Patents Examined by Tuan Tran
  • Patent number: 11668807
    Abstract: A sensor system is disclosed for sensing the position of an object. The system can include a power source and a nullification circuit electrically connected to the power source, the nullification circuit including an output voltage. An electrical medium can be integrated into the nullification circuit, the electrical medium producing a standing wave electric field about the electrical medium when power is supplied from the power source to the electrical medium. The nullification circuit is configured such that the output voltage of the nullification circuit is substantially zero when power is supplied to the electrical medium and the object is not within a predetermined minimum distance from the electrical medium, the output voltage of the nullification circuit having a non-zero value when the object is within the predetermined minimum distance from the electrical medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Tennessee Technological University
    Inventors: Charles W. VanNeste, Charles A. Robinson, Brandon J. Childress
  • Patent number: 11671146
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present description concerns a method wherein a duration of a periodic step of activation of a near-field communication circuit of a first device is calibrated according to a time interval between an activation of the circuit and a reception, by the first device, of a message transmitted by a second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventor: Alexandre Tramoni
  • Patent number: 11658756
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for handling of radio frequency (RF) front-end group delays for roundtrip time (RTT) estimation. In an aspect, a network node transmits first and second RTT measurement (RTTM) signals to a user equipment (UE) and receives first and second RTT response (RTTR) signals from the UE. The network node measures the transmission times of the RTTM signals and the reception times of the RTTR signals, and the UE measures the transmission times the RTTM signals and the transmission times of the RTTR signals. The group delays of the transmit/receive chains of the network node and the UE are determined for one set of transmit/receive chains based on the first RTTM signal and first RTTR signal. The group delays of the transmit/receive chain used for the second RTTM signal and the second RTTR signal are determined relative to the group delay of the one set of transmit/receive chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11650021
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring geolocations of a plurality of weapons within a deployment location, where each of the weapons includes one or more sensors that produce more or more signals, including a response infrastructure configured for management of the weapons, a server device running application software that uses the one or more signals received from each of the weapons to detect a geolocation of a weapon and causes the response infrastructure to determine if the detected geolocation of the weapon conforms to the stored rule regarding the permitted weapon geolocation, and a threat detection and analysis module that performs an action based on a confirmation that the detected geolocation of the weapon does not conform to the stored rule regarding the permitted weapon geolocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Armaments Research Company Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Canty, William Deng
  • Patent number: 11641414
    Abstract: A terminal includes a first opening and a second opening. At least two cameras and a distance detection sensor are disposed in the first opening, and the distance detection sensor is located in a gap between two of cameras, while a flash is disposed in the second opening. In this way, there are few openings on the terminal body, and the openings are small, layouts of components are compact, and appearance is more beautiful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weihua Mao, Ren Lv, Peng Zha, Bo Wu
  • Patent number: 11641415
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehong Jung, Gyeongtae Kim, Yongseok Lee, Jinman Kim, Souksu Jang, Hyeyeong Choi, Jiwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11635269
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for combining video and virtual reality presentations, including a server device running application software that receives sensor signals at a connection point from a plurality of assets within a deployment location and processes the signals to generate a virtual reality depiction of the deployment location, and a graphic user interface presenting a field of view of the virtual reality depiction of the deployment location, where the virtual reality depiction is combined with video derived from the deployment location in the graphic user interface presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Araments Research Company Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Canty, William Deng
  • Patent number: 11637091
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module including a mounting substrate that has mounting faces opposed to each other; a PA that is mounted on the mounting face, that is a radio-frequency component, and that has an emitter terminal; a through electrode that is connected to the emitter terminal of the PA and that passes through the mounting faces of the mounting substrate; and a ground terminal connected to the through electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sho Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11632681
    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: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Mansoor Ahmed, Steve Lazar
  • Patent number: 11626902
    Abstract: A method for identifying information on an external electronic device based on near field communication (NFC). The method includes transmitting a signal of an NFC band to the external electronic device; identifying whether the external electronic device is capable of NFC, requesting an NFC identifier (ID) from the external electronic device, and receiving the NFC ID from the external electronic device; receiving the NFC ID, reading a unique identifier from the NFC ID, and identifying a communication protocol type; identifying flag information included in the NFC ID; and determining whether the external electronic device is initially recognized and/or normally recognized through the flag information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangwoon Roh, Hwanjin Kim, Yeonsik Yu, Cheaok Ko, Keonyoung Seo, Jihun Yu
  • Patent number: 11616523
    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: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Ugur Olgun
  • Patent number: 11616534
    Abstract: A method of communicating between a first electronic communication device of a plurality of electronic communication devices and a wireless communication initiating device for reading the first electronic communication device. The method comprises receiving, at the first electronic communication device, a communication signal from the wireless communication initiating device and determining a first characteristic value relating to the communication signal. The method further comprises receiving at least a second characteristic value relating to a communication signal received by at least a second electronic communication device that is connected to the first electronic communication device and initiating communication with a reading device based on the first and second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Worldpay Limited
    Inventors: Daren Pickering, Nicholas Telford-Reed
  • Patent number: 11611852
    Abstract: Disclosed is a modular teleconference system that provides the convenience of a wireless headset for teleconference participants and the determinism associated with a physical connection between the headset and teleconferencing system. Some embodiments include a teleconference adaptor or mini-hub-device that is able to maintain a wireless connection even when disconnected from a teleconference hub device. The hub-device provides one or more cradles, each of which provides a physical connection to a mini hub. When a mini hub is placed in a cradle of a hub-device, the audio channels of the wireless headset are connected to audio channels of the hub-device. The hub-device in turn is connected to a teleconferencing application running on a computing device, such as a personal computer. For each mini hub placed in a cradle of the hub-device, audio from the corresponding wireless headset is integrated with the teleconference audio channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Syed Irfan Chanth Basha
  • Patent number: 11606451
    Abstract: A smartphone case includes an integrated pager processor and pager antenna. The pager processor interfaces with the smartphone via physical connection such as USB or a wireless connection such as Bluetooth. A battery embedded in the smartphone case powers the pager processor and may be shared with the smartphone via a physical connection. The pager processor may display messages via the smartphone or independently via a speaker embedded in the smartphone case. The smartphone may communicate with a paging source via a cellular network to confirm receipt of one or both of a pager signal or a cellular network signal so that the paging source may produce maps of where various communication methods are useable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Box
  • Patent number: 11606680
    Abstract: A method is provided for differentiating one of a plurality of unpowered NFC transmitting devices for NFC communication with a receiving device. Each NFC transmitting device has a transmitter NFC interface and an NFC communication range. A range extending device has a power source, a transmitter communication interface, a range extender antenna, and an amplifier. One of the transmitting devices is selected and the range extending device is connected to it so that the transmitter communication interface engages the transmitter NFC interface of the selected transmitting device. This action serves to establish an extended communication range for the selected NFC transmitting device. The NFC transmitting devices are then positioned at a distance from the receiving device that is within the extended communication range, but outside the communication ranges of the other NFC transmitting devices. NFC communication is then established between the selected NFC transmitting device and the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Ruby Rue Roman Estreemera, Deborah Nally, Laith Hallaq
  • Patent number: 11601164
    Abstract: Disclosed is a contactless connector, a signal processing method and a storage medium. The contactless connector can be in communication connection to a plug matched with the contactless connector. The plug is provided with a second magnetic core and a second coil, and the second coil is spirally arranged at the periphery of the second magnetic core and forms a secondary coil with the second magnetic core. The contactless connector includes: at least two plug interfaces, each of the plug interfaces including a first magnetic core; and a first coil, spirally arranged at an inner periphery of the first magnetic core of each of the plug interfaces and forming a main coil with the first magnetic core. When the contactless connector and a plurality of plugs are connected through at least two plug interfaces, the main coil and the secondary coil are electromagnetically coupled to realize communication connection between the contactless connector and the plurality of plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qijun Xie, Yongyou Yang, Qingbo Liu, Qingyun Di, Linfeng Hong
  • Patent number: 11595085
    Abstract: An information handling system with a wireless charging device may include a processor; a memory; a power management unit (PMU); an antenna controller to provide instructions to a radio to cause an antenna to transceive wirelessly with a network; a wireless charging scheduling controller configured to: receive transmission scheduling data from the antenna controller descriptive of when the radio is transmitting and receiving data to and from the network; and initiate, at a charging coil of the wireless charging device, a charging procedure to wirelessly charge a power storage device when the transmission scheduling data indicates that the radio is receiving data from the network or is idle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Ching Wei Chang, Chih Tsung Wu
  • Patent number: 11595081
    Abstract: A circuit for a communication device and a method for switching a communication device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes activating at least one first antenna and at least one second antenna of a near-field communication (NFC) device for switching the NFC device between first field detection phases and second card detection phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Tramoni, Nicolas Cordier
  • Patent number: 11585618
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for weapon monitoring, including a weapon measurement system with one or more sensors that record longitudinal operational information of a plurality of weapons and are used to produce a plurality of signals, a connection point that receives the plurality of signals within a deployment location, a server device running application software that uses the plurality of signals received from the plurality of weapons to detect and store longitudinal situational state data of each weapon of the plurality of weapons, and a machine learning system that uses the longitudinal situational state data to calculate a weapon system failure state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Armaments Research Company Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Canty, William Deng
  • Patent number: 11589454
    Abstract: A printed circuit board and a terminal are provided. The printed circuit board includes a feedpoint arrangement region, a ground point arrangement region, and a ground region. The ground region is adjacent to and connected to the ground point arrangement region and is configured to be a ground plate of the antenna. A radiation reduction structure is arranged in the ground region and defines an opening. Therefore, an edge of the printed circuit board is disrupted by the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Liyun Liu