Patents Examined by Sonny Trinh
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Patent number: 10998630Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate having a multilayer structure, a power supply element and a ground electrode (GND) disposed in or on the dielectric substrate, a parasitic element, a power supply wiring line, and first and second stubs to be connected to the power supply wiring line. The parasitic element is disposed in a layer between the power supply element and the ground electrode (GND). The power supply wiring line passes through the parasitic element and supplies radio frequency power to the power supply element. The first stub is connected to a position different from a connection position of the second stub in the power supply wiring line.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Kengo Onaka, Hirotsugu Mori
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Patent number: 10993234Abstract: A method for determining a carrier center frequency in a wireless communications system is provided. The method includes: determining, a carrier center frequency used by a base station and UE to communicate, according to a frequency band starting frequency, an absolute radio frequency channel number, a frequency band offset, and a relative radio frequency channel number. According to this application, a time for searching for a cell by a terminal can be reduced, power consumption of the terminal can be reduced, and a battery life can be extended.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhe Jin, Qian Wu
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Patent number: 10979089Abstract: A device for measuring a reflection coefficient of an antenna by using a radio frequency (RF) feedback signal provided by a coupler based on an RF transmission signal provided to the antenna includes a feedback circuit configured to generate a baseband feedback signal by down-converting and filtering the RF feedback signal, and a signal processing device configured to control the down-converting, based on a target frequency band, process a baseband transmission signal and the baseband feedback signal to have the target frequency band, and calculate a reflection coefficient of the antenna corresponding to the target frequency band. The RF transmission signal is generated from the baseband transmission signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Daeyoung Kim, Youngik Cho
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Patent number: 10972140Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a component in a receiver system to eliminate distortion. The apparatus may include a receiver system and a tuning circuit. The receiver system may process a tracking signal to generate an output signal. The tracking signal may include a radio frequency (RF) signal and a test signal. The processing of the first tracking signal may introduce a distortion into the output signal. The tuning circuit may be operatively coupled to the receiver system. The tuning circuit may determine an adjustment value and send the adjustment value to the receiver system. The receiver system may adjust a component of the receiver system using the adjustment value to eliminate the distortion in a second RF signal that is caused by the component.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Grigory Itkin, Stefan Helmut Schmalzl
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Patent number: 10965308Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter comprises a plurality of first digital-to-analog converter cells configured to generate a first analog signal based on first digital data, wherein the first digital-to-analog converter cells of the plurality of first digital-to-analog converter cells are coupled to a first output node for coupling to a first load. Further, the digital-to-analog converter comprises a plurality of second digital-to-analog converter cells configured to generate one or more second analog signals based on second digital data, wherein the second digital-to-analog converter cells of the plurality of second digital-to-analog converter cells are coupled to one or more second output nodes, and wherein the plurality of first digital-to-analog converter cells and the plurality of second digital-to-analog converter cells are coupled to a power supply node for coupling to a mutual power supply.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Daniel Gruber, Martin Clara, Michael Kalcher
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Patent number: 10965330Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for a tunable digital power amplifier (DPA). The tunable DPA may be coupled to a reconfigurable capacitor to form a frequency tunable DPA. The capacitance of the reconfigurable capacitor may be adjusted to optimize the DPA to operate at a desired frequency band. The single tunable DPA may operate over a wide range of frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Jeffrey Walling, Zhidong Bai, Ali Azam, Wen Yuan
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Patent number: 10958299Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing antenna multipath and Rayleigh fading are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a disclosed method for reducing multipath and Rayleigh fading for an antenna comprises receiving, by a structure, at least one undesired electromagnetic (EM) signal. In one or more embodiments, the structure is mounted proximate the antenna. In at least one embodiment, the structure comprises absorber material and/or reflective material. In one or more embodiments, the antenna is mounted on top of the structure. In at least one embodiment, the structure further comprises a core, where the core is covered by the absorber material and/or the reflective material. In at least one embodiment, the core is in the shape of a sphere, a hemisphere, at least a portion of a sphere, an ellipsoid, a torus, a pyramid, a cube, a cuboid, a cylinder, a cone, a polyhedron, or a freeform shape.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Gary David Stuck
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Patent number: 10958090Abstract: A charging pad includes a body portion having a recess into which a power receiving unit of a handset is inserted, the power receiving unit having an exposed electric contact surface, a first charging-pad-side terminal formed by a torsion coil spring and provided in the recess, the first charging-pad-side terminal being configured to relatively slide on the electric contact surface accompanying an insertion of the power receiving unit into the charging pad, and to be conductively connected to the electric contact surface at a position where the first charging-pad-side terminal stops sliding after the insertion of the power receiving unit is completed, and a second charging-pad-side terminal formed by a torsion coil spring and provided in the recess, the second charging-pad-side terminal being configured to relatively slide on the electric contact surface accompanying the insertion of the power receiving unit into the charging pad.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Mizoguchi, Tadashi Shimotoso, Yasushi Kitajima, Yoshihiro Takata, Shunichi Itai
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Patent number: 10951247Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for channelizing a wideband waveform for transmission on a spectral band comprising unavailable channel segments are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for transmitting and receiving wideband waveforms when channels of a system bandwidth are unavailable for transmission. A transmitter may separate a first wideband signal into segments, with each segment a bandwidth corresponding to a channel of the system bandwidth, and may map the segments to the available channels. The transmitter may combine the mapped segments into a second wideband waveform and transmit the second wideband waveform using the available channels. A receiver may receive a first wideband signal waveform and may separate the first wideband signal waveform into segments, de-map the segments and combine the de-mapped segments into a second wideband waveform for demodulation. The techniques may be used to transmit and receive wideband waveforms over tactical data links.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: VIASAT, INC.Inventors: Michael T. Kretsch, David C. Jacobs, David J. Trusheim, Robert T. Short
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Patent number: 10951329Abstract: A base station testing system may receive one or more input signals originating from one or more transceivers of a base station. The base station testing system may form, based on the one or more input signals, one or more output signals associated with a beam direction. The base station testing system may provide a feedback signal, that is based on the one or more output signals, to a calibration component of the base station.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.Inventor: Adrian Jones
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Patent number: 10938971Abstract: An onboard device is provided in a vehicle and includes: a communication unit configured to perform short-range radio communication with a mobile terminal; and a pairing permitting unit configured to permit pairing between the onboard device and the mobile terminal by causing the mobile terminal to receive data including an identifier for uniquely identifying the onboard device when the mobile terminal in which the same identifier as the identifier is set comes within a predetermined distance from the onboard device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akira Sasaki
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Patent number: 10938974Abstract: A robotic dock for video conferencing is described. In some embodiments, a dock may be configured to receive an Information Handling System (IHS), the dock comprising: a motor; a microcontroller coupled to the motor; and a memory coupled to the microcontroller, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the microcontroller, cause the dock to control the motor to rotate the IHS toward or away from a participant of a video conference.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventor: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
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Patent number: 10932094Abstract: A method of determining a reference clock in a mesh network includes receiving multiple signals, correlating the multiple signals with a local signal generated by the first node to determine a coarse set of time differences, refining the coarse set of time differences using a phase of a carrier signal of the multiple signals to produce a refined set of time differences, and using the refined set of time differences to define a reference clock.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: ZaiNar, Inc.Inventors: Philip A. Kratz, Daniel Jacker
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Patent number: 10931324Abstract: Techniques for a communication device with a receiver to dynamically control the gain of an analog front end of the receiver. Rather than having a single circuit path in the analog front end, the analog front end includes multiple circuit paths, and dynamically selects one of the circuit paths that optimizes the gain of the analog front end. For example, an amplifier circuit path may be selected to amplify the power level of the signal received from the antenna. However, the analog front end may further include an attenuator circuit path that includes an attenuator to reduce the power level of a high-power input signal received from the antenna to ensure that the high-power signal is attenuated below a power level associated with saturation of the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ravi Ichapurapu, Basak Oyman
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Patent number: 10931808Abstract: A terminal is disclosed. The terminal, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a display unit for displaying an image; a control unit for controlling the display of the image; and an artificial intelligence unit for acquiring at least one conversation, acquiring at least one keyword corresponding to the at least one conversation, and controlling the control unit so as to display summary data including the at least one keyword.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jongwoo Han, Yoojin Park, Yoojin Choi
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Patent number: 10931004Abstract: A MIMO communication system is provided. The system may include a first antenna comprising a first cavity, a first plurality of RF ports for generating a feed wave within the first cavity, and a first plurality of sub-wavelength artificially structured material elements as arranged on a surface of the first cavity as RF radiators. The first antenna is configured to generate a plurality of radiation patterns respectively corresponding to the first plurality of ports. The system may also include a second antenna comprising a second cavity and a second plurality of sub-wavelength artificially structured material elements arranged on a surface of the second cavity.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Duke UniversityInventors: Insang Yoo, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, Timothy Sleasman, David R. Smith
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Patent number: 10924150Abstract: An expandable case that can expand to fit any rectangularly shaped mobile device is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the expandable case comprises a rectangular shaped back with a long axis and a short axis; a plurality of non-expandable components configured to form the rectangular shaped back wherein a subset of the plurality of non-expandable components curve around to form sides of the expandable case; a plurality of expandable components that couple the non-expandable components together to form the rectangular shaped back such that the rectangular shaped back can expand along the long and short axis; and, a window located at a top of the back wherein the window extends a full width of the rectangular shaped back and at least a quarter of the way down from a top of the rectangular shaped back.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: ADVANCED WIRELESS INNOVATIONS, LLCInventors: Amir Parstabar, Ramin Rostami
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Patent number: 10917510Abstract: Disclosed is a terminal set including a mobile terminal and an assistance device configured to be selectively coupled to the mobile terminal in order to complement performance degradation of a cap sensor of the mobile terminal due to the auxiliary device. The mobile terminal includes a first cap sensor configured to sense an approach of an external object; and the assistance device includes a cover member having an auxiliary display, a seating member connected with an edge of the cover member and forming a seating area for the mobile terminal to sit therein, a mobile terminal coupling terminal provided at the seating member and connected with a power supply terminal of the mobile terminal, and a second cap sensor provided at the seating area and connected with the mobile terminal coupling terminal to sense the approach of the external object.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Changho Hong, Geunsu Kim
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Patent number: 10907077Abstract: A method of attaching a flexible screen to a cover plate includes: adhering a first adhesive film layer of a laminated adhesive film to a mounting surface of a cover plate, in which the laminated adhesive film includes the first adhesive film layer, a second adhesive film layer and a second release layer, the second release layer is releasably attached to the second adhesive film layer, the first and second release layer are respectively disposed on both sides of the second adhesive film layer; releasing the second release layer from the second adhesive film layer; and adhering the second adhesive film layer to a flexible screen such that the cover plate is attached to the flexible screen. A tight attachment between the laminated adhesive film and the cover plate can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Ming Zhao, Gaocai Han, Heming Zhu
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Patent number: 10911593Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a body, a display screen, a camera module, orientation sensing elements, and a processor. The display screen is disposed on a first side of the body. The camera module is rotatably disposed on the body and captures image data. The orientation sensing elements are respectively disposed on the body or the camera module. The orientation sensing elements detect respective positions of the camera module or the body to generate a plurality of position information. The processor selectively performs image processing on the image data captured by the camera module based on whether the camera module is turned over by an external force or whether the electronic device receives an incoming call signal. The electronic device determines whether the camera lens of the mobile phone is flipped by the external force when using the mobile phone for work, live stream or video communication.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: I-Hsi Wu, Jen-Pang Hsu, Ling-Yen Wu