Patents Examined by Renan Luque
  • Patent number: 12379407
    Abstract: A system for testing a device under test, DUT, comprises a holder configured to hold the DUT, wherein the DUT comprises at least one reconfigurable intelligent surface, RIS. A first antenna array generates plane waves at a position of the at least one RIS when the DUT is arranged on the holder. The first antenna array can generate plane waves having different angles of incidence at the position of the at least one RIS. A second antenna array receives a reflection signal originating from a reflection of a plane wave, wherein the plane wave is generated by the first antenna array and is reflected from the at least one RIS. A determination unit determines an angle of incidence on the second antenna array, using the received reflection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hendrik Bartko
  • Patent number: 12375188
    Abstract: A system and method for testing an antenna-under-test (AUT). A multi-probe antenna array transmitter is moved to a plurality of positions within a scan area. At each position, each probe antenna element of the transmitter transmits a near-field (NF) over-the-air (OTA) signal to the AUT. An alignment procedure is performed to align transmission locations for signals transmitted by different ones of the plurality of probe antenna elements. Correction factors are determined that characterize amplitude and phase discrepancies between the probe antenna elements of the transmitter. The correction factors are applied to the signals, and the corrected signals are combined at each transmission location to obtain average signals. A far-field (FF) reception pattern for the AUT is determined based on a discrete Fourier transform of the average signals and stored in a non-transitory computer readable memory medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Deckert, Martin Obermaier, Dirk Plettemeier
  • Patent number: 12376213
    Abstract: A touchless light system may comprise a light assembly, a light controller operably coupled to the light, and a touchless control panel configured to detect and interpret a user input and send an object detection signals to the light controller based on the user input. The light controller may be configured to send to a light command to the light assembly based on the object detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Srinivas Sanga, Gaurav Sahay, Jeremy John Fredrich
  • Patent number: 12376207
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a driver, a light source, and a controller. The driver is used for converting an external power to generate multiple driving currents. The light source includes a package holder integrating multiple LED modules having different output light parameters. The package holder has multiple terminals for separately receiving the driving currents to control the multiple LED modules independently in the package holder. The controller is used for controlling the driver for adjusting a relative ratio among the multiple driving currents to render an output light of the light source corresponding to predetermined optimized settings for at least an object illuminated by the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Inventors: Jingjing Su, Jiayuan Zhang, Wenhui Yang, Xiaoming Yang
  • Patent number: 12362469
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first substrate, plural antenna elements, a second substrate, plural circuit units, plural circuit patterned layers and plural conductive structures. The first substrate is defined with a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The antenna elements are arranged on the first surface of the first substrate. The second substrate is connected to the second surface of the first substrate. The circuit units are arranged at the second substrate. The circuit patterned layers are arranged on the first substrate and the second substrate. The conductive structures are connected to at least ones of the circuit patterned layers. One of the circuit patterned layers includes plural induction units corresponding to the antenna elements, at least ones of the circuit units correspond to the induction units, and the induction units and the antenna elements transmit a carrier signal to each other by electromagnetic induction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: PANELSEMI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsien-Te Chen
  • Patent number: 12362466
    Abstract: A vehicle including a plurality of antennas, wherein the vehicle includes: a roof panel installed on an upper side of the vehicle; a first roof rail and a second roof rail arranged side by side on the roof panel; and a first antenna module and a second antenna module provided on the roof panel. The first antenna module is provided in a coupling area, in which the first roof rail is coupled to the roof panel, the first antenna module is inserted into the first roof rail. The second antenna module is provided in a coupling areal, in which the second roof rail is coupled to the roof panel, the second antenna module is inserted into the second roof rail. Antennas included in each of the first and second antenna modules are disposed according to operating frequencies thereof in each of the first and second antenna modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Sang Heun Lee
  • Patent number: 12354836
    Abstract: Systems and methods for plasma processing are disclosed. An exemplary system may include a plasma processing chamber including a source to produce a plasma in the processing chamber and at least two bias electrodes arranged within the plasma processing chamber to control plasma sheaths proximate to the bias electrodes. A chuck is disposed to support a substrate, and a source generator is coupled to the plasma electrode. At least one bias supply is coupled to the at least two bias electrodes, and a controller is included to control the at least one bias supply to control the plasma sheath(s) proximate to the bias electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Brouk, Daniel J. Hoffman, Daniel Carter
  • Patent number: 12341250
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus described herein includes a first reflector element that comprises a first nonresonant waveguide cavity that is partially bounded by a first parabolic reflector surface. The apparatus optionally includes additional reflector elements arranged in parallel with the first reflector element, where the additional reflector elements include corresponding nonresonant waveguide cavities that are partially bounded by corresponding reflector surfaces. The antenna apparatus is configured to emit an electromagnetic signal based upon electromagnetic signals reflected by the one or more parabolic reflector surfaces and output by the one or more reflector elements. The antenna apparatus may conversely be employed to receive an electromagnetic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew William Young, Kenneth Vanhille
  • Patent number: 12331914
    Abstract: Lighting control systems and methods for providing dynamic control of multiple light sources with a single input are disclosed herein. When a long touch is detected at a user interface element, a first light source is turned on. If the long touch persists for a predefined time period, a second light source (e.g., an adjacent light source) is also turned on. The luminosity of the first light source may be gradually increased from zero to 100% during the predefined time period. If the long touch persists beyond the predefined time period, the luminosity of the second light source may be gradually increased from zero until the long touch ends or a second longer predefined time period is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Coburn, Robert Skapof
  • Patent number: 12325354
    Abstract: In one aspect, an armrest lighting control device of a vehicle according to the present disclosure comprises a switch controller configured to produce a lighting color change effect or produce a fade-in/fade-out effect or an effect of turning off lighting by outputting a lighting-off signal from a lighting turning-off position of a switch lighting unit on the basis of a sensor signal from an acceleration sensor made by detecting a change in upward/downward armrest change angle of an armrest having the switch lighting unit directed toward a rear seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Mobase Electronics co., ltd., Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Ji-Hwan Kim, Tae-Hoon Lee, Byeong-Seon Son, Seon-Chae Na, Sang-Ho Kim, Sang-Hoon Park, Seong-Youn Jo, Yeong-Gil So
  • Patent number: 12322863
    Abstract: A lens antenna array system for wireless communication is provided that includes a transmitter having a first lens and a receiver having a second lens. The transmitter transmits a first plurality of RF signals across a plurality of near-field communication links to the receiver. Based upon a first signal quality determination at the receiver, the transmitter adjusts a plurality of gains to increase a signal quality for a second plurality of RF signals transmitted across the plurality of near-field communication links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yehonatan Dallal, Shay Landis, Ran Berliner, Assaf Touboul
  • Patent number: 12296747
    Abstract: A system for controlling interior lighting of a mobility device may change a lighting environment inside a mobility device based on outside environmental factors and the state of an occupant, thereby improving an interior aesthetic property, ensuring the occupant's convenience, and enabling safe traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Ho Park, Wan Hee Hong
  • Patent number: 12293885
    Abstract: A load control device may be configured to control multiple characteristics of one or more electrical loads such as the intensity and color of a lighting load. The load control device may switch from controlling one characteristic of the electrical loads to controlling another characteristic of the electrical loads based on the position of one or more components of the load control device. Such a position may be manipulated by moving the one or more components relative to an idle position of the load control device. The load control device may be a wall-mounted device or a battery-powered remote control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Shan Shi
  • Patent number: 12287089
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes one or more light emitting elements and a plurality of fluorescent materials, and emits a first light, a second light, and a third light, wherein the first light has a correlated color temperature between 1,500 K and 3,500 K and a color rendering index R9 of 50 or more, the second light has a correlated color temperature between 3,500 K and 5,500 K and a color rendering index R9 of 50 or more, the third light has values of X and Y coordinates in the chromaticity diagram of the CIE1931 color system smaller than the values of X and Y coordinates at a color temperature of 5,500 K on the black body radiation locus, and a light having a correlated color temperature of 6,500 K has a color rendering index R9 of 50 or more and a melanopic ratio of 1.0 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Niki, Jun Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12289811
    Abstract: A continuous switching machine without overshoot circuit, including an input terminal; a voltage dividing circuit; a voltage reference chip U5, the voltage reference chip U5 is connected to an optocoupler U3, and the optocoupler U3 also inputs a first voltage, and the optocoupler U3 is grounded through a resistor R3, It is also connected to the gate of MOS transistor Q1, and the second voltage is input through resistor R2; the second voltage is connected to optocoupler U2 through resistor R4, which is also connected to the output terminal of operational amplifier U4, and one end of optocoupler U2 Grounded, one end is connected to the driver chip U1 through the resistor R1; it also includes the third voltage, the third voltage is grounded through the resistor R8 and the charging capacitor C2, and is also connected to the positive phase terminal of the operational amplifier U4, and the charging capacitor C2 is also passed through the MOS transistor Q1 Grounding; the lamp terminal is grounded through the samplin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Guangdong Done Power Technology
    Inventor: Hongsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12289807
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of MOSFET device groups connected in parallel, wherein a first common node of the plurality of MOSFET device groups is coupled to a cathode of a light emitting diode channel of a plurality of light emitting diode channels, and a second common node of the plurality of MOSFET device groups is connected to ground, and a control circuit configured to generate gate drive signals for the plurality of MOSFET device groups, wherein the gate drive signals are configured to adjust a current flowing through the light emitting diode channel based on a predetermined color and a predetermined brightness level of the light emitting diode channel, and under different duty cycles, the control circuit is configured to control the current flowing through the light emitting diode channel to be proportional to a corresponding duty cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Diodes Incorporated
    Inventors: Dongjie Cheng, Vijay Hugar, Sumit Bhat, Joy Das
  • Patent number: 12289808
    Abstract: A multi-channel power supply system including a power supply circuit configured to generate a drive signal for powering a plurality of color channels based on an input power signal, a first current control circuit coupled to a first color channel of the plurality of color channels and configured to adjust a first channel current of the first color channel based on the drive signal and a first reference signal, and a channel controller configured generate the first reference signal based on a color temperature according to a black body curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: ERP POWER, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Archer, Louis Chen, James H. Mohan
  • Patent number: 12284739
    Abstract: Provided herein are lighting devices, systems, and methods. In particular, provided herein are lighting systems configured for use in a variety of medical settings to improve patient and health care worker health, performance, and well-being.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: MIDWEST LIGHTING INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: Rodney Heller
  • Patent number: 12279352
    Abstract: A string light circuit with human body sensing includes a main control MCU module, a timer module, an audio output module, LED lights with multiple circuit-driven channels, an infrared receiving module, a mode switching module, a body-sensing module, and a power supply module. The timer module provides periodic pulse signals to the main control MCU module; the audio output module drives a speaker to generate sound; the LED lights with multiple circuit-driven channels are controlled by the main control MCU module and generate light signals; the infrared receiving module receives infrared signals to control the main control MCU module to operate in a preset mode; the mode switching module receives external mechanical actions to control the main control MCU module to operate in a preset mode; the body-sensing module senses the presence of people nearby to control the main control MCU module to operate in a preset mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Keyong Song
  • Patent number: 12279349
    Abstract: An LED string control system includes an LED string and a control module. The control module provides a first voltage level according to a first digital logic of a light command, and provides a second voltage level according to a second digital logic of the light command to form a control signal. Based on consecutive first digital logics and/or second digital logics of the light command, the control module adjusts a voltage level of the control signal to a third voltage level as a distinction voltage level for distinguishing two consecutive first digital logics and/or two consecutive second digital logics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SEMISILICON TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Wen-Chi Peng