公开(公告)号：US12164344B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17859668

申请日：2022-07-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Scott J Krahn ,  Adam T Garelli ,  Bradley J Hamel ,  Dinesh C Mathew ,  Hoon Sik Kim ,  Keith J Hendren ,  Robert Y Cao ,  Terry C Lam ,  Kevin M Robinson ,  Houtan R Farahani ,  Tatsuya Sano

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: A foldable display device may have housing portions coupled by a hinge. The hinge may have a series of interconnected links. The links may be formed from interdigitated fingers in a friction clutch. The fingers or other portions of the links may be provided with crescent-shaped slots that receive pins. During folding of the device, the pins may slide along the crescent-shaped slots, thereby ensuring that adjacent links rotate relative to each other about a rotation axis that lies outside of the hinge and within a flexible display panel. Links may also be formed from link members with curved mating bearing surfaces that slide relative to each other as adjacent links are rotated relative to each other. A housing rotation synchronization mechanism may be formed using a set of gears that extends between the first and second housing portions.

公开(公告)号：US20240407119A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18805403

申请日：2024-08-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Que Anh S. Nguyen ,  Matthew S. Rogers

IPC: H05K5/03 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/00

Abstract: A foldable display may have a display cover layer and display panel that bend around a bend axis. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image through the display cover layer. The display cover layer may be formed from a layer of glass. A recess may be formed in the layer of glass that extends along and overlaps the bend axis. The recess forms a flexible locally thinned portion in the glass that allows the display cover layer to bend. Polymer may be formed in the recess. Stiffening structures such as glass strips and glass beads of one or more diameters may be embedded in the polymer to help resist inward compression of the surface of the display cover layer in the locally thinned region while allowing the display cover layer to bend about the bend axis.

公开(公告)号：US20240407020A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18665270

申请日：2024-05-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Alejandro A. RODRIGUEZ ,  Gordon Y. SCOTT ,  Ho Cheung CHUNG ,  Pablo PONS BORDES ,  Sreekuttan SUDARSANAN ,  Christian SEIFERT ,  Raj LUHAR

IPC: H04W76/10 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W12/047 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to communicating data. Some techniques are described herein for selecting an initiator for a near-field communication (NFC). Such techniques include comparing a random number generated to a random message received in a polling message to select an initiator for NFC. NFC is then used to transfer data to be used to establish a different type of wireless communication channel, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Other techniques are described herein for selectively sending a long-term key over one communication channel for another communication channel when communicating with another device. Such techniques include receiving an authentication credential from the other device and, if the authentication credential has not previously been seen, sending the long-term key. Other techniques are described herein for selectively delaying subsequent communication with another device communication over a communication channel. Such techniques include receiving an authentication response from the other device and, if the authentication response corresponds to an unknown device, delaying subsequent communication with the other device.

公开(公告)号：US20240406954A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18370230

申请日：2023-09-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fucheng Wang ,  Anatoliy S Ioffe ,  Ankit Bhamri ,  Haitong Sun

IPC: H04W72/1268 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: A wireless communication network schedules multiple components carriers on a same frequency band to user equipment (UE) for transmitting wireless signals. The network may indicate to the UE when to use each carrier, and the UE my switch between transmitting on each carrier. The UE may transmit multiple different signals on each carrier. In particular, the UE may include a local oscillator (LO) that generates a first frequency of a first carrier, and couple the LO to the transmission paths when transmitting using the first carrier. The UE may then cause the LO to generate a second of a second carrier, and couple the LO to the transmission paths when transmitting using the second carrier. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may include a second LO that generates the second frequency, and couple the second LO to the transmission paths when transmitting using the second carrier.

公开(公告)号：US20240406686A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18802166

申请日：2024-08-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jae Woo CHANG ,  Megan M. FROST ,  Joshua B. DICKENS ,  Stephen O. LEMAY ,  Marcel VAN OS ,  Richard R. DELLINGER ,  Lawrence Y. YANG

IPC: H04W4/14 ,  H04L51/08 ,  H04L51/222 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: Systems and methods for sharing location information during a message conversation are provided. An electronic device displays a message region for displaying a message transcript of messages sent between a first participant and a second participant in a message conversation. In response to detecting a swipe up, the electronic device displays a location-sharing affordance. The electronic device detects a selection of the location-sharing affordance, where detecting a selection of the location-sharing affordance by the first participant comprises detecting a single contact by the first participant. In response to detecting a selection of the location-sharing affordance, the electronic device enables the second participant to obtain the first participant location information.

公开(公告)号：US20240406662A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18672948

申请日：2024-05-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stephen E. Pinto ,  Akshatha Nagesh ,  Deepak Iyer ,  Eric J. Johnson ,  Madhur Ahuja ,  Sanket S. Dave ,  Shai Messingher Lang

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04S1/00

Abstract: In one implementation, a method of playing audio is performed by a device located in a physical environment, coupled to two or more speakers, and including one or more processors and non-transitory memory. The method includes executing an operating system and an application. The method includes receiving, by the operating system from the application via an application programming interface, audio session parameters including a spatial experience value providing instructions for the spatial playback of audio associated with the application. The method includes receiving, by the operating system from the application, instructions to play audio data. The method includes adjusting, by the operating system, the audio data based on the spatial experience value. The method includes sending, by the operating system to the two or more speakers, the adjusted audio data.

公开(公告)号：US20240406658A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18665492

申请日：2024-05-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James A. Livingston ,  Jack P. Newman ,  Frank Baumgarte ,  Francois Becker

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G10L19/008

Abstract: A method that includes displaying a user interface (UI) of a three-dimensional (3D) acoustic environment that includes a sound source; receiving a user selection, via an input device, of a location within the UI, the location towards which the sound source is to be oriented within the 3D acoustic environment; determining a set of parameters that define an orientation of the sound source towards the location within the 3D acoustic environment; determining that there is motion of the location or the sound source within the 3D acoustic environment; updating, without user intervention and based on the motion, the set of parameters to maintain the orientation of the sound source towards the location.

公开(公告)号：US20240406651A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18651007

申请日：2024-04-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Adam E. Kriegel ,  Alexander D. Sanciangco ,  Afrooz Family ,  Richard M. Powell ,  Hilary K. Mogul ,  Vincenzo O. Giuliani ,  David Reyna ,  Christopher J. Sanders

IPC: H04S3/00

Abstract: A method for processing a sound program by a playback system, in which a virtual center channel is extracted from the sound program and a dynamic range compression and a boost are applied to produce a compressed virtual center channel. This is then used to produce a speaker driver signal. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US20240406612A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18805921

申请日：2024-08-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nahid Harjee ,  Brian R. Twehues ,  Teera Songatikamas ,  Aonan Li ,  Travis N. Owens ,  Kyle J. Campiotti

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: A stylus includes a speaker housing; a speaker positioned in the speaker housing; a stem extending from the speaker housing, the stem defining an input surface; a conductive object disposed within the stem; a flexible circuit positioned between the stem and the conductive object; a member positioned between the flexible circuit and the conductive object operable to allow the flexible circuit to move with respect to the stem; a force sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit; and a controller operable to determine an input to the earphone using a change in capacitance detected using the force sensor electrode, the change in capacitance corresponding to a non-binary amount of a force applied to the input surface. In some examples, the earphone further includes a touch sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20240406573A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18666948

申请日：2024-05-17

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Anselm GRUNDHOEFER ,  Simon FORTIN-DESCHENES ,  Christian I. MOORE ,  Luke A. PILLANS ,  Christophe SEYVE ,  Seyedkoosha MIRHOSSEINI

IPC: H04N23/745 ,  H04N23/71 ,  H04N23/73

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein improve the appearance of captured video by accounting for light-based flicker and/or other factors affecting the appearance of video captured by a wearable electronic device. Some implementations are used with head-mounted devices (HMDs) that relay one or more front-facing camera feeds to display panels in front of the user's eyes. Some implementations adjust the exposure of one or more cameras of such a device based on assessing the lighting in the physical environment being captured in images/video by the cameras. Camera exposure may be adjusted (e.g., using discrete levels of exposure that are an even multiple of a light flicker rate) to reduce the appearance of flicker from one or more light sources in the physical environment. Whether and how to adjust exposure to reduce flicker may be based on environmental characteristics corresponding to visibility/objectionability of flicker from one or more light sources.