Patents Assigned to Qualcomm
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Patent number: 10034313Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes determining that a first node associated with a first operator in a deployment of operators has emergency data to transmit over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band and transmitting, by the first node, a signal over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The signal may indicate that the first node has emergency data to transmit. A second method includes receiving, at a first base station associated with a first operator in a deployment of operators, an uplink transmission from a user equipment (UE) indicating that the UE has emergency uplink data to transmit over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band and transmitting, by the first base station, an indication to a second base station that the UE has emergency uplink data to transmit over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Tao Luo, Jun Wang
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Patent number: 10032763Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a MOS device for using bulk cross-coupled thin-oxide decoupling capacitor is provided. The MOS device may include a pMOS transistor and an nMOS transistor. The MOS device may include a first set of transistor body connections adjacent the pMOS transistor and the nMOS transistor. The first set of transistor body connections may couple a first voltage source to the pMOS transistor body. The first set of transistor body connections may further couple a second voltage source to the nMOS transistor body. The MOS device may include a second set of transistor body connections adjacent the pMOS transistor and the nMOS transistor. The second set of transistor body connections may couple the nMOS transistor gate to the pMOS transistor body. The second set of transistor body connections may further couple the pMOS transistor gate to the nMOS transistor body.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Albert Kumar, Hai Dang, Sreeker Dundigal, Vasisht Vadi
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Patent number: 10033578Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for wireless communication are provided. A method for wireless communication includes configuring a first device for a first mode of communication, receiving wide area network (WAN) scheduling information from downlink signals received from a network entity when a radio air interface of the first device is configured for the first mode of communication, configuring the first device for a second mode of communication, determining a mesh network schedule based on the WAN scheduling information, and communicating wirelessly with a second device in accordance with the mesh network schedule when the radio air interface is configured for the second mode of communication. The first device and the second device may communicate at power levels below a power level threshold selected to cause the network entity to ignore transmissions between the first device and the second device.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Tingfang Ji, Naga Bhushan, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, John Edward Smee, Jing Jiang
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Patent number: 10033226Abstract: This invention describes a method and apparatus for providing wireless power. The methods and systems disclosed consist of a first coil having at least one loop forming an inner area inside boundaries of the at least one loop and an outer area outside the boundaries of the at least one loop, the first coil configured to generate a first alternating magnetic field for charging or powering a wireless power device, the first alternating magnetic field having a first magnetic field component with a first phase in the inner area, the first alternating magnetic field also having a second magnetic field component with a second phase in the outer area, and the second phase different from the first phase. In some aspects, the methods and systems comprise a second coil comprising a portion within the outer area, the second coil configured to reduce a magnitude of the second magnetic field component.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Mark White, II, Seong Heon Jeong, William Henry Von Novak, III
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Patent number: 10033558Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to over-the-air uplink-downlink (UL-DL) reciprocity calibration. A central unit transmits downlink (DL) calibration reference signal (RS) and a calibration request. The central unit receives, in response to the calibration request, a first uplink (UL) calibration RS and a first DL channel estimate associated with a first transmission point (TP) and a first wireless communication device. The central unit transmits a DL coordinated multipoint (CoMP) joint transmission signal according to an uplink-downlink (UL-DL) reciprocity calibration. The UL-DL reciprocity calibration is based on at least a first UL channel estimate based on the first UL calibration RS, the first DL channel estimate, a second UL channel estimate associated with a second TP and the first wireless communication device, and a second DL channel estimate associated with the second TP and the first wireless communication device.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Taesang Yoo, Dinkar Vasudevan, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Siddhartha Mallik, Juan Montojo
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Patent number: 10031618Abstract: A touch panel controller may include a communications module configured to receive pixel values, where each pixel value represents a capacitance associated with a pixel formed at a drive electrode and a sensor electrode of a touch panel. The touch panel controller may also include a processing module configured to discard pixel values below a noise threshold, discard pixel values for non-zero pixels that are not adjacent to non-zero pixels, reject detected input for pixel values associated with a palm input, compute an initial centroid associated with the pixel values, reject detected input for pixel values associated with a hover input, and provide detected input that is not associated with palm input or hover input.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Rishi Mohindra
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Patent number: 10033564Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus includes a processing system configured to generate a frame comprising a first channel estimation sequence for transmission via a first channel, a second channel estimation sequence for transmission via a second channel, and at least a first portion of a data payload for transmission via a third channel, wherein the first channel includes a first frequency band, wherein the second channel includes a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and wherein the third channel includes a third frequency band that overlaps in frequency with the first and second frequency bands; and an interface configured to output the frame for transmission.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alecsander Eitan, Amichai Sanderovich, Gal Basson
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Patent number: 10033340Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a multi-output amplifier implemented using a capacitive attenuator. For example, the multi-output amplifier generally includes a first capacitive attenuator coupled to an input node of the multi-output amplifier. In certain aspects, the multi-output amplifier also includes a first amplification stage having an input coupled to a tap node of the first capacitive attenuator and an output coupled to a first output node of the multi-output amplifier, and a second amplification stage having an output coupled to a second output node of the multi-output amplifier. For certain aspects, the multi-output amplifier includes a second capacitive attenuator coupled to the input node of the multi-output amplifier, and the second amplification stage may have an input coupled to a tap node of the second capacitive attenuator.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Bassel Hanafi, Sherif Abdelhalem, Hasnain Lakdawala
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Patent number: 10033343Abstract: A device includes a reconfigurable receiver front end having variable gain and variable bandwidth configured to tune to a plurality of communication channels in a communication band, the reconfigurable receiver front end responsive to a signal power level.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Aleksandar Miodrag Tasic, Chiewcharn Narathong, Gurkanwal Singh Sahota, Shrenik Patel
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Patent number: 10031697Abstract: Methods, devices, and non-transitory processor-readable storage media for a computing device to merge concurrent writes from a plurality of processing units to a buffer associated with an application. An embodiment method executed by a processor may include identifying a plurality of concurrent requests to access the buffer that are sparse, disjoint, and write-only, configuring a write-set for each of the plurality of processing units, executing the plurality of concurrent requests to access the buffer using the write-sets, determining whether each of the plurality of concurrent requests to access the buffer is complete, obtaining a buffer index and data via the write-set of each of the plurality of processing units, and writing to the buffer using the received buffer index and data via the write-set of each of the plurality of processing units in response to determining that each of the plurality of concurrent requests to access the buffer is complete.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Tushar Kumar, Aravind Natarajan, Dario Suarez Gracia
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Patent number: 10031602Abstract: A display array is disclosed. The multifunctional pixel may include a plurality of multifunctional pixels. Each multifunctional pixel can include a red display area, a green display area, and a blue display area, as well as at least one sensor selected from the following sensor types: an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensor, a photoelectric sensor, and a capacitive sensor. The blue display area can be smaller than the red display area, or smaller than the green display area, in each of the plurality of multifunctional pixels.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jack Conway Kitchens, II, John Keith Schneider, David William Burns, Suryaprakash Ganti
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Patent number: 10033272Abstract: A circuit that stores characterized loss information for a buck converter and uses the characterized loss information instead of measurements involving output power dependent losses. The characterized loss information may include the characterized switching loss, the characterized ripple loss, etc. The circuit may then calculate the output power, efficiency, power dissipation, etc. without needing to measure the output current.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: William Rader, Edward Robert Deak
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Patent number: 10034209Abstract: Various embodiments include methods of offloading user equipment communication traffic between communications drones. The methods may include receiving, at a candidate communication drone, a replacement request from a requesting communication drone. Radio frequency (RF) communication parameters may be set for the candidate communication drone to take over communications of the requesting communication drone. The RF communication parameters may be determined based on the replacement request and may distinguish the candidate communication drone from the requesting communication drone and at least one neighboring communication drone. The candidate communication drone may move toward a target position adjacent a position of the requesting communication drone without radiating RF communications for taking over communications of the requesting communication drone.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Amar Kumar Nandan, Abhigyan Joshi, Kihak Yi, Appala Naga Raju Bodduru, Nitin Mehrotra, Venkata A Naidu Babbadi
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Patent number: 10033577Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for wireless communication are provided. A method for wireless communication using a single radio air interface includes configuring a radio air interface of a first device to operate in accordance with a first variant of resource-spread multiple access technology, communicating wirelessly from a first device to a base station of a wide area network using the first variant of resource-spread multiple access technology, reconfiguring the radio air interface to operate in accordance with a second variant of resource-spread code division multiple access technology, and communicating wirelessly with a second device in a mesh network subsequent to reconfiguring the radio. The first device and the second device communicate wirelessly at power levels below a power level threshold selected to cause the base station to ignore transmissions between the first device and the second device.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Tingfang Ji, Naga Bhushan, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, John Edward Smee, Jing Jiang
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Patent number: 10034269Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit a configuration for enhanced paging to a UE being served by a cell over a shared frequency band. The enhanced paging may include multiple paging intervals for each paging cycle. The UE may enable reception for a paging interval and determine whether the UE receives a downlink transmission. The UE may lengthen a paging interval or enable reception during a second paging interval based in part on determining whether the UE receives a downlink transmission. In some examples, the UE may receive a paging queue status indication indicating that paging information will be transmitted during a paging interval or a later interval, or indicating that no paging information is present at a serving cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jing Sun, Juan Montojo, Taesang Yoo, Siddhartha Mallik, Andrei Radulescu, Chirag Patel, Chengjin Zhang
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Patent number: 10032008Abstract: A mobile device may perform authentication with an authenticating entity. The mobile device may comprise a plurality of sensors and a processor. The processor may be configured to: receive an authentication request from the authenticating entity requesting authentication information; and determine if the authentication request satisfies predefined user privacy preferences. If so, the processor may be configured to: retrieve the authentication information from at least one sensor to form a trust vector in response to the authentication request and to command transmission of the trust vector to the authenticating entity for authentication.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jonathan Charles Griffiths, Eliza Yingzi Du, David William Burns, Muhammed Ibrahim Sezan
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Patent number: 10033497Abstract: A wireless communication method includes configuring a plurality of common sounding reference signal (SRS) subframes shared with one or more cooperating cells and providing an SRS configuration parameter to facilitate an orthogonal SRS transmission over at least one of the plurality of common SRS subframes.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xiliang Luo, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal, Juan Montojo
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Patent number: 10033500Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate indicating a type of waveform utilized for uplink transmission in a wireless communication environment. An access terminal can select a type of waveform from a set of possible waveform types. Moreover, a reference signal can be generated based upon the selected type of waveform. For instance, a sequence employed to yield the reference signal can be generated and/or chosen as a function of the selected type of waveform. According to another illustration, a tone location and/or a symbol location of the reference signal can be based upon the selected type of waveform. Further, the reference signal can be sent as part of the uplink transmission to the base station from the access terminal. The base station can detect the selected type of waveform utilized by the access terminal for the uplink transmission based upon parameter(s) recognized from the reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Tao Luo, Juan Montojo, I-Hsiang Wang
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Patent number: 10034190Abstract: Enhanced network operation is described in which UE context awareness reports requested in network management. A set of conditions is provided to the UE by a serving base station that triggers the UE to transmit a status report to the serving base station. The set of conditions includes at least one non-cellular UE condition. The UE monitors for the conditions and then, when detected, obtains reporting information for the status report that includes one or both of non-cellular and cellular UE information. The UE transmits the status report with the reporting information to the serving base station which uses the information to make determinations regarding network operations management. The serving base station may manage such network operations by sending updated or modified configuration data to the UE or by sending instructions to other network entities to prepare resources for predicted future UE communications.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Luis Fernando Brisson Lopes, Gavin Bernard Horn, Osok Song
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Patent number: 10033359Abstract: A method and an apparatus for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus having a first latch having a first latch input and first latch output and a second latch having a second latch input, a second latch scan output, and a second latch data output. The second latch input is coupled to the first latch output. The apparatus further includes a selection component configured to select between a data input and a scan input based on a shift input. The selection component is coupled to the first latch input. The selection component includes a first NAND-gate, a second NAND-gate, and an OR-gate.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Qi Ye, Animesh Datta