Patents by Inventor Adam D. Rea

Adam D. Rea has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10020684
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of wireless power transfer. For example, an apparatus may include a wireless power controller to communicate between a Wireless Power Receiver (WPR) and a Wireless Power Transmitter (WPT) an indication of a requested amount of power to be provided from the WPT to the WPR via a wireless power signal, said indication is in the form of a load modulation event within a predefined time interval, said load modulation event comprises a change in a level of a magnetic field of said wireless power signal, a duration of said load modulation event is based on the requested amount of power to be provided from the WPT to the WPR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shahar Porat, Don J. Ngyuen, Gary N. Matos, Evan R. Green, Adam D. Rea
  • Patent number: 10008874
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of wireless power transfer. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control a Wireless Power Transmitter (WPT) to transmit a sequence of probes during a detection period, to detect a Wireless Power Receiver (WPR) based on a detected induced load on the WPT during transmission of probe of the sequence of probes, and, upon detection of the WPR, to control the WPT to transmit a wireless charging signal to the WPR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Evan R. Green, Adam D. Rea
  • Patent number: 9496744
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and wireless charging or wireless power transfer (WPT). More particularly, an induced current at a receiving coil antenna is measured and utilized as a basis for re-alignment with a transmitting coil antenna is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shahar Porat, Gary Matos, Adam D Rea, Songnan Yang
  • Publication number: 20160300477
    Abstract: A security system comprising a plurality of sensors is disclosed. The plurality of sensors may be of at least two different sensor types and a set of rules that are each different from one another may specify at least one action to take based on a reported sensor condition for a respective set of sensors. The at least one of the sets of sensors may include at least two of the sensors. Further, the set of rules are applied to the received sensor conditions received from the sensors and an action specified by a respective one of the rules is taken based on the received sensor conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel J. Pickford, Adam D. Rea
  • Publication number: 20160119036
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling (e.g., wireless power transfers (WPF) and near field communications (NFC)) operations among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: SONGNAN YANG, EMILY B. COOPER, RONALD W. GALLAHAN, ADAM D. REA
  • Publication number: 20160049825
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of wireless power transfer. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control a Wireless Power Transmitter (WPT) to transmit a sequence of probes during a detection period, to detect a Wireless Power Receiver (WPR) based on a detected induced load on the WPT during transmission of probe of the sequence of probes, and, upon detection of the WPR, to control the WPT to transmit a wireless charging signal to the WPR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Evan R. GREEN, Adam D. REA
  • Publication number: 20160043563
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of wireless power transfer. For example, an apparatus may include a wireless power controller to communicate between a Wireless Power Receiver (WPR) and a Wireless Power Transmitter (WPT) an indication of a requested amount of power to be provided from the WPT to the WPR via a wireless power signal, said indication is in the form of a load modulation event within a predefined time interval, said load modulation event comprises a change in a level of a magnetic field of said wireless power signal, a duration of said load modulation event is based on the requested amount of power to be provided from the WPT to the WPR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Shahar Porat, Don J. Ngyuen, Gary N. Matos, Evan R. Green, Adam D. Rea
  • Publication number: 20160011699
    Abstract: Various embodiments for automatically distinguishing between users of a handheld device are described. An embodiment includes collecting sensor data from a user interacting with a handheld device, where the sensor data is collected via embedded sensors in the handheld device. The embodiment further includes distinguishing the user from other users of the handheld device via the collected sensor data, at least one embedded machine learning algorithm and a profile for the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Beverly Harrison, Anthony G. LaMarca, Jeffrey R. Hightower, Adam D. Rea
  • Publication number: 20150327055
    Abstract: Various embodiments for automatically distinguishing between users of a handheld device are described. An embodiment includes collecting sensor data from a user interacting with a handheld device, where the sensor data is collected via embedded sensors in the handheld device. The embodiment further includes distinguishing the user from other users of the handheld device via the collected sensor data, at least one embedded machine learning algorithm and a profile for the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Beverly Harrison, Anthony G. LaMarca, Jeffrey R. Hightower, Adam D. Rea
  • Publication number: 20150087228
    Abstract: Two devices containing NFC radios may use some of the NFC components to permit one device to wirelessly charge a battery in the other device. Time sharing between the communication and charging, functions may allow the two devices to use the same frequency for both functions, without the charging, function causing interference in the communication function. One device may periodically transmit polls, with both a data exchange communication period and a charging period occurring between two successive polls. In some embodiments, a data exchange period using the NFC radios and a charging period using the charging circuitry do not overlap in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Shahar Porat, Gary N. Matos, Adam D. Rea, Ron W. Gallahan
  • Publication number: 20140191712
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to power delivery including out-of-band communication. In general, a device to be charged and a charging device may interact using two separate wireless signals. A first wireless signal (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) signal) may be employed to charge the device. A second wireless signal of a different type (e.g., an infrared (IR) signal) may be employed for inter-device communication. An example device may comprise a power module to receive a first wireless signal, a transmitter to transmit a second wireless signal, and a charging control module. The first wireless signal may be for conveying power from a charging device to the device, the second wireless signal may be for transmitting information from the device to the charging device, and the charging control module may be to cause the transmitter to transmit the second wireless signal based on an indication received from the power module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Adam D. REA, Evan R. GREEN, Robert PAXMAN, Ronald W. GALLAHAN
  • Publication number: 20140176054
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and wireless charging or wireless power transfer (WPT). More particularly, an induced current at a receiving coil antenna is measured and utilized as a basis for re-alignment with a transmitting coil antenna is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Shahar Porat, Gary Matos, Adam D. Rea, Songnan Yang
  • Publication number: 20100042564
    Abstract: Various embodiments for automatically distinguishing between users of a handheld device are described. An embodiment includes collecting sensor data from a user interacting with a handheld device, where the sensor data is collected via embedded sensors in the handheld device. The embodiment further includes distinguishing the user from other users of the handheld device via the collected sensor data, at least one embedded machine learning algorithm and a profile for the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: BEVERLY HARRISON, Anthony G. LaMarca, Jeffrey R. Hightower, Adam D. Rea
  • Patent number: 7242293
    Abstract: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to identify and locate an RFID-tagged object relative to a point on a body, including a human, animal, or robotic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Adam D. Rea, Sunny Consolvo, Kenneth P. Fishkin, Ian E. Smith