Apple Patente

The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for measurement pattern control in a wireless network.

An electronic device configured to transfer wireless power to an additional electronic device can include a wireless power transfer coil; an inverter configured to receive switching signals based on a dithered clock signal and output corresponding alternating current signals to the wireless power transfer coil; and control circuitry that generates the dithered clock signal. The dithered clock signal can have a plurality of frequency steps. A duty cycle of the switching signals can be different between at least two different frequency steps of the plurality of frequency steps to compensate for different gains of the wireless power transfer from the electronic device to the additional electronic device at the at least two different frequency steps.

The present disclosure generally relates to providing media playback controls to a user. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for displaying media playback controls are described.

The present disclosure generally relates to embodiments for a live communication interface for managing captions.

The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing, modifying, and/or outputting workout content.

A device implementing drag and drop for touchscreen devices may include a processor configured to detect a drag gesture selecting an item in a first application The processor may be further configured to detect a touch release at an end of the drag gesture for dropping the item in a second application, and send, in response to the detected touch release, a message to the second application, the message including information for a plurality of representations of the item. The processor may be further configured to receive, from the second application, a request for a representation of the item from among the plurality of representations. The processor may be further configured to send, to the first application, the request for the representation of the item. The processor may be further configured to initiate a data transfer of the representation of the item from the first application to the second application

The disclosure pertains to techniques for collaborating in a multi user communications environment. One such technique includes receiving, at a first communication device, data associated with a multi user communication session between a first user of the first communication device and a second user of a second communication device, presenting, at the first communication device, a non-extended reality graphical user interface (GUI), the non-extended reality GUI including a non-extended reality representation of a virtual object included in the multi user communication session and a representation of the second user based on the data associated with the multi user communication session, and updating, at the first communication device, the non-extended reality GUI to illustrate an interaction between the representation of the second user and the virtual object in response to the data indicating the interaction.

Embodiments for a device locator application are described. In an embodiment, a range and a direction from an electronic device to a target device is determined during a bi-directional ranging operation, a position estimate for the target device relative to the electronic device based on the range and the direction to the target device is determined, and an indicator of a proximity from the electronic device to the position estimate for the target device is presented.

Described herein are techniques to enable limited access to a photos library by enabling application specific virtual photo libraries. When an application requests access to the photos library, the user can select an option to enable or configure a virtual photos library, and then select specific assets (e.g., photos, videos) within the photos library to be selected for inclusion into an application specific virtual photos library.

The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for electronic devices, including user interfaces for user authentication and device management.

Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The UE may performs at least one of: monitoring physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) in a Type0-PDCCH common search space (CSS) set over one or two consecutive slots, starting from a slot index n_0, with a 480kHz or 960kHz subcarrier spacing (SCS); transmitting, to a base station (BS), a report of a UE capability related to search space configurations for multi-slot PDCCH monitoring; or performing a monitoring occasion (MO) shifting operation for a first group of search space (SS) sets in response to a determination that a second group of SS sets is updated.

The techniques for enabling the indication, selection, allocation, and use of sidelink (SL) resources for SL communications using an unlicensed wireless spectrum (SL-U communications) and multiple, consecutive slots. One or more of these techniques may be applicable to scenarios in which SL resources are allocated by a base station and/or scenarios in which SL resources are allocated by use equipment (UEs). The SL resources may include a frequency domain, time domain, number of consecutive slots, etc., may be selected from a pool of SL-U resources, and may be indicated using downlink control information (DCI) and/or sidelink control information (SCI). The techniques may include allocating SL-U resources using additional or higher layer parameters, such as candidate SL resource slots, sub-channels, data priority values, a reference signal received power (RSRP), and more. The techniques may involve scenarios in which allocated SL resource conflict or overlap with a channel occupancy time (COT).

The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for adjusting radio link control retransmission based on packet importance.

An electronic display may include a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit may include memory storage to store data values representative of image data to be depicted via the pixel circuit. The memory storage may also include memory components for storing bits of the data value. The pixel circuit may also include a light-emitting device for emitting light based at least in part on the data value and a controller. The controller may receive the data value and store the bits based on a mapping between the bits and the memory components. The mapping may be determined based on routing one or more of the bits associated with one or more defective memory components of the memory components to one or more other memory components of the memory components. The controller may also drive the light-emitting device to emit light based on the bits stored in accordance with the mapping.

There is provided an electronic device (100) comprising: a display (144); a touch sensor; and an enclosure (110) at least partially surrounding the display and at least partially defining an internal volume, the enclosure (110) including: a first cover assembly (122) defining a front surface (102) of the electronic device and comprising a first cover member defining a window positioned over the display and the touch sensor; and a second cover assembly (124) defining a rear surface (104) of the electronic device and comprising a second glass cover member, an exterior surface of the second glass cover member defining a textured region (130) having: a mean peak spacing from 5 microns to 20 microns; and a root mean square height from 0.25 microns to 2 microns.

In some implementations, documents can be presented on a display of a computing device based on a context of the computing device. The context can include a current time and/or current location associated with the computing device. The documents can be presented based on a time and/or location associated with the documents. Documents can be downloaded and shared between devices. Documents can be dynamically updated based on document vendor provided information and/or other network based resources. In some implementations, the various graphical interfaces described herein provide access to a variety of document types in an organized and efficient manner.

An electronic device (10) may include a flexible display (14) mounted to a foldable housing. The foldable housing may include first and second housing portions (12-1, 12-2) coupled by a hinge (30) that is aligned with the bend axis (28). The hinge (30) may include rollers (48) and interdigitated friction leaves (68) that rotate about multiple axes of rotation. The hinge (30) may include shafts that are received by the leaves and that are each aligned with a respective one of the axes of rotation. Some of the leaves (68) may include gears (78) for imposing synchronous motion of the first and second housing portions (12-1, 12-2), while other leaves may include hard stop structures (80) for imposing an open position hard stop and a closed position hard stop. In some arrangements, the leaves (68) may include a vertical slot (88) that receives a mutual pin and provides both synchronous motion functionality and hard stop functionality.

Electronic devices with improved methods and interfaces for messaging are disclosed, including improved ways to: acknowledge messages; edit previously sent messages; express what a user is trying to communicate; display private messages; synchronize viewing of content between users; incorporate handwritten inputs; quickly locate content in a message transcript; integrate a camera; integrate search and sharing; integrate interactive applications; integrate stickers; make payments; interact with avatars; make suggestions; navigate among interactive applications; manage interactive applications; translate foreign language text; combine messages into a group; and flag messages.

A head-mounted device (10), comprising: a head-mounted support structure (26); a left lens (38) on a left side of the head-mounted support structure; a right lens (38) on the right side of the head-mounted support structure; left and right displays (14) configured to provide respective left and right rear images viewable from left and right eye boxes (34) through the left and right lenses; a left infrared light source on the left side of the head-mounted support structure; a right infrared light source (58) on the right side of the head-mounted support structure; left and right cameras supported respectively on the left and right sides of the head-mounted support structure, wherein the left and right cameras (50, 52) are configured to capture visible light images in first ambient lighting conditions and are configured to capture infrared images in second ambient lighting conditions, wherein the second ambient lighting conditions are characterized by less visible ambient light than the first ambient lighting conditions, and wherein the left and right infrared light sources are configured to provide supplemental infrared illumination when the second ambient lighting conditions are present; and control circuitry (12) configured to turn on the left infrared light source without turning on the right infrared light source.

Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that produce three-dimensional (3D) Gaussian data representing 3D appearance characteristics of surfaces depicted in 2D image content. For example, a process may obtain a 2D image representing a scene and determine depth information identifying depths of one or more portions of the scene represented in the 2D image. The process may further generate a representation comprising (3D) Gaussian data representing 3D appearance characteristics of the scene represented in the 2D image. The representation may be generated based on the 2D image and the depth information. The process may further provide the representation comprising the 3D Gaussian data for rendering multiple views of the scene from different viewpoints. The rendering may include generating splats based on the 3D Gaussian data for each of the different viewpoints.

Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE), manufacturer server, and/or cellular network to perform radio capability signaling. A new type of UE radio capability identifier is provided which may allow a network to distinguish between similar UEs that have or have not implemented a capability update. In order to perform a forced capability update, a manufacturer may issue information about the update to a cellular network (and receive acknowledgement of the information) prior to pushing the update to UEs. In response to an unforced capability update, a cellular network may maintain multiple UE radio capability identifiers for similar UEs which have or have not implemented the update. A UE radio capability identifier may be adjusted dynamically in response to temporary changes in the UE's capability.

In some implementations, a method includes: obtaining image data associated with a physical environment; obtaining first contextual information including at least one of first user information associated with a current state of a user of the computing system, first application information associated with a first application being executed by the computing system, and first environment information associated with a current state of the physical environment; selecting a first set of perspective correction operations based at least in part on the first contextual information; generating first corrected image data by performing the first set of perspective correction operations on the image data; and causing presentation of the first corrected image data.

Methods to enhance the coverage of NR systems for coverage-limited wireless devices are disclosed. A serving base station may configure a coverage-limited UE with parameters for the UE to operate in a coverage enhancement mode through RRC signaling, DCI, or RAR grant. The UE may use the configuration parameters to determine whether to enter into the coverage enhancement mode when connecting and communicating with the serving base station. The configuration parameters may configure the UE to exploit both time diversity and frequency diversity to extend and enhance coverage when receiving the PDSCH and PDCCH channels, when transmitting the PUSCH and PUCCH channel, and when transmitting PUSCH Msg3 during random access. Advantageously, the base station may flexibly and dynamically configure the UE with coverage enhancement parameters to extend the coverage of the UE using time diversity and frequency diversity gains as the UE moves around.

An electronic device may include an inverter. The inverter may receive switching signals based on a dithered clock signal and output corresponding alternating current signals to a wireless power transfer coil. The dithered clock signal may have a plurality of frequency steps during a repeated cycle of the dithered clock signal. The repeated cycle of the dithered clock signal may comprise a step function that approximates a triangular waveform with steps having unique frequency magnitudes during the repeated cycle.

Multi-modal shortness of breath systems and methods are described. In aspects, one or more devices may be utilized to collect data associated with the user, such as audio data (e.g., speech pattern, breath, etc.) and motion data(e.g., walking, exercising, etc.) that overlaps in time with the audio data. Further, an assessment system may analyze both the audio data and the motion data collected by the one or more devices to provide an overall health and/or fitness metric for the user.

A device implementing a system for using a verified claim of identity includes at least one processor configured to receive a verified claim including information to identify a user of a device, the verified claim being signed by a server based on verification of the information by an identity verification provider separate from the server, the verified claim being specific to the device. The at least one processor is further configured to send, to a service provider, a request for a service provided by the service provider, and receive, from the service provider and in response to the sending, a request for the verified claim. The at least one processor is further configured to send, in response to the receiving, the verified claim to the service provider.

Various implementations include systems, methods, and devices for manipulating user interfaces. For example, in some implementations, a method includes moving a drawing palette based on a corresponding request. A movable drawing palette enables a larger portion of the display to be available for content modification operations. As another example, in some implementations, a method includes displaying a screenshot editing interface for editing a captured screenshot, based on an input type of a detected input. By displaying the screenshot editing interface in response to performing a screenshot capture, the method provides an enhanced user experience that utilizes fewer system resources. As yet another example, in some implementations, a method includes selectively erasing portions of an object using a multi-mode eraser tool. A pixel erase input deletes a portion of a displayed object, whereas an object erase input deletes the entirety of the displayed object.

The subject disclosure provides systems and methods for improved medium access for wireless communication. A wireless access point, on contending for and gaining medium access, may share a time and/or bandwidth channel resource with one or more other wireless access points and/or one or more client devices. The wireless access point can efficiently share the channel resource using buffer status information computed by the wireless access point and/or additional buffer status information computed by the one or more other wireless access points. In one or more implementations, latency information for buffered data can be provided from a client device to a wireless access point and/or from a satellite wireless access point to a control wireless access point.

The subject technology provides a messaging application in which an image can be captured and supplemented with supplemental content such as stickers, animations, etc., from within an active messaging thread. In this manner, a user participating in a messaging conversation with a remote user can add stickers, animations, and/or adaptive content to an image captured by the user, without having to locally cache/store the captured image before editing and without having to leave the messaging conversion (or the messaging application) to access an image editing application.

There is provided a method, comprising: at a reduced capability (redcap) user equipment (UE) configured to connect to a base station of a wireless network: receiving, from the base station, a broadcast including access restrictions, wherein the access restrictions include a first set of predetermined criteria that must be satisfied for the redcap UE to camp on the base station; determining whether the redcap UE satisfies the first set of predetermined criteria; when the redcap UE satisfies the first set of predetermined criteria, performing a random access channel(RACH) procedure to camp on the base station; and generating, for transmission to the base station, redcap UE capability information associated with a second set of predetermined criteria that must be satisfied for the redcap UE to establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with the base station.

Systems and methods for sidelink (SL) beam reporting mechanisms between a transmit (Tx) UE and a receive (Rx) UE are disclosed herein. The Tx UE may send a combined physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) having one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) on corresponding beams to the Rx UE. The Rx UE may perform beam measurement on the CSI-RSs and send a beam report to the Tx UE that is based on such measurement. Systems and methods for configuring various aspects of the beam reporting (and its associated beam measurement) between the Tx UE and the Rx UE, for triggering SL beam reporting between the Tx UE and the Rx UE, and for performing SL beam reporting relative to a zone identifier (ID) for one of the Tx UE and the Rx UE are disclosed.

Embodiments herein describe systems, methods, and apparatuses for roaming operations in Wi-Fi. In some embodiments, a frame formats for the roaming operation include a Multi-link Multi-device (MLMD) link add request and a MLMD link add response. The station (STA) may send the MLMD link add request to an origin Access Point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) to initiate a roaming operation to a target AP MLD. The origin AP MLD may send the STA the MLMD link add response.

Methods, systems and apparatuses for enhanced low latency transmissions between access points (APs) and non-access points (non-APs). A method by a first station (STA) can include, transmitting, to a second STA , first signaling comprising a first indication associated with a low latency (LL) capability. The method can also include receiving, from the second STA, second signaling comprising a second indication and transmitting, to the second STA and subsequent to receiving the second indication, third signaling in accordance with the LL capability. The method can also include receiving, from the second STA, an acknowledgement associated with the third signaling.

Systems and methods for performing binary translation include a system that is capable of translating binaries written for use in a source execution environment to binaries compatible with a target execution environment. Consistent with some embodiments, a binary translation system includes a system service and a runtime code module that exists in an application memory address space. The binary translation system translates object-level binaries corresponding to executables, linkers, libraries, and the like and stores the translation in a translation cache that is cryptographically secured to ensure that only a system having a specific key is able to access the translations. If the application or application binary has been modified since the translation was performed, the system service will ensure that the translation is removed from the cache, a new translation is performed, and all threads accessing that translation are updated to the new translation.

An electronic device (10) may include a flexible display (14) having first and second display portions (14P-1, 14P-2) that rotate relative to one another about a bend axis (28). The flexible display (14) may be mounted to a foldable housing (12) having first and second housing portions (60) coupled by a hinge (30) that is aligned with the bend axis (28). The foldable housing (12) is operable in a flat state and a folded state. A translation assembly (306) may be configured to slide the display (14) relative to the housing (12) as the device (10) moves between flat and folded states. A compression assembly (42) may be used to apply compression to the flexible display (14) when the foldable housing (12) is in the folded state. A tension assembly (44) may be used to apply tension to the flexible display (14) when the foldable housing (12) is in the flat state. If desired, the translation (306), compression (42), and tension (44) assemblies may be combined into a module.

In some embodiments, an electronic device generates a tactile output sequence in response to detecting that the electronic device is oriented within a range of orientations that changes as the distance between the electronic device and a respective object changes. In some embodiments, an electronic device changes one or more characteristics of a tactile output in response to detecting a change in the orientation of the electronic device relative to a respective object. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates tactile outputs with characteristics indicative of the orientation of a camera of the electronic device relative to one or more AR (augmented reality) planes. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates tactile outputs indicative of a data sharing process with a second electronic device.

A device for positional synchronization of virtual and physical cameras may include a processor configured to determine a first position of a physical camera relative to another electronic device in a physical environment. The processor may be configured to initiate positioning of a virtual camera in a second position within a computer-generated environment, wherein the second position relative to a representation of the person in the computer-generated environment coincides with the first position. The processor may be configured to receive an image frame captured by the physical camera and a virtual image frame generated by the virtual camera. The processor may be configured to generate a computer-generated reality image frame that includes at least a portion of the image frame composited with at least a portion of the virtual image frame.

There is provided a wearable electronic device (200) comprising: a display (210); an optical device (224) having an image sensor configured to capture a digital image; a housing (202) at least partially enclosing the display (210) and the optical device (224), the housing (202) comprising a metal enclosure component defining: an upper surface at least partially surrounding the display and the optical device; a bottom surface opposite to the upper surface; a first side surface extending from the upper surface to the bottom surface and defining a first band slot (214) configured to receive a first portion of a band (204); and a second side surface extending from the upper surface to the bottom surface and defining a second band slot (214) configured to receive a second portion of the band (204); and a transparent cover (208) coupled to the upper surface and positioned over the display (210) and the optical device (224).

A first user of an electronic device operates the electronic device in a first mode with access to a plurality of features. The first user optionally configures the electronic device to provide permission for another user to use the electronic device in a second mode with access to a subset of the plurality of features. The first user optionally uses another electronic device to update the permissions to use the electronic device in the second mode while another user is using the electronic device.

In some embodiments, an electronic device selects and provides for interaction with handwritten content in a content entry region. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates normalized shapes based on handwritten inputs. In some embodiments, an electronic device identifies actionable text within handwritten content and updates the identified text to be actionable. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents tutorials for text manipulation operations. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays visual feedback of text manipulation operations. In some embodiments, an electronic device selects units of content.