Patents Examined by Shaima Q. Aminzay
  • Patent number: 11206622
    Abstract: A mesh network includes multiple in-band on-channel (IBOC) transceivers, connected in a mesh configuration. A first IBOC transceiver communicates directly with a second IBOC transceiver, and an edge transceiver communicates directly with the second IBOC transceiver, but indirectly with the first IBOC transceiver via the second IBOC transceiver. The first IBOC transceiver includes a first network interface, an IBOC radio frequency (RF) transmitter, and a wireless network interface. The first network interface receives broadcast content for IBOC transmission from the edge transceiver. The IBOC RF transmitter transmits the broadcast content within an IBOC broadcast area. The wireless network interface receives feedback, related to the broadcast content, from an IBOC user device within the IBOC broadcast area, and transmits the feedback indirectly to the edge transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
  • Patent number: 11196480
    Abstract: A solid state power amplifier uses a Doherty power amplifier that can be implemented as a monolithic microwave integrated circuit. By adjusting the DC bias of the amplifying stages in each branch of the Doherty amplifier, the output power, linearity, and DC power can be adjusted to provide a specified output, where the specification for the output can include the maintaining of desired DC power and linearity. The Doherty power amplifier can be used in a satellite payload or other application utilizing solid state power amplifiers, while providing the proper amount of RF output power and DC power. A single amplifier can have its bias levels adjusted for different output levels, helping to minimize the number of designs that are required for a given satellite payload, reducing the variety of parts in a satellite payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Maxar Space LLC
    Inventors: Seyed Tabatabaei, Jim Sowers, Ghislain Turgeon
  • Patent number: 11187777
    Abstract: A method of determining the location of the first object (10) may include receiving signals at a second object (20) from a plurality of measurement points (11) on the first object (10), estimating locations of the plurality of measurement points (11) on the first object (10), determining an estimate of a location of the first object (10), determining a first measurement of an orientation of the first object (10) based on the estimating of the locations of the plurality of measurement points (11) on the first object (10), and determining a second measurement of the orientation of the first object (10) based on measurements by an orientation sensor (12) on the first object (10). The method may include estimating an error of the estimate of the location of the first object (10) based on a difference between the first and second orientation measurements and adjusting a movement of the second object (20) based on the estimated error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Fänge, Mattias Falk, Hannes Bergkvist, Ivar Bergkvist
  • Patent number: 11184933
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink (DL) signal from a base station on one or more DL beam(s). The UE may identify a selected DL beam of the one or more DL beam(s) for communications from the base station to the UE. The UE may transmit a scheduling request message to the base station using at least one of a resource or a waveform selected based at least in part on the selected DL beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Sundar Subramanian, Junyi Li, Navid Abedini, Bilal Sadiq
  • Patent number: 11181643
    Abstract: A microservice node can receive a request for information identifying a corrected physical location of a client device. The request can include raw satellite data associated with the client device. The microservice node can convert the raw satellite data to a Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) format. The microservice node can determine, based on converting the raw satellite data to the RTCM format, an estimated physical location of the client device. The microservice node can receive, based on transmitting a request to a network real-time kinematics (RTK) device, corrections data associated with the estimated physical location of the client device. The microservice node can determine, using a cloud RTK engine, the corrected physical location of the client device based on the estimated physical location and corrections data. The microservice node can transmit, to the client device, the information identifying the corrected physical location of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammed M. Rahman, Christopher N. Delregno, William F. Copeland, Sumanth S. Mallya
  • Patent number: 11184862
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a method for setting transmit power. The method for a terminal to set the transmit power for a plurality of component carriers (CCs) during carrier aggregation transmission in a wireless communication system includes: a step for acquiring a prose per-packet priority (PPPP) of a signal transmitted from an individual CC; a step for calculating the transmit power of the signal transmitted from the individual CC; and a step for setting a minimum guaranteed power for the individual CC if the sum of the transmit powers of the individual CCs exceeds a preset value, wherein the minimum guaranteed power indicates the minimum transmit power to be transmitted from the individual CCs, and the minimum guaranteed power is set for each PPPP. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Heejin Kim, Seungmin Lee, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 11169619
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a first structure including a first plate including a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface, and at least one side surface, a second structure including a second plate facing the second surface of the first plate; a first side wall extended to the second plate; a second side wall extending to the first side wall and the second plate and facing the side surface; and a third side wall extending to the first side wall and the second plate, parallel to the second side wall and facing the side surface, wherein the second plate, the first side wall, and the second side wall and the third side wall together form a trough with one side opened to receive at least part of the first structure, the first structure is movable between an open state and a closed state with respect to the second structure in a first direction parallel to the second plate and the second side wall, and the first structure is placed at a first dis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gidae Kim, Seunghoon Ko, Jungchul An, Joungmin Cho, Kwangtai Kim, Hyungsup Byeon
  • Patent number: 11159659
    Abstract: A communication device including a housing which includes a front and a surrounding electrically conductive frame, the front including a dielectric cover, where the housing accommodates: a display covered by the cover; an electrically conductive chassis; and at least one substrate including at least one feeding element. Along at least a part of the frame and between the display and the substrate the chassis and the frame are separated from one another by a dielectric-filled intermediate space. Along the part of the frame and between the cover and the dielectric-filled intermediate space the display is separated from the frame by a gap. The dielectric-filled intermediate space together with the frame and the chassis form at least one waveguide structure extending between the substrate and the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Alexander Khripkov
  • Patent number: 11146346
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting a message in response to receiving a message. One apparatus (300) includes a receiver (312) that receives (602) a second message from a second remote unit (200). The second message is transmitted from the second remote unit in response to the second remote unit receiving a first message from a first remote unit. The apparatus (300) includes a transmitter (310) that transmits (604) a third message corresponding to the first message in response to receiving the second message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Xiaodong Yu, Haipeng Lei, Lianhai Wu, Zhi Yan
  • Patent number: 11129114
    Abstract: Provided in implementations of the present disclosure are a wireless communication method and apparatus, configured to take an SRS transmission power into account when selecting an SRS resource from an SRS resource set, so as to select a suitable SRS resource. The method comprises: a terminal apparatus determining a transmission power for sending a sounding reference signal (SRS) by means of an SRS resource in an SRS resource set; and the terminal apparatus indicating first information to a network apparatus, the first information comprising information of the transmission power employed for sending the SRS by means of the SRS resource in the SRS resource set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenhong Chen
  • Patent number: 11129110
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may determine that a second UE is to transmit a control channel message retransmission using a first subchannel of a sidelink control channel during a subframe. The first UE may determine that the first UE is to transmit a sidelink transmission using a second subchannel of the sidelink control channel during the subframe, the second subchannel being different from the first subchannel. The first UE may transmit, by the first UE and during the subframe, the control channel message retransmission of the second UE using the first subchannel and the sidelink transmission of the first UE using the second subchannel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lior Uziel, Omri Netanel Mamo
  • Patent number: 11109196
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for creation and storage of online community groups is provided. In various implementations, digital communication data is stored representing interactions between users as part of an online community platform. In various implementations, a user of the online community platform indicates the desire to create a group comprising digital accounts which have interacted with the user as indicated by the digital communication data. In various implementations, a digital communication group is created comprising digital accounts specifically chosen by a user of an online community platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NEXTDOOR, INC.
    Inventors: Tatyana Mamut, Paul Howe
  • Patent number: 11102665
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for identifying and mitigating a voltage loss in a power transmission to a Remote Radio Unit (RRU) associated with Radio Frequency (RF) antennas of a telecommunications network. More particularly, a Supplemental Voltage (SV) controller is described that is configured to monitor and detect a change in voltage that occurs during a power transmission from a primary Direct Current (DC) power source to the RRU and selectively cause a supplemental DC power source to transmit a supplemental voltage to the RF antennas. The SV controller may cause a supplemental DC power source to transmit a supplemental voltage to the RRU based on an empirical data analysis, sensory data analysis, or current environmental metadata. Further, the SV controller may determine whether the primary DC power source has suddenly ceased transmitting power to the RRU, and in doing so, cease transmission of a supplemental voltage to the RRU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Fischer
  • Patent number: 11096183
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a radio resource manager device is provided. The radio resource manager device may include a receiver configured to receive an application applying for radio resources; an interference allowance determiner configured to determine whether interference of signal transmission during radio communication using radio resources is allowed; and a radio resource assigner configured to assign radio resources based on the determined interference allowance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Mueck, Christian Drewes, Wen Xu
  • Patent number: 11082931
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that is capable of transmitting a plurality of waveforms including a first waveform and a second waveform while switching therebetween, wherein the first waveform is based on a first transmission scheme and the second waveform is based on a second transmission scheme, and transmits the first waveform at a given timing, by using a given cell, and a control section that calculates a power headroom for the second waveform, which is one of the plurality of waveforms and which is not transmitted at the given timing. According to one aspect of the present invention, communication can be continued adequately even when communication is performed by using multiple waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Osawa, Hiroki Harada, Yuichi Kakishima
  • Patent number: 11050866
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal having a flexible display. The mobile terminal includes a first frame, a second frame coupled to the first frame to move in a first or second direction, a third frame coupled to the second frame to move in the first or second direction. The mobile terminal further includes a flexible display having a first region on a front side of the mobile terminal, a second region on a backside of the mobile terminal, and a third region between the first and second regions, and the third region is disposed on the front side or backside of the mobile terminal selectively. The mobile terminal further includes a drive unit configured to move the second and third frames in the first or second direction, and the drive unit is further configured to be manually operable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hakho Choi, Ahrah Koh, Sungdo Kim
  • Patent number: 11031964
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting a reference signal in a cell that uses an unlicensed frequency band. The method includes determining a candidate resource set that is used when a first reference signal is transmitted in the cell that uses the unlicensed frequency band, where the candidate resource set includes a preset resource and at least one flexible candidate resource, determining a first candidate resource that is used when the first reference signal is transmitted in the cell that uses the unlicensed frequency band, where a channel on the unlicensed frequency band corresponding to the first candidate resource is in an idle state, and the first candidate resource is the preset resource or a flexible candidate resource in the candidate resource set, and sending the first reference signal on the first candidate resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Guan, David Jean-Marie Mazzarese, Brian Classon
  • Patent number: 11029385
    Abstract: A tracking system for use in head-mounted display apparatus includes at least one emitter that emits signals; a first receiver and a second receiver that sense the emitted signals and generate sensor data, the first receiver and the second receiver being arranged on a first portion and a second portion, respectively, wherein the first portion faces a user when the head-mounted display apparatus is worn by the user, and the second portion is a part of a user-interaction controller of a head-mounted display; and a processor configured to process the generated sensor data to determine relative positions and orientations of first receiver and second receiver with respect to the emitter, and to determine a relative position and orientation of the second receiver with respect to the first receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Varjo Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Urho Konttori, Klaus Melakari
  • Patent number: 11026261
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a downlink (DL) signal from a base station on one or more DL beam(s). The UE may identify a selected DL beam of the one or more DL beam(s) for communications from the base station to the UE. The UE may transmit a scheduling request message to the base station using at least one of a resource or a waveform selected based at least in part on the selected DL beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Sundar Subramanian, Junyi Li, Navid Abedini, Bilal Sadiq
  • Patent number: 11012550
    Abstract: The smartphone case with integrated UV lights is a lantern. The smartphone case with integrated UV lights comprises a PDD shell, a personal data device, and a UV lamp circuit. The PDD shell contains the personal data device and the UV lamp circuit. The personal data device forms an electrical connection with the UV lamp circuit. The personal data device provides electrical power to the UV lamp circuit. The personal data device controls the operation of the UV lamp circuit. The UV lamp circuit generates an illumination of electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet spectrum. The field of illumination of electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet spectrum generated by the smartphone case with integrated UV lights detects biological material that is not otherwise illuminated by electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventor: John Castro