Patents by Inventor Jerome C. Tu
Jerome C. Tu 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: 8254858Abstract: Techniques to manage power based on motion detection are described. For example, a mobile computing device may include a radio module having a communications failure event detector operative to detect a communications failure event, a motion detector operative to detect motion, and a processor coupled to the radio module and the motion detector. The processor operative to execute a scan control module to determine the mobile computing device is moving or stationary, and control scanning operations by the radio module in accordance with the determination. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jerome C. Tu, Foster Curry
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Publication number: 20120162384Abstract: Remote collaboration of a subject and a graphics object in a same view of a 3D scene. In one embodiment, one or more cameras of a collaboration system may be configured to capture images of a subject and track the subject (e.g., head of a user, other physical object). The images may be processed and provided to another collaboration system along with a determined viewpoint of the user. The other collaboration system may be configured to render and display the captured images and a graphics object in the same view of a 3D scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Michael A. Vesely, Jerome C. Tu, Peter F. Ullmann
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Publication number: 20120162214Abstract: Tracking objects presented within a stereo three-dimensional (3D) scene. The user control device may include one or more visually indicated points for at least one tracking sensor to track. The user control device may also include other position determining devices, for example, an accelerometer and/or gyroscope. Precise 3D coordinates of the stylus may be determined based on location information from the tracking sensor(s) and additional information from the other position determining devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: David A. Chavez, Milind Paranjpe, Jerome C. Tu
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Publication number: 20110111708Abstract: Techniques to control a shared antenna architecture for multiple co-located radio modules is disclosed. For example, a method may comprise receiving power state information for a set of transceivers, receiving activity information for the set of transceivers, and generating control signals for simultaneous operations or mutually-exclusive operations for a shared antenna structure connecting the set of transceivers to an antenna based on the power state information and activity information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: PALM, INC.Inventors: Jerome C. Tu, Mike Robinson, James Beninghaus
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Patent number: 7920883Abstract: Techniques involving network access are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus may include first and second transceivers, a first control module, and a second control module. Each transceiver may send one or more wireless transmissions, which are scheduled by the control modules. For example, the first control module may schedule transmissions of the first transceiver and the second control module may schedule transmissions of the second transceiver. These may be scheduled to avoid transmissions of the first transceiver overlapping in time with transmissions of the second transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Jerome C. Tu
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Patent number: 7873385Abstract: Antenna sharing techniques are described. A mobile computing device may comprise an antenna, a switch to couple to the antenna, and multiple transceivers to couple to the switch. The mobile computing device may also comprise an antenna management module to couple to the switch and the transceivers. The antenna management module may control the switch to electrically connect one of the transceivers to the antenna. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Palm, Inc.Inventors: Olivier Boireau, Karl Townsend, Avi Kopleman, Suresh Krishnan, Parag Gupta, Jerome C. Tu, Alexander Fertelmeister, Robert Brown
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Publication number: 20090164813Abstract: Techniques to manage power based on motion detection are described. For example, a mobile computing device may include a radio module having a communications failure event detector operative to detect a communications failure event, a motion detector operative to detect motion, and a processor coupled to the radio module and the motion detector. The processor operative to execute a scan control module to determine the mobile computing device is moving or stationary, and control scanning operations by the radio module in accordance with the determination. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: PALM, INC.Inventors: Jerome C. Tu, Foster Curry
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Publication number: 20090143078Abstract: Techniques to manage a radio based on location information are described. A mobile computing device may include a radio module, a location detector operative to determine a location for the mobile computing device, and a processor to couple to the radio module and the resource database. The processor may be operative to execute a resource management module to access a resource profile having resource information for one or more cellular radiotelephone network resources accessible from the location, and control operations for a radio module based on the resource profile. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: PALM, INC.Inventors: Jerome C. Tu, Jianxiong Shi, Janell L. Paulson, George Thomas, Thomas Fong, Gurunath Ramaswamy
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Patent number: 7525494Abstract: Various embodiments of an internal antenna and motherboard architecture are described. In one embodiment, a wireless device may include a housing enclosing a first motherboard and a second motherboard. The ground plane of the first motherboard may be coupled to the ground plane of the second motherboard within the housing. The first motherboard and the second motherboard may act as an internal antenna system for the wireless device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2008Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Palm, Inc.Inventors: Jerome C Tu, Weiping Dou
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Publication number: 20080161036Abstract: Techniques for accessing wireless networks are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus may include a control module to broadcast messages for transmission within a coverage area of a first type of a wireless communications network. In addition, the apparatus may include a storage medium that stores access parameters for wireless network(s) of a second type that are accessible within the coverage area. Additionally, the control module may generate messages for transmission that include the one or more access parameters. The types of wireless communications networks may be, for example, wireless cellular networks and wireless data communications networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: PALM, INC.Inventors: Jerome C. Tu, Jianxiong Shi
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Publication number: 20080161031Abstract: Techniques involving network access are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus may include first and second transceivers, a first control module, and a second control module. Each transceiver may send one or more wireless transmissions, which are scheduled by the control modules. For example, the first control module may schedule transmissions of the first transceiver and the second control module may schedule transmissions of the second transceiver. These may be scheduled to avoid transmissions of the first transceiver overlapping in time with transmissions of the second transceiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: Palm, Inc.Inventor: Jerome C. Tu
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Publication number: 20080159182Abstract: Techniques for coordinating transmissions in wireless communications are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus includes a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and a control module. The first transceiver communicates across a wireless link of a first type, and the second transceiver communicates across a wireless link of a second type. Examples of such first and second types include cellular links and data networking links. The control module authorizes the second transceiver to send wireless transmission upon the occurrence of a compressed mode transmission gap allocated to the first transceiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: PALM, INC.Inventors: Jerome C. Tu, Olivier Boireau
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Publication number: 20080143694Abstract: Techniques involving the management of display parameters are disclosed. For example, an apparatus may include a display, a radio module, and a control module. The display employs various operational parameters, which can take on different values. Exemplary parameters include refresh rate and/or pixel clock rate. The radio module may receive a wireless signal at one or more reception frequencies. The control module may select values for these operational parameters of the display. This selection may be made according to characteristics of interference that would be emitted from the display at the one or more reception frequencies. Upon making this selection, the control module may direct the display to employ the selected parameter values.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2006Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Jerome C. Tu, Olivier Boireau, Isabel Mahe, Wen Zhao, Yury Fomin, Jianxiong Shi, Alexander Fertelmeister
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Publication number: 20080146267Abstract: Techniques involving network access are disclosed. For example, an apparatus may include multiple radio modules that may each communicate according to a corresponding wireless access technology. The apparatus may further include a storage medium and an access coordination module. Multiple consolidated access profiles may be stored by the storage medium. Each of these consolidated access profiles may correspond to a locality and may include individual network access parameters or profiles for each radio module. Based on an assessed locality of the apparatus, the access coordination module may select a consolidated access profile, and provide associated information to the multiple radio modules. This associated information may include (or point to) individual network access profiles or parameters. Thus, from this information, the radio modules may identify and acquire networks in a streamlined manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2006Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: PALM, INC.Inventors: Jerome C. Tu, Jianxiong Shi
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Patent number: 6516202Abstract: A method and apparatus for an organizer that may receive a cellular portion to form a cellular telephone is provided. An organizer comprises an organizer component, including a microphone. The organizer further includes an area for receiving an additional component. The area is designed to receive a cellular component, and a connection element is designed to mate the microphone in the organizer component with the cellular component, to use the organizer as a part of a cellular telephone.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1999Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Handspring, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Jerome C. Tu, Robert Y. Haitani, Christie L. Cadwell, Karl A. Townsend
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Patent number: 6381463Abstract: A cellular network includes a receiver configured to receive inbound information from a mobile station. A correlator is coupled to the receiver and configured to correlate the inbound information against expected information to generate a correlator signal. An interpolator is coupled to the correlator and configured to interpolate the correlator signal to generate an interpolator signal. A memory is coupled to the interpolator and configured to store the interpolator signal. A processor is coupled to the memory and configured to process the interpolator signal to determine a position of the mobile station. Additional embodiments track the position of the mobile station based on cellular hand off and mobile station position over time. The cellular network can transfer the mobile station from the microcellular network to the macrocellular network if the mobile station is moving rapidly.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1997Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Interwave Communications International, Ltd.Inventors: Jerome C. Tu, Pi-Hui Chao
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Patent number: 5682403Abstract: A base station communicates with a plurality of mobile stations over a cellular network. In one embodiment, the base station includes a receiver configured to receive inbound information from the mobile station and a transmitter configured to transmit outbound information to the mobile station. The base station further has a central processor that includes a signal processor array. The signal processor architecture is designed to increase the throughput and task-based allocation of processing resources. The signal processing array has both series and parallel signal processing elements. A plurality of signal processor elements are disposed in series to form a signal processing string. A plurality of signal processing strings are disposed in parallel. Each of the signal processor strings includes at least two signal processor elements that are each dedicated to performing a specific task.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1995Date of Patent: October 28, 1997Assignee: Wavelink CommunicationsInventors: Jerome C. Tu, Gregory James Gerst
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Patent number: 4862361Abstract: Malfunctions of the cardiovascular control system may be diagnosed by examination of a patient's heart rate fluctuation power spectra. Particularly indicative of cardiovascular stress are: a level below about 0.1 (beats/min.).sup.2 in the power spectrum of heart rate fluctuations at a frequency between about 0.04 and about 0.10 Hz; a marked increase to above about 10 (beats/min.).sup.2 in a peak in the heart rate fluctuation power spectrum between about 0.04 to 0.10 Hz; and a ratio of the area under a heart rate power spectrum peak at a frequency between about 0.04 and 0.10 Hz to the area under a peak in the respiratory heart rate fluctuation power spectrum centered at the mean respiratory rate about about 0.10 Hz as having an absolute value less than 2.0 for longer than or equal to about one hour or as having an absolute value greater than about 50.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1985Date of Patent: August 29, 1989Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: David Gordon, Solange Akselrod, Richard J. Cohen, Jerome C. Tu, Stephen K. Burns, Victoria H. DeLeon