Patents Examined by Fatuma G Sherif
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Patent number: 11240683Abstract: Personal adaptive radio access network advanced capabilities are provided. A device can include a transceiver; a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising facilitating movement of the device from a first position associated with a user equipment (UE) to a second position in response to an observed signal strength at the UE from a communication network being determined to have fallen below a threshold; in response to facilitating the movement of the device, determining a first communication frequency for communications between the device and the UE based on features determined to be present in an environment associated with the UE; and conveying signals transmitted by the communication network to the UE via the transceiver at the first communication frequency instead of a second communication frequency used by the communication network.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: James Fan, Dan Celenti, Alireza Hooshiari, Max Faulkner, Jr., Arthur Brisebois
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Patent number: 11228343Abstract: A circuit for an NFC chip is described herein. According to one exemplary configuration, the circuit comprises an antenna for near field communication, an antenna resonant circuit which has an adjustable resonant frequency, a temperature sensor and a controller circuit coupled to the temperature sensor. The controller circuit is designed to change the resonant frequency of the antenna resonant circuit according to a temperature sensor signal provided by the temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Gerald Holweg, Carolin Kollegger, Johannes Schweighofer, Inge Siegl, Christoph Steffan
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Patent number: 11218582Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention can comprise: a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the first plate and the second plate; a processor arranged in the space; a display exposed through a part of the first plate; a communication circuit arranged in the space; a piezoelectric actuator arranged in the space and providing vibration to the first plate; a speaker arranged in the space near the edge of the first plate; an audio processing circuit arranged in the space and electrically connected to the piezoelectric actuator and the speaker; and a memory arranged in the space and electrically connected to the processor.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hochul Hwang, Janghoon Kang, Youngbae Park, Hanbom Park, Byounguk Yoon, Kyunghee Lee, Joonrae Cho
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Patent number: 11201635Abstract: An electronic device includes a foldable housing including a hinge structure, a first housing structure including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, a second housing structure including a third surface facing a third direction and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, and folded with respect to the first housing structure about the hinge structure, a wireless communication circuitry disposed inside the first housing structure or the second housing structure, a sensor disposed inside the first housing structure or the second housing structure, a grip sensor circuitry disposed outside the first housing structure or the second housing structure, a processor disposed inside the first housing structure or the second housing structure, and a memory operatively connected with the processor.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Duho Chu, Yongyoun Kim, Jaesung Shim, Myeongsu Oh, Hojin Jung
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Patent number: 11170296Abstract: Disclosed herein is system level occupancy counting in a lighting system configured to obtain an indicator data of a RF spectrum signal (signal) generated by a number of receivers at a number of times in an area. At each respective one of the number of times, for each respective one of the receivers, apply one of a plurality of heurist algorithm heuristic algorithm coefficients to each indicator data of the signal, based on results of the application of the heuristic algorithm coefficients, generate an indicator data metric value for each of the indicator data for the respective time. The lighting system is also configured to process each of the indicator data metric value to compute a plurality of metric values for the respective time and combine the plurality of metric values to compute an output metric value for each of a plurality of probable number of occupants in the area for the respective time.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLCInventors: Min-Hao Michael Lu, Michael Miu, Eric J. Johnson
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Patent number: 11165897Abstract: A mobile terminal is disclosed including a first frame, a second frame slidable with respect to the first frame between a first position and a second position, a third frame at a rear side and configured to be slidable with respect to the second frame between a third position and a fourth position, a flexible display unit including a first area, a second area, and a third area, and a sliding unit configured to allow the second frame to slide between the first position and the second position and the third frame to slide between the third position and the fourth position, wherein an area of the third area visible from a front side increases as the second frame slides from the first position to the second position and the third frame slides from the third position to the fourth position.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Insu Song, Jaewook Lee
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Patent number: 11128339Abstract: Disclosed is a RF switch module and methods to fabricate and operate such RF switch to alternatively couple an antenna to either a transmitter transmission line or a receiver transmission line to realize lower distortion of a signal at high frequencies with improved insertion loss and without affecting isolation. In one embodiment, a Radio Frequency (RF) switch module, includes, a switch circuit for switching between transmitting first signals from a transmitter unit to an antenna and transmitting second signals from the antenna to the receiver unit, wherein the switch circuit comprises a plurality of field effect transistors (FETs), wherein each of the plurality of FETs comprises stacked gate dielectrics and at least three metal contacts to a conductive gate, wherein the stacked gate dielectrics comprises at least one first dielectric layer, wherein the first dielectric layer comprises a negative-capacitance material.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jun-De Jin
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Patent number: 11128325Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a wearable device (200) suitable for wearing on a person's wrist and comprising a metallic housing (203) and a flexible band (202) for attachment of the device to a user's wrist. The metallic housing includes a printed circuit board (PCB) (702) on which is mounted electronic components (710) including a transmitter for transmitting radio signals at a frequency between 400 and 1000 MHz. A coin-cell battery (502) powers the device. The battery is disposed in an inner core (406,406?) of the flexible band. An antenna is connected to the PCB for radiating said signals. In one embodiment the antenna comprises a coil (504,506) of wire disposed in said section of the band. The wire is of substantially a quarter wavelength in length based on the transmission frequency of the radio signals, and comprises the electrical connections between the battery and PCB.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Armour Surveillance Security Equipment and Technology Ltd.Inventors: Richard Dinan, Patrick James Fawcett, William Damerell
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Patent number: 11128327Abstract: An apparatus includes a transceiver circuit, a series capacitor, and a shunt switch. The transceiver circuit may comprise a transmit chain including an output matching network and a receive chain including an input matching network. An output of the output matching network may be connected directly to an input/output of the transceiver circuit. The series capacitor may be connected between an input of the input matching network and the output of the output matching network. The shunt switch may be connected between the input of the input matching network and a circuit ground potential of the transceiver circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.Inventors: Morteza Abbasi, Tumay Kanar, Naveen Krishna Yanduru
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Patent number: 11115003Abstract: In an acoustic wave device, an antenna end resonator electrically closest to a first terminal is a first acoustic wave resonator. In each of the first acoustic wave resonator and a second acoustic wave resonator, a thickness of a piezoelectric layer is equal to or less than about 3.5?. A cut angle of the piezoelectric layer of the first acoustic wave resonator is within a range of ?B±4°. The cut angle of the piezoelectric layer of the second acoustic wave resonator has a larger difference from ?B (°) than the cut angle of the piezoelectric layer of the first acoustic wave resonator.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryo Nakagawa, Hideki Iwamoto, Tsutomu Takai, Yuichi Takamine
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Patent number: 11096070Abstract: A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a base station; obtain one or more metric values for user equipment (UE) devices attached to the selected base station; and determine usage categories for at least some of the UE devices attached to the selected base station, wherein a usage category identifies a combination of a data type, a movement type, and a user type associated with a particular UE device. The processor may be further configured to execute the instructions to classify the obtained one or more metric values based on the determined usage categories; select one or more optimization actions for the selected base station based on the classified one or more metric values; and instruct the selected base station to perform the selected one or more optimization actions.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Shankar Venkatraman, Lee K. Tjio, Jin Yang, Vikram K. Rawat, Parvez Ahmad
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Patent number: 11088812Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes an RFID interrogator configured for generating an RFID signal, wherein a channel frequency of the RFID signal changes over time; at least one patch antenna; and at least one feed line configured for feeding the signal to the corresponding at least one patch antenna. In another exemplary embodiment, an RFID interrogator configured for generating an RID signal, wherein a channel frequency of the RFID signal changes over time; at least one transmission line; and a diplexer coupling the RFID interrogator and the transmission lines and configured for distributing the RFID signal to each of the antennas or transmission lines, respectively, depending on the channel frequency of the RFID signal generated. The antennas or transmission lines are configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave in response to and at the channel frequency of the RFID signal distributed thereto.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: Patrick W. Fink, Gregory Y. Lin, Timothy F. Kennedy, Phong H. Ngo
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Patent number: 11064444Abstract: A method is provided. The method comprises: selecting a new protection point in a dynamic protection area; creating an initial sort list of radios; determining look angles; determining which look angle includes most radios in its main beam; determining a modified sort list and an initial move list for the determined look angle; determining a certain percentile of aggregate interference power spectral density at the new protection point for radios that are in a main beam for each of remaining look angles; sorting, by level of certain percentile of aggregate interference power spectral density, the remaining look angles; and generating a move list of radios.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Navin Srinivasan, Ariful Hannan
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Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus and directivity determination method
Patent number: 11057124Abstract: A wireless receiver measures a reception parameter while scanning multiple pieces of reception directivity for an interval during which a signal is not transmitted from a wireless transmitter. The wireless transmitter transmits a signal while scanning multiple pieces of transmission directivity, and the wireless receives measures a reception parameter relating to reception of the signal and determines k pieces of transmission directivity that correspond to high-ranking k results, respectively, of the measurement that have a great reception parameter. The wireless transmitter forms any transmission directivity and transmits a signal, and the wireless receives measures a reception parameter while scanning M pieces of reception directivity and determines reception directivity that is to be used for data communication.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Kato, Hiroaki Asano, Hideki Kanemoto -
Patent number: 11044768Abstract: A user equipment apparatus for performing user equipment-to-user equipment communication includes a synchronization signal detection unit configured to detect a user equipment-to-user equipment synchronization signal transmitted from a user equipment apparatus in another cell or another carrier; a control unit configured to set reception timing based on the user equipment-to-user equipment synchronization signal; and a reception unit configured to receive scheduling information or a discovery signal transmitted from the user equipment apparatus in the other cell or the other carrier within a time window defined based on the user equipment-to-user equipment synchronization signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Shimpei Yasukawa, Hiroki Harada, Satoshi Nagata, Qun Zhao
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Patent number: 10999375Abstract: A device includes at least one of a mechanical component or an electrical component and an Internet enabled embedded system that controls at least one of the mechanical component or the electrical component. The Internet enabled embedded system is configured to establish a connection to a local area network (LAN), provide data to a registration service via the connection to the LAN, receive from the registration service an instruction to implement a specified registration technique, and implement the specified registration technique. The registration service is configured to bind the embedded system to a user account responsive to satisfaction of a criterion of the specified registration technique.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Ayla Networks, Inc.Inventors: Vishwesh Pai, Sudha Sundaresan, Adrian Caceres
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Patent number: 10972592Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal having a flexible display unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Insu Song, Jaewook Lee
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Patent number: 10972920Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing reference signal (RS) metric measurements in different parts of a channel bandwidth are described. One example method generally includes receiving signaling indicating one or more frequency bands within an operating frequency band of a current serving cell for performing reference signal (RS) metric measurements, performing the measurements on the one or more frequency bands, and reporting the measurements.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Valentin Alexandru Gheorghiu, Masato Kitazoe, Brian Clarke Banister, Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov, Tingfang Ji, Shivratna Giri Srinivasan, Amir Farajidana
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Patent number: 10939387Abstract: Multi-radio wireless network devices are capable of transmitting and/or receiving data from multiple radiofrequency (RF) networks at different bands. Total transmission power limitations may be in place due to, for example, safety reasons. As a result, active management of transmission power may be performed during simultaneous transmission in different bands and/or networks. In some embodiments, the management may take place on group-by-group basis and a network-by-network basis. Antennas may be grouped based on their relative positions and impact on radiation emitted by the devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, Indranil S. Sen, Jonathan C. King, Mohit Narang, Prathyusha Sangepu, Qiong Wu, Shrenik Milapchand, Vijay Gadde, Yu Chen
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Patent number: 10916969Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining power, by a communication device, from a current passing through a transmission medium via an inductive coupling between the communication device and the transmission medium where the communication device is physically connected with the transmission medium and providing communications, by the communication device, by electromagnetic waves that propagate without utilizing an electrical return path, wherein the electromagnetic waves are guided by one of the transmission medium or a dielectric core of a cable coupled to a feed point of a dielectric antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: David M. Britz, Robert Bennett, Paul Shala Henry, Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Thomas M. Willis, III, Donald J. Barnickel, Pamela A. M. Bogdan, Brandon Pimm, Ken Liu, Dorothy Zarsky, James Gordon Beattie, Jr.