Patents Examined by Kevin Kim
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Patent number: 11930354Abstract: Methods and systems for anonymously tracking and/or analyzing flow or movement of individual subjects and/or objects using mobile identifying information. In particular, there is provided a computer-implemented method for enabling anonymous estimation of the amount and/or flow of individual subjects and/or objects, referred to as individuals, in a population moving and/or coinciding between two or more tempo-spatial locations.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MOBITRAX ABInventor: Leonard Kåberg Johard
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Patent number: 11930422Abstract: A method performed by a mobile terminal is provided for supporting positioning of the mobile terminal. The method includes receiving a defined filter pattern from a network node in a communications network or another node of the communications network, discovering identities of a plurality of reference devices based on signals received from the plurality of reference devices, filtering the identities of the plurality of reference devices to obtain a subset of identities of the plurality of reference devices that each satisfy the defined filter pattern, and reporting information on the subset of the identities of the plurality of reference devices to the network node.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Prajwol Kumar Nakarmi, Åke Busin, Fredrik Gunnarsson
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Patent number: 11919447Abstract: The invention disclosed in this application is design to detect and alarm if any of the vehicles being transported on a vehicle carrier shift in such a manner that the vehicle on the carrier might impact the underside of a highway overpass. The invention also includes a continuous measurement of the carrier height relative to the roadway.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Inventor: Barton Edward Viers
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Patent number: 11916714Abstract: The present disclosure provides communication apparatus and communication method for control signaling. The communication apparatus comprises circuitry, which, in operation, generates a transmission signal comprising a first signal field which comprises a first part and a second part, each comprising an equal number of data bits, wherein the data bits of the second part of the first signal field does not comprise version independent bits; and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmit the generated transmission signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Lei Huang, Yoshio Urabe, Rojan Chitrakar
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Patent number: 11916752Abstract: In one embodiment, a device obtains an indication of a network event predicted by a routing engine for a network. The device initiates monitoring of one or more network paths associated with the network event, to determine one or more states of the network. The device makes a comparison between the one or more states of the network and a set of one or more constraints. The device provides a prediction cancelation notification to the routing engine, based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Grégory Mermoud, Vinay Kumar Kolar, Pierre-André Savalle
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Patent number: 11916814Abstract: A method for transmitting data in a power line communication network, the method being executed in a network node device configured so as to communicate in a plurality of separate frequency bands with a second network node device, the method comprising steps for selecting a transmission mode for transmitting in a frequency band called “extended frequency band” comprising at least two separate frequency bands chosen from among the plurality of separate frequency bands; distributing data to be transmitted in the extended frequency band into a plurality of groups of data, each group being assigned to just one of the at least two separate frequency bands; and transmitting the data in each of the plurality of groups of data in the separate frequency band to which the group is assigned, the step for distributing the data being carried out by a data interleaver.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SAGEMCOM ENERGY & TELECOM SASInventors: Jérôme Barois, Julien Barthes, Clément Terrien
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Patent number: 11917513Abstract: A load control system may include one or more wireless control devices that may be associated via a programming device. An identifier for a first wireless control device may be determined in response to an actuation of a button on the first wireless control device. An association between the first wireless control device and a second wireless control device may be defined at the programming device. The identifier for the first wireless control device may be transmitted to the second wireless control device, which may cause the first wireless control device to enter a sleep mode. The first wireless control device may enter the sleep mode after an actuation of a button on the first wireless control device. The identifier may be determined in response to the actuation of the button on the first wireless control device and/or prior to the first wireless control device entering the sleep mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventor: Timothy Mann
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Patent number: 11917602Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) are provided. The UE may receive, from a base station, an indication of an emission specification for each of one or more beams, the emission specification for each of the one or more beams being associated with an NTN. The UE may communicate, with the base station via the one of the one or more beams, based on the emission specification for the one or more beams.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alberto Rico Alvarino, Liangping Ma, Xiao Feng Wang
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Patent number: 11910350Abstract: Improved positioning resolution and latency may be achieved via physical layer signaling between a mobile device (UE) and a base station. The physical layer procedures may aid target UEs in enhancing their positioning accuracy and latency, and/or reducing network overhead while boosting UE power efficiency. Accordingly, a base station may receive, via physical layer signaling from a UE, a request for positioning-resources, for example in response to a determination that current positioning-resources of the UE need to be adjusted. The base station may responsively transmit, via physical layer signaling to the UE, an indication of adjusted positioning-resources, and may optionally transmit an indication of corresponding allocated grant-resources. The base station may receive, via physical layer signaling from the UE, positioning information resulting from positioning measurements performed by the UE according to the adjusted positioning-resources.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang
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Patent number: 11902931Abstract: Methods and apparatus for transmitting positioning measurement report are provided. The method includes a step of receiving a location information request from a serving base station or from a location server, a step of determining timing for transmitting a positioning measurement report, a step of generating a report assisted message based on the determined timing for transmitting the positioning measurement report, and a step of transmitting the report assisted message to the serving base station. The key idea of this disclosure is requesting UL resources for positioning measurement report in advance by transmitting a report assisted message. Consequently, the UE can transmit the positioning measurement report just after the measurement data being generated. The disclosure can minimize the delay from positioning measurement data generation to the positioning measurement report.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Tao Tao, Jianguo Liu, Zhe Luo, Yan Meng, Zhilan Xiong
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Patent number: 11899206Abstract: A display device of the disclosure is a display device to be mounted on a vehicle, and includes a display panel, a first input unit, a second input unit, a third input unit, and a controller. The first input unit is configured so as to acquire an engine rotation speed. The second input unit is configured so as to acquire a vehicle speed. The third input unit is configured so as to acquire a shift position of a transmission of a vehicle. The controller is configured so that a first image representing the engine rotation speed and one or more second images representing the vehicle speed are combined and a combined image is displayed on the display panel. The controller is configured so that switching of the second images is carried out based on the shift position.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Kaoru Kusafuka, Sunao Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11902857Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for human activity analysis and localization using channel state information (CSI). A streamlined data processing and feature extraction approach that addresses concept drifts for time series data is provided. Data obtained from CSI or any other mechanism is used to estimate the wireless channel between two different wireless nodes (e.g., an access point (AP) and an associated station (STA)), and can be used to train a robust system capable of performing room level localization. A phase and magnitude augmented feature space along with a standardization technique that is little affected by drifts is also used.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Aerial Technologies Inc.Inventors: Qianyu Liu, Negar Ghourchian, Michel Allegue Martinez, Raihan Seraj
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Patent number: 11895051Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, terminal device, network device and apparatuses for determining a Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS) configuration parameter. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method of interference measurement comprises determining a PTRS transmission resource configuration parameter based on a resource allocation type to be used in data transmission. With embodiments of the present disclosure, it may determine different PTRS configuration parameters for different resource allocation types, and thus provide a more suitable PTRS configuration solution for different resource allocation cases.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukai Gao, Gang Wang
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Patent number: 11894965Abstract: A Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system in a radio access network (RAN) comprises a virtualized baseband unit, an antenna array; and a fronthaul network that connects the virtualized baseband unit to the antenna array. For a first set of antennas in the antenna array, the virtualized baseband unit generates a first MIMO matrix from channel state information (CSI); computes a sparse update matrix corresponding to an update to the first set of antennas; sums the sparse update matrix with the first MIMO matrix to produce a second MIMO matrix corresponding to a second set of antennas in the antenna array; determines which of the MIMO matrices results in a better CSI, MIMO condition number, peak-to-average-power ratio, or quality metric of spatial subchannels; and based on the determination, selects the first set of antennas or the second set of antennas to transmit or receive signals in the RAN.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Tybalt, LLCInventor: Steve Shattil
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Patent number: 11894962Abstract: A method of transmitting an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol having a guard interval including a cyclically repeated part of an original symbol comprises applying a guard interval for the OFDM symbol, the guard interval including a first part, where the first part is a cyclic prefix, including an indication whether the applied guard interval has a second part, wherein the second part is a cyclic prefix and/or postfix, applying, when indicated to be present, the second part of the guard interval, and transmitting the OFDM symbol. A method of receiving the symbol, transmitter, receiver and computer programs for implementing the methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Dennis Sundman, Miguel Lopez
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Patent number: 11889459Abstract: The invention relates to methods and systems for phase-based determination of a distance and/or a frequency offset between a first node and a second node in a wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V., TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFTInventors: Tarik Kazaz, Mario Alberto Coutino Minguez, Gerardus Johannes Maria Janssen, Geert Jozef Therese Leus, Alle Jan Van der Veen
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Patent number: 11882443Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first authentication request in response to a first triggering request from the UE to a mobility management node of a first Tracking Area (TA) in which the UE is located. In some embodiments, the UE may prepare and store an authentication response according to the first authentication request. In response to determining that the UE has moved from the first TA to a second TA, the UE may abort a sending of the authentication response, and may send the stored authentication response according to the first authentication request to the mobility management node of the second TA in response to the receipt of the second authentication request and in further response to a determination that a given parameter of each of the first and second authentication requests are the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Nirlesh Koshta, Krisztian Kiss, Pradeep Pangi, Sridhar Prakasam, Vijay Venkataraman
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Patent number: 11882068Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for transmitting and receiving signals between a user equipment and a base station in a wireless communication system and device for supporting the same. More specifically, the invention discloses a signal transmission method applicable when a user equipment simultaneously transmits uplink control information and a reference signal to a base station.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hanjun Park, Changhwan Park, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim
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Patent number: 11870470Abstract: A software-defined radio equipment includes a hardware/module, implements radio equipment functions by downloading radio communication software that controls the hardware/module from an external source, and switches the radio communication software by using a distributed object. The software-defined radio equipment includes a first means that transmits, when a hardware to be used by the radio communication software is selected from the hardware/module, first predetermined information of the selected hardware, a second means that interrupts an execution of the radio communication software before selection when the selection is reselection and transmits second predetermined information of a selected hardware after the reselection, and a third means that transmits predetermined information of a hardware that is currently being selected. Further, if the selected hardware is the hardware that is currently being selected, an error is detected.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.Inventors: Tomoya Shoji, Michitomo Suzuki, Nobuyuki Uchikawa
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Patent number: 11871257Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration, the PRS configuration including at least a PRS periodicity defining repetitions of one or more PRS resources associated with at least a first transmission-reception point (TRP), receives a measurement gap configuration including at least a measurement gap repetition period (MGRP) defining repetitions of a measurement gap, and performs one or more positioning measurements of at least the one or more PRS resources during one or more repetitions of a measurement period, the one or more repetitions of the measurement period having an effective measurement periodicity, the effective measurement periodicity based on an alignment periodicity and a time period T during which the UE can process a duration N of PRS symbols, the alignment periodicity based on the PRS periodicity and the MGRP.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Sony Akkarakaran, Arash Mirbagheri