Patents Examined by Max Mathew
  • Patent number: 11671126
    Abstract: An antenna module for a terminal includes an antenna and a Radiated Spurious Emission (RSE) improvement component. The antenna includes a feed source, a ground point, and at least one radiation arm. The RSE improvement component is coupled to the antenna for suppressing high order harmonics generated by the antenna when the antenna operates in a target frequency band, and includes a radio frequency switch having a terminal connected to the at least one target radiation arm, and another terminal connected to the ground point; or, the radio frequency switch is connected in series into the at least one target radiation arm of the antenna. The at least one target radiation arm is a radiation arm by which the antenna radiates the high order harmonics outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changqing Ke, Jiang Xiao
  • Patent number: 11671127
    Abstract: An antenna module for a terminal includes an antenna and a Radiated Spurious Emission (RSE) improvement component. The antenna includes a feed source, a ground point, and at least one radiation arm. The RSE improvement component is coupled to the antenna for suppressing high order harmonics generated by the antenna when the antenna operates in a target frequency band, and includes a filter circuit configured to suppress the high order harmonics, and a control switch configured to control a working state of the filter circuit. The filter circuit can be a band stop filter circuit. The band stop filter circuit can be connected in series into the at least one target radiation arm of the antenna; or, a terminal of the band stop filter circuit is connected to the at least one target radiation arm of the antenna, and another terminal is connected to the feed source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changqing Ke, Jiang Xiao
  • Patent number: 11665650
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT), applicable to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Yingyang Li, Jingxing Fu, Shichang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11558497
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a housing, a display screen, a functional module and a rotating member, the housing defines a recess and a first engaging structure; the display screen is positioned in the housing; the rotating member is rotatably coupled to the housing, wherein the functional module is mounted on the rotating member, the rotating member comprises a second engaging structure cooperated with the first engaging structure, one of the first engaging structure and the second engaging structure is a curved slot communicated with the recess, the other one of the first engaging structure and the second engaging structure is a slider slidably engaged in the curved slot thereby enabling the rotating member to rotate according to an axis of the curved slot, such that the functional module is positioned in the recess or exposed from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Guan Gong, Xiaoyu Fan
  • Patent number: 11303022
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing and an antenna having a resonating element. The resonating element may have first and second arms extending from opposing sides of a feed. The first arm and a portion of the housing may radiate in a cellular ultra-high band. The first arm may have a fundamental mode that radiates in a first ultra-wideband (UWB) communications band at 6.5 GHz. The second arm may have a fundamental mode that radiates in a 5.0 GHz wireless local area network band. The first and second arms may have a harmonic mode that radiates in a second UWB communications band at 8.0 GHz. The antenna may convey radio-frequency signals in each of these communications bands without the need for adjusting components in the antenna to switch between the UWB communications bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bilgehan Avser, Xu Han, Salih Yarga, Jingni Zhong, Hao Xu, Mattia Pascolini
  • Patent number: 11212123
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display, a speaker, a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to perform wireless communication, a memory configured to store one or more instructions, and a controller including at least one processor configured to execute at least one of the one or more instructions. Based on a wireless connection request for audio transmission being received from an external device while the display device is in a power-off state, the communicator is further configured to transmit, to the external device, a response indicating acceptance of the wireless connection request, and to operate to wake up the controller to a state requiring wireless connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sukun Yoon, Sangmin Kim, Youngseok Ko, Younghoon Moon, Jin Seol, Cheulhee Hahm
  • Patent number: 11201679
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide communications methods and user equipment. A communications method disclosed herein comprises: obtaining, by a user equipment, at least one signal value that is generated based on contact between the user equipment and a human body, where the human body is also in contact with another user equipment; determining at least one transmission parameter at least according to the at least one signal value and a preset transmission parameter rule; and communicating with the another user equipment at least according to the at least one transmission parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING ZHIGU RUI TUO TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jia Liu
  • Patent number: 11177869
    Abstract: One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which user equipment (UE) performs a measurement. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a serving cell, a synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block (SSB), wherein the SSB is used for radio link monitoring (RLM); and performing an RLM measurement on the basis of an RLM-reference signal (RLM-RS) included in the SSB, wherein, if the SSB is quasi-co-located (QCL) with respect to a channel-state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) resource, the RLM measurement is performed during a first evaluation period on the basis of a first value and, if the SSB is not QCL with respect to the CSI-RS resource, the RLM measurement is performed during a second evaluation period on the basis of a second value, and the first evaluation period is smaller than the second evaluation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinyup Hwang, Yoonoh Yang, Sangwook Lee, Suhwan Lim, Manyoung Jung
  • Patent number: 11153423
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are mobile devices that are configured to send data to a memory station and to be charged by that same memory station. The mobile device receives a trigger signal from the memory station responsive to the beginning of a charge cycle, the trigger signal indicating to the mobile device to initiate the backup process. The disclosed systems and methods include starting a backup application on the mobile device responsive to the trigger signal. The trigger signal is generated and transmitted wirelessly by the memory station responsive to the memory station detecting the beginning of a charging cycle. In this way, the mobile device can automatically execute a backup program or application without user intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aran Ziv, Anurag Chelamchirayil Muraleedha, Eyal Hakoun
  • Patent number: 11115811
    Abstract: Two devices (e.g., two wireless Bluetooth earbuds) may exchange device address information (e.g., Bluetooth address information) and may identify a primary address. When either of the devices connect to a source device (e.g., a phone), the primary address may be used by the connecting device such that the pair of devices appear as a single device (e.g., a Bluetooth-pairable device) to the source device, regardless of the device connecting to the source device as the primary device. The primary device may then send identity information (e.g., that has been exchanged with the secondary device) to the source device, such that the source device may connect to either of the two devices. Further, once a primary device connects to the source device, the primary device may transmit, to the secondary device, connection information such that the secondary device may connect to the source device and operate in the primary role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mayank Batra, Robin Heydon, Ravi Shekhar, Srivathsa Sridhara, Dishant Srivastava, Steven Singer, Nicholas Jones, Benjamin Campbell, Richard Cardoe, Laurence Richardson
  • Patent number: 11108902
    Abstract: A camera assembly and a terminal are provided. The camera assembly includes a base body having a receiving cavity, a driving component and a sliding body received in the receiving cavity, and a camera module. The driving component is configured to drive the sliding body moving relative to the base body, to enable the sliding body to extend out of or retract into the receiving cavity. The sliding body includes a base member and a cover plate. The cover plate covers the base member and is engaged with the base member to define a component space for receiving the camera module. The cover plate has a through hole in communication with the component space. The camera module includes a voice coil motor and a lens facing the through hole. The voice coil motor drives the lens to extend out of or retract into the sliding body through the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuanqing Zeng
  • Patent number: 11109205
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for switching an in-vehicle service by using an external SIM card. The apparatus is a TBox provided with an external SIM card slot, and when the TBox detects that a valid external SIM card is inserted into the external SIM card slot, the TBox switches to a network to which the external SIM card belongs. By disposing the external SIM card slot, user demands for diversified in-vehicle services can be met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenwei Zhao
  • Patent number: 11096029
    Abstract: A Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Cooling (HVAC) system is provided. The system includes an actuator and a sensor system. The actuator includes an electric motor, a controller connected to the electric motor and a first close range radio communication interface. The sensor system includes one or more sensors, and a second close range radio communication interface. The second close range radio communication interface is connected to the one or more sensors and establishes a local wireless communication link to the actuator via the first close range radio communication interface, and transmits operational values measured by the one or more sensors via the local wireless communication link to the actuator. The controller is connected to the first close range radio communication interface and receives the operational values via the local wireless communication link and controls operation of the actuator's electric motor in accordance with the operational values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: BELIMO HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Peter Schmidlin, Marc Thuillard, Kurt Meier, Daniel Roner
  • Patent number: 11095337
    Abstract: A communication system includes a passive wireless sensor and a sensor computing device. The passive wireless sensor is operable to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal including a carrier frequency signal and a modulated sense request signal, generate a power supply voltage, determine received signal strength (RSSI) of the RF signal, and determine whether the RSSI is at a desired level. When the RSSI is at a desired level, the passive wireless sensor generates a response RF signal including the carrier frequency and a coded sense response signal representative of a sensed environmental condition. The sensed environmental condition affects impedance of a front-end of the passive wireless sensor to produce an affected impedance. The passive wireless sensor generates the coded sense response signal based on tuning the affected impedance to resonate with the carrier frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: RFMicron, Inc.
    Inventor: Shahriar Rokhsaz
  • Patent number: 11089746
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein related to irrigation control systems. In some embodiments, an irrigation control system includes a router, an access point, and irrigation controller, a wireless adapter, and a mobile device. The mobile device can communicate with the wireless adapter in a direct communication mode in which the wireless adapter creates a wireless network, a first indirect communication mode in which the mobile device and the wireless adapter communicate via the access point while the mobile device is within range of the access point, and a second indirect communication mode in which the mobile device and the wireless adapter communicate via the access point while the mobile device is out of range of the access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Randy R. Montgomery, Anderson I. Micu, John E. Price, James R. Harris, Jeffrey B. Westphal, Ray S. Peppiatt, Samuel P. Whitt, Jr., Forrest M. Henderson
  • Patent number: 11088862
    Abstract: An automated environment can include multiple controller devices capable of communicating with multiple accessory devices. The controller devices can automatically elect one of their number as a coordinator device for the environment and can automatically perform a new election if an incumbent coordinator becomes unavailable or resigns. The election processes can be transparent to any users. An elected coordinator can perform various operations to facilitate management of the automated environment, including routing of communications between controllers and accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anush G. Nadathur, Srinivas Rama, Matthew C. Lucas, Nathan E. Carroll, Kevin P. McLaughlin, Thomas A. Dilligan, Arun G. Mathias
  • Patent number: 11064423
    Abstract: Example systems, methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for wirelessly modifying detection characteristics of portable devices are disclosed herein. Example portable devices disclosed here include a microphone and radio frequency circuitry to scan for a radio frequency beacon at a first scanning rate. Disclosed example apparatus also include a processor to trigger activation of audio monitoring, in the portable device, of an audio signal obtained via the microphone. In some disclosed examples, the audio monitoring is to be triggered in response to a first connection being made via the radio frequency circuitry with a first transmitter of the radio frequency beacon. In some disclosed examples, the audio monitoring is to collect research data from the audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Anand Jain, John Stavropoulos, Alan Neuhauser, Wendell Lynch, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Jack Crystal, David Gish
  • Patent number: 11038384
    Abstract: The present application relates to autonomous and/or real-time monitoring of power transmission devices using an unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle may have a modular payload that controls the unmanned vehicle's positioning and orientation. The modular payload may include processing circuitry that controls data acquisition and perform processing of the collected data. Processing of the collected data may include determinations of the type of power transmission device being monitored and/or determinations of the operational status of the power transmission device being monitored. Communication between the autonomous vehicle and/or payload and the power transmission device may be established using radiofrequency data links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Johnny G Sim
  • Patent number: 11038606
    Abstract: A method for automatically identifying the source of fluctuations in a trans-ionospheric radio signal, by acquiring a portion of the radio signal and computing statistics on it, including mean, standard deviation, scintillation index, skew, kurtosis, decorrelation time, and spectral slope. The scintillation index, skew, kurtosis, decorrelation time, and spectral slope are compared to thresholds, and based at least in part upon the comparisons, at least one condition present in the portion of the radio signal is selectively indicated to an operator, where the condition is selected from the group of no signal fluctuations, RF interference, multipath interference, noise, and ionospheric scintillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Government of the Unites States of Ameroica as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Todd R. Pedersen, Ronald G. Caton, R. Todd Parris, Kathleen F. Shurkin
  • Patent number: 11018703
    Abstract: A wireless communication device is described. The wireless communication device includes a processor, a memory in communication with the processor and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are executable by the processor to detect a signal degradation indication for a radio frequency (RF) signal. The instructions are also executable by the processor to cause a switch to select a combination of a first matching network and a second matching network coupled to an antenna in response to detecting the signal degradation indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mahbod Mofidi, Arild Kolsrud