Patents Examined by Tuan Tran
  • Patent number: 11973481
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver including a receiver circuit coupled to an RF transceiver node, a tunable notch filter coupled between the RF transceiver node and a reference node, and a controller that programs the tunable notch filter with a selected blocker frequency and that selectively enables the tunable notch filter to attenuate at least one blocker signal. The tunable notch filter may include a variable capacitor and an inductor coupled in series between the RF transceiver node and ground. The inductor of the tunable notch filter may include a bondwire coupled between a semiconductor die and a semiconductor package. The inductance may include a physical inductor mounted on the package or a printed circuit board. The tunable notch filter may be enabled by a switch selectively coupling the filter to either the RF transceiver node or ground. The variable capacitor may be digitally programmed with digital values stored in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Vitor Pereira, Jeffrey A. Tindle, Mustafa H. Koroglu, Terry Lee Dickey
  • Patent number: 11971230
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a discharge event of a firearm is provided. An event detection module receives acceleration and rotation input signals from an inertial measurement unit configured on the firearm. Respective acceleration and rotation input signals are assigned to sample event candidates at respective windows of time. The acceleration signals of the sampled event candidates are compared to a discharge acceleration template that represents a confirmed weapon discharge event. A subset of accepted accelerations from the sampled event candidates are identified that satisfy the discharge acceleration template. A first rotation input signal from the sample window of time associated with each accepted acceleration in the subset is compared to a first rotation template that represents a confirmed weapon discharge event. A determination is made whether the sample event candidate is a discharge event based on satisfying both the discharge acceleration template and the first rotation template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Armaments Research Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Abe Rozenthal, Michael Canty
  • Patent number: 11973528
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a protective case for a portable electronic device, which includes a rear shell and a camera decorative ring, the rear shell includes a back plate and a clamping element, the back plate is provided with an avoidance hole, and the inner wall surface of the avoidance hole is provided with a first retention groove, the outer peripheral surface of the camera decorative ring is provided with a limit surface, and a limit part is formed between the limit surface and the inner end surface of the camera decorative ring; the limit part is embedded in the first retention groove, and the inner end surface of the camera decorative ring is evenly aligned with or lower than the inner surface of the back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN LINGYI INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yanghui Zheng, Sen Qiu, Yanghong Zheng, Jingyan Zheng, Qiushun Liu, Shaohua Chen
  • Patent number: 11965704
    Abstract: A method providing discharge monitoring of a firearm includes a signal processing module and a safety selector switch sensor. The event detection module has at least one sensor that senses an acceleration and generates an acceleration signal. The signal processing module receives the acceleration signal and is configured to determine whether the acceleration signal is a discharge event and generate an event detection signal based on the determination, the signal processing module further configured to maintain a shot count of the firearm based on the determination that the event detection signal is a discharge event. The safety selector switch sensor communicates with a safety switch configured on the firearm, and communicates a safety switch signal to the signal processing module corresponding to a position of the safety switch. The event detection signal is further based on the safety switch signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Armaments Research Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff O'Dell, Michael Canty
  • Patent number: 11968003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector for connection through a flexible barrier. The connector comprises at least a device pad and at least a landing pad. The device pad is arranged in close proximity to the landing pad for contactless connection through the flexible barrier to transmit and/or receive data and/or power between each other. The device pad and the landing pad are configured to attach and/or align to each other. Furthermore, a system for connection through a flexible barrier, an according method, computer program element and computer readable medium are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Hubertus Franciscus Deurenberg, Alfons Wouter Groenland, Albert Hendrik Jan Immink, Andrew Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11953276
    Abstract: A method for determining an operational status of a firearm based on a discharge event is provided. A signal indicative of a plurality of accelerations sensed by an inertial measurement unit is received by an event detection module. A sample shot profile is determined based on the signal. The shot profile can comprise a first peak at a first time representing initial discharge of the firearm wherein a bolt of the firearm moves from an initial forward position, a second peak at a second time, representing the bolt engaging a rear buffer of the firearm, and a third peak at a third time, representing the bolt returning to the forward position. A measured bolt speed of the weapon is determined based on a difference between the second and third times. The measured bold speed is compared to a baseline weapon bolt speed. An operational status of the weapon is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Armaments Research Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John Asbach, Michael Canty, Kyle William Broadway
  • Patent number: 11949444
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a frame and a magnetic coupler opening formed in the frame. Wearable device further includes a processor, a memory accessible to the processor, and a very high frequency (VHF) radio transceiver for data transmission and reception and connected to the processor. Wearable device further includes a magnetic coupler connected to the VHF radio transceiver. Magnetic coupler includes a diamagnetic material shaped to form a VHF transmission or reception terminal that partially or fully aligns with the magnetic coupler opening. During transmission, magnetic coupler is configured to radiate transmitted VHF band radio modulated signals into tissue of the user. During reception, magnetic coupler is configured to absorb received VHF band radio modulated signals from the tissue of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventor: Ugur Olgun
  • Patent number: 11943378
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehong Jung, Gyeongtae Kim, Yongseok Lee, Jinman Kim, Souksu Jang, Hyeyeong Choi, Jiwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11923701
    Abstract: A method for transmitting information includes transmitting a broadcast message in a manner of out-of-band communication by a first power transmitting device. The broadcast message is configured to indicate related information of a first power transmitting device to a power receiving device and/or other power transmitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11894885
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for an apparatus that performs near field communications are described. A near ultra low energy field (NULEF) system may be used in systems that come in close contact with the human body. NULEF-E may experience limited performance due to external electric fields generated by a human body. NULEF-E may also be used across other bodies having electrically conductive or semi-conductive surfaces. The interference of the external electric fields may be mitigated by increasing the electrical length between a transducer and an electrode of the system. In particular, a wire electrically connecting a transceiver and a electrode may have a wire length that is also an electrical length between the transceiver and the electrode, the wire being configured such that a physical distance between the electrode and the transceiver is less than the wire length while maintaining the electrical length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony McFarthing, Jimmy Andreas Johansson
  • Patent number: 11895260
    Abstract: A system for customizing modifiable videos of a multimedia messaging application (MMA) is provided. In one example embodiment, the system includes at least one processor and a memory storing processor-executable codes, wherein the at least one processor is configured to analyze recent messages of a user to determine a context of the recent messages; determine, based on the context, a customized feature; select, based on the context, a list of relevant modifiable videos from a database configured to store modifiable videos, the modifiable videos being associated with a preset modifiable feature; replace the preset modifiable feature in the relevant modifiable videos with the customized feature; and render a modifiable video from the list of relevant modifiable videos for viewing by the user, the rendering including displaying the customized feature in the relevant modifiable videos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Victor Shaburov, Ivan Babanin, Aleksandr Mashrabov, Roman Golobokov
  • Patent number: 11889007
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge structure configured to connect the first housing and the second housing, and a foldable display module. The hinge structure includes a rotating shaft, a first idle gear, a second idle gear, a first gear, a second gear, a first pressing member configured to move the first gear toward the second gear, and a first interconnecting structure formed between the first gear and the second gear to enable the first gear to engage with the second gear, the first interconnecting structure being formed between the first gear and the second gear such that, as first pressing member moves the first gear toward the second gear, the first gear and the second gear receive with rotational forces in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongkeun Kim, Hyungsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11881880
    Abstract: Provided in the present application are a band14 signal suppression circuit and a smart terminal device being equipped with a duplexer, an active low-pass filter, and a resonant filter in a band14 transmission path, implementing filtering and suppression on the second harmonic in the band14 signal, and eliminating the interference of band14 signals on assisted global positioning system signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HuiZhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dingning Wen, Yu Jia, Longxi Tao, Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 11876575
    Abstract: Electric field communication that adopts a metal as a communication medium is performed. An electric field communication system communicating through an electric field, includes: a communication medium made of a material capable of transmitting the electric field; a first transmitter that generates an electric field dependent on a potential difference between a first electrode, which is disposed on a side of the communication medium and is connected to the communication medium via a coupling capacitance, and a second electrode connected to an earth ground via a coupling capacitance, with the first electrode being connected on a signal side of the transmitter, and the second electrode being connected on a ground side of the transmitter; and a first receiver disposed in contact with the communication medium, wherein the first transmitter and the first receiver communicate with each other through the electric field via the communication medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: NEXTY ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, HOSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mitsuru Shinagawa, Kohei Hamamura, Hiroshi Nakamura, Naohiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11870511
    Abstract: One example discloses a near-field interface device, including: a near-field antenna; a physical port configured to be coupled to a computer; a controller coupled to the antenna and the physical port; wherein the controller is configured to translate a near-field signal received from the near-field antenna into an input command generated by a user; and wherein the controller is configured to transmit the input command to the computer through the physical port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Verschueren, Steven Mark Thoen
  • Patent number: 11870478
    Abstract: An apparatus including a housing; sensors configured to sense one or more locations upon which a user is gripping the housing; sensors including antenna modules configured to transmit a signal based on the one or more locations upon which the user is gripping the housing. Another aspect relates to an apparatus including a housing; a set of antenna modules situated proximate at different surface locations along the housing; and a controller configured to operate the set of antenna modules to determine at least one or more electromagnetic leakage coupling between at least one pair of antenna modules of the set. In this aspect, the controller may be configured to select one or more of the set of antenna modules for transmitting a signal based on the one or more electromagnetic leakage coupling associated with one or more of the different locations where a user grips the housing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Udara Fernando, Lin Lu
  • Patent number: 11863249
    Abstract: A system for wireless communications includes an antenna and a controller, the antenna configured to transmit electrical data signals, the electrical data signals including an encoded message signal. The encoded message signal including one or more encoded message words. The controller is configured to encode one or more message words, of a message signal, into one or more encoded message words of the encoded message signal, based on a coding format. The coding format correlates each of a plurality of correlated ratios with one of a plurality of format words. Each of the plurality of correlated ratios is a ratio of a duty cycle of a pulse to a respective period associated with one or both of the duty cycle and the pulse. Each of the one or more encoded message words are encoded as one of the plurality of correlated ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael H. Katz
  • Patent number: 11864171
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting data to a receiving entity, the method comprising establishing a plurality of transmission channels to the receiving entity, the transmission channels being established using more than one radio access technology; for each transmission channel determining a buffer status of a data buffer containing data to be transmitted using that transmission channel; and determining if transmission capacity is available in a packet data unit of a first radio access technology and if such transmission capacity is available determining whether data may be taken from a data buffer of a transmission channel of a second radio access technology and transmitted to the receiving entity in the packet data unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: IPCom GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Achim Luft, Maik Bienas, Martin Hans
  • Patent number: 11838042
    Abstract: The present application discloses a protective film of electronic terminal configured to be attached to an electronic terminal mounted with a camera and protect a screen of the electronic terminal. The protective film of electronic terminal includes a protective film body and a shielding member. The protective film body is defined with an avoidance hole and an accommodating cavity. The avoidance hole is for avoiding the camera when the protective film body is attached to the electronic terminal and in communication with the accommodating cavity. The shielding member is movably arranged in the accommodating cavity for shielding or not shielding the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HONGJIANTOU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Zhinan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11838769
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a multiple-antenna heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first antenna disposed along a return airflow path from an enclosed space to the multiple-antenna HVAC system, where the multiple-antenna HVAC system supplies conditioned air to the enclosed space. The multiple-antenna HVAC system also includes a second antenna disposed outside the return airflow path. The multiple-antenna HVAC system also includes a controller in communication with the first antenna and the second antenna, where the controller wirelessly communicates via the first antenna and the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Mansoor Ahmed, Steve Lazar