Patents Examined by Dung Hong
  • Information processing apparatus and control method of the same
    Patent number: 11528762
    Abstract: In a case where predetermined information is acquired by a first program using a first method, control is performed such that processing that is based on the predetermined information is executed by a second program based on an activation of the second program. In a case where the predetermined information is acquired by the first program using a second method, control is performed such that the processing that is based on the predetermined information is not executed by the second program even if the second program is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryoya Kawai
  • Characterization of a ball game racket string pattern
    Patent number: 11521367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for characterizing a string pattern of a ball game racket frame as well as to the representation of a string pattern image of a strung ball game racket frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Head Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Nathan Elliott, Ralf Schwenger
  • Radio-visual approach for device localization based on a vehicle location
    Patent number: 11510026
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radio-visual approach for device localization. In particular, a mobile device may receive, via radio signal(s) emitted by transmitter(s) in a vehicle that is substantially proximate to the mobile device, radio data that represents vehicle information associated with the vehicle, and may then determine or obtain a location of the vehicle in accordance with that vehicle information. Also, the mobile device may capture an image of the vehicle and may use that image as basis for determining a relative location indicating where the mobile device is located relative to the vehicle. Based on the location of the vehicle and on the relative location of the mobile device, the mobile device may then determine a location of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Pavel Ivanov, Michael Krasniansky
  • Method and device for processing channel access failure in unlicensed band
    Patent number: 11503641
    Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatus for performing communication in an unlicensed band. The method includes: detecting a channel occupation failure of an unlicensed band wireless resource for transmitting and receiving uplink data or downlink data; determining that channel access fails in the unlicensed band wireless resource if the channel occupation failure satisfies certain criteria; and transmitting upper layer signaling to a base station if channel access fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sung-pyo Hong
  • Infrared temperature measurement fused with facial identification in an access control system
    Patent number: 11501560
    Abstract: An example method of infrared access, comprising, receiving a plurality of visual images, receiving a plurality of infrared images, calibrating the plurality of visual images to the plurality of infrared images, determining an average temperature of the plurality of infrared images, determining an outlier temperature of an outlier infrared image of the plurality of infrared images and matching the outlier infrared image to a visual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jianyong Zhou, Jizhang Shan
  • Method and computing device for carrying out data integrity protection
    Patent number: 11490257
    Abstract: A method for carrying out data integrity protection on a communication network. According to an implementation, a wireless communication device indicates, to a wireless network, the maximum data rate up to which integrity protection is supported for user plane data. A network node (e.g., a node of the core network, such as an SMF) receives this information and determines whether or not to enable integrity protection for user plane data based on the information (possibly in conjunction with other information such as the minimum data rate to be supported, etc.). The network node then communicates the decision to enable or disable integrity protection to a RAN node (e.g., a wireless base station).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Eswar Kalyan Vutukuri, He Huang
  • Charging method, apparatus, and system
    Patent number: 11489969
    Abstract: Example charging methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes sending a service resource create request to a charging system by a charging trigger apparatus. The charging trigger apparatus receives a service resource create response sent by the charging system. The service resource create request is used to request the charging system to create a service resource corresponding to a service in a session. The session is used to provide a data connection service to user equipment. The service resource is used to manage requesting for a quota for the service in the session and/or manage reporting of usage information of the service in the session. The service resource create response includes a first resource identifier, and the first resource identifier is used to identify the service resource that corresponds to the service in the session and that is created by the charging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaoqian Chai
  • Satellite differential auxiliary data transmission method, location method and apparatus
    Patent number: 11480688
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a satellite differential auxiliary data transmission method, a location method and an apparatus, for ensuring that a better high-precision Beidou satellite location service can be provided on the basis of 5G or other developable technology networks. The satellite differential auxiliary data transmission method includes an LMF acquiring auxiliary information related to a Beidou satellite location system, and calculating auxiliary information for an UE location calculation, the auxiliary information including differential auxiliary data, and sending, via broadcast, to a base station the auxiliary information for the UE location calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dajun Zhang, Haiyang Quan
  • Method and apparatus for managing handovers in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11483748
    Abstract: A method for controlling and managing handovers between base stations in adjoining cells in wireless communications enables a user equipment (UE) to report a bit error rate (BER) to a base station having current conduct of communication with the UE. If the BER is greater than a predetermined value, the base station having conduct further determines whether the UE satisfies a handover condition over a period of time and hands conduct over to another base station if the UE satisfies the handover condition for the period of time and if the other base station is not already operating at capacity. An apparatus for controlling and managing handovers is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zheng-Xian Wu
  • Method of performing cell selection or reselection and related device
    Patent number: 11477674
    Abstract: A method of performing cell selection or reselection by a user equipment (UE) in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode or an RRC inactive mode is disclosed. The method comprises determining whether a white list is received from a serving cell, wherein the white list includes at least one cell identity, each of the at least one cell identity identifying a cell on at least one of an intra-frequency and an inter-frequency corresponding to a frequency that the serving cell is on, in response to the UE determining that the white list is received from the serving cell, performing a measurement on at least one cell associated with the at least one cell identity according to the white list, and selecting or reselecting a cell according to the measurement, the cell indicated only by the at least one cell identity in the white list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hannibal IP LLC
    Inventors: Mei-Ju Shih, Hung-Chen Chen, Yung-Lan Tseng, Chie-Ming Chou
  • System and method for automated data collection and anchor location evaluation
    Patent number: 11470451
    Abstract: A system and method for obtaining location data for a portable device relative to an object. The system and method may include an object device disposed in a fixed position relative to the object, the object device having an antenna configured to communicate wirelessly via UWB with the portable device via a communication link. The system may include a control system, such as a robot and/or a remote controller, configured to obtain one or more samples pertaining to communications between the portable device and the object device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyle Cooper, Eric J. Smith, Loren Vredevoogd
  • Methods for improving source localization based on time-of-arrival measurements
    Patent number: 11463982
    Abstract: A method is provided for geo-location of a wireless target device. The method is able to generate complete statistical information about the target device in the form of a joint probability density function of the target's location. The method includes obtaining time of arrival measurements associated with reception, at a plurality of receiver devices at known or measured locations, of one or more wireless transmissions made by a target device at a location that is unknown. Based on the time of arrival measurements, the method includes computing a joint probability density function that is descriptive of a probability that the target device is within any specified region. The method then involves applying the joint probability density function to a particular specified region to compute the probability that the location of the target device is within the particular specified region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO SYSTEMS CANADA CO.
    Inventors: Joseph Eric Salt, Ha Hoang Nguyen
  • Systems and methods for network coverage optimization and planning
    Patent number: 11463887
    Abstract: A system identifies first areas of a plurality of areas of a wireless network for wireless site installation. The system performs machine learning to associate measured network performance parameters within the wireless network with empirical data related to at least one of population, residential buildings, or business buildings within the identified first areas of the wireless network. The system optimizes, based on the machine learning, geographic placement of prospective wireless sites within each of the identified first areas of the wireless network to maximize improvements in network performance parameters associated with installing the prospective wireless sites. The system provides optimized wireless site placement recommendations for wireless site installation in each of the identified first areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua H. Wainer, Paul Kerl, Michael Antony Raj
  • Presence status display system and presence status display method
    Patent number: 11461736
    Abstract: To present to a user whether a person to be visited is staying in a target area and whether the person to be visited is in a state where the person is unable to deal with a visitor, the present invention detects whether there is any person staying in the target area based on images from a camera, detects whether each person staying in the target area is in a state where the person is unable to deal with a visitor, and generates display information displaying state information regarding whether each person is in the state where the person is unable to deal with a visitor, together with stay information regarding whether there is any person staying in the target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sonoko Hirasawa, Takeshi Fujimatsu
  • Terminal performing registration in non-3GPP access and method performed by same
    Patent number: 11457425
    Abstract: One disclosure of the present specification provides a method performed by a terminal that performs registration in a non-3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) access. According to the method, the terminal may receive a rejection message including a value of a back-off timer. In addition, the terminal may determine a value of a non-3GPP de-registration timer on the basis of the value of the back-off timer. In this case, the value of the non-3GPP de-registration timer may be determined to be greater than the value of the back-off timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangmin Park, Jaehyun Kim
  • Water heating system for controlling an ability to set a parameter of a controller
    Patent number: 11454422
    Abstract: This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for controlling a temperature of water contained by a water tank. A controller includes a user interface configured to receive one or more user inputs indicative of a request to set a control parameter of the controller and communication circuitry configured to receive, from a user device, an electronic signal. Additionally, the controller includes processing circuitry configured to identify, from the electronic signal, one or more first data packets that include a request to disable an ability to change, based on the one or more user inputs received by the user interface, the control parameter of the controller and in response to receiving the one or more first data packets, disable the ability to change the control parameter of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ademco Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Moy, Christopher R. Jones, Michael Crites, Arnold Kalla
  • Frame assembly for mounting a fabric and the fabric for mounting thereon
    Patent number: 11442337
    Abstract: A frame adapted to mount a fabric for image capturing has a top beam engaged with a pair of side support members and a pair of base support members engaging a base beam. Each of the side support members extends from the top beam downwardly through a curvilinear member to a corresponding base support member. The top beam is connected to the pair of side support members orthogonally. The base support members are connected to the base beam orthogonally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: PRINTALY PTY LTD
    Inventor: Yuandi Wang
  • Neighbor measurement method for multiple subscriber identity module (SIM) user equipment (UE)
    Patent number: 11445414
    Abstract: A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) capable of supporting multiple subscriptions, includes measuring, with a first of the multiple subscriptions, neighbor cells of at least one other subscription of multiple subscriptions. The method also includes storing measurement results from measuring the neighbor cells in a common measurement results database, while avoiding duplicates. The method further includes reporting, with a subscription for which a neighbor is configured by a network, the measurement results from the common measurement results database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Aritra Ukil, Amit Mandil, Raghu Babu Movva, Aparajith Chamarthi, Muralidharan Murugan
  • Anomalous subject and device identification based on rolling baseline
    Patent number: 11445340
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for identifying anomalous subjects and devices at a site. The devices may or may not be carried by or associated with subjects at the site. A number of various types of sensors may be utilized for this purpose. The sensors gather data about the subjects and devices. The data is processed by a data processing module which provides its output to a rolling baseline engine. The rolling baseline engine establishes a baseline for what is considered the “normal” behavior for subjects/devices at the site based on a desired dimension of analysis. Data associated with subjects/devices that is not normal is identified as an anomaly along with the associated subject/device. The findings are archived for performing analytics as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Flying Cloud Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian P. Christian
  • Propagating context information in a privacy preserving manner
    Patent number: 11438452
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to propagating context information from a first electronic device to a second electronic device. In one example, in response to detecting the second electronic device satisfies a distance criterion with respect to the first electronic device, the first electronic device determines whether propagation of the context to the second electronic device is permitted. If propagation of the context to the second electronic device is permitted and while the second electronic device satisfies the distance criterion with respect to the first electronic device, the context is transmitted to the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Golnaz Abdollahian, Nathaniel B. Chapman, Aaron R. Zinman