Patents Examined by Simon Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10038773
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing communication between a terminal and a device are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, a method used in the device includes receiving a plurality of multicast packets from the terminal. The method also includes determining, according to the multicast packets, wireless connection information of a wireless network. The method further includes connecting to the wireless network according to the wireless connection information. The method further includes generating a notification indicating a password associated with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SHANGHAI XIAOYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Zong, Yangcun Chen, Chao He
  • Patent number: 10038772
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing communication between a terminal and a device are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, a method used in the device includes receiving a plurality of multicast packets from the terminal. The method also includes determining, according to the multicast packets, wireless connection information of a wireless network. The method further includes connecting to the wireless network according to the wireless connection information. The method further includes generating a notification indicating a password associated with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SHANGHAI XIAOYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Zong, Yangcun Chen, Chao He
  • Patent number: 10033420
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication receiver including an antenna for receiving an RF signal; a first mixer, coupled to the antenna, for performing frequency conversion on the RF signal from the antenna by mixing the RF signal with a local oscillator signal to provide a first intermediate frequency (IF) signal; and a first filter, coupled to the first mixer, configured to pass a predetermined band of frequencies of the first IF signal and to generate a first channel signal. The first filter includes a negative feedback loop coupled to the first mixer for performing negative feedback loop control on the first IF signal; and a positive capacitive feedback loop coupled to the first mixer for performing positive capacitive feedback loop control on the first IF signal, the negative feedback loop and the positive capacitive feedback loop being coupled in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Yuan-Ching Lien, Eric Klumperink, Bram Nauta
  • Patent number: 10009867
    Abstract: Channel estimator 101, based on the received signal received through a radio channel, estimates an estimated value of a channel showing channel characteristics of the radio channel. Correlation value calculator 103 calculates a time domain channel correlation value showing the time correlation of the radio channel, based on the estimated value of the channel. Channel power calculator 102 calculates channel power as the power of the received signal, based on the estimated value of the channel. Noise power calculator 104 calculates noise power as the power of the noise component contained in the received signal. Corrector 105 corrects the channel power based on the noise power and corrects the time domain channel correlation value based on the corrected channel power and the noise power. Fading Doppler frequency estimator 200 estimates the fading Doppler frequency based on the corrected time domain channel correlation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Uchida, Masayuki Kimata
  • Patent number: 9998162
    Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods using capacitor circuitry to sample a value of an input signal; comparators to compare the value of the input signal with a range of voltage values and provide comparison results; successive approximation register (SAR) logic circuitry to generate first bits and second bits based on the comparison results; and circuitry to calculate an average value of a value of the second bits and a value of bits of a portion of the first bits, and to generate output bits representing the value of the input signal, the output bits including bits generated based on the average value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Eshel Gordon, Sophia Maerkovich, Ofir Degani, Hasnain Lakdawala
  • Patent number: 9989639
    Abstract: A wireless water regimen detecting device includes a fish finder module, a data communication module connected to the fish finder module and a WIFI module connected to the data communication module, which are arranged within a housing. The wireless water regimen detecting device utilizes the wireless communication way of WIFI to make the display terminal of the fish finder module not be limited to the wireless receiving terminal which is especially prepared for it, but can use existing intelligent terminals with a WIFI wireless communication function, such as smart phone, tablet PC, notebook computer or other portable mobile devices, to display. Sweb operating mode of monopoly serial communication port can be utilized, thus the user can carry on related operation on the webpage of the display terminal by visiting the web server to obtain detecting information of the fish finder module. Much convenience is provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Vexilar, Inc.
    Inventor: Xiujun Wu
  • Patent number: 9991849
    Abstract: A wireless communication device configured to prevent a transmission time period for sending a wireless signal and a receiving time period for receiving a wireless signal from being overlap, comprises: a transmitter that includes an orthogonal modulator that orthogonally modulates an IQ-modulated modulation signal and a transmission power amplifier that power-amplifies the orthogonally modulated signal; a receiver that includes a demodulator that demodulates a received signal; a first power source that is the power source for the transmission power amplifier and the receiver; and a second power source that is the power source for the orthogonal modulator; and a controller which outputs the modulation signal to the orthogonal modulator. The first power source outputs a constant voltage to the receiver during the receiving time period, and outputs, during the transmission time period, to the transmission power amplifier, a fluctuating voltage according to an envelope of the modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventor: Junya Dosaka
  • Patent number: 9985731
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for power cords with integrated wireless communication components. In one embodiment, an example power cable may include a first portion having a first connector, a second portion having a second connector, and an integrated radio module with a ZigBee radio. The integrated radio module may be coupled between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kamran Khojasteh, Robert Niemand, Allen Bettner
  • Patent number: 9977755
    Abstract: An interface unit of a mobile device coupled to an auxiliary device, the interface unit including: a first plurality of switches configured for power delivery to the auxiliary device; at least one isolation unit coupled to the first plurality of switches, the at least one isolation unit configured to isolate the multiple signals and to prevent disruption of data communication between the mobile device and the auxiliary device; and a second plurality of switches configured for the data communication between the mobile device and the auxiliary device, the second plurality of switches configured to bypass the at least one isolation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Meysam Azin, Vijayakumar Dhanasekaran, Hui-ya Liao Nelson, Bengt Stefan Gustavsson, Peter Jivan Shah
  • Patent number: 9974111
    Abstract: A method to establish communication between devices is provided. The method may include obtaining a request from a user at a first device to establish a communication session through a communication system over a wide area network with a second device. The communication session may provide for verbal communication between the user of the first device and a second user of the second device. The method may further include obtaining, at the first device over a local area network, current vital sign data of the user from a medical device configured to obtain vital sign data of the user. In response to the request from the user, the method may include sending a communication request to the communication system over the wide area network to establish the communication session and sending the current vital sign data to the communication system over the wide area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Scot Lorin Brooksby, Adam Montero, Merle Lamar Walker, III
  • Patent number: 9967006
    Abstract: The concepts, systems and method described herein provide a scalable beam steering control system having a primary beam steering controller and one or more secondary beam steering controllers to control a direction of a beam generated by an antenna array. The scalable beam steering control system may include a plurality of array blocks, each array block having one or more array elements. The primary controller block may be coupled to at least one array block and include a beam steering module to generate beam steering signals for the one or more array elements of the array block. The one or more secondary controller blocks may be coupled to the primary controller block and at least one array block. In an embodiment, each secondary controller block may include a beam steering module to generate beam steering signals for array elements of at least one array block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Glenn D. Henseler
  • Patent number: 9961523
    Abstract: Architectures, devices, systems and methods incorporating beacon transmissions that comply with a defined communications protocol having frames corresponding to a universally unique identifier (UUID) value, a major value, and a minor value, in which the transmissions incorporate sensor data encoded on the fly into one or more of the values or frames of the protocol. Sensor data may include temperature, light intensity, smoke, voltage, sound, motion, displacement, acceleration, humidity, pressure, radiation, button-press stimulus event, compass direction, proximity, or other stimuli or sensor data, for example, and is more generally termed “contextual content”. According to relationships and permissions established by a receiving device and/or system, look-up results are processed to configure notifications tied to the contextual content of the broadcast. Notifications to a receiving device and/or system are configured according to contextual data broadcast by the beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel J. Daoura, Nick L Pearson-Franks
  • Patent number: 9954985
    Abstract: A foldable mobile terminal, including: an upper shell (11) and a lower shell (21) that are hinged, and a flexible panel (30) disposed on inner surfaces of the upper shell (11) and the lower shell (21); at least one of the upper shell (11) and the lower shell (21) can be pivoted inwardly or outwardly to an adjustable angle with respect to an hinge axis; a region of the upper shell (11) closer to the hinge axis includes an upper cavity (111), and a region of the lower shell (21) closer to the hinge axis includes a lower cavity (211); a region of the flexible panel (30) closer to the hinge axis includes a bending portion (301) and the flexible panel (30) can be bent at the bending portion (301); upon at least one of the upper shell (11) and the lower shell (21) is pivoted inwardly with respect to the hinge axis, the bending portion (301) is received in the upper cavity (111) and the lower cavity (211), so as to maintain a relatively large bending radius, and prevent the flexible panel from being broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Xu
  • Patent number: 9948404
    Abstract: Provided is a human body communication system including a master device configured to output a first signal based on a first data signal and a signal having a pattern in which a waveform of a first carrier wave and a waveform of a second carrier wave are repeated; and a slave device configured to receive the first signal to determine a carrier wave having a low level of attenuation among the first carrier wave and the second carrier wave, and output a second signal based on the determined carrier wave and a second data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Chang Hee Hyoung
  • Patent number: 9929925
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for detecting a counterfeit advertiser by a server includes detecting a random delay time or a cumulative interval for a reference device based on a time stamp for an advertisement packet received from the reference device, and detecting a random delay time or a cumulative interval for a receiving device other than the reference device based on a time stamp for an advertisement packet received from the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Kyu Choi, Sin-Seok Seo, Ki-Seok Lee, Do-Hy Hong
  • Patent number: 9930159
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for determining a communication mode for recording a media message on a communication device is provided. An adaptive recording application detects activation of an interface element, for example, a push or a touch of a button on the communication device and determines duration of the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application, in response to the detection of the activation of the interface element, selects a communication mode, for example, a push to talk communication mode, a tap to start communication mode, etc., based on a comparison of the duration of the activation of the interface element with one or more configurable timing parameters and/or a determination of a presence or an absence of a media signal during and/or after the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application initiates recording of the media message in the selected communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: KIRUSA, INC.
    Inventor: Kieraj Singh Mumick
  • Patent number: 9929753
    Abstract: Techniques for harmonizing wireless communications performed by a computing device which communicates using varying wireless communication standards are described herein. For instance, a computing device may include multiple chipsets with associated antennas that are configured to perform wireless communications using separate wireless standards which operate at overlapping frequencies. To avoid performance degradation experienced in simultaneous use cases with communications operating at overlapping frequencies, the multiple chipsets may be configured with logic to determine which communications are prioritized when multiple chipsets attempt to communicate simultaneously. The multiple chipsets may be communicatively coupled to coordinate their communications by prioritizing certain types of communications over other types of communications to avoid simultaneous communications in overlapping frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Morris Yuanhsiang Hsu, Pratik Kalpesh Patel, Qinghai Gao, Ateet Kapur, Milos Jorgovanovic, Jay Praful Desai, Jin Guo, King Shaw
  • Patent number: 9918310
    Abstract: An RF receiver comprises a down-converting and sampling circuit (104) adapted to: receive an RF input signal (RFIN) having a signal band (BWRF) comprising a plurality of sub-bands (BWIF), each sub-band comprising a plurality (2K) of channels separated by frequency channel spaces (?fCH); and perform frequency transposition and sampling to generate a discrete time signal in which a selected one of the plurality of sub-bands is brought from an initial frequency band to a lower frequency band (IF20±K?fCH); and a discrete time filter (108) having a variable pass band, the central frequency (f0) of the discrete time filter being controllable to select any one of the plurality (2K) of channels of the selected sub-band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, AIRBUS DS SAS
    Inventors: Michaël Pelissier, Patrick Audebert, Luis Lolis
  • Patent number: 9917630
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may autonomously transition from a multiple antenna port mode to a single antenna port mode. The wireless communication device may implicitly notify a base station about the autonomous transition from the multiple antenna port mode to the single antenna port mode. The base station may reallocate resources that were previously allocated to the wireless communication device but that are no longer being used by the wireless communication device. In some cases, the base station may configure the wireless communication device's antenna port mode via radio resource control signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kimihiko Imamura, John Michael Kowalski, Sayantan Choudhury
  • Patent number: 9917611
    Abstract: A removable case for a mobile device formed from a molded pulp that is capable of conforming to the shape of the mobile device. The elasticity of the molded pulp material allows it to conform to the shape of the mobile device and to retain the mobile device within the case. This elasticity also aids in the protection of the mobile device. The molded pulp case has a plurality of sides that cover at least a portion of the side walls of the mobile device and overlap a portion of the front panel of the mobile device. A back panel covers a substantial portion of the rear panel of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventor: Yifan Wang