Patents by Inventor Nicholas W. Anderson

Nicholas W. Anderson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240142980
    Abstract: Annotations for a map of a worksite are generated by a controller. The controller receives georeferenced crop state data and georeferenced agricultural characteristic data, collectively referred to as agronomy data. The georeferenced crop state data and georeferenced agricultural characteristic data are analyzed by the controller to determine relationships therebetween. The controller generates the annotations based on the determined relationships. The controller generates explanations, which are type of annotation, based on determined relationships between current agronomy data and historical agronomy data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas C. Baltz, Adam J. Royal, Duane M. Bomleny, Kent S. Brown, Noel W. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11950870
    Abstract: Systems and methods for minimally invasive procedures include a computer-assisted system comprising a manipulator assembly configured to couple to a cannula and a controller coupled to the manipulator assembly. The cannula has a lumen configured to receive a shaft of an instrument. The controller is configured to position a remote center of motion for the manipulator assembly at a first location relative to the cannula, and in response to an indication to reposition the remote center of motion relative to the cannula, reposition the remote center of motion to a second location relative to the cannula while constraining the second location to be located along the cannula. The second location is different from the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dinesh Rabindran, Katherine Suzanne Anderson, Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Simon Peter Dimaio, Catherine Mohr, Theodore W. Rogers, Kollin Myles Tierling, Andrew Cullen Waterbury
  • Patent number: 11729727
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a reference signal from a base station and determines a pathloss based on the received reference signal. The UE further receive a downlink channel signal including an uplink resource assignment and a transmit power command. The UE transmits an uplink signal, wherein the uplink signal is transmitted using a transmit power level determined based on the pathloss, a format of the uplink signal, the uplink resource assignment and the transmit power command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20230048333
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a reference signal from a base station and determines a pathloss based on the received reference signal. The UE further receive a downlink channel signal including an uplink resource assignment and a transmit power command. The UE transmits an uplink signal, wherein the uplink signal is transmitted using a transmit power level determined based on the pathloss, a format of the uplink signal, the uplink resource assignment and the transmit power command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. ANDERSON
  • Patent number: 11523351
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a transmit power control (TPC) command and is configured to accumulate the TPC command with prior TPC commands to derive a first value. Further, the UE is configured to produce a second value based on a type of a first signal to be transmitted and a third value based on a transport format of the first signal, wherein the type of signal is from a plurality of types of signals having different spreading factors. The UE is configured to determine a transmission power level for the first signal based on the first value, the second value and the third value. The UE is configured to transmit the first signal at the determined transmission power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20220338130
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a transmit power control (TPC) command and is configured to accumulate the TPC command with prior TPC commands to derive a first value. Further, the UE is configured to produce a second value based on a type of a first signal to be transmitted and a third value based on a transport format of the first signal, wherein the type of signal is from a plurality of types of signals having different spreading factors. The UE is configured to determine a transmission power level for the first signal based on the first value, the second value and the third value. The UE is configured to transmit the first signal at the determined transmission power level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. ANDERSON
  • Patent number: 11412459
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a parameter indicating a power control loop out of a plurality of power control loops and a first transmit power control (TPC) command. The UE transmit a first uplink physical channel based on the first TPC command and the indicated power control loop. Further, the UE receive a single downlink channel, wherein the single downlink channel carries a channel allocation and a second TPC command for the UE. The UE transmit a second uplink physical channel using resources based on the channel allocation and at a transmission power level based on the second TPC command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20210400596
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a parameter indicating a power control loop out of a plurality of power control loops and a first transmit power control (TPC) command. The UE transmit a first uplink physical channel based on the first TPC command and the indicated power control loop. Further, the UE receive a single downlink channel, wherein the single downlink channel carries a channel allocation and a second TPC command for the UE. The UE transmit a second uplink physical channel using resources based on the channel allocation and at a transmission power level based on the second TPC command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. ANDERSON
  • Patent number: 11134448
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station, a parameter indicating a power control loop out of a plurality of power control loops. Further, the UE receives a single downlink channel, wherein the single downlink channel carries a channel allocation and a transmit power control (TPC) command for the UE. The UE transmits a shared uplink physical channel using resources based on the channel allocation and at a transmission power level based on the transmit power command and the indicated power control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20210195531
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station, a parameter indicating a power control loop out of a plurality of power control loops. Further, the UE receives a single downlink channel, wherein the single downlink channel carries a channel allocation and a transmit power control (TPC) command for the UE. The UE transmits a shared uplink physical channel using resources based on the channel allocation and at a transmission power level based on the transmit power command and the indicated power control loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Patent number: 10952153
    Abstract: A network device may select a value of a multi-level transmit power control (TPC) command from a plurality of pre-defined values. The network device may transmit on a single channel an allocation of an uplink resource and the multi-level TPC command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200107271
    Abstract: A network device may select a value of a multi-level transmit power control (TPC) command from a plurality of pre-defined values. The network device may transmit on a single channel an allocation of an uplink resource and the multi-level TPC command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Patent number: 10292113
    Abstract: A network device may transmit a signal to a user equipment indicating that accumulation is enabled. The network device may transmit, when accumulation is enabled, power control information to the user equipment in a same physical channel as scheduling information. The power control information may include an accumulation power command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20180070318
    Abstract: A network device may select a value of a multi-level transmit power control (TPC) command from a plurality of pre-defined values. The network device may transmit on a single channel an allocation of an uplink resource and the multi-level TPC command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9706500
    Abstract: A network device may select a value of a multi-level transmit power control (TPC) command from a set of values that indicate up amounts. The network device may transmit on a single physical channel an allocation of an uplink resource and the multi-level TPC command having the selected value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20160345273
    Abstract: A network device may select a value of a multi-level transmit power control (TPC) command from a set of values that indicate up amounts. The network device may transmit on a single physical channel an allocation of an uplink resource and the multi-level TPC command having the selected value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9414326
    Abstract: A first network device may transmit a first indication of a transmission power level of the first network device so that a user equipment (UE) can determine a pathloss. The first network device may also transmit, to the UE, a second indication of whether accumulation of transmit power control (TPC) commands is enabled. The first network device may also transmit, on a single channel to the UE, a TPC command and scheduling information related to a shared uplink channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20150264653
    Abstract: A first network device may transmit a first indication of a transmission power level of the first network device so that a user equipment (UE) can determine a pathloss. The first network device may also transmit, to the UE, a second indication of whether accumulation of transmit power control (TPC) commands is enabled. The first network device may also transmit, on a single channel to the UE, a TPC command and scheduling information related to a shared uplink channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20110230199
    Abstract: A method, user equipment, network equipment and a system for initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment comprising: processing a UE-derived temporary identifier; communicating the temporary identifier as an identifier to the network equipment; communicating a downlink message conveying the temporary identifier and a description of a scheduled resource on a shared channel, the scheduled resource comprising a resource allocated to the user equipment by the network equipment; and communicating data on the scheduled resource in response to the downlink message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Chandrika K. Kodikara Patabandi, Nicholas W. Anderson
  • Patent number: 7590388
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for noise variance and SIR estimation in a UTRAN Node B or User Equipment estimates the SIR (SIR(l) . . . SIR(K)) at the output of a detector by using an estimate ({circumflex over (?)}2) of the detector input noise variance to provide an estimate ({circumflex over (?)}z2) of the detector output noise variance. The detector input noise variance is derived from a midamble portion in the received signal. By deriving the transfer function of the detector an estimate of the detector output noise variance is estimated. The estimated output noise variance then allows an improved estimate of the SIR (SIR(l) . . . SIR(K)) at the detected output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: IPWireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan E. Jones, Nicholas W. Anderson