Patents Examined by Alejandro Rivero
  • Patent number: 9271268
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless transmission device, a wireless reception device, and a bandwidth allocation method for, when non-contiguous bands allocation is performed, improving the frequency resource use efficiency of a system and thereby improving the system performance. RIV decoding unit (106) decodes start RBG# and end RBG# that are indicated by each RIV output from scheduling information decoding unit (104). Allocation boundary setting unit (107) previously adds a predetermined offset to the boundary of each RIV so that the boundaries of the allocations of respective RIVs are different from each other. Based on the start RBG# and end RBG# output from RIV decoding unit (106) and the boundaries of the allocations of respective RIVs output from allocation boundary setting unit (107), transmission bandwidth determination unit (108) determines, as allocated bandwidths, the bandwidths that are indicated by a plurality of RIVs and are not overlapped with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takashi Iwai, Akihiko Nishio, Daichi Imamura, Seigo Nakao, Yoshihiko Ogawa, Shozo Okasaka, Masaru Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 9264109
    Abstract: The invention concerns a Near Field Communication method comprising a step (1) of generating, by an antenna of a transmitter, a magnetic field (H), a step (2) of receiving, by an antenna of a tag, power from the generated magnetic field (H), then causing a drop in the generated magnetic field (H), wherein the method further comprises a step (3) of estimating the drop by sensing a voltage swing across said transmitter antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventors: Yoann Bouvet, Kanan Saurabh
  • Patent number: 9258841
    Abstract: A method and apparatus attempt to connect Wi-Fi direct devices with each other and quickly recognize a cancellation of a connection when the connection is cancelled. The method includes performing a provision discovery process with a counterpart Wi-Fi electronic device, performing a group owner negotiation process with the counterpart Wi-Fi electronic device, and sending a cancellation notification to the counterpart Wi-Fi electronic device when connection with the counterpart Wi-Fi electronic device is ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Soon Kim, Bu-Seob Jung
  • Patent number: 9252844
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resonate power generator and a resonate power receiver. The resonate power generator may include a modulator to control modulation of transmission data transmitted to a target resonator, and to control transmission of the modulated transmission data to a power carrier signal of a source resonator, a demodulator to demodulate received data received from the target resonator, and a coupling unit to couple the modulator, the demodulator, and the source resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Yun Kim, Sang Wook Kown
  • Patent number: 9241341
    Abstract: An approach is provided for carrier indication and carrier sensing. Interference information relating to radio interface with one or more neighboring nodes is generated. The interference information is transmitted over a designated channel to the one or more neighboring nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Mika Rinne, Olav Tirkkonen
  • Patent number: 9241361
    Abstract: A method of handling device to device communication for a first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection to a network of the wireless communication system; and receiving a first RRC message indicating to the first UE to use a first data radio bearer (DRB) for a proximity-based services (ProSe) communication with a second UE of the wireless communication system, wherein the first DRB is different from a second DRB for communication between the first UE and the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Wu, Ching-Yu Liao
  • Patent number: 9231661
    Abstract: A method for controlling the flow of data in a near field communication appliance having a plurality of secure elements is provided. The method includes receiving a first communication, sent by an external appliance, which is intended for an application located in one of a plurality of secure elements of the near field communication appliance. The method further includes determining which of the secure elements contains the application, and taking measures in order to ensure that a further communication exclusively between the external appliance and the secure element contains the addressed application. In addition, appropriate mobile terminals for NFC communication are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Leutgeb, Walter Kargl, Josef Riegebauer
  • Patent number: 9219307
    Abstract: A wireless communication device transmits and receives a signal by a wireless communication using a millimeter wave frequency band. The wireless communication device includes an antenna section having directivities in a plurality of different directions, an antenna control section adapted to form a directivity in a prescribed direction among the plurality of directivities of the antenna section, a direction and position estimation section adapted to estimate direction and position information of a wireless communication device to be communicated with, which is a target for the wireless communication, in accordance with a receiving signal received by the antenna section having the directivity formed, and a display section adapted to display the estimated direction and position information of the wireless communication device to be communicated with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takahashi, Masayuki Orihashi, Suguru Fujita
  • Patent number: 9215750
    Abstract: An emergency system for a motor vehicle having an onboard power supply system which triggers in an emergency a radio emergency call regardless of the state of the on-board power supply system of the motor vehicle, including a radio communication device that triggers the emergency call, a back-up battery including one or more electrochemical cells that supply the radio communication device with electric energy, and an electric heating device supplied with power by the on-board power supply system with which the back-up battery can be heated when its temperature is below or drops below a lower limit value, wherein the electric heating device is a heating foil including heating resistors laminated between electrically insulating foils and having a thickness <2 mm, and the heating foil is arranged in a substantially planar, two-dimensional contact to the electrochemical cell(s) of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: VARTA Microbattery GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Hieber, Rainer Hald
  • Patent number: 9215751
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a mobile terminal with routing function for supporting multiple-mode access and implementation method thereof, which includes: an Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) interface module is utilized for accessing ADSL wired broadband signals, a Third Generation (3G) interface module is utilized for accessing wireless broadband signals, a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) module is utilized for establishing wireless local area network, a main control module establishes a first data transmission channel for connecting with the ADSL interface module, establishes a second data transmission channel for connecting with the 3G interface module, and controls the WIFI module to access the first data transmission channel or the second data transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jiajun Liu
  • Patent number: 9215718
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of switching between services of a television band device (TVBD) network or device of an apparatus including a coexistence manager (CM), including: transmitting, by the CM, a request for switching between services of the TVBD network or device to the TVBD network or device; and receiving, by the CM, a response with respect to the request from the TVBD network or device. Here, the services include an information service obtaining neighbor information from the CM by the TVBD network or device and a management service providing measurement results to the CM by the TVBD network or device, and the response includes an indicator indicating whether or not the request has been successfully processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junho Jo, Suhwook Kim, Bonghoe Kim
  • Patent number: 9203481
    Abstract: If the frequency band of an SRS from a serving radio terminal (UE 2-1) is identical with the frequency band of an SRS from a serving radio terminal (UE 2-2), a radio base station (eNB 1-1) transmits, to one of the serving radio terminals (UE 2-1, UE 2-2), an RRC connection reconfiguration message in which transmission halt request information has been set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshizo Sato, Masaaki Nakata, Nobuaki Takamatsu, Masahiro Yagi, Hiroki Fujita
  • Patent number: 9204393
    Abstract: Apparatus, system and method for rejecting entry to a power saving mode based on a cover detection by an NFC enabled mobile device when an NFC field has been detected, such as from a second NFC enabled device. The apparatus, system and method may include detecting a magnetic field indicating proximity of the mobile device to a cover, determining when a predetermined delay has elapsed, checking the state of a flag that is set when an NFC field is detected, and preventing putting the mobile device into a low power state based on the cover indication if the flag is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Adam Louis Parco, Alexander Michael Tomm
  • Patent number: 9204038
    Abstract: Cell phones and other portable devices are equipped with a variety of technologies by which existing functionality is improved, and new functionality is provided. Some aspects relate to imaging architectures, in which a cell phone's image sensor is one in a chain of stages that successively act on instructions/data, to capture and later process imagery. Other aspects relate to distribution of processing tasks between the device and remote resources (“the cloud”). Elemental image processing, such as filtering and edge detection—and even some simpler template matching operations—may be performed on the cell phone. Other operations are referred out to remote service providers. The remote service providers can be identified using techniques such as a reverse auction, through which they compete for processing tasks. Other aspects of the disclosed technologies relate to visual search capabilities, and determining appropriate actions responsive to different image inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: John D. Lord, Geoffrey B. Rhoads, Tony F. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 9197337
    Abstract: A wireless signal transmission device is provided. The wireless signal transmission device includes a reflective surface and a receiver. The reflective surface reflects a wireless signal. The receiver receives the wireless signal reflected. The receiver includes a receiver body, a wave guide, a transmission unit and a medium sheet. The wave guide includes an opening end and a connection end connected thereto. The transmission unit is disposed in the wave guide adjacent to the connection end for receiving the wireless signal. The medium sheet is disposed in the wave guide, wherein the medium sheet comprises a first section and a second section, the first section is adjacent to the transmission unit, the second section is adjacent to the opening end, the first section has a first dielectric constant, the second section has a second dielectric constant, and the first dielectric constant is smaller than the second dielectric constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corp.
    Inventors: Ta-Jen Wu, Wen-Tsai Tsai, Wen-Chen Lan
  • Patent number: 9191126
    Abstract: A body channel communication method is disclosed including the following steps. Whether or not a body channel is established is detected. When that a body channel is established is detected, a check packet is received from an electrical device, which is at another end of the body channel, through the body channel. A current interference power of the body channel is estimated according to the received check packet. A current transmission mode for the body channel is obtained according to the current interference power. Data is transmitted through the body channel, which is set to the current transmission mode. Further, a body channel communication device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHAIO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chen-Yi Lee, Wei-Hao Sung, Shu-Ping Lin
  • Patent number: 9192047
    Abstract: A mounting system adapted to receive a plurality of transmitter receiver modules and each including an upper antenna part and a lower electronic components part. The lower part includes transmitter receiver module contacts on the end opposite the upper part. The mounting system includes a substrate rear panel including transmitter receiver module contact receivers on a first side and active support units on a second side. Each contact receiver is adapted to receive transmitter receiver module contacts of one receiver module. The supports are adapted to support a plurality of receiver modules. One single substrate rear panel is adapted to receive the receiver modules in a matrix. The mounting system includes a ground plane and an electric conductive sheet, and is arranged such that when the receiver modules are mounted in the mounting system, the ground plane levels with the receiver modules transition from the upper to the lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SAAB AB
    Inventors: Martin Tevell, Erik Lindälv
  • Patent number: 9191056
    Abstract: An ILFD control unit sets a control parameter of an injection locked frequency divider based on each frequency of a reference signal and a frequency-divided signal measured in response to the control parameter of the injection locked frequency divider, in a stop state of a VCO and an injection locked frequency divider. The ILFD control unit runs the injection locked frequency divider and sets a control parameter of the injection locked frequency divider based on each frequency of the reference signal and the frequency-divided signal measured in response to the control parameter of the injection locked frequency divider, in the stop state of the VCO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Shima
  • Patent number: 9160813
    Abstract: In a method for transmitting an NFC application, a secure channel is established by way of a proxy between a Trusted Service Manager and an NFC device via a computing device (10) including the proxy and via an RFID reader being a part of the computing device. The NFC application received at the computing device from the Trusted Service Manager is channeled through the secure channel to the NFC device utilizing the proxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: NXP, B.V.
    Inventors: Alexandre Corda, Baptiste Affouard
  • Patent number: 9154190
    Abstract: A communications system includes a plurality of slave mobile wireless communications devices each having a first near field communications (NFC) device. The communications system also includes a master mobile wireless communications device having second NFC device, and a processor coupled to the second NFC device. The processor is configured to associate different content items with different respective slave mobile wireless communications devices, based upon NFC communication with the plurality of slave mobile wireless communications devices, and to send the different content items to the different respective slave mobile wireless communications devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Thomas C. Hill