Patents Examined by Seung H Lee
  • Patent number: 12217116
    Abstract: The disclosure features a method of creating a communications network. In this method, a first tape node includes a first type of wireless communication interface and a second type of wireless communication interface having a longer range than the first type of wireless communication interface. A second tape node includes the first type of wireless communication interface that is operable to communicate with the first tape node over a wireless communication connection established between the first type of wireless communication interfaces of the first and second tape nodes. Over a wireless communication connection, the first tape node sends programmatic code executable by the first tape node to function as a master tape node with respect to the second tape node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventor: Ajay Khoche
  • Patent number: 12212082
    Abstract: An antenna system includes: a patch antenna element disposed at a first level of the antenna system; an energy coupler configured and coupled to the patch antenna element to transfer energy between the patch antenna element and a front-end circuit; a ground conductor disposed at a second level of the antenna system, the patch antenna element and the ground conductor being disposed a separation distance away from each other and bounding respective sides of a volume defined by a projection, normal to a surface of the patch antenna element, of the patch antenna element to the ground conductor; and a floating conductor that is displaced from the ground conductor and the patch antenna element, the floating conductor comprising a body extending over a portion of the separation distance outside of, and in close proximity to, the volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mahmoud Niroo Jazi, Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, Taesik Yang, Jeongil Jay Kim, Darryl Sheldon Jessie, Kevin Hsi-Huai Wang, Jorge Fabrega Sanchez, Hong-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 12212056
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for removal of a parasitic coupling of a signal source to an output of an antenna array comprising at least one antenna element connected via an associated controllable switch to a signal receiver connected to the output of said antenna array, the method includes measuring a parasitic coupling signal received by the signal receiver connected to the output of said antenna array while all switches of the antenna array are switched off and a first reference signal received by a reference signal receiver; measuring a total reception signal for each antenna element and a second reference signal; calculating a parasitic coupling free reception signal for each antenna element by subtracting a ratio between the measured parasitic coupling signal and the measured first reference signal from a ratio between the total reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hendrik Bartko, Adam Tankielun
  • Patent number: 12206158
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel, an antenna, and a circuit film. The antenna overlaps the display panel. The antenna includes an antenna base film having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other. The first surface is disposed between the display panel and the second surface. The antenna further includes an antenna pattern, an antenna feed line, and an antenna pad each being disposed on the first surface. The antenna pattern is electrically connected through the antenna feed line to the antenna pad. The circuit film is electrically connected to the antenna pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Jae Lee, Sunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12204976
    Abstract: In embodiments, a method includes communicating, by a primary wireless network node associated with a first vehicle section of a vehicle, with a secondary wireless network node associated with a second vehicle section of a vehicle. The method primary wireless network node determines that the first vehicle section is compatible with the second vehicle section based on the communications with the secondary wireless network node and based on at least one of a first compatibility requirement of the first vehicle section and a second compatibility requirement of the second vehicle section. The primary wireless network node communicates with a server associated with a tracking system, using a second type of wireless communications interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventors: Hendrik J Volkerink, Ajay Khoche
  • Patent number: 12192298
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for enhancing users' overall experiences with physical items by supplementing their physical experiences with digital experiences. According to an embodiment, a user uses an electronic device to scan a smart tag associated with an item to obtain an item identifier of the item. The electronic device sends the item identifier to a server, which selects digital content related to the item and sends the selected digital content to the user's electronic device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Jon H. Werner, Christian Dibenedetto, Amy Jones Vaterlaus, Stephen M. Vincent
  • Patent number: 12183996
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first conductive patch, a second conductive patch, a third conductive patch, and a wireless communication circuit. The first conductive patch includes a first edge facing the second conductive patch, a second edge perpendicularly meeting the first edge at a first corner, a third edge parallel to the first edge, and a fourth edge that is parallel to the second edge and perpendicularly meets the third edge at a second corner. The second conductive patch and the third conductive patch each have a shape identical to that of the first conductive patch. The wireless communication circuit feed power to a first point of the first edge, a second point of a fifth edge of the second conductive patch, and a third point of a sixth edge of the third conductive patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumin Yun, Soonheung Kwon, Hosaeng Kim, Hyungjoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12182650
    Abstract: A reading apparatus includes a synchronizing signal output unit, a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, an acquisition unit, and a transmission unit. The synchronizing signal output unit outputs a synchronizing signal. The first imaging unit images a read target at an imaging position from a first direction in synchronism with the synchronizing signal. The second imaging unit images the read target at the imaging position from a second direction in synchronism with the synchronizing signal. The acquisition unit acquires a first image of the read target captured by the first imaging unit in synchronism with the synchronizing signal, and a second image of the read target captured by the second imaging unit in synchronism with the synchronizing signal. The transmission unit correlates the first image and the second image, and transmits the correlated first image and second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 12176607
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a base station. The base station includes a multi-function board, a radome and at least one antenna element. The radome is configured to cover the multi-function board. The at least one antenna element is provided between the multi-function board and the radome. The multi-function board is configured to integrate with at least two of functions of a radio board, an EMC cover, an AC board, an antenna reflector, and an Antenna board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Tao Xie, Jianjun An, Jialin Li, Ningmin Liu
  • Patent number: 12172738
    Abstract: A garment to repel underwater aquatic creatures. A first component for generating a control signal and a second component for receiving the control signal and transmitting an electromagnetic signal responsive thereto, an electromagnetic field created by the electromagnetic signal radiating from the second component into an aquatic area surrounding the garment. A water sensor disposed on the garment for activating the first and second components to transmit the electromagnet signal when the water sensor senses presence of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Zakariah LaFreniere
  • Patent number: 12170413
    Abstract: An antenna device is provided. The antenna device includes: a first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer; a third dielectric layer disposed between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer; a feed via configured to penetrate the first dielectric layer; a first feed pattern disposed between the first dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer; a second feed pattern disposed between the second dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer and configured to overlap the first feed pattern; and a patch antenna pattern disposed on the second dielectric layer and configured to overlap the first feed pattern and the second feed pattern, wherein a dielectric constant of the third dielectric layer is less than a dielectric constant of the first dielectric layer and a dielectric constant of the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juhyoung Park, Daeki Lim, Jeongki Ryoo, Sungyong An, Jae Yeong Kim
  • Patent number: 12166146
    Abstract: An isolation system and isolation device are disclosed. An illustrative isolation device is disclosed to include a transmitter circuit to generate a first current in accordance with a first signal, a first elongated conducting element to generate a magnetic field when the first current flows through the first elongated conducting element, a second elongated conducting element adjacent to the first elongated conducting element so as to receive the magnetic field. The second elongated conducting element is configured to generate an induced current when the magnetic field is received. The receiver circuit is configured to receive the induced current as an input, and configured to generate a reproduced first signal as an output of the receiver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: MPICS INNOVATIONS PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Kok Keong Richard Lum, Hong Sia Tan
  • Patent number: 12164998
    Abstract: A scanning apparatus is provided that includes communications circuitry and a universal power interface configured to receive a removable power source connected thereto. The scanning apparatus includes a control system that can establish a first communication connection with the charging cradle in accordance with a normal mode, establish a second communication connection with the charging cradle in accordance with a low power mode, and determine a type of the removable power source connected to the scanning apparatus. In response to determining that a first type of removable power source is connected, suspend the second communication connection and use the first communication connection for transmitting data/information to the charging cradle, and in response to determining that a second type of removable power source is connected, suspend the first communication connection and use the second communication connection for transmitting data/information to the charging cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Colavito, Michael Vincent Miraglia, Christopher Allen, Qinrong Zhu, HongJian Jin, Jerry Qian, Zhongqi Liu, Oliver Ou, David Wilz
  • Patent number: 12164991
    Abstract: A wireless tag communication device for communicating with a wireless tag conveyed in a conveyance direction includes an antenna with a plurality of radiation regions from which a polarized radio wave is emitted and including a first radiation region extending along a first direction crossing the conveyance direction and having a first length in the first direction, and a second radiation region extending parallel to the first radiation region and having a second length that is different from the first length in the first direction, and a controller configured to cause at least one of the first and second radiation regions to emit a polarized wave towards the wireless tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuki Koike
  • Patent number: 12164987
    Abstract: A system for controlling assignment and management of identities in ambient electromagnetic power harvesting (AEPH) chips. The system comprises a processor; a non-transitory memory; and an application stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor, allocates a plurality of unique AEPH identities, wherein each unique identity comprises an identity of a product item and an instance identity; stores the plurality of unique AEPH identities in a first immutable record in a datastore, wherein the unique AEPH identities are associated with an initial state; provides the plurality of unique AEPH identities to an original equipment manufacturer of AEPH chips; provides an application programming interface (API); authorizes a request to update a state associated with a first unique AEPH identity in the datastore; and adds a second immutable record to the database that associates the first unique AEPH identity with an updated state of the first unique AEPH identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. Bales, Lyle T. Bertz, Lyle W. Paczkowski, Harry W. Perlow
  • Patent number: 12155116
    Abstract: A wave guide for an array antenna, can include: a mounting portion configured to receive a plurality of radar antennas of the array antenna, the mounting portion comprising a respective receiving position for each radar antenna of the array antenna; a set of elongate members spaced from the mounting portion, each elongate member including a series of apertures arranged along the elongate member, wherein each elongate member extends orthogonally to an adjacent elongate member of the set; and a plurality of guide channels, each guide channel extending between a respective one or more receiving positions of the mounting portion and a respective one or more apertures of the elongate members to connect, in use, one or more of the radar antennas to one or more of the apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Lewin, Runxiao Ding
  • Patent number: 12155129
    Abstract: An outphasing antenna structure is provided that includes a first antenna feeder and a second antenna feeder. A high-PAPR signal is decomposed into a first constant-envelope signal that drives the first antenna feeder and into a second constant-envelope signal that drives the second antenna feeder. The pair of antenna feeders parasitically couple to an antenna that radiates the first and second constant-envelope signals that spatially combine in free space into the high-PAPR signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Prasidh Ramabadran, Pavel Afanasyev, Madhav Venkateswaran, Sanjaya Kumar Khatua
  • Patent number: 12147868
    Abstract: Devices having a long-range imaging engine formed of two cameras having different resolution are disclosed herein. An example imaging engine includes a front-end, with the cameras, terminated in a communication interface for coupling to an external host processor that performs image processor. The front-end has a near field image sensor and a far field image sensor, and a normalization processor to receive the respective image data from the sensors and normalize that image data prior to sending to the host processor. Normalization includes adjusting an image size, aspect ratio, or pixel count complying with data rate constraints imposed by the communication interface or the host processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David P. Goren, Harry E. Kuchenbrod, William Sackett, Vladimir Gurevich, Mehaboob Kumbalakkuzhiyil
  • Patent number: 12147860
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for generating dynamic machine readable codes. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that enables the analysis of user information for the generation of the dynamic machine readable code. In response to the analysis, using middleware on a multi-tier system, user information is embedded onto the dynamic machine readable code. The embedded user information can be captured during the transaction enabling the presentation of customized content which can be used to provide a user friendly interface for the transacting while detecting incorrect account usage. In another embodiment, in conjunction with the dynamic machine readable code, additional user and/or device features are captured during the processing of a transaction such that the combination facilitate fraudulent activity detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: David Lin, Aniruddha Dhamal, Justin Meier, Sankiran Srinath
  • Patent number: 12141785
    Abstract: Embodiments include multi-function electronic payment card and device systems capable of generating a programmed magnetic field of alternating polarity based on a speed of a card swipe, and methods for constructing the device for the purpose of emulating a standard credit card. An apparatus is described to allow the device to emulate behavior of a credit card when used in electronic credit card readers. Additionally methods are described to allow user control of the device for the purpose of authorizing or controlling use of the device in the application of credit, debit and cash transactions, including cryptocurrency and card-to-card transactions. Methods are also described for generating a limited-duration credit card number when performing a transaction for the purpose of creating a limited-use credit card number, which is limited in scope of use to a predetermined number of authorized transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Cardware, Inc.
    Inventor: David Wyatt