Patents Examined by Moustapha Diaby
  • Patent number: 12206187
    Abstract: An antenna device configured for wireless positioning. The antenna device includes a ground plane having a polygonal shape comprising at least 4 side edges. A plurality of chip antenna elements tuned to a predetermined radio frequency are each singly provided at one of said side edges with a spacing between adjacent ones of said chip antenna elements corresponding to ½ of a wavelength of said predetermined radio frequency. A patch antenna element tuned to said predetermined radio frequency is provided at a center portion of a front side of the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Zhinong Ying, Marc Ahlse, Henrik Landahl
  • Patent number: 12204802
    Abstract: When a printing interruption cause occurs during printing of an image on a printing medium, printing of a page being printed is completed, and further only a position mark is printed on a printing resumption page. Then, a printing unit is stopped, and a conveyance speed is decelerated to stop conveyance of the printing medium. Next, the printing medium is rewound so that printing is resumed from the printing resumption page. Thereafter, the conveyance speed is accelerated to a predetermined speed, and printing is resumed from the printing resumption page on which the position mark is printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Takahashi, Tetsuya Ishida
  • Patent number: 12206816
    Abstract: Charging interval authorizations according to the techniques disclosed herein provide for credit reservation and charging of whole charging intervals across two or more credit containers (36) in or linked to a subscriber account (34), without the need for redefining the charging interval size, even where the types of credit units differ between or among the credit containers (36) used to authorize the charging interval. Among the various advantages, the disclosed techniques preserve the original charging interval size, which may be defined for reasons of signaling efficiency, while simultaneously allowing the reservation or consumption of credit units from credit containers (36) having insufficient remaining credit for authorization of the full charging interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Björn Ringberg, Peter Skarphagen
  • Patent number: 12200173
    Abstract: There are provided an image processing device and an image processing method capable of efficiently specifying an abnormal sound in case of the occurrence of malfunction that is an important element to clarify the cause of the malfunction. The image processing device includes acquisition means, playing means, changing means, and determination means. The acquisition means acquires a plurality of kinds of sound data indicating sounds different from each other. The playing means plays one kind of sound data from the sound data. The changing means changes the one sound data to another kind of sound data. The determination means determines one kind of sound data from the sound data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sou Miyazaki, Masaki Narahashi, Satoshi Oyama, Haru Hikita
  • Patent number: 12200486
    Abstract: A service identifying and processing method using a wireless terminal message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes (a) receiving a wireless terminal message by a first entity which is a mobile device; and (b) expressing, by a first agent which is an information processing application program installed on the first entity, entity information of second entity based on the wireless terminal message and service confirmation information related to service provided by the second entity, through an application screen by the first agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ESTORM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Woo, Tae Il Lee, Il Jin Jung, Hee Jun Shin, Hyung Seok Jang, Min Jae Son, Sang Heon Baek, Seo Bin Park, Hyo Sang Kwon, Mi Ju Kim, Jung Hoon Song, Rakhmanov Dilshod, Dong Hee Kim, Jeon Gjin Kim
  • Patent number: 12192767
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for cooperative early threat detection. In some aspects, the apparatus detects one or more object data signals having data that interferes with wireless resources utilized in automated driving decisions. The apparatus transmits, to at least a second wireless device, a message indicating the one or more object data signals having the data that interferes with wireless resources utilized in automated driving decisions. The one or more object data signals may correspond to a misbehaving wireless device. The data of the misbehaving wireless device may comprise implausible data related to at least one characteristic of the misbehaving wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Soumya Das, Mohammad Nekoui, Dan Vassilovski, Mohammed Ataur Rahman Shuman, Sean Vincent Maschue
  • Patent number: 12192868
    Abstract: Managing vehicle application usage of computing resources is provided. A request for computing resources of a communications network is received from a vehicle application installed to a vehicle. An access point name (APN) is assigned to the vehicle application based on an application identifier corresponding to the vehicle application by accessing stored APN information including a mapping of application identifiers to corresponding APNs. The computing resources are accessed by the vehicle application connecting to the communications network using the APN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Lei, Somak Datta Gupta, Arpita Chand, Jayanthi Rao, Vladyslav Slyusar
  • Patent number: 12169653
    Abstract: A first acquisition section that acquires first information unique to the liquid discharge head and second information related to the liquid discharge device is included. A determination section that determines whether or not correspondence relationship between the first information and the second information is stored in the server in advance is included in the server. A second transmission section that transmits third information related to a determination result of the determination section from the server is included. A second reception section that receives the third information is included. A first notification section that makes, based on the third information, a first notification to outside is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Shunya Fukuda, Yuki Hanamura, Nobuaki Ito
  • Patent number: 12160547
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure acquires feature information on communication performed by the information processing apparatus, estimates a usage environment of the information processing apparatus based on a trained model, which is generated through machine learning performed based on feature information on communication performed by a plurality of devices different from the information processing apparatus and setting information on usage environments set for the plurality of devices, and on the acquired feature information on the communication related to the information processing apparatus, and notifies the estimated usage environment of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12153841
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to store an instruction to execute a first job by using a first setting, in a case in which the first setting is changed to a second setting different from the first setting when the first job is executed, store first setting information regarding the first setting and second setting information regarding the second setting in association with each other in a storage unit, and in a case in which an instruction for execution of a second job different from the first job is given by using the first setting of the first job, perform control to display the first setting and the second setting, which are stored in the storage unit, in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Hiroyoshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 12156122
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for cell access techniques in carrier aggregation configurations in which one or more carriers do not provide discovery signals such as synchronization signal block (SSB) transmissions. A UE may be configured with an anchor carrier on which SSBs are transmitted, and one or more non-anchor carriers on which SSBs are not transmitted. A single cell barring indication may be provided for the anchor carrier, in which case the UE may follow cell barring indications for associated non-anchor carriers. In other cases, separate cell barring indications may be provided for one or more anchor carriers and one or more non-anchor carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Hung Dinh Ly
  • Patent number: 12149654
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a UI display that secures the visual recognizability of a user even in a case where the number of characters to be displayed is large. One embodiment of the present invention is a control method of an information processing apparatus, the method including: a specification step of specifying notification contents; and a notification step of performing, based on at least one of a number of line feeds included in the specified notification contents and a number of characters included in the specified notification contents, processing for notifying the specified notification contents by a predetermined notification method, wherein the predetermined notification method is a notification method of displaying, after a first portion of the specified notification contents is displayed and the display of the first portion is terminated, a second portion different from the first portion of the specified notification contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyoshi Iwayama
  • Patent number: 12150206
    Abstract: A home network serves a wireless service to visiting User Equipment (UEs) affiliated with visited networks and authorizes the wireless service for home UEs that are visiting the visited networks. A gateway transfers home context to a distributed ledger and receives visited context from the distributed ledger. The gateway transfers the visited context to a controller. The controller exchanges authorization data with the visited networks based on the visited context and the home context. The controller authorizes the wireless data service for the home UEs and the visiting UEs responsive to the exchange of the authorization data. The controller transfers session signaling to wireless access nodes responsive to the authorization of the wireless data service for the visiting UEs. The controller transfers authorization signaling to the visited networks responsive to the authorization of the wireless service for the home UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Serge M. Manning, Gregory David Schumacher
  • Patent number: 12150037
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety related services, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. According to the present disclosure, in a method for obtaining a system information block (SIB) of a terminal in a wireless communication system, a base station may obtain a transmitted synchronization signal block (SSB), obtain a master information block (SIB) from the SSB, obtain a master information block (MIB), and obtain an SIB related to machine type communication (MTC) on the basis of information obtained from at least one of the MIB or SSB related resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Youngbum Kim, Jinkyu Kang, Taehyoung Kim, Seunghoon Choi
  • Patent number: 12143885
    Abstract: A directional position system for use in facilities having rooms, hallways, and other areas can include a plurality of portable units carried or worn by selected users in the facility; a plurality of stationary units mounted in each of a number of locations within the facility; and an administrative unit. At least one of the portable units can include at least one button for sending a signal, when pressed, for a type of emergency. At least one of the stationary units can include a display for indicating a direction to move during an emergency. The administrative unit can be configured to be monitored by security personnel and can be configured to receive any signal transmitted from any of the plurality of portable units or any of the plurality of stationary units. The plurality of portable units, the plurality of stationary units, and the administrative unit can form a mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Volan Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bettua, Alexander M. Adelson, Ka Kui Cheng, Timothy Chinowsky, Chi Ming Tse
  • Patent number: 12141490
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus enables utilizing an output of proof printing as an output of final printing, wherein the image forming apparatus includes an image former forming an image on a sheet, an image reader reading an image formed on the sheet, and a controller, wherein the controller acquires a determination result of whether or not a sheet, on which an image read by the image reader is formed before the final printing by the image former in order to create a reference image to be used for inspecting an output matter of a printing job, can be used for an output matter of the final printing and controls the number of sheets or copies on which the images are to be formed using the image former at the final printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoko Shiraki
  • Patent number: 12132510
    Abstract: A method for detecting an RF signal detected by a super-regenerative receiver (1). The receiver includes a reference oscillator (4) for generating an oscillation in the oscillator, a bias current generator (7) for supplying a bias current, an oscillation detector (6) connected between an output (coilp) of the oscillator and the bias current generator for controlling when an RF signal is received by the receiver, and an impedance matching unit (3) disposed between the input of the receiver and the reference oscillator (4). Following activation of a start control signal, detection of the oscillation of the reference oscillator is performed, and once the reference oscillator oscillates above a critical increasing bias current value, the oscillation detector orders the bias current generator to cut off the bias current and thus stop the oscillation of the reference oscillator to reduce the overall electricity consumption during an RF signal detection phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Arnaud Casagrande, Jean-Luc Arend
  • Patent number: 12130664
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a control method therefor, the mobile terminal enabling a user to conveniently determine execution screens of two or more applications to be displayed in a multitasking manner and a layout for the screens. According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a mobile terminal comprising: a body; a display coupled to the body such that a display area viewed from the front of the body can be changed according to the switching between an extended display mode and a contracted display mode; and a control unit for making a control to display together recently used application information and display layout information for multitasking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongwan Kang, Kensin Noh, Seungyong Lee
  • Patent number: 12127302
    Abstract: A network access method. The network access method includes: receiving paging signaling by using a first SIM card in a terminal; and in response to determining that the paging signaling comprises identity information of at least two SIM cards in the terminal, selecting one SIM card from the at least two SIM cards to connect to a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Hong
  • Patent number: 12126773
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium stores a program set readable by a computer of a first information processing apparatus. The program set including a first program and a second program. The first program causes the first information processing apparatus to start the second program, and register the started second program, as a virtual scanner, in an operating system of the first information processing apparatus. The second program causes the first information processing apparatus to transmit a scan command of the first protocol to the external scanner, and receive a read result from the external scanner by the first protocol through the communication interface. The external scanner reads a document in response to receipt of the scan command transmitted from the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryoichi Sato