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Coil driven switched capacitor and controller for wired and inductive charging

A coil driven switched capacitor (CDSC) converter can include at least one input coil that receives input power; first and second cascades of one or more CDSC cells, an input of each cascade being cou…

DRIVE·6d ago·1 min read

H02M7/23 Apple Inc.

Pedestrian dead reckoning using differential geometric properties of human gait

In some embodiments, a method comprises: receiving acceleration data from a motion sensor of a mobile device carried by a user, the acceleration data represented by a space curve in a three-dimensiona…

DRIVE·Jun 9·2 min read

G01C21/12 Apple Inc.

Methods and Circuitry for Mitigating Saturation in Wireless Power Systems

A wireless charging system having a power transmitter may wirelessly transfer power to a power receiver. Shield saturation, such as saturation of a ferrite structure, in the wireless power receiver ma…

DRIVE·May 28·1 min read

H02J50/70 Apple Inc.

Wireless power systems with amplitude-shift-keying communications

A wireless power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power transmitting device may include ASK decoding circuitry. An inverter controlle…

DRIVE·May 26·1 min read

H04B5/79 Apple Inc.

System For Determining Position Both Indoor and Outdoor

An apparatus, method, and computer readable medium related to determining the position of a device, for example determining the pose of a camera. Varying embodiments discuss the use of sensors and cap…

DRIVE·May 14·1 min read

G01C21/206 Apple Inc.

USER INTERFACES FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING PREDEFINED ROUTES

In some embodiments, an electronic device navigates the electronic device back to a predefined route when the electronic device determines that the current location of the electronic device is off rou…

DRIVE·Apr 23·1 min read

G01C21/3415 Apple Inc.

EXPANDED FUNCTIONALITY OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIA A CLOSED-LOOP THERMAL SOLUTION

Devices, methods, and structures for unleashing the full computing power of handheld and wearable computing devices. An example can provide a docking station that can help to overcome form factor limi…

DRIVE·Apr 2·1 min read

G06F1/206 Apple Inc.

FREEFORM BATTERIES

Batteries having convoluted, freeform shapes. These batteries can have curved and twisted surfaces that are freeform and do not have a constant radius or degree of rotation. A stack of battery layers …

DRIVE·Apr 2·1 min read

H01M50/102 Apple Inc.

SURFACE AREA INCREASE AND PROTECTION FOR ELECTRODES

Batteries that can have improved power delivery capabilities. One example can provide an anode electrode having an increased surface area. This increase in surface area can improve electrolyte wetting…

DRIVE·Mar 26·1 min read

H01M10/0585 Apple Inc.

BATTERY ELECTRODE WITH NON-UNIFORM TAB

An electrode includes a body and a tab extending from the body. The tab includes a first cross-sectional area at a first location along a length of the tab, a second cross-sectional area at a second l…

DRIVE·Mar 26·1 min read

H01M50/533 Apple Inc.

WIRELESS CHARGER DEVICE SUPPORTING MULTIPLE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SPECIFICATIONS

A wireless charger device can support multiple different receiver devices having different wireless charging specifications. The wireless charger device can house two wireless power transmitter coils …

DRIVE·Mar 19·1 min read

H02J50/10 Apple Inc.

LOW POWER PING TRANSITION TO WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER MODE

An electronic device selectively operable in a wireless power receiver mode to receive power from a wireless power transmitter and in a wireless power transmitter mode to transmit power to an accessor…

DRIVE·Feb 12·1 min read

H02J50/80 Apple Inc.

MULTI-PHASE BUCK-BOOST CHARGER ARCHITECTURE

A multi-phase buck-boost converter system can include an external discrete component power stage and a controller integrated circuit. The external discrete component power stage can include a first an…

DRIVE·Feb 12·1 min read

H02M3/1582 Apple Inc.

WIRELESS CHARGER DEVICE

Wireless charger devices can incorporate various combinations of features, such as monolithic ferrite structures to shield the inductive coil that include sidewalls to confine flux, a common-mode chok…

DRIVE·Feb 5·1 min read

H02J50/10 Apple Inc.

FAST CHARGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

A battery configured to power a device includes a battery management unit (BMU). The BMU is configured to determine a fast charging handshake criteria based at least in part on a temperature of the ba…

DRIVE·Jan 29·1 min read

H01M10/443 Apple Inc.

COUPLING BETWEEN BATTERY COVER AND BASE

A battery comprising a base including a base portion defining an interior volume and a base flange extending from the base portion. The battery also includes a battery cell stack positioned in the int…

DRIVE·Jan 22·1 min read

H01M50/169 Apple Inc.

IMPROVED COUPLING BETWEEN BATTERY COVER AND BASE

DRIVE·Jan 8·1 min read

H01M50/169 Apple Inc.

ACTIVE DISCHARGER FOR HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITORS WITH REDUCED IDLE POWER LOSS

An active capacitor discharging circuit for a power supply can include a current source adapted to be coupled between one or more capacitors and ground; and a voltage-controlled switch that selectivel…

DRIVE·Dec 25·1 min read

H02J7/345 Apple Inc.

BATTERY WITH SELECTIVELY LOCATED COMPONENTRY OF A BATTERY MANAGEMENT UNIT

A battery includes an enclosure having a longitudinal body section and a lateral body section extending from and normal to the longitudinal body section, where an intersection of the longitudinal body…

DRIVE·Dec 18·1 min read

H01M10/4257 Apple Inc.

BATTERY WITH COVERED PLUG

A battery that includes a housing defining a housing aperture, a battery cell stack positioned in the housing, a plug coupled to the housing over the housing aperture, a covering material disposed on …

DRIVE·Dec 18·1 min read

H01M50/645 Apple Inc.

Filtering Spurious Signals in a Wireless Transceiver

An electronic device may include wireless circuitry having a transformer with a primary coil and a secondary coil, a first series inductor coupled to the primary coil, a second series inductor coupled…

DRIVE·Dec 11·1 min read

H04B1/0078 Apple Inc.

INTELLIGENT RESTRICTION OF DEVICE OPERATIONS

A navigation system includes a user interface for detecting touch input. The system uses touch input to determine if a driver or passenger is operating the navigation system. If the system determines …

DRIVE·Mar 13·1 min read

G01C21/3641 Apple Inc.

Guidance Of Autonomous Vehicles In Destination Vicinities Using Intent Signals

Signals usable to determine a path of a vehicle towards a particular stopping point in a vicinity of a destination are detected from an individual authorized to provide guidance with respect to moveme…

DRIVE·Jan 9·1 min read

B60W30/06 Apple Inc.

DEVICE COUPLING FOR WIRELESS CHARGING

Electronic apparatuses according to embodiments of the present technology may include an electronic device a first surface and a second surface opposite the first. The electronic device may include a …

DRIVE·Jan 9·1 min read

H02J50/10 Apple Inc.

SMART ENCLOSURES FOR BATTERIES IN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

A battery includes an enclosure, a battery management unit (BMU), a conductive trace including conductive particles disposed on a surface of the enclosure and electrically coupled with the BMU to form…

DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min read

G01L1/20 Apple Inc.

Wireless Power System With Charging Alerts

A wireless power system has first and second electronic devices. The first electronic device may receive power from an alternating-current-to-direct-current power converter. A magnetic sensor and/or o…

DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min read

H02J50/80 Apple Inc.

Orientation Based on Vanishing Points

In one implementation, a method of determining a downward direction is performed by a device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and an image sensor. The method includes capturing…

DRIVE·Nov 21·1 min read

G06T7/73 Apple Inc.

Transit Navigation

Some embodiments provide a map application that identifies a transit route that includes one or more transit legs between a starting location and a destination location. In response to a request to st…

DRIVE·Oct 31·1 min read

G01C21/3423 Apple Inc.

FRIENDLY METAL LOSS ESTIMATION

A wireless power transfer device can include a coil that couples to a corresponding coil of a counterpart device to facilitate wireless power transfer, a power converter coupled to the coil, and contr…

DRIVE·Oct 17·1 min read

H02J50/60 Apple Inc.

INDICATION FOR PROTECTIVE CHARGING MODE

The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for a displaying a user interface including a visual indication that an electronic device is in a protective charging mode. While the electronic …

DRIVE·Sep 19·1 min read

H02J7/0047 Apple Inc.

Wireless Power Systems With Interference Mitigation

A wireless power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. A clock signal may be provided to inverter circuitry in wireless power transmitting circuitry at…

DRIVE·Sep 12·1 min read

H04B15/02 Apple Inc.

Wireless Charging System with a Switchable Magnetic Core

An electronic device in a wireless power system may be operable with a removable accessory such as a case. The device may convey wireless power to, from, or through the case while the device is couple…

DRIVE·Sep 5·2 min read

H01F27/24 Apple Inc.

Flexible Electronic Devices

Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexib…

DRIVE·Aug 29·1 min read

G06F1/1626 Apple Inc.

Detecting Falls Using A Mobile Device

In an example method, a mobile device obtains sample data generated by one or more sensors over a period of time, where the one or more sensors are worn by a user. The mobile device determines that th…

DRIVE·Aug 15·1 min read

G08B21/0446 Apple Inc.

DUAL MODE WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM DESIGNS

Electronic devices according to embodiments of the present technology may include a battery. The devices may include a nanocrystalline foil. The devices may include a wireless charging coil seated on …

DRIVE·Aug 8·1 min read

H01F38/14 Apple Inc.

Methods and Circuitry for Mitigating Saturation in Wireless Power Systems

DRIVE·Aug 8·1 min read

H02J50/70 Apple Inc.

USER INTERFACES FOR AN ELECTRONIC KEY

The present disclosure generally relates to managing and using an electronic key. In some embodiments, the electronic key is utilized to cause a vehicle to unlock one or more doors of the vehicle when…

DRIVE·Aug 1·1 min read

B60H1/00657 Apple Inc.

Methods and Circuitry for Mitigating Saturation in Wireless Power Systems

DRIVE·Jul 25·1 min read

H02J50/70 Apple Inc.

SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTER WITH TAP-CHANGE CAPABILITY

A switched capacitor converter battery charging circuit can include an input that receives an input current, an output that delivers an integer multiple of the input current to a battery, a plurality …

DRIVE·Jun 20·2 min read

H02M3/07 Apple Inc.

MOBILE KEY ENROLLMENT AND USE

A computer system performs techniques related to displaying a representation of a secure credential and using the secure credential. In some embodiments, a computer system detects that the computer sy…

DRIVE·Jun 20·1 min read

B60R25/24 Apple Inc.