Noise Or Distortion Reduction Patents (Class 375/254)
  • Patent number: 8917780
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing improved color intensity mapping may include a processor. The processor may be configured to divide color intensity value byte data into high priority portions and low priority portions distributed as constellation points in a constellation matrix and to provide separation between each of the constellation points by assigning a unique mapping code to a plurality of the constellation points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Mahbod Eyvazkhani
  • Patent number: 8907604
    Abstract: An optimized pseudo-random period pattern can reduce audible noise in a system that includes an inverter circuit configured to provide power to an electric machine. A system can include a PWM optimization module (POM) comprising the PPP. A carrier period for a carrier signal used to provide PWM inverter drive signals can be selected in accordance with the PPP. The PPP can be expressed as an array of 200-400 elements, each element a period belonging to a finite set of 2 or more predetermined periods. A period can be selected by index from the array, and the index incremented to progress through the PPP, which can be repeated upon its completion. The PPP can be optimized to reduce audible noise while mitigating inverter losses. Modeling techniques can determine the number of array elements, the number of possible periods, and the period values that optimize the PPP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jami J. Miller, Michael W. Degner, Scott Xiong Yu, William C. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 8908749
    Abstract: A method for controlling DSL transmission power includes: determining a group to which a line belongs, and selecting a representative line from each group to form a line model; obtaining a crosstalk model of the line model; obtaining Transmit Power Spectrum Density (TxPSD) of each representative line in the line model according to the crosstalk model, and converting the TxPSD into a spectrum control parameter; and enhancing the line rate according to the spectrum control parameter. An apparatus for controlling DSL transmission power is also disclosed. Through the method, the transmission power of the band that incurs serious line crosstalk is restricted, and the line that incurs serious crosstalk can achieve higher transmission rates. Therefore, the adverse impact from the crosstalk between xDSL lines is reduced, and the line works in the optimum state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liming Fang
  • Patent number: 8907973
    Abstract: An image processor includes generates a content adaptive kernel from an image block with noise of a luminance component signal with a low resolution. The content adaptive kernel is convolved with the luminance component signal. A noise signal and an extracted texture which excludes noise are generated. The luminance component signal is filtered as function of the noise signal to generate an enhanced luminance component signal. Horizontal and vertical scaling is performed on the enhanced luminance component signal, the extracted texture, and the luminance component signal, with the luminance component signal adaptively scaled as a function of the extracted texture. The horizontally and vertically scaled enhanced luminance component signal, extracted texture and luminance component signal are then combined to generate an output luminance component signal with a high resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
    Inventor: Chandranath Manchi
  • Patent number: 8903007
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus for determining a precoding matrix, which relate to the field of communications technologies and may improve throughput of a MIMO system and optimize overall system performance, including: determining a rank constraint of a jth transmitting end, where j=1, 2, . . . , K, and K is the total number of transmitting ends in a MIMO system; iteratively calculating an optimal precoding matrix of the jth transmitting end according to a channel matrix from the jth transmitting end to a jth receiving end, an autocorrelation matrix of interference and noise of the jth receiving end, and the rank constraint of the jth transmitting end, where the optimal precoding matrix maximizes channel capacity of a link from the jth transmitting end to the jth receiving end under a circumstance that precoding matrices of other transmitting ends do not change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui Wang, Hao Yu, Kinnang Lau
  • Patent number: 8902958
    Abstract: A data collector combiner, a network management system, a DSL Optimizer (DSLO), or any combination thereof collects data, parameter(s), characteristic(s), information, or any combination thereof from two or more data sources. The data collector probabilistically combines at least the first and second data to estimate at least one DSL characterizing parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc., AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: George Ginis, Mark H. Brady, Stuart Lynch Blackburn
  • Patent number: 8902530
    Abstract: A set of decisions is determined based at last in part on a set of samples. For a given sample in the set of samples, a low frequency noise estimate is estimated based at least in part on (1) at least some samples from the set of samples and (2) at least some decisions from the set of decisions. A reduced noise sample is generated by removing the low frequency noise estimate from the given sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: SK hynix memory solutions inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Wu, Jason Bellorado, Naveen Kumar, Marcus Marrow
  • Patent number: 8897391
    Abstract: A distortion compensator compensates for distortion of a signal caused by an amplifier. A storage section stores a plurality of compensation coefficients used for distortion compensation. A selection section selects a compensation coefficient corresponding to an index value indicative of a power level of the signal from among the plurality of compensation coefficients. The selection section determines whether or not the power level is higher than a threshold, and uses, based on a determination result, a first index value calculated without using a logarithmic operation or a second index value calculated by using a logarithmic operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Daisuke Masunaga, Satoshi Matsubara, Takeshi Ohba, Hideharu Shako
  • Patent number: 8897182
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for transmitting muting information in a wireless communication system, and to an apparatus and a method for acquiring channel state using same. In an exemplary embodiment, muting information includes: a first data field, having a serving cell for receiving from peripheral cells in a multi-cell environment, at least one of a CSI-RS pattern, the number of CSI-RS antenna ports, a CSI-RS duty cycle, and CSI-RS transmission subframe offset information, and using same for expressing the cycle and the offset of muting subframes, which pertain to information on a resource block that can generate interference between the peripheral cells and CSI-RS; and a second data field for expressing a specific muting pattern, which must be muted within the muting subframes, having either 12 bits or 28 bits that display muting application in a bitmap format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungjun Yoon, Kyoungmin Park, Sungjin Suh
  • Patent number: 8885693
    Abstract: An automated process to periodically check and ensure that earth terminal settings provide compliant EIRPSD. For example, one embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus which queries the modem for its transmit symbol rate and the Block Up-Converter (BUC) for its RF output power. Using these two values and preprogrammed values for connection loss between the BUC and antenna, the current input power spectral density being transferred to the antenna is computed by the apparatus and compared to the preprogrammed regulatory limit for the specific antenna. If the limit is being exceeded, the apparatus sets BUC attenuation to compensate for the excess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: TracStar Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rami Adada, David Craig, Brian Millikan, Kalyan Venkatraman, Aaron Hershberger
  • Patent number: 8867650
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cross clock domain interference cancellation is provided to a communication system which includes a transmitter operated in a first clock domain and a receiver operated in a second clock domain. The apparatus comprises a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) circuit and a cancellation signal generator. The FIFO circuit receives a digital transmission signal of the transmitter in the first clock domain, and outputs the digital transmission signal in the second clock domain according to an accumulated timing difference between the first and second clock domains. The cancellation signal generator generates a cancellation signal for canceling an interference signal received by the receiver according to the digital transmission signal outputted by the FIFO circuit. The interference signal is generated in response to the digital transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Liang-Wei Huang, Shieh-Hsing Kuo, Chi-Shun Weng, Chun-Hung Liu
  • Patent number: 8848828
    Abstract: A distortion compensation circuit for compensating for the distortion characteristics of an amplifier, includes a distortion compensating coefficient calculating element and a distortion compensating operation element. The distortion compensating coefficient calculating element calculates a distortion compensating coefficient to be used for compensation of the distortion characteristics by comparing an input signal with the output signal amplified by the amplifier. The distortion compensating operation element performs a distortion compensating operation on the input signal, using a variably set bit format and the distortion compensating coefficient calculated by the distortion compensating coefficient calculating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Junya Ashita, Teppei Shoji
  • Publication number: 20140269945
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a processing device that converts a digital input signal to an analog output signal and a memory device that stores a plurality of gain tables, each including values associated with processing the digital input signal. The mobile device further includes at least one filter and at least one amplifier. The processing device is configured to select one of the plurality of gain tables based on the signal strength of the digital input signal and apply one or more values in the selected gain table to the filter, the amplifier, or both, to process the digital input signal, the analog output signal, or both. A method includes receiving a digital input signal, identifying a signal strength of the digital input signal, selecting one of a plurality of gain tables, and processing the digital input signal based on the selected gain table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP (D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS)
    Inventor: Tom Daniel
  • Patent number: 8837655
    Abstract: A system includes a memory controller and a plurality of memory devices that are connected in-series to the memory controller. The system operation is synchronous with clock that is provided in a fashion of source synchronous clock structure. The source synchronous clock structure includes a PLL (Phase-Locked Loop) that reshapes an incoming clock and a reshaped clock is provided. The PLL provides a shifted clock in phase of 90°. The phase-shifted clock and data are transmitted from the first device to the second device. Clock phase shift provides a center-edge clock with data to be transmitted. The devices are assigned with unique IDs. The least significant bit of the ID number of the last device is used for determination of clock alignment: edge- or center-aligned clock with data produced by the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc.
    Inventor: Hong Beom Pyeon
  • Patent number: 8761680
    Abstract: A method for measuring channel quality of a Base Station (BS) by using a ranging signal in a broadband wireless communication system is provided. The method includes estimating a time offset of the ranging signal received through a ranging channel, measuring channel quality by using the ranging signal including the time offset, determining whether distortion occurs in the measured channel quality by using the time offset, and compensating for distortion of the measured channel quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ik-Beom Lee, Ha-Young Yang, Jae-Ho Jeon, Sung-Kwon Jo
  • Patent number: 8755460
    Abstract: Provided is a method for processing data samples from a plurality of data channels. The method may include obtaining a plurality of data samples from the plurality of data channels. Obtaining the plurality of data samples may involve successively obtaining a data sample from each data channel of the plurality of data channels. Successively obtaining a data sample from each data channel may be performed a plurality of times during a specified time period. Each data sample of the plurality of data samples may be associated with a respective sample time, and each respective sample time may be relative to a single specified reference point in time. The method may further include, for each data sample of the plurality of data samples, determining a time-dependent coefficient value that may correspond to the sample time associated with the data sample, and applying the determined time-dependent coefficient value to the data sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Garritt W. Foote, Hector Rubio
  • Patent number: 8744023
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for whitening noise of a received signal vector in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission or storage system. The whitening filter may be designed to whiten an interference component of the received signal vector, where the interference component is derived from modeling transmitter and receiver imperfections as a first coupling between MIMO transmitter outputs and a second coupling between MIMO receiver. The whitening filter may be computed based on the covariance matrix of the interference component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Leilei Song, Rohit U. Nabar, Kedar Shirali
  • Patent number: 8731185
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating far-end crosstalk RDS-FEXT, i (fd) or an end (C1-2) of a communication line (C1) furthest from a transceiver (10-1) to which the communication line (C1) is connected. The apparatus is configured to: measure upstream noise RUS-Noise(fu) at an upstream frequency (fu), the upstream noise RUS-Noise(fu) induced in the communication line (C1) due to the crosstalk; select a downstream frequency (fd) for which the far-end crosstalk RDS-FEXT, i (fd) is to determined; and estimate the far-end crosstalk RDS-FEXT, i (fd)? as a function of the upstream Noise RUS-Noise(fu), the upstream frequency (fu) and the downstream frequency (fd). An apparatus reversing upstream and downstream features, a system, a computer readable medium and related methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Miguel Berg, Daniel Cederholm
  • Patent number: 8704843
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention, comprises: a motion detection unit that detects a motion vector from an input image; a determination unit that determines whether an image is moving in each pixel in use of the detected motion vector, and determines whether a motion pixel, about which determination has been made that the image is moving therein, exists in a predetermined range from a still pixel about which determination has been made that the image is not moving therein; and a correction unit that performs correction processing to decrease at least one of high frequency components, contrast, and luminance for the still pixel about which determination has been made that a motion pixel exists in the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tetsuji Saito
  • Patent number: 8699620
    Abstract: Systems and techniques relating to wireless communications are described. A described technique includes generating a digital transmit signal; receiving a digital receive signal that is based on an amplified analog version of the digital transmit signal, where the amplified analog version is produced by a power amplifier having a nonlinear characteristic(s); storing signal samples; determining gain coefficients based on the signal samples, the gain coefficients being associated with respective first operational ranges of the power amplifier; determining predistortion values, and using the predistortion values to predistort digital signals to compensate for the nonlinear characteristic(s) of the power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Songping Wu
  • Publication number: 20140079141
    Abstract: A method of removing a signal from among received signals, the method including: filtering the received signals; detecting a time band of the filtered received signals where an energy value of the filtered received signals exceeds a reference energy value; and applying a gain value to one or more received signals, from among the received signals, in the detected time band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beak-kwon SON, Dong-won LEE, Jae-Hyun KIM, Sang-ki KANG
  • Patent number: 8670980
    Abstract: A tone determination device, which determines the tonality of an input signal, is capable of reducing calculation complexity. Therein a frequency conversion unit (101) converts the frequency of an input signal; a downsampling unit (102) carries out shortening processing which shortens the vector series length of the frequency-converted signal; a constancy determination unit (107) determines the constancy of the input signal; depending on the constancy of the input signal, a vector selection unit (104) selects either the vector series of the post-frequency conversion signal or the vector series after the shortening of the vector series length; a correlation analysis unit (105) uses the vector series selected by the vector selection unit (104) to obtain correlations; and a tone determination unit (106) uses the correlations to determine the tonality of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru Satoh
  • Patent number: 8654884
    Abstract: A method and circuit for performing channel equalization in a high speed transmission system comprising a transmitter and receiver. An application specific digital signal processor, ASDSP, performs channel equalization and compensation on digital data received from an analogue-to digital converter of the receiver. The ASDSP is operable to execute an application specific set of op-codes needed for performing channel equalization and compensation. An ASDSP register is coupled between the ASDSP and a system CPU in a feedback loop for performing channel equalization at the receiver. The ASDSP stores equalizer parameters and bit error rate measurements used by the ASDSP for performing channel equalization and compensation. An ASDSP program storage memory, coupled to and accessible by the ASDSP, stores an ASDSP micro-sequence program for controlling the processing steps for channel equalization and dataflow through the ASDSP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Benjamin James Kerr
  • Patent number: 8639192
    Abstract: An RF feedback receiver arrangement includes a reference signal provider configured to provide, in a normal operating phase, a first reference signal having a first reference signal frequency, and provide, in a calibration operating phase, a second reference signal having a second reference signal frequency different from the first reference signal frequency. In addition, the RF feedback receiver arrangement includes a signal property detector configured to detect a transmit signal property of the transmit signal in the normal operating phase based on combining the first reference signal with a transmit signal or with a signal derived from the transmit signal, and to obtain, in the calibration operating phase, a calibration signal based on combining the second reference signal with the transmit signal or the signal derived from the transmit signal, which describes a disturbing portion introduced into the detected transmit signal property by the RF feedback receiver arrangement itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Koller, Josef Zipper
  • Patent number: 8594174
    Abstract: A driver for driving an LED uses PWM in a sequence of the periods. The driver has a modulo counter, that is reset after each period. The driver has a first adder for combining the count value with a quantity indicative of a shift of the LED's control pulse relative to the start of the period; a second adder for combining the count value with a width quantity indicative of a width of the control pulse; and a logic gate receiving the MSBs at the outputs of the adders and supplying the control pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Hubertus Franciscus Deurenberg, Joannes Wilhemus Gertrudis Marie Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8594575
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference in communications systems are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises shifting a characteristic of the first signal with respect to a like characteristic of the second signal to mitigate co-channel interference, and transmitting the first signal and the second signal over different channels of the communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Santoru, Ernest C. Chen, Shamik Maitra, Dennis Lai, Guangcai Zhou, Tung-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 8594224
    Abstract: The DFT 12 converts a modulated digital signal into a spectrum of a frequency band. A use frequency band notification unit in a reception device notifies a transmission device 1 of a use frequency band. A deletion unit 141 in the transmission device 1 deletes a spectrum of a band other than the use frequency band after shaping of a spectrum waveform based on the water filling principal by a shaping unit 13. Then, a digital signal for each data series concerning the spectrum obtained after deletion by the deletion unit 141 is synthesized by a synthesizing unit 16 and sent from the transmission device 1 to the reception device. A reception side conversion unit in the reception device converts the digital signal sent by the transmission unit into a spectrum of a frequency band. A turbo equalization unit performs turbo equalization on the converted spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ibi, Seiichi Sampei
  • Patent number: 8571093
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a system is provided for communicating between different voltage domains using N+1 capacitive-coupled conductive lines to provide N communication channels. For instance, bi-directional communication (e.g., a first communication in a first direction and a second communication path in the opposite direction) may be provided using three capacitive-coupled signal paths. Two of the signal paths are used as single-ended (i.e., non-differential) signal paths. The third signal path is used to suppress voltage disturbances between two voltage domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Remco Van de Beek
  • Patent number: 8559497
    Abstract: An apparatus including an adder, a delay line, and a first detector. The adder may be configured to generate an input signal in response to a received signal and a feedback signal. The feedback signal may include a contribution from each of a plurality of delayed versions of the input signal. The contribution from each of the plurality of delayed versions of the input signal may be determined by a respective weight value. The delay line may be configured to generate the plurality of delayed versions of the input signal. The first detector may be configured to recover a data sample from the input signal in response to a clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventor: Lizhi Zhong
  • Patent number: 8548033
    Abstract: Carrier frequency offset is determined by sample-to-sample phase shifts of a digital radio signal. The CFO range is divided into a number of intervals and creates as many parallel derived streams as there are interval endpoints by pre-compensating (“back rotating”) the input by the sample-to-sample phase shift corresponding to the particular endpoint. Magnitude and phase values are computed of the correlation of a preamble pattern period with the preamble segment of each derived stream in parallel. The largest resulting magnitude value(s) are used to zoom in on the actual CFO present in the input stream. Improved accuracy in the presence of noise may be obtained by repeating the search for a shorter interval centered on the prior CFO value. Final CFO and phase values from corresponding correlation computations then determine the actual CFO and corresponding sample-to-sample phase shift to be applied for pre-compensation (“back rotation”) in an open-loop AFC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Jozsef G. Nemeth, Peter Szilveszter Kovacs
  • Patent number: 8532200
    Abstract: A system includes a side band transmission module configured to combine side band data with a clock signal to generate a modified clock signal. The system also includes a serializer configured to provide a waveform corresponding to serialized input data. The modified clock signal adjusts at least one of a leading edge or a falling edge of N half cycles of the waveform based on the side band data to form a modified waveform. The serializer is configured to output the modified waveform. N is greater than or equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Wang, Wei Zhou, Chee Hoe Chu, Po-Chien Chang
  • Patent number: 8514922
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling a filter coefficient. The filter coefficient control apparatus controls a coefficient of a filter of a phase recovering apparatus, and comprises a phase offset obtaining means, for obtaining a phase offset between a carrier and a local oscillation; an autocorrelation calculating means, for calculating an autocorrelation and related statistics of the phase offset; and a filter coefficient determining means, for determining the coefficient of the filter in accordance with the autocorrelation and related statistics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Lei Li, Zhenning Tao, Ling Liu, Shoichiro Oda
  • Patent number: 8514950
    Abstract: A communication apparatus may include a demodulation unit, a waveform memory unit, a decoding unit, an encoding unit, a modulation unit, and a transmission unit. The demodulation unit demodulates a received signal to create a demodulated signal. The waveform memory unit stores the demodulated signal and a waveform of the demodulated signal. The decoding unit decodes the demodulated signal to create a decoded signal. The encoding unit encodes the decoded signal to create an encoded signal. The modulation unit modulates one of the encoded signal to create a modulated encoded signal and the demodulated signal to create a modulated demodulated signal. The transmission unit transmit one of the modulated encoded signal and the modulated demodulated signal according to a reception state of the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihito Aoki, Tetsuo Kanda
  • Patent number: 8514965
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a) a first device having a transmitter part with a Tx-antenna for transmitting an electrical signal having a signal bandwidth BWsig and b) a second device having a receiver part with an Rx-antenna for receiving the transmitted electromagnetic signal. At least one of the Tx- and Rx- antennas is a narrowband antenna having an antenna bandwidth BWant, wherein the Tx- and/or Rx-antenna bandwidths fulfil the relation BWant=k·BWsig. The system is adapted to provide that k is smaller than 1.25, and the antenna bandwidth BWant is defined as the ?3dB bandwidth of the loaded antenna when it is connected to the communication system, and the signal bandwidth BWsig is defined as the bandwidth within which 99% of the desired signal power is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Kåre Tais Christensen, Kehuai Wu, Rasmus Glarborg Jensen
  • Patent number: 8504847
    Abstract: A data element can be encoded into multiple encoded data elements using an encoding algorithm that includes an encoding function and one or more encoder constant. The encoded data elements can be organized into multiple pillars, each having a respective pillar number. Each of the pillars is sent to a different storage unit of a distributed storage network. To recover the original data element, the encoded data elements are retrieved from storage, and the encoder constant is recovered using multiple encoded data elements. Recovering the encoder constant allows the encoding algorithm originally used to encode the data elements to be determined, and used to recover the original data element. The security of the stored data is enhanced, because an encoded data element from a single pillar is insufficient to identify the encoder constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cleversafe, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason K. Resch, Wesley Leggette
  • Patent number: 8478210
    Abstract: Power amplifiers (PAs) using a Doherty or other power output level sensitive configuration have been employed for several years in telecommunications (as well as other applications) to take advantage of efficiency gains. For many of these applications, baseband signals are predistorted to compensate for nonlinearities in the PAs, but because there is a “switching event” in a Doherty-type amplifier (for example), the nonlinearities become dynamically varying. As a result, digital predistortion (DPD) becomes increasingly difficult to perform. Here, DPD modules are provided that adapt to changes in dynamically varying PAs based on a determination of the average power or other relevant metric prior to transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Hardik P. Gandhi, Lei Ding
  • Patent number: 8472514
    Abstract: A circuit and method perform adaptive spectral enhancement at a frequency ?1 (also called “fundamental” frequency) on an input signal y which includes electromagnetic interference (EMI) at an unknown frequency, to generate a fundamental-enhanced signal ?1 (or its complement). The fundamental-enhanced signal ?1 (or complement) is thereafter used in a notching circuit (also called “fundamental notching” circuit) to generate a fundamental-notched signal y??1. The fundamental-notched signal y??1 is itself enhanced to generate a harmonic-enhanced signal ?2 that is used to notch the fundamental-notched signal y??1 again, in one or more additional notching circuits that are connected in series with the fundamental notching circuit. The result (“cascaded-harmonic-notched” signal) is relatively free of EMI noise (fundamental and harmonics), and is used as an error signal for an adaptation circuit that in turn identifies the fundamental frequency ?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
    Inventors: Dariush Dabiri, Maged F. Barsoum
  • Patent number: 8457215
    Abstract: A receiver suppresses noise simultaneously using a noise suppressor and an automatic gain controller (AGC). The receiver divides a received signal into an audio period and a non-audio period, analyzes whether the noise characteristic of the non-audio period corresponds to a non-static noise or a static noise, and if the noise characteristic corresponds to the static noise, analyzes whether the static noise is caused by a network or a transmitter side terminal. In accordance with the analyzed noise characteristic, the noise suppressor firstly suppresses the noise by determining the noise suppressing intensity, and sends a signal, from which the noise has been firstly suppressed, to the AGC. The AGC secondly suppresses the noise included in the signal. In this case, the threshold value of the AGC is controlled in real time in accordance with the noise characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Beak-Kwon Son, Sang-Ki Kang, Dong-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 8457242
    Abstract: A transmitter includes a resistor, a protection unit, and a transmission unit. The resistor control unit controls a connection of a termination resistor between first and second transmission lines. The protection unit reduces first and second voltages, respectively, from the first and second transmission lines during a power-down mode. The transmission unit receives the dropped first and second voltages during the power-down mode and transmits first and second signals through the protection unit during a power-on mode. The resistor control unit connects the termination resistor to the first and second transmission lines when a transmission rate of the first and second signals is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The resistor control unit is disconnected from at least one of the first and second transmission lines when the transmission rate is less than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chiwon Kim
  • Patent number: 8437386
    Abstract: A method for reducing ringing in a signal output from a filter comprising inputting a signal into a filter; filtering a first portion of the input signal to generate a filtered portion of the output signal; analyzing the filtered portion of the output signal; detecting if ringing is present in the filtered portion of the output signal based on said analysis; and adjusting the filter characteristics to reduce ringing in a subsequent filtered portion of the output signal if it is determined that ringing is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Skype
    Inventor: Koen Vos
  • Patent number: 8406425
    Abstract: An approach is provided for minimizing co-channel interference in a communication system is disclosed. A header of a first frame is scrambled based on a first unique word. A header of a second frame is scrambled based on a second unique word. The first frame including the corresponding scrambled header and the second frame including the corresponding scrambled header are transmitted, respectively, over adjacent co-channels of the communication system. Each of the frames further includes a payload and a pilot block. The payload and the pilot block of the first frame are scrambled based on a first scrambling sequence. The payload and the pilot block of the second frame are scrambled based on a second scrambling sequence. The above arrangement is particularly suited to a digital satellite broadcast and interactive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: DTVG Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin-Nan Lee, Feng-Wen Sun, Adam Von Ancken
  • Patent number: 8406113
    Abstract: A wireless transmitter exhibits improved power de-rating reduction, which improves the power efficiency of non-constant envelop communication systems by mapping N first samples of a first discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of a group of coded symbols to M sub-carriers according to a first sub-carrier mapping rule (212), performing a first inverse DFT (IDFT) on the M sub-carriers to provide M second samples (214), clipping the M second samples according to a clipping rule to provide M third samples (216), performing a second DFT on the M third samples (218), and applying a frequency domain mask to generate M clipped samples (220) which may be mapped to O subcarriers according to a predetermined second subcarrier mapping rule. The transmitter may be advantageously implemented within a single carrier transmission scheme, such as a single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) uplink transmission scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chunming Zhao, Ning Chen
  • Patent number: 8401061
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a modem of a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) includes a pair of modems communicatively coupled to each other by way of a communications path that includes a first DSL communication medium connected to one modem, a second DSL communication medium connected to the other modem, which is part of the DSLAM, and an Ethernet medium connected between the first and second DSL modems. DSL signals can be dispatched from the first (or second) modem via the first (or second) DSL communication medium for receipt by the second (or first) DSL modem via the second (or first) DSL communication medium, whereupon, DSL signals passing from the first DSL communication medium to the second DSL communication medium, or vice versa, are converted into Ethernet packets for transmission over the Ethernet medium and then back into DSL signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Tollgrade Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Gibala, Matthew G. Cimbala, Thomas R. Schneider, Jr., Regis J. Nero, Jr., Gregory L. Quiggle
  • Patent number: 8385834
    Abstract: A control section 8 detects the symmetry of an input pulse-like noise waveform with respect to a reference value from its Fourier spectrum distribution, and restricts, in the case of a symmetric wave, the operation of a noise elimination circuit such as a noise killer circuit 7, which performs previous value hold or various interpolation processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Nakata
  • Patent number: 8363735
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing improved gray mapping may include a processor. The processor may be configured to divide gray value byte data into high priority portions and low priority portions distributed as constellation points in a constellation matrix and to provide separation between each of the constellation points by assigning a unique mapping code to a plurality of the constellation points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Core Wireless Licensing, S.a.r.l.
    Inventor: Mahbod Eyvazkhani
  • Patent number: 8295393
    Abstract: A pulse signal transmitting/receiving device is provided. The device includes a signal generating module for generating a transmitting signal including an amplitude-modulated chirp signal, and a reference signal including a chirp signal having a frequency that changes similarly to that of the transmitting signal, a transmitting module for transmitting a pulse having approximately the same waveform as that of the transmitting signal, a receiving module for receiving an echo signal that is the transmitting pulse reflected from a detection target object, a compensating module for extending a dynamic range of the echo signal received by the receiving module, and a pulse compressing module for outputting a pulse-compressed echo signal, wherein the pulse compression is performed by a correlation calculation between the echo signal having the dynamic range extended by the compensating module, and the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Watanabe, Yasunobu Asada, Shinji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8284878
    Abstract: A receiver for echo and crosstalk cancellation includes a level decision module, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a response module. The level decision module determines plural levels and plural level magnitudes according to an estimated signal to generate a first digital signal. The DAC converts the first digital signal into a first analog signal according to the levels and the level magnitudes. The ADC receives a first difference signal between the receiving signal and the first analog signal, and converts the first difference signal into a second digital signal. According to the first digital signal, the response module generates a response signal compensating the second digital signal to generate a back-end input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Yung Shih, Liang-Wei Huang, Shieh-Hsing Kuo
  • Patent number: 8270488
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network device analyzes an encoded video stream using black detection before splicing video into the encoded video stream. When black data is detected, the network device determines whether insertion of a black intra frame with the spliced video will improve viewing upon decoding. The network device may also determine whether a splicing boundary indication included in the encoded video stream is accurate based on an observed transition between the detected black data and other data, and compensate the video splice accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn William Connery, Alfred Palfreyman
  • Patent number: 8259779
    Abstract: A wireless network (20) with at least a first radio communication unit (24) and a second radio communication unit (26) transmits and receives signals with minimal interference from the surrounding environment of the first unit (24) and second unit (26). The first radio communication unit (24) determines frequencies (54) having power level above a threshold (52), and creates a list of these frequencies (50) to be transmitted to the second radio communication unit (26). The second radio communication unit (26) places notches (140) in its transmission band (88) based on frequencies (54) in the list (50), reserved frequencies (132), and local frequencies (92) having signal energy above a threshold (90). When transmitting a signal (42), the second radio communication unit (26) avoids transmitting in frequencies that have notches (140).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott David Blanchard, Randall K. Bahr
  • Patent number: RE43791
    Abstract: A system and method for interference cancellation is provided to cancel/greatly reduce the interference of a wireless network. The interferers are separated from a desired signal using independent component analysis by hypothesizing the transmitting sequence. An optional whitening filter is used after the signal separation to improve the signal conditioning. The separated signal is processed by a second pass channel estimation to improve the signal channel estimation and is fed to a Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation (MLSE) algorithm, such as a Viterbi algorithm, for signal detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventor: Ayman A. Mostafa