Patents Examined by Congvan Tran
  • Patent number: 11871245
    Abstract: A network for providing air-to-ground (ATG) wireless communication in various cells may include an in-flight aircraft including an antenna assembly, a plurality of ATG base stations, a plurality of terrestrial base stations. Each of the ATG base stations defines a corresponding radiation pattern, and the ATG base stations are spaced apart from each other to define at least partially overlapping coverage areas to communicate with the antenna assembly in an ATG communication layer defined between a first altitude and a second altitude. The terrestrial base stations are configured to communicate primarily in a ground communication layer below the first altitude. The terrestrial base stations and the ATG base stations are each configured to communicate using the same radio frequency (RF) spectrum in the ground communication layer and ATG communication layer, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Douglas Hyslop
  • Patent number: 11864270
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a network node of incrementally obtaining wireless device capability information comprises: receiving a context setup request for a wireless device from an access and mobility management function (AMF); determining the context setup request does not include device capability information relevant to the network node; transmitting a device capability enquiry to the wireless device; receiving a user UE-ModelId from the wireless device; determining the network node does not have stored device capability information associated with the UE-ModelId; transmitting a device capability enquiry that include a capability filter to the wireless device; receiving a subset of device capabilities identified by the first capability filter from the wireless device; and updating stored device capability information associated with the UE-ModelId with the subset of device capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Henning Wiemann, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Christofer Lindheimer
  • Patent number: 11856505
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for managing predetermined functions on a mobile device, the operating system (OS) installed on the device including an event application programming interface (API) configured to enable voice over internet protocol (VoIP) applications to assume priority over other applications and functions of the mobile device when VoIP calls are detected. A mobile device management software application installed and running on the mobile device emulates a VoIP software application and uses event API calls to trick the OS into believing that a VoIP call has been detected and, in response, causes the OS to block or interfere with one or more predetermined functions on the mobile device based on the status and location of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CELLCONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Breaux, III, John Wright
  • Patent number: 11855929
    Abstract: An operation method of a first terminal in a communication system is provided. The method includes configuring sidelink (SL) bandwidth parts (BWPs) used for groupcast sidelink communication and transmitting a configuration information message including configuration information of the SL BWPs to participating terminals participating in the groupcast sidelink communication. The groupcast sidelink communication is performed with the participating terminals using one or more SL BWPs among the SL BWPs. In response to determining that reconfiguration of the SL BWPs is necessary, the SL BWPs are reconfigured and a reconfiguration information message including reconfiguration information of the SL BWPs is transmitted to the participating terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Su Han Choi, Gene Back Hahn
  • Patent number: 11846608
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an array processing image reconstruction method comprising: receiving a set of echo waveforms as measurements from the object of interest; defining a measurement model linking an unknown image of the object to the measurements; defining a data fidelity functional using the measurement model; defining a regularisation functional using a trained non-linear mapping, the regularisation functional comprising prior knowledge about the unknown image; defining an optimisation problem involving the data fidelity functional and the regularisation functional for obtaining a first image estimate of the unknown image; and solving the optimisation problem to obtain the first image estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Dimitris Perdios, Adrien Besson, Florian Martinez, Marcel Arditi, Jean-Philippe Thiran
  • Patent number: 11836931
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a device for target detection in consecutive images, and a computer-readable storage medium. A second frame is divided into multiple sub-images, before a target in the second frame in a video sequence is detected through a target-detecting network model. A first frame is searched, according to a preset rule for motion estimation, for a corresponding image block matched with each sub-image. Pixels of a sub-image, of which the matched image block is found in the first frame, are replaced with preset background pixels. Hence, a target repeating in both frames is replaced. Finally, the second frame subject to the replacement is inputted in to the target-detecting network model, to obtain a bounding box of a target object of the second frame and a category of such target object. An algorithm for target detection in consecutive images is optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ZHENGZHOU YUNHAI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuchen Liu, Xing Fang, Hongbin Yang, Yun Cheng, Gang Dong
  • Patent number: 11838828
    Abstract: An ultra-wideband assisted precise positioning system and an ultra-wideband assisted precise positioning method are provided. The method includes: arranging a plurality of device nodes in a target area; configuring a central control device node to communicatively connect to the device nodes; configuring the device nodes to perform a positioning process to obtain measured distances and positioning positions to be corrected; and configuring a central control processor to execute a positioning algorithm. The positioning algorithm includes: obtaining the measured distances and the positioning positions to be corrected; for each of the positioning positions to be corrected, performing a center-of-gravity weighting processing on neighboring points for obtaining initial guess positions; and obtaining the initial guess positions to input to an optimizer and optimize an objective function, and finding corrected positions with relatively smallest errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PSJ INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Chao-Hsiang Li, Alexander I Chi Lai, Ruey-Beei Wu
  • Patent number: 11832322
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a wireless backhaul communication processing method and a related device. In the method, after determining to add a secondary access device for a wireless backhaul device, a first network side device sends capability indication information about the wireless backhaul device to the secondary access device, so that the wireless backhaul device establishes a radio link to the secondary access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Mingzeng Dai, Yuanping Zhu
  • Patent number: 11831581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a User Equipment (UE), a method, and a computer readable storage medium. According to the present invention, a method for determining location of a positioning reference signal (PRS) comprises: obtaining a subcarrier interval of a resource block (RB); and determining a time-frequency location of the PRS in the RB according to the subcarrier interval. The electronic device, the UE, the method, and the computer readable storage medium according to the present invention can be used for designing the PRS with respect to an NR communication system more reasonably, so as to optimize the positioning of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Yucheng Wang, Penshun Lu, Wenbo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11825554
    Abstract: Provided are a capability management method and a communication device. The method is applied in a first communications device, and comprises: receiving information of a request for a terminal capability, the information containing first indication information indicating a requested terminal capability; and transmitting first related information associated with the terminal capability according to the first indication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 11825552
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information transmission method, device and system, and a storage medium. The method comprises: an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sends type information to a mobility management entity (MME); and the MME receives the type information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the type information is used for indicating the type of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 11823414
    Abstract: The information processing device includes: a first input unit for generating a three-dimensional model of an object to be recognized; a template generation unit that generates, on the basis of the three-dimensional model information, a two-dimensional template which shows the shape of the upper edge of the object to be recognized; a coordinate relationship identification unit that generates coordinate relationship information indicating the relationship between three-dimensional coordinates of the three-dimensional model and two-dimensional coordinates when the three-dimensional model is imaged; a second input unit that receives the input of the captured image; a matching unit that matches the captured image and the two-dimensional template; and a recognition unit that recognizes the three-dimensional position and posture of the object to be recognized by referencing the coordinate relationship information, which is detected according to the results of the two-dimensional matching by the matching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Konishi
  • Patent number: 11818604
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for exploiting inter-cell interference to achieve multiplexing gain in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”). For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively to eliminate inter-cell interference and increase network capacity exploiting inter-cell multiplexing gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: REARDEN, LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Patent number: 11818491
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image special effect configuration method, an image recognition method and apparatus, which relate to the field of information processing technology. The image special effect configuration method includes: acquiring an image element; acquiring a target multimedia resource corresponding to the image element in response to a special effect configuration operation for the image element; storing the image element and the target multimedia resource into a special effect configuration file in an association way; the special effect configuration file being used for performing special effect configuration on an original image, so that the target multimedia resource is played in a case where the image element appears in the original image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yujia Wang, Le Gao, Gao Liu, Haozhe Li
  • Patent number: 11799939
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide for the prioritization of Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) messages, transmitted by a User Equipment (“UE”), based on a priority class indicator (“PCI”) included in a registration message (e.g., a SIP REGISTER message) from the UE. The PCI may be included in a contact header, a SIP contact Uniform Resource Identifier (“URI”), and/or some other portion of the registration message. A Universal Integrated Circuit Card (“UICC”) may store information indicating the priority class (e.g., in an Access Control Class (“ACC”) Elementary File (“EF”)). One or more network components, such as a Call Session Control Function (“CSCF”) may prioritize SIP messages from the UE based on the priority class indicator included in the registration message by the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Toby Varughese John, Shashi Kotvali, Bibi M. Hakimzadeh, James S. Abraham, Temitola I. Okunoren
  • Patent number: 11786146
    Abstract: A wireless hub includes a vehicle power connector that can draw power from a vehicle battery on a vehicle, a first wireless transmission circuit that can send or receive data with base stations in a long-range wireless network, a second wireless transmission circuit that can provide a short-range wireless network and to transfer data to and from electronic devices, and a network processor that can process data in the first wireless transmission circuit and the second wireless transmission circuit. The wireless hub has an antenna array for millimeter wave communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Micro Mobio Corporation
    Inventors: Zlatko Aurelio Filipovic, Weiping Wang, Guan-Wu Wang, Adam James Wang, Brian Michael Wang
  • Patent number: 11785592
    Abstract: One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which a UE performs sidelink communication. The method may comprise the steps of: determining transmission power for SL transmission on the basis of capability information of the UE; determining transmission timing for the SL transmission on the basis of the capability information of the UE; and transmitting an SL signal on the basis of the transmission timing and the transmission power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yoonoh Yang, Sangwook Lee, Suhwan Lim, Jinyup Hwang, Jongkeun Park, Jinwoong Park
  • Patent number: 11778587
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present application provides a method for light connection control for a User Equipment (UE), comprising the following steps of: acquiring, by a first radio access network node, light connection information for a UE; storing, by the first radio access network node, the acquired light connection Information; and, performing, by the first radio access network node, light connection control of the UE based on the acquired light connection information for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang, Lixiang Xu
  • Patent number: 11778453
    Abstract: A wireless communication network serves a User Equipment (UE) over a Radio Access Network (RAN) and externally exposes RAN data. A RAN controller comprises at least one of a near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (near-RT RIC) and a non-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (non-RT RIC). The RAN controller controls the RAN, and the RAN responsively serves the UE. The RAN controller identifies RAN data that characterizes the RAN service to the UE. The RAN controller transfer the RAN data to a Network Exposure Function (NEF). The NEF receives the RAN data from the RAN controller and exposes the RAN data to an external data system like an Application Server (AS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Zheng Cai
  • Patent number: 11770697
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed that includes a processor that includes, in capability information, a separation class indicating a frequency separation between a lower edge of a component carrier with a lowest frequency for supported intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation and an upper edge of a component carrier with a highest frequency for the supported intra-band non-contiguous carrier aggregation. The terminal further includes a transmitter that transmits the capability information to a base station, where the separation class is indicated by an index to identify a class of the frequency separation. In other aspects, a transmission method and a radio communication system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi, Hiromasa Umeda, Kei Andou