Patents by Inventor Nanlan JIANG

Nanlan JIANG 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).

  • Positioning apparatus, method, mobile node and wireless communication apparatus
    Patent number: 11194013
    Abstract: Provided by the present disclosure are a positioning apparatus for positioning a mobile node in a wireless communication system, a mobile node, a wireless communication apparatus and a positioning method. The positioning apparatus comprises: a processing circuit, configured to determine position information of a mobile node on the basis of ranging information determined by a neighboring node of the mobile node in response to ranging requests sent multiple times by the mobile node and position information of the neighboring node, the ranging information comprising a ranging result which is determined by the neighboring node for each ranging request of the mobile node. The positioning apparatus, mobile node, wireless communication apparatus and positioning method according to the present disclosure may effectively suppress the occurrence of an image error, thereby improving positioning accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nanlan Jiang, Pingping Xu, Pen-shun Lu
  • POSITIONING APPARATUS, METHOD, MOBILE NODE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210286041
    Abstract: Provided by the present disclosure are a positioning apparatus for positioning a mobile node in a wireless communication system, a mobile node, a wireless communication apparatus and a positioning method. The positioning apparatus comprises: a processing circuit, configured to determine position information of a mobile node on the basis of ranging information determined by a neighboring node of the mobile node in response to ranging requests sent multiple times by the mobile node and position information of the neighboring node, the ranging information comprising a ranging result which is determined by the neighboring node for each ranging request of the mobile node. The positioning apparatus, mobile node, wireless communication apparatus and positioning method according to the present disclosure may effectively suppress the occurrence of an image error, thereby improving positioning accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nanlan JIANG, Pingping XU, Pen-shun LU