Patents by Inventor Alexander Jacques
Alexander Jacques 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).
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Publication number: 20240124020Abstract: A remote computer system may receive data associated with an autonomous vehicle traversing an environment along a route in accordance with a planned trajectory and data associated with an event within the environment and cause a display to display a representation of the autonomous vehicle. A request to generate an intermittent stopping action message comprising one or more of a position or orientation, a period of time, or a condition is received by the remote computer system and transmitted to the autonomous vehicle, wherein the autonomous vehicle is configured to move to the one or more of position or orientation for the period of time or until the condition is met, such that the vehicle moves to or is at the one or more of position or orientation prior to the event occurring.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Ravi GOGNA, Alexander Jacques Maria MERTENS, Ruikun YU
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Publication number: 20240036571Abstract: A remote operations system receives a request for remote operator assistance and adds the request to a queue of additional requests. The queue may be ordered based on time of receipt, priority, criticality, and the like. The remote operations system determines a remote operator of a set of remote operators to provide a response to the request in the queue based at least in part on one or more of a status of the remote operator (e.g., indicative of availability, whether they are in training, etc.), criteria associated with the remote operator (e.g., skills in responding to various requests, preferences for a geographic area, mission types, etc.), and information associated with the request received from the vehicle (e.g., mission type, sensor data, messages, vehicle status, etc.). If the request is not accepted in a threshold period of time, the request may be rerouted to an additional remote operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Meredith James Goldman, Rachel Gelb, Ravi Gogna, Alexander Jacques Maria Mertens, Paul Orecchio
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Patent number: 11711135Abstract: An unmanned mobile communication station is adapted for location in a marine environment and includes a platform adapted for flotation or is semi-submersible, a communication node for sending and receiving wireless signals, a power system for energizing said communication node, a data center, at least one sensor for detecting the geolocation of the platform; and a processor for receiving signals from said sensors and controlling communication to and from communication nodes wherein embodiments include both autonomous and remote controlled navigation and propulsion systems.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventors: Nehal Gajjar, Alexander Jacques Fleming
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Patent number: 9844167Abstract: In one example, a shell includes walls that collectively define an interior space of the shell, the interior space sized and configured to receive heat generating equipment. An internal heat exchanger disposed within the interior space is arranged for thermal communication with heat generating equipment when heat generating equipment is located in the interior space. Additionally, an external heat exchanger is located outside of the shell and arranged for fluid communication with the internal heat exchanger. Finally, a prime mover is provided that is in fluid communication with the internal heat exchanger and the external heat exchanger, and the prime mover is operable to circulate a flow of coolant through the internal heat exchanger and the external heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Eric C. Peterson, Benjamin F. Cutler, Thomas Foley, Peter Johnson, Alexander Jacques Fleming, David Bazeley Tuckerman
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Patent number: 9801313Abstract: In one example, a portion of a shell includes a shell wall portion that has an interior wall portion and an exterior wall portion located near the interior wall portion. In addition, fluid passageways are disposed between the interior wall portion and the exterior wall portion. One or more of the fluid passageways are defined in part by one or both of the interior wall portion and the exterior wall portion. The fluid passageways form part of heat exchanger that is integrated in the shell.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Eric C. Peterson, Benjamin F. Cutler, Norman Ashton Whitaker, Jr., Peter Johnson, Alexander Jacques Fleming, David Bazeley Tuckerman
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Publication number: 20160381841Abstract: In one example, a shell includes walls that collectively define an interior space of the shell, the interior space sized and configured to receive heat generating equipment. An internal heat exchanger disposed within the interior space is arranged for thermal communication with heat generating equipment when heat generating equipment is located in the interior space. Additionally, an external heat exchanger is located outside of the shell and arranged for fluid communication with the internal heat exchanger. Finally, a prime mover is provided that is in fluid communication with the internal heat exchanger and the external heat exchanger, and the prime mover is operable to circulate a flow of coolant through the internal heat exchanger and the external heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Benjamin F. Cutler, Thomas Foley, Peter Johnson, Alexander Jacques Fleming, David Bazeley Tuckerman
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Publication number: 20160381840Abstract: In one example, a portion of a shell includes a shell wall portion that has an interior wall portion and an exterior wall portion located near the interior wall portion. In addition, fluid passageways are disposed between the interior wall portion and the exterior wall portion. One or more of the fluid passageways are defined in part by one or both of the interior wall portion and the exterior wall portion. The fluid passageways form part of heat exchanger that is integrated in the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Benjamin F. Cutler, Norman Ashton Whitaker, Jr., Peter Johnson, Alexander Jacques Fleming, David Bazeley Tuckerman
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Publication number: 20140348135Abstract: A subscriber unit for use in a communication system includes a spread spectrum radio interface, responsive to a rate function signal from a base station, and first and second despreaders. The base station assigns the rate function spread-spectrum message channels and the first despreader recovers and modifies an information signal one of the spread spectrum message channels. The information channel mode is then modified for processing by the second despreader, with the second despreader supporting a different information signal rate. The subscriber unit has a capability of communicating with a dynamically changing a transmission rate of an information signal which includes multiple spread spectrum message channels. The system includes a closed loop power control system for maintaining a minimum system transmit power level for a radio carrier station and the subscriber units, and system capacity management for maintaining a maximum number of active subscriber units for improved system performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih M. Ozluturk, Gary R. Lomp, John Kowalski, Alexander Jacques
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Publication number: 20110158202Abstract: A subscriber unit for use in a multiple access spread-spectrum communication system includes a spread spectrum radio interface, responsive to a rate function signal from a base station, and first and second despreaders. The base station assigns the rate function spread-spectrum message channels and the first despreader recovers and modifies an information signal one of the spread spectrum message channels. The information channel mode is then modified for processing by the second despreader, with the second despreader supporting a different information signal rate. The subscriber unit has a capability of communicating with a dynamically changing a transmission rate of an information signal which includes multiple spread spectrum message channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Fatih Ozukturk, Alexander Jacques, Gary Lomp, John Kowalski
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Patent number: 7903613Abstract: A subscriber unit for use in a multiple access spread-spectrum communication system includes a spread spectrum radio interface, responsive to a rate function signal from a base station, and first and second despreaders. The base station assigns the rate function spread-spectrum message channels and the first despreader recovers and modifies an information signal one of the spread spectrum message channels. The information channel mode is then modified for processing by the second despreader, with the second despreader supporting a different information signal rate. The subscriber unit has a capability of communicating with a dynamically changing a transmission rate of an information signal which includes multiple spread spectrum message channels.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih M. Ozluturk, Alexander Jacques, Gary R. Lomp, John Kowalski
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Patent number: 7889664Abstract: A receiver employing CDMA techniques estimates background noise based on a periodically updated code. The transmitted signal includes a periodically updated code of a predetermined type and wherein the received signal has CW interference in addition to the transmitted signal. The decision circuit determines if a value representing the likelihood of detection of the code exceeds a predetermined threshold. In the case of a pilot signal not being detected within a predetermined time period which corresponds to code update period, the background noise estimator obtains a new background estimation.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2006Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih M. Ozluturk, Alexander Jacques
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Publication number: 20070014338Abstract: A base station for carrier offset recovery. An adaptive matched filter produces a filtered signal. A rake receiver provides relative path values of multipath components. A mixer generates channel impulse response estimates. A channel despreader despreads the filtered signal using the pseudo-noise signal generated to produce a despread channel signal of the selected channel. A pilot channel despreader despreads the filtered signal using a pseudo-noise signal generator to produce a despread pilot signal of the pilot channel. A hard decision processor determines a symbol value of the despread channel signal. A complex conjugate processor generates a complex conjugate of the symbol value as a correction signal. A phase-locked loop produces a phase correction signal to recover carrier offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Applicant: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Fatih Ozluturk, David Mesecher, Alexander Jacques
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Publication number: 20070008874Abstract: A receiver employing CDMA techniques estimates background noise based on a periodically updated code. The transmitted signal includes a periodically updated code of a predetermined type and wherein the received signal has CW interference in addition to the transmitted signal. The decision circuit determines if a value representing the likelihood of detection of the code exceeds a predetermined threshold. In the case of a pilot signal not being detected within a predetermined time period which corresponds to code update period, the background noise estimator obtains a new background estimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2006Publication date: January 11, 2007Applicant: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih Ozluturk, Alexander Jacques
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Patent number: 7139305Abstract: A configurable cellular terminal engine (CTE) in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of this invention is configurable by an external agent (e.g., microcontroller, DSP, or state machine) to suit the particular requirements of different spread spectrum systems. In an exemplary embodiment, the CTE comprises on a chipset a modem unit and a channel codec unit. The modem unit has a front end unit for coupling to an antenna; a matched filter searchers unit coupled at least to the front end unit; a searchers unit coupled to at least the front end unit; a finger processing unit coupled to the front end unit; a parameter estimation processor unit coupled to at least the finger processing unit and the searchers unit; and a transmitter unit. The channel codec unit has a channel decoder unit coupled at least to the finger processing unit; and a channel encoder coupled at least to the transmitter unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2002Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Stratis Gavnoudias, Joseph Boccuzzi, Alexander Jacques, Raj M. Misra, Yan Zhang, Avi Silverberg, Richard Rizza, Yosef Nacson
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Patent number: 7106720Abstract: A receiver employing CDMA techniques estimates background noise based on a periodically updated code. The transmitted signal includes a periodically updated code of a predetermined type and wherein the received signal has CW interference in addition to the transmitted signal. The decision circuit determines if a value representing the likelihood of detection of the code exceeds a predetermined threshold. In the case of a pilot signal not being detected within a predetermined time period which corresponds to code update period, the background noise estimator obtains a new background estimation.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2004Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih M. Ozluturk, Alexander Jacques
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Patent number: 7085255Abstract: In a TDD wireless communication system between transmitters and associated receivers, automatic gain control of a receiver is only applied during the corresponding time slot within the TDD signal time frame architecture. Successive received signal strengths are measured and gain levels are stored as estimates for an initial gain level in future time slots of the TDD signal. Estimating techniques, such as averaging or trending of received signal strength over successive time slots, and averaging or trending of gain level settings, provide improved estimation of future initial gain levels.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2001Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Alexander Jacques, Leonid Kazakevich, Avi Silverberg
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Patent number: 6985467Abstract: A method and system for rapidly acquiring a spreading code, used in a code division multiple access (CDMA) system. A first long code and a second long code, with each long code having a length of N chips, are generated. The first long code is different from the second long code. The first long code and the second long code are transmitted at a first phase angle and at a second phase angle, respectively, on a carrier signal, over a communications channel using radio waves. The first long code and the second long code may be transmitted at an in-phase (I) angle and at a quadrature-phase (Q) angle, respectively, on the carrier signal. From the communications channel, an I-phase acquisition circuit and a Q-phase acquisition circuit may acquire, in parallel, the first long code and the second long code from the I-phase angle and the Q-phase angle, respectively, of the carrier signal by searching, in parallel, N/2 chips, the first long code and the second long code.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2001Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Gary Lomp, John Kowalski, Fatih Ozluturk, Avi Silverberg, Robert Regis, Michael Luddy, Alexander Marra, Alexander Jacques
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Publication number: 20050254557Abstract: A receiver and base station for producing phase-corrected channel signals. An adaptive matched filter produces a filtered signal by using a weighting signal. A rake receiver produces a filter weighting signal using a pseudo-noise signal generator. A channel despreader despreads the filtered signal using the pseudo-noise signal generated to produce a despread channel signal of the selected channel. A pilot channel despreader despreads the filtered signal using a pseudo-noise signal generator to produce a despread pilot signal of the pilot channel. A hard decision processor receives the despread channel signal of the selected channel and produces a correction signal. A phase-locked loop utilizes at least the despread pilot signal and produces a phase correction signal which is applied to produce phase-corrected channel signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2005Publication date: November 17, 2005Applicant: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih Ozluturk, David Mesecher, Alexander Jacques
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Patent number: 6885652Abstract: A multiple access, spread-spectrum communication system processes a plurality of information signals received by a Radio Carrier Station (RCS) over telecommunication lines for simultaneous transmission over a radio frequency (RF) channel as a code-division-multiplexed (CDM) signal to a group of Subscriber Units (SUs). The RCS receives a call request signal that corresponds to a telecommunication line information signal, and a user identification signal that identifies a user to receive the call. The RCS includes a plurality of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) modems, one of which provides a global pilot code signal. The modems provide message code signals synchronized to the global pilot signal. Each modem combines an information signal with a message code signal to provide a CDM processed signal. The RCS includes a system channel controller is coupled to receive a remote call.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1999Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih Ozukturk, Alexander Jacques, Gary Lomp, John Kowalski
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Publication number: 20040252668Abstract: A subscriber unit for use in a multiple access spread-spectrum communication system includes a spread spectrum radio interface, responsive to a rate function signal from a base station, and first and second despreaders. The base station assigns the rate function spread-spectrum message channels and the first despreader recovers and modifies an information signal one of the spread spectrum message channels. The information channel mode is then modified for processing by the second despreader, with the second despreader supporting a different information signal rate. The subscriber unit has a capability of communicating with a dynamically changing a transmission rate of an information signal which includes multiple spread spectrum message channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2004Publication date: December 16, 2004Applicant: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih Ozukturk, Alexander Jacques, Gary Lomp, John Kowalski