Patents by Inventor Harm Cronie
Harm Cronie 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: 20200374115Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to receive from a pressure sensor matrix data describing a time-varying pressure interaction of the pressure sensor matrix with a second pressure sensor matrix, process the data to obtain a bit sequence, and use the bit sequence as a shared secret in a cryptographic procedure with a device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventor: Harm Cronie
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Patent number: 10846281Abstract: An electronic device for maintaining a distributed ledger, which is maintained by multiple electronic nodes, wherein the distributed ledger includes multiple blocks which are associated at least with one of the previously recorded blocks and wherein a block can be added to the distributed ledger based on a mining process, has circuitry configured to perform a mining process of a block to be added to the distributed ledger, wherein the mining process by at least a part of the multiple electronic nodes includes compressing data of the block to be added to the distributed ledger.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Harm Cronie, Julian Nolan
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Publication number: 20190391829Abstract: An apparatus for providing a virtual device has a circuitry. The circuitry searches for resource devices providing characteristics of a set of characteristics of the virtual device in a distributed ledger. The distributed ledger includes information about multiple resource devices. The circuitry provides the virtual device by selecting resource devices providing characteristics of the set of characteristics of the virtual device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: HARM CRONIE, JULIAN NOLAN, MAKOTO KOIKE
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Publication number: 20190341972Abstract: Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
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Patent number: 10433114Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for transmitting location dependent data. The system comprises multiple antennas (3), a transmitter (5) coupled to the multiple antennas (3) and a processor (7). The processor (7) is configured to determine multiple location dependent parts of the location dependent data, each of the multiple location dependent parts corresponding to a different geographical region (8a-g, 25), and to use the transmitter (5) to transmit at least two of the multiple location dependent parts to a different target location (9a-g, 23) over the multiple antennas (3). Each of the at least two location dependent parts is associated with a different reference location (9a-g, 21) and the distance between a target location (9a-g, 23) and a reference location (9a-g, 21) associated with a location dependent part transmitted to the target location (9a-g, 23) is smaller than a predetermined threshold. The invention further relates to a device (17) for receiving location dependent data.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Koninklijke KPN N.V.Inventors: Harm Cronie, Julian Nolan, Matthew Lawrenson
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Publication number: 20190273540Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for communicating with one or more neighboring devices (11). The device (1) comprises a transmitter (3) for transmitting a data signal to one or more neighboring devices (11) and/or a receiver (5) for receiving a data signal from one or more neighboring devices (11). The device (1) further comprises a processor (7). The processor (7) is configured to determine a distance and/or a direction to one or more neighboring devices relative to the device (1). This distance and/or direction are determined using at least one sensor (9) other than the receiver (5). The processor (7) is further configured to configure the transmitter (3) and/or the receiver (5) in dependence on the determined distance and/or direction. The processor (7) is also configured to use the transmitter (3) to transmit a data signal to at least one of the one or more neighboring devices (11) and/or to use the receiver (5) to receive a data signal from at least one of the one or more neighboring devices (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicants: Koninklijke KPN N.V., Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast- Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Harm Cronie, Matthew Lawrenson, Julian Nolan, Antonius Norp
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Patent number: 10355756Abstract: Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale De LausanneInventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
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Publication number: 20180376291Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for transmitting location dependent data. The system comprises multiple antennas (3), a transmitter (5) coupled to the multiple antennas (3) and a processor (7). The processor (7) is configured to determine multiple location dependent parts of the location dependent data, each of the multiple location dependent parts corresponding to a different geographical region (8a-g, 25), and to use the transmitter (5) to transmit at least two of the multiple location dependent parts to a different target location (9a-g, 23) over the multiple antennas (3). Each of the at least two location dependent parts is associated with a different reference location (9a-g, 21) and the distance between a target location (9a-g, 23) and a reference location (9a-g, 21) associated with a location dependent part transmitted to the target location (9a-g, 23) is smaller than a predetermined threshold. The invention further relates to a device (17) for receiving location dependent data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: Koninklijke KPN N.V.Inventors: Harm Cronie, Julian Nolan, Matthew Lawrenson
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Patent number: 10158969Abstract: Systems and methods for concurrent wireless power transfer and data transmission are provided. A constraint encoder receives data bits for communication to a mobile device and encodes the data bits onto a transmit signal. The constraint encoder specifies signal constraints that cause the transmit signal to have a peak-to-power-average ratio (PAPR) during a given time interval sufficient to provide wireless power transfer to the mobile device. The system also includes a signal generator coupled to the constraint encoder. The signal generator generates the transmit signal according to the signal constraints. The system further includes a transmitter coil that is coupled to the signal generator. The transmitter coil is configured to transmit the transmit signal that has been encoded with the data bits to receiver coils of the mobile device. The encoded transmit signal is able to provide wireless power transfer and the encoded data bits to the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Harm Cronie, Xudong Ma
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Publication number: 20180218027Abstract: An electronic device for maintaining a distributed ledger, which is maintained by multiple electronic nodes, wherein the distributed ledger includes multiple blocks which are associated at least with one of the previously recorded blocks and wherein a block can be added to the distributed ledger based on a mining process, has circuitry configured to perform a mining process of a block to be added to the distributed ledger, wherein the mining process by at least a part of the multiple electronic nodes includes compressing data of the block to be added to the distributed ledger.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Harm Cronie, Julian Nolan
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Publication number: 20180219686Abstract: A device for accessing a distributed ledger is provided. The distributed ledger is maintained by a plurality of virtual nodes. The device has a circuitry, which is configured to access the distributed ledger through at least one virtual node of the plurality of virtual nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Harm Cronie, Julian Nolan
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Publication number: 20180183497Abstract: Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
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Patent number: 9825677Abstract: Using a transformation based at least in part on a non-simple orthogonal or unitary matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. Hybrid transformers that apply such transformations to selected subsets of signals to be transmitted may be used to adapt to various signal set sizes and/or transmission environment properties including noise and physical space requirements of given transmission environments.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale De LausanneInventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
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Publication number: 20170195831Abstract: Systems and methods for concurrent wireless power transfer and data transmission are provided. A constraint encoder receives data bits for communication to a mobile device and encodes the data bits onto a transmit signal. The constraint encoder specifies signal constraints that cause the transmit signal to have a peak-to-power-average ratio (PAPR) during a given time interval sufficient to provide wireless power transfer to the mobile device. The system also includes a signal generator coupled to the constraint encoder. The signal generator generates the transmit signal according to the signal constraints. The system further includes a transmitter coil that is coupled to the signal generator. The transmitter coil is configured to transmit the transmit signal that has been encoded with the data bits to receiver coils of the mobile device. The encoded transmit signal is able to provide wireless power transfer and the encoded data bits to the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLCInventors: Harm Cronie, Xudong Ma
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Patent number: 9691450Abstract: A memory circuit, such as an embedded DRAM array, stores information as groups of bits or data using information coding in storage and retrieval data, instead of each bit being stored separately. Write data words can be mapped to storage format words that are stored and defined by a Hadamard matrix. The storage format word is stored as charge levels in an addressable memory location. For retrieving stored data, charge levels are read from the storage cells and interpreted to a valid storage format word. Hadamard code maximal likelihood decoding can be used to derive a read data word corresponding to a previously written write data word. The write data word is then output as the result of a read of the selected addressable location, or a portion thereof. The mapping can be two or more Hadamard matrix mappings concatenated for each of a plurality of storage format words.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
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Patent number: 9667379Abstract: Using a transformation based, at least in part, on a non-simple orthogonal matrix, data may be transmitted over a data bus in a manner that is resilient to one or more types of signal noise, that does not require a common reference at the transmission and acquisition points, and/or that has a pin-efficiency that is greater than 50% and may approach that of single-ended signaling. Such transformations may be implemented in hardware in an efficient manner. The transformation may be combined with methods from forward error correction to lower the required transmission power.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
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Patent number: 9602955Abstract: Systems and methods for concurrent wireless power transfer and data transmission are provided. A constraint encoder receives data bits for communication to a mobile device and encodes the data bits onto a transmit signal. The constraint encoder specifies signal constraints that cause the transmit signal to have a peak-to-power-average ratio (PAPR) during a given time interval sufficient to provide wireless power transfer to the mobile device. The system also includes a signal generator coupled to the constraint encoder. The signal generator generates the transmit signal according to the signal constraints. The system further includes a transmitter coil that is coupled to the signal generator. The transmitter coil is configured to transmit the transmit signal that has been encoded with the data bits to receiver coils of the mobile device. The encoded transmit signal is able to provide wireless power transfer and the encoded data bits to the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Harm Cronie, Xudong Ma
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Patent number: 9577664Abstract: Circuits that are matched to balanced codes may recover transmitted information in a noise resilient and power efficient manner. Circuit components for processing a balanced code may include one or more of: matched amplification of the signals representing the balanced code, matched equalization and/or filtering on the signals representing the balanced code, matched non-linear filtering on the signaling representing the balanced code to detect the presence of particular symbols and matched latching of the signals representing the balanced code. Such matched circuits and circuit components may be achieved at least in part by incorporating suitable common circuit nodes and/or a single energy source into circuit topologies.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.Inventors: Armin Tajalli, Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
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Patent number: 9524106Abstract: A memory circuit, such as an embedded DRAM array, stores information as groups of bits or data using information coding in storage and retrieval data, instead of each bit being stored separately. Write data words can be mapped to storage format words that are stored and defined by a Hadamard matrix. The storage format word is stored as charge levels in an addressable memory location. For retrieving stored data, charge levels are read from the storage cells and interpreted to a valid storage format word. Hadamard code maximal likelihood decoding can be used to derive a read data word corresponding to a previously written write data word. The write data word is then output as the result of a read of the selected addressable location, or a portion thereof. The mapping can be two or more Hadamard matrix mappings concatenated for each of a plurality of storage format words.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.Inventors: Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi
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Publication number: 20160352354Abstract: Circuits that are matched to balanced codes may recover transmitted information in a noise resilient and power efficient manner. Circuit components for processing a balanced code may include one or more of: matched amplification of the signals representing the balanced code, matched equalization and/or filtering on the signals representing the balanced code, matched non-linear filtering on the signaling representing the balanced code to detect the presence of particular symbols and matched latching of the signals representing the balanced code. Such matched circuits and circuit components may be achieved at least in part by incorporating suitable common circuit nodes and/or a single energy source into circuit topologies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Armin Tajalli, Harm Cronie, Amin Shokrollahi