Patents Examined by Erica L Fleming-Hall
  • Patent number: 10694023
    Abstract: A testing method for testing mobile communication devices comprises transmitting, by a testing front end module, a testing profile associated with a Universal Integrated Circuit Card, UICC, to a mobile communication device, activating the testing profile on the mobile communication device, setting, by a testing controller, the configuration of the mobile communication device to a testing mode according to the information of the activated testing profile of the UICC, and performing operational tests on the mobile communication device using a testing front end module of a testing system while the configuration of the mobile communication device is set to the testing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Baeder, Holger Jauch
  • Patent number: 10681517
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first local area communication part configured to perform a first local area communication, a second local area communication part configured to perform a second local area communication at a lower power than the first local area communication part, and a control part configured to connect the first local area communication to other electronic devices by using the second local area communication part, wherein the second local area communication part may be configured to try a second local area communication with the other electronic devices after the connected first local area communication is disconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Seon Hong, Veerabhadrappa Chilakanti, Jun-Sik Kwon, Joo-Hyung Lee, Eui-Bum Han
  • Patent number: 10631149
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for the coordinated grouping of devices for receipt of network layer group based services. A service layer system such as an SCS generates a request to generate a group of devices to receive network layer services. The request is received at a network layer system such as, for example, an MTC-IWF. Network layer systems such as, for example, an HSS, identifies a manner of communicating the requested service to identified devices and communicates with the devices to provision the devices so as to be included in the requested group. The network layer systems communicate an identifier to the service layer system which the service layer may subsequently use to request execution of the service by the identified group of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Suresh Palanisamy, Michael F. Starsinic, Prashanth Murthy, Anoop Singh
  • Patent number: 10616503
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a housing, an optical device and an image processing module. A first optical module of the optical device captures a first image corresponding to a first side of the housing. A second optical module captures a second image corresponding to a second side of the housing. A third optical module captures a third image corresponding to the second side of the housing. The image processing module is electrically connected with the optical device. The image processing module produces a 360-degree panoramic image according to the first image and the second image. Moreover, the image processing module obtains depth-of-field information of the second image or the third image according to the second image and the third image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-I Lu
  • Patent number: 10615850
    Abstract: The objective of the invention is to provide technology allowing data taking a plurality of values to be transmitted and received using one set of coils when sending data through TCI technology using magnetic field coupling. This layered semiconductor device has at least a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip layered therein, the first semiconductor chip transmitting data in a contactless manner, and the second semiconductor chip receiving, in a contactless manner, the data that has been transmitted. The first semiconductor chip contains: a transmission unit outputting a transmission signal that may acquire, on the basis of the value of the data to be sent, at least 3 types of states representing the value of the data; and a transmission coil converting the transmission signal into a magnetic field signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ULTRAMEMORY INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Motoyama, Takao Adachi
  • Patent number: 10609745
    Abstract: A method for pairing authentication between a vehicle and a mobile device is proposed. After a host computer of the vehicle is operated to send out a vehicle identification code for pairing and the mobile device is operated to select the vehicle identification code, the host computer enables both of a host display of the vehicle and the mobile device to display a pairing code at the same time. After a pairing procedure is performed within a predetermined pairing operation period, the host computer completes pairing authentication between the host computer and the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: KWANG YANG MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Yang Tsai, Hsi-Kun Chen
  • Patent number: 10567512
    Abstract: A portable system, for use in projecting proprietary host-data-based output to a host device using a dual-layer proprietary-data-provision arrangement including the host device and portable system. A storage component includes one or more first-layer components, of the dual-layer proprietary-data-provision arrangement, that, when executed by a hardware-based processing unit, communicates with the host device by a first wired communication channel or a first short-range wireless communication channel to receive the proprietary host data from the host device. The storage also includes a portable-system application that, when executed, generates, based on the proprietary host data, proprietary host-data-based app output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Hrabak, Fan Bai, Dan Shan, Donald K. Grimm
  • Patent number: 10554291
    Abstract: A method for detecting useful signals in an overall signal. Each useful signal may be affected with a frequency drift. In the detection phase, frequency spectra for detecting the overall signal for multiple detection time windows are calculated and useful signals according to the detection frequency spectra are detected. In the estimation phase, for each useful signal detected: the frequency of the overall signal for multiple frequency drift values is reset. In the estimation phase, for each useful signal detected, a frequency spectrum is calculated for the estimation of the overall signal for each frequency drift value over an estimation time window having the useful signal detected and of a duration higher than the detection time window. In the estimation phase, for each useful signal detected, the frequency drift is estimated affecting the useful signal detected according to the estimation frequency spectra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Benjamin Gadat, Lyonel Barthe, Thibault Maisonnat, Arnaud Collin
  • Patent number: 10536182
    Abstract: A packaged integrated circuit device includes a transceiver with one or more oscillators therein. The oscillators can be configured as harmonic or fundamental-frequency oscillators for signal transmitting, or they can be configured as regenerative receivers for signal receiving. An antenna is provided in the package and, preferably, on the same chip IC chip as the transceiver. The antenna includes one or more feeds, which are coupled to the one or more oscillators. A dual-function varactor/envelope detector is provided, which is electrically coupled to the one or more oscillators. A control circuit is provided, which is configured to drive nodes of the transceiver and the dual-function varactor/envelope detector with a first plurality of reference voltages during operation of the transceiver as a radio transmitter (with varactor) and a second plurality of reference voltages during operation of the transceiver as a radio receiver (with envelope detector).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hua Wang, Taiyun Chi, Min-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 10528012
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technologies, and discloses a method and a device for sending a communication message. The method includes: receiving, by a wearable device, a communication message sent by a transfer device, where the communication message is sent to the transfer device by a target device, and is forwarded to the wearable device by the transfer device when the transfer device meets a predetermined condition; receiving, by the wearable device, a reply message input for the communication message; and sending, by the wearable device, the reply message to the transfer device, where the reply message is forwarded to the target device by the transfer device. The present disclosure resolves a problem that a user cannot send or reply to a communication message in time when it is inconvenient to operate an electronic device, and achieves an effect of improving communication efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Sheng Wang
  • Patent number: 10531278
    Abstract: A method of storing device information, provisioning data, and event information using distributed ledger technology (DLT). a manufacturer creates a first block of a first category comprising wireless communication device information, the block stored in a non-transitory memory of the device, a wireless communication service provider provisions device on a network, a server maintained by the wireless communication service provider creates a second block of a second category comprising information associated with the provisioning of the device, an application executing on the device stores the second block by in the non-transitory memory, creating a chain of blocks, the application uses at least part of the chain of blocks to provide authentication of the device to the network, and the block foundry server creates at least one block of a third category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lyle W. Paczkowski, William M. Parsel, Robert L. Spanel
  • Patent number: 10523802
    Abstract: A Bluetooth transceiver module is configured to pair with a mobile electronic device that is configured to communicate with a cellular network. A hands-free module is configured to, while the mobile electronic device is paired, selectively generate attention commands for transmission to the mobile electronic device, the attention commands including: standard attention commands that are defined by a Bluetooth Hands-Free Profile (HFP) specification; and non-standard attention commands that are not defined by the Bluetooth HFP specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Steven Hartley
  • Patent number: 10499268
    Abstract: A radio link failure detection method of a user equipment transitioning between a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode and non-DRX mode cyclically in a wireless communication system includes transitioning between a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode and a non-DRX mode in a wireless communication system. The method also includes adjusting, when a mode transition occurs, a size of a monitoring window for a transitioned operation mode; reporting a radio channel condition acquired by monitoring and averaging the channel condition within the monitoring window; and repeating adjustment of the monitoring window size and report of the radio channel condition while moving the monitoring window as time progress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeong In Jeong, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Chengjun Sun
  • Patent number: 10466350
    Abstract: A transmitter-receiver circuit and a method for distance measurement between a first node and a second node of a radio network is provided, wherein a mode of the first node and a mode of the second node are switched from a normal mode for communication in the radio network to a mode for distance measurement, wherein, in the mode for distance measurement for a transit time measurement, a radio signal is transmitted by the first node and received by the second node and a radio signal is transmitted by the second node and received by the first node and a first distance value is determined by measuring the transit time of the radio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Wolfram Kluge, Eric Sachse
  • Patent number: 10439684
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first dipole antenna, a beamforming antenna array (BFAA), a first switch coupled to the dipole antenna, a second switch coupled to the BFAA, and a processor coupled to the first switch and the second switch, wherein the processor is configured to select between a multi-input, multi-output (MIMO) antenna configuration and a beamforming configuration by setting the states of the first switch and the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Saeid Safavi, Dedi D. Haziza
  • Patent number: 10432322
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmission/reception device, a transmission/reception method, and a program capable of improving a transmission characteristic in human body communication in both transmission and reception. The transmission/reception device used for human body communication includes three electrodes including a human body side electrode being in contact with a human body as a communication medium, a space side electrode provided on a space side, not a human body side, and a circuit board provided with a circuit. At this time, at the time of transmission, a switch between the space side electrode and the circuit board is turned off to make a three-pole electrode configuration having superiority in the transmission characteristic, and each electrode is caused to function as an independent electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Fukuda, Takanori Washiro, Masahiro Uno
  • Patent number: 10396583
    Abstract: A wireless mobile communication device having short range functionality that is designed to always be capable of short range functionality, including secure short range functionality by having a first and second energy source where charging of the second energy source may be achieved by the voltage induced by the received short range signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Philippe Maugars, Patrice Gamand
  • Patent number: 10382926
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for the coordinated grouping of devices for receipt of network layer group based services. A service layer system such as an SCS generates a request to generate a group of devices to receive network layer services. The request is received at a network layer system such as, for example, an MTC-IWF. Network layer systems such as, for example, an HSS, identifies a manner of communicating the requested service to identified devices and communicates with the devices to provision the devices so as to be included in the requested group. The network layer systems communicate an identifier to the service layer system which the service layer may subsequently use to request execution of the service by the identified group of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Suresh Palanisamy, Michael F. Starsinic, Prashanth Murthy, Anoop Singh
  • Patent number: 10368314
    Abstract: The wireless control system includes a wireless adapter and a household electrical appliance. The wireless adapter includes a wireless module transmitting/receiving wireless signal, a wireless control unit analyzing and converting the wireless signal and controlling the wireless adapter, and a wireless display unit displaying wireless communication state by the wireless signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10362636
    Abstract: A Modal antenna system, control system, and algorithm is described which provides for improved connectivity in a communication system where statistics of previous antenna modes or beam positions for a mobile device operating in conjunction with specific base stations, access points, or other communication terminals are used to make intelligent decisions for current antenna beam state for optimal connectivity. A modal antenna is implemented to provide a variable radiation pattern for improved connectivity and an algorithm is provided that controls current beam position as the mobile device moves through a communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Ethertronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Matsumori, Laurent Desclos, Sebastian Rowson, Jeffrey Shamblin