Patents by Inventor Nicolas Graube
Nicolas Graube 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: 11971441Abstract: Various embodiments may provide systems and methods for determining a distance to a short in a two-conductor wire. Various embodiments may include determining a distance to a short in a two-conductor wire based at least in part on a phase difference between a phase of an injected tone and a phase of a reflected tone. Various embodiments may include determining a distance to a short in a two-conductor wire based at least in part on both a phase difference and an amplitude difference between an injected tone and a reflected tone. Various embodiments may include determining a distance to a short in a two-conductor wire based at least in part on a measured peak voltage of a combined pulse.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Paul Dominic Hiscock, Murray Jarvis, Nicolas Graube, Mafalda Pereira Varela, Thomas Allan
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Publication number: 20240080880Abstract: Various embodiments include methods for rotating a control node role among devices in a control cluster of a wireless mesh network. Methods may include assuming the control node role by a first device based on a control node assumption timing in a schedule, and transmitting periodic messages to support the wireless mesh network. Methods may further include using the schedule to identify a control node role end timing and a third device in the control cluster that will assume the control node role, transmitting the periodic messages while monitoring for an extended advertisement from the third device after the control node role end timing until the extended advertisement from the third device is received, and assuming a passive node role upon receiving the extended advertisement from the third device or continuing the control node role when no extended advertisement is received from the third device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Nicolas GRAUBE, Robin ROBIN, Deep Shikha AGGARWAL, Sonu LNU, Randhir KUMAR, Paul Dominic HISCOCK, Mauro SCAGNOL, Tingting LIU, Rahul SANGWAN
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Publication number: 20240005267Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for asset tracking. In an aspect, an asset tracking coordination component estimates a time of a beacon transmission from a wireless energy charging-capable device coupled to an asset within a threshold proximity of a scanning device based on an estimated distance between the asset tracking coordination device and the scanning device and timing information associated with a wireless energy transmission, and schedules a beacon scanning window for the scanning device to scan for the beacon transmission based on the estimated time. In a further aspect, a scanning device may both provide a wireless energy transmission and may also scan for beacon transmission(s) from wireless energy charging-capable device(s) during a beacon scanning window.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Nicolas GRAUBE, Abhishek PRASAD, Aline COELHO DE SOUZA, Mafalda Pereira VARELA, Laksh BHATIA, Tingting LIU, Robert Thomas FRANZO, Joe THOMAS
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Publication number: 20230118013Abstract: Various embodiments may provide systems and methods for determining a distance to a short in a two-conductor wire. Various embodiments may include determining a distance to a short in a two-conductor wire based at least in part on a phase difference between a phase of an injected tone and a phase of a reflected tone. Various embodiments may include determining a distance to a short in a two-conductor wire based at least in part on both a phase difference and an amplitude difference between an injected tone and a reflected tone. Various embodiments may include determining a distance to a short in a two-conductor wire based at least in part on a measured peak voltage of a combined pulse.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Paul Dominic HISCOCK, Murray JARVIS, Nicolas GRAUBE, Mafalda Pereira VARELA, Thomas ALLAN
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Patent number: 11558763Abstract: According to various aspects and techniques to enable methods and systems for a first communication device to determine an approximate number of other communication devices that have lost contact with a host communication device. This includes determining a common future time window using a last known global time stamp and determining a transmit time within the common future time window. This also includes receiving samples that are captured during the common future time window on a predefined communication channel, as well as analyzing the received samples to estimate the total number of other communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Paul Dominic Hiscock, Robin Heydon, Thomas Allan, Nicolas Graube
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Publication number: 20220051310Abstract: Various embodiments include store picker systems that include a store management entity server, user mobile device(s), electronic shelf labels (ESL), and access points, in which the system perform methods for supporting in-store product picking. Some embodiment may include receiving/sending location information indicating a location in a store of a user mobile device operated by a store picker; receiving/sending a shopping list of the user mobile device, determining an initial route to travel through the store for picking one or more products on the shopping list based on the location, and sending/receiving the initial route to travel through the store for picking the one or more products on the shopping list to the user mobile device and from the store management entity server.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Nicolas Graube, Ketal Gandhi, Arthur Miller, Murray Jarvis, Benjamin Tarlow, Ramji Srinivasan, Paul Dominic Hiscock, Thomas Allan, Mafalda Pereira Varela, Abhishek Prasad, Stephen Burt, Mauro Scagnol, Robin Heydon, Aline Coelho De Souza
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Publication number: 20210282035Abstract: According to various aspects and techniques to enable methods and systems for a first communication device to determine an approximate number of other communication devices that have lost contact with a host communication device. This includes determining a common future time window using a last known global time stamp and determining a transmit time within the common future time window. This also includes receiving samples that are captured during the common future time window on a predefined communication channel, as well as analyzing the received samples to estimate the total number of other communication devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Paul Dominic HISCOCK, Robin HEYDON, Thomas ALLAN, Nicolas GRAUBE
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Publication number: 20210133399Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for identifying, by a wearable device, a baseline antenna impedance value, detecting one or more sensor inputs, monitoring for a variation in antenna impedance from the baseline antenna impedance value, identifying a user gesture (e.g., based at least in part on the detected sensor inputs and the variation from the baseline antenna impedance value) at least one user gesture, and updating an operational status of the device based on the detected user gesture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Aline Coelho De Souza, Nicolas Graube, Murray Jarvis, Andrew John Laister, Gerald Miaille
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Patent number: 10614831Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods which disclose a device which may be used to determine an audio event based on receiving an audio signal. Based on the determined audio event, audio activity may be tracked. The tracked audio activity may be summarized based on a summary mode. Feedback of the summarized tracked audio activity may be based on a feedback mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Murray Jarvis, Benjamin Tarlow, Nicolas Graube, Clark Don Woolstenhulme, Simon Finch
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Patent number: 10546110Abstract: A method is described. The method includes associating an identity to a computing device based on a context measurement. The method also includes generating a network address for the computing device based on the associated identity. The context measurement may include a biometric measurement and the network address of the computing device may be a function of the biometric measurement.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Nicolas Graube, Mauro Scagnol
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Patent number: 10499363Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for determining a range estimate between two Bluetooth enabled devices based, at least in part, on round trip phase measurements of wireless signals transmitted between the devices. In one example, phase estimates between a single antenna of a first device and each element within the antenna array of a second device may be used to determine a residual range between the first device and the second device. In addition, an Angle of Arrival (AoA) may also be used to determine a two dimensional or three dimensional position of the second device.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Paul Dominic Hiscock, Thomas Allan, Murray Jarvis, Nicolas Graube
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Patent number: 10448214Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may receive at least one signal from a second wireless device, the at least one signal including one or more of RTP information or inertial sensor information. The apparatus may determine at least one AoA measurement and at least one RTP measurement associated with the at least one signal received from the second wireless device. The apparatus may determine a path of trajectory of the second wireless device based at least in part on the at least one AoA measurement, the at least one RTP measurement, and the inertial sensor information.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Murray Jarvis, Paul Dominic Hiscock, Thomas Allan, Nicolas Graube
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Patent number: 10330784Abstract: Disclosed are methods, devices, systems, apparatus, servers, media, and other implementations, including a method, performed at a first wireless device, for secure range determination that includes transmitting a first signed message at a first time instance, with the first signed message, including a first payload, configured to be received by a second wireless device at a second time instance, and receiving at a fourth time instance a verifiable acknowledgement message transmitted from the second wireless device at a third time instance in response to the first signed message. The method further includes verifying that the verifiable acknowledgement message originated from the second wireless device, and, responsive to a verification that the verifiable acknowledgement message originated from the second wireless device, transmitting a second signed message including a second payload with at least timing information for the first time instance and the fourth time instance.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Dirceu Cavendish, Ashok Bhatia, Nicolas Graube, Vishal Agarwal
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Publication number: 20190115045Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods which disclose a device which may be used to determine an audio event based on receiving an audio signal. Based on the determined audio event, audio activity may be tracked. The tracked audio activity may be summarized based on a summary mode. Feedback of the summarized tracked audio activity may be based on a feedback mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Murray Jarvis, Benjamin Tarlow, Nicolas Graube, Clark Don Woolstenhulme, Simon Finch
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Publication number: 20190108324Abstract: A method is described. The method includes associating an identity to a computing device based on a context measurement. The method also includes generating a network address for the computing device based on the associated identity. The context measurement may include a biometric measurement and the network address of the computing device may be a function of the biometric measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Nicolas Graube, Mauro Scagnol
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Publication number: 20190082371Abstract: A method for handover of a set of wireless devices is described. The method includes receiving, at a first wireless device of the set of wireless devices, data from a first serving device of a set of serving devices. The first wireless device has a primary wireless device role and a second wireless device has a non-primary wireless device role. The method includes determining, at the first wireless device, a handover condition for the set of wireless devices. The set of wireless devices is handed over as a set to a second serving device. The method includes becoming detectable, by the first wireless device. Each of the wireless devices in the set of wireless devices is configured to become detectable in response to the handover condition. The method includes receiving, by the first wireless device, an indication of a selected wireless device of the set of wireless devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Stephen Burt, Mauro Scagnol, Nicolas Graube, Ian Blair
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Publication number: 20180292522Abstract: Disclosed are methods, devices, systems, apparatus, servers, media, and other implementations, including a method, performed at a first wireless device, for secure range determination that includes transmitting a first signed message at a first time instance, with the first signed message, including a first payload, configured to be received by a second wireless device at a second time instance, and receiving at a fourth time instance a verifiable acknowledgement message transmitted from the second wireless device at a third time instance in response to the first signed message. The method further includes verifying that the verifiable acknowledgement message originated from the second wireless device, and, responsive to a verification that the verifiable acknowledgement message originated from the second wireless device, transmitting a second signed message including a second payload with at least timing information for the first time instance and the fourth time instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Dirceu CAVENDISH, Ashok BHATIA, Nicolas GRAUBE, Vishal AGARWAL
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Patent number: 10057798Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for determining a range between devices based, at least in part, on measurements of wireless tone signals transmitted between devices. In particular, two devices may measure tone signals transmitted between the two devices for determination of a round-trip phase measurement. Obtaining multiple round-trip measurements from tone signals transmitted at different carrier frequencies may enable resolving at least some range ambiguities.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Murray Jarvis, Paul Hiscock, Benjamin Tarlow, Nicolas Graube, Ian Blair
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Publication number: 20180084105Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus measures, via a first directional receive antenna array and a second directional receive antenna array that are each coupled to an apparatus, one or more signals that are transmitted by one or more transmitters of the UE. The first and second directional receive antenna arrays are oriented at different directions. The apparatus determines first and second representative values for the first and second directional receive antenna arrays, respectively based on some or all of the measurements. The apparatus determines whether the UE is within a given region based on the first and second representative values.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Paul Hiscock, Nicolas Graube
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Publication number: 20180077589Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for determining a range between devices based, at least in part, on measurements of wireless tone signals transmitted between devices. In particular, two devices may measure tone signals transmitted between the two devices for determination of a round-trip phase measurement. Obtaining multiple round-trip measurements from tone signals transmitted at different carrier frequencies may enable resolving at least some range ambiguities.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Murray Jarvis, Paul Hiscock, Benjamin Tarlow, Nicolas Graube, Ian Blair