indication from a network device. The cell reselection indication indicates to the UE whether a terrestrial network (TN) cell or a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell serves as a camping cell for which the UE performs cell reselection; The UE performs the cell reselection based on the cell reselection indication.

DEVICE MONITORING TO IDENTIFY SAFETY OF A USER

Granted: January 2, 2025
Application Number: 20250005195
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, monitoring a user device to determine whether a user associated with the device is safe. In some examples, a user (which may be referred to herein as an “initiator” establishes a device monitoring session (which may be referred to herein as “session”) with a user, or a group of users, so that the user(s) are notified either when the initiator has safely ended the device monitoring session or receives…

CMOS-BASED TEMPERATURE SENSOR WITH FULL BAND POWER SUPPLY REJECTION

Granted: January 2, 2025
Application Number: 20250003809
The present disclosure describes embodiments of a temperature sensor with full band PSR. The temperature sensor can include a reference voltage generator, a temperature circuit, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The reference voltage generator is configured to generate a reference voltage. The temperature circuit is configured to operate under a substantially constant bias current and to generate a temperature signal proportional to temperature. The ADC is electrically coupled to…

Multi-Device Context Store

Granted: December 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240427800
In some implementations, a user device can maintain a multi-device context store. For example, the user device can receive device and/or user context information from multiple devices and store the context information in a local data store. The user device can collect local device and/or user context information and store the context information in the local context store. The user device can receive user/device context queries from client processes and send the client processes…

Folded Optics with Tilt Actuator and Spring Suspension

Granted: December 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240427122
Various embodiments include a tilt actuator and a spring suspension arrangement for use in a camera having a folded optics arrangement. In some embodiments, the folded optics arrangement may include a light path-folding element that is coupled with a carrier and that is tilted using the tilt actuator. The spring suspension arrangement may suspend the carrier and the light path-folding element from a base structure, and may allow motion of the light path-folding element enabled by the…

SENSOR FUSION NETWORK TO DISAMBIGUATE ANGLE OF ARRIVAL

Granted: December 26, 2024
Application Number: 20240426960
In some aspects, a mobile device may receive, from a transmitting device, the signal by a plurality of antennas. The mobile device may measure one or more phase differences among the signal received at the plurality of antennas. The mobile device may determine a first set of possible values for the angle of arrival that are consistent with the one or more phase differences. The mobile device may measure one or more signal values using one or more sensors of the mobile device. The mobile…

SECURE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION

Granted: December 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240419842
Techniques for storing health data can include a multi-node data structure. A data node, a category node, and an institution node of a multi-node data structure can be generated in accordance with a configuration file. The data node can include health data and can be identified by a first unique data identifier and encrypted using a first cryptographic key. The category node can include the first unique data identifier and the first cryptographic key. The category node can be identified…

CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR A STACKED BATTERY DESIGN

Granted: December 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240421323
Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a first cell and a second cell disposed adjacent the first cell. The devices may include a stacked current collector coupled between the first cell and the second cell. The current collector may include a grid or matrix, and may include a combination of conductive and insulative materials.

SECURE DOCUMENT TRANSFER

Granted: December 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240419825
After NFC transaction information is sent from the first device to the second device via the NFC protocol, the second device sends the NFC transaction information to the third-party. Both the first device and the third-party compute the same transaction identifier utilizing the NFC transaction information, and both the first device and the third-party register with a host server utilizing this transaction identifier. The first device may then send a public key to the host server with the…

Map Generation Using Locally Captured Sensor Data

Granted: December 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240416957
A rules of the road module and database determines rules using information about segments identified from locally captured image data and observables identified in the image data. The rules are generated without reliance on a high-definition map. Also, in some embodiments, the rules are determined in real-time, or near-real time by the rules of the road module during travel based on acquired images and sensor data about a path being travelled.

ACTIVE ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240411218
Fiducial patterns that produce diffraction patterns at a camera sensor are etched or otherwise provided on the surface of a cover glass (CG) in front of a camera. An active light source injects light into the cover glass or into a diffractive optical element to strengthen the signal from the fiducial pattern, or alternatively an active light source is used to reflect light off a reflective fiducial pattern on the cover glass, thus requiring fewer frames to capture and process the…

BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR EMISSION POWER

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240414659
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide beam management for beams with reduced maximum transmission power.

TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL (TRS) ENHANCEMENT WITH DOPPLER SHIFT PRE-COMPENSATION

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240414029
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for a network to use Doppler shift pre-compensation values for communicating Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) to a user equipment (UE) and for implementing mechanisms for triggering the UE to measure the Doppler shift pre-compensated TRS. Some aspects of this disclosure relate to a base station including a processor that determines a Doppler shift pre-compensation value associated with the UE in…

BEAM REPORTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240413915
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to beam reporting using media access control (MAC) control element (CE) in wireless communication systems.

RECEIVER STATE BASED ANTENNA TUNING

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240413537
In some implementations, the disclosed techniques may include tuning a first antenna element to a first tuning state during an acquisition mode for establishing communication channels with satellites. The first tuning state can configure the first antenna element to receive signals in a first frequency range. The techniques may include establishing the communication channels using the first antenna element in the first tuning state during the acquisition mode. The techniques may include…

TRANSFORMER INDUCTORS WITH TUNABLE COUPLING COEFFICIENT

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240412912
The present disclosure describes a circuit that includes a first inductor having a first terminal and second terminal, a second inductor having a third terminal and a fourth terminal, a first capacitor circuit, and a second capacitor circuit. The first and third terminals have a same polarity. The first capacitor circuit is cross-coupled to the first terminal and the fourth terminal. The second capacitor circuit is cross-coupled to the second terminal and the third terminal. The first…

Point Cloud Attribute Transfer Algorithm

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240412419
A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. A point cloud attribute transfer algorithm may be used to determine distortion between an original point cloud and a reconstructed point cloud. Additionally, the point cloud attribute transfer algorithm may be used to select attribute values for a reconstructed point cloud…

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM

Granted: December 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240411308
Autonomous navigation of a vehicle along one or more portions of a driving route based on monitoring, at the vehicle, various features of the route as the vehicle is manually navigated along the route to develop a characterization of the route is described. The characterization is progressively updated with repeated manual navigations along the route, and autonomous navigation of the route is enabled when a confidence indicator of the characterization meets a threshold indication.…