Patents Examined by Eugene Yun
  • Patent number: 11089549
    Abstract: To provide for power saving and the flexibility to activate a sufficient number of links without sacrificing link performance during a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, a method to selectively activate a subset of links is disclosed. The method includes a user equipment (UE) receiving an indication from a base station to use a subset of a plurality of antenna ports. The UE may enter a sleep mode as part of the DRX cycle. The UE may activate the subset of the plurality of antenna ports indicated during a part of the DRX cycle such as during periodic wake up intervals. The UE may monitor for communication from the base station during the part of the DRX cycle using the plurality of antenna ports. If the UE detects the communication, the device may activate one or more additional links to prepare for data communication during another part of the DRX cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Olufunmilola Omolade Awoniyi-Oteri
  • Patent number: 11076028
    Abstract: A switch assembly for engaging a switch of an electronic device includes a rotatable knob having an axis of rotation, a pin mechanism engaged with the rotatable knob, and a slider body. The pin mechanism includes a pin, the pin being offset from the axis of rotation of the rotatable knob. The slider body is shaped to include a slot in which the pin of the pin mechanism is positioned and a switch recess shaped to receive and selectively contact the switch of the electronic device. Rotation of the rotatable knob in a first direction causes the slider body toward contact with a first portion of the switch to urge the switch into a first position, and rotation of the rotatable knob in a second direction causes the slider body toward contact with a second portion of the switch to urge the switch into a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CATALYST LIFESTYLE LIMITED
    Inventors: Joshua Wright, June Lai
  • Patent number: 11076356
    Abstract: An industrial cellular modem includes a radio module powered by a battery, a battery voltage sensor, a transmitted power meter, and a temperature sensor, and a processor having a memory for executing program instructions for a method of dynamic low battery voltage threshold (LBVT) control. A current battery voltage is compared to a current LBVT (CLBVT), and the modem is turned on and a cellular data session begun with a host server if the current voltage is ? the CLBVT, or if the current battery voltage is < the CLBVT and a value of the CLBVT is the same as in a previous cellular data session. Based on whether the current cellular session failed due to the battery voltage falling below the CLBVT, the value of the CLBVT is changed based on a current temperature, a received signal strength for a successful session, or a current transmit power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Priyesh Nema, Jayakar Chippada, Krishna Kishore Mendi
  • Patent number: 11064335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving, by a first manager apparatus, data for provision of a particular service in a mesh network of a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jingu Choi, Younghwan Kwon, Jonghyun Baik, Jonghun Song, Jinkwon Lim, Hangyu Cho
  • Patent number: 11050451
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including a housing, a front cover, a display panel module, a conductive structure, a circuit board, and an IC element, wherein the front cover is disposed on a front side of the electronic device and coupled to the housing. The conductive structure is disposed on the front cover and located outside an active display region of the display panel module. The IC element is disposed on the circuit board and electrically coupled to the conductive structure. When a human body is approaching to the front cover, the conductive structure generates an electrical signal to the IC element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Pin-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11051252
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may include a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor may be configured to determine a retransmission rate associated with retransmission of one or more packets by the communications device. The at least one processor may be configured to determine a measurement associated with antenna gain of at least one antenna of the apparatus. The at least one processor may be configured to adjust a transmission power of the apparatus based on the retransmission rate and based on the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mahbod Mofidi, Arild Kolsrud, Yoshiro Fukuoka, Ara Bicakci, Michael Kohlmann, Steven Jones
  • Patent number: 11044770
    Abstract: A communication device may supply a first public key and specific information to a first wireless interface, send a first authentication response to the first external device in a case where a first authentication request is received from the first external device after the first public key and the specific information have been sent to the first external device. The communication device may receive first connection information from the first external device after the first authentication response has been sent to the first external device, establish the second wireless connection in a case where the first connection information is received from the first external device, and establish the third wireless connection in a case where a specific signal including the specific information is received from the first external device after the first public key and the specific information have been sent to the first external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11038259
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a body, and a flexible display screen disposed at the body. The flexible display screen is switchable between an expanded configuration and a retracted configuration. In the expanded configuration, the flexible display screen is expanded to a first area, and in the retracted configuration, the flexible display screen is retracted to a second area. The first area is larger than the second area. A millimeter-wave antenna module is disposed at an edge of the flexible display screen. The method includes: controlling the millimeter-wave antenna module to be in a non-working state when the flexible display screen is in the retracted configuration; and controlling the millimeter-wave antenna module to be in a working state when the flexible display screen is in the expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Li, Gaocai Han, Fang Guo
  • Patent number: 11038280
    Abstract: The present application discloses a radio frequency system, includes a detection device, at least one antenna line device, and an antenna that are sequentially connected in series by using a radio frequency channel. Each of the at least one antenna line device is configured to: receive a detection signal from the detection device or a previous antenna line device connected in series to the antenna line device; and add device information of the antenna line device to the received detection signal, and send, to the antenna or a next antenna line device connected in series to the antenna line device, the detection signal to which the device information is added. The detection device obtain device information of each of devices connected in series on a radio frequency line, to determine whether a connection relationship between the devices is correct, and determine a specific port location at which an error occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hu Zhao, Hongwei Xing, Meng Chen
  • Patent number: 11030510
    Abstract: A radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) includes a transmitting circuit configured to provide a first signal for transmission by an antenna in a transmitting mode, the transmitting circuit including a coil configured to be coupled to the antenna and at least one mode setting circuit configured to activate a resonant circuit including at least a portion of the coil in a receiving mode. The RFIC further includes a receiving circuit configured to receive a second signal received from the antenna in the receiving mode. Related wireless communication devices and communication circuits are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Joung-hyun Yim
  • Patent number: 11026190
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device are provided for controlling power of the electronic device. Uplink resource information allocated to the electronic device from a base station is received via a first wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive a first signal of 6 GHz or less. A power modulator of the electronic device controls a power of at least one wireless communication circuit, from among the first wireless communication circuit and a second wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive a second signal of 6 GHz or less, with APT based on at least the number of uplink resource blocks indicated by the uplink resource information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Juho Van, Sangmin Jung, Hyunsang Kang, Jooseung Kim, Yongjun An, Youngmin Lee
  • Patent number: 11025302
    Abstract: A contactless communication device includes a near field communication (NFC) module for generating an electromagnetic carrier signal and modulating the carrier signal according to data to be transmitted, and an antenna coupled to and driven by said NFC module with the modulated carrier signal. The device includes an RF front end coupled between said NFC module and said antenna and further includes a detection module coupled to said NFC module for detecting an end of a PauseA of an incoming RF signal by monitoring an amplitude of a digital output signal derived from the incoming RF signal. The detection module detects the PauseA in said digital output signal by comparing the amplitude of said output digital signal to a first level. The detection module further detects the end of the PauseA in said digital output signal by comparing the amplitude of said digital output signal to a second level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Steve Charpentier, Stefan Mendel, Ulrich Andreas Muehlmann
  • Patent number: 11024955
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, a radiation electrode formed on the front face of the dielectric substrate, an RFIC and a ground electrode formed on the rear face of the dielectric substrate, a ground line arranged in the dielectric substrate, and a power supply line including a power supply line portion arranged in parallel to a main surface of the dielectric substrate. The ground electrode is arranged between the power supply line portion and the RFIC. The ground line is arranged between the power supply line portion and the radiation electrode. The ground electrode includes the radiation electrode and part of the power supply line portion in a plan view. The ground line includes part of the power supply line portion in the plan view. The area in which the ground line is formed is smaller than the area in which ground electrode is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Yoshiki Yamada, Hirotsugu Mori
  • Patent number: 11019194
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes instructions for commissioning a power meter that has a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to discover the presence of the power meter by recognizing a signal produced by the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter and receive a unique identifier for the power meter. When the received unique identifier matches a unique identifier stored by the power meter, the mobile device will establish a communication link between the mobile device and the power meter using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter and will transmit one or more commissioning parameters to the power meter via the established communication link between the mobile device and the power meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sinan Qi, Foong Yeen Chan, Chen Xu, Wenbin Zhou, Peilin Li, Sven Suetterlin
  • Patent number: 11018646
    Abstract: A filter includes: first and second parallel resonant circuits including a first capacitor, a first line, a second capacitor, and a second line that are shunt-connected to a series pathway connecting the input and output terminals; and first to sixth vias penetrating through a second dielectric layer on which the first and second lines are disposed, the first via connecting the first line to the series pathway, the second via connecting the first line to the ground terminal, the third via connecting the first line at a position between the first and second vias to the first connection line at a first position, the fourth via connecting the second line to the series pathway, the fifth via connecting the second line to the ground terminal, the sixth via connecting the second line at a position between the fourth and fifth vias to the first connection line at a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 11016532
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first roller; a second roller; a gear unit that is coupled to the second roller and configured to rotate with the second roller; a rail unit that is engaged with the gear unit; a housing where the rail unit is provided; and a display panel module of which one end is fixed to the housing and the other end is fixed to the second roller and is configured to be bent by the first roller and then rolled on the second roller, wherein the display panel module is configured to be slide-extended and slide-retracted as the gear unit and the rail unit operate while being engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeong Do Yang
  • Patent number: 10993335
    Abstract: A clamping device for a protection casing of an electronic device serves to clamp a protection casing for receiving an electronic device. The protection casing includes an upper cover for covering an upper side of the electronic device and a lower cover for covering a lower side of the electronic device; and in assembly state, the upper cover is connected to the lower cover to enclose the electronic device. The clamping device comprises an upper clamping frame and a lower clamping frame for clamping the protection casing therein. A combining structure is arranged on lateral sides of the upper clamping frame and the lower clamping frame for combining the upper clamping frame and the lower clamping frame so that the upper clamping frame and the lower clamping frame clamp the protection casing tightly and thus the protection casing retains its function for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: The Joy Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-Chang Tsui, Sampson Yang, Cheng-Han Yu
  • Patent number: 10986684
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a network matching and pairing method, including: connecting to a device via bluetooth; transmitting an instruction of setting a high bluetooth connection parameter to the device via bluetooth, for the device to set a bluetooth connection parameter thereof as a high bluetooth connection parameter; transmitting WiFi information to the device via bluetooth, the WiFi information comprising information of a WiFi connection end; and transmitting an instruction of setting a low bluetooth connection parameter to the device via bluetooth, for the device to set the bluetooth connection parameter thereof as a low bluetooth connection parameter and to connect to the WiFi connection terminal via WiFi under the low bluetooth connection parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuaizheng Liu, Song Yang, Mujin Wang, Xujie Zhu
  • Patent number: 10972596
    Abstract: An apparatus for retaining a cell phone which includes: (1) a swivel base affixed to the back of a cell phone; (2) a rotatable base which can rotate within the swivel base so that the rotatable base and its attachments can be orientated to any orientation relative to the cell phone; and (3) an ability to hold the cell phone with a single finger on the back of the cell phone. When not in use, the entire assembly can collapse into a flat base so that it occupies very little space relative to the entire width of the cell phone. Bent pivot arms enable the cell phone accessory to be folded flat or to be expanded to the full size condition, or any distance between the back of the cell phone and the base so that any size finger, within a range, can fit within the space between the retaining base and the expandable bent pivot arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Innovation Specialties
    Inventor: Eddie E. Blau
  • Patent number: 10962169
    Abstract: A cell phone holding tool includes a dual ring of concentric rings configured to receive a user's finger therethrough and to separate to clip to a vent fin in a vehicle. A push-pull bellows includes a top and a base configured to collapse and to popout from a back of a cell phone where it is mounted. The phone holding tool additionally includes a pivot configured to swivel 360 degrees within the top of the bellows, the pivot configured to lock into place when pushed into the popping bellows. A bracket hinge is configured hold and to tilt the dual ring forward and backward at a variable angle and connect to the dual ring to the pivot. A low durometer clear plastic tubing disposed over each of the concentric rings to provide a clipping friction with the vent fin of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Jessica White