Patents Examined by John J Lee
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11463965
    Abstract: A technique for power control including receiving, by a user device, a resource block allocation for uplink transmission that includes one or more resource blocks within a frequency channel; determining at least one resource allocation region for which an uplink resource block allocation within the resource allocation region will require an additional maximum power reduction (e.g., to reduce interference to a protected frequency band); and applying, by the user device, the additional maximum power reduction for a transmission power of the user device based on the resource block allocation being within the at least one resource allocation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Antti Piipponen, Vesa Lehtinen, Petri Vasenkari, Jaakko Marttila
  • Patent number: 11461894
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: acquiring a first image including at least a part of an inspection device and a second image including at least a part of a subject; estimating a position of the inspection device based on the first image; estimating position and orientation information for the subject based on the second image; identifying an inspection region of the subject from results of estimating; and receiving a finalization instruction to finalize an inspection result to be recorded or output to an external apparatus based on sequentially acquired inspection results of the subject, and a finalization instruction to finalize inspection region information to be recorded or output to the external apparatus in association with the inspection result, wherein the finalization instruction for the inspection region information is received before the finalization instruction for the inspection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jun Odagiri
  • Patent number: 11452048
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify one or more overlaps between a first set of uplink transmissions on one or more master cell groups (MCGs) and a second set of uplink transmissions on one or more secondary cell groups (SCGs), wherein the first set of uplink transmissions are associated with respective first priority levels and the second set of uplink transmissions are associated with respective second priority levels; determine a power sharing configuration for the first set of uplink transmissions and the second set of uplink transmissions; and drop one or more transmissions, of at least one of the first set of uplink transmissions or the second set of uplink transmissions, based at least in part on the respective first priority levels and the respective second priority levels. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeda, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Peter Gaal, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 11452049
    Abstract: This application provides a power sharing method and apparatus. The method includes: estimating a first transmit power based on a traffic volume of terminal devices to be scheduled in a first carrier in a first scheduling period, where the first transmit power is a transmit power required in the first carrier to schedule the to-be-scheduled terminal devices in the first scheduling period; and estimating a second transmit power based on the first transmit power and an initially configured transmit power of the first carrier, where the second transmit power is a remaining transmit power of the first carrier in the first scheduling period. According to the power sharing method and apparatus provided in this application, a remaining transmit power of a carrier in a scheduling period is estimated based on the traffic volume of the to-be-scheduled terminal devices, thereby improving accuracy of transmit power sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Wu, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11445447
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of an uplink transmission configuration indication (TCI) state. The UE may determine that the uplink TCI state identifies a pathloss reference signal for an associated uplink transmission. The UE may determine an uplink power control parameter for the uplink transmission based at least in part on the pathloss reference signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kiran Venugopal, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Tianyang Bai, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11438033
    Abstract: In 5G/6G wireless networks, user devices and base stations may adjust their transmission power according to the distance to the recipient, and thereby provide sufficient reception without wasting energy or generating interference. User devices can determine their own location by GPS, for example, and transmit that data to the base station so that the base station can adjust its downlink power accordingly. Likewise. base stations can transmit their location coordinates to user devices in, for example, a system information message. Sidelink, or V2V and V2X, messages can likewise be power-adjusted after user devices exchange their location coordinates. Mobile user devices can also indicate their speed and direction of travel, so that the base station or other user devices can calculate the changing distance and compensate power accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ULTRALOGIC 6G, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
  • Patent number: 11438847
    Abstract: This application provides a power control method including: receiving, by a second node, radio resource control (RRC) from a first node, where the RRC includes a power control parameter set configured for the second node, the power control parameter set includes a power control index, and the power control index is determined based on a transmission mode or a transmission capability of the second node; receiving downlink control information (DCI) including power control index indication information used to: when the first node schedules the second node, indicate a value of a power control index that is for uplink transmission and that is for the second node; determining a transmit power based on the power control index indication information and the power control parameter set; and sending a signal at the determined transmit power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengwei Liu, Shitong Yuan, Lei Chen
  • Patent number: 11432245
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a signal transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, information indicating a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource, the information corresponding to a target uplink signal; determining, by the terminal device, a power control parameter of the target uplink signal according to the information indicating the CSI-RS resource; determining, by the terminal device, a transmit power of the target uplink signal according to the power control parameter; and sending, by the terminal device, the target uplink signal to the network device according to the transmit power. The method, the terminal device, and the network device in the embodiments of this application help improve the accuracy of power control, so that system transmission performance can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhong Chen, Zhihua Shi
  • Patent number: 11425663
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide a wireless communication method and devices. The method comprises: a terminal device obtains maximum sending power and/or transmit power control (TPC) information corresponding to each sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set in at least one SRS resource set; and sends an SRS by using SRS resources in each SRS resource set on the basis of the maximum sending power and/or TPC information corresponding to each SRS resource set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihua Shi, Wenhong Chen, Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11424787
    Abstract: Base stations and user devices can transmit 5G and 6G messages with a wide range of transmission power levels. Selecting the appropriate power level for each message is a complex problem, dependent on the distance to the recipient, the background noise and interference level, priority, and many other conflicting factors. To provide an objective recommendation of the transmitter power level, an artificial intelligence model may be trained, using actual network and message parameters, to accurately predict the subsequent network performance versus power level. Then, a practical algorithm may be derived from the trained AI model, and used by base stations and user devices to select an appropriate transmission power level according to current network conditions and message properties. Use of an appropriate transmission power level for each message may reduce message faults, enhance reliability, mitigate external noise and interference, and save energy especially for battery-operated user devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ULTRALOGIC 6G, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
  • Patent number: 11425666
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may determine a set of power adjustment values for a set of symbols to be used to transmit a data signal in a slot. In some cases, each power adjustment value corresponds to a power adjustment to be applied when transmitting a respective symbol in the slot. The transmitting device may transmit a control signal to a receiving device indicating the set of power adjustment values. The transmitting device may transmit the data signal on the set of symbols in the slot, applying the indicated set of power adjustment values to the set of symbols. The receiving device may decode the data signal based on the indicated set of power adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Guy Wolf, Noam Zach, Sharon Levy
  • Patent number: 11418990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for performing measurement reporting considering in-device coexistence interference. The present invention provide a user equipment transmitting a measurement report in a wireless communication system, comprising an interference detection unit, an assistant information generation unit, a measurement controller and a transmitter. According to the present invention, a measurement procedure can be clearly defined in an interference delicate band where in-device coexistence interference occurs and scheduling restrictions on an eNodeB due to measurement reporting about an interference delicate band can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Ahn, Ki Bum Kwon, Myung Cheul Jung
  • Patent number: 11412458
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that provide for measuring one or more reference signals on one or more sub-bands of a wide-bandwidth communications frequency band. A user equipment (UE) may measure a path loss of a first frequency sub-band of a set of frequency sub-bands, and may determine an estimated path loss for a second frequency sub-band based on the measured path loss of the first frequency sub-band. A transmission power for the second frequency sub-band may be determined based on the estimated path loss for the second frequency sub-band, and a transmission using the second frequency sub-band may use the determined transmission power. The UE may maintain multiple transmitter power control (TPC) loops for multiple sub-bands, and power control commands for the first frequency sub-band may be used for one or more other sub-bands that are associated with the first sub-band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11412354
    Abstract: A terminal participates in a group call based on a Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) service. The terminal includes a baseband processor and an application processor. In some embodiments, the baseband processor receives an MCPTT service-related message from outside and determines whether to transmit the MCPTT service-related message to the application processor. The baseband processor may make the determination based on the MCPTT service-related message or based on an operation state of the application processor. As a result of the determining, some embodiments include performing, by at least one of the baseband processor and the application processor, MCPTT service-related operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-suk Ko, Jun-hyuk Ko, Jae-sang Lim, Jin-su Jeong, Bo-ra Hyun
  • Patent number: 11405870
    Abstract: Selecting combinations of antennae of a wireless device based on transmission type includes determining a transmission type of a transmission between the wireless device and an access node and, based on the transmission type, instructing the wireless device to utilize different antenna configurations, including 5G EN-DC, MIMO, mm-wave, and other combinations. The different antenna configurations comprise different combinations of antennae of the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga