Patents Examined by Ralph H Justus
  • Patent number: 10123366
    Abstract: A wireless connection method between a plurality of electronic devices using an out of band channel is provided. The wireless connection method includes receiving a first hash value through the out of band channel, receiving device identification information of electronic devices in proximity to an electronic device through a main wireless channel, calculating hash values of the device identification information, and performing a wireless connection of the electronic device with a surrounding electronic device that has the hash value identical to the first hash value among the calculated hash values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyong-Ha Park, Sergey Zhidkov, Hyun-Su Hong
  • Patent number: 10117092
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure facilitate the transfer and reconditioning of mobile computing devices. Various embodiments can receive and store mobile computing devices, perform a variety of tests and analyses on such devices, remove or backup the user's data from the mobile device, and configure the device for resale or reuse by other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Future Dial, Inc.
    Inventors: George Huang, Jisheng Li, Dwight Sing Huang
  • Patent number: 10103764
    Abstract: A wearable device for information delivery may comprise a physiological sensor, a microprocessor, a display and a wearable housing. The wearable device may effectively receive a signal, convert the signal into information and renders a layout on a display. A method for information delivery may comprise signal reception step, signal transformation step and information visualization step. The method may be extensively applied in a wearable device or a device comprising at least a physiological sensor, a microprocessor and a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN BIOPHOTONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jyh-Chern Chen, Yu-Tang Li, Ting-Ju Chen, Wei-Ping Huang, Chih-Hsun Fan
  • Patent number: 10098179
    Abstract: A compact electronic device as a constituent element of a wireless communication system using a sensor. A first feature of the device is that a first semiconductor chip is bare-chip-mounted over a front surface of a first wiring board in the form of a chip and a second semiconductor chip is bare-chip-mounted over a second wiring board in the form of a chip. A second feature is that a wireless communication unit and a data processing unit which configure a module are separately mounted. A third feature is that the first and second wiring boards are stacked in the board thickness direction to make up the module (electronic device).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Yamamichi, Hirokazu Honda, Masaki Watanabe, Junichi Arita, Norio Okada, Jun Ueno, Masashi Nishimoto, Michitaka Kimura, Tomohiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10097226
    Abstract: A mounting base (14) is fixed to an antenna (13) or an antenna bracket (15) for supporting the antenna (13). A baseband unit (11) and an RF unit (12) are fixed to the mounting base (14). The baseband unit (11) fixed to the mounting base (14) is disposed to face a back part (132) of the antenna (13) and to form a space between the back part (132) and the first enclosure (111). The RF unit (12) fixed to the mounting base (14) is disposed in the space formed between the back part (132) of the antenna (13) and the baseband unit (11) and is coupled to a waveguide flange (132) of the antenna (13). Thus, for example, in a configuration of a point-to-point wireless apparatus in which an RF unit and a baseband unit are separated, restrictions on installation space of the apparatus can be facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masatoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10090943
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes receiving a signal strength corresponding to a long range wireless link established between a first directional wireless radio and a second wireless radio, the signal strength varying over time as the first directional wireless radio is aligned with a second wireless radio by an installer, and producing a sound indicator indicative of the signal strength. The sound indicator varies over time as the first directional wireless radio is aligned with the second wireless radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Mimosa Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian L. Hinman, Jaime Fink
  • Patent number: 10085204
    Abstract: A data transmission system includes a device and a base. The base includes a near field communication (NFC) module and a processing module configured to determine whether a wireless network exits. The NFC module includes a determining unit configured to determine whether the NFC module writes a predetermined tag after the processing module determines the wireless network exits and configured to determine whether the predetermined tag is an authorization code, a sending unit configured to send a service set identifier (SSID) and a password to the device after the predetermined tag is the authorization code, and a control unit configured to switch an input mode of the base to a wireless network mode after the SSID and the password are sent to the device. The device is configured to be connected to the wireless network after receiving the SSID and the password. A communication method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Kang Chiang, Wei-Ting Lin, Ru-Me Na Jiang, Al-Guo Cheng, Ko-Yi Lee, Ping-Chuan Tsai, Jing-Hu Song, Shuo-Hsiu Chang
  • Patent number: 10064036
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for establishing communication between a plurality of devices. A first advertising packet comprising an identifier of the first electronic device is broadcast to at least one other device in a first radio communication mode. At least one responding advertising packet request is received from the at least one other device. A communication link in a second radio communication mode is established with a device from which a responding advertising packet was received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyuk Kang
  • Patent number: 10058000
    Abstract: A waterproof structure for a casing of an electronic device includes: a first casing member, having a first casing portion, a first side portion surrounding the first casing portion, and a first peg disposed in the first casing portion; a second casing member, having a second casing portion, a second side portion surrounding the second casing portion, and a second pegs disposed in the second casing portion and configured to be corresponsive to the first peg; a waterproof member, having a ring portion and a packing portion integrally coupled with each other, and the ring portion being surrounded continuously by the first and second side portions and clamped between the first and second side portions, and the packing portion being disposed between the first and second pegs; and plural locking elements, passing into the first and second pegs to combine with the first and second casing members respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: CAL-COMP BIG DATA, INC.
    Inventor: Ming-Hua Hung
  • Patent number: 10045147
    Abstract: A memory stores a message map associating requests with human-machine interface (HMI) notifications. A vehicle receives a request from a secondary-connected device, and sends an HMI notification to a primary-connected device, constructed based on the message map and the request, to simulate user input to the vehicle to cause the primary-connected device to perform the request. A secondary-connected device connected to a vehicle computing platform receives a command, constructs a request message describing the command; and sends the request message to the computing platform, to cause the computing platform to send a HMI notification to a primary-connected device to simulate user input to the vehicle requesting the primary-connected device to perform the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Livio, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Dickow, Joey Ray Grover, Scott Smereka, John Byrne, Joel J. Fischer, Corey Maylone
  • Patent number: 10044451
    Abstract: Method for testing multiple signal transceiver devices under test (DUTs), such as data packet signal transceivers, with a shared DUT testing resource, such as a tester having a single vector signal generator (VSG) and a single vector signal analyzer (VSA). Requests by the DUTs for access to tester resources (e.g., to receive signals from the signal generator or provide signals to the signal analyzer) are prioritized based upon tester availability and whether the requesting DUT requires sole access or can share access to the tester. If the tester is unavailable, DUT requests are queued according to their respective priorities to await tester availability. As a result, access to shared tester resources can be managed dynamically to minimize test time while testing multiple DUTs concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LITEPOINT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Barry Hirst, Adam Martin Smith
  • Patent number: 10038466
    Abstract: A mobile system includes an electronic device and a flip cover device. The electronic device communicates with an external device through a near field communication (NFC) scheme. The flip cover device includes a back side cover, which is installed on a back surface of the electronic device to surround the back surface of the electronic device, a front side cover, which selectively covers a front surface of the electronic device and includes a display module, and a connector device, which connects the back side cover and the front side cover. The flip cover device receives power and information data from the electronic device through a first electromagnetic wave emitted from the electronic device and displays the information data on the display module using the power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Seong Park, Jeong-Gu Lee, Tae-Seon Kim
  • Patent number: 10027381
    Abstract: Method and Apparatuses for of transmitting data between semiconductor chips are described. An example apparatus includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes first and second inductors. The first semiconductor chip transmits a first combination of a plurality of data bits in logical value by flowing a first current through the first inductor and by flowing substantially no current through the second inductor. The second semiconductor chip includes third and fourth inductors that correspond respectively to the first and second inductors of the first semiconductor chip. The second semiconductor chip receives the first combination of the plurality of data bits in logical value by detecting an electromotive force at the third inductor responsive to the first current and by detecting substantially no electromotive force at the fourth inductor responsive to no current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Iwakura
  • Patent number: 10022086
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to provide an extended band is described. The method comprises pairing a body-worn device and a host device and establishing a low-power connection between the body-worn device and the host device to form an extended band. The method further comprises monitoring a user's status with a plurality of sensors on the host device and/or the body-worn device, and using the extended band to do one or more of: provide alerts to the user, based on the sensor data, control the extended band from one of the devices, and share data with third parties using the extended band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, David Vogel
  • Patent number: 10009746
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a short-range communication module for performing communication with one or more external electronic devices, a memory for storing a first attribute of a first cluster including the electronic device, and a processor for acquiring a message associated with a second cluster from a first external electronic device included in the second cluster through the short-range communication module, identifying a second attribute of the second cluster at least based on the acquired message, transmitting information corresponding to the first attribute to the first external electronic device through the short-range communication module when the second attribute satisfies a designated condition, and synchronizing the electronic device with the second cluster when the second attribute does not satisfy the designated condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Bu-Seop Jung
  • Patent number: 10005407
    Abstract: Motor vehicle configuration system, including a motor vehicle, in the interior of which at least one transponder that is capable of wireless near field communication is attached and which has a receiving unit for wireless reception of vehicle configuration data over a wireless communication link independent of the wireless near field communication. A portable device has at least one data memory for storing the memory data and has a transmitting unit for a wireless transmission of data on the basis of the memory data. The portable device is programmed such that, when an approach of the portable device to a transponder is detected on the basis of wireless near field communication, the data are transferred from the portable device to the motor vehicle a wireless communication link between the transmitting unit and the receiving unit for the purpose of providing the motor vehicle with configuration data. The communication link is independent of the wireless near field communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joerg Preissinger, Tobias Schoellermann, Rainer Steffen
  • Patent number: 9992810
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing integrity protection in a dual subscriber identity module (SIM) dual standby (DSDS) device. A first message is received on a first SIM of the DSDS device before a radio resource of the DSDS device is tuned away from the first SIM to a second SIM by performing a tune-away procedure. A second message is received after completion of the tune-away procedure. The second message is validated. It is determined whether a first payload of the first message matches a second payload of the second message, when the first message and the second message have a same message sequence number. It is determined that the second message is a duplicate message, when the first payload matches the second payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ananth Kumar Ramasamy, Bharat Vinayak Bhat, Nitin Jain
  • Patent number: 9992818
    Abstract: A protocol translation device for use with a first apparatus having a battery compartment and communicating over a first wireless protocol, and for use with a second apparatus communicating over a second wireless protocol. The protocol translation device can include a battery casing sized to fit within the battery compartment, the battery casing defining an interior volume; a translator having a first antenna operable to communicate with the first apparatus, a second antenna operable to communicate with the second apparatus, and a translator circuit operably connected between the first antenna and the second antenna; and a battery operably connected to power the translator. The translator circuit is operable to translate between the first wireless protocol and the second wireless protocol. The translator and the battery are disposed within the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander E. Holmes, Darren Y. K. Yap
  • Patent number: 9985733
    Abstract: A test system for testing a DUT includes a first array of probe elements located in the near field of the DUT antenna that is either mechanically translated or electrically scanned in a first direction while being electrically scanned in a second direction that is different from the first direction to sense a bounded radiation surface comprising RF signals transmitted by the DUT antenna. A test system receiver receives first near field values contained in the RF signals and inputs them to processing logic of the test system. A reference measurement apparatus of the test system detects the RF signals and obtains reference information therefrom. Processing logic of the test system uses the reference information to correct near field phase values contained in or derived from the first near field values for phase shift between the local oscillator (LO) of the DUT and the LO of the test system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Lee, Christopher Coleman
  • Patent number: 9973881
    Abstract: Information is acquired from a geographically-distributed sensor network using a scalable wireless geocast protocol. Geographically distributed networks of unattended sensors are placed at desired locations to collect various types of information, such as, for example, environmental parameters, temperature, humidity, rainfall, heat signatures, video, audio, seismic activity, and/or wind conditions. To acquire information, a query is provided to the geographic area at which the sensors are located utilizing the geocast protocol. Delivery of the query is based on a physical location of a region in which a sensor network is located, the type of information being queried, and/or temporal conditions. Each sensor that receives a query determines if all requirements/conditions are satisfied. If so, the query is accepted and processed by the recipient sensor, and responded to accordingly. Responses to queries are provided via the geocast protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Robert J. Hall