Patents Examined by Tan H Trinh
  • Patent number: 11621769
    Abstract: Wireless communication method and apparatus to enable communications between a plurality of endpoints and a satellite or terrestrial gateway integrated with a plurality of oblong shaped antenna arrays. The wireless communication method leverages data symbols that are orthogonally modulated. The method permits the use of a plurality of compact oblong shaped antenna arrays to increase network capacity and reduce endpoint power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hubble Network Inc
    Inventor: Ben Juda Wild
  • Patent number: 11621739
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a mount board, an electronic component, an external connection terminal, and an acoustic wave filter. The mount board has a first principal surface and a second principal surface facing each other. The electronic component is arranged on the first principal surface of the mount board. The external connection terminal is arranged on the second principal surface of the mount board. The acoustic wave filter is arranged on the second principal surface of the mount board. The acoustic wave filter is a bare-chip acoustic wave filter. The radio-frequency module is suppressed in height along a thickness of the mount board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACIURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Matsumoto, Yoichi Sawada
  • Patent number: 11621691
    Abstract: Interdigital transducer (IDT) and reflective structure arrangements for surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices are disclosed. Representative SAW devices are described herein with reduced overall size while maintaining good quality factors. In certain embodiments, a SAW device may include an IDT arranged between reflective structures on a piezoelectric material. The reflective structures may include reflective IDTs that are configured to have a phase difference with the IDT to reflect and confine acoustic waves in the piezoelectric material. In certain embodiments, the reflective structures may be electrically connected to at least one of an input signal or an output signal. In this manner, the reflective structures may be configured with reduced size as compared to conventional reflective structures such as gratings, thereby providing a SAW device with reduced dimensions without a negative impact on device performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Manjunath Swamy
  • Patent number: 11606751
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for addressing power savings signals in wireless communication. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may monitor for an energy saving signal (ESS) while the WTRU is asleep (e.g., prior to a discontinuous reception (DRX) ON duration that includes one or more search spaces). The WTRU may measure the energy of the ESS. If the ESS is below a threshold, the WTRU fallback to a default operation or continue in a current operating mode (e.g., remain asleep to save power). If the ESS is above a threshold, the ESS may be received using a coverage enhancement (CE) level based on a parameter associated with a search space. The parameter may be the highest aggregation level of the one or more search spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Moon-il Lee, Janet A. Stern-Berkowitz, Erdem Bala, Afshin Haghighat
  • Patent number: 11606459
    Abstract: A terminal device includes a processor, a direct stream digital (DSD) audio playback circuit, and a headset jack. The processor is connected to the DSD audio playback circuit, and the DSD audio playback circuit is connected to the headset jack. The processor outputs a DSD audio signal to the DSD audio playback circuit in response to triggering performed by a user. The DSD audio playback circuit is configured to process the DSD audio signal, generate an alert tone based on a current scenario, and superpose the processed DSD audio signal and the alert tone. The headset jack is configured to connect to a headset and play the superposed audio signal and alert tone using the headset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao Yang, Fang-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: 11601237
    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: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOLBA LLC
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
  • Patent number: 11601236
    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: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOLBA LLC
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
  • Patent number: 11595911
    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: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunseok Ryu, Jeongho Yeo, Jinyoung Oh, Sungjin Park, Jonghyun Bang, Cheolkyu Shin
  • Patent number: 11588462
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The interdigital transducer primarily includes Al and includes an additive selected from a group consisting of Nd, Sc, and Ta, and a concentration of the additive in a region opposite to a piezoelectric-layer-side region of the interdigital transducer is higher than a concentration of the additive in the piezoelectric-layer-side region of the interdigital transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunobu Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11589418
    Abstract: Base station antenna units include a first and second base station antennas that have respective first and second housings. The first housing includes a top end cap and the second housing includes a bottom end cap. A jumper cable that includes a first connector port is mounted in one of the top end cap or the bottom end cap, and a second connector port that is configured to mate with the first connector port is mounted in the other one of the top end cap or the bottom end cap. A longitudinal axis of the first connector port extends in a vertical direction and a longitudinal axis of the second connector port extends in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sammit Patel, Haifeng Li, Peter J. Bisiules, Amit Kaistha
  • Patent number: 11582697
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A wireless device may have different capabilities for preemption. A base station may use a signaling format to indicate a transmission power command and a preemption indicator. A wireless device may receive the signaling format and may determine, based on the transmission power command and the preemption indicator, whether to stop a transmission or to reduce a transmission power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Ali Cirik, Alireza Babaei, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Kyungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11576105
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing the amount of messages transmitted in large-scale distributed mesh networks are disclosed. Network components include transceivers and memory storing instructions which, when executed by a processing unit, reduce transmissions made by the transceiver within the network. The instructions executed by processing unit could (1) create an expiration parameter to limit the number of times a signal is retransmitted, (2) form groups of network components from which one or a few of the group network components are designated to respond on behalf of the group, (3) keep advertising transmissions dormant by default until called upon, (4) employ a time delay parameter for a time interval in which no transmission may be made, and (5) include message IDs in control signals that are transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AVI-On Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Miller, James Hawkins, Sebastian R. Borda, Federico Pfaffendorf, Keenan McCall
  • Patent number: 11576130
    Abstract: Methods and systems for wireless communication are described. A computing device may receive data via a network. The computing device may modify one or more settings associated with a network based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Ivan Ong
  • Patent number: 11569952
    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: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GOLBA LLC
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
  • Patent number: 11569904
    Abstract: Techniques for differentiating orthogonally modulated symbols from different transmitters using one or more antenna arrays are described. According to some techniques, symbols received at one or more antenna arrays are grouped together by matching respective sets of receive beams for each symbol. In this manner, symbols received from a first transmitter at a first location can be differentiated from symbols received from a second transmitter at a second location, and both sets of symbols can be successfully decoded. When the symbols are received using frequency hopping, the receive beams for each symbol can be sorted according to path length, which improves performance, and also enables precise location of the transmitter(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hubble Network Inc.
    Inventor: Ben Juda Wild
  • Patent number: 11565794
    Abstract: A fixed wing drone comprises an air channel embedded therein. The air channel has an upstream an air inlet. A microcontroller mounted within the drone is configured to control navigation of the drone. An air scoop having a section positioned adjacent the inlet to the air channel is adjustable between a first position to capture and divert air into the inlet and thereby to air channel and a second position to block air flow into the air inlet. The air scoop is positioned to divert air flow into the air channel and to the gas sensor during forward flight of the drone. In one embodiment, the fixed wing drone comprises an aircraft having a fuselage and at least two wings. In another embodiment, the fixed wing drone has a flying wing construction, that is, is a tailless design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Parrott, Fadl Abdellatif
  • Patent number: 11558029
    Abstract: A SAW device includes a mounting substrate including a mounting surface, a SAW chip mounted on the mounting surface, a dummy chip mounted on the mounting surface, and a resin part covering the acoustic wave chip and the dummy chip. The dummy chip includes an insulating dummy substrate, and one or more dummy terminals which are located on a surface of the dummy substrate on the mounting surface side and are bonded to the mounting surface. The dummy chip configures an open end when electrically viewed from the mounting substrate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Motoki Ito
  • Patent number: 11545038
    Abstract: A system and a method are provided for achieving long range, over the horizon (OTH), persistent surveillance, alerting, tracking and situational awareness against small, low radar cross section moving targets. The system and method use one or more tethered unmanned arial systems, or unmanned arial vehicles, to lift components including a radar antenna to a height above nearby obstacles or much higher. The system and method can also be used for subsurface radar detection and tracking applications, as well as communications with submarines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Herbert U. Fluhler
  • Patent number: 11533395
    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. The present method and system determines whether the vehicle is being operated by a user that may also have access to a mobile communication device which, if used concurrently while the vehicle is in operation, may lead to unsafe operation of the vehicle. If the mobile services control system determines that a vehicle operator has potentially unsafe access to a mobile communication device, the mobile services control system may restrict operator access to one or more services that would otherwise be available to the operator via the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Ferrill Tibbitts, Franklin Tai, Ruel Coe Mercure, Jafar Nabkel
  • Patent number: 11533140
    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: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: GOLBA LLC
    Inventor: Mehran Moshfeghi