公开(公告)号：US12265657B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-01

申请号：US18336770

申请日：2023-06-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Israel Pastrana Vicente ,  Jay Moon ,  Jesse Chand ,  Jonathan R. Dascola ,  William A. Sorrentino, III ,  Stephen O. Lemay ,  Dorian D. Dargan

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/04842

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device navigates between user interfaces based at least on detecting a gaze of the user. In some embodiments, an electronic device enhances interactions with control elements of user interfaces. In some embodiments, an electronic device scrolls representations of categories and subcategories in a coordinated manner. In some embodiments, an electronic device navigates back from user interfaces having different levels of immersion in different ways.

公开(公告)号：US12264931B1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-01

申请号：US16783929

申请日：2020-02-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Katherine S. Shigeoka ,  Jonathan D. Sheaffer ,  Andrew P. Bright

IPC: G01C21/36 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06V20/10 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R5/04

Abstract: A method for providing navigation assistance using a head-worn device that has a camera, several microphones, and several speakers. The method captures sound in an environment as a plurality of microphone audio signals, captures, using the camera, a scene of the environment as a digital image, and processes the digital image to detect an object therein. The method selects, in response to the detection of the object, one of several navigation audio rendering modes. The several navigation audio rendering modes include a first mode that activates an acoustic transparency function to cause the speakers to reproduce the sound of the environment, a second mode that sonifies the object and activates the acoustic transparency function, and a third mode that sonifies the object, partially activates the acoustic transparency function, and an activates active noise cancellation function.

公开(公告)号：US20250106786A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18725063

申请日：2022-01-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Huaning NIU ,  Dawei ZHANG ,  Jie CUI ,  Manasa RAGHAVAN ,  Qiming LI ,  Xiang CHEN ,  Yang TANG ,  Yushu ZHANG

IPC: H04W52/36 ,  H04W52/28

Abstract: A user equipment including a transceiver and a processor is configured to receive, from a base station and via the transceiver, a set of resource indicators identifying a set of beams and a configuration for reporting a duty cycle for transmission in an uplink direction for at least one resource indicator of the set of resource indicators. The processor is also configured to, at least one of periodically or based on an event reported by a body proximity sensor (BPS), determine the duty cycle for transmission in the uplink direction for the at least one resource indicator of the set of resource indicators; and transmit, to the base station via using the transceiver, the determined duty cycle and the corresponding at least one resource indicator of the set of resource indicators according to the received configuration for reporting the duty cycle.

公开(公告)号：US20250106736A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18894230

申请日：2024-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Lochan Verma ,  Yong Liu ,  Veerendra Boodannavar ,  Charles F. Dominguez ,  Debashis Dash ,  Neelakantan Nurani Krishnan

IPC: H04W48/12 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for providing detailed basic service set load information in a wireless local area network. A wireless device may receive basic service set load information including one or more of overlapping basic service set channel utilization information, in basic service set channel utilization information for a basic service set, or load history information for the basic service set. The wireless device may select a basic service set with which to associate based at least in part on the load information for the basic service set.

公开(公告)号：US20250106627A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18899976

申请日：2024-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sidharth R. Thakur ,  Yong Liu ,  Jarkko L. Kneckt ,  Su Khiong Yong ,  Ahmad Reza Hedayat ,  Charles F. Dominguez ,  Neelakantan Nurani Krishnan ,  Daniel R. Borges ,  Jinjing Jiang ,  Lochan Verma ,  Qi Wang ,  Tianyu Wu

IPC: H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/0433

Abstract: 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 wireless communication networks. The multi-credential mapping mechanisms can reduce congestion in the communication medium and improve the communications between an access point (AP) and stations (STAs).

公开(公告)号：US20250106546A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18737837

申请日：2024-06-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Karan S. Jain ,  Michael M. Nannini

IPC: H04R1/10

Abstract: 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 spaced apart from each other by at least 90 degrees; and sensor control circuitry disposed within the internal cavity and operatively coupled to drive the plurality of capacitive pixels at a predetermined frequency to readout a capacitance at each of the plurality of capacitive pixels and determine if the earphone is within an ear of a user

公开(公告)号：US20250106356A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18895300

申请日：2024-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Luis R. DELIZ CENTENO ,  Ronald J. GUGLIELMONE, JR. ,  Devin W. CHALMERS

IPC: H04N7/14

Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for augmenting and/or minimizing environment audio based on video characteristics associated with a video communication session facilitated by a video communications application. The video characteristics include activation of an outward facing camera. In response to detecting the activation of an outward facing camera, an electronic device augments an environment audio stream associated with the video communication session and attenuates a first person audio stream associated with the video communication session such that the user listening to the audio stream hears audio that has the environmental audio emphasized while the first person audio is deemphasized. In response to detecting the activation of an inward facing camera, the device emphasizes the first person audio stream and deemphasizes the environmental audio stream.

公开(公告)号：US20250106319A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18889138

申请日：2024-09-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Libo Cao Meyers

IPC: H04M1/72484

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide shared electronic device operation. In one example, a shared operation configuration for a plurality of users of an electronic device is obtained. A device trigger corresponding to operation of the electronic device is detected. A particular user is identified amongst the plurality of users based on the shared operation configuration. A user device associated with the particular user is identified. An operation alert representing the device trigger is generated, wherein the operation alert is sent to the user device.

公开(公告)号：US20250105808A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18373057

申请日：2023-09-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Long Kong ,  Simone Gambini

IPC: H03F3/393 ,  H03F3/00 ,  H03L7/091 ,  H03L7/099

Abstract: Embodiments herein provide various apparatuses and techniques to reduce flicker noise and voltage offset from the buffers and/or amplifiers while avoiding additional alias components in a sampled-data receiver with chopper stabilization. Additionally, a direct-conversion baseband chain may be improved by disposing alternating current (AC) coupling circuits between chopper circuits in the transmitter or receiver chain to enable selection of a distinct common-mode level at each stage of the direct-conversion chain, while reducing or eliminating signal loss at direct current (DC) frequencies.

公开(公告)号：US20250105786A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18473033

申请日：2023-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Omar E Elaasar

IPC: H03B5/12 ,  H04B15/00

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) with improved phase noise compared to other VCOs. The VCO may include a first cell and a second cell separated by common-mode (CM) isolation circuitry to reduce an amplitude of CM noise at an output signal. The CM isolation circuitry may inductively couple the first cell to the second cell for generating the output signal based on a resonant frequency range including resonant frequencies of the CM isolation circuitry, the first cell, and the second cell. As such, the first cell and the second cell may each include a portion of an entirety of the CM noise. In some cases, the portions of the CM noise on the first cell and/or the second cell may improve a signal to noise ratio of the output signal.