Patents Examined by Ping Hsieh
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Patent number: 8200198Abstract: Provided are a power outlet apparatus with message leaving capability and the message leaving method thereof, in which the apparatus includes several units coupling with a computation processing module, such as a communication module, a storage unit, an indication unit, a display unit, and a sound generation unit. A protection module is further included for providing power to all of the modules and units mentioned above. And moreover, the apparatus includes at least one power socket coupling with the power protection and controlling module, wherein the power sockets are for connecting electrical devices requiring power supply. By introducing the electrical message board into the power outlet apparatus, the occupied spaces of the message board is reduced. Furthermore, the power provision of electrical message board is getting more convenient by directly acquiring the electrical power from the power outlet apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Powertech Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu-Lung Lee, Ming-Chou Kuo
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Patent number: 8195223Abstract: The invention relates to a control module in telecommunications end devices, in particular in mobile telephones, that enables a two-way control of the mobile radio unit and the broadcast unit. Additionally, setting information from the entire system can also be transferred over control channels.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: T-Mobile International AG & Co. KGInventor: Martin Bögelsack
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Patent number: 8180285Abstract: A device includes a processing module, a millimeter wave (MMW) oscillation module, a MMW beamforming module, and a plurality of amplifiers. The processing module determines activation of the device and thereafter modulates data to produce modulated data, determines a beamforming setting, and establishes a transmit power setting. The MMW oscillation module generates a modulated MMW signal based on the modulated data. The MMW beamforming module converts the modulated MMW signal into a plurality of MMW beamformed signals based on the beamforming setting. The plurality of amplifiers amplifies the plurality of MMW beamformed signals in accordance with the transmit power setting to produce a MMW near field transmission.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran
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Patent number: 8175550Abstract: Elimination of intermodulation interference in a wireless communication system by removing a portion of the spectrum of transmitted signals. According to a received indication of an occurrence of intermodulation interference experienced by a narrowband receiver, mappings are performed between the predetermined narrowband channel frequency on which the narrowband receiver operates and the occupied channel frequencies of at least one broadband transmit signal. Narrowband candidate frequency ranges that linearly combine into frequencies that overlap the predetermined narrowband channel frequency are determined based on the mappings. The narrowband candidate frequency ranges that potentially contribute to the intermodulation interference are then selectively filtered by at least one notch filter until the intermodulation interference is substantially eliminated.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Samuel M. Woleben, Mark L. Yarkosky, Robert C. Pippert
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Patent number: 8170516Abstract: A method for digital compensation of nonlinearities in a communication system that includes a transmitter, a transmission channel and a receiver, including: estimating the nonlinearities induced by the transmitter and/or the receiver, from at least one learning sequence received at the receiver and distorted by the nonlinearities, and compensating for the nonlinearities distorting a signal received at the receiver based on the estimating of the nonlinearities.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie AtomiqueInventors: Cedric Dehos, Tim Schenk, Dominique Morche
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Patent number: 8170500Abstract: A radio-frequency switch circuit of the invention includes: n-stage through FETs (field effect transistors) connected in series between the antenna terminal and each of the radio-frequency terminals, where n is a natural number; a radio-frequency leakage prevention resistor connected to a gate of the through FETs; a control signal line commonly connected to the gates of the n-stage through FETs connected to the same radio-frequency terminal; and a resistor connected to each of at least two of the control signal lines and connected to the radio-frequency leakage prevention resistor in series The two control signal lines are capacitively coupled between the resistor and the through FETs.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshiki Seshita, Hirotsugu Wakimoto
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Patent number: 8170486Abstract: A method and device are provided for relaying audio from a source audio device via a wireless headset. Audio signals are received from the source audio device via a first wireless communications protocol. Instructions are received to activate a transmitter associated with a second wireless communications protocol different from the first wireless communications protocol. The received audio signals are output via the transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications ABInventor: Petter Martin Elov Olofsson
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Patent number: 8170483Abstract: A communication unit, e.g. a headset, constructed as a slave station which may be coupled to a plurality of master stations, e.g. a mobile telephone, via a short-ranged communications connection, such as of the Bluetooth type or the DECT type, and has a plurality of address fields in which one or more identification keys may be stored. At least one of the address fields has an associated electrical lock which may be unlocked only by an adapter master station having a unique indentification key. It is also possible to “lift” the receiver of the public switched telephone electrically or mechanically via the headset, so that a call and conversations from the public switched telephone may be made and take place via the headset. In an embodiment, the coupling box has a recess in which the headset may be placed and be charged via a charging unit in the coupling boy.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: GN Netcom A/SInventors: Mette Brink, Erik Sonne
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Patent number: 8170634Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include antennas for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals. The antennas are configured to transmit a first electromagnetic signal at full power via a first set of radiating elements and to transmit the first electromagnetic signal at an attenuated power via a second set of radiating elements to decrease side lobes associated with the transmission of the first electromagnetic signal. The antennas are configured to receive a second electromagnetic signal having an associated first power level via the second set of radiating elements and to form an aggregated electromagnetic signal having a second power level that is a multiple of the first power level. The antennas are configured to attenuate the aggregated signal to form an attenuated electromagnetic signal having a third power level to facilitate uniform reception of the second electromagnetic signal and tapered transmission.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: ET Industries, Inc.Inventors: John Howard, Charilaos Paraskevaidis
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Patent number: 8170571Abstract: A multicarrier communication apparatus that is capable of suppressing interference of feedback information with other channels and alleviating a reduction in an uplink capacity. In PL signal reception section (260) of this apparatus, PL signal extraction section (261) extracts pilot signals and reception quality measuring section (262) measures reception quality such as an SIR. Here, since pilot signals are included in respective subcarriers, reception quality measuring section (262) measures reception quality of subcarriers. FBSC determining section (270) determines a feedback information subcarrier based on the reception quality of subcarriers. More specifically, FBSC determining section (270) determines a subcarrier having the highest reception quality as a feedback information subcarrier. FBSC determining section (270) outputs information about the feedback information subcarrier (FBSC information) to control CH transmission section (110) and FB information reception section (250).Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Akihiko Nishio
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Patent number: 8165633Abstract: A universal passive interface for connecting external systems to smart devices such as cell phones and PDAs. The passive system includes a cradle for receiving a compatible smart device that connects the functionality of the smart device to a wide variety of external systems (e.g., printers, large display, input devices, etc.). The passive interface includes a USB hub, network port, and other common connector ports for peripherals and other systems. The smart device can connect to the passive system via the cradle slot, a tether, and/or wirelessly. The external systems to which the passive system serves at the interface to the smart device include, but are not limited to, large displays (e.g., television), external monitors, input devices such as mice and keyboards, external storage devices, and networks (wired and/or wireless). A wizard allows the user to configure the external systems to work with the smart device.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eric Chang, David Dehghan, Stanley Sun, Weihun Liew, Kong-Kat Wong, Yongzhi Yang, James Cao, Zhifeng Wang, Rebecca Sundling
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Patent number: 8165535Abstract: Systems and methods may be provided for a CMOS RF antenna switch. The systems and methods for the CMOS RF antenna switch may include an antenna that is operative to transmit and receive signals over at least one radio frequency (RF) band, and a transmit switch coupled to the antenna, where the transmit switch is enabled to transmit a respective first signal to the antenna and disabled to prevent transmission of the first signal to the antenna. the systems and methods for the CMOS RF antenna switch may further include a receiver switch coupled to the antenna, where the receiver switch forms a filter when enabled and a resonant circuit when disabled, where the filter provides for reception of a second signal received by the antenna, and where the resonant circuit blocks reception of at least the first signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electro-MechanicsInventors: Minsik Ahn, Chang-Ho Lee, Jaejoon Chang, Wangmyong Woo, Haksun Kim, Joy Laskar
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Patent number: 8155692Abstract: A mobile communication device is provided that includes at least two keyboards incorporated into a keyboard tray that both slides and rotates relative to the main body of the mobile communications device. When the keyboard tray is extended, the different keyboards may be accessed by rotating the keyboard. Both the main body of the mobile communications device and the keyboard tray may have a circular shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventor: Pujan K. Roka
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Patent number: 8150326Abstract: Disclosed is a signal processing system in a base station that receives and processes single carrier or multiple carrier signals from transmitting units in a sectored coverage area with at least one transmit antenna and at least one receive antenna, the signal power gain between transmit and receive antennas within each sector being represented as a channel matrix with path gains. The system comprises: a detection unit that determines if signals from a given target transmitting unit is available in the signal received in a sector, and generates a detect signal for a combination unit; a decision unit that selects size of interference cancellation matrix; and an interference cancellation unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: James Awuor Oduor Okello, Katsutoshi Seki
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Patent number: 8145246Abstract: A system includes a transmitting device, an intermediate communications device, and a receiving device. The system establishes a first synchronous wireless link between a transmitting device and the intermediate device, and a second synchronous wireless link between the intermediate device and the receiving device. The transmitting device may include a wireless audio transmitter, a sampling unit configured to convert an incoming audio signal to a stream of digitized audio samples, an encoder unit configured to code the stream of digitized audio samples according to an audio codec based on a sample oriented audio compression algorithm to provide a stream of coded digitized audio samples, and a signal transmitting unit transmitting the stream of coded digitized audio samples over the first synchronous wireless link to the intermediate device. The intermediate device transmits the stream of coded digitized audio samples to the receiving device through the second synchronous wireless link.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Oticon A/SInventor: Crilles Bak Rasmussen
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Patent number: 8140042Abstract: A distributing apparatus distributes a high-frequency signal received from a transmitting-and-receiving module of a first wireless terminal to transmitting-and-receiving modules of other wireless terminals with a wiring scheme. The apparatus has at least three signal transmission lines each transmitting the high-frequency signal. It also has a connecting node that connects an end of each of the signal transmission lines to each other, and an attenuator on each of the signal transmission lines and positioned near the connecting node, the attenuator on each signal transmission line attenuating the high-frequency signal on that signal transmission line. An input or output terminal of each of the transmitting-and-receiving modules of the wireless terminals is connected to any one of the signal transmission lines with a wiring scheme. One of the transmitting-and-receiving modules then transmits a communication signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Takanori Washiro
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Patent number: 8131293Abstract: Communications of a mobile station with a satellite mobile communications system and a terrestrial mobile communications system are coordinated. The mobile station is registered with the terrestrial mobile communications system and, responsive to the registration of the mobile station with the terrestrial mobile communications system, the mobile station is concurrently registered with the satellite mobile communications system. The concurrent registration may include implicitly registering the mobile station with the satellite mobile communications system, e.g., by storing information identifying the mobile station may be stored in a location register of the satellite mobile communications system responsive to the registration of the mobile station with the terrestrial mobile communications system, and maintaining synchronization between the two registrations. Authentication tokens may be pre-generated for quick re-registration with a satellite mobile communications system.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: ATC Technologies, LLCInventor: Santanu Dutta
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Patent number: 8121556Abstract: An isolation circuit includes a low dropout operational current control loop and a shunt regulator. The current control loop is configured to drive the shunt regulator to result in a high dynamic impedance ratio between a voltage source and a load. The current control loop may include a series-pass transistor, a current sensing resistor, and a high side current sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Audiovox CorporationInventor: Jorgen Andersen
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Patent number: 8116817Abstract: A method for calibration of RF paths of a frequency hopping adaptive base transceiver station is provided. The method of calibration calibrates a wireless cellular telecommunication system with a frequency hopping adaptive base transceiver station including an adaptive antenna array with two or more RF traffic transceiver apparatus chains. The wireless cellular telecommunication system communicates with mobile units on a frequencies defined by a hop list. The method of calibration includes the step of periodically interrupting a frequency hopping process of the frequency hopping adaptive base transceiver station while calls are in progress. The method of calibration further includes the step of calibrating an antenna transmit path for a RF traffic transceiver apparatus chain at a frequency selected to include one or more frequencies in the hop list to determine a set of weighting parameters for the antenna transmit path at the one or more frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Treble Investments Limited Liability CompanyInventors: John R. Noll, Jeffrey W. Smith, Shannon Tomarchio, Brady Gaughan
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Patent number: 8112109Abstract: A reflector for a mobile terminal includes a plate having a front and rear side, such that the plate is configured to be located on a mobile terminal. The reflector further includes a recess formed in the rear side of the plate, such that the recess is shaped to form a concave portion, and reflecting material positioned along the concave portion to reflect light incident on the front side of at least a portion of the plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Su-Bum Park