Patents Examined by Marceau Milord
  • Patent number: 11102718
    Abstract: A communication apparatus that performs a communication compliant with Wi-Fi NAN standard sets an operation channel of a data communication based on a communication compliant with the Wi-Fi NAN standard which is performed outside a Discovery Window and an operation channel of a data communication based on a communication compliant with a communication standard other than the Wi-Fi NAN standard to be the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuki Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11102338
    Abstract: A remote controller includes a remote controller body including a control device configured to receive a remote-control command. The remote controller further includes an antenna and a holding mechanism movably connected to two opposite sides of the remote controller body, respectively. The holding mechanism is configured to hold a mobile terminal. The remote controller further includes a connecting mechanism connected between the remote controller body and the holding mechanism and configured to enable the holding mechanism to move relative to the remote controller body to be in an extended state or in a contracted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumian Deng, Bo Yuan, Zhenkai Wu
  • Patent number: 11096025
    Abstract: A software-implemented wireless Bluetooth device proximity detection process and a wireless Bluetooth device proximity detection system are disclosed. The software-implemented wireless Bluetooth device proximity detection process and wireless Bluetooth device proximity detection system is able to be utilized by any system or mobile device that has Bluetooth technology to detect the presence of devices in an area. The software-implemented wireless Bluetooth device proximity detection process and wireless Bluetooth device proximity detection system is able to accurately determine how many individuals are in an area along with monitoring specific individuals. Unlike traditional motion sensor devices, the software-implemented wireless Bluetooth device proximity detection process and wireless Bluetooth device proximity detection system is less prone to jamming, spoofing, and outright failing to work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas David Monberg Thompson
  • Patent number: 11089464
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems, devices and methods described herein generally facilitate performing Bluetooth pairing between a first device and a second device. In accordance with one example embodiment, a first device generates a barcode that encodes Bluetooth pairing data for transmission to the second device, wherein the pairing data comprises a Bluetooth address associated with the first device, and wherein the pairing data further comprises a personal identification number usable to complete the Bluetooth pairing, the barcode is transmitted to the second device, and Bluetooth pairing is performed with the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Brown, Herbert Anthony Little
  • Patent number: 11089646
    Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of communicating with a master base station and a secondary base station, after it is decided, in a case where a radio resource control (RRC) state of the apparatus is Inactive state, where the apparatus is disconnected in a physical layer and is connected in a logical layer, to cause the RRC state to transit from the Inactive state to Connected state, where the apparatus is connected in the physical layer and the logical layer, executes processing for connecting with the master base station and the secondary base station, and in a case where the processing for connecting with the master base station or the secondary base station fails, causes the RRC state to transit to Idle state, where the apparatus is connected in neither the physical layer nor the logical layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11082169
    Abstract: A system and method of scheduling transmissions. A wireless device such as an eNodeB (eNB) may schedule a transmission of a wideband (WB) signal on a micro-frame selected from a plurality of WB micro-frames of a WB carrier. A narrowband (NB) subframe may span a portion of the selected WB micro-frame in the frequency-domain, and the selected WB micro-frame may overlap at least a portion of the NB subframe in the time-domain. The WB signal and an NB signal may be transmitted over the WB micro-frame and the NB subframe in accordance with a first numerology and a second numerology, respectively. A WB subframe may be divided into a plurality of micro-frames. The transmission direction of the WB micro-frame may be scheduled according to a transmission rule based on the contents of a payload in the NB subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Sartori, Vipul Desai, Qian Cheng, Lukasz Krzymien, Carmela Cozzo, Weimin Xiao, Anthony C. K. Soong
  • Patent number: 11075701
    Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CSignum Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
  • Patent number: 11063674
    Abstract: An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: CSignum Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Derek Wolfe, Brendan Hyland
  • Patent number: 11048912
    Abstract: A captured image acquisition section 50 acquires, from an imaging apparatus 12, data of a polarized image obtained by capturing a target object and stores the data into an image data storage section 52. A region extraction section 60 of a target object recognition section 54 extracts a region in which a figure of the target object is included in the polarized image. A normal line distribution acquisition section 62 acquires a distribution of normal line vectors on a target object surface in regard to the extracted region. A model adjustment section 66 adjusts a three-dimensional model of the target object stored in a model data storage section 64 in a virtual three-dimensional space such that the three-dimensional model conforms to the distribution of the normal line vectors acquired from the polarized image to specify a state of the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Ogasawara, Akio Ohba, Hiroyuki Segawa
  • Patent number: 11051168
    Abstract: A default pre-shared key is provided from a first device to a second device. The first device is configured to control network access to a network. A first authentication request is obtained at the first device from a third device. The first authentication request includes data indicative of the second device. A first response to the first authentication request is provided from the first device to the third device. The first response includes the default pre-shared key. A second authentication request containing a private pre-shared key and the data indicative of the second device is obtained at the first device from the third device. Stored data at the first device is updated in response to the second authentication request with the private pre-shared key and the data indicative of the second device to provision the first device to provide network access to the network to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Suja Thangaveluchamy, Niranjan Mallapura Mallikarjunaiah, Aries Kuttiyan, Sudhir Kumar Jain, Vijay Kumar Kothamasu, Ramachandra Murthy S
  • Patent number: 11044776
    Abstract: Provided in one disclosure of the present specification is a method for a wireless device attempting network access. The method may comprise the steps of: an RRC layer of the wireless device receiving, from a cell, a first piece of information relating to an NB-IoT RAT; the RRC layer receiving, from the cell, a second piece of information indicating whether to block access to exception data; the RRC layer obtaining, from an upper layer, an RRC establishment cause set as outgoing exception data, when an NAS signaling process is initiated to transmit the exception data; and performing an access block inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyun Kim, Youngdae Lee, Taehun Kim, Sangmin Park
  • Patent number: 11032713
    Abstract: Provided is methods and device for providing a communication service. The method according to an embodiment includes generating a logical channel for communication between an electronic component included in a terminal and a local profile assistant (LPA) that is another electronic component in the terminal, generating a secure channel between the electronic component and the LPA when a secure area of the electronic device is selected by the LPA, and receiving profile data for providing the communication service from the LPA through the generated secure channel. An electronic device includes a processor configured to generate a logical channel for communication between one electronic component included in a terminal and a LPA that is another electronic component in the terminal, generate a secure channel between the electronic component and the LPA when a secure area of the electronic device is selected by the LPA, and receive profile data from the LPA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonghan Park, Duckey Lee, Kangjin Yoon, Sangsoo Lee, Sanghwi Lee, Hyewon Lee
  • Patent number: 11032824
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may monitor a downlink transmission for control information during a set of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions. The UE may determine a first configuration for the set of PDCCH monitoring occasions during a slot of the downlink transmission and a threshold number of PDCCH candidates and/or a threshold number of non-overlapping CCEs within the slot. In some cases, the UE may also determine a threshold number of PDCCH candidates and/or non-overlapping control channel elements (CCEs) within a single PDCCH monitoring occasion. The threshold number of PDCCH candidates and non-overlapping CCEs may be fixed, based on the number of PDCCH monitoring occasions during the slot, based on a processing capability of the UE, or a combination thereof. The UE may decode control information contained in one or more of the PDCCH monitoring occasions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Jing Jiang, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 11030290
    Abstract: A biological data registration support device includes: a control portion configured to acquire a plurality of registration scenarios, each including at least one verification method and associated with respective services, identify a verification method that is commonly included in the plurality of registration scenarios as a common verification method, and acquire one set of biological data for registration regarding the common verification method and one set of biological data for registration regarding the verification method other than the common verification method; and a transmitting portion configured to transmit the biological data for registration and the plurality registration scenarios acquired by the control portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shizuo Sakamoto, Shigeharu Sakayori, Yumiko Tomizuka
  • Patent number: 11032759
    Abstract: The proposed technology relates to accessing wireless networks and in particular it relates to utilizing a second wireless network for enabling a wireless device, being unable to access a first wireless network, to access a first wireless network. One aspect of the proposed technology relates to a method performed in a wireless device being unable to access a first wireless network. The method comprises accessing a second wireless network and sending information indicating an inability to access the first wireless network to the second wireless network, for further distribution to the first wireless network. Thereby, the proposed method enables the first wireless network to reconfigure at least one access procedure parameter in the first wireless network in order to improve the conditions for the wireless device when accessing the first wireless network. The method further comprises accessing the first wireless network utilizing at least one reconfigured access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Andreas Bergström, Martin Hessler, Eric Nordström, Paul Schliwa-Bertling
  • Patent number: 11006477
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including a communication unit configured to perform communication with a radio communication device of a radio communication system in which communication is possible using a plurality of access schemes including at least one of the access schemes of a multiple access scheme that uses orthogonal resources and a multiple access scheme that uses non-orthogonal resources, and a control unit configured to perform allocation of resources relating to the access schemes to be used by the radio communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Kimura, Ryo Sawai, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Sho Furuichi
  • Patent number: 10999740
    Abstract: A network slice management method, a management unit, and a system, where the method includes receiving, by a first management unit, a first management request, where the first management request carries requirement information of a network slice or indication information, and the indication information is used to obtain the requirement information of the network slice. The method further includes determining, by the first management unit, requirement information of a subnet that forms the network slice. According to the method, the first management unit can determine the corresponding requirement information of the subnet based on the requirement information of the network slice. This way, the network slice can be automatically deployed based on the requirement information of the network slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruiyue Xu, Lan Zou, Yan Zhou, Yan Li, Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 10997420
    Abstract: The discussion relates to context-aware environments. One example can include inwardly-facing cameras positioned around a periphery of an environment that defines a volume. The example can also include sensors positioned relative to the volume and configured to communicate with a user device in the volume. The example can also include an ambient perception component configured to track user locations in the volume and to detect user gestures relative to objects in the volume, and responsive to receiving a query from the user's device, to supplement the query with information derived from the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Abhishek Abhishek, Khawar Zuberi, Jie Liu, Rouzbeh Aminpour, Zhengyou Zhang, Ali Dalloul, Dimitrios Lymberopoulos, Michel Goraczko, Tony Capone, Di Wang, Yi Lu, Yasser B. Asmi
  • Patent number: 10992888
    Abstract: An image capture system has an electronic rolling shutter (ERS) imager in area mode with high illumination to perform image acquisition (i.e. barcode reading) for fast moving items. Shearing distortion may occur but image blur is reduced and the image can be decoded. The ERS imager replaces global shutter imagers at a much lower cost and wider availability. The image capture system separates illumination into multiple bands in space and then synchronize the illumination bands with the exposure of the ERS imager in time. Much less illumination is required for the same image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: DATALOGIC USA, INC.
    Inventor: WenLiang Gao
  • Patent number: 10990821
    Abstract: Disclosed is an object determining system comprising an optical sensor, a kind determining circuit and an element analyzing circuit. The optical sensor comprises a kind determining region and an element analyzing region, wherein the optical sensor captures at least one object image of an object via the kind determining region, and acquires element analyzing optical data via the element analyzing region. The kind determining circuit is configured to determine an object kind of the object according to the object image. The element analyzing circuit is configured to analyze element of the object according to the element analyzing optical data and the object kind. An object determining system applying tow stage object sensing steps to determine an object kind is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Guo-Zhen Wang