Patents by Inventor Mustafa Arslan

Mustafa Arslan 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: 10739452
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for estimating a distance to an object. The system includes a transmitter for transmitting RF signals from a location of an object. The system further includes measurement equipment, including a receiver, for receiving the transmitted RF signals as corresponding received RF signals and measuring a plurality of phase differences at different frequencies between the transmitted RF signals and the corresponding received RF signals. The system also includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate corrected phases by resolving one or more ambiguities from the plurality of phase differences. The processor is further configured to obtain a characteristic curve using the corrected phases. The processor is also configured to provide an estimate of the distance based on the characteristic curve and the corrected phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan
  • Publication number: 20200225319
    Abstract: Devices and systems for implementing a walk-through gate are provided. The devices include a walk-through gate structure having boundaries that have curved inner surfaces on each side of a cavity. The curved inner surfaces are partially covered by a reflective material. The devices include radio frequency (RF) signal transmitters positioned tangent to the curved inner surfaces and RF signal receivers. The devices also include apertures that provide access to the cavity of the walk-through gate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Publication number: 20200226331
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing a radio frequency identifier (RFID) system are provided. The methods include transmitting a radio frequency (RF) signal, by an RFID interrogator with multiple antennas. The methods include receiving a superimposed received signal. The superimposed received signal includes replies from a first RFID tag and a second RFID tag that are overlapping in time. The methods also include separating the replies from the first RFID tag and second RFID tag though spatial processing of the superimposed received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Patent number: 10677906
    Abstract: A system is provided for resolving ambiguity in a phase measurement used in a distance estimation for an object. The system includes a transmitter for transmitting RF signals from an object location. The system includes measurement equipment for receiving the transmitted RF signals as corresponding received RF signals and measuring a plurality of phases at different frequencies between the transmitted RF signals and the corresponding received RF signals. The system includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate normalized phases from the plurality of measured phases. The processor is configured to perform an intra-frequency ambiguity resolution process that resolves an ambiguity for the normalized phases for a single frequency using an ambiguity factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan
  • Patent number: 10616880
    Abstract: In a wireless communications system including a first transmission point and a second transmission point, a wireless communications method implemented in the first transmission point supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) is disclosed. The wireless communications method comprises transmitting to the second transmission point one or more CoMP hypothesis sets, and transmitting to the second transmission point a benefit metric corresponding to each CoMP hypothesis set, wherein the benefit metric can be a negative value. Other methods, systems, and apparatuses also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Narayan Prasad, Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Publication number: 20200050807
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sequential detection-based classifications of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags in three-dimensional space are provided. The methods include modeling a response from RFID tags as a probabilistic macro-channel and interrogating an RFID tag by transmitting a series of packets. Each packet is a transmit symbol and a first series of packet is a transmitted codeword. The method includes receiving, from the RFID tag, a second series of packets that is a received codeword in response to the transmitted codeword and finding a jointly typical transmit and receive codeword across all classes of macro-channels. The method also includes declaring a class of the RFID tag based on a largest likelihood between the transmitted codeword and the received codeword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Patent number: 10527341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water drainage assembly for use in a refrigeration appliance which has a rear outer wall and a rear inner wall. The water drainage assembly of the present invention comprises a water drainage apparatus which has an upper mounting seat and a lower mounting seat formed on opposing ends of its main body, wherein the lower mounting seat form-fittingly abuts against a vertical planar portion of the rear outer wall, and wherein the upper mounting seat form-fittingly abuts against a curved portion of the rear inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ARCELIK ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Murat Ungor, Murat Yetilmezsoy, Mustafa Arslan, Husamettin Celik, Salih Pelin
  • Publication number: 20190311162
    Abstract: A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) localization system is provided. The system includes a set of passive RFID tags, each for reflecting transmitted signals. The system further includes an RFID reader for detecting the reflected signals by the passive RFID tags. The system also includes a processor for localizing an object in an area based on the reflected signals by computing signatures using probabilistic macro-channels between the RFID reader and locations of the passive RFID tags. The transmitted signals form inputs to the probabilistic macro-channels, and the signatures form outputs from the probabilistic macro-channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Patent number: 10332398
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting occupancy of at least one parking space by a vehicle are described. Detecting occupancy of at least one parking space includes at least one tag device fixed to a respective one of the at least one parking space. A first reader device is configured to interrogated the at least one tag device and detect a reply signal from the at least one tag device. A processor is configured to analyze the reply signal from the tag device including analyzing a received signal strength indication and a differential phase change of the reply signal to determine the presence of a vehicle in the parking space due to interference of the received signal by a signal blocking body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Patent number: 10234550
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for estimating a distance. The system includes a Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) reader. The system further includes an RFID tag. The system also includes measurement equipment for measuring a plurality of phase differences at different frequencies between transmitted Radio Frequency (RF) signals from the RFID reader and corresponding received RF signals at the RFID tag. The system additionally includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate normalized phases from the plurality of phase differences. The processor is further configured to calculate corrected phases by resolving one or more ambiguities from the normalized phases. The processor is also configured to obtain a characteristic curve using the corrected phases. The processor is additionally configured to provide an estimate of the distance based on the characteristic curve and the corrected phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan
  • Publication number: 20180247092
    Abstract: A method for detecting RFID tags attached to items positioned at a radio frequency identification (RFID) self-service checkout station is presented. The method includes creating one or more virtual shields at the RFID self-service checkout station, the one or more virtual shields defining checkout bins, associating RFID readers to the checkout bins, and enabling an RFID reader associated with the checkout bins to differentiate between RFID tags attached to items positioned inside a checkout bin and RFID tags attached to items positioned outside the checkout bin by at least determining a signal strength of each RFID tag detected by the RFID reader and estimating, based on an outcome of the signal strength of each RFID tag, a distance between each RFID reader and each RFID tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Publication number: 20180246197
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for estimating a distance to an object. The system includes a transmitter for transmitting RF signals from a location of an object. The system further includes measurement equipment, including a receiver, for receiving the transmitted RF signals as corresponding received RF signals and measuring a plurality of phase differences at different frequencies between the transmitted RF signals and the corresponding received RF signals. The system also includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate normalized phases from the plurality of phase differences. The processor is further configured to calculate corrected phases by resolving one or more ambiguities from the normalized phases. The processor is also configured to obtain a characteristic curve using the corrected phases. The processor is additionally configured to provide an estimate of the distance based on the characteristic curve and the corrected phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan
  • Publication number: 20180246186
    Abstract: A system is provided for resolving ambiguity in a phase measurement used in a distance estimation for an object. The system includes a transmitter for transmitting RF signals from an object location. The system includes measurement equipment for receiving the transmitted RF signals as corresponding received RF signals and measuring a plurality of phases at different frequencies between the transmitted RF signals and the corresponding received RF signals. The system includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate normalized phases from the plurality of measured phases. The processor is configured to perform an intra-frequency ambiguity resolution process that resolves an ambiguity for the normalized phases for a single frequency using an ambiguity factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan
  • Publication number: 20180246198
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for estimating a distance to an object. The system includes a transmitter for transmitting RF signals from a location of an object. The system further includes measurement equipment, including a receiver, for receiving the transmitted RF signals as corresponding received RF signals and measuring a plurality of phase differences at different frequencies between the transmitted RF signals and the corresponding received RF signals. The system also includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate corrected phases by resolving one or more ambiguities from the plurality of phase differences. The processor is further configured to obtain a characteristic curve using the corrected phases. The processor is also configured to provide an estimate of the distance based on the characteristic curve and the corrected phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan
  • Publication number: 20180247094
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for estimating a distance. The system includes a Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) reader. The system further includes an RFID tag. The system also includes measurement equipment for measuring a plurality of phase differences at different frequencies between transmitted Radio Frequency (RF) signals from the RFID reader and corresponding received RF signals at the RFID tag. The system additionally includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate normalized phases from the plurality of phase differences. The processor is further configured to calculate corrected phases by resolving one or more ambiguities from the normalized phases. The processor is also configured to obtain a characteristic curve using the corrected phases. The processor is additionally configured to provide an estimate of the distance based on the characteristic curve and the corrected phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan
  • Publication number: 20180225967
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting occupancy of at least one parking space by a vehicle are described. Detecting occupancy of at least one parking space includes at least one tag device fixed to a respective one of the at least one parking space. A first reader device is configured to interrogated the at least one tag device and detect a reply signal from the at least one tag device. A processor is configured to analyze the reply signal from the tag device including analyzing a received signal strength indication and a differential phase change of the reply signal to determine the presence of a vehicle in the parking space due to interference of the received signal by a signal blocking body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Publication number: 20180211519
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting occupancy of at least one parking space by a vehicle are described. Detecting occupancy of at least one parking space includes at least one tag device fixed to a respective one of the at least one parking space. A first reader device is configured to interrogated the at least one tag device and detect a reply signal from the at least one tag device. A processor is configured to analyze the reply signal from the tag device including analyzing a received signal strength indication and a differential phase change of the reply signal to determine the presence of a vehicle in the parking space due to interference of the received signal by a signal blocking body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Patent number: 9967860
    Abstract: A system and method for network-wide broadcasting, including identifying interference dependencies between base stations (eNBs) to generate one or more single frequency network (SFN) clusters for one or more broadcast sessions. The generating of SFN clusters includes performing a controlled decrease in transmit diversity gain for each of the sessions by progressively creating smaller SFN clusters, iteratively creating the smaller SFN clusters until a target modulation and coding scheme (MCS) threshold is met to generate a plurality of SFN clusters, and selecting an SFN cluster with a maximum common MCS for all SFN clusters in a set. Resource block (RB) allocation is integrated with the generating of the SFN clusters to determine maximum system utility, and the system utility considers the sum of the utilities of broadcast and unicast flows. Network-wide broadcasting is controlled based on the determined maximum system utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Mustafa Arslan, Rajarajan Sivaraj
  • Publication number: 20180124780
    Abstract: In a wireless communications system including a first transmission point and a second transmission point, a wireless communications method implemented in the first transmission point supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) is disclosed. The wireless communications method comprises transmitting to the second transmission point one or more CoMP hypothesis sets, and transmitting to the second transmission point a benefit metric corresponding to each CoMP hypothesis set, wherein the benefit metric can be a negative value. Other methods, systems, and apparatuses also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Narayan Prasad, Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Sampath Rangarajan
  • Patent number: 9888469
    Abstract: In a wireless communications system including a first transmission point and a second transmission point, a wireless communications method implemented in the first transmission point supporting coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) is disclosed. The wireless communications method comprises transmitting to the second transmission point one or more CoMP hypothesis sets, and transmitting to the second transmission point a benefit metric corresponding to each CoMP hypothesis set, wherein the benefit metric can be a negative value. Other methods, systems, and apparatuses also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Narayan Prasad, Mohammad Khojastepour, Mustafa Arslan, Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Sampath Rangarajan