Patents Examined by Ankur Jain
  • Patent number: 11647351
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication locator station to be disposed at specific location includes: detecting rotation angle information of client-based portable device, carried or worn by user, according to specific wireless communication standard between wireless communication locator station and client-based portable device when client-based portable device is within signal range of wireless communication locator station; generating head pose direction estimation according to calculated rotation angle information; and when head pose direction estimation indicates that a user turns face towards wireless communication locator station, sending packet signal from wireless communication locator station to server-based portable device, successfully paired with and security-connected with client-based portable device, so that server-based portable device can transfer packet signal to client-based portable device after receiving packet signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Feng Chen, Yen-Min Chang
  • Patent number: 11638220
    Abstract: An indication information sending method includes that a base station generates first indication information, and send the first indication information to a terminal device; and where the first indication information is used to indicate a power control manner of a first channel, the power control manner of the first channel is one power control manner in a power control manner set, and the power control manner set comprises a transmit power of a signal on the first channel is determined by a terminal device based on a first parameter; or a transmit power of a signal on the first channel is determined by a terminal device according to a rule predefined on the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tong Ji, Zhe Jin, Weiliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11632183
    Abstract: Disclosed is an interactive device for an internet radio station, comprising a content presentation unit and a content selection unit. The content selection unit includes a knob, a selection module, a processing module, an indication module and a communication module. The knob inputs by a user, a channel selection instruction by means of manual rotation; the selection module generates a corresponding electrical signal according to the channel selection instruction; the processing module obtains, according to the electrical signal, a corresponding audio resource from the network radio station and releases the audio resource to the content presentation unit which plays the audio resource. The indication module generates, under the driving of the knob, a state change corresponding to the channel selection instruction. In this way, the user can select the audio resource by rotating the knob, so that the channel selection manner is similar to the traditional radio rotary tuning method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Airsmart Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Dejun Zeng
  • Patent number: 11632451
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal for minimizing waviness in a variable portion of a display. The mobile terminal may include: a first frame and a second frame configured to slide with respect to the first frame in a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction; a flexible display comprising a front surface, wherein an area of the front surface of the flexible display is configured to vary according to a sliding position of the second frame; a rivet rail formed at the second frame and longitudinally extending in the first direction; and a slide rivet coupled at an inner side of the flexible display and configured to move along the rivet rail as the second frame slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Insu Song, Insun Lee, Changsue Park, Minsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11626764
    Abstract: Using inductive currents to wirelessly charge a device via a device connected to a power source. This inductive charging may result when a first mobile device recognizes a second mobile device via a wireless connection (e.g., Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Near-Field Communication (NFC), or the like). An application stored on the first mobile device may recognize a second mobile device by transmitting an advertising packet when the first mobile device is connected to a power source. An advertising packet may be received by the second mobile device and the second mobile device may transmit a response to the advertising packet in order to generate a connection between the first and second mobile devices. The response may include data such as, connection strength, response time, connection preferences, and the like. Upon detection and connection, the second mobile device may be wirelessly charged by the first device via inductive charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Koeppel, Tyler Locke, David Wurmfeld
  • Patent number: 11624938
    Abstract: An unobtrusive augmented reality (AR) system can be used to assist the wearer in every day interactions by projecting information from the contact lens display onto the retina of the wearer's eye. The unobtrusive augmented reality system includes a necklace and a contact lens display that are unobtrusive to the wearer and the wearer's surrounding environment. The necklace of the unobtrusive augmented reality system generates power and data for the contact lens displays. The necklace and contact lens display include conductive coils inductively coupled by a magnetic field. The inductive coupling allows data and power generated by the necklace to be transferred to the contact lens display. A projector in the contact lens display projects images generated from the data onto the retina of the wearers eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Tectus Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory David Miller, Brian Elliot Lemoff, Kuang-mon Ashley Tuan, Herbert John Kniess, Ion Opris, Michael West Wiemer, Drew Daniel Perkins
  • Patent number: 11622393
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product may be provided for providing always-on as an attribute of a PDU session, providing interworking aspects with respect to an always-on PDU session, and enabling network determination of whether a PDU session will be an always-on PDU session. An example method may include receiving, from UE, a PDU session establishment request message, the PDU session establishment request message comprising an always-on PDU session requested IE set to a value indicative of a request to establish a new-always on PDU session (e.g., “Always-on PDU session requested”), and upon a determination that the requested PDU session shall be established as an always-on PDU session, cause transmission of a PDU session establishment accept message, the PDU session establishment accept message comprising an always-on PDU session indication IE that is set to a value indicative of always-on PDU session required (“Always-on PDU session required”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Sung Hwan Won
  • Patent number: 11622309
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, techniques that may help optimize enhanced handover procedures, such as MBB and CHO handover procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Karthika Paladugu, Xipeng Zhu, Tom Chin
  • Patent number: 11622035
    Abstract: A waterproof phone case includes a front shell and a rear shell. The front shell is rotatably connected with the rear shell. The front shell cooperates with the rear shell to form an accommodating space configured to accommodate a mobile phone. An area of the front shell corresponding to the accommodating space includes a viewing area. A rotating portion and magnetic portions are arranged on a rear surface of the rear shell. The rotating portion is detachably connected with a rear hanger. The magnetic portions are magnetically connected with the rear hanger. Two different positions of the rear hanger are magnetically matched with the magnetic portions through the rotating portion of the rear shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG XIZHIONGXI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiuhong Deng
  • Patent number: 11616583
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a music service that enables consumers listen to a broadcast radio station without commercials. The service operates by shifting the source channel of a radio from the broadcast radio to a streaming audio service for the duration of the commercial. In some embodiments, the service utilizes any of: a radio including native firmware/software, a mobile device such as a smart phone executing an application, cooperative integration of a radio and a mobile device, or master/slave relationship between a mobile device and a radio. The mobile device listens to the radio broadcast and determines when to shift between the radio broadcast and the streaming audio via any of audio fingerprint analysis, radio station behavioral analysis, radio station metadata, and/or radio station voice recognition analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Auddia Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thramann, Peter Shoebridge, Ben Good
  • Patent number: 11617117
    Abstract: An Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node that communicates over a radio interface is provided. The IAB node includes: processing circuity configured to perform cell selection or cell reselection based on whether a corresponding cell is associated with an IAB donor or the IAB node. A hop number is defined for each of the IAB donor and the IAB node, where the hop number of the IAB donor is “0”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Jia Sheng, Tatsushi Aiba, Kazunari Yokomakura
  • Patent number: 11611855
    Abstract: A grouping method of user devices comprises configuring one or more codes for each of the user devices by a base station wherein each of said one or more codes corresponds to a delay tolerance, performing a grouping task by the base station according to the delay tolerances and a determining result of channel-usage demand corresponding to each of the user devices so as to form one or more first-type groups and one or more second-type groups wherein each first-type group corresponds to a first-group delay tolerance and each second-type group corresponds to a second-group delay tolerance, and performing a selection from user devices in the first-type groups and the second-type groups to form one or more target groups by the base station according to the first-group delay tolerances and the second-group delay tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: You-En Lin, Jen-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 11611953
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transmission of full power uplink transmission in 5G networks are described. The gNB provides TPMI precoding information in DCI of a PDCCH in which the field size for precoding information and number of layers are fixed irrespective of the SRI. The gNB indicates in RRC signaling the use of codebook-based transmission for UL. If different SRS resources with different number of antenna ports are configured, the bitwidth of the SRI field is the maximum number of ports among the configured SRS resources in an SRS resource set with usage set to ‘codebook’. If the number of ports for a configured SRS resource in the set is less than the maximum number of ports, the most significant bits of the field have a value of ‘0’. The bitwidth is dependent on UE coherence capabilities and a maxrank of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Guotong Wang, Alexei Davydov
  • Patent number: 11611374
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a low-frequency detection and ranging. In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises: an open electrode; an alternating current (AC) voltage source configured to supply an excitation voltage to the open electrode at an excitation frequency; a resonant circuit coupled to the open electrode, the resonant circuit configured to oscillate when an object is within a detection distance of the open electrode; one or more processors configured to: obtain time domain samples of an output voltage of the resonant circuit when the resonant circuit is oscillating; convert the time domain samples into frequency domain samples; for each frequency domain sample, determine an amplitude difference and a phase difference as compared to an amplitude and phase of the excitation voltage; and determine a material class of the object based on the amplitude difference and the phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jouya Jadidian, Sujeet Milind Patole
  • Patent number: 11611912
    Abstract: A cell reselection method includes generating, by a radio access network device, cell reselection information, wherein the cell reselection information includes an identifier of at least one carrier frequency and an identifier of a network slice supported by each of the at least one carrier frequency. The cell reselection method further includes sending, by the radio access network device, the cell reselection information to a terminal device, wherein the cell reselection information is useable by the terminal device for cell reselection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Han, Hao Bi, Yinghao Jin, Chong Lou
  • Patent number: 11606162
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides details of a system and method for detecting and monitoring a contraband device including communication devices and drones/UAVs by utilizing a combination of mobile devices, fixed monitoring devices, and a contraband monitoring center. The mobile devices include smart phones or tablets that are borrowed, rented, or purchased by an inmate from a correctional facility. These mobile devices are configured to detect, monitor, and intervene in the communications of target devices. Further, the mobile devices are configured to communicate with fixed monitoring devices located throughout the correctional facility in performing intervention operations. The contraband monitoring center may also be utilized in the coordination, monitoring, and intervention of target devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Global Tel* Link Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Lee Hodge
  • Patent number: 11599593
    Abstract: Method and system consist of a mobile application installed on a mobile device with internet connection and a geographical positioning device; a remote hosting server configured with software and database; an onsite wireless communication hosting apparatus. The mobile application communicates with the remote hosting server and the onsite wireless communication apparatus. The remote hosting server and onsite wireless communication apparatus communicate and transfer data to one another, the remote hosting server communicates with third party databases via secured access and retrieves location related information requested by onsite users of the mobile device. Web users at anywhere may select a location displayed on a digital map over interface of a web application configured to the remote hosting server; access the same as onsite users; including data entered by location owners, received from third-party databases via secured connection, and uploaded from onsite wireless communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Alfred X. Xin, Sherry X. Sun
  • Patent number: 11601539
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises a plate at least partially forming one surface of a housing and including a first through-hole; a printed circuit board disposed in the housing under the plate, the printed circuit having a second through-hole at least partly overlapping the first through-hole when viewed from above the first surface; a microphone disposed on a surface of the printed circuit board facing away from the plate, and at least partly overlapping the second through-hole when viewed from above the first surface; a seal member that is disposed between the plate and the printed circuit board around the first through-hole or the second through-hole; a support member that includes a first portion that faces the printed circuit board and includes an opening, the opening penetrated by the microphone, and a second portion that extends from the first portion and faces the plate; a first fixture the printed circuit board and the first portion; and a second fixture
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nakhyun Choi, Hojong Kim, Hanbom Park, Sungkeun Koo, Jaeyoung Huh
  • Patent number: 11595888
    Abstract: A method of operating a wireless communication device in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The wireless communication device transitions between a plurality of modes, wherein the plurality of modes further includes a sleep mode, wherein the wireless communication device does not listen for downlink data transmissions, and the plurality of modes further includes an active mode, wherein the wireless communication device listens for downlink data transmissions. While the wireless communication device is operating in the active mode, it receives control signalling from a transmitter to adjust a length of time for transitioning between a first mode among the plurality of modes and a second mode among the plurality of modes based on one or more sleep rules. The wireless communication device transitions from the first mode to the second mode based, at least in part, on the adjusted length of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Pål Frenger, Per Magnusson, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11588564
    Abstract: A receiving device including a first electronic component and a second electronic component. The first electronic component includes: an analog audio demodulator that demodulates a received signal including a digital broadcast wave and an analog broadcast wave to output an analog audio, the analog broadcast wave being broadcast later by a preset first delay time than the digital broadcast wave; and a transmitter that transmits a communication signal including the analog audio and the received signal to the second electronic component. The second electronic component includes: a receiver that receives the communication signal from the transmitter; a digital audio demodulator that demodulates the received signal included in the communication signal to output a digital audio; and a selector that selects at least one of the digital audio and the analog audio as an output sound signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masataka Yamamoto