公开(公告)号：US20230145244A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US18049219

申请日：2022-10-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thorsten CLEVORN ,  Stefan MEYER

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/016

Abstract: A method of communicating between a physical control device and an electronic device is disclosed herein, the physical control device having a plurality of conductive protrusions detectable by a touch screen of the electronic device when placed in contact with the touch screen. The method comprises identifying, via the electronic device, the physical control device in contact with the touch screen based on a conductive pattern of the conductive protrusions detected by a capacitive touch sensor panel of the touch screen. The method further includes performing a first action at the electronic device in accordance with an input to the physical control device that causes a change in a characteristic of the conductive pattern of the plurality of conductive protrusions detected by the capacitive touch sensor panel, and ignoring a touch input at the capacitive touch sensor panel from a housing of the physical control device.

公开(公告)号：US20230090766A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17448433

申请日：2021-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thorsten CLEVORN ,  Stefan MEYER

IPC: H04W36/36 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W36/06 ,  H04W48/04

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to power on a primary module of a cellular modem to perform signal processing operations for the UE, the primary module having first signal processing capabilities, detect an occurrence of an event, wherein the event indicates a change in network operations to be performed by the UE, determine event information indicating whether the change in network operations may use more signal processing capabilities than the primary module is able to perform, determine, based on the event information, a power state to be used for a secondary module of the cellular modem, wherein secondary module has second signal processing capabilities and is configured to perform further signal processing operations for the UE, and change a current power state for the secondary module when the determined power state is different from the current power state.