公开(公告)号：US20250080759A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18794601

申请日：2024-08-05

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Guoxin JIN ,  Yeqing WU ,  Yunfei ZHENG ,  Dazhong ZHANG ,  Dzung T. HOANG ,  Felix C. FERNANDES ,  Van Luong PHAM ,  Jiancong LUO ,  Yixin DU ,  Hilmi Enes EGILMEZ ,  Alican NALCI ,  Jun XIN ,  Hsi-Jung WU

IPC: H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/117 ,  H04N19/159 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/82

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for coding video in applications where regions of video are inactive on a frame to frame basis. According to the techniques, coding processes update and reconstruct only a subset of pixel blocks of pixels within a frame, while other pixel blocks are retained from a previously coded frame stored in a coder's or decoder's reference frame buffer. The technique is called Backward Reference Updating (or “BRU”) for convenience. At a desired pixel block granularity, based on the activity between a current frame to be coded and its reference frame(s), BRU will only perform prediction, transform, quantization, and reconstruction on selected regions that are determined to be active. The reconstructed pixels in these active regions are directly placed onto a specified reference frame in memory instead of creating a new frame. Therefore, fewer memory transfers need to be performed.

公开(公告)号：US20250080167A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18773851

申请日：2024-07-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haiyu Huang ,  Jorge L Rivera Espinoza

IPC: H04B5/73

Abstract: An electronic device may include a sensor that performs object detection. The sensor may generate sensor data using a polling period. The device may include a neural network that receives the sensor data. The neural network may generate a likelihood score associated with detection of the object based on the sensor data. Control circuitry may adjust the polling period based on the likelihood score to balance power consumption with detection latency. As one example, the sensor may include near-field communications (NFC) circuitry coupled to a coil. The coil may transmit pulses of radio-frequency signals using the polling period. The coil may receive a waveform. The neural network may generate the likelihood score based on the waveform. The likelihood score may be used to detect an NFC device. The neural network may enable detection of subtle features in the waveform with minimal false detections.

公开(公告)号：US20250079687A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18293027

申请日：2023-06-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jiangfeng Wu ,  Mei-Li Chi ,  Killian J Poore ,  Jason C Sauers ,  Siwen Yong ,  Yi Jiang ,  Jing Zhu ,  Lu Zhang ,  Junying Liu

IPC: H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/50 ,  H01Q9/04

Abstract: An electronic device may have first and second rear-facing displays, a front-facing display, a cover at a front side overlapping the front-facing display, and an antenna that radiates through the cover. The cover may have a three-dimensional curvature. The device may have an inner chassis and an outer chassis. The antenna may include a radiating element and a ground trace on a flexible printed circuit. To maximize wireless performance of the antenna, the ground trace may be electrically coupled to as much conductive material in the vicinity of the antenna as possible. For example, the ground trace may be grounded to conductive structures in the front-facing display via a conductive cavity for the antenna, may be grounded directly to the outer chassis using conductive screws, and/or may be grounded directly to the inner chassis using conductive screws.

公开(公告)号：US20250079534A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18819284

申请日：2024-08-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Basile ,  Alan A. Ritchie

IPC: H01M10/42 ,  H01M10/0567 ,  H01M10/0568 ,  H01M10/0569

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to battery cells, and more particularly, liquid electrolyte solvents, diluents, and designs for lithium-ion battery cells.

公开(公告)号：US20250079036A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18524120

申请日：2023-11-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Richard K Akrobetu ,  Jozef M Matlak ,  Shinjita Acharya ,  Brian S Tryon

IPC: H01B1/04 ,  H01R13/03

Abstract: An electronic device such as a power charger may include a conductive contact that conveys power signals. A coating may have adhesion and transition layers on the contact. The coating may have a thin-film interference filter having an uppermost layer that includes diamond-like carbon (DLC). If desired, the thin-film interference filter may have additional DLC layers stacked under the uppermost layer. The DLC layer(s) may include nitrogen to optimize corrosion resistance. The DLC layer(s) may include first and second metal dopants such as tungsten and chromium to optimize the electrical resistance and conductivity of the coating. The coating may exhibit a deep black, grey, and/or blue color.

公开(公告)号：US20250078835A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18956727

申请日：2024-11-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kirill NOVITCHENKO ,  Kyle W. LU ,  Nikrouz GHOTBI ,  Trungtin TRAN ,  Lun CUI ,  Matias Hernan SULZBERGER ,  Marek Rastislav TELGARSKY ,  Briana C. CHAPMAN ,  Kevin Siu Wai LI ,  Jared CRAWFORD ,  Robert A. WALKER

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/18

Abstract: Systems and processes for providing personalized suggestions indicating that a task may be performed using a digital assistant of an electronic device are provided. An example method includes, at an electronic device with a display, receiving context data associated with the electronic device; determining, based on the context data, a task that may be performed by a digital assistant of the electronic device in response to a natural-language expression; determining, based on the context data, whether suggestion criteria associated with the determined task are satisfied; and in accordance with a determination that the suggestion criteria are satisfied, providing a suggestion indicating that the determined task may be performed using the digital assistant of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20250077697A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18953089

申请日：2024-11-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Marion P. DALY ,  Ada D. AVERY ,  Lina J. BUTLER ,  Brian J. DAWBIN ,  Garrett ROBINSON

IPC: G06F21/62 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/60

Abstract: The subject technology provides systems and methods for logging data access by applications. A first process executing on an electronic device may receive an access request from a second process executing on the electronic device. The access request may include a request to access data corresponding to a protected data category. Subsequent to receiving the access request, the first process may determine whether the second process is authorized to access the data. In response to determining that the second process is authorized to access the data, the first process may grant the second process access to the data, and then generate and store log data corresponding to the access of the data by the second process. The log data can be displayed in a time series format on a display of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20250077066A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18818402

申请日：2024-08-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gregory LUTTER

IPC: G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for scrolling a user interface element. A user interface element including a plurality of selectable options scrollable along a first axis can be presented in an environment by a device. In some examples, the device detects an input corresponding to a request to scroll the user interface element. In accordance with a determination that the input satisfies one or more first criteria, including a criterion that is satisfied when the input includes movement of the device that corresponds to movement of a head of a user that exceeds a threshold amount of movement over a period of time, the device scrolls the user interface element in a first mode of operation. In accordance with a determination that the input satisfies one or more second criteria, the device scrolls the user interface element in a second mode of operation.

公开(公告)号：US20250076650A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18461135

申请日：2023-09-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Edward S Huo ,  Devinne Cullinane

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G06V10/141 ,  G06V40/20

Abstract: A head-mounted device may include displays for presenting images to a user. The head-mounted device may have a hand tracker for gathering hand tracking input from a user. The hand tracker may include a steerable illumination system such as a steerable infrared illuminator. Infrared light may be steered by selectively activating light-emitting diodes in an array and/or using positioners to move an infrared light source and/or lens in the illuminator. An infrared image sensor may gather images of the hands. Based on the monitored movement of a hand, the steerable illumination system may steer the infrared light to ensure that the hand remains illuminated even during hand movements.

公开(公告)号：USD1065231S1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US29886563

申请日：2023-03-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Designer： Thorsten Adam ,  Sebastian Boltz ,  Sascha Höhne ,  Soeren Kelling ,  Rene Tuerschmann ,  Mirko Wannemacher ,  Jennifer Wien