Patents Examined by Shaima Q. Aminzay
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Patent number: 11366195Abstract: An edge device includes a first antenna array and control circuitry that activates a sensing function to sense a surrounding area of the edge device. The control tracks a position of the first UE in motion from the edge device and further executes beamforming to direct a first beam of RF signal having a signal strength greater than a threshold to the first UE in motion, based on the track of the position of the first UE for high-performance communication.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: PELTBEAM INC.Inventors: Venkat Kalkunte, Mehdi Hatamian
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Patent number: 11362746Abstract: The present disclosure describes an efficient computer-implemented near-field communication system and method based on broadcasting audio signals for dynamically providing context-related additional content to a mobile device. In embodiments of the present invention, the additional content is mapped to specific audio watermarks and/or triggering commands which are encoded together into a digital signal. Based on continuously scanning the received background noise, an exactly defined frequency range and volume is dynamically selected for broadcasting the signal. Hence, the encoded digital signal is further modulated into an audio signal in the exactly defined frequency range. In embodiments of the present invention, the selected exactly defined frequency range for transmitting the audio signal may preferably be located in the ultrasound and/or infrasound frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SONOBEACON GMBHInventors: Thoralf Nehls, Peter Wackerbauer, Hubertus Maschek
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Patent number: 11363540Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Wireless communications between a base station and one or more wireless devices are described. A wireless device may use power ramping for transmissions and/or retransmissions. Power ramping may be used during a random access procedure. A wireless device may fail a listen before talk procedure before sending a preamble or a transport block on an unlicensed band. The wireless device may use power ramping to determine a power of transmission of the preamble and/or transport block based on the prior preamble or a transport block transmission. Power ramping may be determined using a power ramping counter value and/or a power ramping step value, which may be shared or associated with the preamble and/or a transport block.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Kai Xu, Alireza Babaei, Kyungmin Park, Ali Cirik
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Patent number: 11362730Abstract: A method of operating a repeater comprises selecting some of adaptive filter coefficients among a plurality of adaptive filter coefficients of an adaptive filter used for interference cancellation, based on the size of a coefficient, generating a predicted interference signal using the selected adaptive filter coefficients and generating an interference-canceled communication signal from a received signal using the generated predicted interference signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignees: SOLiD, INC., FOUNDATION OF SOONGSIL UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATIONInventors: Nagwon Kwon, Hyunchae Kim, Chonghoon Kim, Seungmo Hong, Sungbin Im
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Patent number: 11343777Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE; receiving, from the BS, the downlink RS based on the configuration information; calculating a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS based on the configuration information; identifying a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE; and transmitting, to the other UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Li Guo
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Patent number: 11343828Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to reducing signaling overhead for uplink transmissions are described. In one representative aspect, a method for wireless communication includes transmitting, from the wireless communication node, a first message to a mobile device. The first message identifies one or more resource groups that correspond to a transmission rank to be used by the mobile device for a data transmission from the mobile device to the wireless communication node. The one or more resource groups are selected from a set of candidate resource groups or a set of candidate resources. The method also includes receiving, at the wireless communication node, the data transmission having the transmission rank from the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Chuangxin Jiang, Yijian Chen, Yu Ngok Li, Hao Wu, Zhaohua Lu
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Patent number: 11336334Abstract: An electronic label apparatus comprises: an inductive communication unit which communicates wirelessly using inductive signals; a processor; memory including a computer program code; and a power source which supplies electric power to the inductive communication unit, the processor, and the memory for enabling their operation. The processor, the memory, the computer program code and the power source with the electric power cause the electronic label apparatus at least to: receive a plurality of inductive signals of known transmission powers from known locations; measure signal powers of the received inductive signals; and determine information about a location of the electronic label apparatus based on the measured signal powers, the known transmission signal powers and the known locations.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OYInventors: Ville Kolehmainen, Jukka Kämäräinen
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Patent number: 11310711Abstract: A method for configuring radio resource control includes: receiving, by a terminal device, an RRC configuration message sent by a first network device, where the RRC configuration message includes first RRC configuration content and a channel configuration parameter; configuring, by the terminal device, a first RRC connection between the terminal device and the first network device in response to the first RRC configuration content, and establishing a second RRC connection between the terminal device and a second network device based on the channel configuration parameter; the second RRC connection being configured to send a second RRC configuration content; when a radio link fails in the first RRC connection between the terminal device and the first network device, sending, the terminal device, an instruction message and a signal measurement report. A transmission delay between network devices can be reduced and signaling load of a master network device can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinhua Miao, Jian Zhang, Wei Quan
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Patent number: 11275147Abstract: An edge device includes a first antenna array and control circuitry that activates a sensing function to sense a surrounding area of the edge device and generates a 3D environment representation of the surrounding area of the edge device. The control circuitry recognizes a first user equipment (UE) in motion to be a valid device to receive one or more services from the edge device and track a position of the first UE in motion from the edge device. The control circuitry executes beamforming to direct a first beam of RF signal having a signal strength greater than a threshold to the first UE in motion that is recognized as the valid device, based on the track of the position of the first UE and the generated 3D environment representation for high-performance communication.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: PELTBEAM INC.Inventors: Venkat Kalkunte, Mehdi Hatamian
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Patent number: 11275148Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for obtaining location data for a sensor fusion device. The techniques include transmitting or receiving a signal from or to the sensor fusion device. The techniques also include obtaining angle-based location data, based on the signal and on an angle-based location finding technique. The techniques also include determining location data for the sensor fusion device or an auxiliary device associated with the sensor fusion device, based on the angle-based location data.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventors: Daryl Galen Sartain, Adam H. Li, Bruce Montag
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Patent number: 11272462Abstract: A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure discloses a method for a terminal to generate all entry information of multiple power headroom reports (PHRs) as virtual PHs regardless of whether the terminal transmits an uplink to a serving cell in a wireless communication system supporting uplink carrier aggregation.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyoungmin Kim, Namhoon Kim, Myunghwan Kim, Yongsung Roh
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Patent number: 11272048Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing connections between a wireless headset and various user devices, e.g., to answer or place a call at a particular user device (e.g., a device that is not currently connected to the headset) as a headset-supported call in which the call audio is routed from the particular user device to the headset and/or vice versa. Connections between the headset and relevant user devices may be controlled or facilitated by suitable software and hardware components to establish the headset-supported call. For example, such device connections may be controlled or facilitated by a cloud-based network including remote server(s). As another example, the device connections may be controlled or facilitated by a local mesh network, e.g., including user device(s) connected to the headset and the particular user device. As another example, the device connections may be cooperatively managed by a cloud-based network and a local mesh network.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: PLANTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Tom Wesselman, Kenneth Brown, Babandeep Singh, Brian Caldwell, Jonathan Grover
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Patent number: 11265826Abstract: Provided are a method for reporting a power headroom and an apparatus using the same. The apparatus computes and reports a power headroom for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) that is transmitted in a first transmission period of a first band having a first subcarrier interval. The power headroom is computed on the basis of at least one second transmission interval of a second band having a second subcarrier interval which overlaps with the first transmission interval.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Joonkui Ahn, Sukhyon Yoon, Suhwan Lim, Suckchel Yang, Jonghyun Park, Changhwan Park, Seonwook Kim
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Patent number: 11249167Abstract: A method of determining locations of access points in a venue, one or more electronic devices configured to receive radio signals from the access points, the method comprises: generating and storing, at a server in communication with the one or more electronic devices, a database comprising information received from the one or more electronic devices, the information comprising: values associated with a radio signal characteristic of the radio signals at locations of RF scan capture by the one or more electronic devices and access point identifiers representing access points corresponding to the values, the locations of RF scan capture being unknown at a time of RF scan capture; assigning correlation values to quantify similarity between the values for pairs of the access point identifiers; mapping the correlation values to correlation ranges based on known locations of at least two of the access points; determining the locations of the access points based on the correlation ranges and the known locations.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: RX NETWORKS INC.Inventor: Seyed Nima Sadrieh
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Patent number: 11239907Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose a call processing method and device. The call processing method comprises: sending, by a repeater of the first site, a first call establishment request to a repeater of the second site according to a call request initiated by a first terminal, the first call establishment request comprising an identification of the second terminal; determining, by the repeater of the first site, whether a second call establishment request is received before a call establishment response sent by the repeater of the second site is received, the second call establishment request being sent by the repeater of the second site according to a call request initiated by the second terminal; and if yes, sending, by the repeater of the first site, a call collision notification to the first terminal to notify the first terminal to delay the call.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Hytera Communications Corporation LimitedInventors: Chengfu Huang, Hailiang Zhang, Yan Xu
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Patent number: 11218970Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to wireless transmission energy budgets. In some embodiments, an apparatus is configured to determine wireless transmission energy budget for a plurality of time periods. In some embodiments, the apparatus determines budget differently depending on whether it is in a thermal mode or a peak power mode. In some embodiments, the apparatus blanks scheduled wireless transmissions that intersect with the battery signal. In some embodiments, for a time interval subsequent to assertion of the battery signal, the apparatus operates in the peak power mode and determines energy budget for periods based on an amount of energy used for wireless transmissions in a most recent period in which transmissions were blanked in response to the battery signal. In some embodiments, in the thermal mode, the energy budget is based on thermal information for the apparatus, but may also allow carryover of unused budget from previous periods.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Li Su
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Patent number: 11218853Abstract: An external communication system for a vehicle includes communication devices and a controller. The communication devices are provided in the vehicle. The communication devices are configured to transmit and receive communication data between a server device and the vehicle via mutually different communication paths. The controller is configured to control communication by the communication devices. The communication devices include a first communication device and an inter-vehicle communication device. When the inter-vehicle communication device is requested, from another vehicle, to acquire communication data between the another vehicle and the server device, the controller transmits communication data received by the first communication device from the server device, from the inter-vehicle communication device to the another vehicle, and transmits communication data received by the inter-vehicle communication device from the another vehicle, from the first communication device to the server device.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Harada, Hisataro Iinami, Ayaka Ohki
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Patent number: 11211962Abstract: A sealing unit used to block liquid comprises a sealing block, a receiving hole, a wire-through hole, and a sealing piece. The receiving hole penetrates the sealing block. The sealing piece is received in the receiving hole. A surface of the sealing block is in contact with the receiving hole. A material of the sealing piece is elastic material. The sealing piece is penetrated by the wire-through hole and forms an open penetrating structure. The present disclosure also provides a wireless intercom device using the sealing unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Goldtek Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lih-Sin Lee, Wei-Cheng Wu
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Patent number: 11206622Abstract: A mesh network includes multiple in-band on-channel (IBOC) transceivers, connected in a mesh configuration. A first IBOC transceiver communicates directly with a second IBOC transceiver, and an edge transceiver communicates directly with the second IBOC transceiver, but indirectly with the first IBOC transceiver via the second IBOC transceiver. The first IBOC transceiver includes a first network interface, an IBOC radio frequency (RF) transmitter, and a wireless network interface. The first network interface receives broadcast content for IBOC transmission from the edge transceiver. The IBOC RF transmitter transmits the broadcast content within an IBOC broadcast area. The wireless network interface receives feedback, related to the broadcast content, from an IBOC user device within the IBOC broadcast area, and transmits the feedback indirectly to the edge transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
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Patent number: 11196480Abstract: A solid state power amplifier uses a Doherty power amplifier that can be implemented as a monolithic microwave integrated circuit. By adjusting the DC bias of the amplifying stages in each branch of the Doherty amplifier, the output power, linearity, and DC power can be adjusted to provide a specified output, where the specification for the output can include the maintaining of desired DC power and linearity. The Doherty power amplifier can be used in a satellite payload or other application utilizing solid state power amplifiers, while providing the proper amount of RF output power and DC power. A single amplifier can have its bias levels adjusted for different output levels, helping to minimize the number of designs that are required for a given satellite payload, reducing the variety of parts in a satellite payload.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Maxar Space LLCInventors: Seyed Tabatabaei, Jim Sowers, Ghislain Turgeon