公开(公告)号：WO2018148687A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：PCT/US2018/017877

申请日：2018-02-12

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： LEDVINA, Brent M. ,  BRUMLEY, Robert W. ,  MAYOR, Robert William ,  BENCZE, William J. ,  MARQUEZ, Alejandro J. ,  YANG, Shang-Te ,  CHEN, Xu ,  NARANG, Mohit ,  SEN, Indranil S.

IPC: B60R25/24

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：EP4221265A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-02

申请号：EP23168304.6

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： LEDVINA, Brent M. ,  KROCHMAL, Marc J. ,  BRUMLEY, Robert W. ,  HARIHARAN, Sriram

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  G08B21/02 ,  G08B13/14 ,  H04W12/63 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04L51/58 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04M1/72457 ,  H04M1/72412 ,  H04M1/72436 ,  H04L51/48 ,  G06Q10/107

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：WO2022051196A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：PCT/US2021/048113

申请日：2021-08-28

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： BRUMLEY, Robert W. ,  TSOI, Peter C. ,  BUROWSKI, Yagil

IPC: G01S13/02 ,  G01S13/76 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W8/00

Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed to techniques (e.g., a device, a method, a memory or non-transitory computer readable medium storing code or instructions executable by one or more processors) for communication techniques between an electronic device (e.g., a smart speaker, a smart TV, a smart appliance, etc.) and one or more mobile devices (e.g., a smartphone, a tablet, a wearable device etc.). Techniques can vary the rate the mobile device responds to ranging messages from the smart speaker based on one or more factors. These factors can include a state of the mobile device (e.g., awake or asleep), mobile device orientation (e.g., face down), application state (e.g., music App active), motion of the mobile device (e.g., at rest for period of time), and a range (distance/angle) between the mobile device and the speaker to conserve battery life. The range to the electronic device can activate one or more smart speaker features on the mobile device.

公开(公告)号：WO2020069311A1

公开(公告)日：2020-04-02

申请号：PCT/US2019/053448

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： LEDVINA, Brent M. ,  KROCHMAL, Marc J. ,  BRUMLEY, Robert W. ,  HARIHARAN, Sriram

IPC: G06F3/0482 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W12/06

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：WO2023033886A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-09

申请号：PCT/US2022/031178

申请日：2022-05-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： WASADA, Langford M. ,  UNKN, Arun ,  CHANG, Andrew C. ,  HARIHARAN, Sriram ,  BRUMLEY, Robert W. ,  THIARA, Raman S.

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3212

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to reducing a power consumption of an electronic device while maintaining some functionality of the electronic device while the electronic device is in a low power mode. The device may be in the low power mode due to a battery level being below a threshold. If the battery level is below the threshold, the electronic device may enter the low power mode. However, before entering the low power mode, some functionality of an application processor may be transferred to a communication controller. Once the functionality is transferred, the application processor may be disabled to reduce power consumption while maintaining functionality of the application processor. The electronic device may also utilize various communication protocols to communicate with a peripheral device. Even though the electronic device may be in the low power mode, the communication controller may be used to cause the peripheral device to perform various actions.

公开(公告)号：WO2022211960A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：PCT/US2022/018532

申请日：2022-03-02

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： DONGARE, Adwait N. ,  BRUMLEY, Robert W. ,  GOLSHAN, Robert

IPC: G01S5/00 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/14 ,  G01S5/12 ,  G01S2205/001 ,  G01S5/0009

Abstract: An electronic device may receive a first signal from a first transmitting device at a first time. The electronic device may receive a second signal from a second transmitting device at a second time. The electronic device may access location information for the first transmitting device and the second transmitting device. The electronic device may receive a message from a second electronic device having a known distance relationship to the first transmitting device and the second transmitting device, wherein the second electronic device is configured to receive the first signal, the second signal, and the message including timing information of the signals. The electronic device may determine the position of the electronic device using the location information and the timing information, wherein the position is dependent on the known distance relationship.

公开(公告)号：WO2021257720A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：PCT/US2021/037657

申请日：2021-06-16

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： BUROWSKI, Yagil ,  BRUMLEY, Robert W. ,  DEWBERRY, Brandon S.

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G01S5/02

Abstract: The first mobile device transmits (602) a request to establish outgoing pairwise ranging sessions with other mobile devices of the group. Each of the mobile devices of the group of mobile devices can establish ranging sessions with the other mobile devices (604). Each mobile device can act as both an initiating device and a responding device for the ranging session. The first mobile device detects (606) one or more redundant ranging sessions the mobile devices. The first mobile device identifies (608) whether to keep or terminate each of the one or more redundant ranging sessions based on a common criterion. The first mobile device performs (610) ranging using remaining ranging sessions with each of the other mobile devices.

公开(公告)号：WO2019067105A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-04

申请号：PCT/US2018/047308

申请日：2018-08-21

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： LEDVINA, Brent M. ,  BRUMLEY, Robert W. ,  HARIHARAN, Sriram

IPC: H04W12/08 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: Two different wireless protocols can be used for ranging between a mobile device and an access control system (e.g., a vehicle). The first wireless protocol (e.g., Bluetooth®) can be used to perform authentication of the vehicle and exchange ranging capabilities between a mobile device (e.g., a phone or watch, 910) and the vehicle. The second wireless protocol (e.g., ultra-wideband, UWB) can use a pulse width that is less than a pulse width used by the first wireless protocol (e.g., 1 ns v. 1 M S, 940). The narrower pulse width can provide greater accuracy for distance (ranging) measurements.

公开(公告)号：EP4533804A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-09

申请号：EP23729622.3

申请日：2023-05-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： BUROWSKI, Yagil ,  BRUMLEY, Robert W. ,  DUYK, Charles W. ,  EYAL, Ron ,  YE, Yunxing

IPC: H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/442

公开(公告)号：EP4221149A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-02

申请号：EP23168293.1

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： LEDVINA, Brent M. ,  KROCHMAL, Marc J. ,  BRUMLEY, Robert W. ,  HARIHARAN, Sriram

IPC: H04L51/58 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/63 ,  G08B13/14 ,  G08B21/02 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G06Q10/107 ,  H04L51/48 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04M1/72412 ,  H04M1/72436 ,  H04M1/72457 ,  H04W4/80

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.