Patents Examined by Nghia M. Doan
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Patent number: 11515715Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a battery; a charging circuit; a wireless power reception circuit configured to acquire transmission power wirelessly output from an external electronic device; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to charge the battery through the charging circuit by using reception power acquired through the wireless power reception circuit, obtain status information related to the charging operation during the charging operation, and transmit a specified signal, corresponding to pausing of the transmission power, to the external electronic device such that the external electronic device pauses outputting of the transmission power, at least on the basis of the status information. In addition to the various embodiments according, other various embodiments are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Juhyang Lee, Yusu Kim, Kyungmin Park, Wooram Lee, Byungyeol Choi, Yongsang Yun, Chihyun Cho
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Patent number: 11509173Abstract: A method for wireless charging an electronic device and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a near field communication device, a wireless charging device including a conductive coil, and at least one processor operatively connected to the near field communication device and the wireless charging device. The at least one processor is configured to transmit a first ping, using the near field communication device, receive first acknowledgement (ACK) information responsive to the first ping from an external electronic device, transmit a second ping, using the wireless charging device, based on that the first ACK information is received, and control the wireless charging device such that a charging current flows through the conductive coil based on second ACK information responsive to the second ping being received from the external electronic device within a specified time from the transmission of the second ping.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myungkyoon Chung, Haekwon Lee, Dongil Son
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Patent number: 11502537Abstract: A charging device, in particular for machine tools, including a charging unit which in at least one operating state is provided for contactlessly charging at least one rechargeable battery unit, and which includes at least a first charging operating mode for transmitting electrical energy. The charging unit includes at least a second charging operating mode for transmitting electrical energy, the second charging operating mode differing from the first charging operating mode in at least one charging parameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Bernd Eckert
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Patent number: 11493850Abstract: There are provided a lithography method capable of selecting best resist and a semiconductor device manufacturing method and exposure equipment based on the lithography method. The lithography method includes estimating a shape of a virtual resist pattern based on a multi-scale simulation for resist, forming a test resist pattern by performing exposure on selected resist based on the simulation result, comparing the test resist pattern with the virtual resist pattern, and forming a resist pattern on an object to be patterned by using the resist when an error between the test resist pattern and the virtual resist pattern is in an allowable range.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byunghoon Lee, Changyoung Jeong, Byunggook Kim, Maenghyo Cho, Muyoung Kim, Junghwan Moon, Sungwoo Park, Hyungwoo Lee, Joonmyung Choi
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Patent number: 11489212Abstract: A method of controlling a plurality of batteries and an electronic device to which the same is applied. The electronic device includes a housing and a plurality of batteries. The electronic device also includes a power management module, a plurality of current limiting ICs, and a processor operationally connected to the plurality of batteries, the power management module and the plurality of current limiting ICs. The processor is configured to sense a sum of the currents flowing into the plurality of batteries or a voltage of the power management module, perform a primary end of reducing a magnitude of the sum of the currents flowing into the plurality of batteries, sense the currents or voltages of the plurality of batteries, and perform a secondary end of blocking a current flowing into a battery.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youngmi Ha, Sungjoon Cho, Seungbeom Kang, Kyounghoon Kim, Duhyun Kim, Byungwook Kim, Jaeho Song, Dongik Sin, Hansol Choi
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Patent number: 11488016Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing a network input using a neural network to generate a network output for the network input. One of the methods includes maintaining, for each of the plurality of neural network layers, a respective look-up table that maps each possible combination of a quantized input index and a quantized weight index to a multiplication result; and generating a network output from a network input, comprising, for each of the neural network layers: receiving data specifying a quantized input to the neural network layer, the quantized input comprising a plurality of quantized input values; and generating a layer output for the neural network layer from the quantized input to the neural network layer using the respective look-up table for the neural network layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michele Covell, David Marwood, Shumeet Baluja, Nicholas Johnston
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Patent number: 11481532Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein may include receiving from a user a selection of at least one die, a package type, and at least one test condition; generating, using a processor, a product die configuration and a product package configuration using a predictive modeling module and the at least one die and the package type; generating a graphic design system file; generating a package bonding diagram; generating a product spice model of the discrete device product using a technology computer aided design module; generating, using a processor, one or more datasheet characteristics of the discrete device product with the product SPICE model; generating a product datasheet for the discrete device product using the graphic design system file; and using a second interface generated by a computing device to provide access to the graphic design system file, the package bonding diagram, the product datasheet, and the product SPICE model.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: James Joseph Victory, Thomas Neyer, YunPeng Xiao, Hyeongwoo Jang, Peter Dingenen, Vaclav Valenta, Tirthajyoti Sarkar, Mehrdad Baghaie Yazdi, Christopher Lawrence Rexer, Stanley Benczkowski, Thierry Bordignon, Wai Lun Chu, Roman Sickaruk
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Patent number: 11476726Abstract: A wireless charging device includes: a power supply circuit configured to provide an alternating current signal; a transmitting coil configured to convert the alternating current signal into electromagnetic waves to radiate to the receiving end; the wireless charging device further includes: a plurality of detecting coils configured to radiate energy to a receiving coil of the receiving end and generate an inductive signal; a movable coil carrier, the transmitting coil and the plurality of detecting coils are disposed on the movable coil carrier; a driving mechanism connected to the movable coil carrier and configured to drive the movable coil carrier to move; the controller configured to acquire inductive signals of the plurality of detecting coils, and control the position of the movable coil carrier by controlling the driving mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanteng Wang, Hui Li, Chunli Xu
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Patent number: 11476709Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a wheel end apparatus for a vehicle is provided that includes a wheel hub assembly configured to be mounted to a spindle and a wheel hub of the wheel hub assembly. The wheel end apparatus includes a coil of wire and at least one magnet of the wheel hub assembly configured to move relative to one another with rotation of the wheel hub around the spindle. The wheel end apparatus includes a wheel end device operably coupled to the coil of wire to receive electrical power generated by relative movement of the coil of wire and the at least one magnet. Further, the wheel end apparatus includes communication circuitry operably coupled to the wheel end device and configured to wirelessly communicate wheel end device information with a wheel end monitoring device.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Consolidated Metco, Inc.Inventors: Cody Seibert, Brian Bove, William Joseph Edwards, Benjamin David Mortensen
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Patent number: 11465281Abstract: A dynamic planning controller receives a maneuver for a robot and a current state of the robot and transforms the maneuver and the current state of the robot into a nonlinear optimization problem. The nonlinear optimization problem is configured to optimize an unknown force and an unknown position vector. At a first time instance, the controller linearizes the nonlinear optimization problem into a first linear optimization problem and determines a first solution to the first linear optimization problem using quadratic programming. At a second time instance, the controller linearizes the nonlinear optimization problem into a second linear optimization problem based on the first solution at the first time instance and determines a second solution to the second linear optimization problem based on the first solution using the quadratic programming. The controller also generates a joint command to control motion of the robot during the maneuver based on the second solution.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Boston Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Eric Whitman, Alex Khripin
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Patent number: 11469040Abstract: This application relates to a wireless charger with increased efficiency during operation. The wireless charging assembly includes a wireless charger and an electronic device. A transmitter coil in the wireless charger can induct magnetic flux to a receiver coil in the electronic device via a magnetic flux pathway.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Saining Ren, Christopher S. Graham, Makiko K. Brzezinski, Rohan Dayal, Paul J. Thompson
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Patent number: 11462945Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for wireless charging are disclosed. A charging device has a resonant circuit comprising one or more transmitting coils, a driver circuit configured to provide a charging current to the resonant circuit, a zero-crossing detector configured to provide a zero-crossing signal that includes edges corresponding to transitions of a voltage measured across the resonant circuit through a zero volt level or corresponding to transitions of a current in the resonant circuit through a zero ampere level and an Amplitude Shift Keying demodulator. The demodulator may be configured to receive a plurality of samples of voltage or current in the resonant circuit captured at times determined by the edges included in the zero-crossing signal, and demodulate a modulated signal obtained from the charging current using the plurality of samples of voltage or current in the resonant circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: AIRA, INC.Inventors: Eric Heindel Goodchild, James Scott
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Patent number: 11462954Abstract: A method for adjusting a coil position includes: acquiring position offset indication information between a transmitting coil in a power transmitting device and a receiving coil in a power receiving device; wherein the power transmitting device is configured to wirelessly charge the power receiving device, and the position offset indication information is used to reflect a position offset between the transmitting coil and the receiving coil; and adjusting a position of the transmitting coil according to the position offset indication information.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Changyu Sun
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Patent number: 11462944Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for wireless charging are disclosed. A charging device has a resonant circuit that includes a transmitting coil. The charging device also has a driver circuit configured to power the resonant circuit, a pulse width modulator and a controller configured to provide a control signal to the pulse width modulator the control signal configuring the pulse width to provide a modulated drive signal to the driver circuit. The pulse width modulator is configured to provide the modulated drive signal to the resonant circuit. The resonant circuit is configured to operate as a low-pass filter that blocks frequency components of the modulated drive signal that correspond to the reference signal. The driver circuit is configured to use the modulated drive signal to produce a charging current in the resonant circuit. The charging current causes power to be wirelessly transferred to a receiving device through the transmitting coil.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: AIRA, INC.Inventor: Eric Heindel Goodchild
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Patent number: 11451896Abstract: The present disclosure provides an earphone charging case including a case body, a case cover, and a sliding mechanism. The case body includes an earphone charging slot. The case cover is disposed on the case body to cover the earphone charging slot. The sliding mechanism is disposed between the case body and the case cover. The sliding mechanism includes a first sliding part and a second sliding part corresponding to the first sliding part. The case cover is slidably connected to the case body through the sliding mechanism. The earphone charging case can be opened and closed through linear sliding movement between the case cover and the case body.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yun Feng, ZhenHua Liu, Yong Huang
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Patent number: 11451092Abstract: An assembly line includes a conveyor belt and an energy charging system. The energy charging system includes (i) a resonator having a TX resonator disposed along the conveyor belt and a RX resonator mounted on and transported by the conveyor belt, (ii) an impedance matching network in communication with the resonator, (iii) and an energy storage device in communication with at least one of the resonator and the impedance matching network. Vmin is a minimum voltage of the energy storage device, and Vcap is a voltage across the energy storage device measured in real time. Energy is transferred from the TX resonator to the RX resonator when the Vcap is less than Vmin of the energy storage device.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Xingyi Shi, Huang Lee, Vivek Jain
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Patent number: 11443087Abstract: A system is disclosed that includes a memory and a processor configured to perform operations stored in the memory. The processor performs the operations to select a master clock for a plurality of clocks in a design logic circuit. The processor further performs the operations to align a clock edge of a clock of the plurality of clocks with a corresponding nearest clock transition of the master clock. The aligned clock edge of the clock limits a number of emulation cycles for the design logic to a fixed number of emulation cycles required for the master clock The processor further performs the operation to determine a clock period for measuring power required for the design logic circuit and estimate, at the aligned clock edge, the power required for the design logic circuit corresponding to the determined clock period, which corresponds to a clock selected from the plurality of clocks and the master clock.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SYNOPSYS, INC.Inventors: Alexander John Wakefield, Jitendra Gupta, Vaibhav Jain, Rahul Jain, Shweta Bansal
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Patent number: 11442102Abstract: A test and measurement system for parallel waveform analysis acquires waveforms resulting from performing tests on a device under test (DUT) and performs, at least partially in parallel, respective analyses of the waveforms resulting from performing tests on the DUT. The system also acquires a first waveform resulting from performing a first test with an oscilloscope on a DUT and performs analysis of the first waveform at least partially in parallel with acquiring a second waveform. Additionally, the system tracks a plurality of testing assets using inventory information of a plurality of testing equipment on the network and enables remote users to access equipment logs and results of the respective analyses of the waveforms stored on a cloud computing system for performance of analytics.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.Inventors: Sriram Mandyam Krishnakumar, Sunil Mahawar, Mahesha Guttahalli Lakshmipathy, Satish Kumar Makanahalli Ramaiah
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Patent number: 11444494Abstract: A wireless charging system includes an electrical and/or electronic interconnect as first connector. The transmitter electronics are included in the first connector. The first connector is electrically connected to a second connector via a cable. The second connector includes a transmitter coil. The first connector, cable, and the second connector are form the transmitter portion of the wireless charging system. Information from a receiver is obtained by the first connector which demodulates and processes the information and based on the request from the receiver changes the impedance and switching frequency of a tank circuit of the transmitter coil. Efficiency of the wireless charging system is optimized while reducing the form factor.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Fossil Group, Inc.Inventor: Brad Piercey
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Patent number: 11436395Abstract: A method for prediction of key performance parameters of an aero-engine transition state acceleration process based on space reconstruction. Aero-engine transition state acceleration process test data provided by a research institute is used for establishing a training dataset and a testing dataset; dimension increase is conducted on the datasets based on the data space reconstruction of an auto-encoder; model parameters optimization is conducted by population optimization algorithms which is represented by particle swarm algorithm; and random forest regression algorithm performing well on high-dimensional data is used for carrying out regression on transition state performance parameters, which realizes effective real-time prediction from the perspective of engineering application.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Shuo Zhang, Xiaoyu Sun, Jibang Li, Ximing Sun