Patents Examined by Dominic E. Rego
  • Patent number: 11523351
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a transmit power control (TPC) command and is configured to accumulate the TPC command with prior TPC commands to derive a first value. Further, the UE is configured to produce a second value based on a type of a first signal to be transmitted and a third value based on a transport format of the first signal, wherein the type of signal is from a plurality of types of signals having different spreading factors. The UE is configured to determine a transmission power level for the first signal based on the first value, the second value and the third value. The UE is configured to transmit the first signal at the determined transmission power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11522663
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes receiving a reference signal and a data signal, based on a coverage enhancement level represented by a number of transmission repetitions; processing the reference signal and the data signal received by the receiving; setting a number of resource elements for transmitting the reference signal based at least on a channel type; and setting usage of resource elements indicated by a System Information Block (SIB). The reference signal is a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) or a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Lilei Wang, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Masayuki Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11516674
    Abstract: A method of a transmit apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting ranging capability is provided. The method comprises: determining at least one receive apparatus of a group of receive apparatuses participating in a ranging operation; identifying a scrambled timestamp sequence (STS) physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) format 3 (SP3) ranging request reports information element (SRRR IE) for the at least one receive apparatus of the group of receive apparatuses; and transmitting, to the at least one receive apparatus of the group of receive apparatuses participating in the ranging operation, a ranging control message (RCM) including the SRRR IE using an in-band mechanism or an out-of-band mechanism, wherein the RCM including the SRRR IE is transmitted in a time-scheduled ranging operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheda Li, Aditya V. Padaki, Boon Loong Ng
  • Patent number: 11510153
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of antenna modules, a first communication circuit communicating in a first communication scheme via at least one antenna module The electronic device also includes a second communication circuit communicating in a second communication scheme. The electronic device further includes a temperature sensor, a processor and a memory storing instructions. The instructions are configured to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to detect a temperature associated with the antenna module or the first communication circuit while communicating via the first communication circuit, identify a first control step among a plurality of control steps based on an operation type of the electronic device and the at least one temperature detected, and limit at least some operations on at least one of the at least one antenna module or the first communication circuit, corresponding to the identified first control step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaebeom Lee, Sungyong Bang, Sangyoung Son, Sangmin Lee, Jongwoo Kim, Hakryoul Kim, Mooyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11503551
    Abstract: A signal transmission method includes: transmitting, by a network device, priority information of a plurality of uplink signals to a terminal device, wherein the priority information of the plurality of uplink signals is used by the terminal device to determine an effective transmission power of the plurality of uplink signals; and receiving, by the network device, the plurality of uplink signal in a same frequency domain resource set transmitted by the terminal device according to the effective transmission power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenhong Chen
  • Patent number: 11503548
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for determining average total transmission power for an antenna array configured for beamformed transmission within an angular coverage region. A method is performed by a control device. The method comprises determining bin-wise values of beamforming gain for a set of non-overlapping bins collectively covering the angular coverage region of the antenna array. The method comprises obtaining values of total transmission power of the beamformed transmission. The method comprises determining bin-wise values of average transmission power from the bin-wise values of beamforming gain and the values of total transmission power. The method comprises combining the bin-wise values of average transmission power into one value of average total transmission power for the antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Yali Pei, Jonas Karlsson, Torbjörn Wigren, Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11492114
    Abstract: A Handy Base Station (HBS) which is capable of connecting through a base portion into a power socket (e.g., lamp socket). The HBS may have a plurality of functional modules capable of being detachably mounted in a housing. One of the functional modules may be a light emitter such as a light emitting diode (LED). Another module may be a a communication module which may communicate using a wire line or wirelessly using standard wireless communication protocols. Further disclosed is a combination unit which has the HBS located on a pole such as a utility pole with a landing pad for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to allow the UAV a recharging location between deliveries and to allow the HBS to guide the UAV on its flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Micro Mobio Corporation
    Inventors: Zlatko Aurelio Filipovic, Guan-Wu Wang, Weiping Wang, Adam Wang, Yi-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11489600
    Abstract: In the measurement device 1, a reception sensitivity test control unit 18 ends throughput measurement of a CC using a throughput measurement unit 18b in a case where an end determination unit 18c1 determines that any of a plurality of CCs has reached a measurement end condition, and calculates a total status obtained by integrating a determination result for each CC using a total status calculation unit 18c2 by performing each “PASS” or “FAIL” determination for a remaining CC. Since an output level variable setting unit 18d performs a process of setting a next output level for the CC that has not reached the measurement end condition based on the total status, a control is performed to continue a reception sensitivity test until all CCs reach a measurement end condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhihui Wu, Takumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11483774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling uplink transmission power in a multiple element carrier wave system. The method for controlling uplink transmission power by a terminal in a multiple element carrier wave system includes the steps of: generating an uplink signal to be transmitted in a first serving cell; receiving, from a base station, random access start information for commanding the start of a random access procedure for a second serving cell; calculating the estimated surplus power from first transmission power scheduled for an uplink signal transmission, and second transmission power scheduled for a transmission of a PRACH to which a random access preamble is mapped; and when the estimated surplus power is smaller than a threshold power, adjusting the first transmission power or the second transmission power on the basis of power allocation priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: PANTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung, Jae Hyun Ahn
  • Patent number: 11476923
    Abstract: A communication system includes an earth station configured to receive a downlink transmission from a satellite and transmit an uplink transmission to the satellite. The communication system further includes a server in operable communication with the earth station, a beacon detector in operable communication with the server, an access point configured to operate within a proximity of the earth station, and a beacon transmitter disposed within close proximity to the access point. The beacon transmitter is configured to transmit a beacon signal to one or more of the server and the beacon detector. The beacon signal uniquely identifies the access point. The server is configured to implement a measurement-based protection scheme with respect to at least one of the downlink transmission and the uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Paul Smyth
  • Patent number: 11469814
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater may transmit, via a first interface, information associated with a capability of the repeater to provide a wideband signal on a second interface. The repeater may receive via the first interface, a configuration for transmitting the wideband signal on the second interface, and may transmit the wideband signal on the second interface based at least in part on the configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Navid Abedini, Raju Hormis, Junyi Li, Juergen Cezanne, Ozge Koymen
  • Patent number: 11457483
    Abstract: Techniques manage connection between a user device (e.g., a tablet, a smartphone, a personal computer, a user workstation, etc.) and a peripheral device (e.g., an external mouse, a wireless keyboard, a wireless output device, other accessories, combinations thereof, etc.). Such techniques involve obtaining a current peripheral identifier from an operating system running on the user device, the current peripheral identifier identifying the peripheral device. Such techniques further involve, based on the current peripheral identifier, performing a peripheral recognition operation that attempts to recognize the peripheral device. Such techniques further involve, based on a result of the peripheral recognition operation, performing a peripheral access operation that determines whether the user device is allowed to connect with the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Pavlou
  • Patent number: 11450157
    Abstract: A system and a method for bundling data features relating to connected vehicles, in accordance with respective use cases are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: obtaining a plurality of data features relating to connected vehicles originated from a plurality of data sources; maintaining a use cases database, holding a plurality of use cases, each affiliated with a respective blend of said data features; receiving one or more requests from clients for data features, each request associated with respective business requirements; and providing said clients with a respective one of said bundles according to the respective business requirements and responsive to the requests and based on the use cases database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: OTONOMO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventor: Yosef Haim Itzkovich
  • Patent number: 11438849
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a reference signal, power information regarding the reference signal, and maximum power threshold for the communication device from a base station over a communication network. Further embodiments can include measuring a power of reference signal obtained from the base station resulting in a measure power, and determining a path loss between the base station and the communication device based on the measured power. Additional embodiments can include adjusting the antenna array to generate a coarse power adjustment for the communication device based on the path loss and the maximum power threshold, and providing a transmission signal to the base station according to the coarse power adjustment over the communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Yupeng Jia, Yizhe Zhang, Ronald W. Borsato
  • Patent number: 11431424
    Abstract: A test device suitable for a predetermined wireless communication protocol includes a remote RF test box and a cloud server. The remote RF test box used to control a DUT to transmit or receive an RF signal includes an RF processing unit and a low-level processor. The RF processing unit receives the RF signal from the DUT, and down-converts the RF signal from the DUT into a baseband signal. The low-level processor converts the baseband signal into a digital signal. The cloud server stores an algorithm corresponding to the predetermined wireless communication protocol, communicates with the remote RF test box through a communication interface, receives and decodes the digital signal, and determines whether the DUT meets the predetermined wireless communication protocol through the algorithm of the predetermined wireless communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Ying Hsieh, Chi-Hsuan Lee
  • Patent number: 11432227
    Abstract: A communication interface receives position information from a terminal device being charged. A controller determines that the terminal device is in a first state when the position information received in the communication interface is included in a past charging area and determines that the terminal device is in a second state when the position information received in the communication interface is not included in the past charging area. Upon receiving a signal addressed to the terminal device, the communication interface transmits the signal to the terminal device when the terminal device is in the first state. The communication interface stops the transmission of the signal to the terminal device when the terminal device is in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Shimoshimano, Ichiro Shishido
  • Patent number: 11423517
    Abstract: An example stationary tracker includes: memory to store fixed geographic location information indicative of a fixed geographic location of the stationary tracker, and to store a reference feature image; and at least one processor to: determine a feature in an image is a non-displayable feature by comparing the feature to the reference feature image; and generate a masked image, the masked image to mask the non-displayable feature based on the non-displayable feature not allowed to be displayed when captured from the fixed geographic location of the stationary tracker, and the masked image to display a displayable feature in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Movidius Ltd.
    Inventor: David Moloney
  • Patent number: 11417138
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a cover glass, including a first side and a second side; an ultrasonic wave transmitter and an ultrasonic wave receiver, arranged on the second side of the cover glass. Orthographic projections of the ultrasonic wave transmitter and the ultrasonic wave receiver onto the cover glass may be at two opposing ends of the cover glass. The ultrasonic wave transmitter is configured to emit an ultrasonic wave, the ultrasonic wave is able to enter the cover glass from an end, reflected between the first side and the second side for a plurality of times, emitted out of the cover glass from another end, and received by the ultrasonic wave receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Anping Wu
  • Patent number: 11412471
    Abstract: A repeater device that includes control circuitry, which activates a slave mode in the repeater device based on a request received from a first wireless communication device. The control circuitry receives a first radio frequency signal from a base station and acquire timing information of the base station. The control circuitry executes a network time synchronization with the base station based on the acquired timing information of the base station. The repeater device in the slave mode acts as a slave of the base station based on the network time synchronization. The control circuitry executes a synchronization with a modem of the first wireless communication device in which the repeater device in the slave mode follows radio signals and a radio state of the modem of the first wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: AR & NS Investment, LLC
    Inventor: Alireza Tarighat Mehrabani
  • Patent number: 11412459
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a parameter indicating a power control loop out of a plurality of power control loops and a first transmit power control (TPC) command. The UE transmit a first uplink physical channel based on the first TPC command and the indicated power control loop. Further, the UE receive a single downlink channel, wherein the single downlink channel carries a channel allocation and a second TPC command for the UE. The UE transmit a second uplink physical channel using resources based on the channel allocation and at a transmission power level based on the second TPC command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson