Patents Examined by Yuwen Pan
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Patent number: 11824575Abstract: A protective cover for a tablet computer includes a main body, a peripheral device and a protective cover signal transmission member. The main body includes a first supporting member and a second supporting member connected to each other and can be opened and closed relative to each other. The peripheral device is disposed on the first supporting member. The protective cover signal transmission member is disposed on the second supporting member and electrically connected with the peripheral device. The second supporting member supports the tablet computer. The tablet computer includes a computer signal transmission member. The protective cover signal transmission member is used to dock with the computer signal transmission member to perform signal transmission. One of the computer signal transmission member and the protective cover signal transmission member is an electrical block, and the other is an electrical guide rail. A portable electronic device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Yu Chih Chang, Chin Lung Chan
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Patent number: 11825428Abstract: Disclosed is a power sharing method, including: determining a transmit power of a UE on a first carrier and a transmit power of the UE on a second carrier; and receiving first uplink traffic transmitted by the UE on the first carrier according to the transmit power on the first carrier, and receiving second uplink traffic transmitted by the UE on the second carrier according to the transmit power on the second carrier. Further disclosed are a power sharing apparatus, a storage medium, and a processor.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Hanqing Xu, Yajun Zhao, Xincai Li, Ling Yang, Juan Liu
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Patent number: 11815948Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a first frame, a second frame slidably-movable in a first direction or in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the first frame, a slide frame movable in the first direction or in the second direction with respect to the second frame, a flexible display unit including a first region coupled to the first frame, a second region coupled to the slide frame, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region and bent while surrounding the second frame, a driving unit disposed to be positionally biased in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the driving unit provides a force to the second frame to move, and a linear guide positioned between the first frame and the second frame and guiding the movement of the second frame in the first direction or in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Insu Song, Kyuho Lee, Taeki Um, Sungchul Hong, Jaewook Kim, Minsoo Kim
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Patent number: 11811445Abstract: A portable terminal cover fastened to a portable terminal not including a UWB module comprises: a first antenna driven by receiving wireless power through a wireless power transmission with a portable terminal; a second antenna, which is driven by the wireless power supplied from the first antenna so as to measure and receive the location and distance data for an object within a communication range; a third antenna, which is operated by the wireless power supplied from the first antenna so as to transmit the location and distance data, having been measured by the second antenna, to the portable terminal; and a control unit for controlling the first, second and third antennas.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyungil Baek, Kyunghyun Ryu, Jaeil Park, Semin Oh, Yonggil Jo
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Patent number: 11811961Abstract: An electronic device operation method and an electronic device, where the electronic device includes a first touchscreen and a second touchscreen, the first touchscreen and an earpiece are located on a first surface of the electronic device, the second touchscreen is located on a second surface of the electronic device, and the first surface is different from the second surface. The method includes displaying, by the electronic device, a first screen on the second touchscreen in response to receiving an incoming call, and displaying prompt information on the second touchscreen, where the prompt information prompts a user to answer the incoming call by using the earpiece on the first screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuxi Zhang, Xiaoxiao Chen, Xiang Han, Aihua Zheng
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Patent number: 11805389Abstract: A placement of a set of devices in an environment is evaluated. At least a plurality of neighboring locations is selected for a target location in the environment. A probability of an estimated location conditioned on the target location is calculated for each of at least the plurality of neighboring locations as the estimated location by using an observation model for obtaining a set of observation values given a location under the placement. An evaluation metric is computed by using the probability calculated for each of at least the plurality of neighboring locations.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Masayuki Murata
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Patent number: 11804869Abstract: Disclosed is a RF switch module and methods to fabricate and operate such RF switch to alternatively couple an antenna to either a transmitter transmission line or a receiver transmission line to realize lower distortion of a signal at high frequencies with improved insertion loss and without affecting isolation. In one embodiment, a Radio Frequency (RF) switch module, includes, a switch circuit for switching between transmitting first signals from a transmitter unit to an antenna and transmitting second signals from the antenna to the receiver unit, wherein the switch circuit comprises a plurality of field effect transistors (FETs), wherein each of the plurality of FETs comprises stacked gate dielectrics and at least three metal contacts to a conductive gate, wherein the stacked gate dielectrics comprises at least one first dielectric layer, wherein the first dielectric layer comprises a negative-capacitance material.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jun-De Jin
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Patent number: 11796621Abstract: Techniques are disclosed related to determining a modulation quality measurement of a device-under-test (DUT). A modulated signal is received from a source a plurality of times, and each received modulated signal is transmitted to each of a first vector signal analyzer (VSA) and a second VSA. The first VSA and the second VSA demodulate the received modulated signals to produce first error vectors and second error vectors, respectively. A cross-correlation calculation is performed on the first error vectors and second error vectors of respective received modulated signals to produce a complex-valued cross-correlation measurement, and a real component of the cross-correlation measurement is averaged over the plurality of received modulated signals. A modulation quality measurement is determined based on the averaged cross-correlation measurement.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventor: Sartaj Chaudhary
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Patent number: 11792724Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a receiver and reception signal control circuitry. The receiver, in operation, receives a first downlink data signal transmitted from a first communication station and receives a second downlink data signal transmitted from a first communication station, the first downlink data signal and the second downlink data signal being received over a first downlink channel and a second downlink channel that are at least partially overlapped in time and frequency domain. The reception signal control circuitry, in operation, demodulates the received first downlink data signal and a second downlink data signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventor: Yutaka Murakami
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Patent number: 11791866Abstract: A near-field communication (NFC) device is described. The NFC device includes an antenna configured to radiate an electromagnetic field. The NFC device also includes electronic circuitry coupled to the antenna. The electronic circuitry is configured to receive first data from a unidirectional tag device within a transmission limit. The electronic circuitry is also configured to receive second data from at least one bidirectional tag device after the transmission limit.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: John Hillan
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Patent number: 11791857Abstract: A device may include a base configured to be coupled to a mobile communication device; a handle having a grip and a shaft, where the shaft is characterized by a longitudinal handle axis and the grip is coupled to the shaft at spaced-apart portions; and a bracket disposed on the base, where the bracket includes a distal anchor, a proximal anchor and a middle anchor; each of the distal anchor, proximal anchor and middle anchor having a channel that is coaxial with a longitudinal bracket axis. The channel may accommodate the shaft and allow the shaft to be slidably translated along and rotated about the longitudinal bracket axis and longitudinal handle axis within the channel between a first orientation, in which the handle and grip are rotated flush with the base; and a second orientation in which the handle and grip are fixed at an angle relative to the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Inventor: Frank S. Ferrantello
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Patent number: 11778140Abstract: A mobile electronic apparatus with a video display, a communication interface, a motion sensor, a sensor for tracking movement of one or more body parts, an audio input device at least in part for voice control input, a processor and memory device for processing at least one computer program, an audio output display, and a powered physical output display. The apparatus may have a an audio input feature, a processor and memory unit, an audio output display, a replaceable memory card, a biometric identification system, a GPS system, a vital sign sensor, and a camera.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: LIVING TRUST OF CRAIG L. LINDEN & LINDSEY S. LINDENInventor: Craig Leigh Linden
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Patent number: 11778569Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for scaling transmission power across transmit chains for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Gokul Sridharan, Yi Huang, Wei Yang, Xiao Feng Wang, Wanshi Chen, Peter Gaal
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Patent number: 11758034Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processors configured to: acquire a first address list stored in an external apparatus; and when synchronizing the acquired first address list and a second address list stored in the own apparatus, display a third address list in which information duplicated between the first address list and the second address list have been consolidated.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Hiroshige Nonaka
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Patent number: 11758037Abstract: The present invention concerns a base station (12) having a DECT communication module (13) for wirelessly communicating with one or more registered portable DECT devices 10). The base station also has a virtual assistant module connecting over an IP communication channel (28) to a virtual assistant providing responses to user instructions, and a telephony module connecting to and accessing a remote resource over a telephony communication channel (27). A device manager (15) identifies and stores communication parameters of the DECT devices, and can implement a user instruction communicated from a DECT device via the DECT communication module and can route virtual assistant responses to a user instruction. A broker module (19) establishes a communication link between the DECT devices and the virtual assistant, and between the DECT devices and the telephony communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: MEIZHOU GUOWEI ELECTRONICS CO., LTDInventors: Richard Hall-Smith, Hongbing Liu
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Patent number: 11750237Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flexible display device case that is mounted to a flexible display device including a first body and a second body configured to be movable relative to the first body, and including a first member mounted to the first body to surround a side surface portion of the first body, and a second member mounted to the second body to surround a side surface portion of the second body, wherein an area overlapped by the first member and the second member changes as the first body and the second body move relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jaewook Kim, Woojin Lee, Taeki Um, Insu Song
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Patent number: 11747382Abstract: Testing equipment is used in an antenna testing process, and includes a testing head having a perforation, and a testing device having a cylinder. The cylinder is disposed in the perforation to act as a cavity for the antenna testing process. Therefore, only the cylinder needs to be replaced when the antenna testing process is performed on different devices under test, with the whole testing head intact.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bo-Siang Fang, Kuang-Sheng Wang, Hsinjou Lin, Shao-Meng Sim, Mao-Hua Yeh
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Patent number: 11743743Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater may steer a narrow beam in a plurality of directions in a time sequence according to a beam sweep pattern, and retransmit one or more communications between a base station and one or more user equipments (UEs) using at least the narrow beam in the beam sweep pattern. A base station may determine a beam sweep pattern of the repeater based at least in part on feedback from the UEs. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jianghong Luo, Junyi Li, Navid Abedini, Ashwin Sampath
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Patent number: 11736136Abstract: A protective sleeve having a protective sleeve body formed of a front wall portion and a rear wall portion, wherein an internal sleeve cavity is formed within at least a portion of the protective sleeve body, wherein the sleeve cavity is defined between an open top portion and a bottom wall portion of the sleeve body; a top flap extending from a portion of the front wall portion, wherein the top flap is foldable over the open top portion to fully cover the open top portion; a port formed through the protective sleeve, proximate the bottom wall portion, wherein the port allows access from an exterior of the protective sleeve to the sleeve cavity; and a port tab extending from the front wall portion, wherein the port tab is foldable over the port to at least partially cover the port.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventor: Larry T. Altman, III
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Patent number: 11716694Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a method of estimating a transmit power of a UE. The method comprises determining, at a base station serving the UE, a received power for the UE, determining, at the base station, a path loss for the UE, and determining, at the base station, the transmit power for the UE as a function of the received power for the UE and the path loss for the UE. The method can be used when the first UE has reached or exceeded a maximum reported power headroom (PHR) for the UE and can be used for performing transmit power control for the UE as a function of the determined transmit power for the UE. Other embodiments are disclosed. The described embodiments can be used in a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) as well as other types of base stations.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventor: Gopikrishna Charipadi