ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AUDIO SYSTEM TESTING

    公开(公告)号:US20250131814A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-24

    申请号:US19006066

    申请日:2024-12-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include an enclosure, an antenna within the enclosure and configured to transmit a wireless signal to a remote electronic device to allow a location of the electronic device to be determined, an audio output system configured to produce an audible output, and a processing system within the enclosure and configured to determine, based on an electrical response induced in the antenna, whether the audio output system fails an audio output performance criteria when provided with an audio signal.

    Revocation and modification of user consent

    公开(公告)号:US12284719B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US17439224

    申请日:2021-05-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for revocation and/or modification of user consent in Edge Computing (MEC). A user equipment device (UE) may determine that user consent needs to be updated. The user consent may be associated with MEC. Additionally, the UE may transmit, via an application layer of the UE, a user consent modification request to an edge application server of a network, e.g., of an edge data network. The user consent modification request may be carried in application data traffic. The user consent modification request may be indicated via an Nnef_ParameterProvision_Update service operation. The user consent modification request is indicated via an Nnef_ParameterProvision_Update service operation.

    Methods and apparatus for PRACH resource determination and RA-RNTI computation in wireless communication

    公开(公告)号:US12284680B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US17456304

    申请日:2021-11-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Aspects herein relate to wireless devices, circuits, and methods for determining a PRACH resource mapping comprising a starting symbol position within a reference slot, wherein the starting symbol position is determined based, at least in part, on a subcarrier spacing configuration of PRACH resources of a wireless network that a wireless device is operating on; and using the radio to transmit a RACH preamble and an associated RA-RNTI via the determined PRACH resource mapping. Further aspects herein relate to devices, circuits, and methods for using a modified RA-RNTI for transmission or reception of data over a wireless network, wherein the wireless network has a subcarrier spacing configuration of PRACH resources, wherein a size of the subcarrier spacing configuration of the PRACH resources causes out-of-range RA-RNTI values to be calculated using a legacy RA-RNTI equation in an unmodified form, wherein the range of permissible RA-RNTI values is from 0 to 216−1.

    Duplexer measurement and tuning systems

    公开(公告)号:US12283936B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US17939616

    申请日:2022-09-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods combine a test signal with a wanted (downlink or uplink) signal at an input of a duplexer of a communication device, and receive the test signal at an output of the duplexer. The test signal may include a radio frequency signal having less power than the wanted signal to avoid interference, or a digital signal that is added to or extracted from the wanted signal when the wanted signal does not have a radio frequency. A processor of the communication device causes the duplexer to operate in a tuning state (e.g., to transmit signals having a transmission frequency and receive signals having a receive frequency). The measurement system determines a difference or ratio in power between the test signal at the duplexer output and the duplexer input, and adjusts the tuning state based on the difference or ratio (e.g., to decrease or minimize the difference or ratio).

    Method and system for seamless media synchronization and handoff

    公开(公告)号:US12282705B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US18419138

    申请日:2024-01-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A method performed by a portable media player device. The method receives a microphone signal that includes audio content output by an audio playback device via a loudspeaker. The method determines identification information regarding the audio content, wherein the identification information is determined through an acoustic signal analysis of the microphone signal. In response to determining that the audio playback device has ceased outputting the audio content, the method retrieves from local memory of the portable media player device or a remote device with which the portable media player device is communicatively coupled, an audio signal that corresponds to the audio content and drives a speaker that is not part of the audio playback device using the audio signal to continue outputting the audio content and any additional audio content related to the audio content.

    Object detection-based notification

    公开(公告)号:US12282084B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US17483743

    申请日:2021-09-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide object detection and/or classification for electronic devices. Object detection and/or classification can be performed using a radar sensor of an electronic device. The electronic device may be a portable electronic device. In some examples, object classification using a radar sensor can be based on an identification of user motion using radar signals and/or based on extraction of surface features from the radar signals. In some examples, object classification using a radar sensor can be based on time-varying surface features extracted from the radar signals. Surface features that can be extracted from the radar signals include a radar cross-section (RCS), a micro-doppler signal, a range, and/or one or more angles associated with one or more surfaces of the object.

    Methodology and application of acoustic detection of optical integrity

    公开(公告)号:US12281957B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US17664832

    申请日:2022-05-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Acoustic optical integrity detection system architectures and methods can be used to detect optical integrity of an optical component by detecting a discontinuity on and/or in the optical component (e.g., on the optical surface and/or within the bulk of the optical component). In some examples, integrity detection can be used to ensure safety compliance of an optical system, optionally including a laser. Acoustic integrity detection can utilize transducers (e.g., piezoelectric transducers) to transmit ultrasonic waves along an optical surface and/or through the thickness of an optical component. A discontinuity of the optical surface can interact with the transmitted wave causing attenuation, redirection and/or reflection of at least a portion of the transmitted wave. Portions of the transmitted wave energy after interaction with the discontinuity can be measured to determine discontinuity location, type, and/or severity.

    IN-EAR WIRELESS DEVICE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250126389A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-17

    申请号:US18988608

    申请日:2024-12-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An in-ear listening device having a device housing including a speaker housing and an elongated tube protruding away from the speaker housing, an audio port formed through the speaker housing, a speaker disposed in the speaker housing and aligned to emit sound through the audio port, a microphone port formed through the elongated tube, a microphone disposed in the elongated tube and operatively coupled to receive sound through the microphone port, a rechargeable battery and a wireless antenna disposed within the device housing, wireless circuitry coupled to the wireless antenna and configured to input and output radio frequency signals for wireless communications, a user-interface touch control disposed on the device housing and operable to control a function of the earbud, and battery charging circuitry coupled to the rechargeable battery and positioned within the device housing and operable to charge the rechargeable battery when coupled to receive power from an external power source.

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