Patents Examined by Nay A. Maung
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Patent number: 10103782Abstract: A method can be used for detecting a potential presence of an object by a reader capable of mutually communicating via a contactless communications protocol. An antenna of the reader transmits a magnetic field on a carrier signal having a sub-carrier modulated by a first data sequence. The modulated sub-carrier is non-interpretable by the object. The antenna of the reader receives a signal resulting from the transmission. The reader demodulates the sub-carrier of the resulting signal so as to extract a second data sequence from the resulting signal. The first data sequence and second data sequence are correlated and the potential presence or absence of the object is determined based upon the result of the correlating.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SASInventor: Alexandre Tramoni
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Patent number: 10097053Abstract: Using inductive currents to wirelessly charge a device via a device connected to a power source. This inductive charging may result when a first mobile device recognizes a second mobile device via a wireless connection (e.g., Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Near-Field Communication (NFC), or the like). An application stored on the first mobile device may recognize a second mobile device by transmitting an advertising packet when the first mobile device is connected to a power source. An advertising packet may be received by the second mobile device and the second mobile device may transmit a response to the advertising packet in order to generate a connection between the first and second mobile devices. The response may include data such as, connection strength, response time, connection preferences, and the like. Upon detection and connection, the second mobile device may be wirelessly charged by the first device via inductive charging.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: Adam Koeppel, Tyler Locke, David Wurmfeld
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Patent number: 10091741Abstract: A power control method and a power control device for terminal device-to-device communications, and a parameter transmission method includes: determining at least one terminal which is outside a base station coverage range and interferes with a base station; acquiring, by the base station, signal strength information about a measurement signal sent by each terminal of the at least one terminal when the measurement signal reaches the base station, and configuring a corresponding power control parameter for each terminal according to the signal strength information; and sending, by the base station, the corresponding power control parameter of each terminal to a synchronization source terminal within the base station coverage range corresponding to each terminal, so as to send the power control parameter to a corresponding terminal by the synchronization source terminal, so that each terminal conducts power control using the corresponding power control parameter.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Nanchang Coolpad Intelligent Technology Company LimitedInventor: Yiqing Cao
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Patent number: 10090940Abstract: A method for calibrating an antenna array coupled to a plurality of transmitters via a plurality of couplers and a plurality of antenna element feeds is described.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Analog Devices GlobalInventors: Conor O'Keeffe, Michael O'Brien, Sean Sexton
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Patent number: 10091341Abstract: Provided are a display protector attaching apparatus for a smart device and an attaching method thereof. The display protector attaching apparatus for the smart device of the present invention includes a base portion provided with a receiving groove in which a smart device is received; a cover portion coupled to the base portion to cover the smart device received in the receiving groove; and a lifting supporter detachably coupled to a coupler provided in the base portion to support one side of a display protector attached to the smart device, in which when the lifting supporter is separated from the coupler, the display protector is detached from the display of the smart device placed with a liquid adhesive member to be attached to the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: WHITESTONE CO., LTD.Inventors: Myong Jin Cha, Jae-yong Jeong, Jin Ho Seok, Han Sung Kim, Soongwon Lee
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Patent number: 10091638Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing connection latency are described herein. More particularly, this specification relates to shortening connection latency between devices operating according to a Bluetooth protocol. Connection latency can be reduced by using the receipt of a wireless packet as a trigger for selectively accelerating a transmission rate of advertising packets. By selectively accelerating the transmission rate advertising packets, a connection interval between two devices can be shortened.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Liang-Yun Wang, Martin Ünsal
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Patent number: 10080207Abstract: An audio device includes a signal input interface, a first output interface, a second output interface, at least one processing circuit configured as a buffer control portion, at least one memory configured to store an audio signal. The buffer control portion sets a second reading position at a position that precedes a first reading position of the first output interface by delay time, and, when starting output of the audio signal, writes silent data for the delay time in the memory and sets the first reading position at the head of the silent data.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuaki Tanaka, Hisashi Iida
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Patent number: 10070293Abstract: The present invention provides a method for implementing Bluetooth automatic return link in Android system, which belongs to wireless communication field. The method includes: in a case that the a Bluetooth module is activated, when a mobile terminal detects that Bluetooth broadcast is a Bluetooth connecting request, executing steps of: determining whether a Bluetooth device address contained in the Bluetooth connecting request matches a Bluetooth device address in buffer, if yes, building connection with a current Bluetooth device corresponding to the Bluetooth device address contained in the Bluetooth connecting request, and updating Bluetooth connection state to connected state; otherwise, not responding to the Bluetooth connecting request.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhou Lu, Huazhang Yu
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Patent number: 10064045Abstract: A method for managing subscriptions on a security element for a mobile end device comprises the following steps: for each subscription of a plurality of subscriptions a quality of service is determined. On the basis of the qualities of service determined for the individual subscriptions a subscription is selected. The selected subscription is subsequently employed for a data communication of the end device with a corresponding communication partner. The method is wherein the managing of the subscriptions is controlled at least partly by an external subscription management device which is distinct from the security element and the end device.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBHInventor: Leif Östling
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Patent number: 10064075Abstract: A mobile communication terminal test device communicates with a mobile communication terminal to perform a test operation. The test device comprises a display unit, a test engine unit that determines a test procedure to be executed as part of the test operation and communicates the test procedure to a test execution unit which executes the test procedure and returns an outcome of the test procedure execution to the test engine unit, and a display control unit that displays a screen indicating a hierarchical trace of executed test procedures and their outcomes, on the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATIONInventors: Simon Baldwin, Mohamed El Gabbouch, Duncan Charles James-Bell, Steven Philip Larcombe, Natasha Collinson
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Patent number: 10063271Abstract: A wearable cell phone case having a first layer with at least one rear lower magnet disposed proximal to a lower end thereof and at least one rear upper magnet disposed proximal to the upper end thereof and a second layer defining an upper end aperture and having at least one front lower magnet disposed proximal to a lower end thereof and at least one front upper magnet disposed proximal to an upper end thereof, wherein the magnets have opposing polarity. The second layer also defines an enclosed internal cavity spatially coupled to the upper end aperture, wherein the enclosed internal cavity is shaped and sized to house a cellular phone. The case also includes a layer coupling configuration with the first layer removably coupled to the second layer through the magnets disposed in overlapping configurations and with an article of clothing interposed in between said first and second layers.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Inventor: Ruth Goldshtein
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Patent number: 10050700Abstract: Systems and methods for managing communication strategies between implanted medical devices. Methods include temporal optimization relative to one or more identified conditions in the body. A selected characteristic, such as a signal representative or linked to a biological function, is assessed to determine its likely impact on communication capabilities, and one or more communication strategies may be developed to optimize intra-body communication.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Jacob M. Ludwig, Michael J. Kane, Brendan E. Koop, William J. Linder, Keith R. Maile, Jeffrey E. Stahmann
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Patent number: 10033426Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides an antenna module includes an antenna, a circuit configured to transmit and receive wireless signals by using the antenna, a housing that stores the circuit to cover circumference of the circuit, an antenna casing that stores the antenna to enable the antenna to transmit and receive wireless signals, and a first connector that is connected to the housing, the first connector being configured to input and output signals which are transmitted and received by the circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventor: Satoshi Mochizuki
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Patent number: 10027036Abstract: An antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements is disclosed. The antenna array comprises: a plurality of transceiver modules; an active antenna element subset of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the active antenna element subset comprises at least one active antenna element being actively coupled to an associated transceiver module of the plurality of transceiver modules; and at least one passively combined sub-array of at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements. A method for generating antenna patterns with the antenna array is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Kathrein-Werke KGInventors: Georg Schmidt, Martin Weckerle
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Patent number: 10028331Abstract: A user terminal transmits and/or receives downlink traffic through cellular/WLAN aggregation by using a first communication and a second communication. The downlink traffic is divided into traffic for cellular communication network and traffic for WLAN. The user terminal further transmits an uplink control signal through the cellular/WLAN aggregation by using the first communication and without using the second communication. The user terminal further notifies the base station of a report regarding the second communication by the first communication. The report indicates a radio link failure in the second communication and includes a reason for the radio link failure. The reason includes a first reason and a second reason. The first reason relates to a radio environment in the second communication. The second reason does not relate to the radio environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventors: Masato Fujishiro, Chiharu Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Adachi, Yushi Nagasaka, Kugo Morita, Katsuhiro Mitsui
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Patent number: 10028326Abstract: A method for setting up and operating a multiple communication link in a wireless communication apparatus, which includes a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver, includes setting up a first communication link according to an IEEE standard 802.15.1 using the first wireless transceiver. The method also includes setting up a second communication link according to an IEEE standard 802.11 using the second wireless transceiver, and setting up a third communication link according to an IEEE standard 802.15.1 using the first wireless transceiver, on a channel of the second communication link. Moreover, the method includes simultaneously operating the first communication link, the second communication link and the third communication link, wherein the second communication link and the third communication link are both simultaneously operated on the same channel of the second communication link.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Helmut Kellermann, Martin Arend
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Patent number: 10021510Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first local area communication part configured to perform a first local area communication, a second local area communication part configured to perform a second local area communication at a lower power than the first local area communication part, and a control part configured to connect the first local area communication to other electronic devices by using the second local area communication part, wherein the second local area communication part may be configured to try a second local area communication with the other electronic devices after the connected first local area communication is disconnected.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji-Seon Hong, Veerabhadrappa Chilakanti, Jun-Sik Kwon, Joo-Hyung Lee, Eui-Bum Han
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Patent number: 10020847Abstract: The present device aggregates all kinds of contactless services such as credit card, loyalty card, micro-payment, discount card, transport card, access control, e-ticket, parking, etc. An NFC (Near Field Communication) device comprises a host CPU, a memory, a GPRS modem controlled by the CPU to access Internet, a SIM holder, an antenna and a battery. The NFC device is shaped as a credit card and it also includes a touch-screen, able to implement technical functionalities to operate contactless services, visualize his ticket/coupon and consult the latest transaction, a secure element to store and execute the contactless applications, and a ST controller connected to Host CPU and to the SE.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: FAMOCOInventors: Lionel Brahami, Nicolas Berbigier
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Patent number: 10021649Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for modifying connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) cycle length based on mobility and signal conditions. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may establish a radio resource control connection with a base station providing a cell of a cellular network. A C-DRX configuration may be established with the base station, including selecting a C-DRX cycle length. One or more conditions configured to trigger the wireless device to request C-DRX reconfiguration may be detected. The one or more conditions may be based on mobility and/or signal conditions of the wireless device. A request for C-DRX reconfiguration to the base station may be transmitted based on detecting the one or more conditions. C-DRX with the base station may be re-configured based on the request for C-DRX reconfiguration.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, Sarma V. Vangala
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Patent number: 10009059Abstract: Provided is a high frequency module capable of reducing the IMD. During the transmission/reception operation based on W-CDMA, control signals VSWCC, VTRXCC are output as Hi signals from a control logic. Consequently, transistor T1 is turned ON, and transistors T2, T3 are respectively turned OFF. When the transistor T1 is turned ON, the voltage output from an operational amplifier is output as the signal VVSW to a control terminal, and the control signal VTRXC is output as a Hi signal. The signal VVSW is of a voltage level that is lower than that of the control signal VTRXC. The control signal VTRXC is a signal for turning ON a transistor circuit Q1, and the signal VVSW is a signal for supplying a DC voltage to the antenna potential. It is thereby possible to reduce the ON resistance of the transistor circuit Q1 and improve the IMD characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hayato Nakamura, Eigo Tange, Tadashi Matsuoka, Yasushi Shigeno