Patents Examined by Ted M Wang
  • Patent number: 11696093
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for object positioning using mixture density networks, comprising: receiving radio frequency (RF) signal data collected in a physical space; generating a feature vector encoding the RF signal data by processing the RF signal data using a first neural network; processing the feature vector using a first mixture model to generate a first encoding tensor indicating a set of moving objects in the physical space, a first location tensor indicating a location of each of the moving objects in the physical space, and a first uncertainty tensor indicating uncertainty of the locations of each of the moving objects in the physical space; and outputting at least one location from the first location tensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Farhad Ghazvinian Zanjani, Arash Behboodi, Daniel Hendricus Franciscus Dijkman, Ilia Karmanov, Simone Merlin, Max Welling
  • Patent number: 11696253
    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device to receive user plane data from a network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications network when the terminal device is not in an active radio resource connected mode, the method comprising: receiving paging message signalling from the network infrastructure equipment, wherein the paging message signalling comprises an indication the network infrastructure equipment has user plane data for transmission to the terminal device while the terminal device is not in an active radio resource connected mode; determining from the paging message signalling a set of radio resources on which the user plane data is to be transmitted by the network infrastructure equipment to the terminal device; and receiving the user plane data from the network infrastructure equipment using the determined set of radio resources while the terminal device is not in an active radio resource connected mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale, Vivek Sharma, Yassin Aden Awad
  • Patent number: 11695461
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to encode channel state information (CSI), e.g., enhanced type II CSI. A common frequency basis may be selected. Spatial-frequency coefficients, frequency basis related information, and/or spatial basis related information may be determined. At least a portion of the coefficients and/or information may be encoded in a CSI report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sai Sravan Bharadwaj Karri, Swaminathan Balakrishnan, Junsung Lim, Haitong Sun, Johnson O. Sebeni, Faraz Faheem
  • Patent number: 11696090
    Abstract: This specification generally relates to a method and system for providing curbside pickup. In one example method, an order to be fulfilled via curbside delivery is received at a merchant, where the order is associated with a first entity. The merchant receives a notification of arrival of the first entity to or within a pre-determined area associated with the merchant, where the notification includes location information associated with the first entity. The merchant can then generate a set of directions for a second entity to travel to reach the first entity based on the location information associated with the first entity, and can present the generated set of directions to the second entity for completing the curbside delivery. The merchant can then receive a confirmation of the delivery after interactions between the second entity and the first entity at the first entity's location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Aldelo, LP
    Inventor: Harry Tu
  • Patent number: 11683096
    Abstract: A docking system may include a first device and a second device moveable relative to the first device. The first device may include a docking station, a first optical transceiver, and a first controller configured to operate the first optical transceiver to receive an optical beacon signal, and generate and transmit an optical guidance data signal based on the optical beacon signal. The second device may also include a propulsion system, and a second optical transceiver configured to transmit the optical beacon signal toward the first optical transceiver and receive the optical guidance data signal from the first optical transceiver. The second device may also include a second controller configured to operate the propulsion system based upon the optical guidance data signal to dock the second device to the docking station of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Donna M. Kocak, Mario Miranda, Fraser R. Dalgleish
  • Patent number: 11683750
    Abstract: A system and method for base station selection in licensed and unlicensed spectrums are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device includes: receiving reference signals, wherein the reference signals are from a licensed spectrum or an unlicensed spectrum; determining a parameter value, based on the reference signals, associated with least one of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and a channel occupancy; and selecting a communication node in response to the parameter value meeting a condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Li Niu, Yajun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11678138
    Abstract: Described is a location-based interaction system. The system includes a server having a memory storing user data and a user computing device coupled to the server. The server may be programmed to receive and process a signal that user computing devices coupled to external devices have accessed the system and are within a predetermined proximity of each other. The system operates to send alert signals to the external devices, wherein the alert signals may be visual, audio or haptic. The system allows users to communicate through the use of external devices and/or through a communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Charles Isgar
  • Patent number: 11671788
    Abstract: Example embodiments include an electronic device and a method for operating an electronic device. The electronic device includes an ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna including directional antennas disposed on a rear surface of the electronic device and at least one omnidirectional antenna. The electronic device further includes a communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive radio frequency (RF) signals of a frequency band designated to be used for UWB communication, through the UWB antenna, with an external electronic device. The electronic device further includes a processor configured to calculate a first distance value and a second distance value, and to determine, based on a distance difference between the first distance value and the second distance value, whether the external electronic device exists within a field of view (FoV) indicating a specified angular range with respect to the direction to which the rear surface faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunchul Kim, Yi Yang, Moonseok Kang, Sukgi Hong, Jiho Shin, Jonghoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11664907
    Abstract: A method and system that provides for execution of a first calibration sequence, such as upon initialization of a system, to establish an operation value, which utilizes an algorithm intended to be exhaustive, and executing a second calibration sequence from time to time, to measure drift in the parameter, and to update the operation value in response to the measured drift. The second calibration sequence utilizes less resources of the communication channel than does the first calibration sequence. In one embodiment, the first calibration sequence for measurement and convergence on the operation value utilizes long calibration patterns, such as codes that are greater than 30 bytes, or pseudorandom bit sequences having lengths of 2N?1 bits, where N is equal to or greater than 7, while the second calibration sequence utilizes short calibration patterns, such as fixed codes less than 16 bytes, and for example as short as 2 bytes long.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Craig E. Hampel, Frederick A. Ware, Richard E. Perego
  • Patent number: 11665503
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a display section; an AIS receiving section configured to receive automatic identification system (AIS) information; a list creating section configured to create, based on the AIS information about vessels existing in the vicinity of the communication device, a proximity order list in which pieces of specific information for identifying the vessels are arranged in increasing order of proximity to the communication device; and a display control section configured to, when the submersion of the communication device has been detected, control the display section so that the display section displays the proximity order list and so that any one of the pieces of specific information at the top of the proximity order list is in a selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Icom Incorporated
    Inventor: Yoshio Sekiyama
  • Patent number: 11665620
    Abstract: A method for controlling data transmission includes: when new data needs to be transmitted on an existing session, performing an access level prohibition detection on for each cell group in a plurality of cell groups associated with a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity; and when a result of the access level prohibition detection exists as a blocked cell group, shielding the transmission of the new data to the cell group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanhua Li, Xiaowei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11658709
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a channel estimation method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to help reduce indication overheads. The method includes: generating and sending indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate M N-dimensional precoding vectors, each precoding vector is applied to one of M frequency bands, the M N-dimensional precoding vectors form a space-frequency matrix, and the space-frequency matrix is generated by performing weighted combination on a plurality of space-frequency component matrices, where the space-frequency matrix is an M×N-dimensional space-frequency vector or an X×Y space-frequency matrix, X and Y are one and the other of M and N, M?1, N?2, and both M and N are integers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaohan Wang, Huangping Jin, Xiang Ren, Wei Han, Xiaoyan Bi
  • Patent number: 11659356
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises: identifying, by a network management device, a location-based device group in a wireless data network comprising constrained wireless network devices, including identifying an identified subset of the constrained wireless network devices as member devices based on the member devices having respective physical locations within the location-based device group; identifying, by the network management device, a member device density for the location-based device group; setting by the network management device, for the location-based device group, a set of deployment group network parameters based on the member device density; and sending, by the network management device, the set of deployment group network parameters to the location-based device group for density-based deployment thereof by the member devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingyu Xie, Jianfeng Mao, Lei Zhao, Kai Qian
  • Patent number: 11658856
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device (e.g., a base station or a user equipment (UE)) may identify a sequence length corresponding to a number of resource blocks, and select a modulation scheme based on the sequence length. The device may select, from a set of sequences associated with the modulation scheme, a sequence having the sequence length. In some examples, the set of sequences may include at least one of a set of time domain phase shift keying computer-generated sequences or a set of frequency domain phase shift keying computer-generated sequences. The device may generate a reference signal for a data transmission based on the sequence and transmit the reference signal within the number of resource blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Yi Huang, Seyong Park, Gokul Sridharan, Peter Gaal, Alexandros Manolakos, Xiao Feng Wang, Tingfang Ji
  • Patent number: 11653192
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for dynamically providing emergency and preventative information topics. A preventative information policy is received for a set of users and comprises selected preventative information topics and user parameters associated with the set of users. A user profile is generated from the preventative information policy. One or more dynamically determined emergency guideline topics are calculated for a given user by analyzing a current user location against a database of emergency event entries, each entry including a classification and a location of an ongoing emergency event. A set of proximity-adjusted emergency events is determined for the current user location and one or more calculated relevance levels are applied, based at least in part on the preventative information policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TG-17, LLC
    Inventors: Doron Kempel, Rich Lobovsky, Jose Malpartida, Elad Moshe
  • Patent number: 11653296
    Abstract: A method is performed by a user equipment (UE). The method includes transmitting, to a network, a message for registration of the UE, the message having single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) that is configured to be added to at least one allowed network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) after an authentication at an access and mobility management function (AMF). The method also includes receiving, from the AMF, a registration accept message having the at least one allowed NSSAI that includes the S-NSSAI for which the authentication has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Iskren Ianev, Linghang Fan, Sivasubramaniam Ramanan, Hassan Al-Kanani
  • Patent number: 11646767
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for a MAP wireless network that includes a collaborative channel sounding measurement phase to determine channel state information between devices (e.g., the channel state between an STA and a collaborative AP) for efficient configuration of the MAP wireless network and to improve the performance of the MAP wireless networks. The wireless AP and wireless STAs associated with the collaborative APs can simultaneously transmit by applying collaborative beamforming where the interferences between channels nullify each other (e.g., nulling), and the beamforming is performed based on a sounding phase performed by the collaborative APs. The sounding protocol can include a collaborative sounding measurement phase and a collaborative sounding feedback report phase, using Null Data Packets (NDPs), for example, as described herein according to embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yongho Seok, Jianhan Liu, James Chih-Shi Yee, Thomas Edward Pare, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11636931
    Abstract: A computer system may generate a curated health ontology. The curated health ontology may be used by a requesting system. The curated health ontology generated from on a set of standard health codes combined with augmentation information, which supplements and/or otherwise changes the standard health codes. Once generated, the curated health ontology may be transmitted to the requesting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick W. Granvold, Jason B. Morley, Zhe Li
  • Patent number: 11638122
    Abstract: Various example embodiments are described in which a network node transmits to a user device preconfiguration information for a plurality of on-demand positioning signal (ODPS) preconfigurations. An ODPS preconfiguration may be selected and communicated. The transmitted ODPS preconfiguration may be a request for transmission, or a notice of transmission, of the selected ODPS. An ODPS, which is associated with or based on the selected ODPS preconfiguration, may be transmitted. The ODPS may include any positioning signal (e.g., any signal that may be used for positioning) that may be transmitted upon request or as needed, and, e.g., may include downlink on-demand positioning reference signals (ODPRS), uplink on-demand sounding reference signals (ODSRS), or other positioning or reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Diomidis Michalopoulos, Taylan Sahin
  • Patent number: 11632176
    Abstract: Techniques for negotiating optical configuration parameters of transceivers are disclosed. In one example, a method may include outputting, by a first optical node to a second optical node, a negotiation request message that specifies a configuration parameter setting for optical transceivers, the setting comprising one of a speed, a forward error correction (FEC) scheme, a modulation type, a transmission power, a minimum central frequency, a maximum central frequency, a minimum input power, a maximum input power, or a signal-to-noise ratio threshold; receiving, by the first optical node from the second optical node, in response to the negotiation request message, a negotiation response message including an indication of support for the configuration parameter setting; and configuring, by the first optical node, in response to the indication of support, a configuration parameter of an optical transceiver for the first optical node with the configuration parameter setting for the configuration parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Venu J B, Prasanth Kemparaj, Shankarrao Janakiram