Patents Examined by Erica L Fleming-Hall
  • Patent number: 10998984
    Abstract: An underwater transmitter may generate underwater pressure waves that encode bits of data. The pressure waves may travel to, and created minute vibrations in, the water's surface. An airborne radar may detect radar signals that reflect from the water's surface. The surface vibrations may modulate the phase of the reflected radar signal. The radar receiver may, based on the variation in the phase of the reflected radar signal, decode the data that was initially encoded in the underwater pressure waves. The underwater pressure waves may be frequency modulated, such as by orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing. Alternatively, the surface vibrations may be detected by a camera, interferometer or other light sensor. Alternatively, the pressure waves may propagate through a media other than water. For instance, the pressure waves may propagate through bodily tissue, or may propagate through oil or a liquid fracking mixture in an oil or gas well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Massachuusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Francesco Tonolini, Fadel Adib
  • Patent number: 10917851
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention prevents false detection of lifting. An embodiment of the present invention includes: an angle determination section (62) configured to determine whether or not an angle of a longitudinal direction of a mobile terminal (1) with respect to a vertical direction is less than or equal to a predetermined value; and a lifting determination section (65) configured to determine whether or not the mobile terminal (1) has been lifted, the lifting determination section carrying out determination in (i) a case where the angle of the longitudinal direction of the electronic device with respect to the vertical direction is greater than the predetermined angle and (ii) a case where (a) the angle of the longitudinal direction of the electronic device with respect to the vertical direction is less than or equal to the predetermined angle and (b) an acceleration of the electronic device in the longitudinal direction satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Okuda, Akihiro Isoo
  • Patent number: 10904838
    Abstract: A method for uplink transmission by a UE includes obtaining information regarding a plurality of power control sets each having a plurality of power control parameters, wherein a value of at least one parameter in a first power control set is different from a value of the at least one parameter in a second power control set; obtaining information associating at least one of the power control sets with at least one operational property of the UE; and when at least one of the operational properties is in effect on the UE, transmitting a PUSCH using the parameters of the power control set associated with the at least one operational property in effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhengwei Gong, Amine Maaref, Yu Cao, Toufiqul Islam, Weimin Xiao
  • Patent number: 10871575
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for multi-mode compensation of frequency errors within signals transmitted and received by a mobile terminal. The frequency error can be due to Doppler shift and oscillator error, which introduce opposite frequency shifts. In an acquisition mode, the mobile terminal initially compensates for the oscillator error while transmitting a signal to a communication system that contains the Doppler shift. Upon receiving a message from the communication system indicating the Doppler shift contained in the transmit signal, the mobile terminal can then switch to a tracking mode that can compensate for both Doppler shift and oscillator error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Viasat, Inc.
    Inventors: Branislav A Petrovic, Michail K Tsatsanis
  • Patent number: 10868576
    Abstract: An apparatus includes parallel delay lines, each exhibiting a delay; a first set of switches for each port of a first set of ports, each of which is to selectively couple a port of the first set of ports to first ends of the delay lines; a second set of switches for each port of a second set of ports, each of which to selectively couple a port of the second set of ports to second ends of the delay lines. A signal source generates a series of clock signals that are sequentially time delayed between the first set of switches and the second set of switches, where an input signal at one of the first or second sets of ports travels from the one of the first or second sets of ports to an output port of opposite set of ports over the delay lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Songbin Gong, Ruochen Lu, John Andrew Krol, Liuqing Gao
  • Patent number: 10855823
    Abstract: A terminal is provided, in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure. The terminal includes a printed circuit board, a display panel, and at least two functional modules. The printed circuit board is electrically coupled to the display panel. The display panel includes a display portion for displaying information, and a functional recess configured to receive the at least two functional modules. The functional recess is at least partially surrounded by the display portion. In the terminal of the embodiment the display portion can have a larger size, thereby displaying with a larger size of the display panel can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Haiping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10831161
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technologies, and discloses a method and a device for sending a communication message. The method includes: receiving, by a wearable device, a communication message sent by a transfer device, where the communication message is sent to the transfer device by a target device, and is forwarded to the wearable device by the transfer device when the transfer device meets a predetermined condition; receiving, by the wearable device, a reply message input for the communication message; and sending, by the wearable device, the reply message to the transfer device, where the reply message is forwarded to the target device by the transfer device. The present disclosure resolves a problem that a user cannot send or reply to a communication message in time when it is inconvenient to operate an electronic device, and achieves an effect of improving communication efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Sheng Wang
  • Patent number: 10833776
    Abstract: A communication system of the disclosure includes: a transmitter that includes a first transmitting electrode and a second transmitting electrode, and causes a transmission signal to be generated between the first transmitting electrode and the second transmitting electrode; and a receiver including a first receiving electrode, a second receiving electrode, and a determiner, in which the first receiving electrode and the second receiving electrode each receive the transmission signal through a communication path that includes a human body, and the determiner determines that communication is valid in a case where a reception signal, generated between the first receiving electrode and the second receiving electrode, has a prescribed polarity, and determines that the communication is invalid in a case where the reception signal has a polarity different from the prescribed polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Fukuda, Osamu Kozakai
  • Patent number: 10827434
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling coverage in a wireless communications network after a disruption in a control signal provided to a multi-directional antenna are provided. The system may detect that a disruption has occurred in the control signal, causing the antenna to broadcast in a different mode and leading to a change in the coverage area. The change in the coverage area may cause user devices to experience a drop in coverage or to experience interference from multiple, overlapping coverage areas. In embodiments, the system increases or decreases the power provided to the antenna to control the coverage area and/or limit interference, in order to compensate for the disruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Sreekar Marupaduga, Andrew M. Wurtenberger, Rajveen Narendran
  • Patent number: 10820175
    Abstract: A computer that is programmed to: receive a request from a communication module in a vehicle to communicate with an ant-sized radio (ASR) device in the vehicle; in response to the request, concurrently steer two different radio frequency (RF) beams onto the ASR device; and based on steering the beams: transmit an instruction to the ASR device, or provide sensor data received from the ASR device to the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Perry Robinson MacNeille, Omar Makke, Jeffrey Yeung, Yimin Liu, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Ayush Shah
  • Patent number: 10778278
    Abstract: A device includes a switching unit including N input ports and M output ports, wherein N?M?2. The switching unit is configured to selectively interconnect each of the M output ports with a different one of the N input ports. The device further includes M attenuators, wherein each of the M attenuators is electrically coupled to a different one of the M output ports of the switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Valentyn Solomko, Hans-Peter Friedrich, Michael Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 10778343
    Abstract: Materials and methods for mitigating passive intermodulation. A membrane for reducing passive intermodulation includes a first polymeric layer, a second polymeric layer, and a continuous metal layer encapsulated between the first and second polymeric layers. A self-adhesive radio frequency barrier tape includes a waterproof polymeric top layer, a metal-containing layer adhered by an adhesive layer to the polymeric top layer, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhered to the metal-containing layer, and a release liner on a bottom surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. A method of mitigating passive intermodulation includes passing a probe over an area of interest, the probe being sensitive to an intermodulation frequency of interest, and identifying a suspected source of passive intermodulation when the amplitude of the probe output exceeds a threshold at the frequency of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Thomas Bell, Christopher Griffin, Jacob Heaps, Joel Hazy
  • Patent number: 10771164
    Abstract: A communication unit of the disclosure includes a human-body electrode and a space electrode that perform communication through a human body by means of an electric field method, and a first auxiliary conductor section that includes a first end and a second end, the first end causing electrostatic induction corresponding to a transmission signal with respect to the human body, the second end being disposed at a position closer to the human-body electrode than to the space electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Uno, Yoshihito Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10764183
    Abstract: A data flow transmission method, a device, and a system relating to the communications field, are provided, so as to resolve a problem of resource waste caused when a relay user equipment provides a relay service for a remote user equipment. A specific solution is as follows: A first network device triggers a first relay user equipment to establish a common data flow bearer with a second network device, and the first network device sends an identifier of a common data flow to a remote user equipment in a first group before or after the first network device triggers the first relay user equipment to establish the common data flow bearer with the second network device. Embodiments of the present invention are applied to data flow transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanmei Yang, Wanqiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10728727
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing interference in wireless communication among computing devices are disclosed herein. In accordance with an aspect, a first wireless communication device is provided that is operably connected to a first server and configured to wirelessly communicate information associated with the first server. The method includes determining, at the first wireless communication device, presence of a second wireless communication device operably connected to a second server. The method also includes negotiating with the second wireless communication device to establish a plan for sharing wireless communication airspace between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device. Further, the method includes controlling communication based on the plan for sharing wireless communication airspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fred A. Bower, Charles C. Queen
  • Patent number: 10727597
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver station including an antenna device and a casing, the antenna device including at least one resonator element cooperating with the casing of the wireless transceiver station and having a shape with a low aspect ratio so as to be conformal with the casing, the at least one resonator element including a composite material and being adapted to be excited by a feed system which is positioned inside the resonator element so as to allow the antenna device to irradiate with a substantially omnidirectional radiation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED DIGITAL BROADCAST S.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Boffa, Simone Germani, Stefano Passi, Fabrizio Ricci, Roberto Vallauri
  • Patent number: 10721002
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmission/reception device and a transmission/reception method that improves a transmission characteristic in human body communication. The transmission/reception device includes three electrodes including a human body side electrode in contact with a human body, a space side electrode provided on a space side, not the human body side, and a circuit board provided with a circuit. At the time of transmission, a switch between the space side electrode and the circuit board is turned off to make a three-pole electrode configuration having superiority in the transmission characteristic, and each electrode is caused to function as an independent electrode. At the time of reception, the switch between the space side electrode and the circuit board is turned on to electrically short-circuit the space side electrode and the circuit board, to cause the electrodes to function as a two-pole electrode configuration having superiority in the transmission characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Fukuda, Takanori Washiro, Masahiro Uno
  • Patent number: 10720830
    Abstract: This specification discloses methods and systems for reducing negative undershoot during transient load response for a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) boost power converter. In some embodiments, reduction of negative undershoot during transient load response is achieved by overriding the PWM duty cycle to a maximum duty cycle when VDDBOOST drops during load step. This maximum duty cycle (“max”) mode is triggered when VDDBOOST is within a hysteresis window. Setpoint for maximum duty cycle is versus DCDC converter output and input voltage. In some embodiments, a lookup table is implemented for determining the setpoint for maximum duty cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Melaine Philip, Fabien Boitard
  • Patent number: 10713923
    Abstract: A system, device and processes that can provide a user with a way to prevent the loss or misplacement of their eyeglass frames (or other item) in the situation in which the eyeglasses (or other item) has been taken off and placed on a table, or otherwise left behind, etc. Embodiments of the invention incorporate a wireless communications technology, such as a Bluetooth module or similar functional module that is embedded into the eyeglass frame during manufacture and is therefore an integral part of the frame. In the case of an item other than eyeglass frames, the Bluetooth module may be embedded into a clasp, link, setting, or a part of a device (such as a laptop computer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FetchFind LLC
    Inventors: Ann Sacks, Sean S. McGinley
  • Patent number: 10707914
    Abstract: A method and system for selecting a sub-band in a television white space frequency band may include configuring an antenna matching circuit based on the selected sub-band and configuring a bandpass filter based on the selected sub-band. The method may include receiving a first signal through a radio-frequency path including the antenna matching circuit and not including the bandpass filter, measuring a parameter of received first signal, and determining whether the selected sub-band is usable based on the measured parameter of the received first signal. The method may include receiving a second signal through radio-frequency path including the antenna matching circuit and the bandpass filter, measuring a parameter of the received second signal, and determining whether the selected sub-band is usable based on the measured parameter of the received second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nahal Niakan, Sean Russell Mercer