Patents Assigned to QUALCOMM INCORPROATED
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Patent number: 12700727Abstract: An apparatus including: an overvoltage detector configured to generate an overvoltage indicating signal indicating whether a first voltage at an input/output (I/O) port is above an overvoltage threshold; a control circuit configured to generate a control signal based on the overvoltage indicating signal; a pseudo power source coupled to the I/O port and configured to provide a supply voltage for the control circuit; and a clamp circuit configured to generate a shunt current from the I/O port through an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection diode, wherein the shunt current is enabled or disabled based on the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2023Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorproatedInventors: Wilson Jianbo Chen, Chiew-Guan Tan, Sreeker Dundigal
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Patent number: 12700912Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) associated with a reconfigurable intelligence surface (RIS) beam training, wherein the DCI configures an RIS controller and the UE for the RIS beam training. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a report based at least in part on the DCI associated with the RIS beam training. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorproatedInventors: Ahmed Elshafie, Yu Zhang, Huilin Xu, Alexandros Manolakos, Saeid Sahraei, Hung Dinh Ly
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Patent number: 12696345Abstract: A first network entity for wireless communication may be configured to operate according to a connected DRX mode based on a wakeup signal (WUS), wherein the connected DRX mode includes a DRX active time and a DRX inactive time. The first network entity may send, to a second network entity, capability information of the first network entity to process, during the DRX inactive time, reference signal information, wherein the reference signal information includes one or more of: a reference signal or a reference signal report. The first network entity may receive, from the second network entity, a configuration based on the capability information, wherein the configuration specifies how the first network entity is to process the reference signal information during the DRX inactive time, and may process the reference signal information during the DRX inactive time in accordance with the configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorproatedInventors: Ahmed Elshafie, Diana Maamari, Huilin Xu
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Patent number: 12696246Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method of wireless communication at a network entity, comprising transmitting, in different time periods, different subsets of a set of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), wherein SSBs within a subset are transmitted using frequency division multiplexing and applying different spatial filtering to different SSBs of a subset transmitted in a same time period.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorproatedInventors: Hung Dinh Ly, Yu Zhang, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli
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Patent number: 12696193Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a User Equipment (UE) may partially disable transmissions on a transmission port based on a temperature condition (e.g., chipset temperature or skin temperature exceeding threshold). In a further aspect, the UE may enable the partially disabled transmissions on the transmission port in response to cessation of the temperature condition. In a further aspect, the UE may transmit a capability indication to a base station that indicates that the UE is capable of supporting a transition from a multi-layer (rank-2) communication mode to a single-layer (rank-1) communication mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorproatedInventors: James Francis Geekie, Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov, Raghu Narayan Challa, Mihir Vijay Laghate, Mahbod Ghelichi, Enoch Shiao-Kuang Lu
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Patent number: 12695497Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmitted by a base station. The UE may receive system information that includes reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) or repeater assisted initial access information that identifies a set of SSBs that are associated with an RIS or a repeater and a modulation signature associated with the RIS or the repeater. The UE may selectively perform initial access using the SSB or search for another SSB based at least in part on the RIS or repeater assisted initial access information. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2024Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorproatedInventors: Wooseok Nam, Yucheng Dai, Tao Luo, Peter Gaal, Junyi Li, Sony Akkarakaran
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Patent number: 12695578Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for channel state information (CSI) reporting based on user equipment (UE) parameters. A method that may be performed by a UE includes receiving a configuration to report aperiodic CSI. The method generally includes determining, based on one or more parameters, to send a first report including hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and not CSI feedback or a second report including HARQ feedback and CSI feedback. The method generally includes sending the first report or the second report based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorproatedInventors: Ahmed Elshafie, Wei Yang, Yi Huang, Konstantinos Dimou, Hwan Joon Kwon
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Patent number: 12682946Abstract: A memory is provided that includes a negative bit line hybrid boost circuit for boosting a discharged bit line to a negative voltage during a negative bit line boost period for a write operation to a selected column in the memory. The hybrid boost circuit uses a charged gate capacitance of a boost transistor and a charged capacitance of a metal line capacitor to provide the negative bit line boost. Similarly, the memory may include a word line hybrid boost circuit that uses another boost transistor and another metal line capacitor for boosting a word line above a word line power supply voltage during the write operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2024Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorproatedInventors: Debarghya Dutta, Ramakoti Nimmakayala, Rahul Sahu, Diwakar Singh
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Patent number: 11677518Abstract: A receiver is configured to detect a plurality of signals on a plurality of subbands over a communication channel that operates on a shared or an unlicensed spectrum. Additionally, the receiver is configured to perform joint correlation over a time domain and a frequency domain of each successive signal of the plurality of signals. Moreover, the receiver is configured to determine a sequence based on the joint correlation. Additionally, the receiver is configured to decode transmission information from the sequence.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: Jing Lei, Srinivas Yerramalli, Tamer Kadous
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Patent number: 11611757Abstract: Techniques are described of using Position Dependent Intra Prediction Combination (PDPC). A video coder such as a video encoder or a video decoder utilizes PDPC in cases where a current block intra mode predicted using an angular intra prediction mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: Geert Van der Auwera, Vadim Seregin, Amir Said, Marta Karczewicz
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Patent number: 11540306Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device (WCD) may communicate, during a channel occupancy time (COT) associated with one or more resources, via a no listen before talk (no-LBT) channel access mode. The WCD may initiate, after the COT, a reduced COT associated with the one or more resources, wherein the WCD is configured to reduce channel occupancy during the reduced COT. Numerous other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: Vinay Chande, Jing Sun, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Xiaoxia Zhang, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11477687Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide a base station receiving an indication from a core network to serve multicast/broadcast traffic to one or more UEs. The base station may select a radio bearer mode from a plurality of radio bearer modes for delivery of the multicast/broadcast traffic to at least one UE of the one or more UEs. For example, the base station may select a multicast/broadcast only mode, a mixed multicast/broadcast mode and unicast mode, or a unicast mode for service of the traffic. Dependent on the selected mode and/or quality of service, the base station may select a dedicated radio bearer (DRB) for communication of the traffic in a unicast mode (e.g., to a particular UE) or a multicast radio bearer (MRB) for communication of the traffic in a broadcast/multicast mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: Prasad Reddy Kadiri, Xipeng Zhu, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Gavin Bernard Horn, Miguel Griot, Umesh Phuyal, Kazuki Takeda, Le Liu
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Patent number: 11449758Abstract: A method for operating a low-bitwidth neural network includes converting a first activation to a non-negative value (e.g., absolute value). The first activation has a signed value. The sign of the activation is used to select a weight value. A product of the non-negative activation and the selected weight value is computed to determine a next activation. The next activation is quantized and supplied to a subsequent layer of the low-bitwidth neural network.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: Jamie Menjay Lin, Edwin Chongwoo Park, Nojun Kwak
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Patent number: 11425422Abstract: Example methods and devices for coding video data are disclosed. An example device for coding video data includes memory configured to store the video data, and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and communicatively coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine a value of a first syntax element indicative of whether a first constraint is applicable, the first constraint being that rectangular slices are not used for a plurality of pictures. The one or more processors are also configured to decode the plurality of pictures of the video data in accordance with the value of the first syntax element.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: Yong He, Vadim Seregin, Muhammed Zeyd Coban, Yao-Jen Chang, Marta Karczewicz, Nan Hu
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Patent number: 11356685Abstract: A video decoder can be configured to decode a first syntax element indicating a size of a coding tree unit (CTU); after decoding the first syntax element indicating the size of the CTU, decode a second syntax element indicating a width of elements of a subpicture identifier grid; after decoding the first syntax element indicating the size of the CTU, decode a third syntax element indicating a height of the elements of the subpicture identifier grid; and determine a location of a subpicture within a picture based on the first syntax element, the second syntax element, and the third syntax element.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: Yao-Jen Chang, Muhammed Zeyd Coban, Vadim Seregin, Marta Karczewicz
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Patent number: 11329756Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive broadcast information from a base station indicating a numerology or a reference signal (RS) pattern to be used in broadcast or multicast transmissions (e.g., a physical multicast channel (PMCH)). The UE may identify a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the broadcast or multicast transmission and may determine a transport block size (TBS) based on the MCS and at least one of the numerology or the RS pattern. For instance, a UE may determine TBS for numerologies associated with a single symbol that spans multiple subframes differently from that of other numerologies. Additionally or alternatively, a UE may determine TBS for sparse RS patterns differently from that of other RS patterns. The UE may then perform communication with the base station via the broadcast or multicast transmissions in accordance with the TBS.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Ayan Sengupta, Amer Catovic, Le Liu
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Patent number: 11290147Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit uplink transmissions according to a frequency hopping pattern. The UE may identify that a first set of uplink transmissions are to be transmitted to a base station by a first set of resources (e.g., a first set of slots, a first set of frequency resources) as indicated by the frequency hopping pattern. The UE may further identify, based on the frequency hopping pattern, that a second set of uplink transmissions are to be transmitted to the base station by a second set of resources (e.g., a second set of slots, a second set of frequency resources). The first set of slots and the second set of slots may each include more than one slot. Additionally, the first and second set of resources may be within a same bandwidth part or in different bandwidth parts.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: Le Liu, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Huilin Xu, Hung Dinh Ly, Renqiu Wang
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Patent number: 11282385Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and apparatus for operating a computational network are provided. The apparatus may obtain a set of navigational instructions describing a route to a destination. The apparatus may obtain first image data through a first camera that is oriented toward the route, the first image data depicting a first scene associated with the route. The apparatus may determine a first field of view associated with a user that is navigating the route to the destination based on a first sensor that is oriented toward the user. The apparatus may identify at least one salient object represented in the first scene based on the first field of view. The apparatus may output instructional information describing a first navigational instruction of the set of navigational instructions with reference to the at least one salient object.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: M Anthony Lewis, Richard Anthony Calle, Charles Bergan
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Patent number: 11275559Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods and apparatus for circular floating point addition. An example method generally includes obtaining a first floating point number represented by a first significand and a first exponent, obtaining a second floating point number represented by a second significand and second exponent, and adding the first floating point number and the second floating point number using a circular accumulator device.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventor: Aaron Douglass Lamb
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Patent number: 11270711Abstract: In general, techniques are described by which to provide priority information for higher order ambisonic (HOA) audio data. A device comprising a memory and a processor may perform the techniques. The memory stores HOA coefficients of the HOA audio data, the HOA coefficients representative of a soundfield. The processor may decompose the HOA coefficients into a sound component and a corresponding spatial component, the corresponding spatial component defining shape, width, and directions of the sound component, and the corresponding spatial component defined in a spherical harmonic domain. The processor may also determine, based on one or more of the sound component and the corresponding spatial component, priority information indicative of a priority of the sound component relative to other sound components of the soundfield, and specify, in a data object representative of a compressed version of the HOA audio data, the sound component and the priority information.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Qualcomm IncorproatedInventors: Moo Young Kim, Nils Günther Peters, Shankar Thagadur Shivappa, Dipanjan Sen