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公开(公告)号：US12262278B2
公开(公告)日：2025-03-25
申请号：US17603580
申请日：2020-04-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tunc Ertan , Brent M. Ledvina , Mads N. Paulin
Abstract: Embodiments described herein enable proximity enhancements for a location query performed for a target wireless device. One embodiment provides for a method to determine a range and direction to a target wireless device using one our more wireless ranging operations when the wireless communication device is within a threshold range of the target wireless device, generate an augmented reality view that includes a target position estimate for the wireless device, and present the augmented reality view that includes the target position estimate for the wireless device.
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公开(公告)号：US12200567B2
公开(公告)日：2025-01-14
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
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.
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公开(公告)号：US12177378B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-24
申请号：US17977650
申请日：2022-10-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brent M. Ledvina , Marc J. Krochmal , Robert W. Brumley , Sriram Hariharan
IPC: H04W4/02 , G06F3/04817 , H04L9/30 , H04L69/18 , H04M1/72436 , H04M1/72457 , 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.
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公开(公告)号：US20240276373A1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-15
申请号：US18409370
申请日：2024-01-10
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor： Benjamin A. Detwiler , Brent M. Ledvina , Michele Bavaro , Yujie Xu
CPC classification number: H04W52/0225 , H04W4/80
Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein may include receiving proximity messages during a first time period via a wireless personal area network. Each proximity message may include a proximity identifier calculated using a unique identifier for a proximate electronic device. In addition, the techniques may include retrieving, from a database, a set of device identifiers corresponding to devices in the first electronic device's contact list. The techniques may include for each message: determining whether the proximity identifier of the proximate electronic device matches a device identifier, thereby determining matching proximity messages. Moreover, the techniques may include generating an event score for the first time period based on the matching proximity messages, the event score having a probability that an event has occurred between the first electronic device another device. Also, the techniques may include determining whether an event has occurred by comparing the event score to an event threshold.
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公开(公告)号：US12000938B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-04
申请号：US18107496
申请日：2023-02-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Benjamin A. Werner , Brent M. Ledvina , Dennis P. Hilgenberg , Aarti Sathyanarayana
CPC classification number: G01S19/428 , G01S19/393 , G06N20/00
Abstract: A device implementing a system for estimating device location includes at least one processor configured to receive an estimated position based on a positioning system comprising a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellite, and receive a set of parameters associated with the estimated position. The processor is further configured to apply the set of parameters and the estimated position to a machine learning model, the machine learning model having been trained based at least on a position of a receiving device relative to the GNSS satellite. The processor is further configured to provide the estimated position and an output of the machine learning model to a Kalman filter, and provide an estimated device location based on an output of the Kalman filter.
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公开(公告)号：US11889302B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-30
申请号：US17169036
申请日：2021-02-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Kenneth U. Victa , Benjamin A. Detwiler , Nikhil Nilakantan , Todd Wheeler , Robert W. Mayor , Brent M. Ledvina , E. Thomas Erdmann, IV , Sriram Hariharan
CPC classification number: H04W12/04 , H04L9/0891 , H04L12/189 , H04L63/068 , H04W12/03 , H04W76/10
Abstract: The presence of a wireless device and/or accessory that cannot maintain an independent network connection can be detected by network connected wireless devices and the location of the detected device and/or accessory can be reported to a device location service. As the wireless devices and/or accessories do not have independent network connections, periodic maintenance is performed on those devices by nearby owner devices to which the wireless devices and/or accessories are paired or associated. Described herein are systems, methods, and associated devices to maintain a locatable wireless device by a set of multiple owner devices for that wireless device.
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公开(公告)号：US20230328635A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-12
申请号：US18050887
申请日：2022-10-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Benjamin A. Detwiler , Brent M. Ledvina , Kenneth U. Victa , Langford M. Wasada , Yannick L. Sierra
CPC classification number: H04W48/16 , H04W52/0258
Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a mobile electronic device including a a wireless network interface coupled to a bus, a memory device coupled to the bus, and one or more processors coupled to the bus, the one or more processors to execute instructions to perform a scan, via the wireless network interface, for a beacon advertisement that is broadcast by a wireless device within range of the wireless network interface, detect the beacon advertisement broadcast by the wireless device, retrieve an identifier broadcast within the beacon advertisement, based on a result of a comparison between the identifier to at least one expected identifier, selectively send a timer reset packet to the wireless device and an authorization token for the wireless accessory to remain in near-owner mode, and allow the one or more processors to sleep for a predetermined time.
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公开(公告)号：US20230328515A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-12
申请号：US18332503
申请日：2023-06-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Kenneth U. Victa , Benjamin A. Detwiler , Nikhil Nilakantan , Todd Wheeler , Robert W. Mayor , Brent M. Ledvina , E. Thomas Erdmann, IV , Sriram Hariharan
CPC classification number: H04W12/04 , H04W76/10 , H04W12/03 , H04L9/0891 , H04L12/189 , H04L63/068
Abstract: The presence of a wireless device and/or accessory that cannot maintain an independent network connection can be detected by network connected wireless devices and the location of the detected device and/or accessory can be reported to a device location service. As the wireless devices and/or accessories do not have independent network connections, periodic maintenance is performed on those devices by nearby owner devices to which the wireless devices and/or accessories are paired or associated. Described herein are systems, methods, and associated devices to maintain a locatable wireless device by a set of multiple owner devices for that wireless device.
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公开(公告)号：US11736938B2
公开(公告)日：2023-08-22
申请号：US17169036
申请日：2021-02-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Kenneth U. Victa , Benjamin A. Detwiler , Nikhil Nilakantan , Todd Wheeler , Robert W. Mayor , Brent M. Ledvina , E. Thomas Erdmann, IV , Sriram Hariharan
CPC classification number: H04W12/04 , H04L9/0891 , H04L12/189 , H04L63/068 , H04W12/03 , H04W76/10
Abstract: The presence of a wireless device and/or accessory that cannot maintain an independent network connection can be detected by network connected wireless devices and the location of the detected device and/or accessory can be reported to a device location service. As the wireless devices and/or accessories do not have independent network connections, periodic maintenance is performed on those devices by nearby owner devices to which the wireless devices and/or accessories are paired or associated. Described herein are systems, methods, and associated devices to maintain a locatable wireless device by a set of multiple owner devices for that wireless device.
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公开(公告)号：US20220252689A1
公开(公告)日：2022-08-11
申请号：US17728786
申请日：2022-04-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tunc Ertan , Brent M. Ledvina , Robert W. Brumley , Adam S. Meyer , Peter C. Tsoi
Abstract: An electronic device may use information about the location of nearby devices to make sharing with those devices more intuitive for a user. The electronic device may include control circuitry, wireless circuitry including first and second antennas, and motion sensor circuitry. The control circuitry may determine the location of a nearby electronic device by calculating the angle of arrival of signals that are transmitted by the nearby electronic device. To obtain a complete, unambiguous angle of arrival solution, the electronic device may be moved into different positions during angle of arrival measurement operations. At each position, the control circuitry may calculate a phase difference associated with the received signals. Motion sensor circuitry may gather motion data as the electronic device is moved into the different positions. The control circuitry may use the received antenna signals and the motion data to determine the complete angle of arrival solution.
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