Patents by Inventor Iyappan Ramachandran
Iyappan Ramachandran 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: 11831356Abstract: Technologies directed to calibration and measurement of transmit phased array antennas with digital beamforming are described. One method includes a communication device generating a radio frequency (RF) signal and a reference RF signal generated using a first offset value. A processing device sending to a measurement device data indicating a first periodicity of the first RF signal and a first data acquisition parameter. The processing device receives measurement data indicating conditions of the first RF signal and the reference RF signal received at the measurement device. The processing device determines signal characteristics of the first RF signal and the reference RF signal. The processing device sends a command to the communication device. The command indicates a modification of the first offset value to a second offset value. The communication device generates a second RF signal using the second offset value.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Iyappan Ramachandran, Farideddin Fayazbakhsh, Yu Ho, Tara Yousefi
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Publication number: 20230221856Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device performs an action in response to detection of a sequence of one or more motion gestures. Motion gesture information of a first electronic device optionally includes a first portion representing a respective attitude of the first electronic device relative to a frame of reference and a second portion that includes movement of the first electronic device from the respective attitude of the first electronic device. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the first electronic device during the second portion of the motion gesture meets movement criteria for a movement gesture that corresponds to the respective attitude of the first electronic device, a process is initiated to control the first electronic device or a second electronic device in accordance with the second portion of the motion gesture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Raghuram C. KAMATH, Harneet Singh OBEROI, Iyappan RAMACHANDRAN, Jaemyung LIM, Mohammad SHOKOOHI-YEKTA
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Patent number: 11462828Abstract: Technologies directed to a directional calibration antenna for calibration of an array antenna of a communication system are described. The communication system includes the array antenna which includes a number of antenna elements. The number of antenna elements are located in an area on a first side of a support structure. A directional antenna is located at a first height above a plane of the array antenna and at a periphery of the area. The directional antenna is pointed towards the array antenna and is located within a near field of the array antenna.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tara Yousefi, Iyappan Ramachandran, Murat Veysoglu, Peter James Hetzel, Billy Pingli Kao, Alireza Mahanfar
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Patent number: 11456768Abstract: An electronic device may include control circuitry, sensors, and wireless circuitry having antennas. The sensors may generate sensor data that is used by the control circuitry to identify an operating environment for the device. The sensor data may include a grip map generated by a touch-sensitive display, infrared facial recognition image signals or other image signals, an angle of arrival of sound received by a set of microphones, impedance data from an impedance sensor, and any other desired sensor data. The control circuitry may use the sensor data, radio-frequency spatial ranging data, information about whether audio is being played over an ear speaker, and/or information about communications protocols in use to identify the operating environment. The control circuitry may adjust antenna settings for the wireless circuitry based on the identified operating environment to ensure that the antennas operate with satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Liang Han, Matthew A. Mow, Mattia Pascolini, Ruben Caballero, Thomas E. Biedka, Yuancheng Xu, Iyappan Ramachandran
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Patent number: 11422692Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device performs an action in response to detection of a sequence of one or more motion gestures. Motion gesture information of a first electronic device optionally includes a first portion representing a respective attitude of the first electronic device relative to a frame of reference and a second portion that includes movement of the first electronic device from the respective attitude of the first electronic device. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the first electronic device during the second portion of the motion gesture meets movement criteria for a movement gesture that corresponds to the respective attitude of the first electronic device, a process is initiated to control the first electronic device or a second electronic device in accordance with the second portion of the motion gesture.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Raghuram C. Kamath, Hameet Singh Oberoi, Iyappan Ramachandran, Jaemyung Lim, Mohammad Shokoohi-Yekta
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Patent number: 11322838Abstract: Technologies directed to calibrating phased array antennas are described. A processing device of a communication device causes a first radio to send a first signal via a first antenna element. The first signal has a set of tones. Each tone of the set of tones has a frequency within a fixed frequency range. The processing device causes a second radio to receive a second signal via a second antenna element. The second signal is a response to the first signal. The processing device determines that there is a difference between the second signal and a reference signal. The processing device adjusts at least one of a phase parameter value, a gain parameter value, or a time-delay parameter value of a radio frequency component based on the difference.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Iyappan Ramachandran, Simon Jacques Damphousse, Tara Yousefi, Billy Pingli Kao, Murat Veysoglu, Ming-Chun Paul Lee
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Publication number: 20200274570Abstract: An electronic device may include control circuitry, sensors, and wireless circuitry having antennas. The sensors may generate sensor data that is used by the control circuitry to identify an operating environment for the device. The sensor data may include a grip map generated by a touch-sensitive display, infrared facial recognition image signals or other image signals, an angle of arrival of sound received by a set of microphones, impedance data from an impedance sensor, and any other desired sensor data. The control circuitry may use the sensor data, radio-frequency spatial ranging data, information about whether audio is being played over an ear speaker, and/or information about communications protocols in use to identify the operating environment. The control circuitry may adjust antenna settings for the wireless circuitry based on the identified operating environment to ensure that the antennas operate with satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of operating conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Liang Han, Matthew A. Mow, Mattia Pascolini, Ruben Caballero, Thomas E. Biedka, Yuancheng Xu, Iyappan Ramachandran
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Patent number: 10693516Abstract: An electronic device may include control circuitry, sensors, and wireless circuitry having antennas. The sensors may generate sensor data that is used by the control circuitry to identify an operating environment for the device. The sensor data may include a grip map generated by a touch-sensitive display, infrared facial recognition image signals or other image signals, an angle of arrival of sound received by a set of microphones, impedance data from an impedance sensor, and any other desired sensor data. The control circuitry may use the sensor data, radio-frequency spatial ranging data, information about whether audio is being played over an ear speaker, and/or information about communications protocols in use to identify the operating environment. The control circuitry may adjust antenna settings for the wireless circuitry based on the identified operating environment to ensure that the antennas operate with satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Liang Han, Matthew A. Mow, Mattia Pascolini, Ruben Caballero, Thomas E. Biedka, Yuancheng Xu, Iyappan Ramachandran
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Publication number: 20200104038Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device performs an action in response to detection of a sequence of one or more motion gestures. Motion gesture information of a first electronic device optionally includes a first portion representing a respective attitude of the first electronic device relative to a frame of reference and a second portion that includes movement of the first electronic device from the respective attitude of the first electronic device. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the first electronic device during the second portion of the motion gesture meets movement criteria for a movement gesture that corresponds to the respective attitude of the first electronic device, a process is initiated to control the first electronic device or a second electronic device in accordance with the second portion of the motion gesture.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Raghuram C. KAMATH, Harneet Singh OBEROI, Iyappan RAMACHANDRAN, Jaemyung LIM, Mohammad SHOKOOHI-YEKTA
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Publication number: 20190393918Abstract: An electronic device may include control circuitry, sensors, and wireless circuitry having antennas. The sensors may generate sensor data that is used by the control circuitry to identify an operating environment for the device. The sensor data may include a grip map generated by a touch-sensitive display, infrared facial recognition image signals or other image signals, an angle of arrival of sound received by a set of microphones, impedance data from an impedance sensor, and any other desired sensor data. The control circuitry may use the sensor data, radio-frequency spatial ranging data, information about whether audio is being played over an ear speaker, and/or information about communications protocols in use to identify the operating environment. The control circuitry may adjust antenna settings for the wireless circuitry based on the identified operating environment to ensure that the antennas operate with satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of operating conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Liang Han, Matthew A. Mow, Mattia Pascolini, Ruben Caballero, Thomas E. Biedka, Yuancheng Xu, Iyappan Ramachandran
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Patent number: 10381715Abstract: An electronic device may include an antenna having a resonating element, an antenna ground, and a feed. First and second tunable components may be coupled to the resonating element. Adjustable matching circuitry may be coupled to the feed. Control circuitry may use the first tunable component to tune a midband antenna resonance when sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a right hand and may use the second tunable component to tune the midband resonance when the sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a left hand. For tuning a low band resonance, the control circuitry may place the antenna in different tuning states by sequentially adjusting a selected one of the matching circuitry and the tunable components, potentially reverting to a previous tuning state at each step in the sequence. This may ensure that antenna efficiency is satisfactory regardless of antenna loading conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Liang Han, Thomas E. Biedka, Matthew A. Mow, Iyappan Ramachandran, Mattia Pascolini, Xu Han, Hao Xu, Jennifer M. Edwards, Salih Yarga, Yijun Zhou
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Publication number: 20180342794Abstract: An electronic device may include an antenna having a resonating element, an antenna ground, and a feed. First and second tunable components may be coupled to the resonating element. Adjustable matching circuitry may be coupled to the feed. Control circuitry may use the first tunable component to tune a midband antenna resonance when sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a right hand and may use the second tunable component to tune the midband resonance when the sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a left hand. For tuning a low band resonance, the control circuitry may place the antenna in different tuning states by sequentially adjusting a selected one of the matching circuitry and the tunable components, potentially reverting to a previous tuning state at each step in the sequence. This may ensure that antenna efficiency is satisfactory regardless of antenna loading conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Liang Han, Thomas E. Biedka, Matthew A. Mow, Iyappan Ramachandran, Mattia Pascolini, Xu Han, Hao Xu, Jennifer M. Edwards, Salih Yarga, Yijun Zhou
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Publication number: 20050135229Abstract: A method and system communicates ultra wide bandwidth signals using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing modulation. Tones are received over an ultra wide bandwidth channel. The tones were generated from a single frequency interleaved input symbol subjected to spreading and modulation. The received tones are de-spreaded, and frequency de-interleaving is applied to the de-spreaded tones to recover the single input symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2003Publication date: June 23, 2005Inventors: Andreas Molisch, Yves-Paul Nakache, Philip Orlik, Iyappan Ramachandran
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Publication number: 20050135457Abstract: A method and system communicates ultra wide bandwidth signals using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing modulation. QPSK input symbols are frequency interleaved. The frequency interleaved symbols are spread over a plurality of tones, and the tones are modulated for transmission over an ultra wide bandwidth channel. When the tones are received, the received tones can be de-spreaded to recover the input symbols.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2003Publication date: June 23, 2005Inventors: Andreas Molisch, Yves-Paul Nakache, Philip Orlik, Iyappan Ramachandran