Patents by Inventor John A. Wilson

John A. Wilson 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).

  • Patent number: 11619400
    Abstract: A networked boiler system includes a first boiler, at least one secondary boiler in operative connection with the first boiler and having a plurality of internal sub boilers, a boiler control connected to one of the first or secondary boilers, and an external control connected to one of the first or secondary boilers. The boiler control enables the first boiler to control a boiler parameter of the first boiler, the at least one secondary boiler, and the plurality of internal sub boilers of the at least one secondary boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Mestek, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wilson, Richard Osienski, Mark Rawson, Brian Hannigan, David Abad, Omar Fiallos
  • Patent number: 11621747
    Abstract: A wireless communications system may support beamforming to transmit and receive signals. A device operating within the wireless communications system may transmit a request to measure a beamformed reference signal. The device may also transmit a beamforming configuration indicating one or more beamforming options for measuring the beamformed reference signal. The beamforming options may include measuring the beamformed reference signal using a directional configuration and an omni-directional configuration. The device receiving the beamforming configuration may form a receive beam in accordance with the beamforming configuration to measure the beamformed reference signal. A device operating within the wireless communications system may determine to use a particular beamforming option for measuring a beamformed reference signal without first receiving a beamforming configuration, and may make the determination based on signal quality at the device or capabilities of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sumeeth Nagaraja, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran, Makesh Pravin John Wilson
  • Publication number: 20230086818
    Abstract: System and method for processing a camera frame in a mobile device by partitioning the camera frame into different sections based on the distance from a vehicle to each of the sections and the required resolution of each of the sections. A mobile device comprises: a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to: receive a camera frame from a camera mounted on a vehicle traveling on a road; determine a drivable path of the vehicle; project the drivable path onto the camera frame; partition a part of the camera frame containing the drivable path into at least one section based on a distance from the vehicle to each of the at least one section; and determine a required resolution of each of the at least one section based on the distance from the vehicle to each of the at least one section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Volodimir SLOBODYANYUK, Ahmed Kamel SADEK, Amin ANSARI, Sundar SUBRAMANIAN, Radhika Dilip GOWAIKAR, Makesh Pravin JOHN WILSON, Michael John HAMILTON, Shantanu Chaisson SANYAL
  • Publication number: 20230077038
    Abstract: A safety sensing system implements a method for a person in an industrial environment comprises providing a personnel locator device (10) for location on a person and a reference system comprising a plurality of nodes (20) located at predetermined locations in the industrial environment (100). Radio ranging signals are transmitted between the nodes (20) and the personnel locator device (10) and measurements of times of flight of the radio ranging signals are derived. The location of the personnel locator device (10) is calculated based on the measurements of the times of flight of the radio ranging signals and reference information representing the predetermined locations of the nodes (10). It is determined if the calculated location of the personnel locator device (10) is within one or more danger zones in the industrial environment (100) and a warning signal is output in response thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: John Wilson, Grant Nicholls
  • Publication number: 20230075674
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a first transmit receive point (TRP), a downlink control information (DCI) communication, the UE being included in a multi-TRP configuration with the first TRP and a second TRP. The UE may determine information unique to the first TRP. The information unique to the first TRP may be at least one of associated with the DCI communication or included in the DCI communication. The UE may generate a downlink scrambling sequence initialization code, associated with the first TRP, based at least in part on the information unique to the first TRP. The UE may generate a downlink scrambling sequence, associated with the first TRP, based at least in part on the downlink scrambling sequence initialization code associated with the first TRP. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sungwoo PARK, Makesh Pravin JOHN WILSON, Tao LUO, Jing SUN, Xiaoxia ZHANG, Arumugam CHENDAMARAI KANNAN, Vinay CHANDE, Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN
  • Publication number: 20230071988
    Abstract: A safety sensing system implements a method for a person in an industrial environment comprises providing a personnel locator device (10) for location on a person and a reference system comprising a plurality of nodes (20) located at predetermined ocations in the industrial environment (100). Radio ranging signals are transmitted between the nodes (20) and the personnel locator device (10) and measurements of times of flight of the radio ranging signals are derived. The location of the personnel locator device (10) is calculated based on the measurements of the times of flight of the radio ranging signals and reference information representing the predetermined locations of the nodes (10). It is determined if the calculated location of the personnel locator device (10) is within ne or more danger zones in the industrial environment (100) and a warning signal is output in response thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: John Wilson, Grant Nicholls
  • Patent number: 11596126
    Abstract: An animal tether system and method wherein the rate of extension and retraction of the tether and/or the length of the tether can be actively controlled at least in part as a function of the angular direction and/or speed and/or length of which the tether extends/retracts. The system can be used to maintain an animal in a non-circular boundary, such as a rectangular space, by controlling how far the tether can extend at certain angular positions. The system also allows a user to block off certain areas within a space from access by the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: JW Pet Products LLC
    Inventors: John Wilson, Paul R. Metcalfe, Scott E. Urban
  • Patent number: 11588529
    Abstract: Beam management enhancements for advanced millimeter wave (mmWave) operations are disclosed. As a part of channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration, a user equipment may include an interference plus noise measurement of beams for consideration in beam management. The UE measures a set of signaling resources of each beam for power contribution and interference plus noise. According to the particular configuration, the UE may rank all of the available beams into a subset of the highest ranked beams, ranked either by the interference plus noise measurement, by the power contribution metric, or by a combination of both. The UE reports an identification of the subset to the serving base station which determines the beam to use for subsequent communications with the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Jung Ho Ryu, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11582833
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for dynamic reclamation of resources reserved for forward compatibility using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication. The method generally includes identifying resources previously reserved for forward compatibility (FC) that are available for reuse, and providing signaling, to one or more user equipments (UEs), indicating the identified resources are available for reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran, Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Sumeeth Nagaraja, Kaushik Chakraborty, Shengbo Chen, Xiao Feng Wang
  • Patent number: 11581923
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communications systems, a base station may perform signaling to indicate information related to ports assigned to one or more UEs. The base station may also signal information regarding ports shared with other UEs, which the UE may use when performing channel estimation. In some examples, the base station may signal a number of ports used per sub-band to the UE or a number of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports used by the UE. The base station may signal a sub-set of a total number of ports that are shared by other UEs overlapping with the resource allocation of the UE. The signaling may indicate a number of combs used by the base station in the resource allocation for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, June Namgoong, Yu Zhang, Alexandros Manolakos, Jing Sun, Tao Luo, Bilal Sadiq
  • Publication number: 20230028332
    Abstract: A suppressor having a body and a first connector half coupled to the body, wherein the first connector half includes a first component that includes at least one channel and a first surface; and wherein the body provides a second surface, wherein a gap between the first surface and the second surface defines at least one track; wherein the gun includes a second connector half comprising at least one protrusion, wherein the protrusion and channel have corresponding shapes that allow the protrusion to be inserted through the channel and into alignment with the track, wherein the first component may be rotated with respect to the protrusion and the body to bring the protrusion out of alignment with the channel so that the first and second surfaces clamp the protrusion to thereby secure the first connector half and second connector half with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Bert John WILSON
  • Publication number: 20230022607
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for receiving a PDCCH order for a MSG 1 transmission having a first DMRS that is quasi co-located with a first reference signal, and receiving a corresponding RACH message having a second DMRS that is quasi co-located with a second reference signal, wherein the first reference signal and second reference signal are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul ISLAM, Tao LUO, Yan ZHOU, Makesh Pravin JOHN WILSON, Linhai HE
  • Patent number: 11563537
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a UE determines QCL information that indicates an association between a spatial parameter and a current transmission configuration, and conveys the determined QCL information to a BS. In another embodiment, a BS transmits a DCI that triggers transmission of a reference signal that includes QCL information that indicates an association between a spatial parameter and a current transmission configuration, whereby any DCI triggering any reference signal that includes any QCL information is configured to trigger a UE to send an express acknowledgment or an implied acknowledgment to that DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tao Luo, Yan Zhou, Heechoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11563510
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Communications by wireless devices may be modified when beam pair links (BPLs) experience decreased link quality. For example, a controlling wireless device may communicate with a secondary wireless device using a set of BPLs. The controlling and secondary wireless device may each cycle through the set of BPLs at respective times of a communication time period. Upon detecting one or more BPLs having a decreased link quality during a portion of the communication time period, the controlling wireless device may transmit a configuration modifying the communications. For instance, the modified communications may include replacing the one or more BPLs with different BPLs having a relatively higher link quality. In other cases, the modified communications may include using repeated transmissions during the portion of the communication time period or excluding the BPLs experiencing decreased link quality from the communication time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Makesh Pravin John Wilson
  • Patent number: 11558896
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for receiving a PDCCH order for a MSG 1 transmission having a first DMRS that is quasi co-located with a first reference signal, and receiving a corresponding RACH message having a second DMRS that is quasi co-located with a second reference signal, wherein the first reference signal and second reference signal are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Tao Luo, Yan Zhou, Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Linhai He
  • Patent number: 11552694
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to cell recovery techniques. One example method generally includes receiving, at a user-equipment (UE), at least one pilot signal via a secondary cell, receive, via a primary cell, a first message triggering reporting of at least one preferred beam for communication via the secondary cell, determining the preferred beam based on the at least one pilot signal, transmitting, via the primary cell, a report indicating the at least one preferred beam, and communicating data via the secondary cell and via the preferred beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kiran Venugopal, Jung Ho Ryu, Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11546906
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for switching control beams in multi-link systems using new radio (NR) technology multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques. A user equipment (UE) may obtain a configuration from a base station (BS) comprising at least one first pattern of beams to monitor when performing a beam recovery procedure, communicate using beamforming, with the BS, via an active transmit and receive beam pair, determine a beam failure of the active transmit and receive beam pair, and monitor the beams according to the first pattern in response to the beam failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran, Xiao Feng Wang, Sumeeth Nagaraja
  • Patent number: 11546025
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for precoding for multi-panel uplink transmission. For codebook-based uplink transmission, a user equipment (UE) can determine one or more preferred or selected precoders for uplink transmission. The precoders can be from an expanded UE codebook that maps a first number of transmit layers at the UE to a second number of antenna ports at the UE, the layers and/or antenna ports associated with multiple uplink transmit panels at the UE. The UE sends an indication to a base station (BS) of the determined precoders and/or sends an uplink transmission using the determined precoders. For non-codebook based uplink transmission the UE receives first and second reference signals (RSs), from first and second ports of a BS, with first and second UE antenna panels. The UE computes precoders to use for uplink transmission based on the RSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jung Ho Ryu, Kiran Venugopal, Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tianyang Bai, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11539429
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station (BS), information identifying a slot configuration indicating a slot format for each of a plurality of slots for a wireless communication link between the UE and the BS, wherein the information identifying the slot configuration includes a full duplex slot format indicator that is associated with at least one full duplex slot that is to be used for full duplex communication. The user equipment may communicate based at least in part on receiving the information identifying the slot configuration, with the BS using the at least one full duplex slot. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tao Luo, Jung Ho Ryu, Kiran Venugopal
  • Patent number: 11540271
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for selecting an uplink (UL) transmit beam by a user equipment (UE). A UE may receive, from a base station (BS), one or more beamformed downlink signals using one or more receive beams. The UE may select an uplink transmit beam based, at least in part, on the one or more beamformed downlink signals. The UE may transmit an uplink signal using the selected uplink transmit beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tao Luo, Xiao Feng Wang, Sony Akkarakaran, Sumeeth Nagaraja, Shengbo Chen, Kaushik Chakraborty