Patents Examined by Tan H Trinh
  • Patent number: 11528666
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting the transmission power of an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of determining, by an unmanned aerial vehicle that includes a radio transceiver, an altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a base station. The actions further include, based on the altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the base station, determining, by an unmanned aerial vehicle, a transmission power level for the radio transceiver. The actions further include communicating, by the unmanned aerial vehicle, with the base station using the radio transceiver operating at the transmission power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Gaviphat Lekutai
  • Patent number: 11528349
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge structure, a first housing structure, a second housing structure that is foldable with the first housing structure, a foldable housing, a flexible display, a first mid-plate disposed on one side of the first housing structure, a second mid-plate disposed on one side of the second housing structure, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending between the first mid-plate and the second mid-plate, a first sealing member that seals a first opening formed in the first mid-plate, and a second sealing member that seals a second opening formed in the second mid-plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gidae Kim, Moohyun Baek, Minsung Lee, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 11519949
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measurement system for testing a device under test over-the-air. The measurement system comprises a signal generation and/or analysis equipment, several antennas, several reflectors and a test location for the device under test. The antennas are connected with the signal generation and/or analysis equipment in a signal-transmitting manner Each of the antennas is configured to transmit and/or receive an electromagnetic signal so that a beam path is provided between the respective antenna and the test location. The electromagnetic signal is reflected by one of the reflectors so that the electromagnetic signal corresponds to a planar wave, thereby providing indirect far field conditions for testing. A first reflector of the several reflectors is orientated at a first azimuth angle and at a first elevation angle with respect to a center of the test location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Vincent Abadie, Ramez Khoury, Corbett Rowell, Jose Fortes
  • Patent number: 11521613
    Abstract: A communication system comprises a communication device and a server system. The communication system obtains permission to perform a function related to the communication device from a user, performs a predetermined process of obtaining permission to perform a predetermined function from the user, if the predetermined function that the user does not permit the server system to perform is added as the function, performs the function that the user permits the server system to perform in advance, if an instruction for performing the function that the user permits the server system to perform in advance is inputted into a voice control device with a voice, after the predetermined process is performed and in a state where the permission to perform the predetermined function is not obtained from the user, and performs a process corresponding to the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masakazu Nomoto
  • Patent number: 11522599
    Abstract: A disclosed method for secured multi-payload antennas operators operations comprises generating, by an antenna operations center (AOC), AOC commands using an antenna location pointing request for each of at least one antenna associated with each of at least one customer. The method further comprises transmitting, by a satellite operation center (SOC), the AOC commands and SOC commands to a vehicle via a ground antenna, where the SOC commands are related to at least one antenna associated with a host. Also, the method comprises generating customer antenna gimballing commands by using the AOC commands, and generating host antenna gimballing commands by using the SOC commands. Further, the method comprises gimballing respectively each of the antenna(s) associated with each of the customer(s) by using the customer antenna gimballing commands, and gimballing respectively each of the antenna(s) associated with the host by using the host antenna gimballing commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Yi-Feng James Chen, Ryan R. Telkamp, Heidi E. Ziegler
  • Patent number: 11522566
    Abstract: A crystal-free wireless device includes a frequency calibration module and a local radio frequency (RF) oscillator having a first frequency and configured to communicate with the frequency calibration module. The crystal-free wireless device also includes a relaxation ring oscillator configured to communicate with the frequency calibration module. The relaxation ring oscillator is further configured to receive a calibration signal or periodic radio frequency packets from a wireless network and provide a reference signal to the frequency calibration module. The relaxation ring oscillator is a crystal-free oscillator. The frequency calibration module is configured to generate a calibration signal that is fed back through a Frequency Locked Loop (FLL) to the local RF oscillator to calibrate the local RF oscillator. The calibrated local RF oscillator is configured to generate a clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Kristofer Pister, Osama Ullah Khan, Bradley Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11515904
    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: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Markus Dominik Mueck
  • Patent number: 11503143
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover coupled to the housing and positioned over the display, a rear cover coupled to the housing and defining a first portion of a rear exterior surface of the portable electronic device, a protrusion defining a sensor array region of the rear cover and a second portion of the rear exterior surface, and an internal surface opposite the second portion of the rear exterior surface. The portable electronic device also includes a sensor array mounted within the housing along the sensor array region and comprising a frame member coupled to the rear cover along the internal surface and defining a wall structure defining a first container region and a second container region, a camera module positioned in the first container region, and a depth sensor module positioned in the second container region and attached to the internal surface of the rear cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Kallman, Luman Zhang, Hugh J. Jay, Trent Canales, Lindsay M. Alanen, Christopher B. Lyons, Brian A. Argyres, Sherry Cao, Jaden A. Barney, Lucy E. Browning, Sawyer I. Cohen, Benjamin J. Pope
  • Patent number: 11496178
    Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a transmission signal amplifier that outputs a transmission signal to an antenna terminal side; a reception signal amplifier that amplifies a reception signal supplied from an antenna terminal; a switch that selectively connects the antenna terminal to either an output of the transmission signal amplifier or an input of the reception signal amplifier; and a directional coupler that is provided on a transmission signal path and detects a signal level of the transmission signal. The transmission signal amplifier is controlled by a first control signal supplied from a first control circuit. The reception signal amplifier is controlled by a second control signal supplied from a second control circuit. The switch is controlled by a switch control signal supplied from the first control circuit. The directional coupler is controlled by a coupler control signal supplied from the first control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sakurai, Satoshi Arayashiki, Satoshi Tanaka, Kyoichi Hirayama, Tomohito Ito, Kenta Kurahashi
  • Patent number: 11493077
    Abstract: A connection device on an antenna housings includes a circular mounting platform, a covering cap, and a screw bolt. The circular mounting platform is configured to receive an antenna board on the top side. The bottom side of the mounting platform is provided with reinforcement ribs running radially toward the center. The covering cap is configured to completely cover the mounting platform. The screw-bolt is situated at the center of the mounting platform, and is configured to be inserted into an antenna housing carrier. The connection device is a rotary/latching connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: REEL Reinheimer Elektronik GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Joerg Reinheimer
  • Patent number: 11485493
    Abstract: A method for managing connections between an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and one or more associated UAV devices is described. The method includes determining, by a radio control management service, that one or more associated UAV devices are attached to a wireless network; determining, by the radio control management service, that one or more UAVs are attached to the wireless network; and routing, by the radio control management service in response to determining that the one or more associated UAV devices and one or more UAVs are attached to the network, at least one of (1) communications from at least one of the one or more UAVs to at least one of the one or more associated UAV devices and (2) communications from at least one of the one or more associated UAV devices to at least one of the one or more UAVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki Mahkonen, Ravi Manghirmalani, Attila Takács
  • Patent number: 11490336
    Abstract: The implementations of the present disclosure provide a wireless communication method and device, being able to determine, with reference to the transmission power of one uplink signal, the transmission power of another signal as required in a reasonable manner, and directly schedule the fixed transmission power without the need of a network device, thereby improving the communication performance. The method comprises: a terminal device determining a reference uplink signal of a target uplink signal; the terminal device determining the transmission power of the target uplink signal according to the transmission power of the reference uplink signal; and the terminal device transmitting the target uplink signal by using the determined transmission power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenhong Chen
  • Patent number: 11482984
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes an LiNbO3 substrate, a first elastic wave resonator including a first IDT electrode and a first dielectric film, and a second elastic wave resonator including a second IDT electrode and a second dielectric film. A Rayleigh wave travels along at least one surface of the elastic wave device. A thickness of the first dielectric film differs from a thickness of the second dielectric film. A propagation direction of an elastic wave in the first elastic wave resonator coincides with a propagation direction of an elastic wave in the second elastic wave resonator. Euler angles of the LiNbO3 substrate fall within a range of (0°±5°, ?, 0°±10°).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Mimura
  • Patent number: 11469736
    Abstract: In an acoustic wave device, a piezoelectric body is directly or indirectly provided on a high acoustic velocity material layer, an interdigital transducer electrode is directly or indirectly provided on the piezoelectric body, the interdigital transducer electrode includes a first busbar, a second busbar spaced away from the first busbar, a plurality of first electrode fingers, and a plurality of second electrode fingers, and a weighting is applied to the interdigital transducer electrode by providing a floating electrode finger not electrically connected to the first busbar or the second busbar or applied by providing an electrode finger formed by metallizing a gap between the first electrode fingers or a gap between the second electrode fingers to integrate the first electrode fingers or the second electrode fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munehisa Watanabe, Hideki Iwamoto, Harunobu Horikawa
  • Patent number: 11462835
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to any device capable of wireless communication, such as a mobile telephone or wearable device, having one or more antennas. After measuring reflection coefficients of a device at three different DVC states, the reflection coefficient for all other DVC states can be calculated. Thus, based solely upon three reflection coefficient measurements, the antenna can be tuned to adjust for any changes in impedance at the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Chenhui Niu, Ray Parkhurst, Paul Anthony Tornatta, Jr., Lars Ernst Johnsson
  • Patent number: 11463067
    Abstract: In a multiplexer, at least one acoustic wave filter includes a piezoelectric body made of lithium tantalate having Euler angles (?LT=0°±5°, ?LT, ?LT=0°±15°), a support substrate, and an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode. A frequency fh1_t(n) of a first higher-order mode satisfies below Formulas (3) and (4) in all acoustic wave filters (m) having a higher pass band than at least one acoustic wave filter (n) (n<m?N) in at least one acoustic wave resonator among a plurality of acoustic wave resonators. fh1_t(n)>fu(m) Formula (3). fh1_t(n)<fl(m) Formula (4). Here, fu(m) and fl(m) represent the frequencies of the high-frequency end and the low-frequency end of the pass band in the m acoustic wave filters in Formulas (3) and (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Nakagawa, Hideki Iwamoto, Tsutomu Takai
  • Patent number: 11457411
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface, a communication device and a processor. The interface may be configured to detect an input. The communication device may be configured to establish a connection with a user device and send an activation signal to the user device. The processor may be configured to emulate an input device compatible with the user device, receive the input from the interface and generate the activation signal in response to the input. The activation signal may be generated in a format compatible with the input device that causes the user device to execute a command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: George Hires
  • Patent number: 11452047
    Abstract: Configuration information including a cell identifier can be transmitted on a first cell. A pathloss reference signal associated with a second cell can be transmitted. An uplink transmission can be received from a user equipment on the first cell. A transmit power of the uplink transmission can be determined by the user equipment based on the pathloss reference signal. The pathloss reference signal can be based on the configuration information including the cell identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ebrahim MolavianJazi, Hyejung Jung, Vijay Nangia
  • Patent number: 11444688
    Abstract: In one implementation, a wireless communication terminal includes a sense antenna module configured to sample an interference signal. The wireless communication terminal also includes a primary antenna module configured to receive a desired signal. The sense antenna module has a first polarization type, and the primary antenna module has a second polarization type, substantially orthogonal to the first polarization type of the sense antenna module. In addition, the wireless communication terminal includes at least one signal combiner configured to receive output from the sense antenna module and output from the primary antenna module. The at least one signal combiner is configured to mitigate interference with the desired signal by shifting the phase of the output from the sense antenna module by substantially 180 degrees and combining the phase-shifted output from the sense antenna module with the output of the primary antenna module to produce an interference mitigated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: IRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Bull
  • Patent number: 11437978
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a common terminal, a first acoustic wave filter having a first frequency band as a pass band, and having a first input/output terminal connected to the common terminal, a second acoustic wave filter having a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band as a pass band, and having a second input/output terminal connected to the common terminal, an inductance element, and a first capacitance element. The first acoustic wave filter has a parallel resonator of which one end is connected to the first input/output terminal and another end is connected to a ground electrode, and the first input/output terminal is connected to the common terminal via the inductance element, and the first capacitance element is connected between a signal path between the one end of the parallel resonator and the inductance element, and a ground electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Naniwa, Masakazu Tani