Patents Examined by Qutbuddin Ghulamali
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Patent number: 11930442Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for reducing wireless device service interruptions. An indication of a disaster condition may be provided to a wireless device. The disaster condition may affect a home public land mobile network of the wireless device. The wireless device may perform cell selection in a manner influenced by the indication of the disaster condition. This may include considering cells associated with a forbidden public land mobile network for the cell selection, or excluding cells associated with the home public land mobile network of the wireless device that are unavailable, for example due to the disaster condition, among various possibilities.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Roland Gruber, Nirlesh Koshta, Anikethan Ramakrishna Vijaya Kumar, Sridhar Prakasam, Mona Agnel, Krisztian Kiss, Vijay Venkataraman, Haijing Hu, Robert Zaus
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Patent number: 11926256Abstract: A notification device includes a calculation unit calculating, based on a speed of a vehicle, a vehicle stoppage distance by which the vehicle travels until the vehicle enters a stopped state while performing autonomous driving, a notification unit performing notification about information with respect to an outside of the vehicle, and a notification controller causing the notification unit not to perform notification about information indicating that the vehicle is in the middle of deceleration until the vehicle passes by a first soon-to-cross pedestrian and to cause the notification unit to perform notification about the information after the vehicle passes by the first soon-to-cross pedestrian when a distance between the vehicle and the first soon-to-cross pedestrian is smaller than the vehicle stoppage distance and a distance between the vehicle and a second soon-to-cross pedestrian is equal to or greater than the vehicle stoppage distance.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Junichi Morimura
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Patent number: 11929855Abstract: A digital receiver being adapted for receiving an MSK modulated signal, comprises a digital front-end unit (10) adapted for providing samples having a phase value (?measure) of a down-mixed signal, a phase compensation unit (11) adapted for compensating the phase value (?measure) by delivering a phase offset compensated sample having a phase value (?sync), and a coherent demodulator (12) adapted for recovering information content from the phase offset compensated sample. The phase compensation unit (11) is adapted for analyzing a phase value (?sync) of the phase offset compensated sample, calculating a phase offset value (?offset) based on the phase value (?sync) of the phase offset compensated sample, and applying the phase offset value (?offset) when delivering a subsequent phase offset compensated sample.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Widex A/SInventor: Niels Ole Knudsen
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Patent number: 11924712Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to generate a message notifying a healthcare professional of information on a call concerning a patient, and associate, when the healthcare professional takes out an AED while going to the patient based on the message, the call with information on an installation location from which the AED is taken out.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toyokazu Nakashima, Shunsuke Sagara, Naoya Oka
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Patent number: 11917715Abstract: This disclosure is related to a procedure to provide emergency services support for a UE which does not have a valid subscription for the serving PLMN. This disclosure more specifically provides procedure to support IMS emergency call or eCall support for a UE which is in limited state on a E-UTRA cell is connected to both EPC and 5GCN.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kundan Tiwari, Toshiyuki Tamura
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Patent number: 11906643Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for performing wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may determine that a prospective position of the wireless communication device is in a geographic area associated with a deficient global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal. In some cases, the wireless communications device can transmit a sidelink synchronization signal to at least one user equipment (UE) device that is located within the geographic area associated with the deficient GNSS signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Mohammed Ataur Rahman Shuman, Soumya Das, Mohammad Nekoui
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Patent number: 11901926Abstract: The gain of an amplifier in a receiver operating in a cellular communication system is controlled by determining one or more gain variability metrics, which are then used to produce first and second threshold values. A frequency difference between a current carrier frequency and a target carrier frequency is ascertained and then compared to the threshold values. Target gain setting production is based on comparison results: If the frequency difference is larger than the first threshold, a first automatic gain control algorithm is performed; if the frequency difference is smaller than the first threshold and larger than the second threshold, a second automatic gain control algorithm is performed, wherein the second automatic gain control algorithm uses a current gain setting as a starting point; and if the frequency difference is smaller than both the first and second thresholds, the current gain setting is used as the target gain setting.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)Inventors: Peter Alriksson, Joakim Axmon
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Patent number: 11895555Abstract: A mobile equipment (ME) for tracking an event comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of: activating a digital tag of the event in the ME, to track the event; and generating an indication on the ME according to the digital tag, when a distance between a first position of the ME and a second position at which the event occurs is greater than a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Inventor: Kai-Wen Tien
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Patent number: 11887476Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may transmit a notification of a presence of an emergency service vehicle to a plurality of entities, obtain, from at least a first entity of the plurality of entities, at least a first acknowledgement of the presence of the emergency service vehicle, determine that at least a second acknowledgement is not obtained from at least a second entity of the plurality of entities, and present information associated with the at least the second entity to a device of the emergency service vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: AT&T Intellect al Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ginger Chien, Zhi Cui, Eric Zavesky, Robert T. Moton, Jr., Adrianne Binh Luu, Robert Koch
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Patent number: 11856551Abstract: Systems are provided for determining location of tags in an environment. The system includes at least one mobile antenna that moves around the environment. The absolute location associated with the mobile antenna is known and it sends and receives messages including at least one of time of arrival, time of departure, signal strength and angle of arrival. A measurement module performs distance measurement between the at least one mobile antenna and at least one tag in the environment to obtain at least. The distance measurements are associated with at least two locations of mobile antenna. A storage module records the distance measurements at the at least two locations and the at least two locations. A location module computes a location of each of the at least one tags based on the recorded distance measurements at the at least two locations and the recorded locations of the mobile antenna.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Wiser Systems, Inc.Inventors: Seth Edward-Austin Hollar, Ryan Michael Tedrick
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Patent number: 11843992Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless communications circuitry that receives location information from tags that are coupled to different items. The electronic device may keep track of the different items using the tags. The electronic device may include control circuitry that analyzes historical tracking data from the tags to identify patterns and relationships between the tags. Based on the historical tracking data, the control circuitry may classify some tagged items as bags for other tagged items and may automatically alert the user when a tagged item is missing from its bag. The control circuitry may generate rules based on the historical tracking data, such as rules regarding acceptable ranges between tagged items and acceptable ranges between tagged items and the electronic device. The control circuitry may determine when to provide real-time location information and other notifications for a tagged item based on the historical tracking data.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Paul G. Puskarich
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Patent number: 11838983Abstract: This disclosure is related to a procedure to provide emergency services support for a UE which does not have a valid subscription for the serving PLMN. This disclosure more specifically provides procedure to support IMS emergency call or eCall support for a UE which is in limited state on a E-UTRA cell is connected to both EPC and 5GCN.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kundan Tiwari, Toshiyuki Tamura
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Patent number: 11831363Abstract: A communications system includes at least one receiver having receiving elements and a transmitter having transmitting elements to transmit signals to the receiving elements via wireless propagation channels. The transmitter includes a beam-forming network and a channel measurement unit. The beam-forming network receives input signal streams at its input ports and outputs one or more signals as shaped beams based on a set of composited transfer functions. The channel measurement unit performs measurements of components of channel status information to generate a set of point-to-point transfer functions and generates the composited transfer functions by computing linear combinations of the point-to-point transfer functions. Each of the point-to-point transfer functions characterizes propagation paths from one of the transmitting elements to one of the receiving elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SPATIAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Donald C. D. Chang, Juo-Yu Lee
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Patent number: 11828872Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and monitoring human breathing, respiration, and heart rate using statistics about the wireless channel between two or more connected devices. A user is monitored for identifying patterns in the user's behavior that may allow the system to alert a caregiver to deviations in the user behavior that may be indicative of a potential issue, such as depression. A presence may further detected in a sensing area through the detection of spectral components in the breathing frequency range of comprises user includes transforming phase difference between spatial streams and amplitude of the samples representing frequency response of the channel for any frequency value into frequency domain to perform frequency analysis. Statistical analysis may be performed on the frequency space provided by the transformation. Micro motions may also be detected by detecting presence in a sensing area through the detection of spectral components in the micro motion frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Aerial Technology Inc.Inventors: Michel Allegue Martinez, Negar Ghourchian, David Grant, Francois Morel, Pauline Tranchant, Amir Minayi Jalil
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Patent number: 11823567Abstract: A system includes a sensor network comprising at least two optical fibers coupled to a pavement. Each optical fiber includes one or more optical sensors installed a predetermined distance from one or more adjacent optical fibers. The one or more optical sensors are configured to produce a wavelength shift signal. A processor is configured to determine one or both of one or more attributes of one or more objects travelling on the pavement and a traffic condition of the pavement based on the wavelength shift signal. A transmitter is configured to transmit the one or more attributes to a predetermined location.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Hong Yu, Qiushu Chen, Peter Kiesel, Ajay Raghavan, Jin Yan, Kyle Arakaki
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Patent number: 11812341Abstract: A hyper-precise positioning and communications (HPPC) system and network are provided. The HPPC system is a next-generation positioning technology that promises a low-cost, high-performance solution to the need for more sophisticated positioning technologies in increasingly cluttered environments. The HPPC system is a joint positioning-communications radio technology that simultaneously performs relative positioning and secure communications. Both of these tasks are performed with a single, co-use waveform, which efficiently utilizes limited resources and supports higher user densities. Aspects of this disclosure include an HPPC system for a network which includes an arbitrary number of network nodes (e.g., radio frequency (RF) devices communicating over a joint positions-communications waveform). As such, networking protocols and design of data link and physical layers are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Andrew Herschfelt, Daniel W. Bliss
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Patent number: 11803727Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for managing baggage and a method for managing baggage with which improved usability can be obtained. In order to solve the problem, an apparatus for managing baggage is provided with: a reader unit which reads tag information of a wireless tag attached to a baggage; a storage unit in which the tag information read by the reader unit is stored; and a control unit which makes a determination of a forgotten baggage by comparing the tag information stored in the storage unit with tag information newly read by the reader unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Motoyuki Suzuki, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Shigetaka Kimura, Shinji Shibuya
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Patent number: 11792602Abstract: The vehicle control system includes a first position measuring unit measuring a position of a mobile terminal with respect to a vehicle by performing first position measuring processing, a second position measuring unit measuring a position of the mobile terminal with respect to the vehicle by performing second position measuring processing having less power consumption in the vehicle by wireless communication than that of the first position measuring processing, a control operation execution instruction recognizing unit recognizing an instruction to execute a control operation in the vehicle, and a position measurement control unit determining whether measurement of a position of the mobile terminal for executing the control operation is to be executed by the first position measuring unit or to be executed by the first position measuring unit and the second position measuring unit in accordance with a type of the control operation for which an execution instruction is recognized.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Hasegawa, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11772600Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a vehicle communication control unit performing communication with a mobile terminal positioning within an out-vehicle communication area, a distance measuring unit measuring a vehicle-terminal distance, the vehicle-terminal distance being a distance between a vehicle and the mobile terminal, and a distance measurement control unit measuring the vehicle-terminal distance by switching, based on a predetermined condition, between a first distance measurement mode repeatedly measuring the vehicle-terminal distance by the distance measuring unit without depending on reception of measurement instruction information transmitted from the mobile terminal and a second distance measurement mode measuring the vehicle-terminal distance by the distance measuring unit in response to reception of the measurement instruction information when communication is established between the vehicle communication control unit and the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Hasegawa, Seonghun Lee, Katsuyasu Yamane, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11777569Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses configured to direct wireless communication. In some embodiments, a networking apparatus is configured to generate a plurality of sequences of symbols for transmission to plurality of client devices; transmit the plurality of sequences to the plurality of client device via one or more beams focused toward the client devices; and transmit the first sequence of symbols and the second sequence of symbols at least partly simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: XR Communications LLCInventors: Marcus Da Silva, Vahid Tarokh, Praveen Mehrotra, William J. Crilly, Jr., James Brennan, Robert J. Conley, Siavash Alamouti, Eduardo Casas, Hujun Yin, Bobby Jose, Yang-Seok Choi