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Adaptive noise cancellation and speech filtering for electronic devices

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12293753
Aspects of the subject technology provide for generation of a self-voice signal by an electronic device that is operating in an active noise cancellation mode. In this way, during a phone call, a video conference, or while listening to audio content, a user of the electronic device may benefit from active cancellation of ambient noise while still being able to hear their own voice when they speak. In various implementations described herein, the concurrent self-voice and automatic noise…

Managing uplink transmission with multiple timing advance groups

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12294964
This application relates to wireless communications, including methods and apparatus to manage uplink (UL) transmit switching with multiple timing advance groups (TAGs) for wireless devices. A wireless device is configured to select N?2 radio frequency carriers for UL transmission from M>N available radio frequency carriers and subsequently send UL transmissions to a cellular wireless network based on the configuration. The M available radio frequency carriers are divided into…

Systems, methods, and devices for energy optimal radio link adaptation

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12294943
The techniques described herein include provide solutions to optimizing the battery power of a user equipment (UE) though energy optimal radio link adaption. A UE may determine an energy optimal modulation and coding scheme (MCS). An energy optimal MCS may include an MCS that enables reception of a data payload at a lowest total energy consumed by a receiver. In some implementations, the MCS may be based on several factors, including time and/or data rate constraints and changes in…

Cloud-based proximity pairing and switching for peer-to-peer devices

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12294927
A first wireless communication device (UE device) associated with a certain user (or included in a specified set/group of UE devices) may establish a first communication link with an accessory device according to a short-range radio access technology, and transmit link (pairing) information associated with the first communication link to a server, such as a cloud-based server. The server may share this (first) link information with other UE devices associated with the same user (or…

Method and system for audio bridging with an output device

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12294851
A method performed by a first electronic device that includes a first speaker, the method includes, receiving, via a network, a representation of audio content, while a second electronic device is playing back the audio content through a second speaker, determining that the first electronic device is moving away from the second electronic device, and, in response to determining that the first electronic device is moving away from the second electronic device, using the representation of…

Audio level metering for listener position and object position

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12294849
Playback of an audio signal is simulated from a playback position to a listening position. The simulation is performed with respect to a model of a listening area. The resulting loudness of the audio, perceived at the listening position, is rendered to a display. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Environment for remote communication

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12294812
An electronic device is described. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes instructions for: while presenting an extended reality environment, receiving, by the first electronic device, a request to present a virtual representation of a remote participant of a communication session, where the first electronic device is connected to the communication session; obtaining a capability of the remote participant of the communication session; and in response to receiving the request…

Displays with viewer tracking for vertical parallax correction

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12294692
An electronic device may include a stereoscopic display with a plurality of lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display such that a viewer perceives three-dimensional images. The display may have different viewing zones that account for horizontal parallax as a viewer moves horizontally relative to the display. The display may be dimmed globally, blurred, and/or composited with a…

Memory subsystem calibration using substitute results

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12293808
A memory subsystem and method for performing calibrations therein is disclosed. A memory subsystem includes a memory controller coupled to a memory by a plurality of signal paths. The memory controller is configured to perform an initial calibration to determine respective eye patterns corresponding to the ones of the plurality of signal paths. For a subsequent calibration, updated eye patterns are determined for a subset of the plurality of signal paths. Remaining ones of the plurality…

Determining suggested subsequent user actions during digital assistant interaction

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12293764
Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes receiving an utterance including a user request, determining, based on the user request, a domain associated with the user request, determining, based on the domain, a first subsequent user action and a second subsequent user action, determining, based on the domain, a first parameter for the first subsequent user action and a second parameter for the second subsequent user…

Electronic device with animated graphical user interface

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: D1073692

Digital assistant integration with system interface

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12293203
Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. Upon receiving a user input requesting that a digital assistant initiate a task, performance of the task is initiated, and a task response is provided. If the digital assistant determines that task is associated with a first user interface, such as a non-digital assistant-specific user interface, the task response is provided using the first user interface.

Device, method, and graphical user interface for annotating text

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12293147
In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a touch-sensitive display. The method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a text region that includes a first portion of text and a second portion of text. The method includes detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, an input within the text region. The method includes, in response to detecting the input within the text region, moving the first…

Time-synchronized pixel array and touch array crosstalk mitigation systems and methods

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12293043
Systems, methods, and devices are described that may mitigate display pixel and touch crosstalk noise. A touch processing system may compensate touch scan data to reduce the noise based on a luminance value. An image processing system may determine the luminance value based on image data and a display brightness value of an electronic display. Using the compensated touch scan data, the touch processing system may determine a proximity of a capacitive object to at least one touch sense…

Method and device for presenting a synthesized reality user interface

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12293025
In various implementations, a method comprises: identifying a plurality of data items, each of the plurality of data items having at least a first metadata field or a second metadata field; displaying a volumetric environment including a first plurality of SR objects corresponding to a first plurality of data items among the plurality of data items, wherein the first plurality of data items includes the first metadata field with first metadata field values; detecting a first user input…

Adaptive wake-up for power conservation in a processor

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12292783
A processor can include various processing pipelines that perform different data processing operations, with different pipelines having dedicated logic and memory circuits. A power management circuit can determine when to supply power to various pipelines, including the logic and memory circuits of the various pipelines, depending on a current operating mode of the processor. When a memory circuit transitions to a lower power state such as a sleep state, data can be saved to a different…

Light output devices and light outputting methods for optical systems

Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number: 12292597
Configurations for an optical system used for guiding light and reducing back-reflection back in an output waveguide is disclosed. The optical system may include an output waveguide defined in a slab waveguide. The output waveguide may terminate before an output side of the slab waveguide, which may reduce the back-reflection of light from the output side back into the output waveguide. The output side may define an optical element that may steer the output light. The optical element may…