Patents Examined by Congvan Tran
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Patent number: 11534271Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system of determining a material surface from a volumetric density file includes generating a density frequency distribution of a volumetric density file of a dental impression and determining an iso-value of density between air and a particular material in the density frequency distribution. A computer-implemented method and system of creating a digital model from a CT scan of a physical dental impression includes selecting an iso-value of density for a digital volumetric density file having one or more voxels, generating one or more digital surface points in virtual 3D space for each of one or more voxels, and selecting a subset of digital surface points from the one or more digital surface points. A computer-implemented method and system of optimizing a digital surface includes moving one or more digital surface points to satisfy a criteria of optimum digital surface selection.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.Inventors: Sergey Nikolskiy, Fedor Chelnokov
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Patent number: 11533697Abstract: Implementations of the present application provide a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. A terminal device can report, by means of reporting capability identifiers, capability information supported thereby; a network device can also store corresponding capability identifiers to store the capability information registered by all terminal devices, so as to reduce signaling overhead caused by capability information reporting and storage. The wireless communication method comprises: a terminal device sends first information during an initial registration process, the first information comprising at least one capability identifier, each capability identifier being used for identifying a type of capability information supported by the terminal device, and the at least one capability identifier being assigned by the manufacturer of the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Jianhua Liu
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Patent number: 11522274Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for beamforming control. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method. The method may include providing, by a user equipment configured to include a plurality of antenna panels, capability information to a base station, the capability information including antenna panel information regarding the plurality of antenna panels; and providing, by the user equipment, antenna panel usage information to the base station, the antenna panel usage information indicative of which of the plurality of antenna panels are in at least one of an active transmit state or an active receive state. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Sami Hakola, Jorma Kaikkonen, Juha Karjalainen, Mihai Enescu, Timo Koskela
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Patent number: 11517196Abstract: An evaluation device for tear secretion uses an air nozzle and a thermal camera device to cause minor irritations to the eyes and record the temperature changes of the eyes to evaluate the quantity of the tear secretion and to determine whether the subject is able to perform reflex tearing normally or not.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Yuan Ze UniversityInventors: Tai-Yuan Su, Tsung-Yen Tsai, Duan-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 11521022Abstract: Provided are methods, systems, and devices for updating a sensor based on sensor data and the semantic state associated with an area. Sensor data can be received by a computing system. The sensor data can be based on sensor outputs from sensors. The sensor data can include information associated with states of areas detected by the sensors. An estimated semantic state of one of the areas from a target sensor that can detect the states of the areas can be generated. Based on a comparison of the estimated semantic state to semantic states of the area from the sensors, an uncertainty level associated with an accuracy of the estimated semantic state can be determined. In response to the uncertainty level satisfying one or more update criteria, an updated version of the sensor data from the target sensor can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Brian Brewington, Zhiyuan Weng, Yan Mayster, Brian Shucker, Sujoy Banerjee
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Patent number: 11523452Abstract: Prioritizing air interface resource allocation for relay nodes serving end-user wireless devices with higher bandwidth capabilities, such as 5G and beyond, versus relay nodes serving end-user wireless devices that do not have such capabilities. The bandwidth capability can be based on an average or threshold bandwidth capability of end-user wireless devices. Systems and methods disclosed are implemented in 5G EN-DC heterogeneous networks.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLCInventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
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Patent number: 11510138Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing network slice quota management. A network slice quota management function may store capacity information for one or more network slices. The network slice quota management function may receive a request for an indication of whether a network slice has additional capacity. The network slice quota management function may provide an indication of whether the network slice has additional capacity in response to the request. The capacity information may relate to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of wireless devices registered for the network slice, or to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of packet sessions established with the network slice, or both, among various possibilities.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Vijay Venkataraman, Krisztian Kiss, Srinivasan Nimmala, Longda Xing, Jordi Agud Ruiz
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Patent number: 11510049Abstract: Proposed is a mechanism capable of secondary usage of narrow-band frequency channels. A control device includes a control unit configured to perform division processing of dividing a first frequency band indicated by a frequency supervising database as a frequency band that can be used by at least one communication node, into a plurality of second frequency bands, on the basis of capability information of the communication node and information indicating a measurement result by the communication node.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Sho Furuichi
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Patent number: 11501399Abstract: A method of verifying that a user is authorized to access a secured area via an entry point includes receiving at a first computer and from a user device associated with the user, check-in request information that includes: a membership number associated with the user and a travel event; and a lounge location. The method also includes generating a time stamp for the receipt of the check-in request; verifying that the membership number is a valid membership number; and verifying that the time stamp is within a predetermined window of time. The method also includes sending, in response to the verification, instructions from the first computer to a second computer positioned near the entry point to display a window that includes user information associated with the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.Inventors: Venkatasubramanian Ganesan, Krishna Reddy Jeereddy, Alyson Jones, Paul Pacheco, Phillip Easter, Basil Higgins, John Praveen Caleb Francis
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Patent number: 11496617Abstract: A safety system particularly for a transport service software application. The system integrates into an existing transport service software application communicates with a cellular network mobile device of a transport service driver or at least one passenger located in a vehicle offering rideshare services. In an emergency, a user of the system may press a panic button on the application. The mobile device activates its camera and microphone turns on to livestreams audio and video to emergency personnel, and transmits GPS data to said emergency personnel.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Inventor: Jeremy Davis
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Patent number: 11480649Abstract: First information is obtained from a sensing device at a first time. The first information corresponds to a radio signal received at the device from a candidate location. The device is at a first location at the first time. Second information is obtained from the device at a second time. The second information corresponds to a radio signal received at the device from the candidate location. The device is at a second location at the second time. A system determines that a pattern is in each of the first and second information and determines relationships between the candidate location and the device at each first and second location. The system obtains inverses of the relationships and determines estimates of the received radio signals based on the information and inverses. The system measures or estimates energy emitted from the candidate location based on the estimates.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: HawkEye 360. Inc.Inventors: Timothy James O'Shea, Robert W. McGwier, Nicholas Aaron McCarthy
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Patent number: 11483794Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for wireless communication that may allow a user equipment (UE) to determine its relative position and distances to other UEs more accurately than standard vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications allow. In some implementations, a UE (or other wireless communication device) participating in a positioning operation may transmit and receive positioning signals on an unlicensed radio band, and may transmit and receive non-positioning signals on a V2X channel (or on another suitable channel) of a radio access network (RAN). The positioning signals may include positioning reference signals (PRSs) associated with observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning operations, ranging signals associated with round-trip time (RTT) positioning operations, or other suitable signals from which the position of the UE can be determined.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Srinivas Yerramalli, Taesang Yoo, Junyi Li, Yongbin Wei, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Shailesh Patil, Kapil Gulati, Chang-Sik Choi
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Patent number: 11468675Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer storage media are described herein for identifying objects within video content. Utilizing an image recognition technique (e.g., a previously trained neural network) an object may be detected within a subset of the video frames of a scene of the video content. Metadata may be generated comprising a set of object attributes (e.g., an object image, a URL from which the item may be procured, etc.) associated with the object detected within the subset of video frames. A request for object identification may subsequently be received while a user is watching the video content. A run time of the request may be utilized to retrieve and display one or more object attributes (e.g., an object image with an embedded hyperlink) corresponding to an object appearing in the scene.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Vaibhav Agarwal
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Patent number: 11470467Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiaowan Ke
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Patent number: 11463848Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a housing, a touch screen display exposed through a portion of the housing, at least one wireless communication circuit, an electromagnetic (EM) sensing circuit configured to sense an EM signal having a frequency band of 1 MHz or less, a processor operatively connected to the display, the wireless communication circuit, and the EM sensing circuit, and a memory configured to store at least one reference EM profile and information about at least one external access point and operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that cause, when executed, the processor to obtain an EM signal from an external electronic device via the EM sensing circuit, identify a reference EM profile corresponding to the obtained EM signal based on the at least one reference EM profile, determine a location of the electronic device at least partially based on information about an external access point connected to tType: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seungnyun Kim, Doosuk Kang, Bokun Choi, Yongsang Yun, Jinchul Choi, Hanjib Kim
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Patent number: 11449315Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to select a set of signals relating to a plurality of energy usage conditions. Signal values for the set of signals can be determined. Machine learning can be applied to the signal values to identify energy usage conditions associated with non-technical loss.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: C3.AI, INC.Inventors: Thomas M. Siebel, Edward Y. Abbo, Houman Behzadi, Avid Boustani, Nikhil Krishnan, Kuenley Chiu, Henrik Ohlsson, Louis Poirier, Zico Kolter
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Patent number: 11452150Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a transmitter, a transmission method, a receiver, and a reception method which can provide setting information necessary for each receiver. An information processing device of one aspect of the present technology holds non-common setting information that is not common setting information among setting information used in transmitters for setting for transmitting information in association with identification information of the respective transmitters. In addition, the information processing device transmits, to a receiver that has received identification information transmitted from a predetermined transmitter using common setting information that is setting information common in the plurality of transmitters, the non-common setting information associated with the identification information received by the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Okumura, Toshihiro Fujiki, Kentaro Nakahara, Seiji Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11430091Abstract: An Augmented-Reality which performs operations that include: accessing a data object that comprises image data, location data, and orientation data; applying a transformation to the data object to produce a rectified data object; generating a point cloud based on the rectified data object, assigning the point cloud to a location based on at least the location data of the data object; detecting a client device at the location; and loading the point cloud to the client device in response to the detecting the client device at the location.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Richard McCormack, Qi Pan
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Patent number: 11425556Abstract: A method for reporting a user equipment capability is provided, which is performed by a user equipment. The method includes: determining whether a user equipment capability needs to be reported, where the user equipment capability is associated with a frequency-domain position and/or a spatial domain position; and reporting, in a case that it is determined that the user equipment capability needs to be reported, the user equipment capability to a network device. A corresponding method for resource scheduling performed by a network device, a corresponding user equipment and a corresponding network device are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventor: Li Chen
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Patent number: 11412363Abstract: Aspects relating to abnormal transmission identification include, for example, a method involving, at a receiving device, receiving a plurality of V2X messages from a plurality of transmitting devices, obtaining a plurality of RSSI-to-distance data pairs, including an RSSI-to-distance data pair for each of the plurality of V2X messages, establishing an RSSI-to-distance relationship model based, at least in part, on the plurality of RSSI-to-distance data pairs. The method further involves, at the receiving device, receiving an additional V2X message from a transmitting device different from the plurality of transmitting devices, obtaining an additional RSSI-to-distance data pair for the additional V2X message, and comparing the additional RSSI-to-distance data pair to the RSSI-to-distance relationship model.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Cong Chen, Jonathan Petit, Mohammad Raashid Ansari