Patents Examined by Sonny Trinh
  • Patent number: 10225394
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to execute a data communication task through a default communication module selected from at least one communication module; a display unit configured to display at least one object corresponding to the at least one communication module when a preset condition is met in association with a preset data communication task; and a controller configured to control, in response to a user input applied to select at least one of the at least one object, the preset data communication task to be executed through a communication module corresponding to the selected at least one object, and other data communication tasks, except for the preset data communication task, to be executed through the default communication module. Further, the display unit displays at least one icon corresponding to the at least one communication module when the preset condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jechan Han
  • Patent number: 10225800
    Abstract: A portable device control method and a device are described herein. The method includes establishing, by a first device using a wireless communications technology, a connection to a second device when the first device discovers the second device; determining, by the first device, a user is in a first scene mode, wherein the first scene mode is a motion status, a health detection status or a sleep status; determining, by the first device based on a preset execution policy, an execution device of a first application; and sending, by the first device to the second device, an instruction message for executing the first application when the execution device is the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenwei Shan
  • Patent number: 10225392
    Abstract: A portable device is configured to provide geographic information to a head unit of a vehicle equipped with a display device. One or more processors determine a user context related to a geographic location and detect that the portable device has been communicatively coupled to the head unit of a vehicle. The one or more processors transmit to the head unit, without an express user command, a request that the head unit accept data from the portable device for output via the display device. In response to receiving an indication that that the request has been granted, the one or more processors cause information related to the geographic location to be displayed via the display device, without an express user input at the portable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Julian Pelly, Andrew Foster
  • Patent number: 10218397
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) front end device is disclosed. The device comprises a plurality of micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) transfer switches having a plurality of parallel switch inputs and parallel switch outputs. The device comprises a plurality of banks of a plurality of parallel signal conditioning devices and each bank comprising a plurality of parallel paths having an input side and an output side, at least two of the banks of the plurality of signal conditioning devices couple the input side to the plurality of parallel switch outputs of a preceding MEMS transfer switch and the output side to the plurality of parallel switch inputs of a succeeding MEMS transfer switch. The MEMS transfer switches are controlled to condition a wideband signal through a selected set of signal conditioning devices to improve selection sensitivity of at least one frequency in a wideband. A method and RF communications device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bryan Charles Gundrum, Steve Todd Nicholas, Lowell Kent Sherman
  • Patent number: 10200535
    Abstract: An interactive display response (IDR) system and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The IDR system includes an interactive display server (IDS), wherein the IDS is configured to: establish a data session with an interactive display application (IDA) installed on a mobile device, wherein the data session is established when a call is placed, via the mobile device, with a call center that is subscribed to provide IDR services; obtain, from the call center, a link to a data to be displayed via the IDA; and send, to the mobile device, the link to the data to be displayed on the mobile device; wherein the IDA is configured to determine whether the call center is subscribed to provide IDR services, wherein the IDA is further configured to send the results of the determination to the IDS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CallVU Ltd.
    Inventors: Doron Rotsztein, Ran Faran
  • Patent number: 10187164
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the mobile terminal are disclosed. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, together with an external device separated therefrom, may measure body composition by using human body medium communication. The mobile terminal and the external device have two electrodes that contact areas of a user's body. The mobile terminal outputs a test signal through a first body area contacting a first electrode, and transmits the test signal to the external device through the user's body. The external device generates a feedback signal corresponding to the test signal. The mobile terminal detects a second signal which is the feedback signal that passes through the body and is transmitted through a second electrode. The mobile terminal uses the difference between a reference signal corresponding to the test signal and the second signal to calculate the body composition of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Cheegoog Kim, Mansoo Sin, Hyunghoon Oh, Jeunguk Ha
  • Patent number: 10181868
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a radio-frequency (RF) receiver. The RF receiver includes a single-balanced passive mixer driven by the output of a low noise amplifier (LNA) and a passive filter driven by an output of the single-balanced passive mixer. The RF receiver further includes a programmable gain amplifier (PGA) having an input resistance that generates noise, where the PGA is driven by an output of the passive filter, and the noise generated by the input resistance of the PGA is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Navin Harwalkar, Arup Mukherji, John M. Khoury
  • Patent number: 10172439
    Abstract: A mobile phone case is provided having a cover shaped to fit snugly around and cover sides and a back of a mobile phone inserted into the cover, the cover having a flat back portion, and a slit formed in the cover between the flat back portion of the cover and sides of the cover for mounting the mobile phone case to a belt. The flat back portion is configured to open with respect to the sides of the cover along the slit such that the mobile phone case is capable of tightly receiving a belt within the slit between the flat back portion and sides of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Inventor: Jerry Keith Hall
  • Patent number: 10177804
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to an electronic device protection module configured with a casing adapted to cushion and removably retain the electronic device, a bi-fold component mechanically coupled with the casing, and a releasable electronic device accessory pouch attaching receptacle disposed in the bi-fold component. In an illustrative example, the electronic device may be a smartphone. The casing may be, for example, elastically deformable, cushioning the smartphone against impact. In some examples, the casing may be configured with openings or buttons to enable device operation. In some designs, the bi-fold component may be configured with pockets adapted to secure currency or cards. In some embodiments, the attaching receptacle may releasably attach an accessory pouch to the bi-fold component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Inventor: Jason Hill
  • Patent number: 10165517
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a power allocation method and a communications device. The power allocation method includes: determining, by a first communications device, a first power control parameter group, where the first power control parameter group includes information used to indicate a transmit power of the first communications device in a first-type subframe, and sending, by the first communications device, a signal only on a downlink frequency resource in the first-type subframe; and determining, by the first communications device, a second power control parameter group, where the second power control parameter group includes information used to indicate a transmit power of the first communications device in a second-type subframe, and sending, by the first communications device, signals on both a downlink frequency resource and an uplink frequency resource in the second-type subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Sun, Yongxia Lyu, Ronghui Wen
  • Patent number: 10164700
    Abstract: A fault detection method and a fault detection device for external antennas, where the method comprises generating a first detection signal and transmitting the first detection signal using a main antenna, detecting whether a diversity antenna receives the first detection signal, acquiring a signal strength difference between the signals received by the main antenna and the diversity antenna, respectively, determining that the diversity antenna is faulty when the signal strength difference is not less than a first threshold, determining that the main antenna is faulty when the signal strength difference is not larger than a second threshold, and determining that the main antenna and the diversity antenna are faulty when the signal strength difference is larger than the second threshold and less than the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pinhui Chen, Kheng Hong Ang
  • Patent number: 10155483
    Abstract: A component for a vehicle interior to position a mobile device in the vehicle interior is disclosed. The component may comprise a base and a mechanism coupled to the base with a shelf configured to move from a retracted position to an extended position. The shelf may support the mobile device in the extended position. The base may comprise a storage area and the mechanism may cover the storage area when the shelf is in the extended position. The mechanism may descend from the base to move the shelf from the extended position to the retracted position. The mechanism may comprise a lower arm coupled to an upper arm by a pin and a spring. The lower arm may slide and rotate to move the shelf between the retracted position and the extended position. The component may comprise a locking mechanism to lock the shelf in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Robert Catlin, Thomas Scott Hodgson
  • Patent number: 10148230
    Abstract: A predistortion circuit receives an input polar signal to be transmitted, including an input amplitude signal and an input phase signal. The input polar signal is predistorted using at least one predistortion parameter selected from a lookup table. A phase-and-amplitude modulated radio-frequency signal is generated corresponding to the predistorted polar signal. A copy of the generated radio-frequency signal is provided to a polar receiver. The polar receiver is operated to generate, from the copy of the radio-frequency signal and without information relating to the generated transmit signal, a feedback polar signal including a feedback amplitude signal and a feedback phase signal. The feedback polar signal is compared to the input polar signal, the lookup table is updated in response to the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Innophase, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Xu, Sara Munoz Hermoso
  • Patent number: 10145935
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunications system that employs a distributed-antenna system is described in which different combinations of radio signals are assigned to antennas so as to facilitate locating a wireless terminal based on the identity of the radio signals it receives above a threshold signal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: Vittorio Degli-Esposti
  • Patent number: 10141967
    Abstract: A mobile device receives a message from a vehicle computing platform via remote process communication (RPC), updates an origin address of the message to indicate the mobile device, sends the message to a destination address of the message, receives a response message from the destination, updates a destination address of the response message to indicate the computing platform, and sends the response message to the computing platform via the RPC. A computing platform constructs a remote procedure call (RPC) message by a virtual network interface application for a request received from a vehicle application for a network protocol unsupported by a mobile device, and sends the RPC to the mobile device to cause the mobile device to update an origin address of the request to indicate the mobile device and send the request to a destination address of the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pramita Mitra, Pietro Buttolo, Basavaraj Tonshal, Qianyi Wang, Gary Steven Strumolo, Kelly Lee Zechel, Brian Nash, Theodore Wingrove
  • Patent number: 10141998
    Abstract: There is provided a method for utilizing antenna beam information. The method is performed by a network node. The method comprises acquiring antenna beam information indicative of a direction of a wireless device (WD) specific beam of the network node. The method comprises classifying the acquired antenna beam information into a cell specific beam category based on an angular difference between the direction and a direction of main lobe of a cell specific beam of the network node. The method comprises performing at least one of a load balancing action of the wireless device and a radiation beam pattern change related to the cell specific beam category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Pradeepa Ramachandra, Harald Kallin, Panagiota Lioliou, Kristina Zetterberg
  • Patent number: 10135650
    Abstract: A circuit for tuning a resonance frequency of an electrically small antenna. The circuit includes a first source configured for providing a modulation signal, a second source configured for providing a periodic electrical signal, an antenna, and a tuning circuit configured for modulating a resonance frequency of the antenna in response to the modulation signal. The tuning circuit includes first and second capacitors that are alternately coupled to the antenna to change the resonance frequency of the antenna. The capacitor currently coupled to the antenna is decoupled from the antenna and the other capacitor is coupled to the antenna when the voltage across the capacitor currently coupled to the antenna is momentarily zero. In an exemplary embodiment, the tuning circuit comprises first and second inductors rather than capacitors. The inductors are switched into and out of the circuit when the current through the currently coupled inductor is momentarily zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Manteghi, Mohsen Salehi
  • Patent number: 10129764
    Abstract: Mechanisms for wireless directional transmission systems are proposed. In a first novel aspect, a mechanism for reference signal provisioning and channel information reporting is proposed. Two sets of measurement pilots are introduced for initial access and control signaling. In a second novel aspect, a beamwidth adaptation mechanism is proposed to deal with occasional channel variation without requiring constantly high overhead due to measurement pilot transmission. In a third novel aspect, a mechanism for backhaul link to activate/deactivate efficiently is proposed. New states of activated state and deactivated state are introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Yu, Jiann-Ching Guey
  • Patent number: 10128798
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for operating an envelope tracking power supply. The method may include receiving, from a modem of a device, information indicative of a transmit waveform statistic of a signal to be wirelessly transmitted by the device. The method may further include adjusting a configuration of the envelope tracking power supply based on the transmit waveform statistic of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph Duncan, Thomas Marra, Song Shi, Iulian Mirea
  • Patent number: 10122837
    Abstract: A wireless communication device that has a circuit board, an RF signal module, a capacitive touch-sensing component, or a functional component, and an antenna component is provided. The touch-sensing signal module is disposed on the circuit board. The capacitive touch-sensing component includes a sensing layer and a ground layer. The sensing layer is electrically connected to the touch-sensing signal module. The antenna component includes a feed point and a radiating body. The feed point is disposed on the ground layer and is electrically connected to the RF single module. The radiating body incorporates at least parts of the ground layer. Alternatively, the feed point is disposed on the sensing layer, and the radiating body incorporates at least parts of the sensing layer. Therefore, the radiating body is incorporated into the sensing layer or ground layer of the capacitive touch-sensing component and can save accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tiao-Hsing Tsai, Chien-Pin Chiu, Hsiao-Wei Wu, Yi-Hsiang Kung, Li-Yuan Fang