Patents Examined by Keith Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11968036
    Abstract: A jamming satellite avoidance method changes an orbital altitude for each of orbital planes with different normal vectors in a mega-constellation satellite group composed of 100 or more satellites, so as to avoid a jamming satellite controlled by a ground device that is different from a device that controls the mega-constellation satellite group. The jamming satellite is an artificial satellite that includes a propulsion device and adopts a nominal orbital altitude and a nominal orbital inclination at which the mega-constellation satellite group flies, and maintains an average orbital altitude and an average orbital inclination while operating the propulsion device irregularly, and is controlled by the ground device that is different from the device that controls the mega-constellation satellite group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisayuki Mukae
  • Patent number: 11956029
    Abstract: A system (100) for testing of wireless power equipment in the form of a wireless power transmitter device and a wireless power receiver device is disclosed. The system (100) has a probe device (110) and an analyzer device (130). The probe device (110) has at least one pickup coil (112), the pickup coil being adapted to be placed between a surface of a housing of the wireless power transmitter device and a surface of a housing of the wireless power receiver device to generate electric signals by capturing electromagnetic signals exchanged between the wireless power transmitter and receiver devices pursuant to a wireless power transfer protocol. The probe device (110) also has an interface (114) for providing the electric signals generated by the pickup coil (112) to the analyzer device (130). The analyzer device (130) has an interface (132) for receiving the electric signals from the probe device (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOK9 AB
    Inventors: Laurens Swaans, Max Andersson
  • Patent number: 11943042
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a device for detecting a zone of communication between a user terminal and a satellite constellation including a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous (non-GEO) orbit includes one or more processors and memory. The memory stores instructions that, as a result of being executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to: determine a location of the device, wherein the location corresponds to a field of regard for detecting the zone of communication, and wherein the field of regard corresponds to an antenna aperture of the phased array antenna; evaluate a level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the field of regard; and output, to a user of the device, an indication of the level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the field of regard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas Laurance Robinson, Calder Christiansen Foster Coalson, Jared Michael Greene, Steven Douglas Gregory, Elliott Macdonald Schwartz, Aidan Bauer
  • Patent number: 11943044
    Abstract: A communication system has a first satellite, a second satellite, and a physical or wireless connection connecting the first satellite with the second satellite. The satellites each communicate with a different ground station and ensure continuous communication during handover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: AST & Science, LLC
    Inventor: Abel Avellan
  • Patent number: 11923961
    Abstract: A beam layout is optimised for a given traffic distribution and network state by determining optimum beam centre positions and generating a beam layout so as to meet system requirements and minimise the distances of locations within a coverage area from the optimum beam centre positions. Adjacent beams in low traffic areas may be merged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Inmarsat Global Limited
    Inventors: Adam Alexander Liddell, Pavan Bhave, Benjamin Moores
  • Patent number: 11916647
    Abstract: A communications system for line-of-sight (LOS) and beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications using a single aperture includes one or more operators positioned within an environment, wherein each operator includes a common aperture, one or more low-earth orbit satellites communicatively coupled to a plurality of communications sub-systems disposed on the operators. In one embodiment, the communications sub-systems may include a first antenna element to transmit and receive first radio frequency signals along a first directional link via the common aperture. In another embodiment, the communications sub-systems may include a second antenna element to transmit and receive second radio frequency signals along a second directional link via the common aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Graf, James A. Stevens
  • Patent number: 11917552
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: at least one antenna; and at least one communication processor configured to upport first network communication with a first network and second network communication with a second network different from the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaemoon Cha, Seonyun Kim, Yeonjoo Lee, Suyoung Park, Sunmin Hwang
  • Patent number: 11909103
    Abstract: A base station antenna includes first and second arrays that include respective pluralities of first and second radiating elements arranged along the longitudinal direction of the base station antenna, the second array transversely adjacent the first array. A longitudinal position of each second radiating element is staggered from that of the corresponding first radiating element. The first array comprises first and second sub-arrays, each of which comprises one or a plurality of adjacent first radiating elements. A phase center of the combination of the first and second subarrays is basically aligned with a sub-phase center of the second array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bo Huang, Yunzhe Li
  • Patent number: 11909506
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a satellite communication system includes a satellite constellation including a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous orbit (non-GEO), wherein at least some of the plurality of satellites travel in a first orbital path at a first inclination, and an end point terminal having an earth-based geographic location, the end point terminal having an antenna system defining a field of regard for communicating with the satellite constellation, wherein the field of regard is a limited field of regard, wherein the field of regard is tilted from a non-tilted position to a tilted position, and wherein the tilt angle of the tilted position is a function of the latitude of the geographic location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Duncan E. Adams, David Milroy, Jonathan François Cornelis Herman, Jessica D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11902902
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media that schedules requests for location data of a mobile device, where the methods include selecting a first positioning system based on a power requirement, a latency requirement, and an accuracy requirement, and determining whether a first condition is satisfied for querying the first positioning system. The method further comprises in response to a determination that the first condition is satisfied, querying the first positioning system for first position data. The method further comprises in response to a determination that the first condition is not satisfied, selecting a second positioning system based on the power requirement, the latency requirement, and the accuracy requirement, determining whether a second condition is satisfied for querying the second positioning system, and in response to a determination that the second condition is satisfied, querying the second positioning system for second position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Piotr Gurgul, Lucas Rangit Magasweran
  • Patent number: 11902900
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to power reduction measures that can be employed by wireless user equipment (UE) participating in an extended reality (XR) application. A wireless UE, while operating in a first power state, may receive, from an XR service provider, a plurality of packets corresponding to a video frame. The UE may reassemble and decode the received packets to reproduce the video frame. Once the UE determines it has received information sufficient to reproduce the video frame, the UE may enter a second power state, different from the first power state, for a predetermined amount of time. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuchul Kim, Jay Kumar Sundararajan, Naga Bhushan, Hwan Joon Kwon, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Yeliz Tokgoz, Wei Yang, Huilin Xu, Jing Lei, Ravi Agarwal, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Tingfang Ji
  • Patent number: 11894919
    Abstract: A satellite signal processing method includes: receiving, at a user equipment, a first satellite signal of a first frequency band from at least one satellite of a constellation of satellites; receiving, at the user equipment, a second satellite signal of a second frequency band and from the at least one satellite of the constellation of satellites; and controlling an activation status of at least one of: a first satellite signal receive chain, of the user equipment, configured to measure the first satellite signal; or a second satellite signal receive chain, of the user equipment, configured to measure the second satellite signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rayman Pon, Pranav Iyengar, Liang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11885896
    Abstract: Positioning methods suitable for use in a wireless network that utilizes beamformed communication are disclosed. In an aspect, a range and/or granularity for reporting a reference signal timing difference (RSTD) may be configurable according to one or more beam parameters (e.g., a repetition factor, a beam shape, a frequency band, a subcarrier spacing numerology, a cyclic prefix, etc.). In another aspect, a transmitting node may transmit one or more parameters associated with a beam used to transmit a positioning reference signal (e.g., an angle of departure, a zenith of departure, a beamwidth, etc.). According to another aspect, a cyclic prefix length for a positioning reference signal that a transmitting node transmits via one or more beams may be configured to increase a number of neighbor cells visible to a receiving node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo, Ozge Koymen, Wooseok Nam, Samel Celebi
  • Patent number: 11876919
    Abstract: A terminal device includes: a housing; a display assembly, disposed on a housing and provided with a light transmitting hole; an optical component, disposed in a housing and opposite to the light transmitting hole; a secondary display assembly, disposed in the housing; a reflection part, movably disposed in the housing; and a drive component, disposed in the housing, connected to the reflection part, and driving the reflection part to move between a first state and a second state, where in the first state, the reflection part is located outside an optical channel between the optical component and the light transmitting hole, and in the second state, and the reflection part is located between the light transmitting hole and the optical component, and reflects, to the light transmitting hole, light emitted by the secondary display assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiangling Qu, Dongcun Cheng, Zhengjun Luo
  • Patent number: 11871167
    Abstract: A power tool having multiple wireless communication states and a method of wirelessly communicating by a power tool. The power tool includes a motor, a battery pack interface that selectively receives a battery pack, a backup power source, and a wireless communication controller coupled to the backup power source and the battery pack interface. The wireless communication controller operates in a connectable state when coupled to a battery pack and transmits tool operational data to the external device and receives tool configuration data from the external device. The wireless communication controller operates in an advertisement state when the wireless communication controller is coupled to and powered by the backup power source. In the advertisement state, the wireless communication controller is configured to transmit the unique tool identifier. The external device may also display an indication of the communication state of the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Burtrom Lee Stampfl, Matthew J. Mergener, Alex Huber, Paul Rossetto, Cole A. Conrad, Stephen Matson, Scott R. Fischer, Mark A. Kubale, Christian Coulis
  • Patent number: 11871359
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for configurable radio frequency (RF) exposure compliance based on region. An example method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) generally includes identifying a region in which the UE is located, selecting at least one of a mode or one or more parameters for RF exposure compliance based on the identified region, and transmitting a signal at a transmission power level based at least in part on the at least one of the selected mode or the selected one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lin Lu, Jagadish Nadakuduti, Akhil Deodhar, Troy Curtiss, Paul Guckian
  • Patent number: 11863287
    Abstract: Technology for a pre-amplification system for a modem is disclosed. The pre-amplification system can include an uplink-downlink signal path communicatively coupled between a first modem port of the modem and a first donor antenna port. The pre-amplification system can include a downlink signal path communicatively coupled between a second modem port of the modem and a second donor antenna port. The downlink signal path can include a pre-amplifier configured to amplify a received downlink cellular signal to produce an amplified downlink cellular signal to be directed to the second modem port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Wilson Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Ilesh V. Patel, Christopher Ken Ashworth
  • Patent number: 11863289
    Abstract: A satellite communication system in which a plurality of satellites each transit about the Earth in a common mid-Earth orbit. The orbit may be configured such that each satellite of the plurality of satellites follows a common, repeating ground track relative to the surface of the Earth. In turn, one or more repeating sky tracks may be defined relative to at least one ground station such that the ground station is in continuous communication with at least one of the plurality of satellites. In an example, a ground station may have visibility to a plurality of repeating sky tracks such that a plurality of discreet communication channels is provided that use different satellites for communication with user terminals of the satellite communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventor: Aaron Mendelsohn
  • Patent number: 11856525
    Abstract: A high-frequency signal processing apparatus and a wireless communication apparatus can achieve a decrease in power consumption. For example, when an indicated power level to a high-frequency power amplifier is equal to or greater than a second reference value, envelope tracking is performed by causing a source voltage control circuit to control a high-speed DCDC converter using a detection result of an envelope detecting circuit and causing a bias control circuit to indicate a fixed bias value. The source voltage control circuit and the bias control circuit indicate a source voltage and a bias value decreasing in proportion to a decrease in the indicated power level when the indicated power level is in a range of the second reference value to the first reference value, and indicate a fixed source voltage and a fixed bias value when the indicated power level is less than the first reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Kiichiro Takenaka, Takayuki Tsutsui, Taizo Yamawaki, Shun Imai
  • Patent number: 11848746
    Abstract: A satellite provides communication between user terminals (UTs) and ground stations that connect to other networks, such as the Internet. To establish initial contact with a satellite, a UT searches for a satellite's beacon using a phased array or other steerable antenna with a directional receive pattern. The UT retrieves a sky coverage map and stored satellite ephemeris data. The sky coverage map defines discrete areas of the entire sky, with each area based on satellite beacon coverage areas, receive beamwidth of the UT receive antenna, and receive antenna horizon limits. Based on a geolocation of the UT, time, and the ephemeris data, a predicted area in the sky of the satellite is determined. Candidate areas of the sky coverage map are determined that overlap the predicted area, and the receive antenna is directed to search the candidate areas for the satellite beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Xiaoyi Wang