Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Honjo
Hirofumi Honjo 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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Patent number: 11941969Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling a system to rapidly respond to wireless instructions being transmitted by a personal device over one of several communications networks that share a common RF medium are provided. During operation of the system, certain network communications may take priority over other network communications. Rapid response communications enable a user to communicate with the system, using the personal device, in a manner that does not collide or interfere with higher priority network communications.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Prashanth Ramachandran, Mikko Sannala, Naveen Singh, Wes Calidonna, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan, Harry Tannenbaum, Scott Hong
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Patent number: 10411827Abstract: An electronic device may include a processor and a network interface that may include a first radio and a second radio. The processor may be configured to perform wireless communication jamming attack detection by occasionally performing clear channel verification utilizing the network interface to determine whether a threshold number of devices' channels are incapacitated in a wireless network within a threshold amount of time and/or by sending a heartbeat signal from the first radio and determining whether the second radio received the heartbeat signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: John Benjamin Filson, Anthony M. Fadell, Scott P. Mullins, Hirofumi Honjo
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Patent number: 10337924Abstract: Various arrangements for detecting an object using a passive infrared (PIR) sensor module of a sensor device. A PIR data stream may be received from the PIR sensor module indicative of measurements performed by the PIR sensor module. An indication may be received from a transceiver that identifies a beginning of the data transmission. A portion of the PIR data stream may be blanked in response to receiving the indication of the beginning of the data transmission, the portion of the PIR data stream corresponding to a defined time duration. A presence of an object may be determined using the PIR data stream, excluding the blanked portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Shu-Li Wang, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan
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Publication number: 20190164410Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling a system to rapidly respond to wireless instructions being transmitted by a personal device over one of several communications networks that share a common RF medium are provided. During operation of the system, certain network communications may take priority over other network communications. Rapid response communications enable a user to communicate with the system, using the personal device, in a manner that does not collide or interfere with higher priority network communications.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Prashanth Ramachandran, Mikko Sannala, Naveen Singh, Wes Calidonna, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan, Harry Tannenbaum, Scott Hong
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Patent number: 10306400Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for verifying that a device is using its Wi-Fi circuitry in compliance with the regulations governing the location in which the device is located. Embodiments discussed herein can verify the location using location verification tools that evaluate locally ascertainable factors that contribute to a probability determination of the device's location. Locally ascertainable factors include information that be gleaned from the surroundings of the device. The surroundings or environment in which the device resides may provide clues as to whether the device is located in a particular regulatory domain.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Grant Michael Erickson, Hirofumi Honjo, David Sloo
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Patent number: 10204505Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling a system to rapidly respond to wireless instructions being transmitted by a personal device over one of several communications networks that share a common RF medium are provided. During operation of the system, certain network communications may take priority over other network communications. Rapid response communications enable a user to communicate with the system, using the personal device, in a manner that does not collide or interfere with higher priority network communications.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Prashanth Ramachandran, Mikko Sannala, Naveen Singh, Wes Calidonna, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan, Harry Tannenbaum, Scott Hong
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Patent number: 10146319Abstract: Systems and methods systems and methods for altering a state of system using a remote device that processes gestures are described herein. The electronic device can communicate with the system in response to monitoring a user generated gesture or other interaction. For example, a user can wave the personal device or wave to the personal device, and in response thereto, the personal device can transmit an instruction to the system that causes it to change its operational state. Thus, embodiments discussed herein enable a user to perform remote gestures with a first device to affect the operation of a second device.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Harry Tannenbaum, Scott Hong, Hirofumi Honjo, Prashanth Ramachandran, Mikko Sannala, Naveen Singh, Wes Calidonna, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan
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Patent number: 10090596Abstract: Various methods related to antennas and embodiments of antennas are presented. The antenna may include an upper arm, wherein the upper arm is substantially parallel to a ground plane and is electrically coupled with at least a ground shorting structure, a support structure, and a feed structure. The antenna may include the ground shorting structure, which may be at a first end of the upper arm. The antenna may include the support structure, which may be at a second end of the length of the upper arm and may support the upper arm. The antenna may also include the feed structure, which is configured to provide a signal for wireless transmission, the feed structure may be attached to a side of the length of the upper arm.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Eric Daniels, Daniel Adam Warren, Hirofumi Honjo
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Patent number: 9958948Abstract: Systems and methods systems and methods for altering a state of system using a remote device that processes gestures are described herein. The electronic device can communicate with the system in response to monitoring a user generated gesture or other interaction. For example, a user can wave the personal device or wave to the personal device, and in response thereto, the personal device can transmit an instruction to the system that causes it to change its operational state. Thus, embodiments discussed herein enable a user to perform remote gestures with a first device to affect the operation of a second device.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Harry Tannenbaum, Scott Hong, Hirofumi Honjo, Prashanth Ramachandran, Mikko Sannala, Naveen Singh, Wesley Calidonna, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan
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Publication number: 20180094981Abstract: Various arrangements for detecting an object using a passive infrared (PIR) sensor module of a sensor device. A PIR data stream may be received from the PIR sensor module indicative of measurements performed by the PIR sensor module. An indication may be received from a transceiver that identifies a beginning of the data transmission. A portion of the PIR data stream may be blanked in response to receiving the indication of the beginning of the data transmission, the portion of the PIR data stream corresponding to a defined time duration. A presence of an object may be determined using the PIR data stream, excluding the blanked portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Shu-Li Wang, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan
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Patent number: 9923589Abstract: A communications apparatus includes a first transceiver, a second transceiver, a first antenna, and a second antenna. The communications apparatus further includes a front end module (FEM) coupled between the first transceiver and the first antenna, and includes an amplifier for amplifying signals received by the first antenna. The FEM directly couples the first antenna to the first transceiver when the second transceiver is transmitting signals using the second antenna, so signals received via the first antenna are not amplified by the amplifier prior to being passed to the first transceiver. Furthermore, the FEM is configured to couple the first antenna to the first transceiver via the amplifier when the second transceiver is not transmitting signals using the second antenna, so signals received via the first antenna are amplified prior to being passed to the first transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Wesley Michael Calidonna
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Publication number: 20180035253Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for verifying that a device is using its Wi-Fi circuitry in compliance with the regulations governing the location in which the device is located. Embodiments discussed herein can verify the location using location verification tools that evaluate locally ascertainable factors that contribute to a probability determination of the device's location. Locally ascertainable factors include information that be gleaned from the surroundings of the device. The surroundings or environment in which the device resides may provide clues as to whether the device is located in a particular regulatory domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Grant Michael Erickson, Hirofumi Honjo, David Sloo
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Publication number: 20180006758Abstract: An electronic device may include a processor and a network interface that may include a first radio and a second radio. The processor may be configured to perform wireless communication jamming attack detection by occasionally performing clear channel verification utilizing the network interface to determine whether a threshold number of devices' channels are incapacitated in a wireless network within a threshold amount of time and/or by sending a heartbeat signal from the first radio and determining whether the second radio received the heartbeat signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: John Benjamin Filson, Anthony M. Fadell, Scott P. Mullins, Hirofumi Honjo
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Patent number: 9794738Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for verifying that a device is using its Wi-Fi circuitry in compliance with the regulations governing the location in which the device is located. Embodiments discussed herein can verify the location using location verification tools that evaluate locally ascertainable factors that contribute to a probability determination of the device's location. Locally ascertainable factors include information that be gleaned from the surroundings of the device. The surroundings or environment in which the device resides may provide clues as to whether the device is located in a particular regulatory domain.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Grant Michael Erickson, Hirofumi Honjo, David Sloo
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Patent number: 9787424Abstract: An electronic device may include a processor and a network interface that may include a first radio and a second radio. The processor may be configured to perform wireless communication jamming attack detection by occasionally performing clear channel verification utilizing the network interface to determine whether a threshold number of devices' channels are incapacitated in a wireless network within a threshold amount of time and/or by sending a heartbeat signal from the first radio and determining whether the second radio received the heartbeat signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: John Benjamin Filson, Anthony M. Fadell, Scott P. Mullins, Hirofumi Honjo
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Patent number: 9778114Abstract: Various arrangements for detecting an object using a passive infrared (PIR) sensor module of a sensor device. A PIR data stream may be received from the PIR sensor module indicative of measurements performed by the PIR sensor module. An indication may be received from a transceiver that identifies a beginning of the data transmission. A portion of the PIR data stream may be blanked in response to receiving the indication of the beginning of the data transmission, the portion of the PIR data stream corresponding to a defined time duration. A presence of an object may be determined using the PIR data stream, excluding the blanked portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Shu-Li Wang, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan
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Publication number: 20170207806Abstract: A communications apparatus includes a first transceiver, a second transceiver, a first antenna, and a second antenna. The communications apparatus further includes a front end module (FEM) coupled between the first transceiver and the first antenna, and includes an amplifier for amplifying signals received by the first antenna. The FEM directly couples the first antenna to the first transceiver when the second transceiver is transmitting signals using the second antenna, so signals received via the first antenna are not amplified by the amplifier prior to being passed to the first transceiver. Furthermore, the FEM is configured to couple the first antenna to the first transceiver via the amplifier when the second transceiver is not transmitting signals using the second antenna, so signals received via the first antenna are amplified prior to being passed to the first transceiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Wesley Michael Calidonna
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Publication number: 20170059413Abstract: Various arrangements for detecting an object using a passive infrared (PIR) sensor module of a sensor device. A PIR data stream may be received from the PIR sensor module indicative of measurements performed by the PIR sensor module. An indication may be received from a transceiver that identifies a beginning of the data transmission. A portion of the PIR data stream may be blanked in response to receiving the indication of the beginning of the data transmission, the portion of the PIR data stream corresponding to a defined time duration. A presence of an object may be determined using the PIR data stream, excluding the blanked portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Shu-Li Wang, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan
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Patent number: 9568201Abstract: A control system may include a thermostat device and boiler control device. The thermostat device may be configured to receive electrical power from second wiring terminals and provide control signals to boiler control device using a second radio when wires are not present in first wiring terminals. The thermostat device may also be configured to receive electrical power from the first wiring terminals and provide the coded control signals to the boiler control device through the first wiring terminals when wires are present in the first wiring terminals. The boiler control device may be configured to receive the control signals from the thermostat device using a third radio and selectively couple the third wiring terminals to fifth wiring terminals to selectively control activation of the boiler-based heating system when wires are not present in fourth wiring terminals.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Anthony M. Fadell, Matthew L. Rogers, Daniel A. Warren, Shyam R. Srinivasan, Hirofumi Honjo, Eric B. Daniels, William R. Dong, Jason C. Chamberlain, Edwin H. Satterthwaite, Jr., Shigefumi Honjo, Helen Vo, Richard W. Holbrook
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Patent number: 9543998Abstract: A communications apparatus includes a first and second transceiver, and a first and second antenna. The communications apparatus further includes a front end module (FEM) coupled between the first transceiver and the first antenna, and includes an amplifier for amplifying signals received by the first antenna, and a bypass line. The FEM is configured to couple the first antenna to the first transceiver via the bypass line when the second transceiver is active and transmitting signals using the second antenna such that a signal received via the first antenna is not amplified by the amplifier prior to being passed to the first transceiver. Furthermore, the FEM is configured to couple the first antenna to the first transceiver via the amplifier when the second transceiver is not transmitting signals using the second antenna such that a signal received via the first antenna is amplified.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Wesley Michael Calidonna