Patents Examined by Ayodeji Ayotunde
  • Patent number: 9936374
    Abstract: In CE4, a communication terminal transmits data including a latency_off value “1”. After receiving the data, an environment information measuring apparatus transmits data since a latency counter value is “0”. The latency counter value becomes “2” and a latency_off counter value becomes “1”. In CE5, the communication terminal transmits data including a latency_off value “0”. Since each of the latency counter value and the latency_off counter value is not “0”, the environment information measuring apparatus does not receive the data from the communication terminal. The latency counter value becomes “1” and the latency_off counter value becomes “0”. In CE6, since the latency_off counter value is “0”, the environment information measuring apparatus receives the data from the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tomida, Toshihiro Takahashi, Tsutomu Terazaki, Ryo Okumura
  • Patent number: 9917731
    Abstract: A communication system that includes a base unit and one or more end units that communicate over a primary communication link using a first communication protocol and a secondary communication link using a second protocol. The secondary communication link may be a shorter range communication link than the primary communication link. The secondary communication link may be used to transmit and receive registration information, configuration settings, and status information between the end units and the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: HM Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: David O'Gwynn
  • Patent number: 9900764
    Abstract: In CE4, a communication terminal transmits data including a latency_off value “1”. After receiving the data, an environment information measuring apparatus transmits data since a latency counter value is “0”. The latency counter value becomes “2” and a latency_off counter value becomes “1”. In CE5, the communication terminal transmits data including a latency_off value “0”. Since each of the latency counter value and the latency_off counter value is not “0”, the environment information measuring apparatus does not receive the data from the communication terminal. The latency counter value becomes “1” and the latency_off counter value becomes “0”. In CE6, since the latency_off counter value is “0”, the environment information measuring apparatus receives the data from the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tomida, Toshihiro Takahashi, Tsutomu Terazaki, Ryo Okumura
  • Patent number: 9893485
    Abstract: A connector for data transfer is provided. The connector comprises a connector body having a coupling mechanism, and a communication module for communicating with a first data processing device and a second data processing device. The communication module is arranged with respect to the connector body such that upon the coupling mechanism being coupled to the first data processing device, the communication module is positioned with respect to the first data processing device to effect close-range wireless communication between them to enable a data transfer between the first and second data processing device. A data processing system and a method of carrying out data transfer between a first and second data processing device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: CheKim Chhuor, Zhende Fu, Yu Yu
  • Patent number: 9894474
    Abstract: A ZigBee management system includes an auto configuration server (ACS) that manages customer premises equipment (CPE) through CWMP messaging and a CPE proxy that is coupled to the ACS to provide a protocol translation between the CWMP messaging and ZigBee device object (ZDO) messaging for a ZigBee device. The ZigBee management system also includes a hybrid ZigBee coordinator that is coupled to the CPE proxy and has a ZigBee protocol stack having a ZigBee MAC layer as an initial layer, a non-ZigBee physical layer that is coupled to the ZigBee protocol stack and communicates the ZDO messaging over a non-standard ZigBee interface with the CPE proxy, and a ZigBee physical layer that is coupled to the ZigBee protocol stack and the non-ZigBee physical layer and transceives the ZDO messaging for the ZigBee device over a standard ZigBee interface. A method of managing a ZigBee network is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Gang Liu, Timothy Carey
  • Patent number: 9894612
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to reducing power consumption in a remote unit of a wireless distribution system (WDS) for intermodulation product suppression. Intermodulation products generated by a power amplifier circuit can leak from a downlink signal path into an uplink signal path to degrade sensitivity of the uplink signal path in a remote unit. In this regard, the remote unit is configured to measure a power of the leaked intermodulation products and enables a selected number of power amplifiers in the power amplifier circuit for reducing the measured power of the leaked intermodulation products to a predetermined threshold. By enabling only the selected number of power amplifiers based on the measured power of the leaked intermodulation products, it is possible to avoid enabling an excessive number of power amplifiers in the power amplifier circuit, thus helping to reduce power consumption for intermodulation product suppression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd
    Inventor: Motti Yakobi
  • Patent number: 9880284
    Abstract: A method is provided for aligning RF signals of a first channel bank and additional channel banks in a test platform. A plurality of correlators is used to correlate a reference code signal carrying a particular code at a particular chip rate with a received code signal carrying the particular code at the particular chip rate from the first channel bank to establish a first timing offset. The plurality of correlators is used to correlate a continuation of the reference code signal with additional received code signals carrying the particular code at the particular chip rate from the additional channel banks to establish additional timing offsets. The first timing offset and additional timing offsets are applied to the first and additional channel banks. The plurality of correlators includes at least 12 correlators, and a timing offset is established in a correlation interval having a shorter duration than the particular code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Spirent Communications PLC
    Inventors: Neil Christopher Pearse, Steve Michael Moroz, Mark Geoffrey Holbrow
  • Patent number: 9872127
    Abstract: A mobile phone includes a display module, an obtaining module configured to obtain an image, a storage module configured to associate and store person information and address information of a communicated device, a first extraction module configured to extract first address information corresponding to person information of at least one person included in the image from address information, a second extraction module configured to extract second address information corresponding to person information having a predetermined relationship with the person information of at least one person included in the image from address information, and a selection display executing module configured to display on the display module a selection screen for selection of at least one address information from the first address information and the second address information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 9872132
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and a method of deciding a correction amount for correcting the radio field intensity of received radio waves in the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus receives a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) packet transmitted by an external apparatus, and displays a screen for deciding a correction amount for correcting the radio field intensity of the BLE packet. If a user inputs an instruction for deciding the correction amount via this screen, the correction amount is decided based on the radio field intensity of the received BLE packet and a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Goto, Masaki Kawanishi
  • Patent number: 9870716
    Abstract: A system for wearable devices including intelligent electronic devices, smart glasses, smart watches, and smart devices. A variety of sensors may be integrated into a wearable smart watch device for health management, voice commands, and lifestyle management. The glasses may continuously screen the food consumed by an individual and analyze the food content based on the size of the morsel, consistency, transparency, and other factors. This may further enable an individual to keep track of daily calorie intake and nutritional value will help in healthy diet and glasses will help in maintaining a healthy weight management. The device may image various people and assess health factors including hydration rate, skin health such as skin rashes, and pulse rates. This may be determined using image recognition and shining a light source on the skin to determine the rate of blood flow and refractory of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Inventors: Sanjay K. Rao, Rekha K. Rao, Sunil K. Rao
  • Patent number: 9866991
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a Bluetooth transceiver, the Bluetooth transceiver being in an idle power state when not securely paired to a second Bluetooth transceiver of a peripheral device. The mobile device further includes an audio interface, the audio interface coupled to the Bluetooth transceiver, the audio interface configured to connect to a second audio interface of the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: BBPOS Limited
    Inventor: Chi Wah Lo
  • Patent number: 9853678
    Abstract: Electronic devices are disclosed. The electronic device includes a circuit board. The circuit board contains a first transceiver module pad configured for soldering a first transceiver module thereon; and a second transceiver module pad configured for soldering a second transceiver module thereon. The first transceiver module is different from the second transceiver module, and layouts of the first and second transceiver module pads are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Ting-Huan Lee, Jian Wu
  • Patent number: 9853747
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mehrdad Shariat, Milos Tesanovic
  • Patent number: 9853679
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) MEMS resonator is embedded in an active positive feedback loop to form a tunable RF channel-selecting radio transceiver employing a super-regenerative reception scheme. This transceiver harnesses the exceptionally high Q (around 100,000) and voltage-controlled frequency tuning of a resonator structure to enable selection of any one of among twenty 1 kHz wide RF channels over an 80 kHz range, while rejecting adjacent channels and consuming <490 ?W. Such transceivers are well suited to wireless sensor node applications, where low-power and simplicity trump transmission rate. Electrical stiffness-based frequency tuning also allows this same device to operate as a frequency shift keyed (FSK) transmitter, making a complete transceiver in one simple device. Finally, the geometric flexibility of resonator structure design should permit a large range of usable RF frequencies, from the presently demonstrated 60.6-MHz VHF, all the way up to UHF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Clark T.-C. Nguyen, Tristan O. Rocheleau, Thura Lin Naing
  • Patent number: 9831966
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for continuation of multimedia playback, comprising receiving a radio broadcast comprising audio and/or video content at a first mobile electronic device, playing back said content, accessing a data connection, searching for a source of said content provided via said data connection, and stopping playback of said content from said radio broadcast and starting playback of said content from said source if at least one source is found. The switching to another content source can also be performed in the opposite direction. The invention also provides devices for performing the multimedia playback continuation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Apaar Tuli
  • Patent number: 9818556
    Abstract: A waterproof structure for a button includes a casing, a button, and an elastic member. The elastic member is arranged on the casing and is contacted by the elastic member. The elastic member is integrated with the casing. The elastic member includes a tubular structure arranging an arc-shaped structure protruding towards interior of the tubular structure. The elastic wall allows a range of elastic travel to activate the switch under the button. The elastic member is a built-in component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Power Idea Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fan-Guo Chen, Dong-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 9806783
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for performing beamforming training in a wireless local area network. The apparatus receives a plurality of beacon frames for sector sweep in a beacon transmission interval (BTI) from an access point (AP). At least one beacon frame of the plurality of beacon frames includes overload information which indicates an overload state. The apparatus performs a random backoff on a plurality of channels during association-beamforming training (A-BFT) consequent to the BTI based on the overload information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sanggook Kim, Kyungtae Jo, Hangyu Cho
  • Patent number: 9806792
    Abstract: A data expansion system that provides continuum of discrete wireless small cell coverage areas for mobile terminals includes a set of roadway reflectors configured to provide wireless broadband data services to a mobile terminal. Each reflector includes processing circuitry configured to establish communications between the mobile terminal and a backhaul network. Each reflector includes a wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive data. Each reflector includes a power source that converts solar energy into electricity. Each reflector includes a housing configured to contain the processing circuitry, the transceiver, and the power source. The housing has a raised reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Neutronic Perpetual Innovations Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Terrance Berry
  • Patent number: 9800260
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and baseband processing circuitry. The delta-sigma ADC includes a plurality of integrator stages connected in series, including a first integrator stage operatively coupled to an input of the delta-sigma ADC; a main quantizer circuit including a main ADC circuit and a main digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit, wherein an input to the main ADC circuit is operatively coupled to the plurality of integrator stages; and a first feedback circuit path operatively coupled from an output of the first integrator stage to the input of the delta-sigma ADC, wherein the first feedback circuit path is configured to subtract an output voltage of the first integrator stage from the input of the delta-sigma ADC. The baseband circuitry is configured to activate the first feedback circuit path when detecting that the input voltage increases to cause distortion in the delta-sigma ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Analog Devices Global
    Inventor: Debopam Banerjee
  • Patent number: 9794307
    Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for a PoC (Push-to-Talk over Cellular)-capable communication system. A user equipment PoC box is provided, and a corresponding network PoC box is also provided. A transport mechanism is defined and provided by which to communicate a PoC media burst that is delivered to a PoC box and stored thereat. Control functionality is provided by which to control disposition of the media burst, such as to make notification of a delivered media burst or to dispose of the media burst when no longer needed, is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Allen, Bokinakere Subbarao Sundresh