Patents Examined by Tan H Trinh
  • Patent number: 11076261
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry, wireless transceiver circuitry, and a display. The control circuitry may determine where nearby devices are located relative to the electronic device. When a wireless communications link is established with a nearby device, the control circuitry may use the display to inform a user of the status of the wireless communications link and the location of the nearby device. The display may produce images such as a line extending in the direction of the nearby device. The line may move on the display in response to movement of the nearby device. In an environment with multiple devices that are in range for wireless communications, the display may show a notification for each nearby device. The location and size of each notification on the display may be based on the location and proximity of the nearby device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Adam S. Meyer, Duncan Robert Kerr
  • Patent number: 11076358
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may identify one or more first user equipments (UEs) that have been configured for grant-free transmissions on an allocation of resources. In some cases, the base station may then schedule an uplink transmission for a second UE on resources that overlap the allocation of resources. Accordingly, the base station may transmit a power adjustment indication (PAI) to the one or more first UEs to adjust a transmit power for uplink transmissions on the overlapping resources. In some cases, the PAI may include an indication of frequency-domain resources for the power adjustment indicated in the PAI, a specified time duration for the power adjustment indicated in the PAI, an indication of specific uplink transmissions to which the transmit power adjustment is to be applied, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Chih-Ping Li, Seyedkianoush Hosseini, Jing Jiang, Wanshi Chen
  • Patent number: 11070278
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus can include: a first antenna configured to receive a first plurality of signals including a signal in one frequency band as a signal in a fundamental frequency band and a signal in another frequency band as a signal in a harmonic frequency band; a second antenna configured to receive a second plurality of signals including a signal in the other frequency band as a signal in the fundamental frequency band and a signal in the one frequency band as a signal in the harmonic frequency band; and a controller configured to combine a signal from the first plurality of signals in a frequency band that is selected by a user with a signal from the second plurality of signals in the frequency band that is selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jungnam Bae
  • Patent number: 11057843
    Abstract: A communication control device 30 that determines second communication processing that is communication processing that can be executed in parallel with first communication processing that is communication processing that is executed between a transmission terminal and a reception terminal. The communication control device including: a transmission power determination unit 31 that determines conditions for the transmission power of a signal that would not impede the first communication processing, even if a signal that is transmitted by means of the second communication processing is received by the reception terminal; and a destination determination unit 32 that determines a destination for the second communication processing from among terminals at which a signal that is transmitted at transmission power that satisfies the determined conditions could arrive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11057849
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna array including a plurality of elements arranged to perform beamforming, wherein a first number corresponds to a total number of the plurality of elements, a processor operatively connected to the antenna array, and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to identify a second number of the plurality of elements that are performing the beamforming, determine a first backoff value stored based on the second number, and perform a power backoff operation according to the first backoff value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonhyung Heo, Kyungrok Lee, Hyeongjoo Oh, Jungsik Kim, Yongsang Yun
  • Patent number: 11057841
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to 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). 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunseok Ryu, Jeongho Yeo, Jinyoung Oh, Sungjin Park, Jonghyun Bang, Cheolkyu Shin
  • Patent number: 11051254
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a device in a communication node for wireless communications. The communication node monitors first-type information blocks in a first time window, receives a first signaling, and transmits a first radio signal; the first signaling is used for determining time-frequency resources occupied by the first radio signal; information carried by the first radio signal comprises a first difference value, a first reference power value is used for determining the first difference value, the first reference power value is a power value for a wireless transmission on sidelink; when X first-type information blocks are detected in the first time window, the X first-type information blocks respectively correspond to X first-type parameters, X is a positive integer greater than 1; the X first-type parameters are used for determining a target parameter, the target parameter is used for determining the first reference power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zheng Liu, XiaoBo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11044590
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a vehicle, an apparatus, a method and a computer program for communicating in multiple mobile communication systems. An apparatus for a vehicle communicating in multiple mobile communication systems comprises one or more interfaces configured to communicate in the mobile communication systems using an adaptive antenna. The apparatus comprises a control module configured to control the one or more interfaces. The control module is further configured to determine a setting for the adaptive antenna to obtain spatially separated signals using the same time and frequency resources, and to detect different messages from the spatially separated signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ahmad El Assaad, Steffen Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11038637
    Abstract: A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: GOLBA LLC
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
  • Patent number: 11038619
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radio frequency communication and jamming device configured for physically secured friendly radio frequency communication and for jamming hostile radio frequency communication, the radio frequency communication and jamming device including: an antenna arrangement having a transmission section for transmitting outgoing signals and a receiving section for receiving incoming signals; a receiver device configured for extracting an incoming information signal from the incoming signals received via the receiving section of the antenna arrangement in a receiving frequency band; a jamming generator configured for generating at least one jamming signal for jamming at least one jamming frequency band, wherein the jamming signal is transmitted as one of the outgoing signals via the transmission section, wherein the at least one jamming frequency band includes the receiving frequency band; and a self-interference cancellation device configured for cancelling portions of the at least one jamming signal in t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Ramez Askar, Wilhelm Keusgen
  • Patent number: 11032779
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates power control in wireless communications, to methods for open loop power control for setting the initial uplink transmission power for a wireless device capable of operating in multiple frequency bands. The disclosure includes methods for transmitting an uplink signal in an uplink channel of a first frequency band using an initial transmission power based on measurements of reference signals in the first frequency band when the received downlink channel is in a second frequency band not overlapping with the first frequency band. The disclosure also relates to corresponding devices and to a computer program for executing the proposed methods. Further, embodiments relating to a host computer and activities therein, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Robert Baldemair, Daniel Chen Larsson, Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall
  • Patent number: 11031967
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a power control circuitry for controlling a radio frequency, RF, transmitter of a network equipment or a user equipment, the power control circuitry comprising: a controller configured to control a power level of an RF signal generated by the RF transmitter for transmission via an antenna arrangement, wherein the power level is controlled based on information about an object within an coverage area of the antenna arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Markus Dominik Mueck
  • Patent number: 11025765
    Abstract: A wireless audio guide system for an exhibition area. The system includes a BLE chip transmitting a beacon containing audio guide data associated with at least one exhibit in the exhibition area. The beacon is transmitted at predetermined intervals. A mobile device, within a predetermined range of the at least one exhibit, captures the beacon and links the mobile device to an audio file that is played back at the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated (STM)
    Inventor: Srinath Arunachalam
  • Patent number: 11025354
    Abstract: A system comprises an intermediate communication platform that provides an interface to an Internet network; and a first server including: a port operatively coupled to the intermediate communication platform, processing circuitry, and a service application for execution by the processor. The service application is configured to: receive geographic location information of a radio receiver via the intermediate communication platform; determine one or more radio broadcasts available to the radio receiver according to the geographic location information; and send metadata for the radio broadcast, the metadata including an indication whether content of the radio broadcast is suitable for an audio fingerprinting process to the radio receiver via the intermediate communication platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Ibiquity Digital Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Venezia
  • Patent number: 11021164
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. In addition, one aspect of the invention generally relates to a method and system for modifying a user's driving behaviors, in particular to a system and method for modifying a user's unsafe driving behaviors, e.g., using one or more services of a controllable mobile device while driving, by providing a score to the user rating indicating that they are using a mobile device in a distracting way, or driving in a manner that indicates that they are distracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Katasi, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Ferrill Tibbitts, Franklin Tai, Ryan Tibbitts, Adam Stevenson, Malcolm Bruce Young
  • Patent number: 11018816
    Abstract: A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: GOLBA LLC
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
  • Patent number: 11019582
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting/receiving a reference signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system. According to the present disclosure, the terminal receives control information from a base station and receives the reference signal based on the control information. The reference signal is transmitted on a specific antenna port and is positioned in the same symbol, on a time axis, and in the same subcarrier, on a frequency axis, as a different reference signal transmitted on at least one other antenna port. A method and a device may be provided, in which an Orthogonal Cover Code (OCC) is applied to the specific antenna port and at least one other antenna port and multiplexed through a Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) scheme and the OCC or a value acquired by shifting the OCC is applied to the subcarrier according to the index of the subcarrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyungtae Kim, Jiwon Kang, Kijun Kim, Sukhyon Yoon
  • Patent number: 11019574
    Abstract: A communication system is provided. The communication system includes at least one radio point, each configured to exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with a user equipment (UE) at a site. The communication system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one radio point. The controller is configured to determine a transmit power control (TPC) command for the UE based on a signal to interference plus noise (SINK) for the UE. The controller is also configured to determine a count (N) of consecutive uplink transmissions, from the UE, meeting at least one criteria. The controller is also configured to determine a modified TPC command for the UE based on the count (N) and the TPC command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Gopikrishna Charipadi, Stuart D. Sandberg
  • Patent number: 11012946
    Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to modifying a buffer status report (BSR) are provided. In one embodiment, a first wireless communication device determines a BSR based on at least a first data size and a predicted data size. The first wireless communication device transmits to a second wireless communication device, the BSR. The first wireless communication device receives from the second wireless communication device, a scheduling grant in response to the BSR. The first wireless communication device transmits to the second wireless communication device, a communication signal based on the scheduling grant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shanshan Wang, Aziz Gholmieh, Udara Fernando, Reza Shahidi
  • Patent number: 11012950
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a user equipment for a mobile telecommunications system includes circuitry including a receiver and a transmitter and which is configured to communicate with a new radio base station and a LTE base station. The circuitry is further configured to indicate a coexistence indication to the new radio base station or to the LTE base station; and receive a power control instruction for controlling power output of the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Vivek Sharma, Anders Berggren, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda