Patents Examined by Nguyen Vo
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Patent number: 9998941Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a communication unit, a display, and a controller for performing a control operation to display a screen related to an electronic device, performing a control operation to request for diagnostic data based on an input for a diagnosis mode provided with the screen related to the electronic device, to display a screen of the diagnostic data, and performing a control operation to request for detailed diagnostic data based on an input for a detailed diagnosis mode, and to display a screen of detailed diagnostic data. Thus, the diagnostic data or detailed diagnostic data about the electronic device may be easily displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sangduck Park, Hakrae Lee, Jaehoon Woo
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Patent number: 9991592Abstract: A test arrangement for testing a device under test, the test arrangement comprises a measurement antenna system comprising a number of measurement antenna elements for measuring signals emitted by the device under test or emitting test signals to the device under test, a link antenna for communication with the device under test, and a mechanical antenna positioning structure that carries the link antenna and controllably moves the link antenna around the device under test, wherein for positions of the link antenna around device under test that are occupied by the measurement antenna system, the measurement antenna system simulates the link antenna.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Corbett Rowell, Vincent Abadie
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Patent number: 9985669Abstract: A method, communication apparatus, and computer program product is provided for mitigating interference experienced by a wireless communication device, WCD (102). The interference is caused by signals transmitted by an interfering node (106). The communication apparatus determines information related to the interfering node (106). The communication apparatus selects, based at least in part on the determined information related to the interfering node (106), a WCD receiver configuration from a set of available WCD receiver configurations. The set of available WCD receiver configurations comprises i) a first WCD receiver configuration that mitigates only interference caused by physical signals transmitted by the interfering node (106) and ii) a second WCD receiver configuration that mitigates only interference caused by physical channels transmitted by the interfering node (106).Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Muhammad Kazmi, Chrysostomos Koutsimanis
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Patent number: 9979831Abstract: A method for Cellular Text Telephone Modem (CTM) signal transmission includes: converting a CTM transmitter signal carried in a first sampling rate to generate a transmission signal carried in a second sampling rate, wherein the second sampling rate is different from the first sampling rate; and outputting the transmission signal carried in the second sampling rate to a CTM receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Ting-Ni Chen, Fu-Shing Ju, Chih-Ping Lin, Yu-Hsin Chen
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Patent number: 9973153Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methodologies to reduce harmonics in a radio frequency output signal. A power amplifier system comprises a power amplifier and a tunable output matching network electrically connected between the output of the power amplifier and an output of the tunable output matching network. The tunable output matching network reduces second-order harmonics in an amplified radio frequency signal when the power amplifier operates in a low frequency mode. The tunable output matching network includes traps such as a series inductor and a first capacitor in series with a first switch, a second capacitor in series with a second switch, and a third capacitor in series with a third switch, where the traps are tuned to selected harmonic frequencies when the power amplifier operates in the low frequency band of the operating band of frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Apostolos Samelis
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Patent number: 9973880Abstract: A communication device includes a wireless communication unit, a memory and a processor. The wireless communication unit is configured to perform wireless communication with an information display device. The processor is configured to perform operations including: receiving first work data including first setting data from the information display device having the first work data by the wireless communication unit; and registering the first work data as storage data in a case where the memory stores second work data including second setting data and in a case where the first setting data and the second setting data are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshiaki Tanaka
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Patent number: 9967087Abstract: A wireless receiver is disclosed. The wireless receiver includes a phased array antenna panel having a plurality of antennas, and a low resolution analog-to-digital (A/D) converter coupled to each of the plurality of antennas, where the low resolution A/D converter is configured to provide a digital output based on comparing a reference value with a sum of noise value and signal value of an analog input received by the corresponding one of the plurality of antennas. Noise signals received by the plurality of antennas are uncorrelated, and a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the analog input can be less than one. The low resolution A/D converter can be a one-bit A/D converter. The one-bit A/D converter can be a comparator receiving the sum of noise value and signal value as one comparator input, and receiving the reference value as another comparator input.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Movandi CorporationInventors: Sam Gharavi, Farid Shirinfar, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Maryam Rofougaran, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
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Patent number: 9966980Abstract: A transmission module includes an amplifier that amplifies a plurality of transmission signals in different frequency bands, a power supply voltage regulator circuit that supplies different power supply voltages for the respective frequency bands of the transmission signals to the amplifier, and a variable matching circuit including at least one variable capacitor element and at least one fixed inductor element. The variable matching circuit satisfies different output impedance matching conditions of the amplifier for the respective frequency bands of the transmission signals by changing a capacitance value of the at least one variable capacitor element on the basis of a change in the output impedance matching conditions of the amplifier in response to a change in the power supply voltages supplied to the amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Masao Kondo
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Patent number: 9967726Abstract: A method for deterministic directional discovery of neighbor devices by a device in a wireless network comprises dividing equally an access time to a discovery channel to predefined number of sector scanning periods (410), wherein each sector scanning period includes a predefined number of discovery sweep periods (430), and each discovery sweep period includes a predefined number of time slots (440); scanning the discovery channel in a single sector during a current sector scanning period (S310); transmitting a discovery frame towards each sector during each time slot of each discovery sweep period of the current sector scanning period (S320); checking if at least one response to a transmitted discovery frame has been received during the current sector scanning period (S330); and setting the device to scan the discovery channel in a next sector during a next sector scanning period, thereby sequentially accessing the predefined number of sector scanning periods (S35).Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Yi Chen, Chun-Wei Hsu, Chun-Ting Chou
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Patent number: 9960874Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for managing interference across multiple transceivers in an access point in a network environment. A wireless networking system can include various access points. These access points may each include multiple transceivers. However, with multiple transceivers in close proximity, signals transmitted by one transceiver may interfere with another transceiver through crosstalk, adjacent channel interference, or other form of interference. Each access point may include an interference manager which can use an interference model to modify a signal transmitted by one transceiver to be used to cancel corresponding interference caused in a second transceiver. Interference can be modeled prior to deployment and/or at deployment using a series of test signals transmitted by one transceiver while the corresponding interference is monitored on a second transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Zinwave, Ltd.Inventors: Matthew P. Pasulka, Andrew Robert Bell
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Patent number: 9960795Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and an operating method thereof. A semiconductor device includes a mixer configured to upconvert a baseband signal using a local oscillator (LO) signal; and a notch filter configured to receive the upconverted signal from the mixer and filter notch frequency components, the notch filter further configured to resonate at a fundamental frequency to provide a higher impedance and resonate at a notch frequency different from the fundamental frequency to provide a lower impedance.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qing Liu, Dae Hyun Kwon, Hui Changhsiang
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Patent number: 9960792Abstract: An electromagnetic Extremely High Frequency (EHF) communication chip includes one or more local oscillator circuits, a transducer circuit and at least one of a modulator or a demodulator coupled to the transducer circuit. Each of the local oscillator circuits may have a local oscillator and configured collectively to generate first and second carrier signals having respective first and second EHF frequencies. The first EHF frequency may be different than the second EHF frequency. The transducer circuit may have a first transducer for transmitting and receiving EHF communication signals. The modulator may be coupled to the local oscillator circuits for modulating the first carrier signal or the second carrier signal with a first transmit base data signal. The demodulator may be for demodulating the first carrier signal or the second carrier signal to produce a first receive base data signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Keyssa, Inc.Inventors: Gary Davis McCormack, Ian A. Kyles
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Patent number: 9961531Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a first device performed by a control device using the Bluetooth. The present invention provides a method and apparatus including receiving a first advertising message from a first device; calculating a first distance value that indicates a distance with the first device based on the first advertising message; receiving a second advertising message from a second device when the first distance value is smaller than a threshold value preconfigured to determine a proximity with the control device; and calculating a second distance value that indicates a distance with the second device based on the second advertising message, where a Bluetooth connection is established between the first device and the second device when the second distance value is smaller than the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jingu Choi, Younghwan Kwon, Hyunsik Yang
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Patent number: 9960491Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically adjusting one or more tunable passive antennas and a single-input-port and single-output-port tuning unit. The invention also relates to an apparatus for radio communication using this method, for instance a radio transceiver. An apparatus for radio communication of the invention comprises: a tunable passive antenna; a feeder; a single-input-port and single-output-port tuning unit having an input port and an output port; a sensing unit; a transmission and signal processing unit which applies an excitation to the input port, which delivers one or more antenna adjustment instructions, and which delivers one or more tuning unit adjustment instructions; and a control unit which delivers one or more antenna control signals to the tunable passive antenna, and one or more tuning control signals to the single-input-port and single-output-port tuning unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: TekcemInventors: Frédéric Broyde, Evelyne Clavelier
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Patent number: 9954156Abstract: A Body Heat Powered Portable Wireless Transmitter contains a Thermo Electric Generator, an energy Harvesting System, a Control System and a Wireless Transmitter. The Wireless transmission medium could include but not exhaustively, RF, Ultrasonic or Infrared. The application can range from a keyfob transmitter or a Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System for a car, an infrared remote control for a TV or Hi-Fi or a person location device which can be worn around the wrist like a watch to allow hospital staff to track Alzheimer's patients, allow parents to track their children, detect trapped people from the effects of earthquakes and Tsunamis or an RF ID tag for security purposes. The device can also be used for sensor applications (Wireless Data Capture) such as a fitness tracker or health monitor such as a wireless ECG (Electrocardiogram) monitor to collect patient vitals and wirelessly transmit the data to hospital staff.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Inventor: Paresh Jogia
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Patent number: 9948350Abstract: Circuitry includes a first RF power amplifier, a second RF power amplifier, a third RF power amplifier, a first bias signal generator, and a second bias signal generator. The first RF power amplifier and the second RF power amplifier are each configured to amplify RF signals for transmission in a first carrier network. The third RF power amplifier is configured to amplify RF signals for transmission in a second carrier network. In a first mode, the first bias signal generator provides a bias signal to the first RF power amplifier and the second bias signal generator provides a bias signal to the second RF power amplifier. In a second mode, the first bias signal generator and the second bias signal generator each provide a portion of a bias signal to the third RF power amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Frederic Chiron, Nadim Khlat
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Patent number: 9948341Abstract: An electronic device (eyeglasses-type wireless communication device) to be worn by a user includes a wearing section to be worn by the user and an extending section formed in the wearing section and disposed in a direction extending away from the user when the wearing section is worn on the user's head. A first antenna is formed in the extending section.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Hiraoka, Kenji Higashikatsuragi
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Patent number: 9948344Abstract: A dual mobile phone carrying system includes a pliable elongated body extending from a first end to a second end, the pliable elongated body having a front surface and an opposing back surface; an attachment device having a first fastener and a second fastener, both fixedly attached to the front surface of the pliable elongated body, a third fastener fixedly attached to an outer surface of a first mobile phone, and a fourth fastener fixedly attached to an outer surface of a second mobile phone; a locking device having a first device secured to the first end of the pliable elongated body, and a second device secured to the second end of the pliable elongated body; and a clip secured to back surface of the pliable elongated body, the clip is configured to removably secure to a pair of pants.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Inventor: Toby James Scott
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Patent number: 9941923Abstract: The disclosure relates to transceivers incorporating a transmit-receive switching circuit, embodiments of which include a radio transceiver circuit comprising: a first amplifier for amplifying signals received from an antenna via an antenna connection; a second amplifier for amplifying signals to be transmitted by the antenna via the antenna connection; and a switching circuit connected between an input of the first amplifier and the antenna connection, the switching circuit comprising a capacitor, a switching element and an impedance matching element, wherein the switching element is configured to connect a node between the capacitor and the impedance matching element to a signal ground when the transceiver is in a transmit mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Cantena Holding B.V.Inventors: Omid Esmaeilzadeh Najari, Mats Lennart Carlsson
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Patent number: 9930496Abstract: A method for processing Car2X messages by a processing device designed to receive and process messages, the construction of which is defined according to different standards, preferably according to a first standard and a second standard, including: recording of the message by the processing device, identifying the standard used by the message, forwarding the message to an application unit of the processing device if the message uses the standard for which the application unit is designed, or otherwise creating a new message from the received message so that it can be processed by the application unit. The new message is created in accordance with at least one previously known content item within the received message.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin