Randomized Timeouts for Wireless Operations

    公开(公告)号:US20250080987A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18818915

    申请日:2024-08-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An apparatus configured to generate, for transmission to a wireless communication device via a short-range communication protocol, a request related to a short-range communication operation, select a randomized timeout period for the short-range communication operation and initiate a timer set to the randomized timeout period, wherein the wireless communication device is to respond to the request prior to expiration of the timer.

    Target Device and Entitlement Server Cross Platform eSIM Profile Transfer

    公开(公告)号:US20250080969A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18824394

    申请日:2024-09-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An apparatus configured to engage in an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile transfer process to receive at a target device, executing a first operating system (OS) that implements a first protocol stack related to eSIM profile transfers, an eSIM profile from a source device executing a second OS that implements a second protocol stack related to eSIM profile transfers to the target device, wherein the first protocol stack and the second protocol stack are different, process, based on signals received from the source device, a token for transferring the eSIM profile, generate, for transmission to an enablement server, a request for the eSIM profile, wherein the request comprises the token and process, based on signals received from the enablement server, the eSIM profile.

    DIGITAL VIEWFINDER USER INTERFACE FOR MULTIPLE CAMERAS

    公开(公告)号:US20250080851A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18949752

    申请日:2024-11-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device has multiple cameras and displays a digital viewfinder user interface for previewing visual information provided by the cameras. The multiple cameras may have different properties such as focal lengths. When a single digital viewfinder is provided, the user interface allows zooming over a zoom range that includes the respective zoom ranges of both cameras. The zoom setting to determine which camera provides visual information to the viewfinder and which camera is used to capture visual information. The user interface also allows the simultaneous display of content provided by different cameras at the same time. When two digital viewfinders are provided, the user interface allows zooming, freezing, and panning of one digital viewfinder independently of the other. The device allows storing of a composite images and/or videos using both digital viewfinders and corresponding cameras.

    Electronic Device with Dynamic Sensor Polling

    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.

    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.

    ANTENNA GROUNDING
    8.
    发明申请

    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.

    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.

    Conductive Color Coatings
    10.
    发明申请

    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.

    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.

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