Patents Examined by Rui M Hu
  • Patent number: 11658694
    Abstract: A cell phone case with multifunctional holder includes a housing, a rotating nail, and a metal gasket. The rotating nail is capable of freely rotating on the housing, a ring holder disposed on an outer side of the housing is arranged on the rotating nail, a supporting sheet is disposed on the ring holder. A fixing socket, a movable lock accommodating part, and a first spring limit opening are defined in the ring holder; the movable lock is disposed in the movable lock accommodating part, and the boss is capable of protruding from an outer side surface of the housing. A spring is disposed between the first spring limit opening of the movable lock accommodating part and the second spring limiting opening of the movable lock, the boss is configured to cooperate with the fixed socket to limit the ring holder onto the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Shenggang Wang
  • Patent number: 11616524
    Abstract: A cover or shield for a mobile radio includes a first cylindrical portion configured to fit a first knob, a second cylindrical portion configured to fit a second knob, and a bridge. A first end of the bridge may be fixed to the first cylindrical portion, and a second end of the bridge may be fixed to the second cylindrical portion. The bridge may be configured to orient the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion in alignment with the first knob and the second knob, respectively. In one example, the first cylindrical portion includes a cut-out configured to allow manipulation of the first knob by an operator of the portable radio. In another example, the second cylindrical portion is shorter than the second knob providing access to an upper section of the second knob by an operator of the portable radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph K. Greco
  • Patent number: 11611399
    Abstract: An acoustic communication system and a data transmission and reception method thereof are provided. The acoustic communication system may include a transmitter configured to generate data to be transmitted as an acoustic signal using a multi-tone encoding technique in a vehicle and output the generated acoustic signal and a receiver configured to receive the acoustic signal, decode the received acoustic signal using a multi-tone decoding technique, analyze the decoded acoustic signal, and output a warning signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jung Uk Noh
  • Patent number: 11589320
    Abstract: Some techniques and apparatuses described herein permit a user equipment (UE) to transition among different power configurations, which include different values for different power parameters, that impact an amount of power consumed by the UE. In some aspects, these transitions may be signaled by a base station based at least in part on traffic volume for the UE, which may assist with improving throughput and/or extending battery life of the UE. Furthermore, these transitions may be signaled dynamically, such as in downlink control information (DCI) and/or a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) MAC-CE, which may conserve battery power and/or network resources as compared to reconfiguring the UE using an RRC message, and which may allow the UE to be reconfigured quickly as conditions associated with the UE change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Huilin Xu, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Wanshi Chen, Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Linhai He
  • Patent number: 11581908
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a first switching circuit, a bandpass filter, a first band elimination filter, and a first wiring conductor. The first switching circuit switches between a connection between a first switch terminal and a second switch terminal and a connection between the first switch terminal and a third switch terminal. The bandpass filter is disposed on a first signal path connecting the first terminal to the first switch terminal, and has a first passband. The first band elimination filter is disposed on a second signal path connecting the second switch terminal to the second terminal, and has a first elimination band included in the first passband. The first wiring conductor forms a third signal path connecting the third switch terminal to the third terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukiya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11569862
    Abstract: Disclosed is a card accommodation cell phone case including a card accommodation portion recessed by a certain depth from an inner surface of a lower body portion with the same shape as a card to be accommodated and in which a card inlet is formed at a position coming into contact with an upper body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Gwanggyu Yoon
  • Patent number: 11563407
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mixing circuit with high harmonic suppression ratio, including: a multi-phase generation module, which receives a first input signal and generates eight first square wave signals with a phase difference of 45°; a quadrature phase generation module, which receives a second input signal and generates four second square wave signals with a phase difference of 90°; a harmonic suppression module, connected with an output end of the quadrature phase generation module to filter out higher order harmonic components in the second square wave signals; and a mixing module, connected with output ends of the multi-phase generation module and the harmonic suppression module to mix output signals of the multi-phase generation module and the harmonic suppression module. The mixing circuit with high harmonic suppression ratio adds a harmonic suppression module on the basis of multi-phase mixing, thereby improving the harmonic suppression ratio of the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Li, Peng Ma, Yi Zeng, Shenglei Wang, Tony Qian
  • Patent number: 11536759
    Abstract: Present teachings relate to a method for proximity detection on an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of: performing a first measurement using a first sensor; calculating, using a processing unit, a first distance value from the first measurement; the first distance value being indicative of the distance between a user and the electronic device; in response to the first distance value, through the processing unit, adapting an energy level on the electronic device, said energy level being related to the Specific Absorption Rate (“SAR”), such that predefined SAR requirements due to exposure of emitted energy from the electronic device are met. The present teaching further relate to an electronic device comprising a measurement system configured to control an energy level on the electronic device, said energy level being related to the Specific Absorption Rate (“SAR”). The present teachings also relate to a computer software product for implementing any method steps disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Elliptic Laboratories AS
    Inventors: Guenael Thomas Strutt, Tom Øystein Kavli, Espen Klovning, Shangdong Gu
  • Patent number: 11528351
    Abstract: A terminal device includes: a first middle frame; a second middle frame connected to the first middle frame, wherein the first middle frame and the second middle frame are configured to fold or unfold via a rotary shaft; a first antenna module, disposed on the first middle frame; a second antenna module, disposed on the second middle frame, wherein when the first middle frame and the second middle frame are closed, a projection of the second antenna module to the first antenna module at least partially overlaps with the first antenna module; and the first antenna module and the second antenna module are respectively connected to corresponding feed circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinhao Guo
  • Patent number: 11509051
    Abstract: A reception power supplying unit generates each of reception signals before and after a switching operation. A signal processing circuit generates each of difference signals before and after the switching operation on the basis of the reception signal and a reference signal. A phase difference detector calculates, as a transmission phase difference, the phase difference between transmission power supplying units on the basis of the respective difference signals, and adjusts a phase shift amount on the basis of the transmission phase difference and a set phase difference that is previously set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nagaishi, Akira Kitayama, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11483019
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a switch performing switching of the connection between a common terminal and a selection terminal, a reception filter having a reception band in a band A as a passband, a transmission filter that has a transmission band in a band B as a passband and has an output terminal connected to the selection terminal, a filter that has the transmission band in a band B as an attenuation band and has an input terminal connected to the selection terminal, a reception path which connects the selection terminal and an input terminal of the reception filter and on which the filter is disposed, a bypass path which connects the selection terminal and the input terminal of the reception filter and on which no filter is disposed, and a transmission path which connects the selection terminal and a transmission terminal and on which the transmission filter is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoji Tsuda, Yukiya Yamaguchi, Sho Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Kani, Atsushi Horita, Morio Takeuchi, Yusuke Naniwa, Jin Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11469740
    Abstract: Adaptive self-tunable antenna systems and methods are provided including a closed-loop system for sensing near-field RF signals of transmitted RF signals and tuning an antenna or switching between multiple antennas, so that the strength of the transmitted RF signals is maximized. A sensing antenna detects the near-field RF signal, which is filtered and converted to an RF strength control signal that can be used to generate an antenna tuning control signal. An antenna tuner uses the antenna tuning control signal to keep the antenna in resonance by dynamically changing the electrical length of the antenna or switching between multiple antennas to maximize the strength of the radiated RF signal. Such antennas may be less prone to detuning due to interaction with human bodies or other objects. Dynamically matching the antennas to an RF power amplifier and low noise amplifier can improve stability, power efficiency, gain, noise figure, and receiver sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Zachara
  • Patent number: 11469498
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for self-calibration of an analog beamforming transceiver. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a self-calibration subsystem of an analog beamforming transceiver comprises, for each of multiple receive antenna elements for each of multiple transmit beam directions: transmitting a signal in the transmit beam direction via multiple transmit antenna elements of a second polarization and obtaining a measurement value for a received signal received via the receive antenna element of a first polarization responsive to the transmitted signal. The method further comprises computing calibration values for the receive antenna elements of the first polarization and calibration values for the transmit antenna elements of the second polarization based on the obtained measurement values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Raihan Rafique
  • Patent number: 11469503
    Abstract: An antenna system including one or more a frequency responsive components (FRCs) may employ filters to one or more paths in the antenna system corresponding one or more radiating elements on those paths. The FRCs can block a signal from reaching the radiating elements effectively causing the radiating elements to become non-contributing to the antenna systems radiating pattern performance, and thus, maintain a consistent aperture value associated with the antenna system. In some cases, the FRCs may be configured to block a signal when the antenna system is operating at a particular frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad Au
  • Patent number: 11463119
    Abstract: A high frequency (HF) radio configured to process an incoming call from another HF radio, the HF radio comprising: an adjustable-bandwidth tunable bandpass filter configured to provide HF signals that are within an adjustable-bandwidth Staring Frequency Band (SFB), being a subset of a HF band, the HF signals including analog calling signals that are indicative of incoming calls; a receive path configured to convert the analog calling signals to digital calling signals; a plurality of receivers configured to monitor assigned Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) channels within the SFB for the digital calling signals; and a controller configured to: establish a communication link between the HF radio and the another HF radio, in response to a given receiver of the receivers decoding a digital calling signal that is indicative of the incoming call; and select the SFB and the assigned ALE channels, based on an indication of ionospheric propagation conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ELBIT SYSTEMS C4I AND CYBER LTD
    Inventors: Yehuda Gillbert Eder, Yitzhack Magid
  • Patent number: 11451947
    Abstract: In response to receiving an acquisition request for acquiring wireless connection information from an external apparatus, it is determined whether or not a sensor for detecting a nearby object has detected an object. If it is determined that the sensor has detected an object, the wireless connection information is transmitted to the external apparatus. If it is determined that the sensor has not detected an object, the wireless connection information is not transmitted to the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masami Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 11431369
    Abstract: A multichannel transmission system which includes a calibration functionality that allows precise calibration of the frequency conversion chains and of the multiport amplifier of the system to be performed without interruption of service. The proposed calibration makes it possible to correct the defects over the entire frequency band of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Yann Oster, Aubin Michel Lecointre, Aline Briand
  • Patent number: 11422391
    Abstract: The colored strobe for mobile phone comprises an optical instrument and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket may couple to a mobile phone such that the optical instrument is positioned in front of a flashlight of the mobile phone. The optical instrument may alter optical properties of light emitted by the flashlight as the light passes through the optical instrument. The optical properties may comprise a path of the light, color of the light, or both. Operation of the flashlight while covered by the optical instrument may provide a novelty appearance for the mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Bevan Brathwaite, Jean Desir
  • Patent number: 11424811
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an antenna array circuitry for analog beamforming, the antenna array circuitry comprising: a plurality of antenna elements, wherein each antenna element is configured to receive a respective analog signal (r(1,t), r(2,t), r(N,t)), wherein the plurality of antenna elements is adjustable based on a code-word, wherein the code-word comprises respective phase configurations (?p(1), ?p(2), ?p(N)) of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the code-word is based on a superposition of a predetermined set of basic code-words, wherein each basic code-word associates with a corresponding sub-beam, wherein a main radiation lobe of the corresponding sub-beam points in a predefined spatial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Ansgar Scherb, Andre Janssen, Bertram Gunzelmann, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Holger Neuhaus
  • Patent number: 11405916
    Abstract: A receiver control is configured to receive signal receive level data from a plurality of signal receivers. The receiver control determines if a signal receive level is lower than expected. In response to determining that the signal receive level is lower than expected, it is determined if an alternate signal is available via an alternate signal path. In response to determining that an alternate signal is available, an instruction is transmitted to one of the plurality of signal receivers with an indication that the alternate signal is to be received via the alternate signal path. The receiver control transmits the alternate signal via the alternate signal path to the one of the plurality of signal receivers experiencing lower than expected signal receive levels in one embodiment. The receiver can resume utilizing an original signal via an original signal path when the signal receive level of the original signal returns to expected levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nicholas Nicas, Todd Andrew Fryer, Douglas Medina