Patents Examined by Lewis G. West
  • Patent number: 11323555
    Abstract: A composite button is configured to be inserted into a button hole of a protective case for contacting a trigger button of an electronic device. The protective case includes a casing peripheral wall having an inner peripheral surface. The composite button includes a soft material layer having a contact surface suitable for contacting the trigger button, and a soft material connecting surface opposite to said contact surface. A hard material layer is connected to said soft material connecting surface. At least one of the soft and hard material layers has a peripheral flange suitable for abutting against the inner peripheral surface of the casing peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Evolutive Labs Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Fu Wang
  • Patent number: 11317361
    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal for controlling transmission power of the terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, a set of first sequences and an identifier for indicating uplink precoding information, generating a set of second sequences based on the set of first sequences and the uplink precoding information, and transmitting, to the base station, the set of second sequences at antenna ports, wherein each of the antenna ports corresponds to each sequence included in the set of second sequences, and wherein at least one of the set of first sequences and the uplink precoding information is generated based on at least one coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Hoondong Noh, Jinhyun Park, Youngwoo Kwak
  • Patent number: 11310358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart phone case combination keyboard for the blind that includes: a cover main body having a mounting space to which a smart phone is mounted so as to expose a display unit on an upper surface, a plurality of lower key holes formed toward downward on a lower surface, and a front key hole respectively formed on a left and right of a surface toward frontward; a keyboard cover embedded in the main body, having a plurality of keys respectively protruded through the lower key holes and operated by a thumb of a hand gripping the cover main body as a first front key and a second front key are protruded through each of the front key holes; a communication module performing communication between the smart phone and the keyboard; and a controller that controls to perform pairing with the smart phone through the communication module and to transmit a key input signal of the keyboard to the smart phone through the communication by the communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Tai Hong Choi
  • Patent number: 11304154
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method includes categorizing a number of synchronization signal (SS) blocks into M groups, each group having N SS blocks, wherein M and N are integers and assigning a power level for P transmitted group (s), wherein P is an integer and 1<=P<=M. The SS blocks in each of the P transmitted groups are transmitted in a same assigned power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMIIED
    Inventors: Zhennian Sun, Chenxi Zhu, Hongmei Liu, Wei Ling
  • Patent number: 11296744
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose a method including fabricating a one section foldable phone case for coupling with a foldable phone configured to fold from top to bottom, fabricating a one section foldable phone case for coupling with a foldable phone configured to fold from side to side, fabricating a two-section foldable phone case for coupling with a foldable phone configured to fold from top to bottom, fabricating a two-section foldable phone case for coupling with a foldable phone configured to fold from side to side, wherein phone cases are configured to view front and back foldable phone folded and unfolded screens, and embedding a RFID chip with a unique ID number into a foldable phone cases configured for locating and identifying a user's foldable phone case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Eli Altaras, Yusuf Altaras
  • Patent number: 11290586
    Abstract: A method of performing hook switching on behalf of a wireless handset based on wireless charging. The method includes obtaining, by a power transmitter of a telephone base, a handset identifier provided by a wireless handset via a power receiver that is wirelessly coupled to the power transmitter for wireless charging of the wireless handset. The method further includes determining whether the handset identifier matches a stored identifier, and based, in part, on the handset identifier matching the stored identifier, performing, by the telephone base, hook switching on behalf of the wireless handset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Yikai Lin, Zhaozhuo Li, Jianhua Jiang
  • Patent number: 11288650
    Abstract: A system and method for linking observed human activity on video to a user account of a preferred embodiment that includes: through a computer vision monitoring system, detecting and tracking a human as a computer vision modeled person within an environment, the computer vision monitoring system being part of a computing platform managing a user interaction experience; through at least one associative mechanism, establishing an association between the computer vision modeled person and at least one associative element and thereby associating the computer vision modeled person and a user-record linked through the associative element; and directing the user interaction experience at least in part based on the combination of the modeled person and at least the user-record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Grabango Co.
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Patent number: 11280998
    Abstract: An airborne scanning instrument may include a scanning mirror configured to be carried by an airborne platform and having a major reflective surface to define a scanning path directed toward Earth. The airborne scanning instrument may include a shaft configured to rotate the scanning mirror about a shaft axis. The major reflective surface of the scanning mirror may be tilted at a first angle from the shaft axis, and the shaft axis may be tilted at a second angle relative to horizontal. The airborne scanning instrument may include a detector aligned with the scanning mirror to define a detector path therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: Richard D. Forkert
  • Patent number: 11272382
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices reduce interference experienced by wireless communications devices. Methods include receiving a first signal from a first transceiver, the first signal being compatible with a first communications protocol, and configuring a filter based, at least in part, on the received first signal, the filter being communicatively coupled to a second transceiver collocated in a same wireless communications device as the first transceiver. The methods further include receiving a second signal, the second signal being compatible with a second communications protocol, and filtering the second signal to remove at least some components of the first signal from the second signal, the filtering reducing at least some interference from the first signal with the second signal. The methods also include providing the filtered second signal to the second transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Ankit Sharma, Ayush Sood, Suprojit Mukherjee, Ashok Nimmala, Rajendra Kumar Gundu Rao
  • Patent number: 11265415
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a terminal. The terminal includes a bezel, a screen, a lampshade, and a proximity light assembly. A periphery of the screen is fixedly connected to the bezel. The bezel is provided with a through hole. The lampshade is located on an inner side of the bezel and partially accommodated in the through hole. The proximity light assembly is located on the inner side of the bezel. The proximity light assembly is configured to emit emitted light into the lampshade and receive induced light passing through the lampshade. The emitted light passes through the lampshade to form emergent light. The emergent light intersects with a plane on which the screen is located. The terminal has a relatively high screen-to-body ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenlong Li, Xuanrui Fan
  • Patent number: 11265033
    Abstract: A method of operating the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a universal serial bus (USB) connector connectable to an external electronic device including a radio reception circuit configured to receive a radio signal and to convert the received radio signal into a digital signal, and a signal processing circuit configured to generate a sound corresponding to the digital signal based on a control signal transmitted by the electronic device, and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinhyuck Kang, Hyunil An, Wookwang Lee, Jaebyeong Han, Minjung Kim
  • Patent number: 11265411
    Abstract: A protective cover (1) having a flexible body (3) wherein the body is constructed from a clear material capable of adhering to a surface of an electronic touchscreen device (2), such as a smart phone or tablet, to prevent the spread of germs and viruses while not interfering with functionality of the electronic touchscreen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jose M. Schmidt, Veronica Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11258480
    Abstract: A key fob including at least one wireless communication circuit, a power supply node coupled to provide power to the at least one wireless communication circuit, a battery node, a battery power circuit, and an inductive power circuit. The battery power circuit provides power when a battery with sufficient charge is provided. The inductive power circuit only provides power when energized with inductive power when the battery is not provided or is not sufficiently charged. The inductive power circuit may include a rectifier circuit and an inductor and may further include regulator circuitry. The inductive power circuit does not perform wireless communications thereby simplifying circuitry and operation of the key fob and a corresponding access system. Since only configured to transfer power, the inductive power circuit may be optimized for power transfer. The access system inductively couples power to the key fob when within a predetermined coupling zone distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eber, Dorian Haslinger
  • Patent number: 11252532
    Abstract: A user computing device for identifying a driver of a vehicle on a trip is provided. The user computing device is associated with a first vehicle occupant, and is programmed to: (i) detect a second user computing device associated with a second vehicle occupant, (ii) initiate a ping exchange process including emitting a set of non-audible sonic ping signals and detecting a set of signals from the second user computing device over a duration of the trip, (iii) generate a relative positioning map of the user computing device with respect to the second user computing device, (iv) determine that the first vehicle occupant is one of a driver and a passenger of the vehicle, and (v) transmit, to a driver identification (“DI”) server, a trip report including the determination and the generated relative positioning map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: BLUEOWL, LLC
    Inventor: Bennett Smith
  • Patent number: 11252271
    Abstract: A portable communication terminal equipment case attached to terminal equipment including an enclosure having a front surface and a rear surface in which a camera lens is located, the equipment case includes a case body and a support unit including a first rotary section making a support unit rotatable around an axis perpendicular to an exterior surface of the case body, a first plate-piece section integral with the first rotary section, a second rotary section rotatable around an axis parallel with the exterior surface; and a second plate-piece section coupled to one end of the first plate-piece section via the second rotary section. A rotation axis center of the first rotary section is located adjacent to other-end short side in a longitudinal direction, at which the camera lens is not located, and offset in a direction toward one of corners with respect to a middle position of the short side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventor: Hitoko Koreeda
  • Patent number: 11252268
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a housing including a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface; a display at least partially accommodated in the housing and viewable through the first surface; a conductive layer disposed between the display and the second surface and including a first opening; a support disposed between the second surface and the conductive layer and including a conductive portion; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the conductive layer, and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal through an antenna including at least a portion of the conductive layer surrounding the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungmin Lee, Yonghan Lee, Hyoseok Na
  • Patent number: 11246101
    Abstract: A power control method includes: obtaining, by a first terminal, parameter information required for power control, where the parameter information includes at least one of a first parameter, a second parameter, and a third parameter; and determining, by the first terminal based on the parameter information, uplink transmit power used when uplink transmission is performed on a target beam or a target beam pair; where the first parameter includes a beam reception gain of a network device and/or a beam sending gain of the first terminal; the second parameter is used to indicate interference caused by a second terminal to the first terminal on the target beam; and the third parameter includes beam-specific target power and/or terminal-specific target power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lili Zhang, Guorong Li, Hongcheng Zhuang, Richard Stirling-Gallacher
  • Patent number: 11241077
    Abstract: The present invention is a portable device accessory that includes a cover, a plurality of hooks, a connector, a first adhesive pad, and a second adhesive pad. The first adhesive pad is attached to one side of the connector. The other side of the connector is attached to a portable device, such as mobile phone, by the second adhesive pad. The user may remove the cover to reveal the first adhesive pad, then temporary attaches the first adhesive pad to a mounting surface so the user may take a selfie with the portable device. After the portable device accessory is detached from the mounting surface, the user may place the cover over the first adhesive pad and pressed the cover and the connector towards each other thus enabling the plurality of attachments to be frictionally attach around a lateral wall of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventor: Ryan Carson Lewis
  • Patent number: 11239899
    Abstract: A playset comprises a near field communication extending system. The near field communication extending comprises a main antenna and a plurality of extending antennas. The main antenna is positioned at a first location of the playset and configured to wirelessly communicate to a near field communication device of a mobile device. The plurality of extending antennas is positioned at a plurality of different locations in an interior of the playset. Each of the plurality of extending antennas is connectable to the main antenna via a plurality of connection elements. The playset further comprises an antenna switching mechanism coupled to the plurality of extending antennas via a plurality of connection elements. The antenna switching mechanism is configured to switchably couple the main antenna with each of the plurality of extending antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan D. Nocon, Janice K. Rosenthal, Elliott H. Baumbach, Michael P. Goslin, Hunter J. Gibson, Jason A. Yeung
  • Patent number: 11233591
    Abstract: A method and method to detect vegetation growth into a wireless signal path. Signal strength indicators for a signal that is transmitted from a transmitter at a second location are received from a receiver at a first location. The signal strength indicators are determined to be consistent with a progression of a decrease in received signal strength corresponding to a growth of vegetation growing into a wireless signal path between the first location and the second location. A recent signal strength indicator is determined to be below a threshold from a baseline received signal strength, and a notification of likely vegetation encroachment into the wireless signal path is provided based on the recent signal strength indicator being below the threshold and determining that the signal strength indicators are consistent with a progression of a decrease in signal strength corresponding to a growth of vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: FPL Smart Services, LLC
    Inventor: Mark J. Prohaska