Patents Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorported
  • Patent number: 11062713
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described by which to specify spatially formatted enhanced audio data for backward compatible audio bitstreams. A device comprising a memory and one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store the backward compatible bitstream that conforms to a legacy transport format. The processor(s) may obtain, from the backward compatible bitstream, legacy audio data that conforms to a legacy audio format and a spatially formatted extended audio stream. The processor(s) may process the spatially formatted extended audio stream to obtain extended audio data that enhances the legacy audio data. The processor(s) may next obtain, based on the legacy audio data and the extended audio data, enhanced audio data that conforms to an enhanced audio format. The processor(s) may output the enhanced audio data to one or more speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorported
    Inventors: Nils Günther Peters, Ferdinando Olivieri, Moo Young Kim, Dipanjan Sen, Shankar Thagadur Shivappa
  • Patent number: 10321489
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system, user equipment (UE) has autonomy provided by one or more set of rules to handle processing during a measurement gap. UE can ignore or use only a portion of the whole measurement gap if not needed. Thereby, an urgent need for remaining tuned to source carrier frequency can be supported, such as utilizing Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure. UE can also choose to tune to a target carrier frequency supporting timely handovers. Depending on the type of processing required (download shared channel (DL-SCH, UL-SCH, TTI bundling, RACH or SR), the UE may store requests and process the measurements during the gap or ignore the gap measurement as if there were no gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Masato Kitazoe, Nathan Edward Tenny, Arnaud Meylan
  • Patent number: 10285206
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system, user equipment (UE) has autonomy provided by one or more set of rules to handle processing during a measurement gap. UE can ignore or use only a portion of the whole measurement gap if not needed. Thereby, an urgent need for remaining tuned to source carrier frequency can be supported, such as utilizing Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure. UE can also choose to tune to a target carrier frequency supporting timely handovers. Depending on the type of processing required (download shared channel (DL-SCH, UL-SCH, TTI bundling, RACH or SR), the UE may store requests and process the measurements during the gap or ignore the gap measurement as if there were no gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Masato Kitazoe, Nathan Edward Tenny, Arnaud Meylan
  • Patent number: 10026546
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate and a three-dimensional (3D) wirewound inductor integrated within the substrate. The apparatus further includes a capacitor coupled to the 3D wirewound inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Changhan Hobie Yun, Chengjie Zuo, Daeik Daniel Kim, Mario Francisco Velez, Niranjan Sunil Mudakatte, Jonghae Kim, David Francis Berdy
  • Patent number: 10021419
    Abstract: Techniques are described for initializing a Rice parameter used to define codes for coefficient level coding. According to the techniques, the initial value of the Rice parameter is determined for a coefficient group (CG) in a transform block of video data based on statistics of coefficient levels that are gathered for previously coded coefficients of the video data. The statistics may be statistics of absolute values of coefficient levels or remaining absolute values of coefficient levels of previously coded coefficients. A value of the statistics may be initialized to zero at a beginning of a video slice and updated based on coefficient levels coded in each CG of the slice. The statistics may be updated once per CG. In some cases, statistics may be gathered separately for each of a plurality of different categories of CGs that are defined based on characteristics of transform blocks that include the CGs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Marta Karczewicz, Joel Sole Rojals, Rajan Laxman Joshi, Liwei Guo
  • Patent number: 9961591
    Abstract: Circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) is a technique to deliver voice-services to a mobile, when the mobile is camped in a long-term evolution (LTE) network. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may help reduce delays in call setup related to CSFB and, in some cases, avoid unnecessary paging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventor: Arvind Swaminathan
  • Patent number: 9370103
    Abstract: An interposer for a chipset includes multilayer thin film capacitors incorporated therein to reduce parasitic inductance in the chipset. Power and ground terminals are laid out in a staggered pattern to cancel magnetic fields between conductive vias to reduce equivalent series inductance (ESL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Changhan Hobie Yun, Chengjie Zuo, Jonghae Kim, Daeik Daniel Kim, Mario Francisco Velez
  • Patent number: 9369234
    Abstract: Techniques for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a multi-carrier wireless communication system are disclosed. In some examples, a user equipment determines a configuration for reporting CSI for each component carrier (CC) in a plurality of component carriers. For a first subframe, the user equipment determines a priority for transmitting CSI associated with the plurality of CCs based at least in part on the configuration. The user equipment sends, in the first subframe, a CSI report including the prioritized CSI. The CSI report can include CSI for a single CC, or CSI for multiple CCs. For multi-CC reporting of CSI, the user equipment can multiplex CSI reports or CSI elements for the plurality of CCs up to an available payload size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Jelena M. Damnjanovic, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 9215581
    Abstract: Various operations may be performed based on a distance-related function associated with two or more devices. For example, an association procedure for two or more devices may be based on one or more determined distances. Similarly, presence management may be based on one or more determined distances. A distance-related function may take various form including, for example, a distance between devices, two or more distances between devices, a rate of change in a relative distance between devices, relative acceleration between devices, or some combination of two or more of the these distance-related functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: David Jonathan Julian, Chong U. Lee, Kamran Moallemi, Avneesh Agrawal, Manuel E. Jaime, Robert Keith Douglas, Lu Xiao, Gregory Gordon Rose
  • Publication number: 20150350934
    Abstract: A method/apparatus for wireless communication for a multi SIM/multi standby device having a single radio stores an uplink transmission timing of a first radio access technology (RAT) and a first path loss measurement before tuning away from the first RAT to perform an activity with a second RAT. A second path loss of the first RAT is measured after tuning back, and the second path loss measurement is compared to the first path loss measurement. The uplink transmission timing is adjusted based at least in part on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Ming YANG, Tom CHIN, Guangming SHI
  • Publication number: 20150302195
    Abstract: Techniques for protecting contents of a stack associated with a processor are provided. The techniques include a method including receiving a store instruction from a software program being executed by the processor, the store instruction including control information associated with a subroutine, altering the control information to generate secured control information responsive to receiving the store instruction from the software program, storing the secured control information on the stack, receiving a load instruction from the software program; and responsive to receiving the load instruction from the software program, loading the secured control information from the stack, altering the secured control information to recover the control information, and returning the control information to the software program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Can Erkin ACAR, Erich James PLONDKE, Robert J. TURNER, Billy B. BRUMLEY
  • Patent number: 9118619
    Abstract: To inhibit cross-site forgery attacks, different types/classes of cookies are used. A first cookie and a second cookie are generated by a web server and provided to a client browser during a web session. The first cookie defines a first set of use conditions for when the first cookie is to be used within the web session. The second cookie defines a second set of use conditions for when the second cookie is to be used within the web session. The client browser determines which (if any) of the first cookie or second cookie to send to the web server based on the use conditions defined within each cookie and the operation(s) sought by the client browser. The web server may grant different or the same privileges to operation(s) being sought by the client browser depending on whether the first or second cookie is sent by the client browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Alexander Gantman, Arun Balakrishnan, Gregory Gordon Rose
  • Publication number: 20150063718
    Abstract: Techniques are described for enhancing quality of a first image that is captured in a low-light environment. In one embodiment, a second image is generated by brightening a plurality of pixels in the first image based on a predefined criteria. A third image is generated using an edge-preserving noise reduction algorithm based on the second image. Further, a composite image is generated by obtaining a weighted average of the first image and the third image. The techniques described herein can be applied to an image and/or to each frame of a video that is captured in low-light environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: William Edward MANTZEL, Ramin Rezaiifar, Piyush Sharma
  • Publication number: 20140301467
    Abstract: As part of a video encoding process or a video decoding process, a video coder may determine a first available disparity motion vector among spatial neighboring blocks of a current block of the video data. Furthermore, the video coder may shift a horizontal component of the first available disparity motion vector to derive a shifted disparity motion vector candidate (DSMV). The video coder may add the DSMV into a merge candidate list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Vijayaraghavan Thirumalai, Li Zhang, Ying Chen
  • Publication number: 20140204881
    Abstract: Systems and methods for frequency reuse on downlink control channels (DLCCs) are provided. One method can include determining a first number of symbols to support transmission of control information on a DLCC, and configuring a second number of symbols for transmission of the control information on the DLCC, wherein the second number of symbols is greater than the first number of symbols. The method can also include assigning a number of DLCCs based on the second number of symbols, and transmitting control information over an assigned number of DLCCs to achieve an effective reuse factor less than one. Another method can include identifying fractions of bandwidth in a system having cells, and allocating at least one of the cells to at least one of the fractions of bandwidth in a system. Resource element groups allocated to the fractions of bandwidth can be coordinated across cells to provide frequency reuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Juan Montojo, Wanshi Chen, Aleksandar Damnjanovic
  • Publication number: 20140185496
    Abstract: Described embodiments reduce ARQ/HARQ latency using carrier aggregation and cross-carrier ARQ/HARQ signaling. In embodiments, a wireless backhaul transmission link uses multiple paired carriers with complementary TDD frame timing. In embodiments, backhaul traffic subframes are protected using FEC and/or CRC encoding and ACK/NACK information is generated based on decoding and computing the FEC and/or CRC information for the subframes. The ACK/NACK information may be transmitted on the paired carrier. In embodiments, cross-carrier ARQ/HARQ signaling may reduce ARQ/HARQ latency to less than two TDD subframes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Guy Wolf, Assaf Touboul
  • Publication number: 20140172945
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a client device transmits a request for an initial web page to a proxy server. The proxy server requests the initial web page on behalf of the client device in response to the client device's request. The proxy server then executes a web page redirection procedure that is independent of interaction with the client device and results in the proxy server obtaining web page content. The proxy server delivers the web page content to a proxy client application on the client device along with instructions for simulating, on the client device, the web page redirection procedure between the proxy client application and a mobile web browser on the client device. The proxy client application on the client device then simulates the web page redirection procedure that occurred at the proxy server as instructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Qualcomm Incorported
    Inventors: Joshua HERSHBERG, Gabriel BERELEJIS, Eitan MIZROTSKY
  • Patent number: 8593331
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized to facilitate or otherwise support RF ranging-assisted local motion sensing based, at least in part, on measuring one or more characteristics of a range between communicating devices in one or more established RF links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventors: Ming-Chang Tsai, Amal Ekbal, David Jonathan Julian, Chong U. Lee
  • Patent number: 8548105
    Abstract: Techniques for performing joint time-frequency automatic gain control (AGC) by a receiver are described. In an aspect, the receiver may transform time-domain samples with a fast Fourier transform (FFT) to obtain frequency-domain symbols and may detect for saturation of the frequency-domain symbols. The receiver may adjust a gain based on whether saturation is detected and may apply the gain prior to the FFT. In one design, the receiver may use a nominal value for a setpoint if saturation is not detected and may reduce the setpoint if saturation is detected. The receiver may adjust the gain based on the setpoint, which may determine the average power of the time-domain samples. In another design, the receiver may determine the gain based on a gain offset and may vary the gain offset based on whether saturation is detected. For both designs, the receiver may apply the gain on digital samples and/or an analog signal prior to the FFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorported
    Inventor: Roberto Rimini
  • Patent number: 8520607
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate transmitting and receiving control data according to hopping patterns where the hopping patterns are defined based in part on bandwidth capabilities of a device transmitting the control data and bandwidth of the network on which the data is being transmitted. In this regard, devices having lower bandwidth capabilities than the network can hop within given frequency blocks reserved for control data assuming the blocks are no greater than the bandwidth of the device. Devices having greater or substantially equal bandwidth capabilities as the network can hop across disparate frequency blocks of the network reserved for control data as the device can handle substantially any hop in frequency. This preserves frequency diversity for control channels in multiple device types regardless of device bandwidth capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorported
    Inventor: Durga Prasad Malladi