Patents by Inventor David Tuck

David Tuck 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: 20260118516
    Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable a user equipment (UE) to maintain an optimized priority list of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals/channels to achieve a best GNSS positioning performance with limited resources in real-time. In one aspect, a UE identifies a maximum number of GNSS signals to be used by the UE for GNSS positioning. The UE prioritizes a set of available GNSS signals for the GNSS positioning based on one or more conditions. The UE selects the maximum number of GNSS signals to be used for the GNSS positioning from the prioritized set of GNSS signals. In some implementations, the UE may detect that a number of available GNSS signals exceeds the maximum number of GNSS signals to be used by the UE for the GNSS positioning, where the prioritization of the set of GNSS signals is based on the detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: David TUCK, Krishnaranjan RAO, Konduru Pranay KUMAR RAJU
  • Publication number: 20260072177
    Abstract: A method of determining a location of a mobile device in the presence of a spoofing signal includes receiving a GNSS signal and detecting a spoofing condition based on a signal strength of the GNSS signal. The spoofing condition may comprise an increase in the signal strength, the signal strength exceeding a threshold value, an increase in a noise floor related to a measurement of the signal strength, or a combination thereof. The method may further comprise, responsive to detecting the spoofing condition, providing an indication of the GNSS signal as a spoofing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Arnold Jason GUM, David TUCK
  • Patent number: 12493122
    Abstract: A method of determining a location of a mobile device in the presence of a spoofing signal includes obtaining current position information associated with the mobile device, determining a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal search window for acquiring GNSS signals associated with a satellite based on the current position information, searching a GNSS signal associated with the satellite based on the GNSS signal search window, and determining updated position information of the mobile device based on at least information of the GNSS signal associated with the satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arnold Jason Gum, David Tuck
  • Publication number: 20250334701
    Abstract: Determining a boundary of a spoofing region identifying spoofed satellite signals may comprise determining, based on a first set of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals received at a GNSS receiver over a first period of time, at least one GNSS signal corresponding to a GNSS satellite has experienced a first transition, wherein the first transition comprises a transition from a not spoofed state in which the at least one GNSS signal is not determined to be spoofed to a spoofed state in which the at least one GNSS signal is determined to be spoofed, or a transition from the spoofed state to the not spoofed state. Additionally, a first location corresponding to a location at which the GNSS receiver was located during the first transition may be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: David TUCK, Arnold Jason GUM
  • Publication number: 20250208300
    Abstract: A wearable device that can receive a plurality of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing signals using an antenna, where the antenna is located in an exterior portion of the wearable device such that the antenna receives GNSS signals at the external portion of the wearable device, without the GNSS signals first passing through an air gap within a housing of the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to determine a geographic location of the wearable device based at least in part on the GNSS signals. The wearable device is configurable to perform underwater dead-reckoning procedures, measuring energy levels during dwell periods, measuring efficiency of swim strokes, sharing wearable device information with other electronic devices, calibrating the wearable device, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Arnold Jason GUM, Zoltan BIACS, Rayman Wai PON, David TUCK, Bo ZHENG, Jeffrey WONG
  • Patent number: 12320904
    Abstract: Aspects presented herein may improve the positioning accuracy and latency of a positioning engine that receives at least one position constraint for assisting the positioning. A wireless device obtains an indication of at least one position constraint for a positioning engine. The wireless device detects whether the at least one position constraint exceeds an error threshold based on a set of PR residuals between the wireless device and at least one satellite. The wireless device excludes the at least one position constraint from a calculation at the positioning engine if the at least one position constraint exceeds the error threshold, or includes the at least one position constraint in the calculation at the positioning engine if the at least one position constraint is below the error threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Min Wang, David Tuck, Yuxiang Peng
  • Patent number: 12259479
    Abstract: A wearable device that can receive a plurality of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing signals using an antenna, where the antenna is located in an exterior portion of the wearable device such that the antenna receives GNSS signals at the external portion of the wearable device, without the GNSS signals first passing through an air gap within a housing of the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to determine a geographic location of the wearable device based at least in part on the GNSS signals. The wearable device is configurable to perform underwater dead-reckoning procedures, measuring energy levels during dwell periods, measuring efficiency of swim strokes, sharing wearable device information with other electronic devices, calibrating the wearable device, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arnold Jason Gum, Zoltan Biacs, Rayman Pon, David Tuck, Bo Zheng, Jeffrey Wong
  • Patent number: 12130369
    Abstract: Techniques for Ultra Wide-Lane (UWL) Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) positioning a mobile device may include obtaining, using a multi-band GNSS receiver of the mobile device: a first carrier-phase measurement of a first GNSS signal on a first GNSS carrier frequency, and a second carrier-phase measurement of a second GNSS signal on second GNSS carrier frequency. Techniques may further comprise providing a position estimate of the mobile device, wherein: the position estimate is determined from a wide-lane (WL) combination of the first carrier-phase measurement and the second carrier-phase measurement, and the WL combination has a combined carrier phase noise that is less than a pseudo-range noise of the first carrier-phase measurement and a pseudo-range noise of the second carrier-phase measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Min Wang, Ning Luo, Gengsheng Zhang, Zoltan Biacs, Mangesh Chansarkar, Jean-Michel Rousseau, Dimitri Rubin, David Tuck, Yuxiang Peng
  • Patent number: 12096395
    Abstract: A mobile device may be configured to build a power mode database for positioning based on the mobile device's location and associate power mode information, including the operating mode that is requested for positioning and the operating mode that is used for positioning at the location. Additional factors may be associated with the location including contextual information, such as user context, environmental context, and temporal context. The power mode database may be a local database on the mobile device or a remote database, such as a crowdsourced database, accessible via a server. The mobile device may access the power mode database based on a current location and requested operating mode, as well as contextual information, to obtain the actual operating mode to be used for positioning at the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: David Tuck
  • Publication number: 20240306143
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques reducing wireless interference in wireless communications networks by, for example, enabling a coexistence period during which transmission over a first wireless communication band is deprioritized and reception over a second wireless communication band, different from the first wireless communication band, is prioritized; and receiving positioning data from a positioning system via the second wireless communication band during the coexistence period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Lianghai JI, Jun MA, Alexander DOROSENCO, Liang ZHAO, David TUCK, Jordan COOKMAN, Angelica WONG, Liangping MA, Mohamad SAYED HASSAN, Qiang WU, Mehmet Izzet GURELLI
  • Patent number: 12016803
    Abstract: A medical treatment apparatus includes a power and control (PAC) device. The PAC device provides electrical power through a cable to a laser handpiece assembly to electrically power a laser source within the handpiece assembly. The PAC device controls operation of the handpiece assembly and detects an identification of the handpiece assembly. The PAC device also monitors data relating to operation of the handpiece assembly. The PAC device uploads, through a communication network to a user assistance center remote from the PAC device, the handpiece assembly identification and the monitored data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Biolase, Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitri Boutoussov, David Tuck
  • Publication number: 20240183995
    Abstract: Aspects presented herein may improve the positioning accuracy and latency of a positioning engine that receives at least one position constraint for assisting the positioning. A wireless device obtains an indication of at least one position constraint for a positioning engine. The wireless device detects whether the at least one position constraint exceeds an error threshold based on a set of PR residuals between the wireless device and at least one satellite. The wireless device excludes the at least one position constraint from a calculation at the positioning engine if the at least one position constraint exceeds the error threshold, or includes the at least one position constraint in the calculation at the positioning engine if the at least one position constraint is below the error threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Min WANG, David TUCK, Yuxiang PENG
  • Patent number: 11892546
    Abstract: Determining a boundary of a spoofing region identifying spoofed satellite signals may comprise determining, based on a first set of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals received at a GNSS receiver over a first period of time, at least one GNSS signal corresponding to a GNSS satellite has experienced a first transition, wherein the first transition comprises a transition from a not spoofed state in which the at least one GNSS signal is not determined to be spoofed to a spoofed state in which the at least one GNSS signal is determined to be spoofed, or a transition from the spoofed state to the not spoofed state. Additionally, a first location corresponding to a location at which the GNSS receiver was located during the first transition may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: David Tuck, Arnold Jason Gum
  • Publication number: 20240012154
    Abstract: A wearable device that can receive a plurality of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing signals using an antenna, where the antenna is located in an exterior portion of the wearable device such that the antenna receives GNSS signals at the external portion of the wearable device, without the GNSS signals first passing through an air gap within a housing of the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to determine a geographic location of the wearable device based at least in part on the GNSS signals. The wearable device is configurable to perform underwater dead-reckoning procedures, measuring energy levels during dwell periods, measuring efficiency of swim strokes, sharing wearable device information with other electronic devices, calibrating the wearable device, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Arnold Jason GUM, Zoltan BIACS, Rayman PON, David TUCK, Bo ZHENG, Jeffrey WONG
  • Patent number: 11835631
    Abstract: A wearable device that can receive a plurality of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing signals using an antenna, where the antenna is located in an exterior portion of the wearable device such that the antenna receives GNSS signals at the external portion of the wearable device, without the GNSS signals first passing through an air gap within a housing of the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to determine a geographic location of the wearable device based at least in part on the GNSS signals. The wearable device is configurable to perform underwater dead-reckoning procedures, measuring energy levels during dwell periods, measuring efficiency of swim strokes, sharing wearable device information with other electronic devices, calibrating the wearable device, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arnold Jason Gum, Zoltan Biacs, Rayman Wai Pon, David Tuck, Bo Zheng, Jeffrey Wong
  • Patent number: 11815607
    Abstract: In conditions in which Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal spoofing is likely occurring, a GNSS receiver may be operated in a reduced operational state with respect to one or more GNSS bands that are likely being spoofed. According to embodiments, a reduced operational state with regard to a GNSS band may comprise performing one or more of the following functions with respect to that GNSS band: disabling data demodulation and decoding, disabling time setting (e.g., time of week (TOW), week number, etc.) disabling acquisition of unknown/not visible satellites, disabling satellite differences, disabling error recovery, reducing non-coherent integration time, and duty cycling the power for one or more receiver blocks associated with the GNSS band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jordan Cookman, Krishnaranjan Rao, Jeffrey Wong, David Tuck
  • Publication number: 20230329954
    Abstract: A medical treatment apparatus includes a power and control (PAC) device. The PAC device provides electrical power through a cable to a laser handpiece assembly to electrically power a laser source within the handpiece assembly. The PAC device controls operation of the handpiece assembly and detects an identification of the handpiece assembly. The PAC device also monitors data relating to operation of the handpiece assembly. The PAC device uploads, through a communication network to a user assistance center remote from the PAC device, the handpiece assembly identification and the monitored data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dmitri Boutoussov, David Tuck
  • Publication number: 20230288571
    Abstract: A method of determining a location of a mobile device in the presence of a spoofing signal includes obtaining current position information associated with the mobile device, determining a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal search window for acquiring GNSS signals associated with a satellite based on the current position information, searching a GNSS signal associated with the satellite based on the GNSS signal search window, and determining updated position information of the mobile device based on at least information of the GNSS signal associated with the satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Arnold Jason GUM, David TUCK
  • Patent number: 11719828
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein are directed to detect the presence of false, incorrect, or spoofed Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals. Embodiments may comprise receiving, at a mobile device, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal via a GNSS antenna of the mobile device; determining first movement data based on the GNSS signal; determining second movement data based on data from one or more motion sensors of the mobile device, wherein the first movement data and the second movement data each comprise respective movement-related information regarding the mobile device during a time period; and providing an indication that GNSS error is occurring based on a determination that a difference between first movement data and the second movement data exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: David Tuck, James Stephen, Inchara Lakshminarayan
  • Patent number: 11709274
    Abstract: A method of determining a location of a mobile device in the presence of a spoofing signal includes obtaining current position information associated with the mobile device, determining a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal search window for acquiring GNSS signals associated with a satellite based on the current position information, searching a GNSS signal associated with the satellite based on the GNSS signal search window, and determining updated position information of the mobile device based on at least information of the GNSS signal associated with the satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arnold Jason Gum, David Tuck