Patents by Inventor Russel Martin

Russel Martin 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: 10931346
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for beam management in a wireless communication system are presented. In some embodiments, a beam management subsystem in a moveable device selects a first antenna array and forms a first beam using the first antenna array for sending and receiving communication signals from a base station or other transceiver. A communication signal processing subsystem receives a first communication signal via the first beam. Upon movement of the moveable device, an inertial navigation subsystem determines a rotation vector associated with the movement. In response to the inertial navigation subsystem determining the rotation vector, the beam management subsystem selects a second antenna array using the rotation vector and forms a second beam directed toward the base station using the second antenna array. The communication signal processing subsystem can receive a second communication signal via the second beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Russel Martin, Vidyut Naware
  • Publication number: 20200274590
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for beam management in a wireless communication system are presented. In some embodiments, a beam management subsystem in a moveable device selects a first antenna array and forms a first beam using the first antenna array for sending and receiving communication signals from a base station or other transceiver. A communication signal processing subsystem receives a first communication signal via the first beam. Upon movement of the moveable device, an inertial navigation subsystem determines a rotation vector associated with the movement. In response to the inertial navigation subsystem determining the rotation vector, the beam management subsystem selects a second antenna array using the rotation vector and forms a second beam directed toward the base station using the second antenna array. The communication signal processing subsystem can receive a second communication signal via the second beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Russel MARTIN, Vidyut NAWARE
  • Patent number: 10743777
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments pertain to cardiovascular parameter (e.g. heart rate) measurements when motion is present. Biometric sensor signal measurements may be obtained based on cardiovascular parameters of a user; and motion sensor signal measurements may be obtained based on user motion. An activity type may be determined based on the motion sensor signals. For example, when non-motion related frequencies in a frequency domain representation of the biometric sensor signal are obscured by user motion, an activity type may be determined based on the motion sensor signals. Further, based on the activity type, for each cardiovascular parameter (e.g. heart rate), a corresponding likely cardiovascular parameter value (e.g. a likely heart rate) may be determined. A corresponding fundamental frequency associated with the biometric sensor signal may then be determined for each cardiovascular parameter based on the motion sensor signal measurements and the corresponding likely cardiovascular parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Russel Martin, Shashank Narayanan, Hithesh Reddivari, Vidyut Naware, Igor Tchertkov, Joseph Czompo
  • Patent number: 10342441
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for estimating a user's heart rate using a PG signal are presented. In some implementations, the heart rate is estimated by computing a frequency-domain PG, identifying one or more features in the frequency-domain PG, selecting qualified features from the one or more features, and constructing one or more traces. In some implementations, an accelerometer signal can be used for motion cancellation to eliminate traces that are motion artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Carlos Puig, Ramin Samadani, Russel Martin
  • Publication number: 20180316840
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for calibrating an optical image stabilization (OIS) module in a camera with a gyroscope. The OIS module is calibrated with a gyroscope in a two-step method. The first of the two-step method includes calibrating a lens to image sensor by determining a relationship between lens movement and image movement in the OIS module. The second of the two-step method includes calibrating a gyroscope to the image sensor by determining a relationship between gyroscope movement and image movement in the camera, where the camera includes the OIS module and the gyroscope. The relationship between lens movement and gyroscope movement can be determined to calibrate the OIS module with the gyroscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Russel Martin
  • Publication number: 20180160912
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments pertain to cardiovascular parameter (e.g. heart rate) measurements when motion is present. Biometric sensor signal measurements may be obtained based on cardiovascular parameters of a user; and motion sensor signal measurements may be obtained based on user motion. An activity type may be determined based on the motion sensor signals. For example, when non-motion related frequencies in a frequency domain representation of the biometric sensor signal are obscured by user motion, an activity type may be determined based on the motion sensor signals. Further, based on the activity type, for each cardiovascular parameter (e.g. heart rate), a corresponding likely cardiovascular parameter value (e.g. a likely heart rate) may be determined. A corresponding fundamental frequency associated with the biometric sensor signal may then be determined for each cardiovascular parameter based on the motion sensor signal measurements and the corresponding likely cardiovascular parameter value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Russel Martin, Shashank Narayanan, Hithesh Reddivari, Vidyut Naware, Igor Tchertkov, Joseph Czompo
  • Publication number: 20180059714
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for a smart device are presented. In some implementations, a system comprises a main device including a processor, and a band including one or more sensors, memory, and a battery. The band may be configured to communicatively and mechanically connect to the main device, and to store data received from the one or more sensors into the memory. Upon being connected to the band, the processor may be configured to obtain the stored data from the memory of the band, and process the stored data obtained from the memory of the band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Russel Martin, Shashank Narayanan
  • Publication number: 20160249820
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for estimating a user's heart rate using a PG signal are presented. In some implementations, the heart rate is estimated by computing a frequency-domain PG, identifying one or more features in the frequency-domain PG, selecting qualified features from the one or more features, and constructing one or more traces. In some implementations, an accelerometer signal can be used for motion cancellation to eliminate traces that are motion artifacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Carlos Puig, Ramin Samadani, Russel Martin
  • Patent number: 9305497
    Abstract: Display elements of a display array include at least one fixed layer and a movable layer. The movable layer is positioned with respect to the at least one fixed layer by placing a charge on the movable layer and applying a voltage to the at least one fixed layer. The at least one fixed layer may be two layers positioned on either side of the movable layer. The movable layer may be positioned in a desired position when driving an array of display elements by executing a reset stage, a charging stage, and a bias stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Hyeong Seo, Alok Govil, Ming-Hau Tung, Russel A. Martin
  • Patent number: 8904867
    Abstract: An optical accelerometer and method of determining an acceleration are disclosed. In one aspect, an accelerometer includes a light source, a substrate, a light guide attached to a first side of the substrate and configured to redirect light from the light source through the substrate. The accelerometer also includes a light detector, a proof mass attached to a second side of the substrate via one or more springs, wherein the second side is opposite the first side and wherein motion of the proof mass alters a characteristic of the light from the light source reaching the light detector, and a processor configured to determine an acceleration based on the characteristic of the light reaching the light detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Russel A. Martin, Manish Kothari, Evgeni P. Gousev
  • Patent number: 8872804
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus relating to touch sensing display devices that include a sensing device and a display device. In one aspect, a touch sensing display device can include adaptive addressing architecture to adjust an addressing characteristic based at least in part in a sensing characteristic of a sensing device. In another aspect, a touch sensing display device can include adaptive sensing architecture to adjust a sensing characteristic of a sensing device based at least in part on an addressing characteristic of a display device and/or on an electrical interference characteristic altered by an addressing circuit of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Russel A. Martin, William J. Cummings
  • Publication number: 20140210866
    Abstract: Display elements of a display array include at least one fixed layer and a movable layer. The movable layer is positioned with respect to the at least one fixed layer by placing a charge on the movable layer and applying a voltage to the at least one fixed layer. The at least one fixed layer may be two layers positioned on either side of the movable layer. The movable layer may be positioned in a desired position when driving an array of display elements by executing a reset stage, a charging stage, and a bias stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Hyeong Seo, Alok Govil, Ming-Hau Tung, Russel A. Martin
  • Patent number: 8749538
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling brightness of a display based on ambient light conditions. In one aspect, a display device can include a reflective display and an auxiliary light source configured to provide supplemental light to the display. The display device further can include a sensor system configured to determine an illuminance of ambient light, and a controller configured to adjust the auxiliary light source to provide an amount of supplemental light to the display based at least in part on the determined illuminance. In one aspect, the amount of supplemental light remains substantially the same or substantially increases in response to increasing illuminance when the illuminance is below a first threshold, and substantially decreases in response to increasing illuminance when the illuminance is above a second threshold that is greater than or equal to the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Webster, Russel A. Martin, Jennifer L. Gille
  • Publication number: 20140084137
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus relating to implementations of a switchable substrate that can be used in an imaging device. In one aspect, the switchable substrate includes a plurality of pixels, with each pixel having at least one switchable element. The switchable element can be switched between a first optical state and a second optical state. In the first optical state, a first spectral band of broadband light is reflected from the switchable element while a second spectral band is transmitted through the switchable element. In the second optical state, the first spectral band of the broadband light is transmitted through the switchable element while the second spectral band is reflected from the switchable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Wilhelmus A. de Groot, Nicholas I. Buchan, Fan Yang, Philip D. Floyd, Russel A. Martin
  • Publication number: 20130321433
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to a the design of arrays of electrodes in a device which includes a light-guiding layer in optical contact with the electrodes. In one aspect, a device includes an array of electrodes, the electrodes include at least one edge having a non-linear shape. Specific design constraints may be placed on the shape of the non-linear edge of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ion Bita, Russel A. Martin, Marek Mienko, Jyotindra R. Shakya
  • Publication number: 20130182017
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for device and methods for high reflectance multi-state architectures. In one aspect, a display device can include a plurality of reflective pixels including subpixels. Each subpixel can be selectively switched among first, second, and third states, with each state having a different spectral reflectance. Each subpixel has a spectral reflectance associated with a first set of primary colors and with a second set of primary colors. At least one of the colors in the second set of primary colors can be different from the colors in the first set of primary colors. The first set of primary colors can include colors that combine to produce white. A combination of colors of the first set of primary colors can have a brightness that is higher than the brightness of the combination of colors of the second set of primary colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Alok Govil, Jennifer L. Gille, Russel A. Martin
  • Patent number: 8487349
    Abstract: The invention describes in detail the structure of a CMOS image sensor pixel that senses color of impinging light without having absorbing filters placed on its surface. The color sensing is accomplished by having a vertical stack of three-charge detection nodes placed in the silicon bulk, which collect electrons depending on the depth of their generation. The small charge detection node capacitance and thus high sensitivity with low noise is achieved by using fully depleted, potential well forming, buried layers instead of undepleted junction electrodes. Two embodiments of contacting the buried layers without substantially increasing the node capacitances are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Foveon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaroslav Hynecek, Richard B. Merrill, Russel A. Martin
  • Publication number: 20130100096
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling brightness of a display based on ambient light conditions. In one aspect, a display device can include a reflective display and an auxiliary light source configured to provide supplemental light to the display. The display device further can include a sensor system configured to determine an illuminance of ambient light, and a controller configured to adjust the auxiliary light source to provide an amount of supplemental light to the display based at least in part on the determined illuminance. In one aspect, the amount of supplemental light remains substantially the same or substantially increases in response to increasing illuminance when the illuminance is below a first threshold, and substantially decreases in response to increasing illuminance when the illuminance is above a second threshold that is greater than or equal to the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: James R. Webster, Russel A. Martin, Jennifer L. Gille
  • Publication number: 20130038565
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for touch sensing on a display device. In one aspect, a method is provided for reducing electrical interference on a display including bi-stable display elements and touch sensing elements without a grounded shielding layer between display elements and touch sensing elements. The method may include placing at least a portion of an array of bi-stable display elements in a selected state with display driver circuitry, maintaining the display elements in the selected state, and obtaining a signal from a touch-sensing element using touch sensing driver circuitry different from the display driver circuitry when the display elements remain in the selected state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Elloway, Mark M. Mignard, William J. Cummings, Russel A. Martin
  • Publication number: 20130021303
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus relating to touch sensing display devices that include a sensing device and a display device. In one aspect, a touch sensing display device can include adaptive addressing architecture to adjust an addressing characteristic based at least in part in a sensing characteristic of a sensing device. In another aspect, a touch sensing display device can include adaptive sensing architecture to adjust a sensing characteristic of a sensing device based at least in part on an addressing characteristic of a display device and/or on an electrical interference characteristic altered by an addressing circuit of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Russel A. Martin, William J. Cummings