Apple Inc.

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Robert William Mayor

Yannick L Sierra

Sriram Hariharan

Brent Michael Ledvina

Robert W Brumley

Julien F Freudiger

Adam S Meyer

Peter C Tsoi

Raghunandan K Pai

Scott Lopatin

Langford M Wasada

Kyle C Brogle

Tommy Rochette

Siva Ganesh Movva

Ariane Cotte

Samuel B Schaevitz

Emmanuel Lalande

Adam M Driscoll

Steven Douglas Laver

Benjamin A Werner

Munish K Poonia

Kenneth U Victa

Christina Selle

Jonathan R Schoenberg

Swadesh Bhattacharya

Michael C Laster

Ping-Ko Chiu

Nicholas D Shourounis

Anita Desai

Kerry Nguyen

Mads N Paulin

Michał Adam Kałużny

Ernst Thomas Erdmann

Michal Adam Kaluzny

Embodiments for a device locator application are described. In an embodiment, one or more inertial displacement measurement values may be received using the inertial sensor and received camera sensor data, a trajectory based on the one or more inertial displacement measurement values may be determined, a beacon signal from a target wireless device and determine at least one signal strength value from the beacon signal may be received, at least one proximity value to the target wireless device may be estimated based on the at least one signal strength value corresponding to at least one position along the trajectory, and an indicator of the at least one proximity value to the target wireless device may be presented along the trajectory in a user interface.

Device location finding

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.

Proximity enhanced location query

Embodiments that relate to pairing and finding a group of accessory devices are described. In an embodiment, a pairing status is received from a first accessory device, a request is sent to the first accessory device for information on a number of accessory devices in a device group and a number of accessory devices that are proximate to the first accessory device in the device group, information on a second accessory device in the device group is received, a continue pairing message is sent to the second accessory device if the second accessory device is proximate, and a device group profile is created with information on the number of parts and received information on the second accessory device.

Pairing groups of accessories

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.

Electronic devices with motion sensing and angle of arrival detection circuitry

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