Patents Assigned to Qualcomm
  • Patent number: 10001759
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for automatically generating an events dictionary in an Internet of Things (IoT) network. In an aspect, a device receives a notification of an event from an IoT device, determines a state of the IoT device before and after the event, compares the states of the IoT device, determines a type of state change of the event, determines whether the type of the state change of the first event is present in the events dictionary, creates a generic entry based on the type of the state change of the first event not being present in the events dictionary, and stores, in the events dictionary, a mapping of an event description of the event to the generic entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Binita Gupta
  • Patent number: 10003357
    Abstract: Systems and methods which implement forward checking of data integrity are disclosed. A storage system of embodiments may, for example, comprise data integrity forward checking logic which is operable to perform forward checking of data integrity in real-time or near real-time to check that a number of node failures can be tolerated without loss of data. Embodiments may be utilized to provide assurance that a number of fragments needed for source data recovery will be available for the source objects most susceptible to failure when a certain number of additional fragments are lost, such as due to storage node failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Richardson, Michael George Luby, Mahdi Cheraghchi Bashi Astaneh, Lorenz Christoph Minder
  • Patent number: 9998573
    Abstract: Hardware-based packet processing circuitry is provided. In this regard, hardware-based packet processing circuitry includes header processing circuitry and payload processing circuitry. The hardware-based packet processing circuitry receives a header portion and a payload portion of an incoming packet in a first packet format. The header processing circuitry and the payload processing circuitry process the header portion and the payload portion to form a processed header portion and a processed payload portion, respectively. The hardware-based packet processing circuitry generates an outgoing packet in a second packet format based on the processed header portion and the processed payload portion. By processing the incoming packet separately in the header processing circuitry and the payload processing circuitry, it is possible to accelerate selected steps (e.g., ciphering/deciphering, compression/de-compression, checksum, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tomer Rafael Ben-Chen, Amit Gil, Dan Gilboa Waizman, Deepak Jindal, Ayala Miller, Shaul Yohai Yifrach
  • Patent number: 9999069
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed that may allow a wireless device to dynamically select a bandwidth for MU-MIMO communications. A wireless device may transmit, on each of a plurality of wireless channels, a clear-to-send-to-self (CTS2S) frame that reserves medium access on a number of wireless channels and/or confirms the continued availability of the wireless channels. The bandwidth for a subsequent sounding operation may be based on the bandwidth used to transmit the CTS2S frames. Thereafter, the wireless device may transmit one or more MU-MIMO data frames to a number of other wireless devices using the selected bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Madhavan Nair, Pradeep Baliganapalli Nagaraju, Qinghai Gao
  • Patent number: 9999037
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for adjusting flow rate of transmissions received at a device. A user equipment (UE) determines, in response to detecting a trigger condition, a proposal to adjust feedback provided to a base station (BS) in order to adjust a flow rate of transmissions received at the UE from the BS. The UE adjusts the feedback based on the proposal and at least one additional condition and transmits the adjusted feedback to the BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yue Yang, Feilu Liu, Aziz Gholmieh, Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov, Srinivasan Balasubramanian
  • Patent number: 9998143
    Abstract: A system for data decompression may include a processor coupled to a remote memory having a remote dictionary stored thereon and coupled to a decompression logic having a local memory with a local dictionary. The processor may decompress data during execution by accessing the local dictionary, and if necessary, the remote dictionary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Senior, Amin Ansari, Jinxia Bai, Vito Bica
  • Patent number: 9998099
    Abstract: A feed-forward bias circuit biases body bias terminals of transistors of another circuit to compensate for PVT variations in the other circuit. In some aspects, the feed-forward bias circuit compensates for transistor process corners in a circuit by enabling the generation of different bias signals under different corner conditions. In some implementations, the feed-forward bias circuit is used to bias a delay circuit so that the delay circuit exhibits relatively constant delay characteristics over different PVT conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wenjun Su, Chulkyu Lee, Le Zhang, Guangming Yin
  • Patent number: 9996488
    Abstract: A method for enabling 8-bit data word access over a protocol limited to 16-bit data word access is provided. Data may be encapsulated within the lowest 19 bits of a 20-bit number. If it is ascertained that an 8-bit data word is to be used in a system supporting only 16-bit data word access, a byte-enable indicator may be provided within a most significant bit of the 20-bit number while also allocating an 8-bit data region for transfer of the 8-bit data word. The 20-bit number may then be transcoded into a 12-digit ternary number, wherein a residual numerical region is defined as a number space by which a first numerical region defined for the 12-digit ternary number exceeds a second numerical region defined by the lowest 19 bits of the 20-bit number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Shoichiro Sengoku
  • Patent number: 9998138
    Abstract: Multi-channel receiver circuits implemented with time-multiplexed successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuits and methods for operating such receiver circuits are disclosed. One example receiver circuit generally includes a first multiplexer having a plurality of inputs coupled to a plurality of in-phase (I) receive paths associated with different channels of the receiver circuit, a first SAR ADC circuit having an input coupled to an output of the first multiplexer, a second multiplexer having a plurality of inputs coupled to a plurality of quadrature (Q) receive paths associated with the different channels of the receiver circuit, and a second SAR ADC circuit having an input coupled to an output of the second multiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Wang, Chieh-Yu Hsieh, Ji Ma, Seyed Arash Mirhaj, Dinesh Jagannath Alladi
  • Patent number: 9998765
    Abstract: A video processing device may obtain, from a descriptor for a program comprising one or more elementary streams, a plurality of profile, tier, level (PTL) syntax element sets. Each respective PTL syntax element set of the plurality of PTL syntax element sets comprises syntax elements may specify respective PTL information. The video processing device obtains, from the descriptor for the program, a plurality of operation point syntax element sets. Each respective operation point syntax element set of the plurality of operation point syntax element sets may specify a respective operation point of a plurality of operation points. The video processing device may determine, for each respective layer of respective operation point specified by respective operation point syntax element sets, based on a respective syntax element in the respective operation point syntax element set, which of the PTL syntax element sets specifies the PTL information assigned to the respective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Fnu Hendry, Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 9996933
    Abstract: Systems and methods for correcting errors in a depth map generated by a structured light system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes dividing a depth map into segments and calculating a density distribution of the depth values for each segment. The method includes detecting error (or “outlier”) values by determining the depth values that fall outside of a range of depth values, the range of depth values representative of the highest density depth values for a given segment. The method includes detecting error values in the depth map as a whole based on the density distribution values for each segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Albrecht Johannes Lindner, Kalin Atanassov, Stephen Verrall
  • Patent number: 9999157
    Abstract: A device that includes a region comprising an integrated device and a heat dissipating device coupled to the region comprising the integrated device. The heat dissipating device is configured to dissipate heat away from the region. The heat dissipating device includes a fluid, an evaporator configured to evaporate the fluid, a first condenser configured to condense the fluid, where the first condenser is located in a first wall of the device, an evaporation portion coupled to the evaporator and the first condenser, and a collection portion coupled to the first condenser and the evaporator. The evaporation portion is configured to channel an evaporated fluid from the evaporator to the first condenser. The collection portion is configured to channel a condensed fluid from the first condenser to the evaporator through the help of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Victor Chiriac, Jorge Rosales, Jon Anderson, Stephen Molloy
  • Patent number: 9996944
    Abstract: A method for mapping an environment by an electronic device is described. The method includes obtaining a set of sensor measurements. The method also includes determining a set of voxel occupancy probability distributions respectively corresponding to a set of voxels based on the set of sensor measurements. Each of the voxel occupancy probability distributions represents a probability of occupancy of a voxel over a range of occupation densities. The range includes partial occupation densities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Aliakbar Aghamohammadi, Kiran Somasundaram
  • Patent number: 9999039
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) may be used for communication with various wireless communication devices, including machine-type communication (MTC) devices, to reduce overhead on control channels. Data transmissions scheduling using SPS techniques may be repeated and bundled together to effect coverage enhancement (CE) for devices with poor radio quality conditions. SPS communication may be used in both uplink and downlink transmissions. An SPS configuration may include a predefined number of scheduled transmission periods and a CE level, which may be established in either an SPS configuration message or as part of the SPS activation message from a base station. A device may identify the CE level of the transmissions and, in some cases, may determine the periodicity of the SPS based on the CE level. Bundled transmissions assigned with SPS may be prioritized with respect to one another or dynamically assigned resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Madhavan Srinivasan Vajapeyam, Wanshi Chen, Hao Xu
  • Patent number: 9998960
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a second base station. The second base station receives a measurement report and a cell identifier, associated with a first base station, from a UE. The second base station determines, based on the cell identifier, that the first base station is in a dormant state. The second base station sends an activation request to the first base station, based on the measurement report, to prompt the first base station to transition from the dormant state to an active state. The second base station further includes handing off the UE to the first base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Durga Prasad Malladi, Yongbin Wei, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal, Tao Luo, Naga Bhushan
  • Patent number: 9996150
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to enabling augmented reality applications using eye gaze tracking are disclosed. An exemplary method according to the disclosure includes displaying an image to a user of a scene viewable by the user, receiving information indicative of an eye gaze of the user, determining an area of interest within the image based on the eye gaze information, determining an image segment based on the area of interest, initiating an object recognition process on the image segment, and displaying results of the object recognition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ashwin Swaminathan, Mahesh Ramachandran
  • Patent number: 9998571
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for using different MAC addresses in frames for the same station to indicate how to process the frames. In this manner, frames for IEEE 802.11ac can carry information not present in legacy frames (e.g., frames according to IEEE 802.11a/n), but these frames may be interpreted by legacy devices in a legacy way. One example method generally includes receiving a first frame comprising an indication of a first MAC address and processing the received first frame based on the first MAC address. For certain aspects, the method further includes receiving a second frame comprising an indication of a second MAC address, wherein the second MAC address is different than the first address; and processing the received second frame based on the second MAC address, such that the processing of the second frame is different than the processing of the first frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Maarten Menzo Wentink
  • Patent number: 9996325
    Abstract: In one example, a device includes one or more processors configured to determine a set of optimization pass configuration data for code of a software program to be compiled, wherein the optimization pass configuration data defines a sequence of optimization passes for the software program during compilation, and execute the sequence of optimization passes on code for the software program based on the set of optimization pass configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chu-Cheow Lim, David Samuel Brackman
  • Patent number: 9998930
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a processing system configured to receive information related to a first device, wherein the information includes an indication that the first device is configured to change its operating channel, exclude the first device from an available device list in a neighbor report in response to receiving the indication that the first device is configured to change its operating channel, and output the neighbor report for transmission to a second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, George Cherian, Simone Merlin
  • Patent number: 9998077
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an amplifier having a first input and a second input. A first feedback resistor is coupled to the first input and has a first body terminal coupled to a first bias terminal. A second feedback resistor is coupled to the second input and has a second body terminal coupled to a second bias terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arash Mehrabi, Zongyu Dong, Vijayakumar Dhanasekaran, Dongyang Tang, Chien-Chung Yang