Patents Examined by John J Lee
  • Patent number: 11558825
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates to mobile communication technology, and in particular, to a method for uplink transmission and apparatus thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Sa Zhang, Yi Wang, Jingxing Fu, Feifei Sun
  • Patent number: 11546860
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes a processor configured to: send a first signal but not a second signal in response to the first and second signals being scheduled for concurrent transmission and available power for transmission of the first signal for the concurrent transmission being insufficient for detection of the first signal, the first signal being a first radio access technology (RAT) positioning reference signal; set a power sharing mode of the UE to a static power sharing mode; indicate that the UE is in a single-uplink operating mode with respect to the first RAT and the second RAT; and/or select a second-RAT TRP, for receiving the second signal, that has a maximum UE transmission power no greater than a threshold power in response to the initiation of the positioning session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Akash Kumar, Amit Jain
  • Patent number: 11544563
    Abstract: A data processing device applies a first convolutional neural network layer to pieces of data included in a mini-batch to obtain a first feature map of each of the pieces of data, independently calculates a first statistic for each of the pieces of data based on the first feature maps, calculates a normalization parameter for each of the pieces of data based on the first statistic of each of the pieces of data and a cumulative statistic, normalizes the first feature map of each of the pieces of data by using a normalization parameter of each of the pieces of data to obtain a normalized feature map of each of the pieces of data, and applies a second convolutional neural network layer to the normalized feature map of each of the pieces of data to obtain a second feature map of each of the pieces of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Ando
  • Patent number: 11546861
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for determining dynamic power sharing in a dual-uplink E-UTRA (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access)—new radio dual connectivity (EN-DC) network, and/or other new radio (NR) related networks. Various embodiments describe how to determine or configure respective transmission (TX) power levels for LTE and NR uplink signals in the dual-uplink EN-DC network. The NR uplink signal may or may not be transmitted based on a certain timeline threshold and/or power scaling threshold. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Tang, Tao Xu, Jiwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11534632
    Abstract: A method of fit testing includes providing a respirator; providing a sensor having a sensing element removably positioned substantially within an interior gas space of the respirator; providing a reader configured to be in wireless communication with the sensor; positioning the respirator over a mouth and a nose of a user while the sensor is positioned substantially within an interior gas space of the respirator; and observing respirator fit assessment data communicated from the sensor to the reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Andrew S. Viner, Richard C. Webb, Nicholas G. Amell, Jessica L. T. Hauge, David R. Stein, Andrew P. Bonifas, Neal A. Rakow, Caroline M. Ylitalo, Joseph P. Kronzer, Claire R. Donoghue, Christopher P. Henderson
  • Patent number: 11540227
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmission power control. One method includes receiving a first configuration indicating a plurality of bandwidth parts on a first serving cell and configuration information corresponding to the plurality of bandwidth parts. The configuration information comprises an open-loop power control configuration, a closed loop power control configuration, or a combination thereof corresponding to each bandwidth part of the plurality of bandwidth parts. The method comprises receiving scheduling information for a first uplink transmission on a first bandwidth part of the plurality of bandwidth parts. The method comprises determining a first transmission power for the first uplink transmission based on the configuration information and the scheduling information. The method comprises performing the first uplink transmission with the first transmission power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Hyejung Jung, Vijay Nangia
  • Patent number: 11533084
    Abstract: Automatic adjustment of the transmission power, of 5G and 6G wireless messages, is necessary for efficient energy utilization and minimizing background generation, especially in high-density communication environments. However, the power level needed for adequate reception is a complex compromise among competing factors related to network performance, message features, and constantly changing noise/interference backgrounds. Disclosed are artificial intelligence systems and methods configured to determine an appropriate power level for communications. The AI model is trained to account for a wide range of conditions in real-time. For field use, an algorithm derived from the AI model, may be simplified and reduced in size to be appropriate for mobile user devices. The base station may prepare a map of signal attenuation factors, noting especially the “dead zones” of poor reception, and increase the transmission power whenever a mobile user device enters such a location. Many other aspects are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ULTRALOGIC 6G, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
  • Patent number: 11528667
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining an appropriate transmit power of a cell based on a desired coverage distance, comprising: initializing, at a cell, a cell reference signal transmit power at a high power level; broadcasting a cell signal power measure to require a high signal power level for user devices attempting to connect to the cell; progressively lowering the cell signal power measure at the cell; broadcasting the lowered cell signal power measure; deriving a plurality of user equipment (UE) attach request distances based on a plurality of propagation delay statistics derived from UE attach requests received at the cell; comparing the plurality of UE attach request distances against a maximum distance to obtain a number of UE attach requests received from UEs physically located beyond the maximum distance; and setting the cell reference signal transmit power based on the number of UE attach requests received from beyond the maximum distance, thereby iteratively determining an appropriate cell refere
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Mrozinski
  • Patent number: 11528664
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device and a method for controlling transmission power of an electronic device in a wireless communication system. An electronic device may include: a housing; at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) disposed in the housing and configured to support a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT; a first communication processor electrically or operationally connected to the at least one RFIC; a second communication processor electrically or operationally connected to the at least one RFIC and the first communication processor; and at least one memory which is operationally connected to the first communication processor and the second communication process or is a part of at least one of the first communication processor or the second communication processor, and which is configured to store a first threshold value related to the at least one RFIC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: Hyoungjoo Lee, Wonsuk Chung, Sangho Lee, Hyejeong Kim, Euichang Jung
  • Patent number: 11516749
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide various aspects that would allow for Vehicle to Everything (V2X) or peer-to-peer (P2P) or sidelink (SL) communications. In an embodiment, a communication device may include: a memory for storing computer-readable instructions; and processing circuitry, configured to process the instructions stored in the memory to: obtain a first path loss between the communication device and a base station, wherein the communication device is coupled to the base station; calculate a second path loss based on one or more sidelink reference signal received power (S-RSRP) indicators received by the communication device, wherein the S-RSRP indicators are received from one or more communication devices within a communication range of the communication device; and determine a transmit (Tx) power of the communication device based on the first path loss and the second path loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Scholand, Francois Deparis, Yanzhong Dai, Dun Liu, Jun Zhou, Qingyun Guo, Weijie Sun, Donghui Guo, Jun Wang, Wei Jiang, Daguo Li, Yubao Li, Baoyu Sun, Huiqiang Zhou, Xuanbing Liu, Zhibin Yu, Ningbo Gao
  • Patent number: 11516746
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a power offset parameter. One method (500) includes determining (502) a power vector using at least one sounding reference signal resource. The power vector includes a power corresponding to each port of a device. The method (500) includes determining (504) a power offset parameter based on the power vector, and transmitting (506) the power offset parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Chenxi Zhu, Bingchao Liu
  • Patent number: 11516750
    Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters of: one or more first cells of a first cell type; and one or more second cells of a second cell type. A calculated total transmit power for a plurality of signals is determined. The plurality of signals comprise a first sounding reference signal (SRS) configured for transmission, during a time interval, via the one or more first cells; and a second SRS configured for transmission, during the time interval, via the one or more second cells. The wireless device drops a transmission of the first SRS or scales a transmission power of the first SRS, based on a SRS transmit power priority of the first SRS, when the calculated total transmit power exceeds a first value. The SRS transmit power priority is based on a cell type of the one or more first cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan
  • Patent number: 11510156
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The disclosure provides a method for sending a power headroom report (PHR) to a base station in a multi-rat dual connectivity (MR-DC) deployment in a UE (100). The method comprises determining, by the UE (100), that a transmit power required is greater than a maximum transmit power of the UE (100) and determining, by the UE (100), a PHR reporting criteria is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fasil Abdul Latheef
  • Patent number: 11501161
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for providing factors that explain the generated results of a deep neural network (DNN). In embodiments, multiple machine learning models and a DNN are trained on a training dataset. A preliminary set of trained machine learning models with similar results to the trained DNN are selected for further evaluation. The preliminary set of machine learning models may be evaluated using a distribution analysis to select a reduced set of machine learning models. Results produced by the reduced set of machine learning models are compared, point-by-point, to the results produced by the DNN. The best performing machine learning model with generated results that performs closest to the DNN generated results may be selected. One or more factors used by the selected machine learning model are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Vaidyanathan Venkatraman, Rajan Madhavan, Omar Rahman, Niranjan Shivanand Kumbi, Brajendra Kumar Bhujabal, Ajay Awatramani
  • Patent number: 11496966
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may communicate with a user equipment (UE) or multiple UEs using multicast transmissions, and each of the multiple UEs may use shared resources to transmit feedback. A UE may receive a power control configuration associated with multicast communications and indicating one or more control parameters or weighting factors for uplink feedback. The UE may monitor a set of downlink resources for the multicast message from the base station, and may determine a decoding failure for the multicast message. The UE may determine whether to transmit uplink feedback to the base station based on the received power control parameters, such as adjusting UE transmit power using a weighting factor or other power control parameters. The UE may determine whether to transmit the uplink feedback message indicating the decoding failure based on the power control configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Le Liu, Peter Gaal, Ayan Sengupta, Alberto Rico Alvarino, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tao Luo, Wanshi Chen, Prasad Reddy Kadiri, Mostafa Khoshnevisan, Umesh Phuyal, Xipeng Zhu
  • Patent number: 11496209
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method for a solar cell array is provided, the method includes emitting a communication message from the solar cell array by reverse biasing the solar cell array so as to cause at least a portion of the solar array to emit a detectable amount of radiation corresponding to the communication message. In one embodiment a solar cell array circuit is provided including a solar string comprising a plurality of solar cells coupled together, a charge storage device coupled to a power bus, and a bidirectional boost-buck converter having a first and second pair of MOSFETs connected in series between positive and negative rails of the power bus with an inductor coupled from between the first and second paired MOSFETs to a charging output of the solar string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Nader Michael Lotfy, Eric James Aagaard
  • Patent number: 11496971
    Abstract: Dynamically limiting uplink transmit power of wireless devices that are known to be within range of a dense cluster or quantity of access nodes. Wireless devices can report identifiers of nearby access nodes. Responsive to determining a large quantity of identifiers from a wireless device in a specific location, the maximum allowable transmit power of the wireless device (or other wireless devices in the same area) can be reduced Power can be reduced for HPUEs as well as LPUEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11496967
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for power headroom reporting for multiple uplink carriers. One apparatus includes a transceiver that receives a configuration of a plurality of UL carriers for a serving cell. The first apparatus includes a processor that determines that a PHR has been triggered, where the PHR for the serving cell is determined to be a virtual PHR. The processor determines a default power control parameter set for the serving cell and calculates a PHR for the serving cell. Here, calculating the PHR includes calculating a virtual PH based on the default power control parameter set. The processor transmits (via the transceiver) the calculated PHR for the serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Joachim Loehr, Hyejung Jung, Vijay Nangia, Prateek Basu Mallick
  • Patent number: 11481935
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for iterative reconstruction. Raw data detected from a plurality of angles by an imaging device may be obtained. A first seed image may be generated by performing a filtered back projection on the raw data. A first air mask may be determined by performing a minimum value back projection (BP) on the raw data. One or more images may be reconstructed by performing an iterative reconstruction based on the first seed image, the first air mask, and the raw data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Stanislav Zabic, Patrick Kling, Wenjing Cao, Alexander Zamyatin, Zhicong Yu, Haohua Sun
  • Patent number: 11467001
    Abstract: A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium has stored therein a program for causing a processor to execute a process that includes: adjusting a difference between a first environment map created based on a feature of a given image among captured first time-series images and a second environment map created based on a feature of a given image among second time-series images captured separately from the first time-series images; comparing a position of an image related to a position and orientation calculated based on information on the first environment map with a position of an image related to a position and orientation calculated based on information on the second environment map, and calculating an adjustment value for adjusting a difference between the first environment map and the second environment map based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Asako Kitaura, Takushi Fujita