公开(公告)号：US20220191644A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17558334

申请日：2021-12-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brent M. Ledvina ,  Robert W. Brumley ,  Robert William Mayor ,  William J. Bencze ,  Alejandro J. Marquez ,  Shang-Te Yang ,  Xu Chen ,  Indranil S. Sen ,  Mohit Narang

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  B60R25/24 ,  G07C9/29

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for allowing a mobile device (e.g., a key fob or a consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, watch, or other wearable device) to interact with a vehicle such that a location of the mobile device can be determined by the vehicle, thereby enabling certain functionality of the vehicle. A device may include both RF antenna(s) and magnetic antenna(s) for determining a location of a mobile device relative to the vehicle. Such a hybrid approach can provide various advantages. Existing magnetic coils on a mobile device (e.g., for charging or communication) may be re-used for distance measurements that are supplemented by the RF measurements. Any device antenna may provide measurements to a machine learning model that determines a region in which the mobile device resides, based on training measurements in the regions.

公开(公告)号：US20190149943A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US16241882

申请日：2019-01-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brent M. Ledvina ,  Robert W. Mayor ,  Lukas M. Marti ,  David R. Stites ,  Jahshan A. Bhatti ,  Kevin Duffy

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/021 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W4/50 ,  G01S5/02 ,  H04W4/33 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04W4/029 ,  G01S5/0252 ,  G06N5/025 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04W4/021 ,  H04W4/33 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: A method for identifying a suggested application on a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes detecting an event, determining a first location of the mobile device, identifying that the first location is within a first location region of a plurality of predetermined location regions, and then measuring one or more sensor values at one or more times. The measured sensor values may then be used to create a first-data point. In response to identifying the first location region, a plurality of clusters of data points may be retrieved. A first cluster of the plurality of clusters corresponding to the first data point may then be identified. The method may further include identifying a set of one or more applications, and then providing a message to the user based on the identified set of one or more applications.

公开(公告)号：US09618625B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14244828

申请日：2014-04-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Isaac T. Miller ,  William J. Bencze ,  Robert W. Brumley ,  Brent M. Ledvina ,  Mark L. Psiaki ,  Thomas J. Holmes ,  Clark E. Cohen

IPC: G01S19/13 ,  G01S19/29

CPC classification number: G01S19/29

Abstract: A system and method of continuous carrier wave reconstruction includes a radio navigation receiver that includes one or more processors, memory coupled to the one or more processors, and an input for receiving a signal from a transmitter. The signal has a phase. The one or more processors are configured to obtain phase lock on the received signal, extract first phase information from the received signal, detect a loss in phase lock on the received signal, and extrapolate second phase information while phase lock is lost using a model of the phase. In some embodiments, the one or more processors are further configured to reconstruct the carrier signal based on the first and second phase information. In some embodiments, the one or more processors are further configured to scale the first and second phase information from a first nominal frequency of the received signal to a different second nominal frequency.

公开(公告)号：US20250055936A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-13

申请号：US18926834

申请日：2024-10-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brent M. Ledvina ,  Marc J. Krochmal ,  Robert W. Brumley ,  Sriram Hariharan

IPC: H04M1/72457 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  H04L9/30 ,  H04L69/18 ,  H04M1/72436 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W12/033 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/63

Abstract: A mobile device can include ranging circuitry to determine distance to another mobile device. A first wireless protocol can establish an initial communication session to perform authentication and/or exchange ranging settings. A second protocol can perform ranging, and other wireless protocols can transmit content. In one example, the distance information can be used to display a relative position of another device on a user interface of a sending device. The user interface can allow a user to quickly and accurately select the recipient device for sending the data item. As another example, the distance information obtained from ranging can be used to trigger a notification (e.g., a reminder) to be output from a first mobile device or used to display a visual indicator on a receiving device. Proximity of a device (e.g., as determined by a distance) can be used to suggest recipient for a new communication.

公开(公告)号：US20240349042A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18637105

申请日：2024-04-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin A. Detwiler ,  Brent M. Ledvina ,  Chen Ganir ,  Emmanuel Lalande ,  Michael C. Laster ,  Siva Ganesh Movva ,  Ernst T. Erdmann ,  Yannick L. Sierra

IPC: H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/121

CPC classification number: H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/121

Abstract: Portable electronic devices can be used to perform tracking functionality through the exchange of proximity messages. Based on the payload in these messages, a mobile device can detect whether a portable electronic device is likely performing unwanted tracking. The mobile device user may wish to identify an account that is associated with the portable device. In response to a request from the mobile device, the portable electronic device can provide a partial identifier that can be used to determine an associated account. The portable electronic device can also provide information that the mobile device can use to locate disablement instructions that can show how to stop the portable device from performing tracking functionality.

公开(公告)号：US12099586B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US17587558

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: Apple inc.

Inventor： Grant R. Paul ,  Benjamin Biron ,  Kyle C. Brogle ,  Naresh Kumar Chinnathanbi Kailasam ,  Brent M. Ledvina ,  Robert W. Mayor ,  Nicole M. Wells

IPC: G06F21/32 ,  G06F21/34

CPC classification number: G06F21/32 ,  G06F21/34

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for authentication, including providing and controlling authentication at a computer system using an external device in accordance with some embodiments.

公开(公告)号：US20230239656A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US18129482

申请日：2023-03-31

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Brent M. Ledvina ,  Robert W. Brumley ,  Robert William Mayor ,  William J. Bencze ,  Alejandro J. Marquez ,  Shang-Te Yang ,  Xu Chen ,  Indranil S. Sen ,  Mohit Narang

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  B60R25/24 ,  G07C9/29

CPC classification number: H04W4/023 ,  B60R25/24 ,  G07C9/29 ,  B60R2325/205

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for allowing a mobile device (e.g., a key fob or a consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, watch, or other wearable device) to interact with a vehicle such that a location of the mobile device can be determined by the vehicle, thereby enabling certain functionality of the vehicle. A device may include both RF antenna(s) and magnetic antenna(s) for determining a location of a mobile device relative to the vehicle. Such a hybrid approach can provide various advantages. Existing magnetic coils on a mobile device (e.g., for charging or communication) may be re-used for distance measurements that are supplemented by the RF measurements. Any device antenna may provide measurements to a machine learning model that determines a region in which the mobile device resides, based on training measurements in the regions.

公开(公告)号：US11540137B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16835057

申请日：2020-03-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brent M. Ledvina ,  Yannick L. Sierra ,  Kyle C. Brogle ,  Steven Andrew Myers

IPC: H04W12/50 ,  H04W12/037 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04W12/64 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to the pairing of a pairing initiator device and a pairing responder device for communication. The pairing initiator device and the pairing responder device range with each other to determine the distance between the pairing initiator device and the pairing responder device. Based on the distance being below a threshold distance, the pairing initiator device and the pairing responder device wirelessly pair with each other without further input from the user.

公开(公告)号：US11516337B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-29

申请号：US17025160

申请日：2020-09-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brent M. Ledvina ,  Marc J. Krochmal ,  Robert W. Brumley ,  Sriram Hariharan

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04M1/72457 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  H04L9/30 ,  H04L69/18 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04M1/72436 ,  H04W12/033 ,  H04W12/63

Abstract: A mobile device can include ranging circuitry to determine distance to another mobile device. A first wireless protocol can establish an initial communication session to perform authentication and/or exchange ranging settings. A second protocol can perform ranging, and other wireless protocols can transmit content. In one example, the distance information can be used to display a relative position of another device on a user interface of a sending device. The user interface can allow a user to quickly and accurately select the recipient device for sending the data item. As other example, the distance information obtained from ranging can be used to trigger a notification (e.g., a reminder) to be output from a first mobile device or used to display a visual indicator on a receiving device. Proximity of a device (e.g., as determined by a distance) can be used to suggest recipient for a new communication.

公开(公告)号：US11451924B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US16914111

申请日：2020-06-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin A. Werner ,  Brent M. Ledvina ,  Merrick K. McCracken

IPC: H04W24/00 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/14 ,  H04W72/10 ,  G06F16/9537 ,  H04B17/318 ,  G01S13/02 ,  H04W12/64

Abstract: A method for identifying a second mobile device in a vicinity of a first mobile device includes performing, by the first mobile device, determining distance information corresponding to a distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, determining angular information indicating an angle between a pointing direction of the first mobile device and the second mobile device, determining, based on the distance information and the angular information, that a location of the second mobile device lies within a first spatial region relative to the first mobile device, and providing a user interface that displays an icon corresponding to the second mobile device in a specified position on the user interface based on the location of the second mobile device being within the first spatial region.