Patents Examined by Quochien B. Vuong
  • Patent number: 10158968
    Abstract: A system for implementing a control or access function is described. The system comprises a mobile device having a mobile identifier, a short range communication interface and a long range communication interface. The system also comprises a local device having a local identifier. The system also comprises a remote device comprising a long range communication interface and a controller. The mobile device is configured for short range communication with the local device for receiving the local identifier, and the remote device is configured for long range communication with the mobile device for receiving a communication comprising at least the local identifier and the mobile identifier. The controller of the remote device is configured to perform at least one control or access action in response to receiving the communication from the mobile device. A controller for implementing a control or access function is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Inventor: Adam Stroud
  • Patent number: 10158752
    Abstract: An apparatus to control an external device includes a connector to electrically connect with the external device, a connection detector to determine whether the external device is electrically connected to the connector, and a controller to obtain level information corresponding to the external device from the connector, to deter mine a type of the external device based on the level information, and to control execution of a function of the apparatus based on the determined type, wherein the level information is different according to the type of the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: GOLDPEAK INNOVATIONS INC
    Inventors: Kil-Ho Jeong, Cheul-Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 10148463
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for estimating a frequency offset. The method includes: reconstructing an estimated channel value of a target user and an estimated channel value of a non-target user to obtain a reconstructed estimated channel value of the target user and a reconstructed estimated channel value of the non-target user; calculating frequency domain received data of a target user's local pilot frequency at which interference has been cancelled by using frequency domain data of a subcarrier occupied by the target user, frequency domain data of a subcarrier occupied by the adjacent non-target user, and the reconstructed estimated channel value of the target user and the reconstructed estimated channel value of the non-target user; and determining an estimated frequency offset value by using the target user's local pilot frequency at which interference has been cancelled and the frequency domain received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jidong Wei
  • Patent number: 10148307
    Abstract: An electronic device protection apparatus conformal with an electronic device, the electronic device protection apparatus including a retaining sheath having a base section disposed so as to cover the rear of the electronic device and a ring section, including an inner channel, forming a perimeter around and receiving the exterior edge of the electronic device into the inner channel; and at least one fingerswipe indentation disposed on the ring section, wherein the at least one fingerswipe indentation is configured to interface with a touch-sensitive display region of the electronic device so as to effect off-screen swiping functionality of a graphical user interface of the touch-sensitive display region of the electronic device retained in the electronic device protection apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: BobjGear, LLC
    Inventor: Robert James Shannon, III
  • Patent number: 10141980
    Abstract: The wireless power transmission system includes a power supply device and a power receiving device. The power supply device includes a power supply coil, an inverter driving the power supply coil and a radio and a first processor. The power receiving device includes a resonant circuit wirelessly receiving electric power from the power supply coil, a rectifying circuit DB outputting a rectified voltage, a load, a radio unit and a second processor. The second processor transmits a communication packet in a predetermined period of time, the communication packet including information about a rectified voltage value and a circulation index value indicating transmission sequence. The first processor outputs a signal according to the rectified voltage value included in the communication packet every time the first processor receives the communication packet without delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Hijikata
  • Patent number: 10135483
    Abstract: A transmit/receive module includes an integrated control circuit. The integrated control circuit includes an RFIC input terminal, multiple pairs of I/O terminals, a power splitter/combiner having an input connected to the RFIC input terminal, a plurality of phase shifters connected between outputs of the power splitter/combiner and the I/O terminals, and a power sensor connected to each one of the I/O terminals. The integrated control circuit further includes a plurality of transmit/receive integrated circuits that each include a TX input terminal, an RX output terminal, an antenna interface terminal, a power amplifier connected, a low noise, and a switch connected between the power amplifier, the low noise amplifier and the antenna interface terminal. Gate and drain terminals of a final stage of each power amplifier of the transmit/receive integrated circuits are independently connected to and controllable by the integrated control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Alexandros Margomenos
  • Patent number: 10135486
    Abstract: A high-frequency front-end circuit includes first and second switching circuits, first, second, and third splitters, and first and second lines. The first line is connected to the second splitter. The second line is connected to the third splitter. An adjustment circuit is connected between the first and second lines. The frequency of a harmonic signal of a transmission signal transmitted through the first line has a frequency band that is close to or overlaps the frequency of a reception signal transmitted through the second line. The impedance of the adjustment circuit is set such that a harmonic signal transmitted from the adjustment circuit to the second line and a harmonic signal transmitted from the third splitter to the second line are not in same phase with each other at the connection point between the adjustment circuit and the second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takanori Uejima
  • Patent number: 10129901
    Abstract: In a first case, in which a condition is satisfied that includes at least conditions that at least one scheduling request is pending in a certain TTI, there is no UL-SCH resource available for transmission in the certain TTI, the terminal device has a valid PUCCH resource for the scheduling request configured for the certain TTI, and a serving cell other than a primary cell is deactivated, the terminal device initiates a random access procedure on the primary cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shoichi Suzuki, Tatsushi Aiba, Kazunari Yokomakura, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10129825
    Abstract: Processes, methods and circuits for improving battery life by reducing the battery power-drain of battery-powered devices using wireless transceivers is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention provide for dynamically changing the bias current, impedance, and gain, either separately or in combination, during circuit operation to optimize or to reduce power dissipation. The dynamic variations may be implemented by varying the value of a resistance and/or a capacitance by opening switches across one or more portions of the resistance. Also, the dynamic variations may include setting any of the gain, bias current, or impedance parameters of the receiver circuit in between a high and low level, followed by adjusting the parameter up or down in response to a desired signal and an interferer signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Theta IP, LLC
    Inventor: Yannis Tsividis
  • Patent number: 10129729
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for allowing a user with a Smartphone to pair the Smartphone with another Bluetooth device to receive audio that is played to the user over headphones or through speakers on the Smartphone. Further, an audio processing module is used to modify the audio presented to the user, extract closed captioning text to be displayed to the user, find information relevant to the audio to be displayed to the user, and pause audio content sent to the Smartphone when phone calls or other Smartphone interruptions occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: David Innes, Henry Gregg Martch
  • Patent number: 10123193
    Abstract: A communication device may include a first type of interface and a second type of interface. The communication device may execute the communication of object data with a mobile device using the second type of interface after executing a specific process for causing the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is not currently in the communication-enabled state. Also, the communication device may execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Munehisa Matsuda, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10116348
    Abstract: A high-frequency power amplifying module is provided for a communication device that simultaneously uses at least a radio wave in a first band and a radio wave in a second band, and a first high-frequency power amplifier for the first band and a second high-frequency power amplifier for the second band are mounted. The first band and the second band are frequency bands that produce intermodulation distortion of a frequency included in the receive frequency band of the second band, due to a transmit frequency of the first band received by the first high-frequency power amplifier and a transmit frequency of the second band received h the second high-frequency power amplifier. The second high-frequency power amplifier includes a filter that blocks a signal at the transmit frequency of the first band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenori Obiya, Shinya Hitomi
  • Patent number: 10117253
    Abstract: A mobile terminal, includes a virtual resource sharing control system, a modem, and multiple operating systems, where multiple subscriber identity module (SIM) cards are deployed in the modem, a first operating system is configured to receive a card operation for a first SIM card in the multiple SIM cards, and notify a second operating system and the virtual resource sharing control system of the card operation request. The virtual resource sharing control system is configured to perform a card operation on the first SIM card using the modem, and send a first feedback result of the card operation to the first operating system and the second operating system, and the second operating system is configured to manage and monitor the current status of the first SIM card in the second operating system according to the card operation request or the first feedback result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Xu
  • Patent number: 10110177
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes: a first power amplifier to receive a first voltage signal and to output a first current; a second power amplifier to receive a second voltage signal and to output a second current; and a transformer coupled to the first power amplifier and the second power amplifier. The transformer may have multiple differential input ports to realize a controllable impedance based on a desired output power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventor: Mustafa Koroglu
  • Patent number: 10111028
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a transmitting function and a receiving function for a radio signal, and, while belonging to a first group of devices, activates the transmitting and receiving functions to perform communication during a first period, and deactivates the transmitting and receiving functions outside the first period. The communication apparatus determines whether or not it performs monitoring for a presence of a second group of devices during a second period, controls performing of the monitoring by activating the receiving function during the second period when it is determined that the communication apparatus performs such monitoring, and keeping the transmission and receiving functions inactive outside the first period when it is determined that the communication apparatus does not perform such monitoring, and notifies another device in the first group of information related to the second group during the first period when a presence of the second group is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuki Fujimori
  • Patent number: 10097227
    Abstract: A mobile terminal comprises: a metallic frame; a first cover and a second cover coupled to a front surface and a rear surface of the metallic frame, respectively; and a first waterproof layer and a second waterproof layer formed between the first cover and the metallic frame, and between the second cover and the metallic frame, respectively, wherein the metallic frame includes: a base portion configured to support a display unit formed on the front surface of the metallic frame; and an edge portion formed along an outer periphery of the base portion so as to radiate heat generated from the base portion, and exposed to outside of the mobile terminal between the first cover and the second cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Kang, Jinho Jang, Hyunseok Kim
  • Patent number: 10090581
    Abstract: A multiple antenna apparatus is provided. A first feed antenna unit is shared for receiving and transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals corresponding to a bandwidth of a first resonance mode, so as to increase antenna configurable space of the multiple antenna apparatus, and thus a closed slot antenna formed by a wire, a ground plane and a radiation element is able to be configured in the multiple antenna apparatus to receive and transmit the RF signals corresponding to a second resonance mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Chao-Hsu Wu, Yu-Yi Chu, Tse-Hsuan Wang, Shih-Keng Huang, Chia-Chi Chang
  • Patent number: 10080123
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires first communication information for connecting with an apparatus via a first network and second communication information for connecting with the apparatus via a second network, a determination unit that determines whether communication between an information processing apparatus and the apparatus via the first network based on the first communication information is possible, a connection unit that connects the information processing apparatus with the apparatus via the second network based on the second communication information when the communication via the first network is impossible, and a request unit that transmits a processing request to the apparatus via the first network when the communication via the first network is possible, and transmits the processing request to the apparatus via the second network when the information processing apparatus is connected with the apparatus via the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10075207
    Abstract: An e-band transceiver includes a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit. The transmitter circuit includes a surface mounted technology (SMT) module on which is mounted a silicon-germanium (SiGe) bipolar plus CMOS (BiCMOS) converter, a gallium arsenide (GaAs) pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor (pHEMT) output amplifier coupled to the SiGe BiCMOS converter, and a microstrip/waveguide interface coupled to the GaAs pHEMT output amplifier. The receiver circuit of the e-band transceiver includes a receiver-side SMT module on which is mounted a receiver-side SiGe BiCMOS converter, a GaAs pHEMT low noise amplifier coupled to the receiver-side SiGe BiCMOS converter, and a receiver-side microstrip/waveguide interface coupled to the receiver-side GaAs pHEMT low noise amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Betti-Berutto, Sushil Kumar, Shawn Parker, Jonathan L. Kennedy, Christopher Saint, Michael Shaw, James Little, Jeff Illgner
  • Patent number: 10069579
    Abstract: Systems and methods may use proximate communication to retrieve information pertaining to a target device. In one example, the method may include detecting the target device within a vicinity of a user device, receiving an information request response communication including information pertaining to the target device, and receiving an operation request response communication including information pertaining to a performed operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gyan Prakash, Nagasubramanian Gurumoorthy