Patents by Inventor Philip Frank Tustin
Philip Frank Tustin 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: 11726585Abstract: Circuits for controlling magnetic-based tracking systems are described. These systems may be used in virtual reality applications, for example to track in real-time the location of one or more body parts. The systems use a beacon emitting mutually orthogonal magnetic fields. On the receiver side, one or more sensors disposed on different parts of a body receive the magnetic fields. The beacon includes switching amplifiers for driving the magnetic field emitters. Being binary, these amplifiers may be controlled by binary signals. The circuits may exhibit a resonant frequency response, and may be operated off-resonance, thus providing for a better control of the magnetic fields amplitude. As a result, however, fluctuations in the envelop of the magnetic fields due to the presence of a beating tone may arise. These fluctuations may be shortened by gradually activating the drivers for the magnetic field emitters.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Vladimir Alexander Muratov, Da-Shan Shiu, William Plumb, Philip Frank Tustin
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Publication number: 20220066572Abstract: Circuits for controlling magnetic-based tracking systems are described. These systems may be used in virtual reality applications, for example to track in real-time the location of one or more body parts. The systems use a beacon emitting mutually orthogonal magnetic fields. On the receiver side, one or more sensors disposed on different parts of a body receive the magnetic fields. The beacon includes switching amplifiers for driving the magnetic field emitters. Being binary, these amplifiers may be controlled by binary signals. The circuits may exhibit a resonant frequency response, and may be operated off-resonance, thus providing for a better control of the magnetic fields amplitude. As a result, however, fluctuations in the envelop of the magnetic fields due to the presence of a beating tone may arise. These fluctuations may be shortened by gradually activating the drivers for the magnetic field emitters.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Vladimir Alexander Muratov, Da-shan Shiu, William Plumb, Philip Frank Tustin
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Patent number: 11237649Abstract: Circuits for controlling magnetic-based tracking systems are described. These systems may be used in virtual reality applications, for example to track in real-time the location of one or more body parts. The systems use a beacon emitting mutually orthogonal magnetic fields. On the receiver side, one or more sensors disposed on different parts of a body receive the magnetic fields. The beacon includes switching amplifiers for driving the magnetic field emitters. Being binary, these amplifiers may be controlled by binary signals. The circuits may exhibit a resonant frequency response, and may be operated off-resonance, thus providing for a better control of the magnetic fields amplitude. As a result, however, fluctuations in the envelop of the magnetic fields due to the presence of a beating tone may arise. These fluctuations may be shortened by gradually activating the drivers for the magnetic field emitters.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Vladimir A. Muratov, Da-shan Shiu, William Plumb, Philip Frank Tustin
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Patent number: 10411831Abstract: A wireless charging in-band communication system includes a channel encoding for message error correction and detection. A modulation module performs biphase modulation for DC balanced signals and impedance switching to change reflected impedance seen by the source. A synchronization module prepends the message with a synchronization sequence having Golay complementary codes. A receiver module receives the message from the transmitter module. A preamble detection block has a Golay complementary code correlator used for message detection, synchronization, and equalization coefficient estimation and selection. A decoding module that performs biphase demodulation with error correction with a DC offset being estimated as the average value of the signal over the length of the message before channel decoding. The decoding module performs equalization, error correction and detection channel decoding.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: William Plumb, Zhen Wang, Zoran Zvonar, Patrick Stanley Riehl, Anand Satyamoorthy, Philip Frank Tustin
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Patent number: 10326314Abstract: A wireless power transmitter includes an inverter in which a voltage varies in response to a resonant network and circuitry configured to (A) measure a characteristic indicative of a load seen by the wireless power transmitter, (B) determine a duty cycle of the inverter based upon the characteristic, and (C) switch the inverter with the determined duty cycle.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: MediaTek Inc.Inventors: Patrick Stanley Riehl, Hasnain Akram, Philip Frank Tustin
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Publication number: 20190049544Abstract: Circuits for controlling magnetic-based tracking systems are described. These systems may be used in virtual reality applications, for example to track in real-time the location of one or more body parts. The systems use a beacon emitting mutually orthogonal magnetic fields. On the receiver side, one or more sensors disposed on different parts of a body receive the magnetic fields. The beacon includes switching amplifiers for driving the magnetic field emitters. Being binary, these amplifiers may be controlled by binary signals. The circuits may exhibit a resonant frequency response, and may be operated off-resonance, thus providing for a better control of the magnetic fields amplitude. As a result, however, fluctuations in the envelop of the magnetic fields due to the presence of a beating tone may arise. These fluctuations may be shortened by gradually activating the drivers for the magnetic field emitters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Vladimir A. Muratov, Da-shan Shiu, William Plumb, Philip Frank Tustin
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Patent number: 10193375Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing closed loop current control in a wireless power transmitter. The method comprises adjusting a transmitter coil current generated by the wireless power transmitter based, at least in part, on first feedback reported by at least one wireless power receiver and second feedback based on a measurement of the transmitter coil current.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: MediaTek Inc.Inventors: Philip Frank Tustin, William Plumb, Patrick Stanley Riehl
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Publication number: 20170302110Abstract: A wireless power transmitter includes an inverter in which a voltage varies in response to a resonant network and circuitry configured to (A) measure a characteristic indicative of a load seen by the wireless power transmitter, (B) determine a duty cycle of the inverter based upon the characteristic, and (C) switch the inverter with the determined duty cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: MediaTek Inc.Inventors: Patrick Stanley Riehl, Hasnain Akram, Philip Frank Tustin
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Publication number: 20170222469Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing closed loop current control in a wireless power transmitter. The method comprises adjusting a transmitter coil current generated by the wireless power transmitter based, at least in part, on first feedback reported by at least one wireless power receiver and second feedback based on a measurement of the transmitter coil current.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: MediaTek Inc.Inventors: Philip Frank Tustin, William Plumb, Patrick Stanley Riehl
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Publication number: 20160254696Abstract: A transmitter module is used in a wireless charging system, and is used for performing in-band communication with a receiver module in the wireless charging system to provide a message to the receiver module. The transmitter module has a matching network, a rectifier and an impedance component. The matching network has at least one input terminal coupled to a coil of the transmitter module and at least one output terminal. The rectifier is coupled to the output terminal of the matching network. The impedance component is selectively coupled to the output terminal of the matching network to vary a reflected impedance of the transmitter module seen by the receiver module. By varying the reflected impedance of the transmitter module seen by the receiver module, the transmitter module communicates with the receiver module to provide power control commands, status and/or foreign object detection information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: William Plumb, Zhen Wang, Zoran Zvonar, Patrick Stanley Riehl, Anand Satyamoorthy, Philip Frank Tustin
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Patent number: 9363041Abstract: A wireless charging in-band communication system includes a transmitter module that formats a message using CRC calculation and attaches the results of the CRC calculation to the message for message error detection. The transmitter includes channel encoding for message error correction. A modulation module performs biphase modulation for DC balanced signals and impedance switching to change reflected impedance seen by the source. A synchronization module prepending the message with a synchronization sequence having Golay complementary codes. Moreover, the in-band communication includes a receiver module that receives the message from the transmitter module. The receiver module includes an impedance sensing circuit to detect changes in the reflected impedance of the transmitter module. The receiver module includes a front end filter used for pulse shaping and noise rejection.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: William Plumb, Zhen Wang, Zoran Zvonar, Patrick Stanley Riehl, Anand Satyamoorthy, Philip Frank Tustin
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Publication number: 20140314170Abstract: A wireless charging in-band communication system includes a transmitter module that formats a message using CRC calculation and attaches the results of the CRC calculation to the message for message error detection. The transmitter includes channel encoding for message error correction. A modulation module performs biphase modulation for DC balanced signals and impedance switching to change reflected impedance seen by the source. A synchronization module prepending the message with a synchronization sequence having Golay complementary codes. Moreover, the in-band communication includes a receiver module that receives the message from the transmitter module. The receiver module includes an impedance sensing circuit to detect changes in the reflected impedance of the transmitter module. The receiver module includes a front end filter used for pulse shaping and noise rejection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: William Plumb, Zhen Wang, Zoran Zvonar, Patrick Stanley Riehl, Anand Satyamoorthy, Philip Frank Tustin
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Publication number: 20140269886Abstract: A wireless charging in-band communication system includes a channel encoding for message error correction and detection. A modulation module performs biphase modulation for DC balanced signals and impedance switching to change reflected impedance seen by the source. A synchronization module prepends the message with a synchronization sequence having Golay complementary codes. A receiver module receives the message from the transmitter module. A preamble detection block has a Golay complementary code correlator used for message detection, synchronization, and equalization coefficient estimation and selection. A decoding module that performs biphase demodulation with error correction with a DC offset being estimated as the average value of the signal over the length of the message before channel decoding. The decoding module performs equalization, error correction and detection channel decoding.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: William Plumb, Zhen Wang, Zoran Zvonar, Patrick Stanley Riehl, Anand Satyamoorthy, Philip Frank Tustin