Patents by Inventor Daniel Jose FERNANDES BARROS

Daniel Jose FERNANDES BARROS 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).

  • Publication number: 20220390547
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and systems for indoor localization using Bluetooth high-accuracy distance measurement (HADM). In examples, the described systems and techniques perform a signal-strength scan to identify multiple anchor points and then pair, based on the signal-strength scan, the tagged device with a first anchor point of the identified anchor points. A HADM time slot is set for the first anchor point and at least two additional anchor points of the identified anchor points. A HADM event is initiated, the HADM event including sending a HADM ping and receiving HADM responses from two or more of the identified anchor points. Based on at least a time of receipt of HADM responses received from the two or more of the identified anchor points, the location of the tagged device is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Li-Xuan Chuo, Qi Jiang, Daniel Jose Fernandes Barros
  • Publication number: 20200252497
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, devices, and program products for selecting a wireless transmission mechanism. A computing device receives a request to begin a full-duplex voice communication session with a remote computing system. The computing device identifies that it has wirelessly connected to both a WWAN access point and a WLAN access point. The computing device determines whether a level of non-voice session data that is queued for transmission or receipt by the computing device falls beneath a threshold level of data, and as a result, switches to using a single one of multiple WLAN radio chains. The computing device communicates data over the single one of the multiple WLAN radio chains, including voice session data from the full-duplex voice communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Daniel Jose Fernandes Barros
  • Patent number: 10652382
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, devices, and program products for selecting a wireless transmission mechanism. A computing device receives a request to begin a full-duplex voice communication session with a remote computing system. The computing device identifies that it has wirelessly connected to both a WWAN access point and a WLAN access point. The computing device determines whether a level of non-voice session data that is queued for transmission or receipt by the computing device falls beneath a threshold level of data, and as a result, switches to using a single one of multiple WLAN radio chains. The computing device communicates data over the single one of the multiple WLAN radio chains, including voice session data from the full-duplex voice communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Jose Fernandes Barros
  • Publication number: 20190320055
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, devices, and program products for selecting a wireless transmission mechanism. A computing device receives a request to begin a full-duplex voice communication session with a remote computing system. The computing device identifies that it has wirelessly connected to both a WWAN access point and a WLAN access point. The computing device determines whether a level of non-voice session data that is queued for transmission or receipt by the computing device falls beneath a threshold level of data, and as a result, switches to using a single one of multiple WLAN radio chains. The computing device communicates data over the single one of the multiple WLAN radio chains, including voice session data from the full-duplex voice communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel Jose Fernandes Barros
  • Patent number: 9641126
    Abstract: A method for in-phase-quadrature (I-Q) imbalance calibration is described. A signal is transmitted by a first transmitter in a first system. The signal includes a constant value. The signal is received at a second receiver in a second system. An I-Q imbalance is estimated for the second receiver based on the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Daniel Jose Fernandes Barros
  • Patent number: 9094079
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for compensating I-Q imbalance in a wireless receiver. The receiver may employ a quadrature downconverter configured to receive an RF signal input and output an in-phase component and a quadrature component at an IF, an IF rotation block configured to downconvert the in-phase and quadrature components to baseband and an I-Q correction block configured to compensate for an I-Q imbalance in the received signal, wherein the I-Q correction block is positioned downstream from the IF rotation block in the signal path. Performing the I-Q correction after conversion to baseband may allow the compensation calculations to operate at a reduced digital rate. Similarly, digitally adjusting the gain of the signal prior to I-Q compensation may reduce the number of bits that are manipulated during the compensation process. These features may represent significant efficiencies as compared to I-Q corrections performed at IF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Jose Fernandes Barros, Le Nguyen Luong, James Young Hurt, Yann Ly-Gagnon, Paul James Husted
  • Publication number: 20150180415
    Abstract: A method for in-phase-quadrature (I-Q) imbalance calibration is described. A signal is transmitted by a first transmitter in a first system. The signal includes a constant value. The signal is received at a second receiver in a second system. An I-Q imbalance is estimated for the second receiver based on the received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Daniel Jose Fernandes Barros
  • Patent number: 8929490
    Abstract: Systems and apparatus are disclosed for a target device to detect a trigger from an initiating device. One implementation includes a wireless device configured to correlate a received waveform with a target waveform, compare a result of the correlation to a threshold and output a first signal based on the comparison of the result and the threshold. The apparatus may also be configured to generate a sequence of bits by demodulating at least a portion of the received waveform in response to receiving the first signal, to compare in parallel a plurality of circularly rotated versions of a target sequence of bits with the demodulated sequence of bits, and to combine the results of the comparisons and output a second signal when the combined comparisons indicate that the demodulated sequence of bits corresponds to the target sequence of bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Daniel Jose Fernandes Barros
  • Publication number: 20140098913
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for compensating I-Q imbalance in a wireless receiver. The receiver may employ a quadrature downconverter configured to receive an RF signal input and output an in-phase component and a quadrature component at an IF, an IF rotation block configured to downconvert the in-phase and quadrature components to baseband and an I-Q correction block configured to compensate for an I-Q imbalance in the received signal, wherein the I-Q correction block is positioned downstream from the IF rotation block in the signal path. Performing the I-Q correction after conversion to baseband may allow the compensation calculations to operate at a reduced digital rate. Similarly, digitally adjusting the gain of the signal prior to I-Q compensation may reduce the number of bits that are manipulated during the compensation process. These features may represent significant efficiencies as compared to I-Q corrections performed at IF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Jose FERNANDES BARROS, Le Nguyen LUONG, James Young HURT, Yann LY-GAGNON, Paul James HUSTED